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ECE Celebrates Earth Week

Determined to work toward 
a brighter future

Earth Week is a great opportunity for us to reflect on what the extended ECE family has done and can continue to do to make Earth a better place for all living beings. Provided below is a small sampling of the many contributions our faculty, staff and students have made to address environmental sustainability. We remain committed to future innovations to collectively address one of our global grand challenges. 

Krein joins sustainable low-carbon transportation research initiative

ECE Building marks one-year anniversary as U of I's first zero-energy facility

Illinois Solar Decathlon: Building for a competition and a cause

Absolute vs. relative efficiency: How efficient are blue LEDs, actually?

The ECE Building Becomes the University's First Zero Energy Certified Facility

IEEE establishes new prestigious award to honor LED inventor Nick Holonyak, Jr.

Students experiment with ECEB solar panels to understand challenges of solar energy

ECE researchers part of $25 million grid-integration technology consortium

Bose proposes risk-sensitive design to address uncertainty in electric markets

Campus cross-pollination drives partnership between Siebel Center for Design and Illini Solar Car

ECE 443 Course Project Highlights: Efficient Micro LEDs, Innovations in Clean Power, and Solar Cell Development

Haran helps students create new RSO Illini Air Shuttle

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Prof. Jont Allen presents his concept for saltwater desalination to mitigate climate change

Media Contacts

TODD SWEET
Director of Constituent Engagement
1066 ECE Building
(217) 333-5943
tmsweet@illinois.edu

ELEANOR WYLLIE
Marketing Coordinator
1062 ECE Building
ewyllie@illinois.edu

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