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BYU MRI expert at heart of massive brain imaging study
A Brigham Young University MRI expert worked with a UK-based team on the world’s largest health-imaging study, a massive undertaking to scan the brain of more than 100,000 people to find connections with developing diseases.
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Outstanding Dr. Jeffs
Dr. Brian Jeffs was awarded the ECEn Department Outstanding Faculty Award for 2016 on Tuesday, November 1, 2016. The outstanding faculty member award is given annually to recognize significant contributions by a faculty member in all areas of faculty activity – teaching, citizenship/service, and scholarship.
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ECEn Hosts an International Workshop on Array Signal Processing
Professors Warnick and Jeffs hosted an all-day workshop on October 24 on Phased Array Antenna Modeling and Signal Processing. Attendees from South Africa, India, Canada, China, Australia, and the U.S. used hands-on modeling codes developed by Warnick and Jeffs to learn state-of-the-art techniques for modeling and designing advanced antenna systems for astronomy, sattelite communications, and other areas. The workshop falls under the umbrella of the Software Enabled Radio Astronomy (SERA) Consortium co-founded by Warnick and Jeffs. More information is available at http://seraproject.org/.
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BYU-created A.I.-powered foosball table goes head to head with humans
Computer engineering students at BYU spent this past semester creating a robotic, vision-controlled foosball table with the objective to beat a human foosball player. The project was a great success. Only problem? The A.I. is a too good.
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Professor Randy Beard presented with the College Excellence in Scholarship Award
Professor Randy Beard was presented with the College Excellence in Scholarship Award which recognizes leadership in the conceiving and operation of research programs that benefit students, faculty, society, and the institution. Dr. Beard is the co-founder of the BYU Magicc Lab which conducts research in cooperative control and small unmanned air vehicles.
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Mark Shand Speaks in Department Colloquium
Mark Shand of Google spoke to the faculty and students on Thurday, 21 January 2016, as part of the department colloquium series. His entertaining talk was on the Google Car project -- a self-driving car. He focused on the Lidar technology used by the self-driving car to sense its environment. He also described how the software processes the enormous quantities of data collected by Lidar, radar, and video cameras to classify objects (both moving and unmoving) and to predict actions, dangerous situations, etc. It was a facinating insight into the mind of a self-driving car. If you were not there, ask someone who was there about the lady in a wheelchair and the duck ....
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Todd Moon receives the Outstanding Alumnus Award for 2015
Todd Moon receives the Outstanding Alumnus Award for 2015.
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Prof. Fawwaz Ulaby Delivers November Colloquium Talk
Fawwaz Ulaby of the Department of Electircal Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Michigan presented a colloquium speech to students and faculty of the department on November 5. His first talk was titled ""RF Broadband Frequency Allocation, Challenges and Tribulations"" and explained the mobile telephone providers' needs to acquired additonal spectrum allocations as they plan for next generation (or 5th Generation -- ""5G"") mobile telephone service. The new spectrum will be provided by a combination of reallocation of spectrum currently allocated to government use (mostly DoD allocations) and new allocations in the millimeter band.
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Prof. Michael Rice Wins Best Paper Award
Prof. Michael Rice, and his co-author Erik Perrins (PhD '05) won the best paper award at the 2015 International Telemetering Conference for the paper entitled ""Maximum Likelihood Detection from Multiple Bit Sources"". The paper was presented at the 2015 International Telemetering Conference on Thursday 29 October 2015 in Las Vegas, NV.
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BYU Students Win Best Paper Award
Chris Hogstrom and Chris Nash won first place in the undergraduate category at the 2015 International Telemetering Contest for their paper entitled ""Software Defined Radio for SOQPSK."" The paper was presented Wednesday, 28 October 2015, at the International Telemetering Conference in Las Vegas, NV.
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Dr. Hawkins made IEEE Fellow
Recognizing the achievements of its members is an important part of the mission of the IEEE. Each year, following a rigorous evaluation procedure, the IEEE Fellow Committee recommends a select group of recipients for elevation to IEEE Fellow. Less than 0.1% of voting members are selected annually for this member grade elevation.
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Prof. Rice Participates in Intercultural Ethics Panel
This year, UVU's Ethics Week was Monday 21 September - 24 September 2015. Prof. Rice was invited to participate in Session Four, featuring a panel discussion on "Intercultural Business Ethics." He served on the panel with Prof. John Hooker, Holleran Professor of Business Ethics and Social Change, Carnegie Mellon University and Sophie Heying Lu-Seng, Philosophy and Humanities Department, UVU.
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BYU’s Chip Camp doubles for year two
When you hear 'Chip Camp,' you might think of a weekend getaway fueled by Doritos. But for more than 100 7th and 8th graders, Chip Camp has nothing to do with cheetle (the orange, powdery residue left on your fingers after eating Cheetos).
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ECE Students Light up BYU’s Drumline
The Electrical and Computer Engineering Department was recently asked by BYU’s Marching Band to help add a high tech element to their performances. A group of students led by senior Trevor Decker used LED light strips, a pressure sensor, control circuitry, and a hefty rechargeable battery to add dynamic light effects to the band’s drumline. Each drum was equipped with its own circuit which activated the bank of lights in response to a drumstick strike. The drums are capable of flashing in multiple colors using a switch on the side of the drum body, but during the official homecoming unveiling, only blue was used.
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ECEn and Dancers Collaborate
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the BYU Kinnect Dance Company have combined their respective skills to create a light and dance performance that is both entertaining and educational for elementary students.
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Duncan Lorimer Gives Department Colloquium Talk
Pulsars, flickers and cosmic flashes: the transient radio universe
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