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
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