Electrical and Computer Engineering
Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) involves all aspects of the generation, control, and use of electrical and electromagnetic energy. This field has played a dominant role in the Greatest Engineering Achievments of the 20th Century: Electrification, Electronics, Radio and Television, Computers, Telephone, Internet, Household Appliances, and Laser and Fiber Optics are all friuts of work in this field. The role of this field continues to expand: wireless communications, commodity supercomputing, digital imaging, and nanotechnology are just a few of the exciting new technologies that electrical and computer engineers are developing.
The goal of National Engineers Week, February 17-23, 2008, is to make it easier for the general public to recognize and appreciate the contributions that engineering has made to the improvement of our lives. Toward this goal, the University of Kentucky College of Engineering sets aside one day each year to celebrate the excitement and accomplishments of engineering. Thus, although the ECE department welcomes visitors at any time, we have arranged a variety of special activities for UK's EDay, February 23, 2008... as summarized below.
This year, while supplies last, the ECE department will be giving away 128MB USB 2.0 memory sticks to qualifying people who complete a self-guided EDay tour of ECE labs. The rules:
The following research and teaching laboratories have prepared exhibits and/or other activites for EDay 2008. The tour sheet described above also contains a map and directions to help you find each of the ECE exhibits.
| Location | Title | Additional Info |
|---|---|---|
| Entry, FPAT | You can pick-up ECE tour sheets here (or in any ECE exhibit) | |
| 682 FPAT | Computational Electromagentics | Demonstration of using computer programs to model electromagnetic wave scattering and antenna radiation problems |
| 672 FPAT | Supercomputers R Us | The supercomputer machine room for Aggregate.Org and KAOS; FREE stuff! |
| 659 FPAT | Excimer Laser Micromachining | Prof. Janet Lumpp; FREE laser marked pennies! |
| 651 FPAT | EDRL (Electronic Devices Research Laboratory) | Prof. Singh |
| 591 FPAT | IEEE Student Branch SouthEastCon robot and "build your own magnet" competition | |
| 581 FPAT | Digital Design Lab | An undergraduate computer engineering lab |
| 577 FPAT | IEEE Student Branch building simple circuits | The student IEEE chapter will be helping people learn to build simple circuits |
| 571 FPAT | KySat Laboratory | Prof. Jim Lumpp; Small satellite development and testing; unmanned aerial vehicles; dependable embedded computing |
| 553 FPAT | KySat Satellite Earth Station | Prof. Jim Lumpp; Come and talk to a satellite (and hear one talk to you) |
| 552 FPAT | A Ruler for Image Quality | When is an image good enough to buy? |
| 465 FPAT | Rattle and Hum -- Fun with Digital Audio | Jens Hannemann |
| 462 FPAT | Share or Not to Share: how to ensure privacy and security in video sharing applications | Prof. Cheung |
| 455 FPAT | 3D Scanning | Prof. Hassebrook will be making 3D scans |
| 453F FPAT | IEEE Student Branch "IEEE Cafe" | |
| 369 ASTeCC | CeNSE (Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering) | CeNSE tours of the lab facility and research posters |
| 368 ASTeCC | High-Speed Thermal Vision | Prof. Hassebrook and Prof. Lau will be showing thermal video imaging with frame rates as high as 420 FPS |
| 365 ASTeCC | CeNSE (Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering) | CeNSE tours of the lab facility and research posters |
| 361 ASTeCC | EDRL (Electronic Devices Research Laboratory) | Prof. Singh |
| 349 ASTeCC | CeNSE (Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering) | CeNSE tours of the lab facility and research posters |
| 119 RMB | Welding Research Laboratory | Applications of high speed image and adaptive intelligent control systems; laser welding and materials processing system; welding robot |