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
Mingyue Ji
Associate Professor Director, EdgeAI Laboratory
Biography
Primary Research Area
Signals and Systems
Research Interests
Machine Learning, Distributed Computing and Storage, Communication and Networking, Information Theory
Honors and Awards
Best Paper Award, IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Computing and Networking (ISICN), 2024
Outstanding ECE Research Award, University of Utah, 2023
Outstanding ECE Teaching Award, University of Utah, 2022
NSF CAREER Award, 2022
Listed as one of the Top 15% Undergraduate Teachers of the College of Engineering at the University of Utah for Fall 2021
Best Paper Award, IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom) 2021
Listed as one of the Top 15% Undergraduate Teachers of the College of Engineering at the University of Utah for Fall 2020
IEEE Leonard G. Abraham Prize Paper Award for best paper in IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC), 2019
Exemplary Reviewer for IEEE Transaction on Communications (2016-2018)
Best Paper Award, IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 2015
Best Student Paper Award, IEEE European Wireless (EW) 2010 conference
Education
Ph.D. Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Southern California, 2015
M.S., Electrical Engineering, University of California, Santa Cruz, 2010
M.S., Electrical Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), 2008
B.S., Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, 2006