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) | Lab Video |
| Information Theory and Coding | ||
| Mingyue Ji | Information Theory, Caching, Communication and Computing | Mingyue Ji Research Lab |
| Signal Processing | ||
| Neda Nategh | Statistical signal processing | Vision Computation Lab |
| 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) | Lab Video |
| Priyank Kalla | Automated synthesis and optimization | |
| Ken Stevens | Engineering Design | CMOS Lab |
| 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) | CMOS Lab |
| 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 | Lab Video |
| 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 | Lab Video |
| 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) | CMOS Lab |
| 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 | Photonic and Optoelectronic Materials, Devices, and Systems | Weilu Gao Research Lab | Lab Video |
| Rajesh Menon | Optical Nanotechnologies | Optical Nanotechnologies Lab | Lab Video |
| David Schurig | Near-field imaging, biological imaging, and invisibility cloaking | |
| Optoelectronics | ||
| Steve Blair | Application of optics/photonics to problems in biology and medicine | Lab Video |
| 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 | Nanostructures for broadband light-matter interactions | NanoEngineering Lab |
Power, Control, and Robotics
| Faculty | Description | Lab |
| Power and Control | ||
| Marc Bodson | Modeling, identification, and control, with applications to aerospace and electromechanical systems | Bodson Lab |
| Daniel Drew | Autonomous millimeter-scale robots, including MEMS microactuators, mesoscale manufacturing techniques, and electronics integration. | Drew Research Lab | Lab Video |
| Mingxi Liu | Advancing engineering system applications with high social impacts and public benefits | Mingxi Liu Research Lab |
| Masood Parvania | Cyber-physical resilience of power and energy systems | U-Smart Lab | Lab Video |
| Mostafa Sahraei-Ardakani | Development of enhanced software tools for power systems and interdependent infrastructure networks | Ardakani Lab |
| Robotics | ||
| Daniel Drew | Autonomous millimeter-scale robots, including MEMS microactuators, mesoscale manufacturing techniques, and electronics integration. | Drew Research Lab | Lab Video |
| Jacob George | Brain-computer interfaces, rehabilitation robotics, neural engineering, bioinspired artificial intelligence, intelligent prostheses and exoskeletons | Utah NeuroRobotics Lab | Lab Videos |
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 | Nanoscale engineering for energy | NanoEngineering Lab | Lab Video |
| Darrin Young | MEMS Sensor Interfaces | Wirless Microsystems Lab | Lab Video |