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Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering

Vladimir Rakov » Electronics

This division covers a broad range of topics from the manufacturing of integrated circuits to their applications in real world systems.

Current research includes:

  • adaptive circuits
  • radio frequency circuits
  • hardware security
  • VLSI design
  • co-packaged photonic circuits for AI acceleration and reconfigurable computing 
  • acoustic sensing in harsh environments
  • microwave device and interconnect modeling
  • IC test, and modeling of materials,components and circuits for high-frequency power electronics
  • bioelectronics
  • energy harvesting circuits

Faculty

Area Chair: Hamed Dalir
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Vladimir Rakov

Distinguished Professor

Affiliations Electrophysics, Faculty
Office LAR 216E Office Phone: 352-392-4242 Publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=2osp_XwAAAAJ&hl=en

Biography

Primary Research Area

Electrophysics

Research Interests

Lightning, Atmospheric Electricity, Lightning Protection

Honors and Awards

HWCOE Teacher/Scholar of the Year (2025)
Distinguished Professor, University of Florida (2022)
Honorary Member, International Commission on Atmospheric Electricity (ICAE) (2022)
IEEE Richard R. Stoddart Award in Electromagnetic Compatibility (2019)
Toshio Takeuti Award, the International Symposium on Winter Lightning (2017)
Senior Faculty International Educator of the Year, Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering,(2015–2016)
Honorary Doctorate Degree, Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IAP RAS) (2015)
IEEE-EMC Richard Schulz Transactions Prize Paper Award Honorable Mention (2015)
Editors’ Citation for Excellence in Refereeing, JGR Atmospheres (2016)
Karl Berger Award, International Conference on Lightning Protection (2012)
Best Paper Award, 7th Asia-Pacific International Conference on Lightning, Chengdu, China (2011)
Annual Recognition Award, National Lightning Safety Institute (2004)
Prize Paper Award, IEEE Power Engineering Society, Surge Protective Devices Committee (2001)
UF Research Foundation Professorship (2001–2003, 2007–2009)
Outstanding Contribution in Research Award, Southeastern Section Medallion Certificate, American Society for Engineering Education (1999)

Education

PhD, Electrical Engineering, Tomsk Polytechnic, 1983
MS, Electrical Engineering, Tomsk Polytechnic, 1977