This division spans a wide range of research involving emerging solid-state devices, integrated micro/nanosystems, advanced materials, nanotechnology, electromagnetic fields and waves, and their applications.
The division includes the following active topics and themes:
- Electromagnetic (EM) fields – from fundamentals to applications
- Electrical power generation, distribution/transmission, and utilization
- EM waves – wave guiding, propagation, and interactions
- Optical fibers and applications
- Photonics – materials, devices, and photonic integrated circuits
- Optoelectronics (lasers, solar cells, detectors)
- Transistors (SiGe, MIS, III-V) and beyond-CMOS devices
- Micro/nanoelectromechanical systems (MEMS & NEMS) – mechanical, electrical, magnetic, optical, thermal, and biological transducers
- RF/microwave devices and systems
- Sensors and actuators, sensors for Internet of Things (IoT)
- Nanotechnology
- Biotechnology – BioMEMS, biomedical materials, devices, and microsystems, wearable and implantable devices
- Advanced materials – wide-bandgap semiconductors, ferroelectric, piezoelectric materials, metamaterials
- Quantum devices and quantum technologies
FACULTY
Area Chair: Navid Asadi
Primary Research Area
Electronics
Research Interests
Energy-Efficient and secure analog/RF/mixed-signal circuits and systems for biomedical and IoT applications; time-domain sensing and sensor interfaces, human body communication, brain-channel communication for untethered neural implants, physical-layer security, low-power wireless and wireline techniques
Honors and Awards
ECE Teaching Excellence Award, 2025
NSF CAREER Award, 2025
Best 3-Minute Thesis Award (Audience Choice), IEEE Microwave Week 2020
Best Paper Awards, IEEE CICC, 2019, CICC 2021, HOST 2018, HOST 2019
Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship (2022) and Andrews Fellowship (2017-2019), Purdue University
Primary Research Area
Electronics
Research Interests
Mid-IR Photonics, On-chip Light Sources, Classical & Quantum Sensors, Ising Machine, AI Accelerator, Photonics Integrated Circuits
Selected Honors and Awards
Editorial Contribution Award, EPJ Quantum Technology, Springer Nature, 2026
Author Service Award, EPJ Quantum Technology, Springer Nature, 2026
Senior Member, National Academy of Inventors (NAI), 2026
Teaching Excellence Award, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Florida, 2025
Best Project Collaboration Award, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), 2025
Faculty of the Year, Student Choice, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Florida, 2024–2025
Senior Member, SPIE, 2023
SPIE Community Champion, 2020
Senior Member, IEEE, 2018
Senior Member, Optica, 2018
Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), 2015
Young Scientist Award, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), 2011
Yoshida Foundation Award for Future Leaders, 2009
Primary Research Area
Electronics
Research Interests
IoT for agriculture, mosquito control, health and safety, IoT networking using LoRaWAN and MESH, IC Test, analog/mixed signal design, RF/microwave circuits
Primary Research Area
Electronics
Research Interests
Hardware security and trust, digital VLSI/CAD, and biometrics
Honors and Awards
Distinguished Speaker, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2025
HWCOE Doctoral Dissertation Advisor/Mentoring Award, 2022
2017 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), nominated by DoD, 2019
NSF Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Award, 2017
Young Investigator Program (YIP) Award by Army Research Office (ARO), 2016
George Corcoran Outstanding Teaching Award by University of Maryland, 2008
Primary Research Area
Electronics
Research Interests
Low-power analog/RF/Mixed-mode ASIC design, miniaturization, wireless powering, electrode design/microfabrication, coil design/fabrication for magnetic stimulation, neural stimulation and recording in animal models, and implant packaging
Honors and Awards
ASEMFL Rising Star in Engineering, 2026
ECE Teaching Excellence Award, 2026
NIH Director’s New Innovator Award, 2024
NIH T32 Fellow, 2019
Ferdinand H.…
Primary Research Area
Electronics
Research Interests
High performance data converters, delta-sigma modulators, synthesizable analog to digital converters, biomedical applications
Primary Research Area
Electrophysics
Research Interests
Semiconductor electronics, manufacturing, measurement and failure analysis, wireless network testing