Available Positions

ECE is seeking applications for a tenure-track faculty position in upper atmospheric space science.

Looking to hire an ECE graduate?

The Virginia Tech Chapter of the IEEE sponsors a job board for ECE students and alumni. Employers can post positions for students to review.

Franklin Institute video of Thorp, Phadke's power work

Arun Phadke and Jim Thorp were awarded the 2008 Franklin Medal for Electrical Engineering for their work in protecting the power grid. View the Franklin Institute announcement and 3-minute video.

Open Source Software Radio Development Tools

Download the software and join the OSSIE community. OSSIE is Virginia Tech's open source software defined radio (SDR) development effort. The download provides a software communications architecture for education and research. More about OSSIE

Podcasts from Distinguished Professors

Charles Bostian, Alumni Distinguished Professor: "Forty Years of Radio Research - From Glowing Bottles to Machines That Think"

Length: 26:28 (30.2 MB)

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Fred Lee, University Distinguished Professor: "Power Electronics, Energy and Environment"

Length: 27:50 (30.2 MB)

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Modeling antiestrogen resistance in breast cancer

Jason Xuan and Joseph Wang have received a two-year $350,000 grant from NIH, jointly with Georgetown University School of Medicine for "Network-based Prediction of Antiestrogen Resistance in Breast Cancer." They are constructing computational models of antiestrogen resistance to identify new therapeutic targets for drug discovery. 

Midkiff Appointed ECE Head

Professor Scott Midkiff has been appointed ECE Department Head effective August 10. Midkiff joined ECE in 1986 and has been on assignment at the NSF as a program director since 2006.

Novel IP process speeds CPES technology transfer

The Center for Power Electronics Systems (CPES) has developed an intellectual property process that is almost as fast as industry's and may be adaptable for other university research groups, according to CPES director Fred Lee.

ECE alum wins national dissertation award

Tom Rondeau was awarded one of two distinguished dissertation awards by the national Council of Graduate Schools for his 2007 Ph.D. dissertation on “Application of Artificial Intelligence to Wireless Communications.” This is the nation's most prestigious honor for doctoral dissertations.

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