The spring 2026 semester at Binghamton University has simply began, and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering on the Thomas J. Watson College of Engineering and Applied Science is happy to share its achievements in schooling and analysis over the previous 12 months.
New ECE chair
Professor Indranil Bhattacharya, the brand new division chair, joined Watson College final fall from Tennessee Tech University. He brings greater than 20 years of educational expertise, multidisciplinary analysis management and a dedication to each pupil success and school improvement.
Bhattacharya’s analysis consists of lithium-ion and sodium-ion batteries, dynamic wi-fi charging of electrical automobiles, energy electronics and semiconductors. Over the previous seven years, he secured analysis funding from the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Energy, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Tennessee Valley Authority.
He additionally has obtained awards for each educating and mentorship, together with Tennessee Tech’s highest college honor, the Centennial Scholar Mentor Award, and the University-Wide Outstanding Faculty Award for Teaching. His expertise constructing industry-academic partnerships to deal with real-world challenges consists of Volkswagen USA, Nissan and the TVA.
Summerville named distinguished professor
Douglas H. Summerville, former chair of the ECE Department, was named a SUNY distinguished teaching professor in 2025.
Summerville has authored greater than 50 journal and convention papers and two textbooks on embedded methods design. His analysis and educating pursuits embrace microcontroller methods design, digital methods design, pc and community safety, covert channels and tamper detection.
He has obtained two State University of New York Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence in Faculty Service and Teaching, the Binghamton University Council/Foundation Award for Service to the University and a number of other educating awards.
Research information
Twenty-nine Binghamton University researchers had been acknowledged for his or her work by a Stanford University examine that appeared on the influence of scientists in 2024. Three ECE faculty members were named among the top 2% of researchers worldwide: Professor Yu Chen, Professor Seokheun “Sean” Choi and Distinguished Professor Jessica Fridrich.
Chen gained $50,000 from the SUNY Technology Accelerator Fund (TAF) to help the development of his CerVaLens technology, which makes use of environmental “fingerprints” and knowledge to flag AI content material and deepfakes.
Choi additionally made headlines for his analysis, together with:
Professor Tara Dhakal is a researcher on a venture that obtained a $254,737 grant from the federal Environmental Protection Agency to research the long-term stability and environmental effects of solar cells.
Student information
In a feature in the Watson Review magazine, Ron Alweiss mentioned his work with Professor Choi to develop a biosensor that’s in a position to sense micro organism within the human mouth that may result in cavities.
Soumit Mondal was among the many doctoral college students chosen for the inaugural cohort of the Watson Future Faculty Fellows (WF3) Program. It is designed to supply skilled coaching to encourage profitable college careers.