The faculty in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering are active in a number of research areas and projects. The following describes the primary research interests of the faculty.
Chen, Yaobin, Ph.D., Professor and Chair
Modeling and control of advanced vehicle systems, computational intelligence with applications, and biosystem modeling and control.
Agarwal. Mangilal, Ph.D. Assistant Research Professor and Director for Research Development
Interdisciplinary Research Initiatives and Micro/Nano Manufacturing - Nanoscale-based Devices and Systems, Nano-electronics, Wireless Sensor Systems, MicroElectroMechanical Systems, Layer-by-layer Assembly (Nanometer Coatings) for Different Applications, Carbon Nanotubes and Applications.
Chien, Stanley, Ph.D., Professor
Robotics and automation, intelligent robot systems, object-oriented programming and database, parallel computing.
Christopher, Lauren, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Application of VLSI circuits to new 3D imaging algorithms to improve throughput and real-time analysis of 3D image data. New algorithms for 3D image capture, 3D image processing, and 3D displays are of interest.
Du, Yingzi (Eliza), Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Biometrics, digital signal/image processing, hyperspectral image processing and remote sensing, medical image processing, video surveillance, and their industry applications.
Eberhart, Russell, Ph.D., Professor
Computational intelligence, including evolutionary computation, fuzzy logic, neural networks, applications in biomedical systems and medical diagnostic systems.
El-Sharkawy, Mohamed, Ph.D., Professor
Digital signal processing applications, voice recognition, graphics and image processing, coding, modulation, equalization, parallel processing.
Hu, Xiahoui , Ph.D. Research Assistant.Professor
He received his Ph.D. from Purdue University in 2004. His research interests include Computational Intelligence, Bioelectrical Engineering.
Kim, Dongsoo, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Chair of Graduate Program
Computer communication networks, wireless mobile networks, performance measurements, and real-time operating systems.
King, Brian, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Information security, computer and network security, wireless security, cryptography, algorithms, and applied mathematics.
Koskie, Sarah, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Control theory, system identification, game theory, and their applications, including biological, automotive, aerospace, and communication systems.
Kuno, Eri, Ph.D., Assistant Research Professor
Management information systems in examining the delivery of psychiatric services in the public sector, modeling technologies in development of decision support tools to facilitate data-based mental health system planning.
Lee, Jaehwan (John), Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Hardware-software codesign, FPGA-integrated multiprocessor system-on-chip design, hardware implementation of algorithms, and autonomic computing system design.
Li, Lingxi, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Monitoring, diagnosis, and control of complex systems (transportation systems, power systems, biological systems) Fault-tolerant systems, Discrete event systems, Graph theory & applications.
Lind, Richard, Ph.D. Senior Research Professor
Automotive active safety, multidither coherent adaptive techniques, ultraviolet (uv) photoionization plasma conditioning techniques.
Rizkalla, Maher, Ph.D., Professor and Chair of Undergraduate Program
Applied superconductivity, solid state electronics, VLSI signal processing and electronics manufacturing.
Rovnyak, Steven, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Pattern recognition methodologies for protective relaying and for one-shot stability controls in electric power systems; dynamic systems, signal processing and pattern recognition applications.
Salama, Paul, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Signal/image/video processing, biomedical image analysis, compression, security, restoration/reconstruction, digital communications, information theory and source coding, error resilience and error concealment
Varahramyan, Kody, Ph.D., Professor and Vice Chancellor for Research
Nano Electronics, Micro Manufacturing
Yurtseven, H. Oner, Ph.D., Professor and Dean of the School of Engineering and Technology
Control and robotics, digital signal processing, and system identification.
