Electronic and Electrical Engineering News

Dr Zhixin Liu has been awarded a £1.6m EPSRC Open Fellowship to develop next-gen photonic technologies for future telecoms networks and healthcare applications.

Professor Hidekazu Kurebayashi from UCL Electronic and Electrical Engineering has received the prestigious JSPS Prize, awarded by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.

Honoured in the latest Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, recognising their lasting contributions to engineering and public life.

We were delighted to welcome Professor Murray Shanahan for a seminar on 27th May as part of the UCL AI Centre Seminar Series.

The HEIST Awards celebrate excellence and innovation in education marketing.

A new article by Associate Professor Francesca Boem explores critical security vulnerabilities in IoT systems across energy and healthcare sectors.

A recent study led by Dr Zhijie Xu has been featured in the IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, highlighting innovative optical technologies for sustainable agriculture.

Dr James Seddon, a postdoctoral research associate in the UCL Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, has been awarded a Quantum Technology Career Acceleration Fellowship by the UKRI Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).

Researchers at UCL have contributed to a landmark Nature study revealing the unique magnetic and semiconducting properties of phosphorene nanoribbons (PNRs)—a discovery with significant implications for quantum computing and spin-based electronics.

UCL's Centre for Engineering Education experts from the Integrated Engineering Programme (IEP) will deliver a two-day intensive course which will offer a unique opportunity to gain insights into Engineering Curriculum Design, drawing on the transformative experiences of the IEP.

Gardar Orn Gardarsson, a former MSc student in Integrated Machine Learning Systems, is leveraging his expertise in control systems engineering to drive innovation in automation as Chief Innovation Officer in Iceland’s manufacturing sector.

Mohammad Al Hussan, a PhD student in the IoT research group, has been awarded a significant grant from the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS).

To mark International Women's Day 2025, we spoke to one of our pioneers, Professor Sally Day. Her career demonstrates how engineering can be reimagined for people and society, transforming both research and workplace culture. 

The new Photonics Society at UCL unites researchers and students across diverse optics and photonics groups, aiming to enhance collaboration, share expertise, and explore exciting career opportunities.

UCL PhD student Jiayang Li has made history by having a paper accepted to the prestigious 2025 International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), the first UCL paper at this event since 2010 and one of only two from UK universities this year.