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Dr. John Hansen
Dept Head, Endowed Chair, Ph.D.:Georgia Institute of Technology
Research interests: Speech processing: speech analysis and modeling, robust automatic speech and speaker recognition, language technology, spoken document retrieval.
john.hansen@utdallas.edu
Dr. Kamran Kiasaleh
Professor; Director, Multimedia and Mobile Communication Laboratory, and Optical Communication Laboratory;
Ph.D.: University of Southern California
Research interests: Wireless communications, CDMA, channel estimation techniques, architecture and performance evaluation of ad hoc wirless networks, coding and modulation for unguided (infrared) optical channels, and multiple access techniques for wireless access.
kamran@utdallas.edu
Dr. Nasser Kehtarnavaz
Professor, Ph.D.: Rice University
Research interests: Signal and image processing: real-time image processing, digital and cell-phone cameras, biomedical image analysis and pattern recognition.
kehtar@utdallas.edu
Dr. Robert Hunt
Professor; Director, Center for Systems Communications and Signal Processing; Ph.D.: Rice University
Research interests: Systems theory and applications with particular emphasis on nonlinear system identification. Application areas include aircraft control and the modeling of biomedical systems.
hunt@utdallas.edu
Dr. John Fonseka
Professor, Ph.D.: Arizona State University
Research interests: Modulation and coding, investigation of efficient combined modulation of efficient detection techniques over fading channels, and turbo codes.
kjp@utdallas.edu
Dr. Raimund Ober
Professor, Ph.D.: Cambridge University, U.K.
Research interests: Systems, signals, signal processing and system identification with applications in biomedical engineerimg such as nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, biosensors and microscopy.
ober@utdallas.edu
Dr. Cyrus Cantrell
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs; Professor; Director, Photonic Technology and Engineering Center
Ph. D.: Princeton University
Research interests: Photonics, including Raman amplification in fibers, nonlinear fiber optics, optical switching and routing; computational electromagnetics with applications to very high speed deep submicron VLSI circuits.
cantrell@utdallas.edu
Dr. Lakshman S. Tamil
Professor, Ph.D.: University of Rhode Island
Research interests: Optical transmission, switching and routing, nanophotonics, wireless sensor networks and aging services technologies.
tamil@utdallas.edu
Dr. Duncan L. MacFarlane
Associate Dean for Interdisciplinary Programs, Professor, Ph.D.:Portland State University
Research interests: micro-optics, ultrafast lasers, photonic integrated filters, nonlinear optics, semiconductor lasers, ellipsometry, and advanced displays.
dlm@utdallas.edu
Dr. Philip Loizou
Professor, Ph.D.: Arizona State University
Research interests: Digital and adaptive signal processing, spectrum estimation, fixed-point implementation of DSP algorithms, nonlinear signal analysis and speech-processing algorithms to assist people with hearing impairment.
loizou@utdallas.edu
Dr. Gerald O. Burnham
Associate Dean, Professor and Department Head; Texas Instruments Senior Lecturer; Ph.D.: University of Southern California
Research interests: Systems theory and applications. Application areas include the transition of research to undergraduate education.
burnham@utdallas.edu
Dr. Andrea Fumagalli
Professor, Ph. D.: Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Research interests: All-optical network architectures and protocols, photonic slot routing, wavelength routing and protection switching, optical and high-speed network simulators, and performance analysis of computer networks.
andreaf@utdallas.edu
Dr. Aria Nosratinia
Professor, Ph.D.: University of Illinois
Research interests: Signal processing, coding and information theory; wireless communication; DSP, image and video processing; multimedia wireless communications.
aria@utdallas.edu
Dr. Naofal Al-Dhahir
Professor, Ph.D.: Stanford University
Research interests: Signal Processing Algorithms for Digital Communications Systems, Digital Subscriber Line Technology, Space-Time Coding and Signal Processing , Satellite Communications (LEOs, GPS, Ka-Band), Equalization of Wireless and Wireline Channels and Multi-Carrier Modulation
aldhahir@utdallas.edu
Dr. M. Saquib
Associate Professor, Ph.D.: Rutgers University
Research interests: Various aspects of wireless data transmission – including system modeling and performance, signal processing and radio resource management – with an emphasis on open-access techniques for spectrum sharing. Interests also include designing signal-processing techniques for low-cost radar and medical applications.
saquib@utdallas.edu
Dr. Murat Torlak
Associate Professor, Ph.D.: University of Texas at Austin
Research interests: Design and implementation of antenna array methods for wireless communications, real-time DSP algorithms, statistical signal processing, equalization for mobile communications, multiuser communications and wireless channel propagation modeling.
torlak@utdallas.edu
Dr. Issa Panahi
Assistant Professor, Ph.D.:University of Colorado at Boulder
Research Interests: digital signal processing including adaptive filters, system identification and source separation, detection and estimation, active noise cancellation, and digital signal processor’s (DSP) architecture and system designs. The emphasis of the research work is on acoustic signal processing and biomedical applications.
imp015000@utdallas.edu
Dr. Hlaing Minn
Associate Professor, Ph.D.: University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C., Canada
Research interests: Wireless Communications, Digital communications and Digital Signal Processing
hlaing.minn@utdallas.edu
Dr. P.K. Rajasekaran
raja1@utdallas.edu
Dr. Muhammad Kalam
Senior Lecturer, Ph.D. University of Kentucky, Lexington
Research interests: Enterprise Network Infrastructure, VoIP and Next Generation Networking Technologies mkalam@utdallas.edu
Dr. Ed Esposito
Senior Lecturer, Ph.D.:Harvard University
Research interests: Semiconductor device physics, infrared sensor technology, and II-VI semiconductor materials. Dr. Esposito is currently teaching courses in advanced engineering mathematics and modern physics for engineers.
edward.esposito@utdallas.edu
Dr. Charles P. Bernardin
Senior Lecturer, Telecommunication Engineering; Ph.D.: Johns Hopkins University
Research interests: Applying mathematics and digital analysis to a variety of Signal Processing and Communications disciplines such as Wireless technologies (e.g., UMTS and GPRS, WLAN), Acoustics, Speech, Music, Image Processing, RADAR and biomedical engineering.
charles.bernardin@utdallas.edu
Mr. Marco Tacca
mtacca@utdallas.edu
Dr. Poras T. Balsara
Professor; Associate Department Chair for Graduate Affairs; Director, Center for Integrated Circuits and Systems; Ph.D.: Penn State University
Research interests: VLSI circuits and systems: low-power, high-performance and reconfigurable circuits; circuits and systems for signal processing and communications.
poras@utdallas.edu
Dr. William Pervin
Professor, Ph.D.: University of Pittsburgh
Research interests: Professor Pervin research interests include Digital signal processing, programming languages and software and computer engineering.
pervin@utdallas.edu
Dr. Dian Zhou
Professor, Ph.D.: University of Illinois
Research interests: VLSI design, CAD tools and algorithms, and mixed signal circuits.
zhoud@utdallas.edu
Dr. Carl Sechen
Professor, Ph.D.: University of California-Berkeley
Research interests: design and computer-aided design of high-speed digital integrated circuits.
carl.sechen@utdallas.edu
Dr. Dinesh Bhatia
Associate Professor; Program Head, Computer Engineering, Center for Integrated Circuits and Systems; Ph.D.: University of Texas at Dallas
Research interests: Reconfigurable and adaptive computing, medical electronics and devices, energy harvesting, physical design automation of VLSI systems, 3-D IC design.
dinesh@utdallas.edu
Dr. Mehrdad Nourani
Associate Professor, Ph.D.: Case Western Reserve University
Research interests: Design automation and testing: high-level synthesis, packet processing architecture, low-power for testability, SoC testing and signal integrity modeling.
nourani@utdallas.edu
Dr. Rama Sangireddy
Assistant Professor, Ph.D.:Iowa State University
Research interests: Computer Architecture, Adaptive Computing Systems, Fault-Tolerant systems design, Computer Communications & Networks.
rama.sangireddy@utdallas.edu
Dr. Nathan Dodge
dodge@utdallas.edu
Mr. Andrew Cilia
acilia@utdallas.edu
Dr. Roozbeh Jafari
Assistant Professor, Ph.D.: University of California, Los Angeles
Research interests: Networked embedded system design and analysis and reconfigurable computing with emphasis on medical/biological applications and their algorithm design.
rjafari@utdallas.edu
Dr. Vojin Obklobdzija
Full Research Professor , Ph.D.: University of California, Los Angeles
Research interests: High-performance and low-power VLSI systems; high-speed digital circuits; low- and ultra-low-power design; low-power digital circuit libraries for ASIC; computer arithmetic and VLSI arithmetic blocks; computer system architecture; system design.
vojin@utdallas.edu
Dr. William R. Frensley
Professor, Ph.D.: University of Colorado
Research interests: Semiconductor heterostructures and devices, device simulation and modeling, quantum transport therory, and development of interactve design software.
frensley@utdallas.edu
Dr. Poras T. Balsara
Professor; Associate Department Chair for Graduate Affairs; Director, Center for Integrated Circuits and Systems; Ph.D.: Penn State University
Research interests: VLSI circuits and systems: low-power, high-performance and reconfigurable circuits; circuits and systems for signal processing and communications.
poras@utdallas.edu
Dr. Dian Zhou
Professor, Ph.D.: University of Illinois
Research interests: VLSI design, CAD tools and algorithms, and mixed signal circuits.
zhoud@utdallas.edu
Dr. Dinesh Bhatia
Associate Professor; Program Head, Computer Engineering, Center for Integrated Circuits and Systems; Ph.D.: University of Texas at Dallas
Research interests: Reconfigurable and adaptive computing, medical electronics and devices, energy harvesting, physical design automation of VLSI systems, 3-D IC design.
dinesh@utdallas.edu
Dr. Mehrdad Nourani
Associate Professor, Ph.D.: Case Western Reserve University
Research interests: Design automation and testing: high-level synthesis, packet processing architecture, low-power for testability, SoC testing and signal integrity modeling.
nourani@utdallas.edu
Dr. Hoi Lee
Assistant Professor, Ph.D.: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Research interests: Analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits and systems: power management integrated circuits, integrated systems for cochlear and neural prostheses, and low-voltage, low-power analog circuit techniques.
hoilee@utdallas.edu
Dr. Jin Liu
Associate Professor, Ph.D.: Georgia Institute of Techology
Research interests: Analog and mixed signal circuit and systems design: adaptive equalization and clock/data recovery circuits for high-speed data communications; energy scavenging and data communication circuits; ultra-low-power design for biomedical implants; distributed industrial data collection.
jinliu@utdallas.edu
Dr. Jim Hellums
Adjunct Professor, Lecturer
hellums@utdallas.edu
Dr. Bhaskar Banerjee
Assistant Professor, Ph.D.: Georgia Institute of Technology
Research interests: Circuit design for radio frequency (RF), microwave and millimeter-wave applications using multi-antenna systems, high-speed analog and mixed-signal circuit design for wireless and wired communications using silicon-based processes; and, modeling, analysis and characterization of RF performance of Si-CMOS and SiGe HBTs.
bhaskar.banerjee@utdallas.edu
Dr. Won Namgoong
Associate Professor, Ph.D.: Stanford University
Research interests: OFDM radio systems; ultra-wideband radio circuits and systems; non-linear and time-varying systems; millimeter wave circuits and systems; cognitive radio circuits and systems.
namgoong@utdallas.edu
Dr. Vojin Obklobdzija
Full Research Professor , Ph.D.: University of California, Los Angeles
Research interests: High-performance and low-power VLSI systems; high-speed digital circuits; low- and ultra-low-power design; low-power digital circuit libraries for ASIC; computer arithmetic and VLSI arithmetic blocks; computer system architecture; system design.
vojin@utdallas.edu
Dr. Lawrence J. Overzet
Professor, Ph.D.: University of Illinois
Research interests: Plasmas used in semiconductor device processing including plasma source design, time resolved plasma diagnostics, new uses for plasma in processing, plasma etching, and deposition of new materials or structures with plasma-wall interactions.
overzet@utdallas.edu
Dr. Bruce Gnade
Professor, Ph.D.: Georgia Institute of Technology
Research interests: Electronic materials with an emphasis on dielectrics (low-K, high-K, and gate dielectrics other than SiO2). Display materials - field emission materials, thin-film getters, and spacer materials, Molecular electronics
gnade@utdallas.edu
Dr. William R. Frensley
Professor, Ph.D.: University of Colorado
Research interests: Semiconductor heterostructures and devices, device simulation and modeling, quantum transport therory, and development of interactve design software.
frensley@utdallas.edu
Dr. Robert Wallace
Professor, Ph. D., University of Pittsburgh
Research interests: Advanced materials for device scaling, Semiconductor materials, Dielectric materials, Surface science, Ion beam characterization, Molecular beam epitaxy Field-emission display materials, Self-assembled monolayers, First-principles materials computations.
rmwallace@utdallas.edu
Dr. Gil S. Lee
Professor, Ph.D.:North Carolina State University
Research interests: Semiconductor material properties, physics of semiconductor devices, device fabrication, and measurement and characterization of materials and devices. Recent research activities include the following: (a) Low-k Materials, (b) Piezoelectric Projection Display, (c) Carbon Nanotubes Growing and Device Applications, and (d) Infrared Detection and Magnetoresistance of InSb.
gslee@utdallas.edu
Dr. Don Shaw
Professor; Member, National Academy of Engineering; Ph.D.: Baylor University
Research interests: Electronic materials, epitaxial and heteroepitaxial crystal growth, and engineering leadership.
dshaw@utdallas.edu
Dr. Matthew Goeckner
Professor, Ph.D.: University of Iowa
Research interests: Plasma science, ion implantation and materials processing for semiconductor fabrication.
goeckner@utdallas.edu
Dr. Moon Kim
Professor, Ph.D.: Arizona State University
Research interests: Atomic structure and chemistry of materials, Structure/properties relations, Phase transformations in solids, UHV synthesis of thin-film interface diffusion bonding, HRTEM and chemical imaging, Analytical microscopy; RBS, AES, XPS and computer simulation
moonkim@utdallas.edu
Dr. Jeong-Bong (JB) Lee
Associate Professor, Ph.D.: Georgia Institute of Technology
Research interests: Design, fabrication, and characterization of MEMS, microsensors, and microactuators. These include: Micromachined On-chip RF/Microwave components (inductors, tunable capacitors, etc.), Packaging technology for system-on-a-chip, BioMEMS including microneedles for transdermal drug delivery, Micromirror array for optical switching applications, Novel process monitoring in-situ micromachined sensors, Thermal management issues in microelectronics, High resolution, high plasma efficiency plasma display panels (PDP) using MEMS
jblee@utdallas.edu
Dr. Jiyoung (J) Kim
Associate Professor, Ph.D.: The University of Texas at Austin
Research Interests: Nano-scale materials, process, characterization and device applications including scaled CMOS devices and processing (advanced gate stack structure and interconnections, SET, etc.), Non-volatile memory applications (FeRAM, PRAM, ReRAM, MRAM etc.)
jxk041000@utdallas.edu
Dr. Walter Hu
Assistant Professor, Ph.D.: The University of Notre Dame
Research interests: Lithographic nanofabrication technologies, particularly electron beam lithography and nanoimprint lithography; Bio-nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS), tissue engineering, photonic nanodevices, molecular and nanoelectronics, etc.
walter.hu@utdallas.edu
Dr. Ed Esposito
Senior Lecturer, Ph.D.:Harvard University
Research interests: Semiconductor device physics, infrared sensor technology, and II-VI semiconductor materials. Dr. Esposito is currently teaching courses in advanced engineering mathematics and modern physics for engineers.
edward.esposito@utdallas.edu
Dr. Eric Vogel
Associate Professor
Research interests: Cross-disciplinary exploration of devices, materials and processes for extending, replacing and complementing CMOS, including finFETs, non-silicon (III-V) MOS, nanowires, neuro-inspired devices and organic electronics.
eric.vogel@utdallas.edu
Dr. Duncan L. MacFarlane
Associate Dean for Interdisciplinary Programs, Professor, Ph.D.:Portland State University
Research interests: micro-optics, ultrafast lasers, photonic integrated filters, nonlinear optics, semiconductor lasers, ellipsometry, and advanced displays.
dlm@utdallas.edu
Dr. Cyrus Cantrell
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs; Professor; Director, Photonic Technology and Engineering Center
Ph. D.: Princeton University
Research interests: Photonics, including Raman amplification in fibers, nonlinear fiber optics, optical switching and routing; computational electromagnetics with applications to very high speed deep submicron VLSI circuits.
cantrell@utdallas.edu
Dr. Lakshman S. Tamil
Professor, Ph.D.: University of Rhode Island
Research interests: Optical transmission, switching and routing, nanophotonics, wireless sensor networks and aging services technologies.
tamil@utdallas.edu
Dr. Bhaskar Banerjee
Assistant Professor, Ph.D.: Georgia Institute of Technology
Research interests: Circuit design for radio frequency (RF), microwave and millimeter-wave applications using multi-antenna systems, high-speed analog and mixed-signal circuit design for wireless and wired communications using silicon-based processes; and, modeling, analysis and characterization of RF performance of Si-CMOS and SiGe HBTs.
bhaskar.banerjee@utdallas.edu
Dr. Rashaunda Henderson
Assistant Professor, Ph.D.: University of Michigan
Research interests: Enabling technologies for microwave and millimeter-wave passive circuits; accurate measurement and modeling of small value passive components; radio frequency, microwave and millimeter-wave integrated circuit design; MEMS simulation and characterization; metamaterial filter design.
rashaunda.henderson@utdallas.edu
Dr. Won Namgoong
Associate Professor, Ph.D.: Stanford University
Research interests: OFDM radio systems; ultra-wideband radio circuits and systems; non-linear and time-varying systems; millimeter wave circuits and systems; cognitive radio circuits and systems.
namgoong@utdallas.edu
