Johns Hopkins University Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Vishal Patel, an ECE associate professor, has been selected for the IEEE Signal Processing Society Pierre-Simon Laplace Early Career Technical Achievement Award! Patel was selected “for contributions to image processing and machine learning for biometrics and identity science."

Story: https://engineering.jhu.edu/ece/news/vishal-patel-receives-2021-ieee-sps-pierre-simon-laplace-early-career-technical-achievement-award/

A new photoacoustic imaging process created by ECE PhD candidate Mardava Gubbi has the potential to improve biopsies and catheter insertions! It automates the task of tracking needle and catheter tips, provides doctors with info about surrounding tissue, and may lower the risk of surgical complications.

Story: https://hub.jhu.edu/2021/12/21/process-improves-photoacoustic-imaging/

A team of JHU engineers and clinicians have utilized wearable motion sensors to help predict outcomes for patients with severe brain injury. These devices record motor signals found to be correlated with levels of patient consciousness and purposeful movement and can help doctors predict patient outcomes.

The team included ECE Professor Ralph Etienne-Cummings, as well as ECE PhD candidate John Rattray!

Story: https://hub.jhu.edu/2021/12/17/wearable-sensors-detect-purposeful-movement-severe-brain-injury/

Congratulations to ECE graduate student Rajeev Yasarla and Associate Professor Vishal Patel on winning the Best Paper Award at 2021 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP)!

The research in their paper, titled “Learning to Restore Images Degraded by Atmospheric Turbulence Using Uncertainty,” has applications in long-range surveillance, autonomous navigation, and biometrics.

Story: https://engineering.jhu.edu/ece/news/rajeev-yasarla-and-vishal-patel-win-best-paper-award-at-2021-ieee-international-conference-on-image-processing-icip/

ECE PhD candidates Ian McLane and Valerie Rennoll are teaching an acoustics course at Peabody Institute, opening a new avenue for scientific and musical collaboration!

Story: https://hub.jhu.edu/2021/12/07/acoustics-course-engineering-peabody/

ECE postdoctoral fellow Sangwook Park identified an area in the midbrain of bats that processes sounds, informing the next generation of sonar technology! His artificial brain has the potential to improve submarine navigation.

Story:

Engineer's bat-inspired artificial brain could improve submarine navigation Postdoctoral fellow Sangwook Park identified an area in the midbrain of bats that processes sounds, informing the next generation of sonar technology

Congratulations to ECE PhD candidate Ian McLane on being name to the 2022 list! McLane was selected for his work with re-engineering the traditional stethoscope to diagnose pneumonia, which has a 91% accuracy rate.

Story: https://engineering.jhu.edu/ece/news/ian-mclane-selected-for-2022-forbes-30-under-30-list/

Applications due tomorrow: We are looking for a Lecturer to join our faculty!

Ability to teach introductory programming in Java and Python is required, and candidates who have experience teaching and mentoring students from diverse backgrounds is of particular interest.

Apply here: https://apply.interfolio.com/92597

ECE PhD candidate Mardava Gubbi recently presented his research at the Maryland STEM Festival! His work involves integrating a photoacoustic imaging system, a deep learning-based tracking system, and a robotic arm to track needle tips in different imaging environments.

Click the video to watch Mardava's presentation:

Technology and Robotics in Health Care To discuss some of the uses of Technology and Robotics in Health Care

ECE Professor Ralph Etienne-Cummings mentored his native Seychelles to 17th place at the 2021 First Global Robotic Challenge! FGC is a yearly international robotics challenge that aims to ignite a passion for STEM among youths across the world.

Story: https://engineering.jhu.edu/ece/news/ralph-etienne-cummings-mentors-seychelles-to-top-20-finish-at-first-global-robotic-challenge-2021/

Thanks to the ECE GSA for hosting the annual department pumpkin carving contest earlier this week! All of the entrants did an excellent job, but congratulations to Teams 2 and 5 on winning!

ECE doctoral candidate Naresh Nandakumar is developing a painless, non-invasive approach using functional magnetic resonance imaging, or fMRI, to locate the eloquent cortex.

Read all about it in the latest from the Hub! https://engineering.jhu.edu/ece/news/a-new-approach-to-mapping-the-brain-could-make-surgery-safer/