ECE News

Michigan State University will be sending its expertise to space thanks to the development of a new Space Electronics Center. MSU’s College of Engineering and the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, or FRIB, will be at the forefront of the design and testing of devices and systems for space applications at this new center.

The MSU community gathered at the Wharton Center on Sept. 14, 2022, for the investiture of the 2022 class of endowed chairs, endowed professors, and MSU Foundation Professors.

Sensors used to detect head impacts in athletes who play high-impact sports like football traditionally have been placed inside their helmets, which can lead to false or incomplete readings. Michigan State University researchers have created a thin sensor that instead can be worn on an athlete’s neck, which has been shown to be 90% effective at identifying concussion injuries.

Jeffrey Nanzer of Michigan State University will advance mobile millimeter wave networks as a Google Research Scholar, a select effort by Google to fund world-class research conducted by early-career professors.

After 42 years of steadfast and dedicated support to MSU, Pauline Vandyke is preparing to say good-bye to the green and white. The administrative assistant/supervisor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) will retire at the end of 2021.