Electronics & Communication Engineering (ECE)
Seminar Topics 2026

6G Wireless Networks

Terahertz bands, reconfigurable intelligent surfaces, and 6G use cases

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces

Programmable meta-surfaces for smart wireless propagation control

Terahertz Communication

Sub-THz spectrum for ultra-high-bandwidth short-range links

Photonic Integrated Circuits

Silicon photonics for on-chip optical communication and sensing

Neuromorphic Processor Design

Intel Loihi 2, spike-based computation for low-power AI

MEMS Resonators for 5G Filters

FBAR, BAW, and MEMS-based filters replacing SAW at mmWave

In-Memory Computing

Process-in-memory to eliminate the von Neumann bottleneck

Chiplet Architecture

Disaggregated dies, UCIe interconnect, and heterogeneous integration

Gate-All-Around Transistors

GAAFET, nanosheet FETs, and the future beyond FinFET

Quantum Dot Displays

Self-emissive QD-LED replacing OLED for next-gen screens

RISC-V Custom SoC Design

Open ISA for domain-specific processor customization

Visible Light Communication (LiDAR)

Li-Fi, optical wireless, and VLC indoor positioning

Ultralow-Power IoT Transceivers

BLE 5.3, Zigbee 3.0, Thread, and energy harvesting radios

Analog AI Chips

Analog in-memory computing with phase-change and memristive cells

Satellite Mega-Constellations

Starlink, Kuiper LEO constellations for global broadband

Printed Electronics

Flexible, stretchable circuits on plastic and textile substrates

Superconducting Qubits

Transmon design, coherence times, and IBM/Google quantum hardware

Power Amplifier Design at mmWave

GaN, InP PAs for 5G and 6G millimeter-wave front-ends

Smart Antenna Systems (Massive MIMO)

64T64R, beamforming, and spatial multiplexing at scale

Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA)

NOMA vs OMA in 5G-Advanced and 6G downlink systems

Optical Computing

All-optical logic gates and optical neural network inference

Sub-1V Logic Design

Near-threshold and sub-threshold CMOS for IoT power budgets

FDSOI Technology

Fully-depleted SOI for low-leakage, RF, and automotive chips

Energy Harvesting Circuits

RF, piezoelectric, thermoelectric harvesting for self-powered sensors

True Random Number Generators

TRNG using quantum noise, metastability for hardware security

Hardware Security Primitives

PUFs, TRNGs, and on-chip tamper detection for secure ICs

Radar on Chip (77 GHz)

mmWave automotive radar SoC for ADAS and gesture sensing

Microwave Photonics

Photonic signal processing for radar, EW, and 5G fronthaul

3D Stacked Memory

HBM3, 3D NAND, and through-silicon-via memory integration

Photovoltaic Cell Efficiency

Perovskite tandem cells pushing beyond Shockley-Queisser limit

Quantum Sensors

Atomic clocks, gravimeters, and quantum magnetometers for precision

Flexible Hybrid Electronics

Integrating rigid ICs on flexible substrates for wearables

CMOS Image Sensor Advances

Back-side illuminated, stacked CMOS sensors for low-light imaging

High Electron Mobility Transistors

GaN HEMT for power electronics and mmWave amplifiers

Atomic Layer Deposition

ALD for high-k dielectrics, barriers in sub-3nm process nodes

Non-Volatile Logic

STT-MRAM, FeFET-based logic for instant-on computing

Deep Neural Network Accelerators

Systolic arrays, dataflow architectures for CNN/Transformer ASIC

Bioelectronics and Neural Interfaces

Utah array, Neuralink-style BCIs and low-noise recording ASICs

Digital Predistortion (DPD)

ML-based DPD linearization for wideband 5G power amplifiers

Quantum Cascade Lasers

QCL for gas sensing, medical imaging, and free-space comms

Spintronic Devices

Spin-orbit torque, magnetic skyrmions for memory and logic

Ferroelectric Transistors (FeFET)

FeFET for non-volatile memory and in-memory AI

Carbon Nanotube Transistors

CNT-FETs as successors to silicon at sub-1nm nodes

Optical Phased Arrays

Solid-state LiDAR beam steering for autonomous vehicles

Ambient Backscatter Communication

Passive tag communication using ambient TV/Wi-Fi signals

MIMO-OFDM Channel Estimation

Deep learning-based channel estimation for 5G NR systems

Low-Power Sensor Hub Design

Always-on context awareness with sub-mW sensor fusion ASICs

Edge TPU Architecture

Google Coral, embedded ML accelerators for edge inference

Ultra-Wideband (UWB) Positioning

Centimeter-accurate indoor positioning with UWB ranging

Phased Array Radar Systems

AESA radar for weather, defense, and autonomous driving

Signal Processing for BCI

Artifact removal, spike sorting, and neural decoding algorithms

Visible Light Positioning (VLP)

LED-based optical positioning for sub-decimeter accuracy

Compressive Sensing

Sub-Nyquist sampling and sparse signal recovery for radio

Near-Field Communication Security

NFC relay attacks, mutual authentication, and secure element

Wireless Power Transfer

Magnetic resonance coupling for EV charging and medical implants

Gallium Oxide Power Devices

Ga2O3 — ultra-wide bandgap for kV-class power switches

AI-Assisted VLSI Layout

ML-driven place-and-route, lithography OPC optimization

Optogenetics Electronics

Interface circuits for light-activated neural control in biology

DRAM vs CXL Memory Disaggregation

CXL 3.0 shared memory fabric and tiered memory architectures

Printed Perovskite Solar Cells

Roll-to-roll fabrication for low-cost high-efficiency PV

IoT Spectrum Management

Dynamic spectrum access, TV white space, and IEEE 802.22

On-Chip Optical Interconnects

Replacing copper with photons for bandwidth-dense chip-to-chip links

Satellite Edge Computing

Processing at LEO satellites to reduce ground round-trip latency

Thermal Management of ICs

Heat pipe, vapor chamber, and microfluidic cooling for dense chips

Physical Layer Security

Secret key generation from wireless channel reciprocity

Analog-to-Digital Converter Trends

SAR, Sigma-Delta, and pipeline ADCs for 5G and mmWave

Silicon Carbide (SiC) Power ICs

SiC MOSFETs for EV inverters and grid-connected converters

Open RAN Architecture

Disaggregated, virtualized radio access networks and O-RAN standards

Lidar-Radar Sensor Fusion

Complementary sensing for robust autonomous vehicle perception

Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces

Passive beamforming using low-cost, nearly-passive elements

GNSS Spoofing Detection

Monitoring satellite signal integrity against adversarial attacks

Microwave Brain Imaging

Non-ionizing microwave tomography for stroke and trauma detection

Resonant Inductive Coupling

Efficiency optimization for mid-range wireless charging systems

Photoacoustic Imaging

Hybrid ultrasound-optical technique for deep tissue imaging

RFID Advanced Applications

Item-level RFID, RFID-based sensing and localization

Two-Dimensional Materials Electronics

MoS2, graphene FETs for post-silicon transistor research

Field-Programmable Analog Arrays

Reconfigurable analog computing for adaptive sensing

OFDM vs Filter Bank Multicarrier

FBMC for 6G sidelink and cognitive radio applications

Wearable ECG Patch Design

Ultra-low-power, motion-artifact-resilient cardiac monitors

LoRaWAN for Smart Agriculture

Long-range IoT for soil, weather, and crop health monitoring

Integrated Power Management ICs

PMICs for smartphone, EV, and data center power rails

Acoustic Wave Resonators

XBAR for sub-7GHz 5G band filters with record k2

Coherent Optical Transceivers

400G/800G ZR, DP-16QAM, and silicon photonics DSP

ISAC: Integrated Sensing & Comms

Joint waveform design for dual-function radar-communication

Molecular Electronics

Single-molecule transistors and DNA-based nanoscale logic

Cryogenic CMOS for Quantum Control

Cryo-CMOS interfaces operating at 4K for qubit control

EEG-Based Emotion Recognition

Affective BCI using deep learning on EEG signals

Underwater Acoustic Communication

Acoustic modems, channel modeling, and OFDM for subsea links

Mixed-Signal SoC Design

Co-design of analog front-end with digital DSP on a single die

Phased-MIMO Radar

Combining spatial multiplexing and beamforming for superresolution

Smart Dust Sensor Networks

Mote-scale sensors with wireless, energy harvesting, and MEMS

Frequency-Agile Transceivers

Software-defined radio with wideband tunable RF front ends

Gallium Nitride RF Chips

GaN for base station, satellite, and defense power amplifiers

Bidirectional DC-DC Converters

V2G, battery storage, and regenerative braking converter design

Electrowetting on Dielectric (EWOD)

Digital microfluidics for lab-on-chip diagnostic devices

Ambient Intelligence in Electronics

Context-aware, edge-smart electronics for smart spaces

Non-Destructive Testing with Ultrasonics

Phased-array UT and TOFD for weld and structure inspection