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Jan 12, 2026

Yifan Wu, NC State Research Team Wins Best Presentation Award at ACI

Congratulations to NC State ECE Ph.D. student Yifan Wu on receiving the Best Presentation Award at the 2025 Animal-Computer Interaction International Conference (ACI). Mentored by Professors David Roberts (CS) and Alper Bozkurt (ECE, ASSIST and IConS), Wu presented his paper, “Toward Automated Pain Evaluation in Osteoarthritic Dogs Through Inertial Data and Machine Learning” last month at the conference in Indiana; this is…

Sep 16, 2024

Seed Grant Funding Results – Project 2

Michael Dickey, Qingshan Wei, Coby Schal, and Jean Ristaino awarded seed grant from IConS to develop and validate new sensor technologies for plants.

Sep 9, 2024

Fall 2024 Seed Grant Funding Results – Project 1

Budhathoki-Uprety and Ware awarded seed grant from IConS to create next-gen optical biosensors by combining advanced materials and cutting-edge technology.

Jun 24, 2024

Year 2 Seed Grant Request for Proposals

The Seed Grant Request for Proposals has been released and has a deadline of July 19, 2024. If you have a research idea to be supported by or to support a connected sensor system application but are looking for potential partners from other Colleges, please feel free to contact IConS leadership and we would be glad to connect you with relevant other PIs…
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Mar 1, 2024

Seed Grant Funding Results – Project 3

After careful consideration of the many proposals we received in our first Seed Grant RFP, we chose three projects that align well with our mission to advance innovation in sensors and sensor systems, while providing unique interdisciplinary training for a graduate student team. Awardee PI Suresh Venkatesh (Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering) and…
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Feb 29, 2024

Seed Grant Funding Results – Project 2

After careful consideration of the many proposals we received in our first Seed Grant RFP, we chose three projects that align well with our mission to advance innovation in sensors and sensor systems, while providing unique interdisciplinary training for a graduate student team. Awardee PIs Edgar Lobaton (Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering) and…

Feb 21, 2024

Seed Grant Funding Results – Project 1

After careful consideration of the many proposals we received in our first Seed Grant RFP, we chose three projects that align well with our mission to advance innovation in sensors and sensor systems, while providing unique interdisciplinary training for a graduate student team. Awardee PIs Michael Kudenov (College of Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering), Brendan…

Oct 16, 2023

Seed Grant Request for Proposals

The Seed Grant Request for Proposals has been released and has a deadline of November 17, 2023. If you have a research idea to be supported by or to support a connected sensor system application but are looking for potential partners from other Colleges, please feel free to contact IConS leadership and we would be glad to connect you…

Aug 23, 2023

Register now for Sensors, Biosystems, & Analytics Converge event

We are excited to announce the inaugural symposium: “Sensors, Biosystems, and Analytics Converge,” where cutting-edge advancements and innovations in sensor technology will be showcased with a focus on applications in biological and biotechnological systems. This is a joint event organized by the NC State Institute for Connected Sensor-Systems (IConS), North Carolina’s Viral Vector Initiative in Research And Learning…

May 30, 2023

IConS Symposium – May 25, 2023

Our first large-scale event is in the books! IConS held its first symposium on May 25, 2023 with pitches from researchers and faculty from across the campus of NC State University. Attendees heard from almost 25 speakers in a lightning round series of pitches, viewed nearly 20 posters outlining sensors-focused research, participated in breakout groups, and…