Saurabh Bagchi, a Purdue University professor in electrical and computer engineering, has earned the prestigious Humboldt Bessel Research Award for his work in dependable systems. The international award is given to 20 researchers from all academic disciplines each year by Germany’s Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

The Purdue University Board of Trustees has approved the appointments of four ECE professors to named positions - Y. Charlie Hu, Steven D. Pekarek, David J. Love, and Dimitrios Peroulis

Purdue University's Board of Trustees has approved three faculty promotions for ECE. Vijay Raghunathan is being promoted to full professor, while Zubin Jacob and Shreyas Sundaram are being promoted to associate professor.

A Purdue-affiliated company is developing a way to reduce drug development costs by more accurately and efficiently modeling molecules and chemical reactions in liquid solutions. QUAIL Modeling LLC was co-founded by ECE Prof. Tillmann Kubis and PhD student James Charles.

Researchers at Purdue University and Stanford University believe they have found a novel laser light sensing technology that is more robust and less expensive than currently available. Amr Shaltout, a post-doctoral research fellow at Stanford, conceived the idea while earning his Ph.D. at Purdue.

A Purdue-affiliated company is developing a new technology that could offer a more efficient and realistic way to model and simulate LEDs in order to achieve more powerful and more efficient LED light sources. LEDcentral LLC was founded by ECE professors Tillmann Kubis and Gerhard Klimeck and grad student Junzhe Geng.

A proposal by Prof. Yong Chen has been selected as a winner of the 2018-19 Conference Competition sponsored by the Office of the Provost and the Office of the Executive Vice President for Research and Partnerships. The conference will be part of Purdue University’s Ideas Festival, the centerpiece of the 150th anniversary celebration.

DTN, a global insight and analysis company, has closed its acquisition of ag precision technology company Spensa Technologies Inc., in a strategic move to expand its global agricultural business and mobile presence. Johnny Park, Spensa's founder and CEO, is an ECE alumnus and former professor.

March is Women's History Month. In recognition of that, we are spotlighting women with connections to Purdue's School of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

The US News & World Report has released its national rankings of graduate programs. EE and CmpE both ranked #9 for 2019, the same ranking as the previous year for both programs.