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Koushanfar and Sabharwal receive faculty promotions (May 2012)

Scientists solve mystery of colorful armchair nanotubes (January 2012)

Behnaam Aazhang elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (December 2011)

Mittleman named interim faculty director of Smalley Institute (November 2011)

IEEE student chapter to dedicate Bill Wilson Lounge on November 4 (November 2011)

People as 'sensors': Twitter messages reveal NFL's big plays and fans' excitement (October 2011)

Rice breakthrough could double wireless capacity with no new towers (September 2011)

Congratulations to our 2011 ECE Graduates (May 2011)

Reverse NanoJapan: Rice to host 25-30 Japanese students (May 2011)

Measurement of 'hot' electrons could have solar energy payoff (May 2011)

Consortium launches IC Trust-Hub to enhance computer security (April 2011)

Houston grandmother is nation's first 'Super Wi-Fi' user (April 2011)

'Pruned' microchips are faster, smaller, more energy-efficient (March 2011)

Rice again named ‘TI Leadership University’ (March 2011)

Baraniuk wins IEEE Education Award (January 2011)

Congratulations to our December 2010 ECE Graduates (December 2010)

IEEE Signal Processing Society offers free educational content via Connexions (December 2010)

Koushanfar earns Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (November 2010)

Rice, TMC team take aim at pancreatic cancer (October 2010)

Rice University's award-winning NanoJapan program wins $4M grant (September 2010)

Texas Instruments visiting professors join Rice faculty this fall (August 2010)

Rice remains in nation's top 20 best colleges, ECE moves up in rankings of engineering specialities (August 2010)

Rice professor's program brings Van Goghs back to basics (August 2010)

Magnets trump metallics (July 2010)

ECE Welcomes Two New Faculty Members (June 2010)

The bountiful beam - Lasers are 50, and the source of many breakthroughs at Rice (May 2010)

Nano parfait a treat for scientists (May 2010)

Congratulations to our 2010 ECE Graduates (May 2010)

OrthoIntrinsics named best international team in Rice Alliance 2010 business plan competition (April 2010)

ECE rocks the Engineering Design Showcase (April 2010)

ECE remembers Professor Henry Clark Bourne Jr. (March 2010)

Top-performing senior design team brings magic to project competition in 3D (February 2010)

Nanodragsters hit the street (January 2010)

Dr. Richard Baraniuk adds IEEE publication award to growing list of exceptional accomplishments (January 2010)

Tracking new cancer-killing particles with MRI (December 2009)

Rice lab makes solid material transparent to terahertz waves (December 2009)

ECE Competes in First Annual Rice Alliance-School of Engineering Elevator Pitch Contest (November 2009)

Rice receives boost to offer treatment at WARP speed (October 2009)

Farinaz Koushanfar named among the Nation's Outstanding Young Engineers (September 2009)

Portable and precise gas sensor could monitor pollution and detect disease (September 2009)

Lockheed Martin gives LANCER program high marks (August 2009)

Technology catches up -- 30 years later -- to Rice scientists' idea for trace-gas sensor (August 2009)

NanoJapan expands summer intern program (July 2009)

Junichiro Kono promoted to Full Professor (July 2009)

DSP architecture expert Ray Simar returns to Rice as a Professor in the Practice (June 2009)

Dr. James F. Young garners funding to train high school teachers (June 2009)

Baraniuk to lead $6.3 million DoD MURI project developing new techniques for "opportunistic sensing," (May 2009)

Congratulations to our 2009 ECE Graduates

Rice-led project aims to boost performance on every chip (April 2009)

Professor Naomi J. Halas Elected Fellow of American Academy of Arts and Sciences (April 2009)

Nanocups brim with potential (March 2009)

ECE Welcomes Texas Instruments Visiting Professor (February 2009)

Wireless at WARP speed (January 2009)

C. Sidney Burrus named recipient of 2009 IEEE Jack S. Kilby Medal (November 2008)

Halas wins high-profile national security award (November 2008)

ECE Welcomes Texas Instruments Visiting Professor

Zeroing in on Wi-Fi "dead zones"

Rice air sensors tested near Beijing's Olympic stadium

ECE welcomes new faculty member

ECE adds new Professor in the Practice of Computer Technology

Connexions® founder Richard Baraniuk wins Berkman Award

Microchip fingerprints used to lock out chip pirates

Rice wins innovation award for international program

Lin Zhong Recognized as Co-Author of One of the Most Influential Papers

ECE Ranks Number One in Faculty Scholarly Productivity

Naomi Halas and Kevin Kelly have "Hot Papers"

Dr. Farinaz Koushanfar has been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure and Dr. Ashutosh Sabharwal has been promoted to the rank of Full Professor (with tenure).  Both promotions will take effect on July 1.

 
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