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
Sean Meyn
Robert C. Pittman Eminent Scholar Chair in Electrical Engineering
Biography
Primary Research Area
Signals and Systems
Research Interests
Markov processes (with or without control), spectral theory and large deviations; Stochastic approximation, reinforcement learning
Honors and Awards
Outstanding Advisors List, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign, 2010
Vice Chancellor’s Teaching Scholars’ Award, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign, 1994
Education
PhD, Electrical Engineering, McGill University, 1987
ME, Electrical Engineering, McGill University, 1985
BA, Mathematics, University of California, Los Angeles, 1982