Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Department
Students Carve Up Their Best Pumpkin at the 2nd Annual EECS Halloween Party on Wednesday , October 28, 2015. 
EECS Undergrad David Heydari Wins 1st Place at 2015 NDConnect Poster Session
David Heydari
EECS Undergraduate Student David Heydari (Senior, majoring in EE) won 1st Place & $3,000 in the 2015 NDConnect Poster Session at the Fifth Annual NDConnect undergraduate nanotechnology research competition for his project on "High-power quantum cascade lasers with angled cavities."

The University of Notre Dame held a competition, including a poster session, tour, and awards dinner to recognize outstanding undergraduates in nanoscience and nanoengineering on Friday, October 23 in South Bend, IN. First Place .  Read More 
ETOPiA Play Examines Galileo's Controversial Life
Prof. Matthew Grayson
In the 17th century Venetian Republic, scientist Galileo Galilei created the first telescope and pointed it toward the sky. While the new instrument unlocked a universe of planets, moons, and stars, it also led to a new view that threatened the largest power structure at the time, the Roman Catholic Church, during the era of the Inquisition.

A Life of Galileo, a play examining the struggles and controversy between evolving scientific knowledge and conservative social norms, will run at Northwestern University from November 13 to December 6.

"The themes explored in the play are still relevant in 2015," said Northwestern Engineering's Matthew Grayson, producer of the annual ETOPiA event and associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science. "Today there remains a bipolarity in modern society between people who believe in critical thinking and those who embrace convention. Often, neither camp has the full story in mind." Read More 
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