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Jan 14, 2025
Research Uncovers Wi-Fi Security Vulnerability
ECE Assistant Professor Francesco Restuccia is one of several authors of new research that has uncovered a significant security vulnerability in wireless technology found in nearly every Wi-Fi system. The findings will be presented in May at the IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM).
Jan 13, 2025
Jornet Delivers Keynote at IEEE CCNC 2025
ECE Professor and Associate Dean for Research Josep Jornet gave a keynote speech on “Terahertz Communications: From the Near Field to Space Networks” at the IEEE Consumer Communications & Networking Conference.
Jan 13, 2025
Oakland Campus Makerspace Empowers Innovation for First-Year Students
A makerspace on the Oakland campus empowers students to innovate as part of the Cornerstone of Engineering class. The makerspace—made up of a woodshop, metal shop, photography lab, analog printing studio, ceramics studio and classroom equipped with digital tools—opened in fall 2024.
Jan 13, 2025
PhD Student Receives Best Paper Finalist Award at 2025 AIAA SciTech
Negar Asadi, PhD ’26, interdisciplinary engineering, under the supervision of CEE/Khoury Assistant Professor Fatemeh Ghoreishi, received the Best Paper Finalist Award at the 2025 AIAA SciTech Forum.
Jan 10, 2025
Furth Wins Transportation Research Board Exceptional Paper Award
CEE Professor Peter Furth and his former student Milad Tahmasebi, PhD’24, civil engineering, won the Exceptional Paper Award at the 104th Annual Transportation Research Board (TRB) Meeting for “Reducing Speeding by Removing Speeding Opportunities: Field Test of Safe Waves Traffic Signal Timing.”
Jan 09, 2025
Patent for Improved Management of Cellular Networks
ECE William Lincoln Smith Professor Tommaso Melodia, Associate Research Scientist Leonardo Bonati, and Associate Research Professor Salvatore D’Oro were awarded a patent for “Operating system for software-defined cellular networks.”
Jan 09, 2025
Making the Case To Modernize the U.S. Domestic Steel Industry
After blocking Nippon Steel’s purchase of U.S. Steel, the U.S. government must modernize domestic steel production to become more competitive, says MIE Associate Professor Muhammad Noor E Alam.
Jan 09, 2025
Patent for New Material for 3D Printing of Living Tissues
BioE Professor Guohao Dai received a patent for “Biodegradable elastic hydrogels for bioprinting.” The breakthrough innovation may lead to 3D printed blood vessels and human organs.