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New Amazon-Illinois Center on AI for Interactive Conversational Experiences

News | March 28, 2023

Past the point of no return: ECE student investigates the link between electrodynamics and planet habitability

News | March 27, 2023

ECE alumnus selected as Trusted CI Open Science Cybersecurity Fellow

News | March 27, 2023

Kumar comments on the challenges facing the semiconductor industry

News | March 21, 2023

ECE alumnus explains how his team built a fast, lightweight, durable bionic hand

News | March 17, 2023

Veeravalli and his students receive Abraham Wald Prize in Sequential Analysis

News | March 16, 2023

ECE student in award-winning startup at College New Venture Challenge

News | March 13, 2023

Cunningham receives Optica award

News | March 10, 2023

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Why ECE at Illinois?

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Illinois offers a world-class education that allows students to master the fundamentals that will make them outstanding engineers. Learn more about what sets us apart, and how you might fit in our program.

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March
31

Final Examination: Xuechao Wang

3:00 PM

March
31

HUG Initiative: Stress Management

ECEB 3013

12:00 PM

April
1

From Bardeen, Brattain, and the Point Contact Transistor to Light Emitting Transistor Structures: A View of the Past and Future Possibilities

Grainger Auditorium (ECEB 1002), 306 N. Wright St., Urbana, IL

2:00 PM

April
13

To be announced

1002 Grainger Auditorium ECEB

4:00 PM

April
20

To be announced

1002 Grainger Auditorium ECEB

4:00 PM

April
5

ECE Explorations (200): ECE Student Advancement Committee (ECESAC) Technical Elective Fair

1002 Grainger Auditorium, ECEB

5:00 PM

April
12

ECE Explorations (200): Virtual Research Symposium

https://illinois.zoom.us/j/89744961097?pwd=V1YrVWdaSkFWbXh2eXFIQTh4SDA0dz09

5:00 PM

April
19

ECE Explorations (200): Virtual Research Symposium

https://illinois.zoom.us/j/89478168494?pwd=MmE2Y2phdFlxTTN6MjFRYnFtdWZOQT09

5:00 PM

April
1

From Bardeen, Brattain, and the Point Contact Transistor to Light Emitting Transistor Structures: A View of the Past and Future Possibilities

Grainger Auditorium (ECEB 1002), 306 N. Wright St., Urbana, IL

2:00 PM

April
8

From ones that roll and bend to ones as big as dinner plates: Some new directions in computer chip design

Grainger Auditorium (ECEB 1002), 306 N. Wright St., Urbana, IL

10:00 AM

April
22

Finding Gas Pump Skimmers Using Mobile Phones

Grainger Auditorium (ECEB 1002), 306 N. Wright St., Urbana, IL

10:00 AM

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