ECE Featured Videos
New ECE Building Construction - View from East
New ECE Building Construction - View from East
Watch the progression of the new ECE building on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's campus. This is the view from the Coordinated Science Lab.New ECE Building Construction - View from North
New ECE Building Construction - View from North
Watch the progression of the new ECE building at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's campus. This is the view from Beckman Institute.Engineering at Illinois TEC Silicon Valley Student Trip
Engineering at Illinois TEC Silicon Valley Student Trip
Overview of the Silicon Valley trip that several University of Illinois Students took through the Technology Entrepreneur Center.Wireless glove controlled electric mountainboard
Wireless glove controlled electric mountainboard
ECE grad student Andres Guzman-Ballen developed a glove-controlled mountainboard.Illinois faculty interviews
Illinois faculty interviews
ECE's Marie-Christine Brunet is featured in a video of Illinois faculty interviews.A Brilliant Idea: Nick Holonyak, Jr. and the LED
A Brilliant Idea: Nick Holonyak, Jr. and the LED
ECE Professor Nick Holonyak Jr. is profiled in a Big Ten Network documentary.Illinois Solar Decathlon: Electrical engineering team
Illinois Solar Decathlon: Electrical engineering team
ECE ILLINOIS students help design and build the Illinois 2011 Solar Decathlon entry, Re_home. The team leader explains what the students have been developing.The Future of Solar Power
The Future of Solar Power
ECE Professor Phillip Krein discusses current and upcoming innovations in solar power production.ECE Senior Design: Emergency Detection System
ECE Senior Design: Emergency Detection System
A Senior Design project that warns motorists of approaching emergency vehicles.Internet-controlled power wheels car demonstration
Internet-controlled power wheels car demonstration
ECE students rigged a power wheels car to be controlled using a smartphone or iPad.2011 Solar Decathlon: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2011 Solar Decathlon: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
An introduction to the Illinois 2011 Solar Decathlon entry: Re-Home.Additive synthesizer
Additive synthesizer
ECE 385 students created a MIDI keyboard with synthesizer functionality.Engineer in Residence: Michael McCorquodale
Engineer in Residence: Michael McCorquodale
ECE alumnus Michael McCorquodale (BSEE '97) tells students his experiences of creating a start-up, developing it, and then selling it to a larger corporation.Spark of Genius: The Story of John Bardeen
Spark of Genius: The Story of John Bardeen
This Big Ten Network program examines life and work of John Bardeen.ECE Senior Design: Inductive coupling piano
ECE Senior Design: Inductive coupling piano
Watch the semester-long process of moving from concept to final design of a Senior Design project.Pie Professor Lumetta!
Pie Professor Lumetta!
ECE student organization WECE raised money to support cancer research. One lucky contributor won the opportunity to "pie" ECE Professor Steve Lumetta.Brain-Computer Interface
Brain-Computer Interface
University of Illinois neuroscience research is using feedback information to design Brain-Machine Interfaces. BMI holds great possibility in providing a means for disabled people to communicate more easily.EOH 2010 @ Everitt Lab
EOH 2010 @ Everitt Lab
Engineering Open House 2010--a great experience for engineering enthusiasts of all ages, not to mention the incredible students who run the event and create the projects on display.Inside the Anechoic Chamber
Inside the Anechoic Chamber
What's an anechoic chamber? Take a peek inside this unique learning environment at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Illinois.Measuring the Seebeck Coefficient of Lithium
Measuring the Seebeck Coefficient of Lithium
ECE freshman Maryann Tung describes work she's doing at the Center for Plasma-Material Interactions.Tesla Roadster @ ECE
Tesla Roadster @ ECE
Tesla roadsters swung through Champaign-Urbana, Alma Mater of Tesla co-founder, Martin Eberhard, on their way to the 2010 Detroit Auto Show.Why live in CU?
Why live in CU?
What? Live in CU? Only if you like a smart, innovative, micro-urban place that offers some of everything.ECE Strike 2009
ECE Strike 2009
ECE Strike, a student event that includes faculty participants, is sponsored by the ECE Student Advisory Committee.
Engineering Open House PROMO
Engineering Open House PROMO
A promotional video for EOH 2010.
I love EOH (2010)
I love EOH (2010)
I love EOH, and I'm going to tell you why by singing!
PURE, December 2009
PURE, December 2009
Promoting Undergraduate Research in ECE or PURE...a great program that exposes ECE undergrads to the joys of research.
Senior Design, Fall 2009
Senior Design, Fall 2009
Senior Design is the culmination of the ECE program. Each semester, students create amazing projects in this class.
Gable Home arrives on campus
Gable Home arrives on campus
ECE ILLINOIS students factored heavily in the 2009 Solar Decathlon team, which showcased its fine work on the National Mall in Washington, DC. This video shows Gable Home being delivered to campus.
ECE ILLINOIS Freshmen Welcome Events 2009
ECE ILLINOIS Freshmen Welcome Events 2009
An overview of the ECE Freshmen Mentor picnic and Freshmen Fusion, fall 2009.
Solar Decathlon Open House 2009
Solar Decathlon Open House 2009
The Illinois Solar Decathlon team showed off Gable Home and its innovative, energy efficient features.
Musical Tesla Coils at EOH 2008
Musical Tesla Coils at EOH 2008
Two 6' tall Tesla coils controlled by the Haken Continuum Fingerboard play music at the 2008 Engineering Open House.
The Corporate Connection After Hours Fall 2009
The Corporate Connection After Hours Fall 2009
A career event just for ECEÂ and CSÂ students.
Nobel Prize for Transistor
Nobel Prize for Transistor
Newsreel from 1956 showing William Shockley, Walter Brattain, and Illinios' John Bardeen receiving the Nobel Prize for the transistor.
ECE 210
ECE 210
Analog Signal Processing teaches students key signal processing theory and provides application of this theory in the laboratory through the construction of an AM radio. Emphasis is given to circuit analysis, differential equations, convolutions, and applications in filtering. Students learn to use advanced options on the oscilloscope and other engineering tools and see the application of diodes, capacitors, and resistors. At the conclusion of the semester students tune their newly designed radio to their favorite AM station to see their design at work!
ECE 415
ECE 415
The objective of ECE 415: Biomedical Instrumentation, is to prepare students for the ever-increasing convergence of engineering, medicine, and biology. Using a hands-on, in-the-laboratory approach, this class teaches students the basics of engineering and designing the detection, acquisition, processing, and display of biosignals from living systems. Measuring signals from the body, making amplifiers, and measuring brain waves and muscles
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ECE 444
ECE 444
Theory and Fabrication of Integrated Circuit Devices is a pioneering class that uses the departments state-of-the-art fabrication lab. The goal of this course is to give students a thorough understanding of the design and process technology of modern integrated circuits. This lab provides hands-on exposure to all aspects of processing technology, experience in the design of semiconductor device processes and a clear understanding of the economic and technical trade-offs inherent in this industry. By the end of the semester, students will have experience with each step of the integrated circuit manufacturing process.
ECE 469
ECE 469
Power Electronics teaches students the hands-on aspects of power electronics including the use of electronic circuits for processing and control of electrical energy. This class covers conventional and non-conventional energy sources and requirements including batteries, solar power, motor control, alternative resource conversion, and hybrid and electric vehicles. Interested in making revolutionary changes to how we process, deliver, and use energy? Any student with a serious interest in our energy future should take this class.
ECE 110
ECE 110
All ECE ILLINOIS students must take ECE 110:Intro to Computer and Electrical Engineering.
ECE 460
ECE 460
ECE 460: Optical Imaging covers visible and infrared imaging systems including fields, optical elements, electronic sensors, and embedded processing systems.
ECE 445
ECE 445
Senior Design is the culmination of the undergrad learning experience
ECE 210
ECE 210
A one minute video introducing our Analog Signal Processing course.
ECE 486
ECE 486
Control Systems provides a broad survey on modeling, classical control techniques, and optimization.
William O"Brien on the Bioacoustics Research Laboratory
William O'Brien on the Bioacoustics Research Laboratory
William O'Brien, director of the Bioacoustics Research Laboratory at the Beckman Institute, is pushing ultrasound imaging methods in new directions.
Stephen Boppart on the Bioimaging Science and Technology Group
Stephen Boppart on the Bioimaging Science and Technology Group
Boppart is director of the Biophotonics Imaging Laboratory at Beckman, where he has developed novel methods and technologies for biological imaging.
Low Latency MIDI Guitar
Low Latency MIDI Guitar
For a student final project in ECE 445 Senior Design, we created a low latency MIDI guitar adapter system, using a hex pickup and microcontroller.
EOH on WCIA
EOH on WCIA
EOH 2008: Live miniature demonstration of the Tesla Coil Continuum Music and Light Show on WCIA.
Nick Holonyak Jr. 2004 Lemelson-MIT Prize Winner
Nick Holonyak Jr. 2004 Lemelson-MIT Prize Winner
Holonyak invented the first practical LED (light emitting diode), the first visible-spectrum semiconductor laser and the household dimmer switch.
ECE 110 Car Final Design
ECE 110 Car Final Design
This was our ECE 110 final design. I'm so glad it's over, but I had a great time with the project!
Alumnus Jack Kilby on IC Invention
Alumnus Jack Kilby on IC Invention
From the mid-90s with engineer Harvey Cragon and Willis Adcock who, as head of Semiconductor R&D, hired Kilby. The three reflect on their roles in the creation of the integrated circuit.
Alumnus Jack Kilby Nobel Prize Press Conference
Alumnus Jack Kilby Nobel Prize Press Conference
Jack Kilby press conference at Texas Instruments announcing his Nobel Prize award.
EOH Robots
EOH Robots
A small sample of the Jerry Sanders Design Competition at Engineering Open House.
Overview of the Beckman Institute
Overview of the Beckman Institute
Produced by the the Beckman's Imaging Technology Group and WILL, this video provides an overview of Beckman and its interdisciplinary research.
AMD Jerry Sanders Course Set Up 2007
AMD Jerry Sanders Course Set Up 2007
Time lapse video of the course set up involving eight tons of steel, wood, and carpet assembled in a gym in two days.
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Jerry Sanders Design Contest 2007
Jerry Sanders Design Contest 2007
The first place robot from the 2007 Jerry Sanders Design Contest.
ECE 110 Autonomous Car
ECE 110 Autonomous Car
The ECE 110 autonomous car project navigating perfectly.
Tour of Everitt Laboratory
Tour of Everitt Laboratory
Short tour of William L. Everitt Laboratory, home of ECE ILLINOIS.
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