Faculty Research Groups

Biomedical and Biological Computational Methods, Devices,
and Systems

Emad Ebbini, PhD, Illinois. Fellow, IEEE
Biomedical Imaging; Ultrasound Systems Imaging & Therapy
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Rhonda R. Franklin, PhD, Michigan
RF/microwave design for biomedical and MRI applications;
micro-fabrication and RF MEMS fabrication; high frequency
materials characterization.
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Georgios Giannakis, PhD, USC. Fellow, IEEE
Gene regulatory networks.
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Anand Gopinath, PhD, Sheffield. D. Eng. Fellow, IEEE, OSA, IET (London)
MRI systems, RF/microwave applications, integrated optics, photonics.

Ramesh Harjani, PhD, Carnegie-Mellon. Fellow, IEEE
Sensor interface electronics, NMR/MRI electronics.
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Jarvis Haupt, PhD, Wisconsin-Madison
Biomedical signal and image processing
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Heiko Jacobs, Dr. Sc. Techn., ETH, Switzerland
Fluidic self-assembly to manufacture 3D biomedical Microsystems including
a neurological wireless recording system
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Mostafa Kaveh, PhD, Purdue. Fellow, IEEE
Biomedical signal and image processing.
 

Steven Koester, PhD, UC-Santa Barbara
Micro- and nanoelectronics, optoelectronic devices, photovoltaics,
energy harvesting, and biomedical devices.

James R. Leger, PhD, UC San Diego. Fellow, IEEE, OSA
Photonic systems and diffractive optics.
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Sang-Hyun Oh, PhD, Stanford
Microfluidic biotechnology, optical biosensors, plasmonics.
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Keshab Parhi, PhD, Berkeley. Fellow, IEEE
Biomedical signal processing.
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Marc Riedel, PhD, Caltech
Logic synthesis and synthetic biology.
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Bethanie Stadler, PhD, MIT
Nanoelement ultrasound arrays.
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Jian-Ping Wang, PhD, Inst. Phys., CAS
Magnetic sensors and nanoparticles, magnetic hyperthermia
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Communications, Signal Processing and Networking

Emad Ebbini, PhD, Illinois. Fellow, IEEE
Speckle tracking; filter-based high speed 3D imaging;
nonlinear signal processing; real-time DSP Design.
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Tryphon Georgiou, PhD, Florida. Fellow, IEEE
Statistical signal processing.
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Georgios Giannakis, PhD, USC. Fellow, IEEE
Statistical Signal Processing, Wireless Communications,
and Cognitive Networks.
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Ramesh Harjani, PhD, Carnegie-Mellon. Fellow, IEEE
Analog/RF circuits for wireless and wired communications.
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Jarvis Haupt, PhD, Wisconsin-Madison
Statistical signal processing, image processing, sensor
networks, and adaptive sampling techniques.
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Mostafa Kaveh, PhD, Purdue. Fellow, IEEE
Arrays. Signal and image processing. Telecommunications.

Zhi-Quan (Tom) Luo, PhD. MIT. Fellow, IEEE
Signal processing for communications, information theory
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Arya Mazumdar, PhD, Maryland
Information and Coding Theory, Communication and Networking,
Memory and Storage, Signal Processing, Discrete Mathematics,
Random Processes and Probabilistic Methods
 

Keshab Parhi, PhD, Berkeley. Fellow, IEEE
VLSI for communications and signal processing systems.
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Nikos Sidiropoulos, PhD, University of Maryland - College Park, Fellow - IEEE
Signal processing, cross-layer network optimization, data
and network analytics, tensor decompositions and factor analysis.
 

Computer Engineering , VLSI and Circuits

Kia Bazargan, PhD, Northwestern
Field-programmable gate arrays (FPGA), Computer-aided design of
VLSI circuits and systems.
https://netfiles.umn.edu/users/kia/www/

Vladimir Cherkassky, PhD, Texas. Fellow, IEEE
Statistical learning, data mining and neural network systems.

Anand Gopinath, PhD, Sheffield. D. Eng. Fellow, IEEE, OSA, IET (London)
Analog RF/microwave circuits, integrated optics, photonics.

Ramesh Harjani, PhD, Carnegie-Mellon. Fellow, IEEE
Low-power analog and mixed signal circuits.
http://www.ece.umn.edu/groups/analogdesign/

Rahmet Ulya Karpuzcu, PhD, Illinois - Urbana Champaign
Computer Architecture; Impact of Technology on Architecture,
Hardware Reliability
 

Chris Kim, PhD, Purdue
Digital and mixed-signal circuit design. 
http://www.umn.edu/~chriskim/

David J. Lilja, PhD, Illinois. Fellow, IEEE, AAAS
High-performance computing, computer architecture, performance
analysis, storage systems.

Marc Riedel, PhD, Caltech
Logic synthesis and synthetic biology.
http://www.mriedel.ece.umn.edu/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

John Sartori, PhD, Illinois - Urbana Champaign
Computer Architecture, Computer-Aided Design, Stochastic
Computing, Low-Power Design and Architecture, Application-
Aware Design
 

Sachin Sapatnekar,  PhD, Illinois. Fellow, IEEE
Computer-aided design of VLSI circuits and systems.

Gerald Sobelman, PhD, Harvard
VLSI design and communications architectures.
 

Sustainable Energy Systems, Power Electronics,
and Drives

Massoud Amin, Sc.D., Washington U
Power and infrastructure security, management of technology.

Stephen Campbell, Ph.D., Northwestern. Fellow, IEEE.
Thin film photovoltaics, multifunction PV.

Jeong-Hyun Cho, PhD, Washington State
3D Nanostructures for energy storage (Li-Ion Battery),
Self-Assembled 3D Micro Power Generator
http://www.jeong.umn.edu
 

Sairaj Vijaykumar Dhople, PhD, Illinois - Urbana Champaign
Modeling, Analysis, and Control of Renewable Energy Systems
http://www.ece.umn.edu/~sdhople/
 

Georgios Giannakis, PhD, USC. Fellow, IEEE
Monitoring and optimization of the Smart Power Grid.
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Steven Koester, PhD, UC-Santa Barbara
Micro- and nanoelectronics, optoelectronic devices, photovoltaics,
energy harvesting, and biomedical devices.

Ned Mohan, PhD, Wisconsin. Fellow, IEEE
Power electronics and systems and electric drives.

William Robbins, PhD, Washington
Energy harvesting, power semiconductor devices.

Bruce Wollenberg, PhD, Pennsylvania. Life Fellow, IEEE.
Member NAE
Power systems analysis and economics.

Fields, Photonics, and Magnetic Recording Technology

Douglas Ernie, PhD, Minnesota
Plasma technology and applications. Telecollaboration for education
and research.

Rhonda R. Franklin, PhD, Michigan
RF/micro/millimeter wave circuits for communications and biomedical
applications, micro-fabrication and RF MEMS fabrication; high
frequency materials characterization.
http://www.ece.umn.edu/groups/mpact

Anand Gopinath, PhD, Sheffield. D. Eng. Fellow, IEEE, OSA
RF/microwave devices, antennas, metamaterials, photonic systems
and devices, integrated optics, optoelectronics.

Heiko Jacobs, Dr. Sc. Techn. ETH, Switzerland
Electric field directed nanoxerographic printers for printable electronics
applications.
http://www.ece.umn.edu/~hjacobs/

Steven Koester, PhD, UC-Santa Barbara
Micro- and nanoelectronics, optoelectronic devices, photovoltaics,
energy harvesting, and biomedical devices.

James R. Leger, PhD, UC San Diego. Fellow, IEEE, OSA
Photonic systems and diffractive optics.
http://www.ece.umn.edu/groups/optics/

Mo Li, PhD, California Institute of Technology
Nanophotonics, silicon photonics, nano-optomechanics, optoelectronic
devices, nonlinear optics, RF photonics
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Sang-Hyun Oh, PhD, Stanford
Optics at the nanoscale, plasmonics, optical biosensors.
http://nanobio.umn.edu/Home.html

Bethanie Stadler, PhD, MIT
Magnetic nanowires and magneto-optical photonic devices.
http://www.ece.umn.edu/~stadler/

Joseph Talghader, PhD, Berkeley
Optical micro- and nano- systems.

Randall Victora, PhD, Berkeley. Fellow, APS, IEEE
Devices and technologies for magnetic recording. Spintronics.
Biomagnetic applications.

Jian-Ping Wang, PhD, Inst. Phys., CAS
Nanomagnetics, devices and materials for magnetic information storage.
http://www.ece.umn.edu/~jpwang/

Micro and Nano Structures

Stephen Campbell, PhD, Northwestern. Fellow, IEEE
Quantum dots, Graphene and CNTs, NEMS and MEMS.

Jeong-Hyun Cho, PhD, Washington State
Surface Patterning on Nanoparticles, Micro- and Nanoscale
Self-Assembled 3D Sensors
http://www.jeong.umn.edu
 

Philip Cohen, PhD, Wisconsin. Fellow, APS
Microelectronics materials and structures.

Anand Gopinath, PhD, Sheffield. D. Eng. Fellow, IEEE, OSA, IET (London)
MRI systems, RF/microwave applications, integrated optics, photonics.

Ted Higman, PhD, Illinois
Devices and fabrication technologies.

Heiko Jacobs, Dr. Sc. Techn., ETH, Switzerland
Nanotechnology, nanosystems, manufacturing by self-assembly, printable
electronics, photonics, photovoltaics.
http://www.ece.umn.edu/~hjacobs/

Steven Koester, PhD, UC-Santa Barbara
Micro- and nanoelectronics, optoelectronic devices, photovoltaics,
energy harvesting, and biomedical devices.

James R. Leger, PhD, UC San Diego. Fellow, IEEE, OSA
Microoptics.
http://www.ece.umn.edu/groups/optics/

Mo Li, PhD, California Institute of Technology
Nanophotonics, NEMS/MEMS, nanofabrication, nanosensors.
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Sang-Hyun Oh, PhD, Stanford
Nanofabrication.
http://nanobio.umn.edu/Home.html

William Robbins, PhD, Washington
Ultrasonics, sensors, MEMs.

Paul Ruden, PhD, Stuttgart
Materials and device physics, quantum electronics.

Bethanie Stadler, PhD, MIT
Artificial cilia for acoustic sensors.
http://www.ece.umn.edu/~stadler/

Joseph Talghader, PhD, Berkeley
Optical micro- and nano- materials and systems.

Jian-Ping Wang, PhD, Inst. Phys., CAS
Nano spintronic devices, spin devices for logic and computation
http://www.ece.umn.edu/~jpwang/

Systems and Control

Massoud Amin, Sc.D., Washington U
System identification, controls, infrastructure security.

Tryphon Georgiou, PhD, Florida. Fellow, IEEE
Robust and nonlinear control.
http://www.ece.umn.edu/~georgiou/

Mihailo Jovanovic, PhD, UC Santa Barbara
Dynamics and control of large-scale and distributed systems.

Zhi-Quan (Tom) Luo, PhD. MIT. Fellow, IEEE
Optimization.
http://www.ece.umn.edu/~luozq/

Murti Salapaka, PhD, Santa Barbara
Controls and Systems theory and nanotechnology.
http://nanodynamics.ece.umn.edu/