Stories tagged with: School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Computer science students design app to help children in foster care

April 7, 2023 Students Justin Garey, Liam Speakman, Kane Louderback and Alexander Nemecek worked with “Fostering My Journey,” a project that aims to support children in foster care, for their senior design project.

OHIO’s Choose Ohio First Scholars to present at Ohio Statehouse

March 31, 2023 Two of Ohio University’s Choose Ohio First scholars, Alexander Nemecek and Brady Phelps, will present posters during the 2023 Choose Ohio First Scholar Showcase at the Ohio Statehouse on April 11.  

Ohio University students return to International Collegiate Programming Contest

March 22, 2023 Ohio University sent four teams of three students to compete in the International Collegiate Programming Contest, the oldest and most prestigious algorithmic programming contest in the world.

Michael Braasch is elevated to Fellow in Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

January 26, 2023 Michael Braasch, Thomas Professor of Engineering in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, joins the 2023 class of Fellows in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. 

Ohio University joins the Midwest Semiconductor Network

January 19, 2023 Ohio University joins universities in Ohio, Michigan, Illinois and Indiana to form a coalition to address national needs in semiconductor and microelectronics.

Computer science students build Discord bot in HACK OHI/O competition

November 22, 2022 Computer science students Justin Garey, Reilly Schultz and Silas Springer traveled to Columbus, Ohio to represent Ohio University in a collegiate hackathon, a coding competition.

Russ College graduate Drake Purdum pursues dreams to work at NASA

November 17, 2022 Drake Purdum, BSEE '22, dreamed of one day working at NASA and through an internship at NASA Glenn Research Center, Purdum landed his dream job as an electronics engineer.

Ohio University mourns the loss of electrical engineering leader

November 3, 2022 Charles “Chuck” Alexander, former Stocker visiting professor, passed away on Oct. 17, 2022. Alexander led a storied career in electrical engineering and academia, beginning his career at OHIO.

Electrical engineering graduate awarded Women of Color STEM achievement award

November 1, 2022 Seana McNeal was awarded the Professional Achievement in Government award at the Women of Color STEM conference on Oct. 8, 2022 in Detroit, Michigan.

Computer science students attend Hackcon X to plan for Capture the Flag competition

October 17, 2022 In preparation for Ohio University’s Capture the Flag (CTF) competition, computer science students Josh Marusek and Alex Williams attended the Major League Hacking’s Hackcon X conference on August 26-28, 2022. 

OHIO students place first, second and third in international Wikipedia editing competition

September 29, 2022 Computer science students in Data Mining and Data Science worked toward the same goal — to improve a Wikipedia page with more robust descriptions, key visuals and reliable sources.

OHIO welcomed Dr. Hironobu Fujiyoshi to campus as Glidden Visiting Professor from Chubu University

September 29, 2022 Professor Hironobu Fujiyoshi spent six weeks, from August 3 to September 14, 2022, in Athens as the Robert Glidden Visiting Professor from Chubu University.

OHIO team soft launches first sensor in low altitude weather network

September 13, 2022 Assistant professor Chad Mourning was awarded one of Ohio Federal Research Network’s awards for a low altitude weather network, and has completed the soft launch of the first unit in the network.

Ohio University awarded Intel grant funding, will serve as lead institution for Appalachian Semiconductor Education and Technical (ASCENT) Ecosystem

September 9, 2022 Over the next three years, ASCENT will collaboratively develop and deliver diverse educational options across the region, including certificates, associate degrees, bachelor’s and graduate degrees.

OHIO Bioinformatics Lab discovers genetic 'word pairs,' next step in mapping neurological disease

July 26, 2022 When international researchers capture information at the genomic level, it takes help from OHIO engineers to find patterns in the 3D picture that let scientists visualize the genes at work.