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Graduate Program in Electrical Engineering

Graduate Secretary: Beth Stalnaker   (734) 647-1758

The Graduate Program in Electrical Engineering offers degrees in the following Major Areas of Concentration:

1. Circuits and Microsystems
Research is conducted in analog integrated circuits, low-power and high-precision sensor and actuator interface circuits, telecommunication and RFcircuits, wireless telemetry and biomedical systems. This area includes thecircuits and systems aspects of MEMS, which encompasses physical, chemicaland biological integrated sensing systems, flow-control systems, microfluidicsystems for chemical and DNA analysis, systems incorporating implantablebiomedical sensors, hermetic micropackaging technologies, microinstrumentsfor environmental sensing, inertial sensing systems, MEMS in wirelesscommunication applications, and displays systems.

Faculty: Michael Flynn, Yogesh Gianchandani, Jerzy Kanicki, Michel Maharbiz,Khalil Najafi, Stella Pang, Dennis Sylvester, Fred Terry, and Kensall Wise.

2. Applied Electromagnetics and RF Circuits
The applied electromagnetics faculty and graduate students are members of theRadiation Laboratory. Areas of focus include antennas from HF to Terahertzfrequencies, computational electromagnetics and modeling techniques,electromagnetic wave interactions with the environment, microwave andmillimeter remote sensing, plasma electrodynamics and space electricpropulsion, polarimetric radars and radiometric imaging, radar scatteringcomputations and measurements, radio wave propagation predictions for mobilecommunications, RF and microwave front-end design for wireless applications,RFIC circuit design, and RF/microwave and millimeter-wave micromachinedactive and passive components and sub-systems.

Faculty: Anthony England, Brian Gilchrist, Mahta Moghaddam, Amir Mortazawi, Kamal Sarabandi, Fawwaz Ulaby.

3. Optics and Photonics
The Optics and Photonics laboratory conducts research in the general areas of holograph,optical information processing and communications, quantum optoelectronicsand ultrafast optical science. Specific areas under present investigationinclude holography-based optical mamography, quantum computing and nano-optics, high speed optical communication networks, new optical materials, andadvanced concepts in integrated optics. In addition, this area is home forthe NSF Science and Technology Center for Ultrafast Optical Science, thecountry's foremost center for academic research in ultrafast science. TheCenter's research focuses on the development of high peak-power opticalsources, ultrafast electronic and optical science, high field physics andtechnology, and development and application of short wavelength, short pulseoptical sources; intensities exceed 1018 watts/cm2 and pulse widths areshorter than 100 fsec.

Faculty: Almantas Galvanauskas, Mohammed Islam, Emmett Leith, Gerard Mourou,Theodore Norris, Stephen Rand, Duncan Steel, Herbert Winful, and Kim Winick.

4. Solid-State Electronics
Research is conducted in both silicon and compound semiconductor devicesin the Solid-State Electronics Laboratory (SSEL). The silicon researchincludes process development, device design and fabrication for: integratedcircuits, integrated physical and chemical sensors, and othermicroelectromechanical systems (MEMS); advanced semiconductor processes;semiconductor process control and automation; metrology and opticalmeasurement systems; and amorphous thin-film silicon devices. Research incompound semiconductors is focused on growth and characterization of wide-and narrow-bandgap semiconductors, new high-speed and microwave devicestructures, optoelectronic devices, and millimeter-wave heterostructuredevices.

Faculty: Pallab Bhattacharya, Yogesh Gianchandani, Jay Guo, George Haddad, Jerzy Kanicki, Leo McAfee, Khalil Najafi, Clark Nguyen (on leave),Stella Pang, Dimitris Pavlidis, Jamie Phillips, Jasprit Singh, Fred Terry, and Kensall Wise.

5.VLSI
Research in this area deals with many aspects of VLSI circuit design: digital(microprocessor) and mixed signal (microcontroller) circuits, with emphasison low-power and high-performance; computer-aided design, including clockingand timing, logic synthesis, physical design, and design verification;testing and design for testability; advanced logic families and packaging;integrated circuit micro-architectures; and system integration.

ESE Division Faculty: Khalil Najafi, ClarkNguyen (on leave) , Dennis Sylvester, and Kensall Wise.

CSE Division Faculty: Davide Blaauw, John Hayes, Pinaki Mazumder,Trevor Mudge, Marios Papaefthymiou, Karem Sakallah.