Department News
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Ant Annihilation Build Nights
Each Thursday night, students and alumni gather at build nights to work on their battle bots for the upcoming Ant Annihilation competition. The students and alumni work in teams and have each built their own unique battle bots with different fighting mechanisms and parts. However, all of the battle bots must weigh 1 pound or 453 grams at the most and must pass the safety check in one month.
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Dr. Joshua Mangelson Receives Office of Naval Research 2024 Young Investigator Award
Dr. Joshua Mangelson, Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been recognized by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) as a recipient of the 2024 Young Investigator Award.
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BYU ECE Tech Talks
Have you ever wondered what the professors in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department are researching? Well, you don’t have to wonder anymore! Every third Friday of the month means an exciting new video featuring a professor and their research on our YouTube channel. Tech Talks range in topics from how AI, Vision, and Robotics work together to advanced 3-D printing for lab-on-a-chip devices.
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BYU Hosts Annual Utah RF and Wireless Day
This past Thursday, BYU hosted an annual event, Utah RF and Wireless Day. At this conference, engineers, students, and industry leaders from universities and companies across the state came together to discuss hot topics in wireless communications, a fast-growing sector in Utah's tech industry.
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Q&A with Career Director Andrea Merriman
If you’ve ever wondered what the best way to get a job is once completing your degree, how to effectively and professionally network, or find an internship, you’re not alone!
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Fall 2023 Starts Strong for ECE Students
Fall 2023 is underway! So much has been happening in the department, and we hope everyone has been able to find a club, an activity, a competition, or an event that has helped you feel welcome and wanted in the department. Here are highlights from just a few events so far:
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BYU Electrical and Computer Engineering Welcomes New Students at NSO
The New Student Orientation (NSO) fair is a greatly anticipated event by the faculty and staff of the Electrical and Computer Engineering department. During NSO, freshmen explore different majors by visiting booths sponsored by their respective departments.
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Professor D.J. Lee awarded BYU Technology Transfer Award
Dr. D.J. Lee, ECEn Professor, was recognized at this year's University Conference as the 2023 recipient of the Brigham Young University Technology Transfer Award. This award recognizes faculty members who have made significant research contributions that have led to the development of useful commercial products. Congratulations to Dr. Lee!
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Coming Fall 2023: Check out a few new-to-BYU classes that may fill a gap in your schedule
Every fall there are several new classes offered at BYU for the first time. According to our unofficial count, more than 100 new courses will be offered this fall, from new language courses to new classes on human-computer interaction. Here's a preview of some of those courses.
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That’s a wrap!
IMMERSE, an undergraduate research program that brings together students from BYU and abroad in the fields of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has completed another successful season here at BYU. Together, professors and students research topics in the Electrical and Computer Engineering domains. Research topics this summer ranged from Photonics and Microfabrication to Remote Sensing.
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ECE Hosts Students from Japan
Last week, BYU Electrical and Computer Engineering partnered with BYU Conferences and Workshops in hosting a group of 120 Japanese junior high students from Tokyo, Japan with the hopes of getting them excited about electrical and computer engineering.
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Study Abroad: Exploring Cybersecurity and Renewable Energy in Denmark
To expand their knowledge of power grids, sustainable living, and cybersecurity, a group of cybersecurity students from the Electrical and Computer Engineering department embarked on an exciting study abroad program in Denmark.
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Chip Camp 2023
Chip Camp this year at BYU was a huge success thanks to all the students and professors who participated.
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Visiting Professor Brandt Redd Gives Opening Keynote Speech at ICALT Conference
More and more new technology is introduced into our lives each year. AI keeps getting better, and more information is available to us than ever before. The way we socialize online, administer medical care, and even the way we grow our food are also changing rapidly as new technologies are introduced. It’s easy to look at new advancements in technology and say, “This changes everything.” So, what doesn’t new technology, specifically AI, change?
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Serious fireworks: BYU students celebrating 4th of July with explosive win at collegiate rocket competition
For the BYU Rocketry Team, celebrating the Fourth of July this year with fireworks just isn’t going to cut it. After all, fireworks that might shoot a few hundred feet in the air pale in comparison to the 10,000 feet their BYU rocket reached while winning the 2023 Spaceport America Cup.
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BYU launches STEM camp for high school students
Youth from around the world came to BYU to learn about science, technology, engineering, and math.
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The Students of IMMERSE-X: A Unique Perspective
Each summer, many students do engineering research at BYU. This research is faculty-mentored and helps students apply course material, prepare for graduate school, get published, and much more! Many of these student researchers are from BYU, but there are a handful who come from other schools for this experience!
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From BYU to Brookhaven National Lab
This past week, Dr. Wood Chiang and Trevor Reay, an Electrical Engineering student here at BYU, had the unique opportunity to conduct research at Brookhaven National Lab in Long Island, New York in collaboration with Los Alamos National Laboratory.
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