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Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering News

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering covers a wide range of modern engineering fields including wireless communication, system on chip, nanotechnology, renewable energy, and sensor networks. Our graduates receive the necessary knowledge to either design computer hardware or software, or analyze, design, and develop systems that process, communicate, interface, and display information.

Current Electrical and Computer Engineering News

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People |

PBS documentaries illuminated the way to engineering for the two-time UNLV graduate focused on helping students succeed.

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A UNLV Engineering lab trains students to use machine learning and build autonomous systems to help us better navigate the world.

Emely Garcia, incoming grad student, teaches students to make plates
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Engineering program pairs experiential learning with internships to encourage high school students to explore STEM careers.

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A scholarship program built around community has graduated 74% of its students and earned a $2 million NSF grant to expand.

A professor shows two students a prototype.
Campus News |

Do you know how to use a makerspace? This class will teach you.

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People |

The assistant professor helps launch career-focused engineering technology program designed with student success in mind.

Electrical and Computer Engineering In The News

KSNV-TV: News 3

Autonomous robotaxis operated by Zoox are set to begin trips to and from Harry Reid International Airport on Thursday, Sept. 3, expanding beyond their current operations on the Las Vegas Strip.

KSNV-TV: News 3

Autonomous robotaxis operated by Zoox are set to begin trips to and from Harry Reid International Airport on Thursday, Sept. 3, expanding beyond their current operations on the Las Vegas Strip.

KSNV-TV: News 3

Autonomous vehicles are becoming a more familiar sight on Las Vegas roads, as companies including Zoox, Tesla, Waymo and Aviari move to expand driverless transportation in the valley.

Las Vegas Review Journal

UNLV celebrated the opening of its Advanced Engineering Building on Friday as the university works to help accommodate one of its fastest growing programs.

Las Vegas Review Journal

UNLV celebrated the opening of its Advanced Engineering Building on Friday as the university works to help accommodate one of its fastest growing programs.

KSNV-TV: News 3

The UNLV College of Engineering is looking to the fall semester with a new upgrade.

Electrical and Computer Engineering Experts

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Recent Electrical and Computer Engineering Accomplishments

Assistant professor Shengjie (Patrick) Zhai, Ph.D., (Electrical and Computer Engineering) has been named a recipient of the Young Innovator Award at Advanced Biomanufacturing (ABioM) 2026 by the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES). The award is presented in recognition of excellence in research, scientific presentation, and innovation in…
Shengjie Zhai (PI), Emma E Regentova (co-PI), Ming Zhu (co-PI) (all Electrical and Computer Engineering) and Vanessa Vongkulluksn (co-PI) (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) from the have received a prestigious National Science Foundation (NF) award of $899,898 for developing "Pocket TA: A Multimodal AI Platform for…
UNLV faculty and graduate students Metehan Zorluoglu (Electrical and Computer Engineering), Dilara Kara-Zorluoglu (Curriculum and Instruction; Education), and Hasan Deniz (Teaching and Learning) helped elementary school students achieve recognition as Nevada State Winners in the Presidential AI Challenge, Elementary Category Track II (Technical/…
Edgar Amalyan and Shahram Latifi (both Electrical and Computer Engineering) published a paper titled, "Data-Driven Machine Learning-Informed Framework for Model Predictive Control in Vehicles," in MDPI Information special issue Feature Papers in Information in 2024-2025. A machine learning framework is developed to interpret vehicle subsystem…
Congratulations to the UNLV racquetball team who competed in Corporate Challenge on Thursday, April 10. They won 1st overall and 10 points for UNLV. Competitors were Adam Koebke (Mathematics) who won gold in men's singles, Venki Muthukumar (Electrical Engineering) and Sai Parsa (Computer Science) who won gold in men's doubles, and Erica Marti…
Edgar Amalyan and Shahram Latifi (Electrical and Computer Engineering) published a paper titled “Machine Learning-Based Grading of Engine Health for High-Performance Vehicles” in the special issue Big Data Analytics and Information Technology for Smart Cities of MDPI Electronics. The paper presents a machine learning-based…