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
Joel Harley
Associate Professor Kent and Linda Fuchs Faculty Fellow
Biography
Primary Research Area
Signals and Systems
Research Interests
Signal Processing, Data Science, Acoustics, Nondestructive Evaluation, Structural Health Monitoring, Speech Processing
Honors and Awards
AFOSR Young Investigator Award, 2017
Invited Paper Published in Proceedings of the IEEE, 2015
Univ. of Utah Electrical and Computer Engineering Teaching Award, 2016
Education
Ph.D. Electrical & Computer Eng., Carnegie Mellon University, 2014
M.S. Electrical & Computer Eng., Carnegie Mellon University, 2011
B.S. Electrical Eng., Tufts University, 2008