Electrical Engineering News
Bernd Girod elected to National Academy of Engineering
Thursday, February 5, 2015
Electrical engineering professor honored for his contributions to video compression, streaming and multimedia systems.
EngX: The Internet of Everything
Friday, January 9, 2015
In a video that elaborates on the theme of his Stanford Engineering EngX presentation, Professor Thomas Lee says that it's possible to connect a trillion devices to the Internet and that the Internet of Things is actually the Internet of Everything.
EngX: Ant-size radio to control Internet of Things
Friday, January 9, 2015
In a video that elaborates on the theme of his Stanford Engineering EngX presentation, Stanford's Amin Arbabian, an assistant professor of electrical engineering, describes the radio that his team built to control the Internet of Things. The size of an ant, the radio is so energy efficient that it gathers all the power it needs from the same electromagnetic waves that carry signals to its receiving antenna.
EngX: Security of the Internet of Everything
Friday, January 9, 2015
In this short version of his Stanford Engineering EngX presentation, Electrical Engineering Professor Mark Horowitz talks about the security of the Internet of Everything.
Stanford faculty awarded seed grants for innovative energy research
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Stanford's Precourt Institute, Precourt Energy Efficiency Center and TomKat Center have awarded eight seed grants to Stanford faculty for early-stage energy research.
Stanford team combines logic, memory to build a 'high-rise' chip
Monday, December 15, 2014
Stanford researchers are building layers of logic and memory into skyscraper chips that are smaller, faster, cheaper – and taller.
Four Stanford Engineering professors named IEEE fellows
Friday, December 5, 2014
Thomas Lee, Sanjay Lall, Boris Murmann and Christos Kozyrakis were recognized for their extraordinary achievements in engineering.
Stanford Engineering alum James Spilker wins 2015 IEEE Edison Medal
Thursday, December 4, 2014
Spilker, a consulting professor at Stanford Engineering, was honored for "contributions to the technology and implementation of civilian GPS navigation systems."
Stanford Engineering's Jim Plummer to be awarded IEEE Founders Medal
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Former dean of School of Engineering honored for his role in fostering innovative, interdisciplinary and globally focused education.
Stanford engineers invent high-tech mirror to beam heat away from buildings into space
Wednesday, November 26, 2014
A new ultrathin multilayered material can cool buildings without air conditioning by radiating warmth from inside the buildings into space while also reflecting sunlight to reduce incoming heat.
Making Personalized Medicine Practical
Monday, November 10, 2014
Personalized medicine will bring with it the problem of storing and processing the vast amounts genetic information needed to tailor medical care to individual needs. Stanford electrical engineers have an answer.
Three influential innovators named Stanford Engineering Heroes
Monday, November 10, 2014
Distinguished Stanford engineers honored for their impact on our lives and the world.
Stanford engineers develop tiny, sound-powered chip to serve as medical device
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Using ultrasound to deliver power wirelessly, Stanford researchers are working on a new generation of medical devices that would be planted deep inside the body to monitor illness, deliver therapies and relieve pain.
Stanford engineers developing miniature wireless device to create better way of studying chronic pain
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
A team of Stanford engineers is creating a small wireless device that will improve studies of chronic pain. The engineers hope to use what they learn to develop better therapies for the condition, which costs the economy $600 billion a year.
Two Stanford professors earn National Medal of Science
Friday, October 3, 2014
Thomas Kailath and Burton Richter have been awarded the nation's highest honor for achievement in the fields of engineering and science.
New electrical engineering curriculum infused with a jolt of ‘maker’ energy
Monday, September 15, 2014
New classes allow undergraduates to use EE tools and techniques to make gizmos and systems from day one.
Stanford engineer aims to connect the world with ant-size radios
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Costing just pennies to make, tiny radios on a chip are designed to serve as controllers or sensors for the 'Internet of Things.'
Stanford engineer helps determine how the brain learns new tasks
Thursday, August 28, 2014
Research revealing the neural basis for why learning new tasks can be difficult could lead to improved therapies for stroke and other brain injuries.
International laser scholars converge on Stanford to shed light on photonics research
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Siegman International School on Lasers, named in honor of a deceased Stanford engineer who was a colossus in this important field, completes its inaugural session.
Stanford Engineering student wins international competition for efforts to miniaturize ultrasound device
Thursday, August 14, 2014
PhD candidate in electrical engineering says encouragement from his advisor helped propel him toward $10,000 cash prize.
Stanford-led team develops self-cooling solar cells that last longer and have more power
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
By adding a specially patterned layer of silica glass to the surface of ordinary solar cells, a team of researchers led by Professor Shanhui Fan has found a way for the cells to shed unwanted thermal radiation.
Stanford Engineering Hero Morris Chang honored for revolutionizing chip making
Friday, June 13, 2014
Shaped by his youth in war-torn China, Chang immigrated to the United States after World War II, earned a doctorate at Stanford and twice transformed the semiconductor industry.
Stanford engineer invents safe way to transfer energy to medical chips in the body
Monday, May 19, 2014
A wireless system developed by Assistant Professor Ada Poon uses the same power as a cell phone to safely transmit energy to chips the size of a grain of rice. The technology paves the way for new "electroceutical" devices to treat illness or alleviate pain.
Stanford Engineering and Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism announce Magic Grants to transform the world of media
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Grants will fund eight groups of students, faculty and post-docs to develop media technologies that could transform how stories are discovered and told.
Like a hall of mirrors, nanostructures trap photons inside ultrathin solar cells
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
In the quest to reduce solar energy costs, Stanford engineers survey how researchers are trying to get more bang per buck inside the silicon crystals where light meets matter to make energy.
