Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Nov 24, 2013

NC State engineering professor named Entrepreneur of the Year

Dr. Jayant Baliga, Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and director of the Power Semiconductor Research Center at North Carolina State University, has been honored with the Dr. John S. Risley Entrepreneur of the Year award. Each year, the Office of Technology Transfer (OTT) at NC State honors an Entrepreneur and… 

Nov 18, 2013

New approach advances wireless power transfer for vehicles

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed new technology and techniques for transmitting power wirelessly from a stationary source to a mobile receiver – moving engineers closer to their goal of creating highway “stations” that can recharge electric vehicles wirelessly as the vehicles drive by. 

Nov 14, 2013

New approach advances wireless power transfer for vehicles

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed new technology and techniques for transmitting power wirelessly from a stationary source to a mobile receiver – moving engineers closer to their goal of creating highway “stations” that can recharge electric vehicles wirelessly as the vehicles drive by. 

Oct 16, 2013

Software uses cyborg swarm to map unknown environs

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed software that allows them to map unknown environments – such as collapsed buildings – based on the movement of a swarm of insect cyborgs, or “biobots.”