ECE News

Tyler Bell

Bell on team selected for Innovation in Teaching and Technology Award

Monday, December 9, 2024
Tyler Bell, University of Iowa, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, is part an interdisciplinary team selected for an Innovation in Teaching and Technology Award to use artificial intelligence to improve behavior intervention.
Ananya Sen Gupta

Sen Gupta receives two honors from IEEE Oceans Engineering Society 

Thursday, December 5, 2024
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineer (IEEE) Oceanic Engineering Society (OES) bestowed two honors on Ananya Sen Gupta, a University of Iowa associate professor of electrical and computer engineering.
Innovation Award

Iowa engineers win $39,500 at Iowa Innovation Challenge

Monday, November 25, 2024
University of Iowa engineering students and a post doctoral scholar were awarded prize money at the Innovation Challenge hosted by the UI John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (Iowa JPEC).
Yang Liu

Iowa professor's innovation among Time Magazine's Best Inventions of 2024

Thursday, November 21, 2024
Yang Liu, University of Iowa associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, co-founded Unify Medical which released a digital loupe technology called Amplio to support image-guided surgical procedures. Amplio made Time Magazine's Best Inventions of 2024.
Fatima Toor poses for a photo

Iowa Engineering developing ‘game-changing’ laser that could benefit national security and health care

Monday, November 18, 2024
A new Department of Energy grant will support Fatima Toor, University of Iowa engineering professor, in developing a high-powered laser with benefits ranging from national security to health care diagnostics.

ECE Events

Engineering Open: Mini Golf Design Challenge

Thursday, February 27, 2025 1:00pm to 3:00pm
Seamans Center
The Engineering Open: Mini Golf Design Challenge is back! Join us on Thursday, Feb. 20 as each department and various organizations and departments within the College of Engineering competes to design the best fairway! The Engineering Open is open to the public from 1 to 3 p.m. in the Student Commons of the Seamans Center. Stop by to check out these great designs, play a round of mini-golf, and cast your choice for the people’s choice. The awards ceremony will take place at 3 p.m.  Looking for...

College Events

College of Engineering Undergraduate Commencement promotional image

College of Engineering Undergraduate Commencement

Sunday, December 22, 2024 12:00pm
Hancher Auditorium
Doors open one hour prior to the start of the ceremony. No tickets required. A livestream of the ceremony is available. Dean Ann McKenna will deliver messages to students, and Executive Vice President and Provost Kevin Kregel will confer degrees. Graduate Alejandra Vilca Landa — who is originally from Lima, Peru, but now lives in Iowa City — will be the student speaker. She will be graduating with a degree in biomedical engineering. 

Engineering Open: Mini Golf Design Challenge

Thursday, February 27, 2025 1:00pm to 3:00pm
Seamans Center
The Engineering Open: Mini Golf Design Challenge is back! Join us on Thursday, Feb. 20 as each department and various organizations and departments within the College of Engineering competes to design the best fairway! The Engineering Open is open to the public from 1 to 3 p.m. in the Student Commons of the Seamans Center. Stop by to check out these great designs, play a round of mini-golf, and cast your choice for the people’s choice. The awards ceremony will take place at 3 p.m.  Looking for...