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Virginia Tech ECE @VT_ECE

The official Twitter account for The Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech.

Joined September 2017
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If you’ve been meaning to update your profile banner, this is your sign! ✨ And you can do it in Virginia Tech ECE style. 😎
Virginia Tech Whittemore Hall.

ALT Virginia Tech Whittemore Hall.

Virginia Tech Torgersen Hall Library Bridge.

ALT Virginia Tech Torgersen Hall Library Bridge.

Virginia Tech Data and Decision Sciences (DDS) Building with some green leaves to the left.

ALT Virginia Tech Data and Decision Sciences (DDS) Building with some green leaves to the left.

Virginia Tech Burruss Hall.

ALT Virginia Tech Burruss Hall.
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Now this is drone racing! 🤩 Kevin Ni, an ECE Micro/Nanosystems student, gives us an inside look at the Drone Racing Team at Virginia Tech and the experience behind winning the national championship this past semester! 🏆
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ECE is everywhere — even in Peru! 🌎 ECE students in the Green Engineering, Culture and History in Peru class just wrapped up their study abroad experience after a semester of preparation. 🦙
Virginia Tech electrical and computer engineering students pose for a picture in Peru.

ALT Virginia Tech electrical and computer engineering students pose for a picture in Peru.

Virginia Tech electrical and computer engineering students pose for a picture in Peru.

ALT Virginia Tech electrical and computer engineering students pose for a picture in Peru.

Virginia Tech electrical and computer engineering students pose for a picture in Peru.

ALT Virginia Tech electrical and computer engineering students pose for a picture in Peru.

Virginia Tech ECE students listen to someone talking while in Peru.

ALT Virginia Tech ECE students listen to someone talking while in Peru.
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It “figures” our electrical and computer engineering faculty would come up with detailed and interesting figures for the over 30 peer-reviewed articles and papers published during May. Browse our published May research here: ece.vt.edu/news/vt-ece-depar…
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ECE alum Andrew Merewitz has been through it all during his engineering career! 🦃🍎 He fell in love with Virginia Tech from day one, landed a role at Bloomberg, moved on to Amazon, and now leads as an engineering manager at Netflix! news.vt.edu/articles/2025/06…
From Bloomberg to Netflix. With ECE Alumni Andrew Merewitz ‘12 Engineering Leader.

ALT From Bloomberg to Netflix. With ECE Alumni Andrew Merewitz ‘12 Engineering Leader.
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Happy first day of summer, Hokies! 🔆
Virginia Tech Whittemore Hall stands in the background with yellow flowers in the foreground.

ALT Virginia Tech Whittemore Hall stands in the background with yellow flowers in the foreground.

Virginia Tech Goodwin Hall stands tall in the summer light.

ALT Virginia Tech Goodwin Hall stands tall in the summer light.

A bike stands up near the Virginia Tech drillfield.

ALT A bike stands up near the Virginia Tech drillfield.

Virginia Tech Decision and Data Sciences (DDS) building stands tall in the summer light.

ALT Virginia Tech Decision and Data Sciences (DDS) building stands tall in the summer light.
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Music is just as embedded in Justin Winn’s life as computer engineering! 🎷💻 Congratulations to Justin Winn for having the winning piece in the Virginia Tech School of Performing Arts annual student music composition competition! 🥳 news.vt.edu/articles/2025/05…
The Jessie S. Yee Prize 2025 winners are (from left) Justin Winn, A.J. Fucito, and Zee Myrthil. Photos courtesy of Jeff Hofmann, Alex Phillips, and Tré Bailey.

ALT The Jessie S. Yee Prize 2025 winners are (from left) Justin Winn, A.J. Fucito, and Zee Myrthil. Photos courtesy of Jeff Hofmann, Alex Phillips, and Tré Bailey.
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Since January, our faculty have published over 100 peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, even books, including the two-volume set edited by former IEEE president Saifur Rahman, “Smart Cyber-Physical Power Systems.” 📚 Read open-access chapters here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
Highlighting Research ft. Saifur Rahman. Featuring his book “Smart Cyber-Physical Power Systems.”

ALT Highlighting Research ft. Saifur Rahman. Featuring his book “Smart Cyber-Physical Power Systems.”
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These students are escaping the heat and learning about circuits and devices with Arthur Ball! 🔥😊
Virginia Tech ECE collegiate assistant professor Arthur Ball stands at the front of the class and teaches ECE 2024 circuits and devices.

ALT Virginia Tech ECE collegiate assistant professor Arthur Ball stands at the front of the class and teaches ECE 2024 circuits and devices.

Three Virginia Tech ECE students are looking intently at collegiate assistant professor Arthur Ball teach circuits and devices.

ALT Three Virginia Tech ECE students are looking intently at collegiate assistant professor Arthur Ball teach circuits and devices.

Virginia Tech ECE collegiate assistant professor Arthur Ball writes through an example problem for his circuits and devices class.

ALT Virginia Tech ECE collegiate assistant professor Arthur Ball writes through an example problem for his circuits and devices class.

Virginia Tech ECE collegiate assistant professor Arthur Ball writes through an example problem for his circuits and devices class with one student taking notes.

ALT Virginia Tech ECE collegiate assistant professor Arthur Ball writes through an example problem for his circuits and devices class with one student taking notes.
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Tom Drayer just can’t get enough electrical engineering! ⚡ He’s earned three Virginia Tech degrees in ECE, serves as chair of our advisory board, and was recently named our Distinguished Alumni Spring Heta Lambda Beta (HLB) inductee! 🎉 Read more! 🙌 ece.vt.edu/news/vt-ece-depar…
Tom Drayer'87, MS'91, Ph.D.'97 during the Heta Lambda Beta induction ceremony on April 23, 2025. Photo by Ben Murphy for Virginia Tech.

ALT Tom Drayer'87, MS'91, Ph.D.'97 during the Heta Lambda Beta induction ceremony on April 23, 2025. Photo by Ben Murphy for Virginia Tech.
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ECE alum Michael Sherburne and the team at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory developed a groundbreaking 4D-printed compound antenna that’s capable of sending and receiving signals across two different frequency spectrums: 2-7 GHz and 7-12 GHz. news.vt.edu/articles/2025/06…
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While students are off working internships or taking summer classes, Blacksburg is still blooming and improving! 🤩
The Virginia Tech Squires Student Center sign that reads “Virginia Tech. Let’s Go…Hokies!”

ALT The Virginia Tech Squires Student Center sign that reads “Virginia Tech. Let’s Go…Hokies!”

A Virginia Tech facilities member cuts the grass outside of Whittemore Hall captured with tilt shift photography.

ALT A Virginia Tech facilities member cuts the grass outside of Whittemore Hall captured with tilt shift photography.

The Virginia Tech Torgersen Hall bridge captured with tilt shift photography.

ALT The Virginia Tech Torgersen Hall bridge captured with tilt shift photography.

The construction site of what will soon be Mitchell Hall at Virginia Tech captured with tilt shift photography.

ALT The construction site of what will soon be Mitchell Hall at Virginia Tech captured with tilt shift photography.

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Our electrical and computer engineering faculty published over 30 peer-reviewed articles in May, covering a wide berth of research areas including: 🔬 5G Networks 🔬 Virtual load theory 🔬 Benchmarking software 🔬 Sparse controllers 🔬 CubeSat applications ece.vt.edu/news/vt-ece-depar…
From left: Ali Mehrizi-Sani, Christina DiMarino, Xiaoting Jia, Jordan Budhu. Published Research.

ALT From left: Ali Mehrizi-Sani, Christina DiMarino, Xiaoting Jia, Jordan Budhu. Published Research.
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We had a very special visit to ECE during Virginia Tech alumni weekend! 👀 Electrical engineering alum and early @Qualcomm pioneer Ed Tiedemann ‘75 stopped by to tour our labs, connect with faculty, staff, and students, and visit the lab named in his honor. 🙌
From left: Virginia Tech ECE department head Rose Hu, College of Engineering Dean Julie Ross, Ed Tiedemann, two Virginia Tech engineering members, and Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science director Stefan Duma.

ALT From left: Virginia Tech ECE department head Rose Hu, College of Engineering Dean Julie Ross, Ed Tiedemann, two Virginia Tech engineering members, and Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science director Stefan Duma.

Virginia Tech ECE alum Ed Tiedemann smiles during the presentation about the lab named after him.

ALT Virginia Tech ECE alum Ed Tiedemann smiles during the presentation about the lab named after him.

A Virginia Tech engineering member gives Ed Tiedemann a tour of the lab named after him.

ALT A Virginia Tech engineering member gives Ed Tiedemann a tour of the lab named after him.

Virginia Tech ECE alum Ed Tiedemann gives a presentation to a room full of ECE students.

ALT Virginia Tech ECE alum Ed Tiedemann gives a presentation to a room full of ECE students.
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ECE promotions: 🎉 Christina DiMarino - associate professor with tenure 🎉 Xiaoting Jia - professor 🎉 Xueling Shi - research assistant professor 🎉 Bharat Kunduri - research associate professor 🎉 Brentha Thurairajah - research associate professor news.vt.edu/articles/2025/06…
From left: Xiaoting Jia and Christina DiMarino

ALT From left: Xiaoting Jia and Christina DiMarino
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Powering up hands-on engineering skills beyond the classroom. ⚡ This past semester, ECE student Sofia Pakhomkina joined BOLT at Virginia Tech on the powertrain subteam, working on incorporating the battery with the other engineering subteams. 🏍
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The semester might be over, but learning from ECE alumni doesn’t have to stop! 🎓💡 Catch up on the colloquium alumni tech talks over on the ECE YouTube channel! youtube.com/playlist?list=PL…
Power up your Spring. ECE Alumni Tech Talks. Technology’s role in achieving a resilient climate. Featuring Saifur Rahman ‘78.

ALT Power up your Spring. ECE Alumni Tech Talks. Technology’s role in achieving a resilient climate. Featuring Saifur Rahman ‘78.
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From donuts to networking events, IEEE at Virginia Tech offers plenty of opportunities for our students! 🍩🤝🍩 Recent networking and cybersecurity graduate Raphael Rodriguez expanded his professional network through IEEE.
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Shoutout to Harpeet Dhillon, Lingjia Liu, and Yang (Cindy) Yi for their contributions as part of the 2024-25 @VTEngineering Dean’s Fellows cohort! 👏 Read the full story⬇ news.vt.edu/articles/2025/05…

Second cohort of Dean's Fellows advances College of Engineering strategic plan

Over the past year, 17 faculty members were given an inside look at how to create large-scale, transdisciplinary research centers with the potential for big impact.

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Shoutout to recent graduate Abigail Dillard for receiving the Phi Kappa Phi medallion for @VTEngineering ! 🎉 Only the top graduating senior in each college is selected for this honor—and of course, it had to be someone from ECE! 😎 ece.vt.edu/news/vt-ece-depar…

Abigail Dillard '25 honored with Phi Kappa Phi Medallion

Abigail Dillard '25 was honored with the Phi Kappa Phi Medallion for the College of Engineering. Abigail majored in controls, robotics, and autonomy, with a minor in Asian studies, Japanese studies,...

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