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Emrah Akyol

Assistant Professor

Electrical and Computer Engineering
ES 2330

Research Interests

  • Game theory
  • Communications
  • Control
  • Networks
  • Information processing
  • Socio-cyber-physical systems
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Yu Chen

Professor

Electrical and Computer Engineering
ES 2328

Research Interests

  • Smart cities
  • Intelligent surveillance
  • Edge-fog-cloud computing
  • Internet of Things
  • Security & Privacy
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Seokheun (Sean) Choi

Professor

Electrical and Computer Engineering
ES 2323

Research Interests

  • Bioelectronics and Microsystems
  • BioMEMS/NEMS
  • Microfluidics
  • Semiconductors
  • Biosensors and Biofuel cells
  • Bioenergy
  • Nanotechnology
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Scott A. Craver

Associate Professor; Undergraduate Director

Electrical and Computer Engineering
ES 2310

Research Interests

  • Information security
  • Cryptology
  • Steganography
  • Watermarking and DRM systems
  • Security engineering
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Pritam Das

Associate Professor

Electrical and Computer Engineering
ES 2308

Research Interests

  • Wide-band gap devices-based integrated power converter topologies and printable high-frequency magnetic components for solid state transformer
  • Energy storage integration in smart grid
  • Reliable and high efficiency high-power LED drives for smart commercial lighting
  • Electrified transportation
  • Single high-frequency stage, high slew rate 48 volts to sub-1 volt point-of-load converters
  • Data centers
  • Modeling and control of flow batteries
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Tara Dhakal

Associate Professor; Director

Electrical and Computer Engineering; Center for Autonomous Solar Power (CASP)
ES 2307

Research Interests

  • Renewable energy (photovoltaics)
  • Energy storage
  • Thin film semiconductor devices
  • Atomic layer deposition
  • Transparent conductors
  • Spintronics (complex magnetic oxides and dilute magnetic semiconductors
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Mark L. Fowler

Distinguished Teaching Professor

Electrical and Computer Engineering
ES 2315

Research Interests

  • Emitter location
  • Estimation theory
  • Data compression
  • Sensor networks
  • Electronic warfare systems
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Jessica J. Fridrich

Distinguished Professor

Electrical and Computer Engineering
ES 2326

Research Interests

  • Steganography and steganalysis of digital images
  • Digital forensics
  • Signal estimation and detection
  • Machine learning
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David J. Klotzkin

Associate Professor

Electrical and Computer Engineering
ES 2319

Research Interests

  • High-speed telecommunications lasers
  • Free space modulating retroreflectors
  • Integrated opto-electronic devices
  • Quantum dot lasers and laser dynamics
  • Photonic-band-gap based devices
  • Organic luminescent devices
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Arthur Law

Contributing Services Instructor

Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Xiaohua (Edward) Li

Associate Professor

Electrical and Computer Engineering
ES 2321

Research Interests

  • ​Signal processing in communications and wireless networks
  • Cognitive radio networks
  • Wireless information assurance
  • Blind equalization​
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Vladimir V. Nikulin

Associate Professor; Director of Graduate Programs

Electrical and Computer Engineering
ES 2320

Research Interests

  • Free-space laser communication
  • Quantum communication
  • Optical sensors
  • Holographic analysis and measurements
  • Electric drives
  • Energy systems
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Jungwook (Jay) Paek

Assistant Professor

Electrical and Computer Engineering
ES 2318

Research Interests

  • Human organ-on-a-chip and organoid
  • BioMEMs and soft robotics
  • Microfabrication and biofabrication
  • Bio-optics and optofluidics
  • Bio-inspired engineering
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Douglas H. Summerville

Professor; Department Chair

Electrical and Computer Engineering
ES 2312

Research Interests

  • Computer engineering
  • Network security
  • Intrusion detection
  • Hardware security
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Mengen Wang

Assistant Professor

Electrical and Computer Engineering
ES 2309

Research Interests

  • Density functional theory computation

  • Quantum defects

  • Energy conversion

  • Wide-bandgap semiconductors

  • Quantum materials

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Ziang "John" Zhang

Associate Professor

Electrical and Computer Engineering
ES 2317

Research Interests

  • Power system operation and control
  • Energy storage system operation
  • Microgrid
  • Distributed control
  • Complex network
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Wenfeng Zhao

Assistant Professor

Electrical and Computer Engineering
ES 2305

Research Interests

  • Neural engineering
  • Compressed sensing
  • Ultra-low power VLSI
  • In-memory computing
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Ning Zhou

Associate Professor; Director of Graduate Admissions

Electrical and Computer Engineering
ES 2327

Research Interests

  • Power system dynamic performance
  • Phasor measurement unit (PMU) application
  • Signal processing/system identification/control system and their application in power systems
  • Smart grid
  • Integration of renewable generation
  • Smart appliances
  • Real-time voltage security analysis

Contributing Service Instructors

Emeritus Faculty

James Constable

James Constable

Professor Emeritus
Electrical and Computer Engineering
skormin

Victor Skormin

Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus

Electrical and Computer Engineering
zahorian

Stephen A. Zahorian

Professor Emeritus
Electrical and Computer Engineering

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