Apr 19, 2024  
2021-2022 Graduate Catalog 
    
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Electrical and Computer Engineering


Chair  

Das, Biswajit - Full Graduate Faculty

Professor; B.S.E.E., Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur; M.S.E.E., Southern Illinois University, Ph.D., Purdue University. Rebel since 2003.

Research Interests: Nanotechnology, Nanoscale device fabrication and characterization, Biomedical applications of nanotechnology, Sensors and sensor networks, RF Circuit Design.

Graduate Coordinator  

Selvaraj, Henry - Full Graduate Faculty

Professor; M.S., Ph.D., Warsaw University of Technology. Rebel since 1994.

Research Interests: Digital circuit design; programmable logic devices; logic synthesis; application of logic synthesis techniques in machine learning; data compression and data mining, functional decomposition; PLAs; and FPGAs; multiple valued functions and applications; artificial intelligence and multimedia; microprocessor architecture; and DSP.

Graduate Faculty  

Baker, R. Jacob - Full Graduate Faculty

Professor, B.S., M.S. University of Nevada Las Vegas, Ph.D. University of Nevada Reno. Rebel since 2012.

Research Interests: Integrated circuit design

Baghzouz, Yahia - Full Graduate Faculty

Professor; B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Louisiana State University. Rebel since 1987.

Research Interests: Power system harmonics/power quality; computer-aided analysis of electric power systems; solar photovoltaic systems; renewable energy integration with the utility grid.

Harris, Sarah - Full Graduate Faculty

Associate Professor; B.S.,  Brigham Young University; M.S., Ph.D. Stanford University Rebel since 2014.

Research Interests: Digital design, computer architecture, embedded systems, informatics.

Jiang, Yingtao - Full Graduate Faculty

Professor; B.E., Chongqing University; M.S.E.C.E., Concordia University, Montreal; Ph.D., University of Texas at Dallas. Rebel since 2001.

Research Interests: Algorithms, VLSI architectures, and circuit level techniques for the design of DSP, networking and telecommunications systems; computer architectures; computer aided designs; biomedical signal processing, instrumentation, and medical informatics; BioMEMS/BioNEMS; wireless communications and security.

Kachroo, Pushkin - Full Graduate Faculty

Professor; B. Tech (Civil Eng), Indian Institute of Technology; MSME, Rice University; Ph.D. University of California at Berkeley, Ph.D. Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Rebel since 2008.

Research Interests: Nonlinear and hybrid control systems, intelligent transportation systems, mechatronics, robotics, distributed parameter systems, differential geometric methods, feedback control in e-marketing, and education and learning, bio-dynamics and control, nano-bio transport control and robotics.

Latifi, Shahram - Full Graduate Faculty

Professor; B.S., M.S., Teheran University; M.S., Ph.D., Louisiana State University. Rebel since 1989.

Research Interests: Computer networks, parallel processing, fault-tolerant computing, data compression.

Morris, Brendan - Full Graduate Faculty

Associate Professor; B.S., University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D., University of California, San Diego. Rebel since 2001.

Research Interests: Intelligent systems, computer vision, pattern recognition, machine learning, intelligent transportation systems, and intelligent vehicles.

Muthukumar, Venkatesan - Full Graduate Faculty

Associate Professor; B.S.E.E., Anna University India; M.S.E.E., Ph.D., Monash University, Australia. Rebel since 2001.

Research Interests: Embedded systems, high performance computation on FPGAs, network and system on chips, milti-core and microprocessor systems.

Regentova, Emma - Full Graduate Faculty

Professor; M.S.C.E., Ph.D., State Engineering University of Armenia. Rebel since 2001.

Research Interests: Classical and applied image processing, image analysis, coding and compression, pattern recognition. Advanced Computer Architectures. Computer Networks.

 Saberinia, Ebrahim - Full Graduate Faculty

Associate Professor; B.S.E.E., M.S.E.E., Sharif University of Technology; Ph.D., University of Minnesota. Rebel since 2004.

Research Interests: Communications; Wireless communication systems and networks; Wireless local, personal and sensor area networks. 

Schill, Robert A. - Full Graduate Faculty

Professor; B.S.E.E., Milwaukee School of Engineering; M.S.E.E., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison. Rebel since 1993.

Research Interests: Charged particle beams; microwave theory; fiber, traditional and modern optics; plasma physics; electromagnetic fields and material interactions; linear and nonlinear waves; pulsed power; biomedical and environmental applications of electromagnetics and pulse power.

Selvaraj, Henry - Full Graduate Faculty

Professor; M.S., Ph.D., Warsaw University of Technology. Rebel since 1994.

Research Interests: Digital circuit design; programmable logic devices; logic synthesis; application of logic synthesis techniques in machine learning; data compression and data mining, functional decomposition; PLAs; and FPGAs; multiple valued functions and applications; artificial intelligence and multimedia; microprocessor architecture; and DSP.

Singh, Sahjendra N. - Full Graduate Faculty

Professor; B.S., Patna University; M.E., Indian Institute of Science; Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University. Rebel since 1986.

Research Interests: Systems and Control Theory. Robotics. Applications to Aerospace Stability and Control. Fluid Flow Control.

Stubberud, Peter - Full Graduate Faculty

Professor; B.S., M.S., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles. Rebel since 1991.

Research Interests: Digital Signal Processing, multidimensional digital signal processing, adaptive signal processing, neural networks, mixed signal VLSI design, data converters.

Sun, Ke-Xun - Full Graduate Faculty

Professor; B.S., Peking (Beijing) University; M.S., Nagoya University; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Rebel since 2012.

Research Interests: Security science and engineering, radiation hard III-V semiconductor and devices, micro and nano technology, radiation detection and measurement, ultrafast electronics, optics and nonlinear optical devices, HEDP diagnostics systems, space flight and payload instruments, scientific computing, and image analysis. 

Venkat, Rama - Full Graduate Faculty

Professor; B.Tech., Indian Institute of Technology; M.S., Ph.D., Purdue University. Rebel since 1989.

Research Interests: Electronic Materials and Devices, Device Physics and Modeling and Process Physics and Modeling.

Yang, Mei - Full Graduate Faculty

Professor; B.E.C.E., M.E.C.E., University of Electronic Science and Technology of China; Ph.D., University of Texas at Dallas. Rebel since 2004.

Research Interests: Computer architectures, computer networks, wireless sensor networks, and embedded systems.

Professors Emeriti

Brogan, William L.

Emeritus Professor; B.S.M.E., State University of Iowa; M.S., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles. UNLV Emeritus 1990-1998.

McGaugh, Eugene E.

Emeritus Professor; B.S., University of Kansas; M.S., University of Missouri; Ph.D., University of Kansas. UNLV Emeritus 1989-2010.