Research Areas

Electrical and Computer Engineering

BIOMEDICAL

• Devices for Therapy (Dr. L. Curiel)
• Image Signal Processing (Dr. L. Curiel, Dr. K. Natarajan)
• Biomedical and Health Informatics (Dr. A. Alahmar)

CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS

• Analog Integrated Circuits, RF and Microwave Circuits (Dr. C. Christoffersen)
• Power Electronic Converters (Dr. M. N. Uddin, Dr. K. Natarajan, Dr. X. Liu , Dr. Q. Wei)
• Renewable Energy Systems (Dr. M. N. Uddin, Dr. K. Natarajan, Dr. Q. Wei)
• Analog/Mixed-signal CMOS integrated circuits, RF/mm-Wave communication systems and circuits, Biomedical circuits and systems (Dr. Y. Zhou)
• High-Power Converter Systems (Dr. A. Dekka)
• Antenna Design, RF and Microwave Circuits, Biomedical Circuits (Dr. F Ghaffar)
• High speed opto-electronic and RF devices (laser, modulator, electronic driver, photodetector), and silicon waveguide based nanophotonic circuits for applications in optical communication systems, sensors, and neuromorphic computing. (Dr. S. Hai)

COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING

• Broadband Communication Networks, Network Protocols and Simulation, Internet, Network Survivability (Dr. H. Naser)
• Non-terrestrial wireless networks, reconfigurable wireless networks, communication technologies for Internet of things, resource allocation in 5G+ networks, cognitive radio networks (Dr. W. Ejaz)

SIGNAL PROCESSING AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

• Millimeter-Wave Communications, Wireless communications for the Internet of Things, Resource Allocation in 5G+ networks, Stochastic Geometry and Matching Theory, Cognitive Radio Networks, UAV Communications and Networks, Estimation and detection theories, Full-duplex and Massive MIMO communications, Machine-to-Machine Communications and Networks. (Dr. S. Ikki)

COMPUTERS AND SOFTWARE

• Computer Architecture, Quantum Computing, Deep Learning Accelerators, General-Purpose Graphics Processing Units (GPGPUs) (Dr. E. Atoofian)
• AI and Data Analytics, Smart Cities, Energy Informatics, Auction Models, Blockchain and Data Privacy (Dr. A. Yassine)
• Computer Network Software (Dr. H. Naser)
• Computer vision, Machine/deep learning, Natural language processing, and Data Analytics (Dr. T. Akilan)
• Machine Learning, Data Science, Information Systems and Software Engineering (Dr. A. Alahmar)

CONTROL SYSTEMS

• Intelligent Control Systems, Nonlinear Control (Dr. M. N. Uddin, Dr. X. Liu, Dr. A.Tayebi, Dr. K. Natarajan)
• Electrical Motor Drives (Dr. M. N. Uddin, Dr. X. Liu)
• Robotics (Dr. A.Tayebi, Dr. X. Liu)
• Model Predictive Control (Dr. A. Dekka)

ELECTRON DEVICES AND SEMICONDUCTORS

• Electron Devices and Semiconductors (Dr. D. Alexandrov)

POWER SYSTEMS

• Power Systems protection (Dr. M. N. Uddin)
• Power system cyber-security, protection, control, and operation (Dr. A. Ameli)