Events

Friday, October 30, 2026 10:00 a.m.

Ph.D. Research Proposal Exam: Ziyao Wang

ANNOUNCEMENT: Ph.D. Research Proposal Exam Name: Ziyao Wang Committee: Professor Ang Li (Chair) Professor Sennur Ulukus Professor Heng Huang Date/time: Friday, October 30,...

Audience: Faculty 

Friday, October 30, 2026 12:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.

ECE Fall Career Fair

Companies will be looking for undergraduate and graduate students for internships and full-time positions. Information available HERE Student Registration Link...

Audience: Graduate  Undergraduate 

Friday, October 30, 2026 1:15 p.m.-2:30 a.m.

Financing Advanced Energy Technologies

This webinar will ask which commercial capital pools are available at each stage of technology maturity, what conditions must be present for those investors to participate, and where...

Audience: Public 

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...