ASEE Conference

July 2024
Over 60 Georgia Tech educators and researchers shared their work at the 2024 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Conference in Portland, Ore., this June.

Among them were many faculty members from the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), including Matthieu Bloch, Timothy Brothers, Jennifer Hasler, Lakshmi Raju, Jacqueline Rohde, Mary Ann Weitnauer, and Ying Zhang."

ECE Research Rally

April 2024
Ph.D. students were able to take this opportunity to practice distilling their technical information for a wider audience,” said Raju. “This skill is especially important for engineers, and undergraduate students were able to learn about current research occurring in ECE, opening them up to new interests and fields.” 

Q&A: Enriching the ECE Student Experience with Lakshmi Raju

January 2023
The ECE majors are tough, college itself is a challenge, and life, in general, can be very difficult. Some difficulties are just part of the process, but others don't have to be, and that's what we're targeting here.

ECE STEER Fellowship - Teaching Excellence

July 2023
The STEER Awards look to increase the interest, awareness, and level of pedagogy in our future faculty, while also forming a collaborative cohort of students teaching introductory electrical and computer engineering courses,” said Lakshmi, director of ECE student engagement and well-being.

Conference and Career Development Fund

The fund is open to undergraduate and graduate students and is part of ECE Cares, a health and wellbeing initiative started under School Chair Arijit Raychowdhury to provide student support at the school level.
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The Conference and Career Development Support Fund covers conference registration fees, airfare, and lodging. A unique aspect, according to Raju, is that the program will directly pay and book accommodations for students instead of issuing reimbursements, which she said is another way to reduce the burden on students.
April 2023

ECE Cares Contributor
May 2022
Contributions from student leaders like Chandna and ECE Ph.D. student Lakshmi Raju were essential to ensuring a successful first event, according to Holcomb...
Numerous additional ECE Cares programs and initiatives are in the works. Most notably, the School has created an academic professional position that will focus on teaching and helping ECE students respond to mental health needs.

Received ECE Faculty Award

This award is given to the electrical or computer engineering student who, in the opinion of the ECE faculty, has done the most to improve the educational environment within ECE or Georgia Tech and has contributed significantly to both student welfare and student-faculty interactions.
April 2020

Received ECE Graduate Teaching Assistant Excellence Award

April 2019
Teaching undergraduates is one of ECE’s most important missions. Teaching assistants are necessary to ensure that every student has the opportunity for personal attention during their course of study.

Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

The fellowships ... are awarded to outstanding students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields who are pursuing research-based graduate degrees." 
April 2018

Grace Hopper Trip sponsored by WECE

November 2016
 ...appreciated the general sense of comradery, the high energy atmosphere, and the wisdom imparted by women who are paving the path for future generations of female technologists."
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