Events

Tuesday, November 3, 2026 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.

ECE Special Seminar - Dr. Eric Feron, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

Speaker: Dr. Eric Feron, Professor, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia Talk Title: From regional traffic reorganization to sector-level airspace...

Audience: Graduate  Undergraduate  Faculty 

Wednesday, November 4, 2026 2:00 p.m.

Ph.D. Dissertation Defense: Mingju Liu

Announcement: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense Name: Mingju LiuCommittee:Professor Cunxi Yu, Chair/AdvisorProfessor Gang QuProfessor Kaiqing ZhangProfessor Ang LiProfessor David...

Audience: Public  Graduate  Faculty 

Wednesday, November 4, 2026 5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.

Evening@SMART: Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems

The University of Maryland MATRIX Lab's next Evening@SMART presentation on November 4 will feature the first NAWCAD speaker of the series! Dr. Charles Rea is a seasoned professional...

Audience: Graduate  Undergraduate  Faculty  Staff  Post-Docs 

Thursday, November 5, 2026 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.

ECE Special Seminar - Dr. Kerianne Hobbs, The Aerospace Corporation

Speaker: Dr. Kerianne Hobbs, Vehicle Autonomy and System Trust, The Aerospace Corporation Title: You Can't Crash the First One: Testing Safety-Critical Aerospace Autonomy Abstract:...

Audience: Graduate  Faculty 

Friday, November 6, 2026 3:30 p.m.

ECE Colloquium - Dehong Lui, Mitubishi Electric Research Laboratories

Speaker: Dr. Dehong Lui, Research Scientist, Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories Talk Title: Motor fault detection: from signal processing to machine learning Abstract:...

Thursday, November 12, 2026 12:00 p.m.

Ph.D. Research Proposal Exam: Everest Bloomer

ANNOUNCEMENT: Ph.D. Research Proposal Exam Name: Everest Bloomer Committee: Dr. Sahli Shah (Chair) Dr. Shuvra Bhattacharyya Dr. Timothy Horiuchi Date/time: Thursday, November...

Audience: Faculty 

Friday, November 13, 2026 3:30 p.m.

ECE Colloquium - ECE Distinguished Alumni Panel

Panel Participants: Alvaro A. Cardenas (M.S. '02 / Ph.D. '06), Professor, University of California, Santa Cruz Sanjoy Paul (Ph.D. '92), Executive Director, Rice Nexus Himanshu...

Thursday, November 19, 2026 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

AABC Commissioning Group Pop-up

Join ACG (AABC Commissioning Group) to learn about career opportunities in building commissioning—a growing field focused on improving building performance, energy efficiency, and...

Thursday, November 19, 2026 1:00 p.m.

Ph.D. Dissertation Defense: Itay Ozer

Announcement: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense Name: Itay OzerCommittee:Professor (Chair): Prof. Saikat GuhaProfessor: Prof. Mohammad HafeziProfessor: Prof. Sanghamitra DuttaProfessor:...

Audience: Public  Graduate  Faculty 

Friday, December 4, 2026 3:30 p.m.

ECE Colloquium - Danijela Cabric, UCLA

Speaker: Danijela Cabric, Professor, UCLA Talk Title and Abstract TBA...