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Thursday, October 13, 2022

Getting off to a great start

Two first-year electrical and computer engineering students begin their studies backed by $100,000 Loran scholarships

Originally published in À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ News.

Two new students with impressive leadership potential began their academic careers at the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ this fall backed by prestigious national scholarships worth up to $100,000 over four years.

Congratulations to electrical and computer engineering professor Ladan Tahvildari, who was recently elected Chair for a second two-year term of the  . She is the first woman, and only the second member from Canada, to chair the organization after holding numerous positions within the IEEE.

A video technology company that was born at À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ Engineering has reason to celebrate after its acquisition this week by an entertainment industry giant.

, an award-winning, À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ-based company, has joined forces with IMAX to lead the charge in video image quality in a deal worth $18.5 million in cash and $2.5 million in stock, plus additional earnout potential of $4 million.

Congratulations to electrical and computer engineering professor, Yash Pant; he was awarded $80,000 from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation through its John R. Evans Leaders Fund for his project "Advancing Safety of Autonomous Systems for Real-world Applications."

Pant is one of numerous À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ Engineering researchers involved in projects awarded federal funding on Wednesday. $64 million dollars was awarded country-wide to 251 research projects at 40 universities.