Department News

Weidong Cao

GW Engineering’s Role in Tackling Semiconductor Design Challenges with AI

ECE Professor Weidong Cao is advancing U.S. competitiveness in the semiconductor industry through his collaboration on a project leveraging AI and ML to optimize RFIC design methods.

Isaac Bilsel

Enhancing AI through Hardware Innovation

First-year Ph.D. student Isaac Bilsel begins his doctoral studies with support from a Scholar Award from the Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Metro Washington Chapter.

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Power and Energy Student Organization Earns International Recognition

GW’s IEEE PES-IAS Joint Student Branch Chapter's efforts were recognized internationally, receiving a 2025 “Outstanding Joint IAS SB Chapter Award” at the IEEE IAS Annual Meeting in Taiwan.

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Coordinated by Schurr, GW Engineering’s AI Research Takes the National Stage

Determined to showcase GW Engineering's impact-directed research, rising junior Aidan Schurr coordinated the school’s booth at the 2025 SCSP AI + EXPO in Washington, D.C.

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nVent Names GW Engineering Alumna Diane Leopold to Board of Directors

nVent Electric appoints industry leader Diane Leopold to its boards, reinforcing its strategic growth with over 30 years of utility sector expertise.

Jingdi Chen at GW Engineering graduation

Alumna Jingdi Chen Joins University of Arizona as Assistant Professor

Jingdi Chen, Ph.D. ’24, will join the University of Arizona as an assistant professor this fall, where she will lead groundbreaking research in multi-agent systems and AI.

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GW Researchers Advance Brain-Inspired AI with Study on Spiking Neural Networks

GW Engineering’s Gina Adam and Joseph Kilgore improve training for brain-inspired AI systems by exploring biologically informed neuron ratios in spiking neural networks.

Students in Gina Adam's class holding their microchips

Students Gain Hands-On Chip Design Experience in Microfabrication Couse

Through a partnership with NIST, students in Professor Gina Adam’s class designed and integrated new structures on microchips using real-world nanofabrication tools.

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Prompts to Large Language Models Have Evil Twins

ECE Prof. Howie Huang and PhD students Rimon Melamed, Lucas H. McCabe, and Yejin Kim uncovered human-readable prompts to LLMs can often be substituted with seemingly nonsensical strings that produce...

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ControlTheory CEO and GW Engineering Alumnus Bob Quillin Featured in Pulse 2.0

GW Engineering alumnus Bob Quillin discusses how ControlTheory boosts enterprise observability by leveraging controllability, cutting costs, and optimizing outcomes.