Electrical And Computer Engineering
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Air traffic control for drones: BYU engineers introduce low-cost UAV detection technology
With the exponential rise in drone activity, safely managing low-flying airspace has become a major issue. Using a network of small, low-cost radars, engineering professor Cammy Peterson and her colleagues have built an air traffic control system for drones that can effectively and accurately track anything in an identified low-altitude airspace.
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Your internet-connected home devices could be compromising your security. BYU computer engineers have a solution
It seems like just about every new household device connects to the internet these days. Thermostat? Check. Doorbell? Yup. Washer and Dryer? In 2024, of course. Even pet feeders connect to WiFi now to be controlled by an app. But all is not well because many of these devices can pose security risks to home networks.
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BYU team helps create diagnostic tool that achieves accuracy of PCR tests with faster, simpler nanopore system
A new diagnostic tool developed by Brigham Young University and UC Santa Cruz researchers can test for SARS-CoV-2 and Zika virus with the same or better accuracy as high-precision PCR tests in a matter of hours.
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The NSF wants to pay tuition, rent and much more for BYU Cybersecurity students
The NSF recently awarded the cybersecurity program within the BYU Electrical & Computer Engineering department with a five-year, $3.7 million grant called the CyberCorps Scholarship for Service. BYU is one of only six schools nationwide to receive the award this year, which recognizes students with technical talent, moral integrity, leadership, and second language skills.
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Coming Fall 2023: Check out a few new-to-BYU classes that may fill a gap in your schedule
Every fall there are several new classes offered at BYU for the first time. According to our unofficial count, more than 100 new courses will be offered this fall, from new language courses to new classes on human-computer interaction. Here's a preview of some of those courses.
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New BYU-developed AI technology could benefit future Super Bowl opponents
New artificial intelligence technology being developed by engineers at Brigham Young University could significantly cut down on the time and cost that goes into film study for Super Bowl-bound teams (and all NFL and college football teams), while also enhancing game strategy by harnessing the power of big data.
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Antarctic icebergs still exist today where 1700-era sailors spotted, tracked them
A new study comparing observations of large Antarctic icebergs from the 1700s with modern satellite datasets shows the massive icebergs are found in the same areas where they were pinpointed three centuries ago. The study shows that despite their rudimentary tools, the old explorers truly knew their craft, and it confirms that the icebergs have behaved consistently for more than 300 years.
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BYU engineers etch entirety of The Book of Mormon on a microchip wafer
A group of innovative BYU students from the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department found a way to etch the entire text of The Book of Mormon onto a thin silicon disc (called a wafer in the electronics world) that can fit in the palm of your hand.
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BYU engineers travel to the Arctic, develop innovative radar method to detect polar bears
BYU engineering students are testing radar to track polar bears aboveground. If successful, the team’s work would mark a significant step forward in scientists’ ability to track mother polar bears during winter, when they den and give birth to their cubs beneath dense snowpack. Locating and protecting bear dens is important for conservation efforts.
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Lab-on-a-Chip devices smaller than ever thanks to new 3D printing techniques from BYU
Microfluidic devices designed to help rapid diagnosis through blood
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BYU engineering, theatre arts students team up to create animatronic cougar
Thanks to the combined efforts of two BYU engineering capstone teams and a group of theatre and media arts students, the beloved mascot Cosmo is getting an animatronic counterpart in the theatre department.
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BYU hologram experts can now create real-life images that move in the air
They may be tiny weapons, but BYU’s holography research group has figured out how to create lightsabers — green for Yoda and red for Darth Vader, naturally — with actual luminous beams rising from them.
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New BYU algorithm making ID verification more secure by tracking facial movements
Like every other human biometric identification system before it, there are still significant security flaws in some of the most advanced identity verification technology. BYU computer and electrical engineering professor D.J. Lee has decided there is a better and more secure way to use your face for restricted access.
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BYU blood test can detect presence of deadly superbugs in less than one hour
Four BYU professors across four disciplines — molecular biology, chemistry, integrated optics and chemical processing — have created a method to extract superbugs from whole blood, prep them for testing and then provide a diagnosis all in under one hour.
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BYU offers 'crash course' in self-driving car technology
A BYU electrical engineering professor has found an innovative and inexpensive way to teach students how to program self-driving cars. Instead of building a full-scale autonomous vehicle, DJ Lee used RC cars and an indoor mini course to give students a crash course in the vocabulary and tech behind autonomous vehicles.
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Researchers create way to significantly extend Wi-Fi range for smart-home devices
Computer engineers have created a protocol that significantly extends the distance a Wi-Fi-enabled device can send and receive signals.
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Secret to lab-on-a-chip breakthrough: matte black nail polish
Unlikely solution comes from Ph.D. student who also moonlights as a standup comedian
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NSF asks BYU profs to build new receiver for one of world's largest radio telescopes
Phased array feed will increase the field of view by more than five times
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