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Introduction
Analog & Mixed Signal
Research areas in the VLSI laboratory include high speed,
real time computation using analog processor elements; low-voltage, high-performance
analog circuit design; analog mixed-mode fault diagnosis of integrated circuits,
including parametric fault extraction and hierarchical fault modeling; rapid
prototyping of ICs with special emphasis on modular arrays; and integrated
circuit design for quality and manufacturability.
Biomedical Imaging
The Biomedical Imaging group brings together faculty members
from a number of different disciplines within Electrical Engineering to focus
on the acquisition and analysis of biomedical images. A set of core courses
provides the student with a background in both medical imaging instrumentation
and image processing and analysis, and elective courses are available in both
areas. Laboratories have been established in computer-assisted diagnostics,
magnetic resonance imaging and optical imaging.
Computer Engineering
Computer Engineering offers research opportunities in the
areas of Computer Communications and Networks, multimedia, storage systems,
parallel and distributed computing and architecture, fault-tolerant computing
and design for testing, computer aided design and testing tools, VLSI design
and technologies, high-speed networks and architecture, intelligent systems
and controls, and real-time systems and their architecture.
Control Systems
The Control Engineering group conducts research in the areas
of linear multivariable systems, robust control and computer aided design,
adaptive control, optimization and classical control, non-linear systems,
power systems and parallel computation, learning control, knowledge-based
systems and fuzzy control.
Electromagnetics and Microwaves
Research activities in electromagnetics and microwaves span
a broad spectrum of applications. In particular the theoretical and experimental
aspects of antennas, electromagnetic theory, electromagnetic wave scattering,
active and passive microwave and millimeter wave circuits, linear and non-linear
optical or microwave guiding systems, and microstrip antennas.
Electric Power Systems and Power Electronics
The energy systems and power electronics program actively
pursues research in the areas of system reliability and performance modeling
and prediction, system protection and automation, system control and stability,
large-scale system computational methodologies and power electronics.
Solid State Electronics and Electro-optics
Our solid state research program encompasses development and
testing of state of the art devices and circuits using silicon and gallium
arsenide.
Electronic Materials Research
At the Center for Electronic Materials, researchers focus
on the synthesis, processing and characterization of high quality electronic
materials.
Telecommunications and Signal Processing
Telecommunications and Signal Processing has been focusing
on areas of research such as cellular communications systems, simulation for
fuzzy control of aircraft, speech coding and processing, data compression
for speech and images utilizing vector quantization techniques and in the
area of intelligent vehicular systems.