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
Herman Lam
Associate Professor UF Site Director, NSF SHREC Center
Biography
Primary Research Area
Computer Engineering
Research Interests
High-performance heterogeneous computing, reconfigurable computing, and computer architecture
Honors and Awards
Winner of 2018 Dell EMC AI Challenge, recognized for a heterogeneous computing (HGC) system that can support a complete workflow for machine learning
Lifetime Achievement Award, awarded by ECE students, 2015
National Science Foundation Alexander Schwarzkopf Prize for Technology Innovation, 2012
2010 HPCwire Readers’ Choice Award for “Best Use of HPC in Life Sciences” for Novo-G reconfigurable supercomputer
University of Florida Teaching Improvement Program Award,1993
Education
PhD, Electrical Engineering, University of Florida, 1979
ME, Electrical Engineering, University of Florida, 1974
BSEE, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1972