Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Wireless transceiver innovations yield IEEE achievement award for Ph.D. student
Mostafa Essawy, a doctoral student in electrical and computer engineering at Oregon State University, was one of just 26 students worldwide to receive a 2023-2024 predoctoral achievement award from the IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society.
The award is granted annually to promising Ph.D. students based on their academic records and the quality of their publications.
Window to leading-edge research: Oregon State’s AI seminars
Rebecca Hutchinson, who has appointments in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and the Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences at Oregon State University, gives an AI seminar on cross-validation for geospatial problems.
Advancing American Competitiveness: CorMic's Pursuit of Tech Hub Funding
February 29 marked a major milestone for the Corvallis Microfluidics Tech Hub, or CorMic, as the consortium submitted their proposal to the U.S. Economic Development Administration to be considered for up to $70 million in funding as part of the Biden Administration’s Tech Hub Program. As one of the 31 Tech Hubs designated by the Biden Administration in October, CorMic has positioned itself to become a global leader in microfluidics over the next decade.
Closing the loop on electronic waste with RFID technology
Key topics and areas of research in sustainability in semiconductor manufacturing
- Energy efficiency: Developing processes that reduce the energy required for semiconductor fabrication
- Waste reduction: Implementing strategies to minimize material waste and chemical use in manufacturing
- Supply chain sust
The future of biosensing: A trailblazing project with HP
Doctoral students Jacob Dawes and Debbie Chou, under the guidance of Associate Professor Matt Johnston (left), test a setup to measure small particles as they pass through a microfluidic flow cell. These beads serve as cell surrogates, but the target application is for cell counting — or flow cytometry — a commonly used tool in bio labs and for medical tests. The goal is to develop a smaller, much more integrated cell counting system using custom integrated circuits.
Addressing bias in AI
Eric Slyman presenting at the Graduate Research Showcase.
Eric Slyman builds tools to uncover where artificial intelligence makes mistakes.
Specifically, the Ph.D. student in artificial intelligence and computer science looks at how AI learns social biases. And they’ve built a tool to help AI auditors address it — quickly, accurately and economically.
Bias in AI can show up, for example, when a user asks it to find or create an image of a doctor.
First-generation student finds community and opportunity at Oregon State
Photo by Johanna Carson
Fresh from a 10-week summer software engineering internship with Medtronic in Boston, Lesly Rojas started her third year as an electrical and computer engineering student full of enthusiasm for medical technology research.