This division focuses on the theoretical and applied research by which next generation, high-performance computing and communications systems are designed, developed, and exploited.
Research fields include:
- high-performance computer architectures and networks
- parallel and distributed computing
- fault-tolerant computing
- real-time systems
- intelligent systems
- microprocessor-based systems
- performance analysis
At the University of Florida, the undergraduate CpE program is jointly administered by the Department of Computer and Information Science and Engineering and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
More detailed information about the Computer Engineering major (CpE) is available at the CpE website.
Faculty
Area Chair: Tuba Yavuz
Erin Patrick
Instructional Associate Professor Undergraduate Coordinator
Biography
Primary Research Area
Electrophysics
Research Interests
Biophysical modeling of electric-field effects on cells (non-excitable and excitable), semiconductor-device modeling and simulation, neural interfaces
Selected Publications:
A. Furniturewalla, P. Rustogi, E. Patrick, J. Judy, “Modeling the Recording of Intraneural Action Potential with Microelectrodes Using FEM and Point-Source Methods, IEEE EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering, San Francisco, March, 2019.
E.E. Patrick, S. Currlin, A. Kundu, F. Delgado, A. Fahmy, R. Madler, N. Maghari, R. Bashirullah, A. Gunduz, K. Otto, “Design and assessment of stimulation parameters for a novel peripheral nerve interface,” 40th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Honolulu, HI, pp. 5491-5494, 2018.
E. E. Patrick, N. Rowsey, M. E. Law, “Total Dose Radiation Damage: A Simulation Framework,” IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., vol 64, no. 4, p. 1650-7, 2015.
E. E. Patrick, M. Choudhury, F. Ren, S. J. Pearton, M. E. Law, “Simulation of Radiation Effects in AlGaN/GaN HEMTs, ECS J. Solid State Sci. Technol. Vol. 4, no. 3, Q21-Q25, 2015.
Gloria J. Kim, Erin E. Patrick, R. Srivastava, Mark E. Law, “Perspective on Flipping Circuits I,” IEEE Trans. Ed., vol. 57, no. 3, pp. 188-192, 2014.
Sankar, V., Patrick, E., Dieme ,R., Sanchez, J.C., Prasad, A. and Nishida, T., “Electrode impedance analysis of chronic tungsten microwire neural implants: understanding abiotic vs. biotic contributions.” Front. Neuroeng. 7:13, 2014.
E. Patrick, M. Orazem, J. Sanchez, and T. Nishida, “Corrosion of Tungsten Electrodes used in Neural Recording Applications,” Journal of Neuroscience Methods, v. 198, pp. 158–171, 2011.
Honors and Awards
ECE Service Excellence Award, 2025
Faculty of the Year (Student Choice), 2024
Education
PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Florida, 2010
BSEE, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Florida, 2002