People in the ECE Department
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Steve BlairProfessor Office: MEB 4514 |
Research Interests: Physics and applications of resonance phenomena and linear and nonlinear optical phenomena, specifically: resonance enhancement in fluorescence-based molecular transduction, kinetics of bi-molecular interactions, microfabricated optical biosensor array systems, design of periodic and aperiodic systems of artificial resonators, and plasmonics-nanophotonic systems based on metallic structures. |
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Marc BodsonProfessor Office: MEB 3268 Prof. Bodson's Profile |
Research Interests: Modeling, identification and control, with an emphasis on adaptive control. Applications to aerospace and electromechanical systems. Current research topics include adaptive algorithms for active noise and vibration control, flight control systems, and the control of electric motors and generators. |
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Richard BrownProfessor Office: WEB 1650 |
Research Interests: Chemical sensors, neural interfaces, electronic circuit clocking, circuit design, high performance microprocessors, and mixed signal microprocessors. |
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Rong-Rong ChenAssociate Professor Office: MEB 3106 |
Research Interests: Efficient utilization of multiple antennas for high-rate communications in wireless networks, statistical detection methods for underwater acoustic communications, and other fields related to communication systems and statistical signal processing. |
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Douglas A. ChristensenProfessor Office: MEB 2456 |
Research Interests: Fiberoptic and guided wave sensors, especially those applicable to biomedical sensing, such as fluorescent immunosensors; numerical modeling of optical devices using finite-difference time-domain techniques; and ultrasound bioinstrumentation. |
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Behrouz FarhangAssociate Chair Office: MEB 3118 |
Research Interests: Filter bank multicarrier communications for underwater acoustic channels, cognitive radios, and multiple access networks; detection algorithms for MIMO and OFDM; implementations on hardware platforms. |
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Cynthia FurseProfessor Office: MEB 3102 |
Research Interests: Intermittent fault location for aircraft wiring, antenna design and optimization, communications, and engineering education. |
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Om P. GandhiProfessor Office: MEB 4508 |
Research Interests: Development of numerical techniques for electromagnetic (EM) absorption and scattering calculations from power line to microwave frequencies; software for design of personal wireless devices including low SAR antennas, numerical and experimental techniques for compliance testing of wireless communication devices; numerical techniques for microwave integrated circuits. |
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Priyank KallaAssociate Professor Office: MEB 4512 |
Research Interests: Automated synthesis and optimization, validation and verification of digital VLSI systems, including: formal verification of RTL descriptions, new techniques to guide CNF-SAT search, using Groebner's proof systems for simplification of design verification and SAT solving, and design automation for optic/photonic logic. |
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Faisal KhanAssistant Professor Office: MEB 3108 Prof. Khan's Profile |
Research Interests: The design of system level power electronics, power quality, renewable energy and electric transportation programs. Research into fields such as: DC-DC converters, hybrid and fuel cell vehicle power management, energy management and renewable resources, and hybrid fuel cell vehicle propulsion systems. |
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Hanseup KimUSTAR Assistant Professor Office: SMBB 3709 |
Research Interests: Biological nano- and micro-systems in moving fluids for medical applications including micro- pumps and valves. System integration in robotics and energy harvesting for micro- robots, actuators, hydraulics, energy harvesting systems, and manufacturing technology. |
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Gianluca LazziDepartment Chair Office: MEB 3280 |
Research Interests: Interaction between biological media and electromagnetic fields, implantable microantennas, neural stimulation, biomedical electromagnetics (e.g. retinal prosthesis), computational electromagnetics (e.g. FDTD), antennas for wireless, multiple and vector antenna systems. |
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Carlos MastrangeloUSTAR Professor Phone: (801) 587-7587 |
Research Interests: Microfabricated systems that interface with biological structures at multiple scales. These include new microfluidics technologies, bioMEMS, novel detection microtechnologies and methods, cell and tissue level microinstruments and microsystems. |
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V. John MathewsProfessor Office: MEB 3264 |
Research Interests: Adaptive and nonlinear signal processing, perceptually-tuned signal processing, signal processing for communication systems, biomedicine and structural health management. |
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Rajesh MenonAssociate Professor Office: MEB 2256 |
Research Interests: Absorbance modulation optical lithography, patterning via optical saturable transitions, optical nanoscopy, and ultra-high frequency solar energy via a nanostructured polychromatic concentrator. |
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Chris J. MyersProfessor Office: MEB 4112A |
Research Interests: Modeling and analysis of biological networks, system-level timing analysis and verification, asynchronous circuits, mixed analog/asynchronous VLSI implementations of communication systems, and high-level synthesis of asynchronous systems. |
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Ajay NahataAssociate Chair Office: MEB 3112 |
Research Interests: Optics and optoelectronics, specifically in the fields of: terahertz optoelectronics, plasmonics, metamaterials, ultrafast optics, nonlinear optics, guided-wave devices, and imaging. |
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Neal PatwariAssociate Professor Office: MEB 3120 Prof. Patwari's Profile |
Research Interests: Inventions for wireless networks which improve their security, reliability, self-awareness, and sensing capabilities. Research applies statistical signal processing, networking, and radio propagation techniques. |
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Mike ScarpullaAssistant Professor Office: MEB 3124 Prof. Scarpulla's Profile |
Research Interests: My research group focuses on earth-abundant, benign compound semiconductors for thin film photovoltaics such as Cu2ZnSnS4. We also work in other sulfide semiconductors for PV, light management for thin film PV, CIGS, laser processing of semiconductors, and the physics of semiconductor alloys and transition metal and rare earth additions to semiconductors. |
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Thomas SchmidAssistant Professor Office: MEB 3114 |
Research Interests: Wireless, embedded, and networked systems. |
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David SchurigAssociate Professor Office: MEB 2274 |
Research Interests: Design, analysis and fabrication of metamaterials in frequency ranges from megahertz to petahertz. Transformation design of devices implementable with metamaterials. Applications include: remote sensing, near-field imaging, biological imaging, implantable devices, electro-mechanical devices and invisibility cloaking. |
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Jamesina SimpsonAssociate Professor Office: MEB 2278 |
Research Interests: Computational electromagnetics theory and applications; finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) solutions to Maxwell’s equations from near-DC to light; electromagnetic propagation in the Earth-ionosphere waveguide; electromagnetic compatibility; plasmonics; biophotonics. |
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Florian SolzbacherProfessor Office: SMBB 3701 Prof. Solzbacher's Profile |
Research Interests: Harsh Environment MEMS, including: materials (SiC (on Si), SOI, GaN), metallisation systems for high temperatures and aggressive ambient conditions, and silicon fusion bonding and packaging issues. |
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Kenneth S. StevensAssociate Professor Office: MEB 4506 |
Research Interests: VLSI, asynchronous circuit design and architecture, timing analysis, and formal verification. |
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Gerald B. StringfellowDistinguished Professor Office: MEB 3110 |
Research Interests: Ceramics, advanced materials, microelectronics, and a broad range of topics related to materials science and electronics. |
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Massood Tabib-AzarUSTAR Professor Office: SMBB 3737 Prof. Tabib-Azar's Profile |
Research Interests: Nano-electro-mechanical systems (NEMS), nano devices and molecular electronics, metrology tools, microwave-AFM for bio-nano-info, and novel fabrication techniques. |
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Tolga TasdizenAssociate Professor Office: WEB 3887 Prof. Tasdizen's Profile |
Research Interests: Image processing and pattern recognition, specifically: geometry-based and statistics-based methods for image filtering, segmentation and feature extraction using high-order partial differential equations for image and surface reconstruction. Applying these methods to problems in biomedical imaging, particularly neural circuit reconstruction from very large-scale microscopy image datasets. |
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Jeffrey WallingAssistant Professor Office: MEB 4510 |
Research Interests: Silicon based analog/RF circuits for high-efficiency, high performance transceivers; Ultra low power circuits for wireless sensor networks; Reconfigurable circuits for software defined radio. |
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Darrin YoungUSTAR Associate Professor Office: SMBB 3741 Prof. Young's Profile |
Research Interests: MEMS and nano-electro-mechanical device design, fabrication, and integrated circuit design for biomedical implants, wireless sensing, power and energy scavenging, RF communication, and general industrial sensing applications. |
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Instructors and Lecturers |
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Neil E. CotterAssociate Professor Office: MEB 3104 |
Areas of Interest: Neural networks. |
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Angela RasmussenAssistant Professor Office: MEB 3254 |
Areas of Interest: Microelectronics and VLSI. |
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Arn StolpInstructor Office: MEB 3256 |
Areas of Interest: Circuits. |
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Research Faculty |
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Sandeep NegiResearch Assistant Professor Email: s.negi@utah.edu
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Research Interests: Develop and test (in-vivo) a chronically implantable neural recording array and provide the device to the neuroscience community upon completion of the initial technical development phase for experimental use and evaluation. |
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Loren RiethResearch Assistant Professor Office: SMBB 3715 |
Research Interests: Micro- and nano-fabrication, devices, sensors, actuators, and applications in biomedical devices. |
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Prashant TathireddyResearch Assistant Professor Office: MEB 3116 |
Research Interests: Micro integration, interfacial science, biosensors, and medical microsensors. |
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Arlene ArenazUndergraduate Academic Adviser Office: MEB 3313 |
Department Activities: Student advising for Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering, scholarship applications and awards, maintaining student handbooks and serving on undergraduate curriculum committees. |
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Luke CavanaghWeb Development Manager Office: MEB 3334 |
Department Activities: Web support for the ECE Department and its constituent research groups, including designing pages, writing and managing content, developing custom applications, and managing social media. |
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Debbie ColganAdministrative Assistant Office: MEB 3280 |
Department Activities: Administrative support to the Department Chair. |
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Holly CoxAdministrative Manager Office: MEB 3280 |
Department Activities: Administrative officer managing all ECE staff, serving as human resources liaison, accounting for payroll, purchasing, and travel, and overseeing all departmental operations. |
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Robert KnudsenAccountant Office: MEB 3336 |
Department Activities: Accounting, budget preparation, proposal submission support, purchasing, and travel. |
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Marvin MatchLaboratory Supervisor Office: MEB 2541 |
Department Activities: Supervisor of all ECE student labs, IT support for PC users. |
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Clark NewellAdministrative Assistant Office: SMBB 3705 |
Department Activities: Administrative support for faculty and research groups in micro- and nano-systems and fabrication. |
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Mel ParkesTechnician Office: MEB 2275 |
Department Activities: Lab support technician. |
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Sally ReedAdministrative Assistant Office: SMBB 3700 |
Department Activities: TA assignments and payroll, travel and accounting support, and keys. |
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Steve OrmeSenior Accountant Office: MEB 3280A |
Department Activities: Accounting, budget preparation, proposal submission support, purchasing, and travel. |
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Lori SatherGraduate Coordinator Office: MEB 3252 |
Department Activities: Graduate student admissions, advising, and support. |
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Omar ShamiStockroom Supervisor Office: MEB 2355 |
Department Activities: Maintaining ECE stockroom for student labs, providing lab support, purchasing. |
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Bryan StenquistDesign Engineer Office: MEB 2305 |
Department Activities: Designing and implementing instructional labs for students, supporting lab coursework, and providing design and technical support for departmental research labs and faculty. |
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