Bloch joined approximately 60 engineers under the age of 45 for an intensive two-and-a-half day event to discuss cutting-edge developments in the areas of nano sensors, big data, the future of transportation, and wireless broadband. During this event, he presented a poster entitled "Physical-Layer Security."

The symposium also facilitates international and cross-disciplinary collaboration, promotes the transfer of new techniques and approaches across disparate engineering fields, and encourages the creation of a transatlantic network of world-class engineers. 

A faculty member in ECE since 2009, Bloch conducts research in the areas of communications and information theory, error-control coding, and wireless communications.