The Electrical and Computer Engineering Department has been selected as a recipient of the Cadence Design Systems University Software program. The package supports teaching and research applications. Several engineering professors are utilizing the software in their research and classes, including: professor R. Jacob Baker for design of SiGe chip in 130 nm BiCMOS and for teaching EE 421/ECG 621, and EE 421L; professor Mei Yang and her Ph.D. students for simulating novel Network-on-Chip interconnections and circuit designs; and professor Yingtao Jiang and his Ph.D. students to design, simulate, and verify variation-insensitive circuits and architectures. The Cadence University Software program gift-in-kind is valued at $16.9 million.