College of Engineering (CoE) dean and Southern Company chair Gary S. May has announced the appointment of Professor Douglas B. Williams as the College’s new associate dean for administration and finance, effective August 1.

Raymond C. Hill has received the IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES) Technical Committee Distinguished Individual Service Award.

ECE Professor Erik I. Verriest received the Best Presentation Award in the session ThB25 Communication Delay in Network Control at the American Control Conference, held July 7 in Boston, Massachusetts.

Ninad Shahane received the Best Interactive Presentation Award at the 2016 IEEE Electronic Components and Technology Conference (ECTC), held May 31-June 3 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor, Dr. Rao Tummala, will present a keynote lecture at the 2016 International Wafer-Level Packaging Conference (IWLPC), on October 19 in San Jose, CA.

Georgia Tech College of Engineering Dean and Southern Company Chair Gary S. May has announced leadership changes that affect several units within the college.

ECE Professor Shyh-Chiang Shen visited the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, where he gave a presentation on III-Nitride Power Electronics.

ECE Ph.D. student Saiful Alam won the Best Poster Award at the 2016 European Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, held May 2-6 in Lille, France.

Electrical engineering undergraduate student Eric Pollmann has been named the recipient of the IEEE James C. Klouda Memorial Scholarship from the IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Society.

Ballistocardiography—or, the graphical representation of the body’s movements in response to the heartbeat—is a promising, newly revived technique that may soon make it to the masses as a wearable medical device.