Department News
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Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Aaron Hawkins
Each week, we will be getting to know our faculty members a little bit better. This week, we will be getting to know Dr. Aaron Hawkins.
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BYU Capstone team creates world-champion educational device
How do you visualize the invisible?
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Faculty Spotlight with Dr. Steven Allen: Is Hawking radiation real??
Each week, we will be getting to know our faculty members a little bit better. This week, we will be getting to know Dr. Steven Allen.
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Faculty Spotlight with Dr. Scott Lloyd
Each week, we will be getting to know our faculty members a little better. This week, get to know Dr. Scott Lloyd.
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Dr. Long wows the environmental science community (again)
A never-before-seen view of Earth has entered the internet, in which a fluffy mass billows out from Antarctica. Viewing it is like witnessing the growth of a cotton candy colossus otherwise native to fever dreams or R.L. Stine’s imagination, prepping to overtake the world in spun-sugar domination.
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Alum credits Dr. Warnick for helping him get dream position
BYU ECEn alum and Diao Junming recently took a huge pay cut and moved from Silicon Valley and a position at Apple to Starkville, Mississippi for a new job. He is elated, and so is his former mentor, Dr. Karl Warnick.
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IEEE club provides resources and connections for students
If you’re into scholarships, connections with professionals, and building high-tech stuff (without getting graded on it), have we got a club for you! The IEEE club provides members with experiences, hands-on projects, and resources to help them succeed in their careers. It is open for all electrical and computer engineering students to join.
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Lab-on-a-Chip devices smaller than ever thanks to new 3D printing techniques from BYU
Microfluidic devices designed to help rapid diagnosis through blood
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Dr. Smalley receives University recognition
Dr. Daniel Smalley received the Edwin Cozzens Teaching and Learning Faculty Fellowship at this year’s University Conference.
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Four ECE faculty and staff members receive college awards
Every year, the Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering awards staff and faculty within the college for outstanding performance. Here’s a recap of which faculty and staff from the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department received awards this year:
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Dr. Greg Nordin receives Karl G. Maeser Research and Creative Arts Award
Dr. Greg Nordin was awarded a Karl G. Maeser Research and Creative Arts Award at this year’s University Conference.
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New tours offer an interactive and intimate look at engineering
It’s career day at Hypothetical Elementary School. Susie wants to be a computer programmer, Junior wants to be an inventor, and little Betty Lou is good at math, so she wants to be an engineer and make machines. In between, there are aspiring astronauts, scientists, entrepreneurs, lawyers, and one aspiring movie star (there’s always a movie star).
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The Guinness snub you've never heard of
Have you ever heard of our department’s Guinness World Records snub? Well, of course you haven’t; it wouldn’t be much of a snub otherwise.
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A fond farewell to Dr. Hutchings
After nearly three decades at BYU, Dr. Brad Hutchings will be trading in his FPGA’s and integrative circuits for scuba gear and well-earned leisure. The computer engineering professor will officially retire at the end of this week.
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Steve Shumway Appointed Director, School of Technology; Two Department Chairs Renewed for Second Terms
Shumway replaces Barry Lunt as SOT Director, Aaron Hawkins and Norm Jones renewed for second terms as engineering department chairs
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The Capstone experience, as told by a student
Brendon Jensen, a senior in the Computer Engineering program, recently completed a Capstone project alongside his team that enabled tech company L3Harris Technologies to perform more targeted network testing in a shorter amount of time: a cheaper, smaller, and more portable network traffic generator and analyzer than they had been using before. Here’s what he learned from the two-semester process.
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SPOT®: An Engineer's Best Friend
Capstone students customize SPOT® robot to meet surveillance needs for Novva Data Centers
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Capstone team gives polar bears the underrated gift of personal space
Ahhh, to be near the arctic: a wonderland coated in uninterrupted fields of snow, where the Northern lights paint the sky and whales roam the seas, where… a polar bear is rooting through your garbage bin?
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