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IConS best paper award announcement for ECE

Best Paper Award Announcement: ACI 2024  We are thrilled to announce that the paper titled “Wireless Tension Sensors for Characterizing Dog Frailty in Veterinary Settings”...

Oralkan Elected to AIMBE College of Fellows

This article was originally published here. The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the induction of Omer Oralkan, professor of electrical and...

Veena Misra Selected as Head of NC State ECE

This article was originally posted here. Veena Misra has been named as the permanent head of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at North...
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Alper Bozkurt and Team Win $4.3M Grant

A multidisciplinary team led by researchers at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis (WashU) has received a $4.3 million grant from the National Science Foundation’s Integrative Strategies for Understanding Neural and Cognitive Systems (NCS) program. NC State ECE Distinguished Professor and ASSIST Center Co-Director Alper Bozkurt is part of the team, and Baranidharan Raman, professor of biomedical engineering at the McKelvey School of Engineering, is leading the study.
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Alper Bozkurt Gains Support from Chancellor’s Innovation Fund for Wearable “EKG” for Dogs

Nowadays, a wristwatch can track your heart rate, measure your blood oxygen level and even give you an electrocardiogram test (commonly abbreviated as “EKG” or “ECG”). And plenty of pet owners probably wish they could afford to track their furry friend’s health in real-time the same way, too. Thanks to David Roberts and Alper Bozkurt, maybe one day they can.