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
Signals and Systems
Research Interests
Signal processing; complexity analysis and entropic methods; machine learning and data fusion; uncertainty modeling; human systems and human performance; system engineering; human physiology
Honors and Awards
Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Summer Faculty Fellow (Human Performance Wing), 2021, 2022
National Institutes of Health (NIH) LRP Award, 2021-2023
Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Foundation Fellowship (ARCS), 2016-2017
Jefferson Presidential Fellowship in Data Science, 2015-2016
NASA’s Virginia Space Grant Consortium Fellowship, 2015-2016
Virginia Center for Health Innovation Fellowship, 2015-2016
NASA’s Virginia Space Grant Consortium Fellowship, 2014-2015
Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Repperger Fellowship, 2015
UVa’s Critical Care and Trauma Young Fellowship, 2014
Education
Ph.D. Department of Systems and Information Engineering, University of Virginia (2018)
M.S. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Miami (2012)
B.S. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Miami (2008)
B.S. Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology, University of Miami (2008)