Electrical and Computer Engineering Research
The department of the Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Utah provides a very active teaching and research environment. The rich structure of the department, including various research areas and laboratories, has created very dynamic academic areas covering cutting-edge topics such as Energy, Information and Communication Technology, MEMS and Solid-State Devices, Circuits and Systems, Advanced Computing schemes, Electromagnetic and Optics, Healthcare and Health monitoring, Control and Power systems. As a growing department, the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering provides an excellent research environment for both undergraduate and graduate students, to learn and build up a better skillset toward their future career.
Research Areas
Our world-class faculty in the department are actively engaged in teaching, research and service across a wide spectrum of areas within Electrical and Computer Engineering. Clicking on the research lab will take you to that research/faculty area’s/lab website and information. Clicking on the name will take you to their Faculty Activity Report website.
Faculty Within Research Areas
Communications, Image Processing, and Signal Processing
Faculty/Subgroups | Description | Lab |
Communications | ||
Rong-Rong Chen | Electromagnetics (EM) | Electromagnetics Research Lab |
Behrouz Farhang-Boroujeny | Multicarrier and MIMO communications | |
Image Processing | ||
Neda Nategh | Develop image processing and computer vision algorithms | Vision Computation Lab |
Dr. Tolga Tasdizen | Image processing and pattern recognition | Scientific Computing & Imaging Institute (SCI) |
Information Theory and Coding | ||
Mingyue Ji | Information Theory, Caching, Communication and Computing | |
Signal Processing | ||
Neda Nategh | Statistical signal processing | |
Neal Patwari | Statistical signal processing techniques to distributed networks | Sensing & Processing Across Networks Lab |
Computer Engineering and VLSI System Design
Faculty/Subgroups | Description | Lab |
Electronic and Genetic Design Automation | ||
Pierre-Emmanuel Gaillardon | Development of reconfigurable logic architectures and digital circuits | Laboratory for NanoIntegrated Systems (LNIS) |
Priyank Kalla | Automated synthesis and optimization | |
Ken Stevens | Engineering Design | |
VLSI System Design | ||
Erik Brunvand | Computer architecture and VLSI systems | |
Pierre-Emmanuel Gaillardon | Development of reconfigurable logic architectures and digital circuits | Laboratory for NanoIntegrated Systems (LNIS) |
Ken Stevens | Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) | |
Armin Tajalli | Very wide band communication circuits and systems | Laboratory of Circuits & Systems (LCAS) |
Electromagnetics (Fields and Waves)
Faculty | Description | Lab |
Douglas Christensen | Ultrasound devices, physics and modeling | |
Cynthia Furse | Bioelectromagnetics, Electromagnetic Simulation, Reflectometry on Live Electrical Systems | Electromagnetics Research Lab |
Benjamin Sanchez-Terrones | Bioelectromagnetic devices for physiological monitoring | Sanchez Research Lab |
David Schurig | Design, analysis and fabrication of metamaterials in frequency ranges from megahertz to petahertz | |
Berardi Sensale-Rodriguez | Applied electromagnetics, electronic & optoelectronic devices and materials | Terahertz Optoelectronics Research Group |
Jamesina Simpson | Electromagnetic phenomena at frequencies over 15 orders of magnitude | Computational Electrodynamics Research Lab |
Electronic Circuits and Systems
Faculty/Subgroups | Description | Lab |
Analog and Mixed-Signal | ||
Armin Tajalli | Very wide band communication circuits and systems | Laboratory of Circuits & Systems (LCAS) |
Ross Walker | Biomedical Circuits and Systems | Integrated Sensor Systems Lab |
Darrin Young | Wireless Microsystems (Sensors and ASICs) Technology | Wireless Microsystems Lab |
Digital Circuits and Systems | ||
Pierre-Emmanuel Gaillardon | Development of reconfigurable logic architectures and digital circuits | Laboratory for NanoIntegrated Systems (LNIS) |
Ken Stevens | Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) | |
Radio Frequencies | ||
Armin Tajalli | Very wide band communication circuits and systems | Laboratory of Circuits & Systems (LCAS) |
Darrin Young | Wireless Microsystems (Sensors and ASICs) Technology | Wirless Microsystems Lab |
Sensor Interfacing | ||
Armin Tajalli | Very wide band communication circuits and systems | Laboratory of Circuits & Systems (LCAS) |
Ross Walker | Biomedical Circuits and Systems | Integrated Sensor Systems Lab |
Darrin Young | Wireless Microsystems (Sensors and ASICs) Technology | Wireless Microsystems Lab |
Optics and Optoelectronics
Faculty | Description | Lab |
Optics | ||
Douglas Christensen | Fiberoptic and guided wave sensors | |
Weilu Gao | ||
Rajesh Menon | Optical Nanotechnologies | Optical Nanotechnologies Lab |
David Schurig | Near-field imaging, biological imaging, and invisibility cloaking | |
Optoelectronics | ||
Steve Blair | Application of optics/photonics to problems in biology and medicine | |
Sriram Krishnamoorthy | Semiconductor optoelectronics | Semiconductor Devices and Materials Lab |
Mike Scarpulla | Optoelectronic characterization of thin film photovoltiacs/devices | Scarpulla Research Lab |
Berardi Sensale-Rodriguez | Applied electromagnetics, electronic & optoelectronic devices and materials | Terahertz Optoelectronics Research Group |
Gerald Stringfellow | Fiber-optic communications systems and solar cells | |
Heayoung Yoon | Local Electrical-Optical-Thermal Measurements | Yoon’s NanoEngineering Group |
Power and Control
Faculty | Description | Lab |
Marc Bodson | Modeling, identification, and control, with applications to aerospace and electromechanical systems | Bodson Lab |
Daniel Drew (Fall 2021) | Design of autonomous millimeter-scale robots, including MEMS microactuators, mesoscale manufacturing techniques, and electronic system integration. | |
Mingxi Liu | Advancing engineering system applications with high social impacts and public benefits | |
Masood Parvania | Cyber-physical resilience of power and energy systems | U-Smart Lab |
Mostafa Sahraei-Ardakani | Development of enhanced software tools for power systems and interdependent infrastructure networks | Ardakani Lab |
Solid-State and MEMS
Faculty | Description | Lab |
Hanseup Kim | Integrated wireless MEMS/NEMS systems (sensors, actuators, circuits, energy harvesters), microfluidics | Kim Research Group |
Sriram Krishnamoorthy | Wide Bandgap Semiconductor Devices and Materials | Semiconductor Devices and Materials Lab |
Carlos Mastrangelo | Microfabricated systems that interface with biological structures | Mastrangelo’ Lab |
Mike Scarpulla | Semiconductors and photovoltaics | Scarpulla Research Group |
Berardi Sensale-Rodriguez | Applied electromagnetics, electronic & optoelectronic devices and materials | Terahertz Optoelectronics Research Group |
Florian Solzbacher | Harsh environment MEMS | Utah Nanofab |
Massood Tabib-Azar | Nano-electro-mechanical systems (NEMS) | AMANDA Lab |
Heayoung Yoon | Nanomaterials and Devices | Yoon’s NanoEngineering Group |
Darrin Young | MEMS Sensor Interfaces | Wirless Microsystems Lab |