![prof Eric Pop](/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/2023-09/EPop_portrait480x480.jpg?itok=8x4j_mqj)
Eric Pop receives 2023 Viskanta Fellowship
His citation reads "for independent and innovative research in the field of thermal sciences."
![prof Dan Congreve](/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/2023-09/DanCongreve-ORIGheadshot.jpg?itok=Al2t5gBb)
Dan Congreve selected as an Intel 2023 Rising Star Faculty
For his work on engineering nanoscale systems, with a particular focus on materials and devices to control light and energy.
![Dean and professor Jennifer Widom](/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/2023-08/JenniferWidomSQ.jpg?itok=a5w7rao2)
Jennifer Widom's Instructional Odyssey
Begun in 2016, she continues to teach free data science courses
![Katie Neilson (EE PhD candidate). Image credit: Cornell](/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/2023-08/KatieNeilson-photo.jpg?itok=q7VrPsm1)
Katie Neilson wins Best Lightning Talk
For her presentation "Improving and Understanding 2D Material-Based P-Type Transistors.”
![Asir I. Khan, EE PhD Candidate](/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/2023-08/asir_profilephoto.jpg?itok=QurHGzGG)
Asir I. Khan received the 2023 Russell & Sigurd Varian Award
His citation reads, "for novel materials for low-power memory and energy-efficient nanoelectronics.”
![prof Shanhui Fan](/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/2023-08/ShanhuiFan-portrait480x480.jpg?itok=IF73anmp)
New paint gives extra insulation, saving on energy, costs, and carbon emissions
Researchers show that their newly invented paints, which they produced in a wide array of colors, can reduce the need for both heating and air conditioning in buildings and other spaces, like trains and trucks for refrigerated cargo.
![prof James Zou](/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/2023-08/James-Zou-sq.jpg?itok=pvaYZSt2)
James Zou discusses implications of the ability of AI to predict the race or ethnicity of patients, based solely on medical images
How AI Inferences of Race in Medical Images Can Improve—or Worsen—Health Care Disparities.
![prof Dan Congreve](/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/2023-08/DanCongreve-ORIGheadshot.jpg?itok=fcPolh96)
Congreve Lab boosts brightness and efficiency of peLEDs
A molecular additive enhances next-gen LEDs – but shortens their lifespans.
![From left, Stanford University researchers Ram Rajagopal, Thomas Navidi and Abbas El Gamal. Photo Credit: Abbas El Gamal](/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/2023-07/Ram-Thomas-Abbas%20El%20Gamal.jpeg?itok=WIAty6qN)
Abbas El Gamal, Ram Rajagopal, and Thomas Navidi uncover significant grid reliability with a software-only approach
Coordination could spare billions in grid upgrade costs and accelerate electrification
![Asir I. Khan, EE PhD Candidate](/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/2023-07/asir_profilephoto.jpg?itok=fcZaNh40)
Asir Khan (PhD candidate) received the Best Student Paper Award, 2022 IEEE Symposium on VLSI Technology and Circuits
Asir’s award was presented at the 2023 VLSI Symposium.