Rashid Ansari, Professor

PhD, Princeton University, 1981

Image and video processing, layered video compression and packetized transmission, multi-modal signal analysis, multirate filter banks and wavelets, and speech processing.

Robert Becker, Lecturer

MSc, The University of Illinois, Chicago, 1989

Jezekiel Ben-Arie, Professor

PhD, Israel Institute of Technology, 1986

Computer vision, image processing, video processing, neural networks, multimedia databases, signal processing, auditory modelling, computer engineering, human computer interaction, human activity analysis.

Wolfgang-Martin Boerner, Emeritus Professor

PhD, University of Pennsylvania, 1967

Electromagnetics, inverse scattering, modern optics, geoelectromagnetism, electromagnetic imaging, remote sensing, wideband radar and optical polarimetry.

Cliff Curry, Lecturer

PhD, University of Washington, 1997

Methods of designing coupling networks for array antennas that provide good power flow over a broadband of frequencies, with compensation for mutual coupling between elements.

Mitra Dutta, Distinguished Professor and Head of Department

PhD, University of Cincinnati, 1981

Optoelectronics devices and novel quantum and nanoscale devices, optical characterization of optoelectronic devices and structures, wide band gap structures and devices, bio-optoelectronics.

Danilo Erricolo, Associate Professor

Ph.D, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1998

Electromagnetic scattering, propagation of electromagnetic radiation in complex environments, interaction of electromagnetic radiation with digital systems, wireless communications.

Alan Feinerman, Associate Professor

PhD, Northwestern University, 1987

Miniaturization of the scanning electron microscope; linear accelerator/undulator and other analytical instruments; 3D-fabrication techniques.

Siddhartha Ghosh, Assistant Professor

PhD, University of Michigan, 2003

Molecular beam epitaxy of compound semiconductors and multifunctional oxides (BaTiO3, ZnO, HgCdTe, etc) and fabrication of high-performance optoelectronic devices.

Vladimir Goncharoff, Lecturer

PhD, Northwestern University, 1983

Digital speech processing; computer-aided circuit analysis.

Daniel Graupe, Professor

Ph.D, University of Liverpool, England, 1963

Control systems, time series analysis, stochastic signal and image processing, wavelets, blind adaptive filtering, neural networks, neural engineering, electrical neuromuscular stimulation and biomedical control, speech processing.

Ashfaq Khokhar, Professor

PhD, University of Southern California, 1993

Content-based storage and retrieval for multimedia applications, distributed multimedia database systems and networks, data mining and OLAP high performance computing, image and video processing, parallel architectures and algorithms.

Sharad R. Laxpati, Associate Professor

PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1965

Electromagnetic theory, antennae, computational electromagnetic scattering, microwaves, wave propagation and communication.

Gyungho Lee, Professor

PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1986

Computer architecture, microprocessor and networking hardware design, compiler optimization, and computer system security.

James Lin, Professor

PhD, University of Washington, 1971

Biomedical instrumentation; electromagnetic engineering for biology and medicine; imaging and sensing; bioelectromagnetics; mobile telecommunication safety; biological interactions of electromagnetic radiation including RF, microwaves, and lasers.

Derong Liu, Professor,

PhD, University of Notre Dame, 1994

Wireless communications and wireless networks, intelligent control and learning control, and computational intelligence.

Sudip K. Mazumder, Associate Professor

PhD, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Virginia, 2001

Interactive power networks, optical switching in power electronics, wireless motion sensing, fuel cell modeling and fuel cell power-conditioner system design, nonlinear analysis and control, modeling for packaging and prototyping.

Vitali Metlushko, Associate Professor

PhD, Moscow State University, Moscow, 1990

Advanced recording media, new magnetic materials and nano-technology.

Roland Priemer, Associate Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies

PhD, Illinois Institute of Technology, 1969

Optimal and adaptive digital signal processing; fuzzy logic; neural networks; microprocessor based applications.

Dan Schonfeld, Professor

PhD, Johns Hopkins University, 1990

Signal, Image, and Video Processing; Video Communications; Video Retrieval; Video Networks; Image Analysis and Computer Vision; Pattern Recognition; and Genomic Signal Processing.

Michael Stroscio, Professor

PhD, Yale University, 1974

Electrical, optical, and mechanical properties of nanostructures, quantum transport, solid state electronics and optoelectronics, phonons in nanostructures, theory of nanodevices, applications of nanoscale structures and devices in electrical engineering and bioengineering.

Daniela Tuninetti, Assistant Professor

PhD, Ecole nationale supérieure des télécommunications, 2002

Information and Coding Theory with special focus on multiuser networks and wireless communications. Our goal is to understand the ultimate limits of communication networks, seen a system,from physical layer to networking layer.

Piergiorgio L. E. Uslenghi, Professor

PhD, University of Michigan, 1967

Electromagnetics, scattering theory, modern optics, solid state, applied mathematics.

Kaijie Wu, Assistant Professor

PhD, Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, 2004

Computer Aided Design (CAD) of fault tolerant VLSI systems, countermeasures for side-channel cryptanalysis for crypto devices, hardware acceleration of secure communications, robust quantum-dot cellular automata based circuit design.

H.Y. David Yang, Professor, Director of Graduate Studies

PhD, University of California, Los Angeles, 1988

On-chip high-peformance inductor and transformer designs for RFIC, novel printed-circuit board antennas for wireless communications, RF interferences with electronics devices, and photonic band-gap structures.

Yingwei Yao, Assistant Professor

PhD, Princeton University, 2002

Energy-constrained wirless networks, adaptive protocol design for wireless communications, wireless multimedia systems design and analysis, blind system identification and blind source separation.

Oliver Yu, Research Associate Professor

PhD, University of B.C, 1997

Next generation Internet with differentiated and integrated services; WDM optical-switched network with GMPLS signaling and optical QoS control; 3G/4G wireless mobile network with end-to-end QoS control and mobility support over wireless medium and IP-based core network.

Milos Zefran, Associate Professor

PhD, University of Pennsylvania, 1996

Robotics, modeling and control of hybrid systems, geometric methods for robot trajectory planning, numerical methods for optimal control in robotics, human manipulation, rehabilitation.

Zhichun Zhu, Assistant Professor

PhD, College of William and Mary, 2003

computer architecture, parallel and distributed computing, performance modeling and evaluation, and energy-efficient computer designs.

Marilyn Andrews, Professor

PhD, Northwestern University, 1985

Computer networks; multimedia communication networks; signal, image, and video processing; distributed systems; parallel algorithms

Prith Banerjee, Senior Vice President of  Research and Director of HP Labs Worldwide

PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, 1984

Parallel alorithms for VLSI design automation, distributed memory parallel compilers, and compilers for adaptive computing.

Heinz Busta, Adjunct Professor,

Founder, Prairie Prototypes, LLC

PhD, Physics Northwestern University, 1973

MEMS/NEMS, sensors and actuators, nanofabrication, vacuum microelectronics, display technology, and programmed micro/nano assembly.

Florin Balasa, Assistant Professor

PhD, Polytechnical University of Bucharest, 1981

High-level synthesis and system-level exploration, physical design automation, mathematical programming & combinatorial optimization techniques and applications in CAD VLSI, data dependence analysis and code restructuring

Ajay Kshemkalyani, Associate Professor

PhD, Ohio State University, 1991

Computer networks, distributed computing, distributed systems, algorithms, concurrent systems.

John Lillis, Associate Professor

PhD, University of California San Diego, 1996

CAD for VLSI -- placement, routing, logic synthesis, timing optimization; combinatorial Optimization -- local search, heurstics based on constraint imposition and relaxation.

Derrick C. Mancini, Professor

PhD, Uppsala University, 1994

Arye Nehorai, Professor

PhD, Stanford University, 1983

Signal processing, communications, and biomedicine.

Charles Rhodes, Professor

PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1969

Atomic and Molecular Physics

Siva Sivanantham, Professor

PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1988

Experimental condensed matter

Stephen Yau

PhD, The State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1976

Algebraic geometry, singularity theory; complex geometry; CR geometry; nonlinear filtering theory; algebraic geometry code; information theory; control theory; financial math; image database; computer software testing.