This week UNH’s Tech Camp visited Project 54 to take a look at the simulator. The tech camp is a program based out of Kingsbury Hall, where kids from seventh through tenth grade are able to get a sense of STEM professions (These include Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math). The camp is designed to give students interested in …
Category Archive: Education
Apr
26
Brad Gillespie at UNH
Earlier this week I hosted Brad Gillespie on a visit to the UNH ECE department. Brad, an ECE alumnus (MS EE ’94), is a veteran of Microsoft, where he was the Technical Assistant to Microsoft’s Chief Research and Strategy Officer, Craig Mundie. Currently, he advises early-stage technology companies, focusing on strategic issues at the intersection …
Apr
19
International Year of Astronomy
This year marks 400 years since Galileo Galilei used his telescope to explore the skies. To celebrate this anniversary and in an effort to promote and gain interest in astronomy, this year is observed as the International Year of Astronomy around the world. UNH’s Physics Department has joined this effort by providing a series of …
Mar
31
Your future in New Hampshire
See what Matt Cookson, Associate Vice Chancellor for External Relations for the University System of New Hampshire, has to say about opportunities for young professionals in NH: I fully agree with his assertion that NH is a great place to live and raise a family. Andrew Kun
Dec
01
IEEE Electronic Library now accessible at UNH
UNH students, staff and faculty now have access to the IEEE/IET Electronic Library (for a description of what IEL provides click here). I would like to thank Jennifer Carroll and Emily Poworoznek of the UNH Library for acquiring this excellent resource for our campus. Andrew Kun
Nov
20
Handheld-display projection application survey
Hello ecebloggers, Throughout the semester, Ivan Elhart, Michael Farrar, and myself, have developed a handheld-display projection application, allowing users to transfer the handheld displays’ contents to an alternative viewing platform. We have recorded several scenarios demonstrating the system and would like your feedback. In each video, an image of the handheld displays’ contents will be …
Nov
19
Don Dodge on why engineers drop out of school
Brad Gillespie, a friend and UNH alumnus, pointed me to this article by Don Dodge. Don is greatly concerned about the high dropout rate at US engineering schools and he offers some ideas on how to fix this problem. For schools like UNH some of his ideas sound good only in theory (e.g. provide full scholarship …
Nov
13
Cameron Wake's Lecture at GIS Day 2008
Yesterday, at the GIS Day 2008, Cameron Wake gave the keynote speech on the topic of ‘Climate Change in the Northeast’. Professor Wake is a distinguished researcher in the field of climate change at UNH. Since GIS Day is an event geared towards elementary and high school students, Wake urged the millennium generation to talk …
Sep
10
The TouchKit Project
Our lab has recently acquired a TouchKit development system. It serves as a basic building block for creating multi-touch screen user interfaces. The TouchKit consists of an infra-red illuminated projection screen and a FireWire camera board. A projector has to be added to complete the system. Here is the initial setup: The image shows the …
Aug
30
Speech User Interface Lecture – IIT Guwahati
Hi Ecebloggers, This time, I decided to write something about the current activities in my college, IIT Guwahati. After completing my internship at UNH , I always thought how I could promote the current research work at UNH and my pilot experiment work for obstacle testing during the internship period. Fortunately, the electronics department in …