Category: Faculty and Staff

CS Dept. Lecture: Hongyu An, ECE, Friday, March 5

The Department of Computer Science will present a lecture by Assistant Professor Hongyu An, ECE, on Friday, March 5, 2021, at 3:00 p.m. An’s lecture is titled, “Designing an Energy-Efficient Neuromorphic System through Two-Layer Memristive Synapses.” An will introduce Brain-inspired Computing, an emerging approach for an energy-efficient artificial intelligent system through hardware and software co-design. . . .

Sidike Paheding Awarded MSGC Seed Grant

Assistant Professor Sidike Paheding, Applied Computing, has been awarded a one-year MSGC Research Seed Grant for his project, “Monitoring Martian landslides using deep learning and data fusion.” Professor Thomas Oommen, Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences, is Co-PI on the project. The grant will support part-time employment of two students during the award period. This . . .

Leo Ureel Receives 2020-21 CTL Award for Innovative Teaching

The 2020-2021 CTL Instructional Award for Innovative or Out of Class Teaching is being presented to two instructors, and Assistant Professor Leo Ureel, Computer Science, and Libby Meyer, senior lecturer, Visual and Performing Arts. Ureel was nominated in recognition of his “student-centric efforts which have increased retention and diversified the cohort of first-year computing students.” . . .

EET Senior Design Project to Help Child Rest Easy

By Karen S. Johnson, Communications Director, College of Computing Read Part II of this article, “EET Motorized Swing Senior Project: The Students.” Professor Alex Sergeyev, Applied Computing, was reading an American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) Engineering Technology Division magazine last summer when he saw an article that prompted an idea for an Electrical Engineering . . .