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
Biography
Primary Research Area
Computer Engineering
Research Interests
Edge computing, wireless communications and networking, distributed learning and optimization, federated learning, reinforcement learning
Honors and Awards
Best Paper Nomination, ACM e-Energy 2024
NSF CAREER Award, 2021
David J. Sumanth Early Career Research Award, University of Miami, 2021
Distinguished Ph.D. Dissertation Award, UCLA, 2015
Best Paper Award, APCC 2009
Education
Ph.D., University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), 2015
M.S., Tsinghua University, China, 2010
B.S., Tsinghua University, China, 2008