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
Alina Zare
Malachowsky Family Endowed Professor; Director, Artificial Intelligence and Informatics Research Institute
Biography
Primary Research Area
Signals and Systems
Research Interests
Machine Learning, Pattern Recognition, Remote Sensing, Artificial Intelligence, Image Processing
Honors and Awards
SEC Academic Leadership Development Program Fellow (2023-24)
H.E.R.S. Leadership Institute Participant, 2021-2022
Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering Teacher/Scholar of the Year, 2021-2022
Term Professorship Award, University of Florida, August 2021-July 2024
Advanced Leadership for Academics and Professionals Participant, 2022-2023
Best Reviewer Recognition, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 2011
NSF CAREER Award for research entitled “Supervised Learning with Incomplete and Uncertain Data” 2014
NGA New Investigator Award, 2014
University of Missouri College of Engineering Junior Faculty Research Excellence Award, Mar. 2014
Outstanding Reviewer Recognition, IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 2016
Rising Researcher Award, SPIE Defense and Commercial Sensing, 2018
Best Reviewer Recognition, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 2019
ECE Graduate Student Organization Best New Faculty Award, 2019
Best Reviewer IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, Jan. 2020
Faculty Research Excellence Award, UF Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, May 2020
Faculty Service Excellence Award, UF Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, May 2021
Education
Ph.D., University of Florida, 2008