College of EngineeringElectrical and Computer EngineeringResearchResearch Areas

Electrical and Computer Engineering Research Areas

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering supports graduate study and research in the following areas. Summaries of the faculty and their research interests are given for each of these areas. 

Biomedical Research

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Adil Bashir  – Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and spectroscopy; noninvasive bioenergetics, function and dysfunction of organs; multi-nuclear RF coils; and MR oximetry and perfusion

Thomas S. Denney Jr.  – Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), ultra-high field MRI, image analysis, image processing, and computer vision

Gopikrishna Deshpande  – Signal/image processing, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), artificial intelligence and machine learning, data mining and data analytics, and neuroscience and neuroimaging

Stanley Reeves  – Image processing, medical imaging, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT), and plenoptic (light-field) image processing

Meredith Reid  – Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), neuroimaging in psychological disorders, and neuropsychopharmacology

Neuroengineering

Gopikrishna Deshpande  – Signal/image processing, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), artificial intelligence and machine learning, data mining and data analytics, and neuroscience and neuroimaging

 

Communications

Jitendra K. Tugnait  – Statistical Signal Processing (graphical modeling of random vectors and time series, improper complex-valued random signal processing, robust signal processing); Physical Layer and Secure Communications (physical layer security, massive MIMO, cognitive radio); Multiple Sensor Multi-Target Tracking.

Mobile Computing

Xiaowen Gong  – Wireless networks, mobile computing, edge computing, data crowdsourcing, machine learning and AI, cybersecurity and privacy.

Shiwen Mao  – Wireless networking, multimedia communications, indoor localization, smart grid, machine learning

Wireless Communications and Networks

Xiaowen Gong  – Wireless networks, mobile computing, edge computing, data crowdsourcing, machine learning and AI, cybersecurity and privacy.

Christopher Harris  – Computer Architecture, Embedded and Cyber-physical Systems, Electronic Design Automation, Formal Verification

Yihan Li  – Computer networking, wireless networks, High-speed packet switching

Shiwen Mao  – Wireless networking, multimedia communications, indoor localization, smart grid, machine learning

Yin Sun  – Machine Learning, Information Freshness, Cyber-Physical Systems, Internet of Things, Wireless Communications, Communication Networks, Robotic Control, Information Theory. 

Cyber-Physical Systems and Internet of Things (IoT)

Xiaowen Gong  – Wireless networks, mobile computing, edge computing, data crowdsourcing, machine learning and AI, cybersecurity and privacy.

Christopher Harris  – Computer Architecture, Embedded and Cyber-physical Systems, Electronic Design Automation, Formal Verification

Shiwen Mao  – Wireless networking, multimedia communications, indoor localization, smart grid, machine learning

Yin Sun  – Machine Learning, Information Freshness, Cyber-Physical Systems, Internet of Things, Wireless Communications, Communication Networks, Robotic Control, Information Theory. 

 

Computer Engineering

Digital Design, VLSI and CAD

Ujjwal Guin  – Hardware Security, Cybersecurity, Supply Chain Security, Internet of Things, Machine Learning Hardware, Blockchain, Beyond-Moore Computing.

Christopher Harris  – Computer Architecture, Embedded and Cyber-physical Systems, Electronic Design Automation, Formal Verification

Spencer K. Millican  – VLSI testing and design for testability, electronic design automation (EDA) algorithms, obfuscated circuit simulation.

Mehdi Sadi  – Secure and Reliable System-on-Chip Design, AI and Neuromorphic Hardware, Safety-critical Hardware, Machine Learning in VLSI CAD/EDA, Circuit design and CAD for post-CMOS emerging computing technologies.

Adit Singh  – VLSI Design, Testing and Design for Testability, Computer Architecture, Computer Systems Reliability and Fault Tolerance.

Computer Architecture, Embedded Systems and Parallel Computing

Christopher Harris  – Computer Architecture, Embedded and Cyber-physical Systems, Electronic Design Automation, Formal Verification

Soo-Young Lee  – Parallel Computing, Computational Electron-beam Lithography, Nanofabrication.

Mehdi Sadi  – Secure and Reliable System-on-Chip Design, AI and Neuromorphic Hardware, Safety-critical Hardware, Machine Learning in VLSI CAD/EDA, Circuit design and CAD for post-CMOS emerging computing technologies.

VLSI Testing and Design for Test

Ujjwal Guin  – Hardware Security, Cybersecurity, Supply Chain Security, Internet of Things, Machine Learning Hardware, Blockchain, Beyond-Moore Computing.

Spencer K. Millican  – VLSI testing and design for testability, electronic design automation (EDA) algorithms, obfuscated circuit simulation.

Mehdi Sadi  – Secure and Reliable System-on-Chip Design, AI and Neuromorphic Hardware, Safety-critical Hardware, Machine Learning in VLSI CAD/EDA, Circuit design and CAD for post-CMOS emerging computing technologies.

Adit Singh  – VLSI Design, Testing and Design for Testability, Computer Architecture, Computer Systems Reliability and Fault Tolerance.

Hardware Security, Cybersecurity, and Blockchain

Ujjwal Guin  – Hardware Security, Cybersecurity, Supply Chain Security, Internet of Things, Machine Learning Hardware, Blockchain, Beyond-Moore Computing.

Spencer K. Millican  – VLSI testing and design for testability, electronic design automation (EDA) algorithms, obfuscated circuit simulation.

Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Neuromorphic Computing

Gopikrishna Deshpande  – Signal/image processing, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), artificial intelligence and machine learning, data mining and data analytics, and neuroscience and neuroimaging

Ujjwal Guin  – Hardware Security, Cybersecurity, Supply Chain Security, Internet of Things, Machine Learning Hardware, Blockchain, Beyond-Moore Computing.

Christopher Harris  – Computer Architecture, Embedded and Cyber-physical Systems, Electronic Design Automation, Formal Verification

Spencer K. Millican  – VLSI testing and design for testability, electronic design automation (EDA) algorithms, obfuscated circuit simulation.

Mehdi Sadi  – Secure and Reliable System-on-Chip Design, AI and Neuromorphic Hardware, Safety-critical Hardware, Machine Learning in VLSI CAD/EDA, Circuit design and CAD for post-CMOS emerging computing technologies.

 

Control Systems

John Hung  – Control systems, industrial electronics, robotics.

Mobile Robotics

Thaddeus Roppel  – Robotics, Sensors, Autonomous Systems, and K-12 Outreach

 

Electromagnetics

Computational Electromagnetics

Michael Baginski  – Optimizing radar performance in hostile environments, Enhancing antenna performance using adaptive signal processing, finite element modeling of system design and constitutive parameter extraction, Simulation of lightning induced atmospheric and ionosphere transients, non-linear electromagnetics

Lloyd Riggs  – Antenna Design, Ground Penetrating Radar, Metal Detection, Mine Detection, Electromagnetics Education, Product Development. 

Antennas and Radar

Mark L. Adams  – Quantum systems, applied electromagnetics, photonics, optoelectronics, biotechnology, micro/nano fabrication, MEMS/NEMS, metamaterials, RF integrated circuits and wireless sensor networks.

Michael Baginski  – Optimizing radar performance in hostile environments, Enhancing antenna performance using adaptive signal processing, finite element modeling of system design and constitutive parameter extraction, Simulation of lightning induced atmospheric and ionosphere transients, non-linear electromagnetics

Adil Bashir  – Magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy. Noninvasive bioenergetics, function and dysfunction of organs. Multi-nuclear RF coils. MR oximetry and perfusion.

Lloyd Riggs  – Antenna Design, Ground Penetrating Radar, Metal Detection, Mine Detection, Electromagnetics Education, Product Development. 

Stuart Wentworth  – Microwave materials characterization, microwave devices, electromagnetic education

Optics and Photonics

Mark L. Adams  – Quantum systems, applied electromagnetics, photonics, optoelectronics, biotechnology, micro/nano fabrication, MEMS/NEMS, metamaterials, RF integrated circuits and wireless sensor networks.

 

Micro, Nano, and Quantum Materials, Devices, and Systems

Quantum Materials and Engineering

Mark L. Adams  – Quantum systems, applied electromagnetics, photonics, optoelectronics, biotechnology, micro/nano fabrication, MEMS/NEMS, metamaterials, RF integrated circuits and wireless sensor networks.

Michael C. Hamilton  – Solid State Materials and Devices, Low Temperature / Cryogenic Electronics, Superconducting Materials and Devices, Packaging and Integration Technology, Microwave and Quantum Engineering, Micro/Nano Fabrication.

Peng Li  – Quantum materials, nanoelectronic devices, spintronics, magnetic materials, beyond-Moore computing

Masoud Mahjouri-Samani  – Lasers and Lasers Applications, Laser-Materials Interactions, Quantum Materials and Devices, Micro/Nano Fabrication, Additive Nanomanufacturing of Multifunctional and Quantum Materials

Laser Applications

Michael C. Hamilton  – Solid State Materials and Devices, Low Temperature / Cryogenic Electronics, Superconducting Materials and Devices, Packaging and Integration Technology, Microwave and Quantum Engineering, Micro/Nano Fabrication.

Masoud Mahjouri-Samani  – Lasers and Lasers Applications, Laser-Materials Interactions, Quantum Materials and Devices, Micro/Nano Fabrication, Additive Nanomanufacturing of Multifunctional and Quantum Materials

Micro/Nano-manufacturing

Mark L. Adams  – Quantum systems, applied electromagnetics, photonics, optoelectronics, biotechnology, micro/nano fabrication, MEMS/NEMS, metamaterials, RF integrated circuits and wireless sensor networks.

Jason Clark  – Microelectromechanical Systems, Microrobotics, Mechatronics, Computer-Aided Design and Engineering, Engineering Education.

Robert N. Dean  – Electronic system development, sensors, sensor applications, MEMS, instrumentation, advanced packaging, environmental testing, chaos electronics, and power electronics.

Michael C. Hamilton  – Solid State Materials and Devices, Low Temperature / Cryogenic Electronics, Superconducting Materials and Devices, Packaging and Integration Technology, Microwave and Quantum Engineering, Micro/Nano Fabrication.

Soo-Young Lee  – Parallel Computing, Computational Electron-beam Lithography, Nanofabrication.

Peng Li  – Quantum materials, nanoelectronic devices, spintronics, magnetic materials, beyond-Moore computing

Masoud Mahjouri-Samani  – Lasers and Lasers Applications, Laser-Materials Interactions, Quantum Materials and Devices, Micro/Nano Fabrication, Additive Nanomanufacturing of Multifunctional and Quantum Materials

MEMS and Sensors

Mark L. Adams  – Quantum systems, applied electromagnetics, photonics, optoelectronics, biotechnology, micro/nano fabrication, MEMS/NEMS, metamaterials, RF integrated circuits and wireless sensor networks.

Jason Clark  – Microelectromechanical Systems, Microrobotics, Mechatronics, Computer-Aided Design and Engineering, Engineering Education.

Robert N. Dean  – Electronic system development, sensors, sensor applications, MEMS, instrumentation, advanced packaging, environmental testing, chaos electronics, and power electronics.

Integrated Circuits and Devices

Foster Dai  – Integrated circuits and devices; RFIC and MMIC designs; Analog and mixed-signal circuits; Frequency synthesizer ICs; Data-converter ICs; Analog computing for machine learning.

Guofu Niu  – Semiconductor Devices, SiGe HBTs, RF CMOS, Compact Modeling, Mextram, On-chip RF Characterization Techniques, Extreme Environment Electronics, Noise and Linearity of Solid-State Devices, Nuclear and Space Radiation Effects.

Superconducting and Cryogenic Materials, Devices and Circuits

Michael C. Hamilton  – Solid State Materials and Devices, Low Temperature / Cryogenic Electronics, Superconducting Materials and Devices, Packaging and Integration Technology, Microwave and Quantum Engineering, Micro/Nano Fabrication.

 

Power Systems

Charles A. Gross  – Electric Power Systems Engineering (Protection, Stability), EM Machines (Generators, Motors, Transformers, Transmission),Electric Power Engineering Education

Mark Halpin  – Power quality, instrumentation and measurement, power system dynamics, power system stability, load modeling, IEEE and IEC standardization

Shiwen Mao  – Wireless networking, multimedia communications, indoor localization, smart grid, machine learning

Eduard Muljadi  – Electric Machines, Power Electronics, Renewable and Sustainable Energy, Smart Grids, Microgrids, Distributed Energy Resources, Hybrid Power Systems.

Mark Nelms  – Power Electronics and Power Systems

 

Signal and Image Processing

Gopikrishna Deshpande  – Signal/image processing, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), artificial intelligence and machine learning, data mining and data analytics, and neuroscience and neuroimaging

Stanley Reeves  – image processing, medical imaging, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT), plenoptic (light-field) image processing

Jitendra K. Tugnait  – Statistical Signal Processing (graphical modeling of random vectors and time series, improper complex-valued random signal processing, robust signal processing); Physical Layer and Secure Communications (physical layer security, massive MIMO, cognitive radio); Multiple Sensor Multi-Target Tracking.