With the start of the spring semester at Binghamton University, the Thomas J. Watson College of Engineering and Applied Science’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering students, faculty and staff are returning to classes, research projects and more. Let’s take a look back at our accomplishments in 2022.
faculty news
The ECE department has added two new faculty members for the 2022-23 school year.
Assistant Professor Mengen Wang He received his BA from Shandong University in China and his PhD from Stony Brook University. He then spent three years as a postdoc in the materials department at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her research focuses on the development and application of first-principles quantum-mechanical computational approaches to facilitate the rational design of materials for next-generation energy conversion and quantum information applications.
Jungwook “Jay” Paek Assistant Professor in electrical engineering from Iowa State University and a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Biotechnology at the University of Pennsylvania, working on in vitro modeling of human tissues and organs. He is interested in developing microphysiological systems based on organ-his-on-his-chip and organoid technology to study disease processes in the human respiratory and vascular system.
research news
Biobattery researchers believe there is a solution for the hard-to-reach small intestine. Seok Hoon “Sean” Choi Professor Led a team that included PhD students Mariam Rezae When Zahra Raffey About biobattery research that will allow doctors to place more devices in the hard-to-reach small intestine.Their findings were published in the journal advanced energy materials.
In other biobattery news, Choidoctoral students anwar elhadad When Lynn Liu, PhD ’20 (now an assistant professor at Seattle Pacific University), has developed a “plug and play” biobattery that can last weeks at a time and can be stacked to improve output voltage and current. Their findings were power journal Supported by a $510,000 grant from the Office of Naval Research.
Associate Professor Jian Li A team of collaborators at New York University received a $1 million grant over three years through the RINGS program. Their research addresses vulnerabilities that can affect the availability, reliability, and resilience of wireless edge networks. A wireless edge network reduces response time by moving computation and data storage capabilities as close as possible to the source of the request, rather than placing large data centers far away. Edge networks are also more resilient to failures because they are distributed across resources rather than centralized.
A $3.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation’s CyberCorpse Scholarship (SFS) program will help educate the next generation of information technology professionals and security managers to meet the needs of federal, state, local, and tribal governments. recruit and train The program is supervised by faculty from the Computer Science Department and the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. If deemed successful, NSF may make additional funding.
Student and Alumni News
Cathy Vidal ’90 After studying electrical engineering at Binghamton University, he became a patent/intellectual property attorney handling high-profile cases ranging from medical devices and consumer goods to cutting-edge hardware and software. Today, as the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Undersecretary for Intellectual Property, he directs the Patent and Trademark Office to protect and encourage the original ideas of American inventors and entrepreneurs. The Patent Office employs more than 13,000 patent examiners, trademark attorneys, computer scientists, and administrative staff, and its 2023 budget is projected to put him in excess of $4 billion.
For her master’s thesis, Maia Landers ’21, MS ’22, Researched and wrote about paper-based microbial fuel cells and circuit components. Through a process of wax patterns, screen printing and application of various semi-conductive inks, he designed customizable circuits consisting of transistors, resistors and supercapacitors all in one piece of paper.
Alem Fitwi, PhD ’22, was featured as part of last year’s launch coverage. He spoke of his desire to pursue a PhD in computer engineering at Watson University. He now calls Binghamton “a second home to me”. It’s where I got not only my education but also my personal support during the worst times of my life.
ECE students and research received special attention in stories that celebrated Watson’s senior projects and connections with corporate/government sponsors. This includes his collaboration with BAE Systems to assist local veterans and his service dog. In related works, watson review The magazine highlighted another service dog project with BAE Systems and the elderly in the class of 2022.
In addition to studying electrical engineering, senior Oyedepo “Depo” Oyerinde He has held five jobs, held three positions on the board of directors, was a resident assistant at College-in-the-Woods, played the euphonium with the Wind Symphony, was a member of the Global Medical Admissions Alliance, and was a member of the Latin dance club Quimbamba. I am joining.
