2016 News

Nov 22, 2016 — ECE Internship Placements Rise

Nov 07, 2016 — Fall Preview 2016

Apr 23, 2016 — CAREERS: Research Associate
The Research Associate is responsible for managing a joint curriculum redesign project between the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science.

Apr 22, 2016 — ELEC 490 pitch video competition winners
Some ELEC 490 students produced pitch videos this year as part of their course grade and in competition with each other. The results are in...

Apr 15, 2016 — Team Aegle places 2nd in eastern IEEE paper competition
The group of fourth-year ECE students who developed a software and hardware suite to help reduce hospital wait times earned a second-place finish in the eastern regional IEEE Student Paper Competition.

Mar 16, 2016 — ECE instructors and staff honoured
The annual ECE End of Year Banquet was held at the Grizzly Grill this past Monday night. As it is a long-standing tradition, the ECE teaching awards were presented to thank professors and teaching assistants for their commitment and excellence in teaching. Each year​ ECE Club selects the winners based on students'​ votes in their respective year and discipline.

Mar 02, 2016 — Funding information innovation
John Cartledge (Electrical and Computer Engineering) has earned a $433,560 NSERC grant for his research in improving optical networks.

Feb 18, 2016 — ECEi: Infusing engineering education with business acumen
First-year studies will soon be drawing to a close for the inaugural cohort of ECEi students. The program is designed to infuse engineering skills with foundational concepts in entrepreneurship and innovation. We checked in with students and instructors during the ECEi Discipline Night, Feb 1.

Feb 12, 2016 — ECE 4th-year design project competition winners announced
Fourth-year ECE students demonstrated results from their capstone design team projects at the ECE open house on Feb 11. The winning projects could make driving more comfortable, Li-Ion battery banks more efficient and medical treatment more accessible.

Feb 10, 2016 — VIDEO: ECE open house tomorrow
ECE ELEC490 design projects will be on display in the ILC tomorrow from 10:00am-3pm. What's an ELEC490 design project? Watch to find out...

Jan 27, 2016 — ECE First-Year Discipline Night draws hundreds
It’s almost time for first-year general engineering students to make some important choices about the next four years. Hundreds gathered at WLH on Jan 26 for the ECE First-Year Discipline Night. They learned about ECE, met faculty, staff and upper-year students, got the chance to see some design projects in action and ate a small mountain of pizza.