Virginia Tech Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

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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Nazhandali wins NSF CAREER award

Leyla Nazhandali has received an NSF CAREER award for her proposal, “Overcoming Power Challenges in Embedded System Design with Subthreshold-Voltage Technology.” Her work will allow her to explore ways embedded system design can improve lives, such as reducing energy consumption of handheld landmine detectors. She is the 15th ECE faculty member to earn this prestigious award.

CPES designing sustainable house of the future

The CPES Future Sustainable Home project is focused on researching, developing and demonstrating advanced technologies that would create self-sustained homes.Read the Virginia Business article and the annual report story.

Shukla Receives Humbolt Foundation Award

ECE's Sandeep Shukla has received a Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award from the Alexander Humboldt Foundation of Germany. The Bessel Award is available annually to no more than 25 scientists and scholars, internationally renowned in their field, who completed their doctorates less than 12 years ago.

Tront shares cutting edge ed tools with scholars from India

Joseph Tront was a lead presenter at the 2008 Indo -- US Engineering Faculty Leadership Institute in Mysore, India in June.

ECE Alum, Harold Martin, honored for career achievements

Harold Martin, a Ph.D. degree alum of ECE, was inducted into the College of Engineering Academy of Excellence in honor of his career accomplishments.

Xu named outstanding new assistant professor

Yong Xu was namedan outstanding new assistant professor by the College of Engineering in April. His research has earned major awards and more than 760 citations.

Hou named College of Engineering Fellow

Tom Hou was nameda College of Engineering Faculty Fellow in April. The award carries a $5,000 stipend to be used for supporting the recipient's research.

Bell honored with teaching excellence award

Amy Bellreceived a 2008 Teaching Excellence Award by the College of Engineering in April.

Tront honored with innovative teachinga ward

Joseph Tront was awarded the2008 College of Engineering Pete White Award for Innovation in Teaching.His work with Tablet PCs has garnered international recognition.