Spy Glasses for Real with Radar
Professor Hao Ling and his team are developing algorithms that would use radar to detect human activities inside an enclosed space, such as inside a building. The algorithms would convert the radar signals to virtual renderings similar to that of a video game. Eventually, the technology could end up in a device that could be mounted on a vehicle and would monitor activities in a building as it traveled down a street. More »
Regulating Wind Power’s Variability
As the Texas’ electric grid operator prepares to add power lines for carrying future wind-generated energy, Dr. Surya Santoso is developing improved methods for determining the extent to which power from a wind farm can displace a conventional power plant, and how best to regulate varying wind power.
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A Faster Computer Simulator
Dr. Derek Chiou displays a motherboard that includes reconfigurable hardware he is using to develop a simulator that is thousands of times faster than current simulators. Once developed, the new simulator will enable computer architects and users to better evaluate the complex behavior of computer systems. Chiou received a $300,000 Department of Energy grant for the research.
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- Biomedical Engineering
- Circuit Design
- Communications, Networks, and Systems (CommNetS)
- Computer Architecture
- Computer Engineering
- Electromagnetics and Acoustics
- Energy Systems
- Manufacturing Systems Engineering
- Plasma/Quantum Electronics and Optics
- Software Engineering
- Solid-State Electronics
