ECE Professor Robert J. Butera has been named as a Distinguished Lecturer for the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS) for a two-year term, which began on January 1, 2018 and will end on December 31, 2019. 

Vince Calhoun has been chosen as the recipient of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS) Technical Achievement Award.

Ph.D. candidate Mohammad Nikbakht in Professor Omer Inan's research group earned Best Paper recognition at the IEEE Conference on Body Sensor Networks for research on a miniaturized, fully digital, and wearable joint health sensing system.