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
Philip Feng
Rhines Endowed Professor in Quantum Engineering Associate Chair for Research
Biography
Expertise
Devices, Nanotechnology
Research Interests
Solid-State Devices, Nanoelectromechanical Systems (NEMS), Quantum Engineering, Nanotechnology, Transducers, High-Precision Measurement & Instruments, Advanced Materials
Honors and Awards
ECE Research Excellence Award, 2025
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) (2019)
National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award (2015)
National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering Award (2014)
National Academy of Engineering (NAE) US Frontiers of Engineering (USFOE) Symposium Invited Participant (2013)
Best Paper Awards (for Advisees): IEEE NEMS (2013), IEEE IFCS (2014), AVS (2014, 2016, 2021)
Finalists of Best/Outstanding Paper Awards (for Advisees): IEEE MEMS (2015, 2017, 2022), Transducers (2019)
Education
Ph.D., California Institute of Technology