Faculty Research Groups

Biomedical and Biological Computational Methods, Devices,
and Systems

Emad Ebbini, PhD, Illinois
Image-guided surgery, 3D cardiac imaging.
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Rhonda R. Franklin, PhD, Michigan
Passives, interconnects, and integrated packages for RF, microwave, and
millimeter wave applications.
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Anand Gopinath, PhD, Sheffield. D. Eng. Fellow, IEEE, OSA
MRI systems, RF/microwave applications.

Ramesh Harjani, PhD, Carnegie-Mellon. Fellow, IEEE
Sensor interface electronics, NMR/MRI electronics.
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James Holte, PhD, Minnesota
Measurement and modeling for biomedical systems.

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.

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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Guillermo Sapiro, PhD, Technion
Medical imaging, brain imaging and fMRI.
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Bethanie Stadler, PhD, MIT
Nanoelement ultrasound arrays.
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Ahmed Tewfik, Sc.D., MIT. Fellow, IEEE
Wearable and implantable sensors, genomics and proteomics,
brain machine interfaces and studies, minimally invasive surgery,
biomedical imaging and databases.
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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
Arrays and beamforming, motion tracking in speckle imaging.
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Tryphon Georgiou, PhD, Florida. Fellow, IEEE
Statistical signal processing.
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Georgios Giannakis, PhD, USC. Fellow, IEEE
Wireless communications and networking, statistical signal processing
and sensor networks.
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Ramesh Harjani, PhD, Carnegie-Mellon. Fellow, IEEE
Analog/RF circuits for wireless and wired communications.
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Nihar Jindal, PhD, Stanford
Wireless communication. Information theory.
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Mostafa Kaveh, PhD, Purdue. Fellow, IEEE
Arrays. Signal and image processing. Telecommunications.

John Kieffer, PhD, Illinois. Fellow, IEEE
Information theory, source coding and data compression.
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Zhi-Quan (Tom) Luo, PhD. MIT. Fellow, IEEE
Signal processing for communications, information theory
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Keshab Parhi, PhD, Berkeley. Fellow, IEEE
VLSI for communications and signal processing systems.
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Guillermo Sapiro, PhD, Technion
Image processing.
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Ahmed Tewfik, Sc.D., MIT. Fellow, IEEE
Audio, image and video procession for multimedia, multirate signal
processing, stochastic signal procession, sparse representations,
wireless networks.
http://www.ece.umn.edu/~tewfik/
 

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
Analog RF/microwave circuits.

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

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

Larry Kinney, PhD, Iowa
Digital system and digital computer design.

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

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

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

Energy systems and Power Electronics

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

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. Fellow, IEEE. Member,
NAEPower 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
Passives, interconnects, and integrated packages for RF, microwave,
and millimeter wave applications.
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/

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

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 and magneto-optics recording.
Magnetoelectronics. 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
Nanoparticle electronics and optoelectronics, MEMS, Thin film photovoltaics.

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

Anand Gopinath, PhD, Sheffield. D. Eng. Fellow, IEEE, OSA
Photonic bandgap structures, metamaterials, nano optics.

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/

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

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/

Guillermo Sapiro, PhD, Technion
Systems and computer vision.
http://www.ece.umn.edu/~guille/