DEPARTMENT
F O C U S
O N
T E C H N O L O G Y
OF
Electrical Engineering
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY MAIN
BOX 875706
TEMPE, AZ 85287-5706
PHONE: (480) 965-3424
E-MAIL: [email protected]
2003
–
2004
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
INDUSTRY ADVISORY COUNCIL
Rick Anderson
Manager
Tektronix
Phillip McClay
Principal Analog Engineer
Primarion
Ben Adamo
CEO
Phoenix Analog
Wally Meinell
Group Manager
Texas Instruments
Bernadette Buddington
Manager
Radar Engr./Site Operations
Lockheed Martin
Robert Melcher
CEO
Three-Five Systems
Jeff Capone
CEO and VP of Engineering
Aligo, Inc.
Kevin Stoddard
Control Systems Division
Manager
Brooks-PRI
Jack Davis
President
APS
Bill Twardy
Manager, Research for SRP
SRP
Neil E. Hejny
Engineering Manager
Raytheon
Sam Werner
IBM
Joseph W. Jackson
Director, Retrofit Systems
Engineering
Honeywell
Mike Johnson
Vice President
Advanced Micro Devices
David Leeper
Senior Principal Engineer
Intel
Eric C. Maas
Director, Technology Strategy
& Strategic Alliances
Motorola
John Wood
Hardware Design Engineer
Agilent Technologies
Peter Zdebel
CTO
ON Semiconducters
Thomas Zipperian
Manager, Advanced
Compound Semiconductor
Technology
Sandia National Laboratories
CURRENT MEMBERS:
Online Education
EE Department takes its master’s program to a new level –
distance learning online
The ASU Electrical Engineering Department renowned faculty is teaching at a place it
has never gone before – the World Wide Web.
This year, the EE Department is offering online classes for the Master of Science in
Engineering in electrical engineering with no residency requirements. The online courses and M.S.E. program allow alumni and professionals to access ASU from anywhere in
the world through flexible delivery.
While teaching through distance learning is nothing new to the EE Department, it is the
first opportunity to pursue the M.S.E. in electrical engineering entirely via the Internet.
The classes are modeled after those taught in person at ASU and have been transformed to allow students to access them from the workplace, home or during travel.
“I really enjoy having the freedom of taking classes at my own pace. Offering online
courses at ASU allows me to balance my work, home, and school life,” said Tony Yu,
an engineer at Medtronic. “In addition to the flexibility of taking courses online, you
get an entire staff of dedicated support from the ASU Engineering Online Team whom
have been committed in seeing me (and ultimately their programs) through to success.”
The material in the online courses is the same as the regular courses taught during the
school year. Students taking the online classes have access to the same lectures
through streamed media, the same
books, and even the same interaction
with other students and faculty through
interactive portals in the ASU course
management system.
This year, the EE Department
enrolled more than 100 students in
online courses and programs. The
ASU Ira A. Fulton School of
Engineering now offers over 10 graduate programs and areas of study
online focused for the engineering
professional.
For additional information, visit
www.asuengineeringonline.com
or call (480) 965-1740.
Contents
LETTER FROM THE CHAIR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 - 3
YEAR IN REVIEW
Faculty Honors, Awards, and News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 7
Thomas DeMassa memorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Stephen Goodnick named IEEE fellow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Cynthia O’Neil wins Outstanding Supervisor of the Year Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Sethuraman Panchanathan makes computer science program visually accessible . 5
Michael Kozicki’s corporation listed as one of “Silicon Strategies'
60 Emerging Start-ups” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Andreas Spanias appointed IEEE Distinguished Lecturer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
EE Department welcomes new faculty members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Graduate Awards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 - 11
Jennifer Nisha Desai and Visar Berisha win National Science Foundation
graduate fellowships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Deana Delp receives honorable mention at AEC/APC Symposium. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Jennifer Nisha Desai named ARCS scholar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2003/2004 Doctoral Graduates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Prem Kuchi and Raghuram Hiremagalur win Entrepreneurship 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . 10
John Spann selected as AFRL space scholar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
UGS awards: Visar Berisha, Aaron Fullerton, Joseph Ervin, Jonathan Stahlhut . . . 10
Christel Amburgey receives EE Distinguished Senior Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Elias Kyriakides wins Palais Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
RESEARCH CENTERS
Connection One . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Center for Low Power Electronics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Center for Solid State Electronics Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Power Systems Research Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
FEATURE STORY
Flexible Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-19
FACULTY LISTINGS AND SIDEBAR STORIES
Faculty Bios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 - 35
Enrollment Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Affiliate Professors Add Breadth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
ASU Electrical Engineering rated one of nation's top departments . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Alumni News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Online Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
ANNUAL REPORT 2003
Department of
Electrical
Engineering
“
“
One of the most important
milestones for us this year was our
first successful ABET accreditation
visit under the new EC2000
criteria in Fall 2003.
Dr. Stephen Goodnick
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It is a pleasure for me to report on the
accomplishments of the Department of
Electrical Engineering this past academic
year, within the newly named Ira A.
Fulton School of Engineering at Arizona
State University. The generous $50
million endowment provided by local
home builder Ira A. Fulton is already
benefiting engineering students in the
school through graduate and
undergraduate stipends, laboratory
support, and hiring of outstanding faculty
through endowed chairs.
One of the most important milestones for
us this year was our first successful
ABET accreditation visit under the new
EC2000 criteria in Fall 2003. The
department has been preparing for this
visit since 1997, following our last ABET
accreditation under the old criteria. A
great deal of effort has been directed
toward building constituent groups of
students, industry and faculty, and in
establishing assessment strategies,
including an assessment Web site which
has proved invaluable in documenting
continuous change and its impact on the
undergraduate program. We were very
pleased to have received full
accreditation with no weaknesses or
deficiencies identified. We now have a
six-year window in which to look toward
new changes and innovation in the
undergraduate program in response to
the changing needs of the global hightech economy.
LETTER FROM THE CHAIR
Our graduate program has been
undergoing a rapid change due to the
convergence of several factors. We are
devoting more resources toward
increasing and enhancing our Ph.D.
program, as part of our effort to raise the
research profile of the department.
Ph.D. enrollment has grown from
approximately 150 to more than 200
students in the past two years, due in
large part to the increased level of
funded research in the department. At
the same time, a conscious effort has
been made to increase the selectivity of
the master’s program and decrease the
numbers of students in the on-campus
program. This decision, coupled with the
greatly increased visa restrictions for
foreign nationals over the past two years,
have resulted in a net decline of master’s
degree students for the first time last
year. In its place, increased effort is
currently being directed at increasing
enrollment in online distance education
programs through the recent introduction
of the ASU M.Eng. online program.
be housed in the lab facility, and the
additional capacity will be used to help
attract future large center funding.
We are looking forward to continued
growth and improved quality of our
educational programs, and hope that you
enjoy the snapshot provided of the
department in this year’s annual report.
Sincerely,
Stephen M. Goodnick
Chair, Electrical Engineering
2003-2004
FINANCIAL SUMMARY
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
FISCAL YEAR SPONSORED EXPENDITURES
10
2000
2001
Fis c a l
2002
2003
9.9 Million
1999
9.0 Million
0
6.72 Million
Do l la rs
1998
2
5.14 Million
of
4
5.83 Million
6
9.1 Million
8
6.0 Million
Mi l l i ons
The research productivity of the
department has continued to grow, with
research expenditures in excess of $9
million, and a large increase in new
awards. In particular, several EE faculty
members helped lead the successful
awarding of the Army Flexible Display
Center at ASU, which is the feature story
of this year’s annual report. This $43.7
million center is the largest federal award
in ASU’s history, and was strongly
leveraged through ASU’s purchase of a
former facility used for flat panel display
R&D, containing 43,500 square feet of
clean-room space within a 250,000square-foot facility. The new center will
2004
Ye a r
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ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Year in Review
DeMassa will be greatly missed by EE Department
Tom was a
wonderful colleague
and friend. His
dedication to
excellence in
teaching was an
inspiration to
students and
professors alike.
Dr. Thomas A. DeMassa,
emeritus faculty in electrical
engineering, passed away Nov.
14, 2003. DeMassa began his
career in the electrical
engineering department in 1966
and retired in 1999, after working
at ASU for 33 years. He will be
greatly missed by the EE
Department.
A well-respected instructor in
electrical engineering, DeMassa
was widely known for his
research in digital circuits and
systems, and published several
papers and textbooks about his
work. His honors included the
School of Engineering
Undergraduate Teaching
Excellence Award, four NTU
Outstanding Teacher Awards,
the Detroit Alumni Scholarship,
and the National Defense Act
Graduate Fellowship.
In addition to electrical
engineering, DeMassa also had
another passion: football. He
lettered in football at the
University of Michigan where he
received two masters’ degrees
and a doctorate. He was an avid
fan of the Sun Devils football
team, as well as the local high
school teams, such as Dobson
High School in Mesa where his
son is head coach. His wife,
Joann, worked as a secretary
for ASU football for 25 years.
The lasting impact DeMassa
made on the department will not
be forgotten.
“Tom was a wonderful
colleague and friend. His
dedication to excellence in
teaching was an inspiration to
students and professors alike,”
said Dr. Joseph Palais, a longtime colleague.
A scholarship fund has been
created in his memory.
Contributions may be sent to
the Business Manager for the
DeMassa Memorial, Arizona
State University, Department
of Electrical Engineering, P.O.
Box 875706, Tempe, AZ 852875706.
Goodnick named IEEE fellow
Stephen Goodnick, professor and department chair, was named a 2004 IEEE fellow
for his contributions to carrier transport fundamentals and semiconductor devices.
Goodnick is the fifth ASU professor to become an IEEE fellow in the last four years.
He joins 2003 fellow Andreas Spanias, 2002 fellow Sayfe Kiaei and 2001 fellows
Samir El-Ghazaly and Sethuraman Panchanathan.
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FACULTY HONORS, AWARDS, & NEWS
O’Neil wins
Outstanding
Supervisor Award
Cynthia O’Neil, business operations
manager for
the electrical
engineering
department,
was one of the
winners
selected by
ASU’s
Classified Staff
Council (CSC)
for the 2003
Outstanding Supervisor Award.
The mission of CSC’s award is to
recognize managers who have a
positive approach with their leadership.
O’Neil, who was nominated by one of
her employees, has exactly that.
“As a supervisor of many women of
various ages, Cynthia has kept the
lines of communication within the
department open by relating to each
woman’s individual circumstances,”
EE staff member Kathleen Shumaker
wrote in her nomination. “She
understands that life doesn’t end here
and she relates to other peoples’
various situations with the same
reasoning. She uses the same
concept on all of us. She sees our
humanity, not just our job titles.”
She sees our
humanity, not just
our job titles.
Panchanathan receives
Academic Collaboration Award
Professor
Sethuraman
Panchanathan
received the
Academic
Collaboration
Award from the
ASU Disability
Resources for
Students (DRS)
for his work with
iCARE
(information
Technology
Centric Assistive
& Rehabilitative Environment), a program that helps
students, who are blind, deaf-blind and visuallyimpaired, conduct everyday activities such as reading,
surfing the Web and recognizing the world around
them.
The program’s overall goal is “to enrich the lives of
individuals who are blind including opening up
educational opportunities,” Panchanathan said.
iCARE is led by Panchanathan and other faculty at
Arizona State University. The program uses a blend of
technology, low-tech concepts and support to make
getting a degree in computer science and engineering
more accessible, and is also designed to create a
paperless interactive classroom environment.
Panchanathan said he was pleasantly surprised
when he learned of this year’s award and thankful for
the support of the ASU community for recognizing the
hard work of the iCARE team.
For more information about iCARE, visit the Center
for Cognitive Ubiquitous Computing (CUbiC) at
http://cubic.asu.edu.
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ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Year in Review
Kozicki’s company named one of the
top 60 start-ups
A spin-off from Arizona State University research has
made its mark on the industry. Professor Michael
Kozicki has managed to make his company – Axon
Technologies Corporation – a major success,
according to Silicon Strategies’ Web site.
“To be included is excellent,” Kozicki said. “We are very
excited about it.”
The publication rated his company as one of the top 60 startups in the nation. This honor is based on a company’s financial
position, investors, markets and technology. The start-ups
listed are involved in IC, MEMS, fab equipment, packaging and foundry sectors.
“We have technology that promises to make a huge difference to the industry in
many senses,” Kozicki said. “We think we can make a big impact.”
Axon Technologies Corporation is an intellectual property licensing company which
was spun out of ASU in 1996. It has leveraged its core competence in materials
science to create a broad IP portfolio around Programmable Metallization Cell (PMC)
technology. Based on novel ion conducting materials, PMC has applications in fields
ranging from low power non-volatile memory and switches to microelectromechanical
systems (MEMS) and microfluidic devices.
Spanias appointed IEEE distinguished lecturer
Professor Andreas Spanias was appointed by the IEEE Signal Processing
Society as a distinguished lecturer for 2004.
The IEEE program is one of the premier outreach programs in electrical and
computer engineering and its board of governors appoints up to six
distinguished lecturers annually. These lecturers give open seminars to IEEE
chapters, IEEE conferences, universities and selected technical events
worldwide.
Spanias will give seminars in speech and audio coding, adaptive algorithms
for array microphones and smart antennas and autoregressive modeling of
DNA sequences. Spanias also was named an IEEE fellow last year.
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FACULTY HONORS, AWARDS, & NEWS
The Department of Electrical Engineering welcomes five
new members to its faculty
Electromagnetics and Microwave Circuits
Solid-State Electronics
Abbas Abbaspour-Tamijani, assistant professor,
Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Hugh J. Barnaby, assistant professor, Ph.D.,
Vanderbilt University
Dr. Abbaspour-Tamijani received a Ph.D. in electrical
engineering in 2003 from the University of Michigan, Ann
Arbor, and a M.S. in electrical engineering in 1997 from
the University of Tehran. His publications include four
journal papers, 11 conference papers and five technical
reports. Prior to ASU, Dr. Abbaspour-Tamijani was a
graduate research assistant at the University of Michigan
Radiation Lab and also worked at the UCLA Antenna Lab
as a visiting student researcher. His research interests
include microwave electronics.
Dr. Barnaby received a Ph.D. in 2001 and M.S.E. in
1999 both in electrical engineering from Vanderbilt
University in Nashville, Tenn. He has been an active
researcher in the radiation effects field for almost 12
years, presenting and publishing more than 40 papers
during this time. He recently was an assistant professor
at the University of Arizona, focusing on research in
microelectronics processing and fabrication,
semiconductor devices, analog and mixed signal design
and test, reliability and radiation effects and bioelectronic
sensors and actuators. Dr. Barnaby also worked as a
staff scientist for the microelectronics division at Mission
Ranch Corporation in Albuquerque, N.M. His research
interests include semiconductors in hostile environments
and radiation environments.
Electronic and Mixed-Signal Circuit Design
Bertan Bakkaloglu, associate professor, Ph.D.,
Oregon State University
Dr. Bakkaloglu received a Ph.D. in electrical and
computer engineering in 1995 from Oregon State
University, and a M.S.C. in 1992 from the University of
Houston, Texas. He has three patents and has
published 16 papers. Prior to ASU, Dr. Bakkaloglu was
with Texas Instruments’ Broadband Silicon Technology
Center where he was in charge of IC development and
technical leadership for IC development for wireline
communication transceivers. He also worked on mixed
signal / RF and power management ICs for wireless
handsets as a designer and technical lead. His research
interests include RF and analog mixed-signal IC design.
Lawrence T. Clark, associate professor, Ph.D.,
Arizona State University
Dr. Clark received a Ph.D. in 1992 and a M.S. in
1987 in electrical engineering from Arizona State
University, and was an adjunct professor at ASU as
well. Prior to ASU, Dr. Clark was an associate
professor at the University of New Mexico, supervising
and performing research in low power and high
performance VLSI design. Dr. Clark has 40 patents
and 20 pending patents, and has published 21 papers.
He also has several years of industry experience,
recently working as a principal engineer at Intel where
he managed circuit design for 1.5GHz XScale
microprocessor design on 90nm technology and led
25 circuit designers. His research interests include low
power and high performance VLSI circuit design.
Arts, Media and Engineering
Professor Gang Qian, assistant professor,
Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park
Dr. Qian received the B.E. degree in electrical
engineering from the University of Science and
Technology of China (USTC) in 1995, and the M. S. and
Ph. D. degrees in electrical engineering from the
University of Maryland at College Park in 1999 and
2002, respectively. He was a faculty research assistant
in 2001 and a research associate in 2002 for the Center
for Automation Research at the University of Maryland
Institute for Advance Computer Studies. His research
interests include human motion analysis, signal and
image processing, computer vision, statistical learning
and inference for computer vision, and image analysis.
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ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Year in Review
Desai and Berisha win
National Science
Foundation graduate
fellowships
Electrical engineering students Visar
Berisha and Jennifer Nisha Desai
received the Graduate Research
Fellowship (GRF) award from the
National Science Foundation (NSF). The
NSF honors approximately 900 graduate
students annually nationwide in science,
mathematics and engineering.
Desai received her fellowship to pursue
research in wireless communications with
a focus on power management for
wireless handsets. Berisha’s research will
focus on speech and audio coding,
specifically researching methods of
obtaining higher audio fidelity through
coders traditionally meant for speech.
The fellowship has a maximum tenure
of three years and a stipend of $30,000
per year, and travel allowances are
available. NSF fellows also have the
opportunity to apply for start-up grants to
use supercomputers at the foundation’s
Partnership for Advanced Computational
Infrastructure (PACI) facilities. They also
can participate in the foundation’s
prestigious Preparing Future Faculty and
Preparing Future Professionals
programs.
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Desai named ARCS scholar
Doctoral student Jennifer Nisha Desai was
named a 2004 ARCS scholar by the Phoenix
chapter of the Achievement Rewards for College
Scientists Foundation, which awards $6,000
scholarships to assist graduate research in the
sciences. Jason Ayubi-Moak was an ARCS
scholar in 2003.
Delp receives honorable
mention at AEC/APC
symposium
Deana Delp received honorable mention at
the 2003 Advanced Equipment
Control/Advanced Process Control
(AEC/APC) Symposium for her work on the
paper, “Availability Adjustments on Dominant
X-Factor Contribution Machines for Improving
Performance.”
Co-authors of the paper are Dr. Jenni Si
from the Department of Electrical Engineering
and Drs. Yuh-Chang Hwang and Buck Pei
from ASU’s College of Business.
The AEC/APC Symposium annually
conducts a student competition for papers,
and several semiconductor industry
participants support the contest. Winners
receive an all-expense paid trip to the
symposium to present their papers.
Delp is currently a faculty research/teaching
associate at Arizona State University. She
graduated with her doctorate in electrical
engineering from ASU in December 2003 and
was advised by Dr. Si.
GRADUATE AWARDS
2003/2004 Doctoral Graduates
Summer 2003
Yasser A. Hussein, “Electromagnetic Physical Modeling of
Microwave Devices and Circuits,”
S. El-Ghazaly, S. Goodnick, co-chairs.
Qi Huang, “Study on the Dynamics of Dry-Band Arcing on
the Surface of ADSS Fiber-Optic Cable,” G. Karady, chair.
AKM Ariful Ahsan, “Characterization of Low-Frequency
Noise in Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect
Transistors,” D. Schroder, chair.
Yi-Lung Yi, “Control Saturation Prevention for Linear
Parameter Varying (LPV) Systems,”
A. Rodriguez, chair.
Fall 2003
Chunyu Bi, “Coding and Modulation for Ultra-Wideband
Radio Systems and Capacity of Fixed Length MIMO
Systems,” J. Hui, chair.
Zhilin Huang, “Latching Micro-Magnetic Mirror Switch,” J.
Shen, chair.
Deana R. Delp, “The Study of Machine Capacity
Constraints and the Impact on System Performance Using
X-Factor Theory,” J. Si, chair.
Muhammad Waliullah, “Time Domain Analysis of Circuitand Physics-Based Distributed Model for High-Frequency
FETs,” S. Goodnick, S. El-Ghazaly, co-chairs.
Mansour Ahmed Mohamed, “Combinatorial Strategies to
Reduce Wide Area Power System Vulnerability,” G. Karady,
chair.
Elias Kyriakides, “Innovative Concepts for On-line
Synchronous Generator Parameter Estimation,” G. Heydt,
chair.
Zhen Liu, “Context-based and perceptual-based wavelet
image compression with application to JPEG2000,” L.
Karam, chair.
Stephen M. Ramey, “The Effective Potential in Simulation
of SOI MOSFETS,” D. Ferry, chair.
Chetan Prasad, “Energy Relaxation in Two- and oneDimensional Indium Gallium Arsenide Quantum Well
Structures,” D. Ferry, chair.
Fazla Rabbi M.B. Hossain, “Characteristics of N-Type
Silicon Schottky Contacts,”
D. Schroder, chair.
Dean Adam Badillo, “Low Power, Low Phase Noise
CMOS Ring Oscillators,” S. Kiaei, chair.
Eric Langlois, “Callable Magnetically Actuated Latching
Micro-Relays,” J. Shen, chair.
Spring 2004
Hao Shen, “Time-Varying Signal Processing Techniques for
Multiple Access Wireless Communication Systems, “ A.
Papandreou-Suppappola, chair.
Hongxia Wu, “Robust Control Design Considering Time
Delay for Wide Area Power Systems,”
G. Heydt, chair.
Jun Gu, “Real-Time Transient Stability Analysis by Analog
VLSI and Transient Stability Enhancement,” G. Karady,
chair.
Jeonghoon Kim, “Analysis Techniques and Modeling for
Noise and Distortion of CMOS Down-Conversion Mixers,”
E. Greeneich, chair.
Siddharth Suryanarayanan, “Accommodation of Loop
Flows in Competitive Electric Power Systems,” G. Heydt,
chair.
Siamak Abedinpour, “Distributed Monolithic Power
Management for a System-on-a-Chip (SOC),”
S. Kiaei, chair.
Zheng Zhang, “Capacity and Coding for Magnetic
Recording and Wireless Channels,”
T. Duman, chair.
Sangwook Kim, “Design of the Third Order Cascaded
Sigma-Delta Modulator for Switched-Capacitor
Applications,” E. Greeneich, chair.
Yazhou Liu, “The Generation and Analysis of NonStandard Frequency Components and Even Harmonics in
AC Distribution Systems,” G. Heydt, chair.
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ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Year in Review
Graduate students Prem Kuchi and Raghuram
Hiremagalur win Fulton School’s Entrepreneurship 2004
Prem Kuchi and Raghuram Hiremagalur won the annual Fulton School of Engineering’s
Entrepreneurship 2004 competition for their business endeavor, MotionEase, a computer vision
system that has affordable and timely motion capture.
Entrepreneurship 2004 is a competition in which students plan a start-up company and submit a
business proposal to a panel of judges. After reviewing the proposals, judges then select the
finalists, who present their business plan as part of the second round. Twenty-two student groups
submitted proposals for the 2004 competition.
As winners, MotionEase will receive funding to begin the initial start up of their company. The judges
also awarded an additional seed investment to Custom Microfluidics, proposed by bioengineering
associate research scientist Anil Vuppu and bioengineering graduate student Tilak Jain.
Gifts to the Entrepreneurship 2004 competition included a $100,000 gift from the Intel Foundation
and $50,000 of services donated from Greenberg Traurig, Steptoe and Johnson, ASU Technopolis,
The Business Leadership Development (BLD) Corporation, Managed Change Associates, Pearson
& Associates, HC Matrix, Six-9s Associates, and the Enterprise Network.
AFRL Space Scholar
Electrical engineering graduate student
John Spann has been selected by the Air
Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to
participate in the Space Scholar Program.
The elite program, headquartered at Kirtland
Air Force Base in Albuquerque, N.M., features
top undergraduate juniors and seniors and
graduate students in science and engineering.
Last year, it mentored 29 students from 25
different colleges and the Air Force Academy.
Spann will work this summer at the Kirtland
Air Force Base in low-power transistor
technology, bringing to the program the
research knowledge and skills he gained
through working for the Center for Solid State
Electronics Research at ASU.
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University Graduate
Scholarships Awarded
Visar Berisha, Aaron Fullerton, Joseph
Ervin and Jonathan Stahlhut each won a
three-year merit package through the
University Graduate Scholars Program. The
scholarship provides a stipend enhancement
of $3,250 and a tuition waiver each year, in
addition to the research or teaching
assistantship provided by the department.
Win Ly continues his UGS graduate
assistantship awarded in 2001-2002; Joshua
Hihath and Enrique Ledezma continue their
assistantships awarded in 2002-2003.
STUDENT AWARDS
EE Distinguished Senior
Award
This year’s electrical engineering Distinguished
Senior Award recipient is Christel Amburgey.
Amburgey, a National Merit Scholar who
graduated December 2003, was recognized by
the department for maintaining a 3.9 GPA, while
working with various ASU and community
organizations, including serving as an officer for
IEEE.
The department presents this award to the
most outstanding EE senior. Candidates must
participate in school activities and
organizations, provide service to the Ira A.
Fulton School of Engineering and demonstrate
scholastic ability.
“I feel extremely honored,” she said. “There
were a lot of other deserving students in my
graduating class and I consider myself lucky to
receive this honor.”
Amburgey graduated with Summa Cum Laude
honors and is also a Barrett Honors College
graduate. Her research interests include
computational electromagnetism and materialwave interaction as well as electro-magnetic
sensing in living organisms and the interaction
between living organisms and electro-magnetic
waves.
In her undergraduate program, she worked
with a variety of research projects, including a
project that simulated a power regulator to
control the flow of power in transmission lines; a
project to reduce the size of an integrated circuit
for scuba diving communication; and projects in
the Laboratory for Multi-Disciplinary Analysis
and Design of Material Wave Interactions.
She is currently enrolled in the master’s
program in electrical engineering at ASU and
works for Dr. Rudy Diaz in the ASU MaterialWave Interaction Lab. In the future, Amburgey
hopes to work in both the industry and academia.
Palais Award
Elias Kyriakides received the Palais
Outstanding Doctoral Student Award for 20032004. He was advised by Professor Gerald
Heydt, and is currently working with Dr. Heydt
on parameter identification of synchronous
generators as a faculty research associate.
Joseph Palais, professor and associate chair
of graduate studies, and his wife Sandra
established the Outstanding Doctoral Student
Award. The award is presented annually to a
graduating doctoral student with a minimum
3.75 GPA and at least one journal or conference
publication. The recipient receives $500 and a
commemorative plaque.
Kyriakides will not only leave ASU with this
award, but also with the invaluable experience
he has gained through the EE department,
including the team spirit and close collaboration
between department researchers.
“I have collaborated with faculty and students
in the area of electric power engineering and in
electrical engineering in general. The dedication
of the people in EE to research and
professional advancement is phenomenal,” he
said. “Of course, I need to mention that my
close collaboration with my advisor Dr. Gerald T.
Heydt and the overall research experience with
him will definitely prove to be beneficial to my
professional life.”
Kyriakides’ research interests include
parameter identification of synchronous
generators, power system stability, state
estimation, energy generation from renewable
resources, distributed generation, and computer
applications in power engineering. His goal is to
pursue a career in academia and develop a
successful independent research program in
electrical engineering with a concentration in
power systems.
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ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
IRA A. FULTON SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
CONNECTION ONE:
TELECOMMUNICATIONS CIRCUITS
AND
SYSTEMS RESEARCH CENTER
DIRECTOR, SAYFE KIAEI
Connection One is a National Science Foundation
Industry/University Cooperative Research Center
(I/UCRC) focused on communication circuits and
systems. The center is a multi-university center,
including University of Arizona and University of Hawaii.
The center researches all aspects of educational and
research programs entailing wireless and wireline
communications, radio frequency, integrated circuit
design, and mixed-signal analog/digital integrated
circuits for communications and related areas.
Connection One’s name reflects its vision, which is to
simplify and enable small, portable, all-in-one
communication devices. The center pursues research
projects that enable integration of many communication
devices into one small package by combining
innovative systems and integrated-circuitry techniques.
This exclusive industry/university partnership
encompasses an educational program, state-of-the-art
research initiatives, and development of new devices
that will handle multiple communication protocols on
one small system using new transceiver System-on-aChip technology.
Connection One’s mission contains both an educational
and a research component. With the support of
industry, this center has established a state-of-the-art
educational program in telecommunication mixed-signal
integrated circuit design. Because the center is a
cooperative research program where each project is
sponsored and supported by an industrial member,
there is a one-to-one link between the faculty, the
students, and the industrial member. The center
sponsors a fellowship program to allow students to
perform research at ASU for nine months followed by
an internship program for three to six months at an
industrial site to facilitate technology transfer and to
allow students to gain practical experience.
Connection One is currently involved with a number of
research projects:
■ 1.2V, 10-Bit Cyclic A/D Converter Incorporating an Active
Feedback Frequency Compensation Op-Amp in 0.18 mm
CMOS
■ Optical Switching of RF Channel Data
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■ Low-Temperature/High-Energy Density/Micro-Fluidic Fuel
Cell System for Portable Communication Applications
■ Determination of Cost Saving and Improved Reliability in
Scaled Circuits and Devices
■ Optimization of SiGe HBT Designs for High-Speed RF
Applications
■ RF Front End Architectures for Software Defined Radios
■ Switchable Dual Band Quadrature Voltage Controlled
Oscillator
■ Task Scheduling for Battery Powered Systems
■ PAR Reduction for Single and Multi-Antenna OF DM Systems
■ On-Chip Active Antennas for UWB
■ Use of Novel Materials and Integration Methods to Develop
On-Chip Band Reject Filters
■ Automatic RF Match Control Circuit for Broadband
Wireless Devices
■ The Use of Optical Processing Techniques for the Design
of High-Speed Scalable IP Routers
■ Monolithic Power Management for Mixed-Signal Integrated
Circuit
■ Hierarchical Design Planning for Simultaneous Physical
and Electronic Convergence
■ Statistical Approaches to Signal Integrity & Performance
Analysis in DSM CMOS Circuits
■ Development of Behavioral Simulator of Analog-to-Digital
Converters for Communication Applications
■ Optical Switching of RF Channel Data
■ Hierarchical Design Planning for Simultaneous Physical
and Electronic Convergence
■ Statistical Approaches to Signal Integrity & Performance
Analysis in DSM CMOS Circuits
■ Development of Behavioral Simulator of Analog-to-Digital
Converters for Communication Applications
Connection One derives its funding from the National
Science Foundation, the State of Arizona Proposition 301
Research and Development funds and industrial members,
including Analog Devices, BAE Systems, Cisco, General
Dynamics Decision Systems, Intel, Motorola, Raytheon,
Silicon Laboratories, SiRF Technologies, Trex Enterprises
and Texas Instruments.
More information about
Connection One is available online at:
www.connectionone.org.
RESEARCH CENTERS
IRA A. FULTON SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
CENTER FOR LOW
POWER ELECTRONICS
DIRECTOR, DIETER K. SCHRODER
CENTER MISSION
The Center for Low Power Electronics
(CLPE), formed under the National
Science Foundation’s State/Industry/
Center Highlights and Major Accomplishments
The center is organized into four main areas: materials and device
modeling, low-power analog circuit design, low-power digital circuits
and systems design, and physical design of low-power circuits and
systems.
University Cooperative Research
Centers initiative, is a collaborative
effort between Arizona State University
and the University of Arizona to
The center’s research ranges from semiconductor material and basic
device issues to device/circuit design and modeling; data-dependent
algorithm design; energy-efficient code generation; memory design;
dynamically reconfigurable, mixed-signal, lower-power systems;
substrate noise coupling; hot carriers, MOSFET noise; and dynamic
power management techniques. Analog-to-digital converters,
incorporating correlated double sampling and swing reduction to
improve performance and reduce power consumption at low-power
supply voltages typical of deep sub-micron CMOS processes, have
been designed and fabricated. The development of high-level
transformations includes those at the algorithm level and system
level (memory, bus interface, etc.). Three faculty members at ASU
and three faculty members from the University of Arizona together
with 12 graduate students carry out this research.
address fundamental industry-relevant
research in the design of ultra-low
power portable electronic computing
and communication systems. CLPE is
funded by the National Science
Foundation, the state of Arizona, and
industry.
CENTER LOCATION
Arizona State University and the
University of Arizona. We can also be
found on the Web by visiting the
following site:
http://clpe.ece.arizona.edu
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ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
IRA A. FULTON SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
CENTER FOR SOLID STATE
ELECTRONICS RESEARCH
DIRECTOR, TREVOR THORNTON
The center’s mission is to conduct research, to develop technology and to provide educational programs that
will engender international leadership in solid-state electronics. This mission is accomplished in several ways:
■ The provision of critical resources and infrastructure
■ The support and education of quality students
■ The support of renowned and high-promise research faculty and staff in multidisciplinary environments
■ The maintenance of significant levels of research funding from government and industry sources
■ The publication and presentation of work in top journals and at leading conferences
■ The transfer of technology to the commercial sector
Center highlights and major accomplishments:
The center provides critical resources and infrastructure for research and
education in interdisciplinary solid-state electronics including 30 laboratories
covering 30,000 square feet, which are administered and maintained by a staff
of 15 people. The center has about 60 participating faculty, 20 post-doctoral
researchers, and over 100 graduate students drawn from various disciplines,
including electrical engineering, chemistry, chemical engineering, biology,
bioengineering, biochemistry, materials science, mechanical engineering,
industrial engineering, and physics. Since its inception in 1981, CSSER has
witnessed phenomenal growth in the functionality and use of integrated circuits,
much of it fueled by basic research in solid-state electronics. In addition to
solid-state research, CSSER pursues new hybrid systems that combine the
hard, dry world of metals and semiconductors with the soft, wet world of biology
and biochemistry. Current research within CSSER centers on research to
answer basic questions about how electrons travel in ultra-small transistor
structures. At the same time CSSER is developing new microprocessor and
memory chips, advanced lasers for optical communications, ways of processing
semiconductor materials, and hybrid integrated circuits or biochips.
The center’s 4,000 square-foot class M3.5 cleanroom and associated facilities
contain a wide range of equipment for advanced semiconductor processing and
characterization, including electron beam lithography, deep-silicon and III-V ICP
etchers, optical direct-wafer writer, molecular beam epitaxy, ultra-low temperature (10 mK) transport
measurement, RF and ultra-low noise probe stations, photoluminescence, and high-speed optical testing.
Our primary research groups include bio- and molecular electronics; low-power electronics; materials and
process fundamentals; molecular beam epitaxy and optoelectronics; and nanostructures. Beyond these
formal groupings, CSSER supports the research of faculty from the Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering, the
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and the AZ Biodesign Institute in the areas of MEMS and
nanofluidics, wide band gap semiconductors, high-k dielectrics, and nanomagnetics. In recent years,
CSSER researchers have commercially developed a number of significant technologies, such as RF
magnetic latching switches, programmable metallization cell (PMC) memory devices, resonant cavity light
emitting diodes, and nano-based gas sensors.
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More information about the CSSER is available online at:
www.fulton.asu.edu/fulton/csser/.
RESEARCH CENTERS
IRA A. FULTON SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
PSERC • THE POWER SYSTEMS
RESEARCH CENTER
DIRECTOR, GERALD T. HEYDT
PSERC is a National Science Foundation
Industry/University Cooperative Research Center that is
addressing challenges in the new electric power industry
as it restructures to a competitive business environment.
Finding innovative and efficient solutions to those
challenges requires an unprecedented level of
expertise, communication, and cooperation between the
university and industry. Through collaboration, PSERC
seeks innovative solutions to challenges in creating a
power system with decentralized, market-based
decision-making stimulates productive interchange of
ideas among university and industry professionals
leverages research funding from universities and
industrial members facilitates access to highly
experienced faculty and superior quality students
prepares current and future professionals for the new
power industry.
PSERC academic researchers at multiple universities
across the U.S. specialize in power systems, applied
mathematics, nonlinear systems, power electronics,
control theory, computing, operations research,
economics, industrial organization, and public policy.
They provide research services and products that add
value to industry and that support efficient and effective
provision of electricity services while meeting
environmental requirements.
PSERC Research
Industry restructuring and technology change is creating
new challenges for the operations, security and
reliability of the power system, for the physical and
institutional structures, and for delivery of economical
and environmentally acceptable electricity services.
PSERC’s research program focus is on helping the next
generation electric power system evolve into a
competitive, high-performance component of the
nation’s infrastructure. Its research program is divided
into three research stems.
Research Stem 1: Markets
The electric power industry is in transition toward a
market-oriented structure with decentralized decisionmaking by a wide-ranging group of market participants.
The research under this stem emphasizes the design
and analysis of market mechanisms, computational
tools and institutions that facilitate efficient coordination,
investment, and operations while recognizing the
economic and technical characteristics of power
systems.
Research Stem 2: Transmission and Distribution
The power delivery infrastructure is critical to achieving
efficiency, safety, security, and reliability in electricity
supply. Improvements in this infrastructure could be
achieved through innovations in software, hardware,
materials, sensors, communications, and operating
strategies. Therefore, a central goal of this research
stem is the improvement of transmission and distribution
systems through the application of technological
advances.
Research Stem 3: Systems
Restructuring is leading to large and complex
operational entities (such as Independent System
Operators or Regional Transmission Organizations)
while small-scale, dispersed generation technologies are
increasing their penetration in power systems. The
challenge is to develop new operations frameworks and
approaches that will effectively cope with the growing
complexity of a restructured industry. Systems research
concentrates on operation of such complex, dynamic
systems in general and power systems in particular.
More information on PSERC is available online at
http://www.pserc.wisc.edu/index_about.html
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ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Flexible
Technology
Technology is advancing by leaps and bounds. Yesterday’s clunky desktop
has transformed into a svelte notebook that can slip into any briefcase.The
Internet is accessible almost anywhere – from your cell phone or personal
digital assistant like a Palm or a BlackBerry. And portable technology
doesn’t stop there. It could soon become a part of your wardrobe.
Research is underway for
creating bendable computer
displays – that could roll up and fit
into your pocket, or wrap around
your wrist like a watch – and
could even be thrown away.
This is the overall concept of
flexible display technology –
something that won ASU its largest
federal award, a $43.7 million
agreement, on Feb. 10, 2004, from
the U.S. Army to design flexible
screens for troops.
Flexible display
technology allows for the
fabrication of a low-cost
platform that might
someday be disposable,
said Dr. Frederic Zenhausern,
research faculty member of both
the Department of Electrical
Engineering and the Department
of Chemical and Materials
Engineering. Researchers are
able to design circuitry in a couple
of different ways by integrating
the sensor into the electronics.
ASU researchers plan to design
a relatively small, conformal
active matrix emissive and
reflective display, he said.
“We have all the technology in
place,” Zenhausern said.
Researchers will also integrate
the displays with wireless
David Allee, an electrical engineering faculty
member who is working with backplane
electronics at the center, holds a flexible
display prototype from FlexICs next to a GEN
2 display glass substrate. The prototype is
similar to the one that researchers hope to
have completed next year.
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communications technology,
according to the Flexible Display
Center Web site. The technology
will enhance combat strategy
because troops will be connected
to real-time displays that can
continuously provide them with
updates on anything from enemy
positions to weather conditions.
The federal agreement is a fiveyear award with the possibility of
being renewed for an additional
five years for another $50 million,
Zenhausern said.
Zenhausern is one of nine
engineering faculty members who
will lead the research effort and is
currently the director of the
Applied Nanobioscience Center.
He helped bring this technology to
The Biodesign Institute at ASU.
Illustrations produced by Michael Hagelberg, ASU
Research magazine.
U.S. Army signs multi-million dollar agreement with
ASU to develop flexible display research
FEATURE STORY
The Army Flexible Display Center research
team includes (left to right): EE faculty
members Frederic Zenhausern, David
Allee, Trevor Thornton, Dieter Schroder
and Del E. Webb School of Construction
faculty member Al Chasey.
The Biodesign Institute is a
multidisciplinary research and
educational initiative that
integrates biology and
neurobiology research with
advances in computing,
optoelectronics, biomimetic
materials and directed molecular
assembly at meso-nanoscale,
according to its Web site.
In addition to the Flexible
Display Center and Applied
Nanobioscience Center, The
Biodesign Institute is also
comprised of the BioOptical
Nanotechnology, Evolutionary
Functional Genomics, Infectious
Diseases and Vaccinology, Neural
Interface Design, Protein and
Peptide Therapeutics,
Rehabilitation Neuroscience and
Rehabilitation Engineering, and
Single Molecule Biophysics
research centers.
Zenhausern, who originally
worked for a Tempe-based
research company that
specialized in nanotechnology,
microfluidics and life sciences,
helped build the research team
that will lead the initiative. He also
helped secure state-of-the-art lab
space for the initiative at ASU’s
Research Park as well.
“We knew the tools, we knew
the people, and we knew some of
the technology as well,” he said.
The center’s disciplined
research team and its
commitment to customer needs
are key factors in the Army’s
decision to establish the Flexible
Display Center at ASU, said Dr.
George Poste, director of The
Biodesign Institute.
In addition to ASU having a top
research team on site, the fact
that Research Park had ready lab
space was another deciding
factor, he said
“I think what the Army saw was
the fact that we had the facilities,
we had the technology and we
had a disciplined team,” Poste
said.
The lab, which was originally a
facility used for flat panel display
R&D, is 250,000 square feet with
43,500 square feet of advanced
clean room space and wet and
dry labs.
Research Park is only the
beginning of ASU’s research
facilities. ASU is also currently
building 1 million square feet of
world-class research space to
house additional projects.
Arizona’s passage of the
Research Infrastructure Bill in
June 2003 provided ASU with
$185 million for its research
facilities, helping bring top
scientists and additional revenue
to the area.
Poste said the passage of this
bill was another element of ASU’s
success in winning the federal
award.
“Without those facilities you are
not going to attract the best
investigators who want top worldclass facilities to work in,” he said.
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Shawn O’Rourke, technology leader for
manufacturing and integration at the
Flexible Display Center, unwraps a Balzars
Kai 20 plasma enhanced chemical vapor
deposition (PECVD) system that will be
used for fabrication of amorphous Si layers
on plastic.
The Flexible Display Center will
have a 6-inch TFT pilot line this
year, a GEN II pilot line in 2006
(6-inch transitioning to R&D), a
full metrology and test lab, and
an electro-optic materials R&D
lab, said center director Dr. Greg
Raupp. Researchers plan to
have developed small scale (2.5inch diagonal) test vehicles next
year and prototypes (4-inch
diagonal) in 2006.
“ASU has taken its seat at the
national table in large-scale
research ventures,” Raupp said.
“The economic development
opportunities are multiple and
profound.”
ASU will now have one of the
best thin film fabrication facilities
in the country, said Shawn
O’Rourke, technology leader for
manufacturing and integration at
the Flexible Display Center. Better
than any other university.
“It’s a world-class, second-tonone facility,” he said. “It’s going
to allow a completely new level of
research product development
and education that we haven’t
had before.”
The project will also give
researchers the opportunity to
expand on biotechnology
research and bridge the gap
between that technology and
flexible display technology,
creating a whole new avenue of
products, O’Rourke said.
Flexible display research can
make almost any technology
conform to its owner, he said. For
example, cell phones could curve
to the person’s hand or computer
monitors could instead be thin,
interactive screens that surround
a desk.
“You can bring a certain
architecture and design element
to personal electronics that just
isn’t there,” O’Rourke said.
This cutting-edge technology is
something that is completely new
to the EE department and ASU.
“[The project] will get ASU and
the EE department into a
technology that we have not been
involved in the past,” said Dr.
Dieter Schroder, an electrical
engineering professor and
director of the Center for Low
Power Electronics at ASU.
Schroder specializes in
semiconductors and is also part
of the research team.
“We have traditionally been
involved in conventional semiconductors,” he said. “And now
this puts us into the realm of
organic semiconductors which are
new to us.”
Semiconductors have been
The available state-of-the-art lab space at
ASU’s Research Park was one of the
deciding factors for the U.S. Army to
establish the flexible display initiative at
ASU. Research Park – which has over 1.6
million square feet in facilities – houses 30
businesses and high technology companies
and more than 2,000 employees.
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The lab at ASU’s Research Park, which
was originally a facility used for flat
panel display R&D, is 250,000 square feet
with 43,500 square feet of advanced clean
room space and wet and dry labs.
Army Flexible
Display Initiative
Center Faculty
mostly been made out of a single
crystal material, such as silicon,
he said. But this new technology,
in which circuits are made of
flexible materials, like metals or
plastics that are bendable, can be
made in several ways.
“This technology will obviously
filter into many different
commercial applications,”
Schroder said.
The success of this research
could evolve into a completely
new era of technology.
“If we are successful in making
the translation to flexible
electronics, then this really does
constitute the next wave of
electronics in everything,” Poste
said. “From consumers, to
industrial processes, to military
and national security operations,
because basically you are
creating electronics that can fit
into any space [and] be flexible
and durable.
“It’s literally limited only by the
imagination of the experimenter,”
he added.
More than 16 companies and
several universities, in addition to
the military, are involved in the
center’s research.
"The center is not really a
research center," said Dr. David
Allee, electrical engineering
faculty member who is working
with backplane electronics in the
initiative. "It's a collaborative
prototype line for flexible
displays."
Participating universities include
Penn State, University of
Southern California, University of
Arizona and Cornell. Business
partners also include DuPont
Displays, Kodak, Honeywell,
General Dynamics, Raytheon,
Universal Display Corporation,
Kent Displays, E Ink, FlexICs,
Three-Five Systems, General
Atomics, Optiva, ECD, Southwall,
the U.S. Display Consortium, and
AGI. More prospective partners
are currently in negotiations with
the center.
For additional information
about the Flexible Display
Center and The Biodesign
Institute at ASU, visit
www.biodesign.org.
The Flexible Display Center
combines research forces
across ASU’s Ira A. Fulton
School of Engineering.
Faculty members include:
Greg Raupp – center director,
professor of chemical
engineering
Terry Alford – chemical and
materials engineering,
electrical engineering
David Allee – electrical
engineering
Al Chasey – Del E. Webb
School of Construction
Ghassan Jabbour – chemical
and materials engineering
James Mayer – chemical and
materials engineering
Dieter Schroder – electrical
engineering
Trevor Thornton – electrical
engineering
Frederic Zenhausern –
electrical engineering,
chemical and materials
engineering
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ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
James T. Aberle
David Allee
Rajapandian Ayyanar
Office:
E-mail:
Phone:
Ph.D.:
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E-mail:
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Ph.D.:
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GWC 426
[email protected]
480-965-8588
University of Massachusetts,
Amherst, 1989
James T. Aberle received the B.S. and M.S.
degrees in electrical engineering from
Polytechnic Institute of New York (now
Polytechnic University) in 1982 and 1985,
respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in
electrical engineering from the University of
Massachusetts in 1989. From 1982 to 1985,
he was employed by Hazeltine Corporation,
Greenlawn, NY, where he worked on the
development of wide-band phased array
antennas. He was a graduate research
assistant at the University of Massachusetts
from 1985 to 1989, where he developed and
validated computer models for printed
antennas. He has been a faculty member at
Arizona State University since 1989, where
he is currently an associate professor of
electrical engineering.
Research Interests: Antennas and RF
systems for wireless communications;
modeling of complex electromagnetic
phenomena.
Honors and Distinctions: IEEE Senior
Member; NASA-ASEE Summer Faculty
Fellow, 1993; Member, Technical Advisory
Board, e-tenna Corporation.
Selected Publications:
James T. Aberle, Sung-Hoon Oh, David T.
Auckland, and Shawn D. Rogers,
“Reconfigurable Antennas for Portable
Wireless Devices,” Antennas and
Propagation Magazine, Vol. 45, No. 6, pp.
148-154, Dec. 2003.
Shawn D. Rogers, James T. Aberle, and
David T. Auckland, “Two-Port Model of an
Antenna for Use in Characterizing Wireless
Communications Systems, Obtained Using
Efficiency Measurements,” Antennas and
Propagation Magazine, Vol. 45, No. 3, pp.
115-118, Jun. 2003.
D.T. Auckland, S.D. Rogers, J.T. Aberle,
“Reconfigurable Antennas and RF Front Ends
for Portable Wireless Devices,” Proceedings
of the 2002 Software Defined Radio Technical
Conference, pp. 29-33, Nov. 2002.
R.E. Diaz, J.T. Aberle, W.E. McKinzie,
“Analysis of the Surface Wave Suppression
Band of the Sievenpiper High-Impedance
Ground Plane in Terms of its Effective
Medium Properties,” National Radio Science
Meeting, Boulder, CO, Jan. 2001.
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ERC 153
[email protected]
480-965-6470
Stanford University, 1990
David Allee conducts research in ultra-small
device fabrication and in low-voltage, lowpower analog CMOS circuit design for
analog-to-digital conversion and telemetry.
The targeted applications are medical
electronics and portable communication
products where it is often desirable to place
the entire mixed-signal system on a single
chip. Current projects include cyclic,
pipelined, and delta-sigma converters, along
with low-power, low-noise, voltage-controlled
oscillators using chip transformers. He is a
founding member of the Center for Low
Power Electronics (funded by the NSF,
industry, and the state of Arizona), the
Whitaker Center for Neuromechanical
Control, and is the manager of the Focused
Ion Beam User Facility. He has published
over 35 refereed journal articles and
publications at technical conferences and
has conducted three invited talks at
international conferences.
Research Interests: Ultra-small device
fabrication, mixed-signal circuit design for
analog-to-digital conversion and telemetry.
Honors and Distinctions: Young Faculty
Teaching Excellence Award, 1994-1995; two
patent applications filed; AEA Faculty
Development Fellowship, Stanford University,
1984-1989; Voorheis Honor Scholarship,
University of Cincinnati, 1979-1984.
Selected Publications:
M. Hasan, H. H. Shen, D. R. Allee, and M.
Pennell, “A Behavioral Model of a 1.8V, Flash
A/D Converter Based on Device
Parameters,” IEEE Transactions on
Computer-Aided Design, Vol. 19, No. 1, 6982, Jan. 2000.
W. Xie, X. Dai, L. S. Xu, D. R. Allee, and J.
Spector, “Fabrication of Cr Nanostructures
with the Scanning Tunneling Microscope,”
Nanotechnology, Vol. 8, No. 2, 88-93, June
1997.
C. B. Wheeler, D. L. Mathine, S. R. Johnson,
G. N. Maracas, and D. R. Allee, “Selectively
Oxidized GaAs MESFETs Transferred to a Si
Substrate,” IEEE Electron Device Letters,
Vol. 18, No. 4, 138, Apr, 1997.
C. Wheeler, S. Daryanani, D. L. Mathine, G.
N. Maracas, and D. R. Allee, “Monolithic
Integration of a GaAs MESFET with a
Resonant Cavity LED using a Buried Oxide
Layer,” Photonics Technology Letters, Vol. 9,
No. 2, 194, 1997.
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University of Minnesota, 2000
Rajapandian Ayyanar joined the ASU faculty
as an assistant professor in August 2000. He
received the B.E. in electrical engineering
from P.S.G. College of Technology, India, in
1989; the M.S. in power electronics from the
Indian Institute of Science in 1995; and the
Ph.D. in power electronics from the
University of Minnesota in 2000. He has
published 20 journal and conference papers,
is a member of IEEE, and is the co-author of
one patent.
Research Interests: Topologies and new
control techniques for switch-mode power
conversion, especially DC-DC converters,
digital PWM techniques for motor drives,
power systems applications of power
electronics.
Selected Publications:
R. Ayyanar and N. Mohan, “Zero Voltage
Switching DC-DC Converter,” U.S. patent
6,310,785.
H. Krishnamurthy, G. Narayanan, R. Ayyanar,
and V.T. Ranganathan, “Design of Space
Vector-Based Hybrid PWM Techniques for
Reduced Current Ripple,” IEEE Applied
Power Electronics Conference (APEC) 2003,
Vol. 1, 583-588.
R. Giri, R. Ayyanar, and N. Mohan, “Common
Duty Ratio Control of Input Series Connected
Modular DC-DC Converters with Active Input
Voltage and Load Current Sharing,” IEEE
Applied Power Electronics Conference
(APEC) 2003, Vol. 1, 322-326.
J. Kyei, R. Ayyanar, G. Heydt, R. Thallam,
and J. Blevins, “The Design of Power
Acceptability Curves,” IEEE Transactions on
Power Delivery, Vol. 17, No. 3, 828-833 July
2002.
R. Ayyanar and N. Mohan, “Novel SoftSwitching DC-DC Converter with Full ZVSRange and Reduced Filter Requirement—
Part 1: Regulated Output Applications,” IEEE
Trans. Power Electronics, Vol.16, 184-192,
Mar. 2001.
R. Ayyanar and A. K. Jain, “Unity Power
Factor Rectification,” in CRC Handbook of
Power Electronics, Nov. 2001.
FACULTY LISTINGS
Constantine A. Balanis
Chaitali Chakrabarti
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Ohio State University, 1969
ELECTRICAL
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480-965-9516
University of Maryland, 1990
BACHELORʼS ENROLLMENT
Constantine Balanis joined the ASU faculty in
1983 and is now a Regents’ Professor of
electrical engineering. He has published
nearly 110 journal papers, 190 conference
papers, seven book chapters, seven
magazine/newsletter papers, and numerous
scientific reports. He has also published two
textbooks: one on antennas and the other on
advanced engineering electromagnetics.
Research Interests: Computational
electromagnetic methods (FDTD, FEM,
MoM, GO/GTD/UTD, PO/PTD) for antennas,
scattering, and high-intensity radiated fields
(HIRF); smart/adaptive antennas for wireless
communications; electromagnetic wave
multipath propagation.
Honors and Distinctions: Regents’
Professor, Honorary Doctorate-University of
Thessaloniki (Greece), IEEE Life Fellow,
IEEE Third Millennium Medal, ASU
Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award, ASU
School of Engineering Graduate Teaching
Excellence Award, ASU College of
Engineering Distinguished Achievement
Award, IEEE Region 6 Individual
Achievement Award, IEEE Phoenix Section
Special Professionalism Award.
Selected Publications:
M. A. Gkatzianas, C. A. Balanis and R. E.
Diaz, “The Gilbert-Holland FDTD Thin Slot
Model Revisited: An Alternative Expression
for the In-Cell Capacitance,” IEEE Microwave
and Wireless Components Letters, Vol. 14,
No. 4, May 2004.
M. N. Vouvakis, C. A. Balanis, C. R. Birtcher
and A. C. Polycarpou, “Multilayer Effects on
Cavity-Backed Slot Antennas,” IEEE Trans.
Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 52, No. 5,
May 2004.
J. Foutz, A. Spanias, S. Bellofiore and C. A.
Balanis, “Adaptive Eigen-Projection
Beamforming Algorithms for 1-D and 2-D
Antenna Arrays,” IEEE Antennas and
Wireless Propagation Letters (AWPL), Vol. 2,
No. 2, pp. 62-65, 2003.
S.V. Georgakopoulos, C.R. Birtcher, C.A.
Balanis, and R.A. Renaut, “HIRF Penetration
and PED Coupling Analysis for Scaled
Fuselage Models Using a Hybrid Subgrid
FDTD(2,2)/FDTD(2,4) Method,” IEEE Trans.
Electromagnetic Compatibility, Vol. 42, No. 2,
May 2003.
Chaitali Chakrabarti received her B. Tech. in
electronics and electrical communication
engineering from the Indian Institute of
Technology, Kharagpur, India, and her M.S.
and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering
from the University of Maryland, College
Park. She has been at ASU since 1990
where she is now a full professor. She is a
member of the Center for Low Power
Electronics, Consortium of Embedded and
Inter-Networking Technologies, and
Connection One and conducts research in
various aspects of low-power system design.
Research Interests: VLSI architectures and
algorithms for media processing and
communications; low-power system design,
including memory design and compilation;
CAD tools for VLSI.
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K. Andra, C. Chakrabarti, and T. Acharya, “A
High Performance JPEG2000 Architecture,”
IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems, Mar.
2003.
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A. Manzak and C. Chakrabarti, “Variable
Voltage Task Scheduling Algorithms for
Minimizing Energy/Power,” IEEE Trans. on
VLSI Systems, May 2003.
K. Andra, C. Chakrabarti, and T. Acharya, “A
VLSI Architecture for Lifting-based Forward
and Inverse Wavelet Transform,” IEEE Trans.
on Signal Processing, Apr. 2002.
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Educator Award, IEEE Phoenix section,
2001; CEAS Teaching Award, 1993-1994;
associate editor of the IEEE Transactions on
Signal Processing and the Journal of VLSI
Signal Processing.
R. Henning and C. Chakrabarti, “An
Approach to Switching Activity Consideration
During High-Level Low-Power Design Space
Exploration,” IEEE Trans. on Circuits and
Systems II, May 2002.
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Exploration for Low Power Embedded
Systems,” ACM Transactions on Design and
Automation of Electronic Systems, Oct.
2001.
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ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Affiliate
professors
add breadth
to department
Several professors from other
departments are formally affiliated
with the Department of Electrical
Engineering. Their duties are primarily
in research, advising and student
mentoring. They contribute a breadth
of research opportunity beyond that
provided by regular faculty.
Terry Alford (Ph.D., Cornell): Electron
materials and characterization.
Karam Chatha (Ph.D., University of
Cincinnati): Embedded system and
VLSI design.
Sandwip Dey (Ph.D., Alfred): Solidstate electronic materials.
Richard Farmer (M.S., Arizona State
University): Power system transients,
analysis, transmission, and
distribution.
Sandeep Gupta (Ph.D., Ohio State):
Wireless networks and mobile
computing; ubiquitous/pervasive
computing; biosensor networks.
Jiping He (Ph.D. Maryland, College
Park): Controls, bioengineering.
Timothy E. Lindquist (Ph.D., Iowa
State University): Computer science.
Nathan Newman (Ph.D. Stanford
University): Electronic materials.
Sethuraman Panchanathan (Ph.D.,
University of Ottawa): Multimedia
computing and communications;
multimedia hardware architectures;
VLSI architectures for real-time video.
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Douglas Cochran
Rodolfo E. Diaz
Office:
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GWC 414
[email protected]
Harvard University, 1990
Douglas Cochran joined the ASU faculty in
1989. He holds Ph.D. and S.M. degrees in
applied mathematics from Harvard University
and degrees in mathematics from UCSD and
MIT. Before coming to ASU, he was a senior
scientist at BBN Laboratories. He has served
as a consultant to Motorola and the
Australian Defense Science and Technology
Organisation, as associate editor of the IEEE
Transactions on Signal Processing, and as
general co-chair of the 1999 IEEE
International Conference on Acoustics,
Speech, and Signal Processing. Professor
Cochran is currently on leave serving as
program manager for the Applied and
Computational Mathematics Program in the
DARPA Defense Sciences Office.
Research Interests: Signal processing,
harmonic analysis, detection theory.
Honors and Distinctions: CEAS Teaching
Excellence Award, 1996-1997; IEEE Senior
Member.
Selected Publications:
S. Azizi and D. Cochran, “Reproducing
Kernel Structure in Time-Warped Spaces
with Applications to Wavelets,” IEEE
Transactions on Information Theory, Vol. 48,
No. 3, Mar. 2002.
S. Shetty, J.N. McDonald, and D. Cochran,
“A Windowing Condition for Characterization
of Finite Signals from Spectral Phase or
Magnitude,” IEEE International Conference
on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal
Processing, Salt Lake City, May 2001.
A. Clausen and D. Cochran, “Asymptotic
Analysis of the Generalized Coherence
Estimate,” IEEE Transactions on Signal
Processing, Vol. SP-49, No. 1, Jan. 2001.
Tempe Center, Suite 199
[email protected]
480-965-4281
UCLA, 1992
During his 20 years in the aerospace
industry, Dr. Diaz has worked on many
aspects of the interaction between
electromagnetic waves and materials from
lightning protection on the space shuttle
through the design of microwave lenses and
high-temperature, broadband radomes for
radar missiles to the design and manufacture
of radar-absorbing structures for Stealth
applications. He is an associate professor in
electrical engineering, the associate director
of the Consortium for Meteorology of
Semiconductor Nanodefects, and holds ten
patents ranging from the design of
broadband radomes to the amplification of
magnetic fields.
Research Interests: Optical scattering of
subwavelength objects in complex
environments, analytic theory of natural and
artificial media, combined computational
mechanics and electromagnetics.
Honors and Distinctions: 1994 Association
of Interamerican Businessmen Award to
Distinguished Young Executives in the
Professional Category for Excellence in
Engineering, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Selected Publications:
Ampere A. Tseng, C.D. Chen, R. Díaz, and
M. Watts, “Electron beam lithography of
microbowtie structures for next-generation
optical probe,” J. Microlith., Microfab.,
Microsyst., Vol. 1, No. 2, July 2002.
R.E. Diaz and M.E. Watts, “Perfect PlaneWave Injection into a finite FDTD domain
through Teleportation of Fields,”
Electromagnetics, Vol.1 No. 2, 1-12, July
2002.
R.E. Diaz, J.T. Aberle, and W.E. McKinzie,
“Analysis of the Surface Wave Suppression
Band of the Sievenpiper High-Impedance
Ground Plane in Terms of its Effective
Medium Properties,” Proceedings of the
National Radio Science Meeting, University
of Colorado at Boulder, CO, Jan. 8-11, 2001.
V.C. Sanchez, R.E. Diaz, and W.E. McKinzie,
“Broadband Antennas Over Electronically
Reconfigurable Artificial Magnetic Conductor
Surfaces,” Proceedings of the Antenna
Applications Symposium, Robert Allerton
Park, Monticello, IL, Sept. 19-21, 2001.
FACULTY LISTINGS
Tolga M. Duman
Elbadawy Elsharawy
David K. Ferry
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480-965-7888
Northeastern University, 1998
Tolga Duman received the B.S. from Bilkent
University, Turkey, in 1993 and the M.S. and
Ph.D. degrees from Northeastern University
in 1995 and 1998, respectively, all in
electrical engineering. He has been with the
Department of Electrical Engineering of ASU
since August 1998 as an assistant professor.
Research Interests: Digital communications,
wireless and mobile communications,
channel coding, turbo codes and turbo-coded
modulation systems, coding for magnetic
recording channels, coding for wireless
communications.
Honors and Distinctions: NSF CAREER
Award, 2000; IEEE Third Millennium Medal;
co-recipient of the best paper award for the
Vehicular Technology Conference paper from
IEEE Benelux Chapter, 1999.
Selected Publications:
Israfil Bahceci, Tolga M. Duman and Yucel
Altunbasak, “Antenna Selection for MultipleAntenna Transmission Systems:
Performance Analysis and Code
Construction,” IEEE Transactions on
Information Theory, Vol. 49, No. 10, pp.
2669-2681, Oct. 2003.
GWC 424
[email protected]
480-965-8591
University of Massachusetts,
Amherst, 1989
Elbadawy Elsharawy joined ASU in 1989
where he is currently an associate professor.
Dr. Elsharawy also has two important patents
in his portfolio: “Stacked Microstrip Antenna
for Wireless Communications,” U.S. patent
5,945,950, and “Heterojunction Bipolar
Transistor Having Wide-Band Gap,” U.S.
patent 5,912, 481.
Research Interests: Microwave circuits,
applied electromagnetics, anistrophic
devices, electronic packaging, cellular phone
antennas.
Honors and Distinctions: Senior Member of
IEEE, MTT-13 Technical Committee member,
and an elected member of Commissions A
and D, National URSI.
Selected Publications:
H. Ghouz and E. Elsharawy, “Analysis and
Modeling of Flip Chip Package
Interconnects,” IEEE Special Issue on CAE,
202-211, May 2001.
R. Elio and E. Elsharawy, “Reducing Losses
in Dielectric Waveguide Discontinuities,”
IEEE Trans. MTT, Vol. 46, 1045-1054, Aug.
1998.
Andrej Stefanov and Tolga M. Duman,
“Performance Bounds for Space-Time Trellis
Codes,” IEEE Transactions on Information
Theory, Vol. 49, No. 9, pp. 2134-2140, Sept.
2003.
T. Elshafie, J. Aberle, and E. Elsharawy,
“Accurate and Efficient Evaluation of Green’s
Functions for Multilayer Normally Biased
Ferrite Structures,” IEEE Proceedings Part.
H, Vol. 144, No. 6, 403-410, Dec. 1997.
Zheng Zhang and Tolga M. Duman,
“Achievable Information Rates of MultiAntenna Systems over Frequency-Selective
Fading Channels with Constrained Inputs,”
IEEE Communications Letters, pp. 260-262,
June 2003.
T. Elshafie, J. Aberle, and E. Elsharawy, “Full
Wave Analysis of Edge Guided Mode
Microstrip Isolators,” IEEE Trans. MTT, Dec.
1996.
Zheng Zhang, Tolga M. Duman and Erozan
Kurtas, “Information Rates of Binary-Input ISI
Channels with Signal Dependent Media
Noise,” IEEE Transaction on Magnetics, pp.
599-607, Jan. 2003.
Israfil Bahceci and Tolga M. Duman,
“Combined Turbo Coding and Unitary SpaceTime Modulation,” IEEE Transactions on
Communications, Vol. 50, No. 8, pp. 12441249, Aug. 2002.
H. Ghouz and E. Elsharawy, “An Accurate
Equivalent Circuit of Flip-Chip and Via
Interconnects,” IEEE Trans. MTT, Dec. 1996.
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480-965-2570
University of Texas, Austin, 1966
David Ferry joined ASU in 1983, following
stints at Texas Tech University, the Office of
Naval Research, and Colorado State
University. He has published more than 600
articles, books and chapters, and has
organized many conferences.
Research Interests: Transport physics and
modeling of quantum effects in submicron
semiconductor devices, electron beam
lithography for ultra-submicron quantum
functional devices.
Honors and Distinctions: Regents’
Professor at ASU; IEEE Cledo Brunetti
Award, 1999; fellow of both the American
Physical Society and IEEE; ASU Graduate
Mentor Award, 2000; IEEE Engineer of the
Year, 1990, Phoenix Section; outstanding
research awards at Texas Tech University
and Colorado State University.
Selected Publications:
I. Knezevic and D. K. Ferry, “Open system
evolution and ‘memory dressing’,” Physical
Review A, Vol. 69, 012104:1-14, 2004.
S. M. Ramey and D. K. Ferry, “A new model
for including discrete dopant ions into Monte
Carlo simulations,” IEEE Transactions on
Nanotechnology, Vol. 2, 193-7, 2003.
C. Prasad, D. K. Ferry, D. Vasileska, and H.
H.Wieder, “Electron heating measurements
in an
In0.52Al0.48As/In0.53Ga0.47As/In0.52Al0.48
As heterostructure systems,” Journal of
Vacuum Science and Technology B, Vol. 21,
1936-1939, 2003.
W. Liang, K. T. Tsen, D. K. Ferry, M.-C. Wu,
C.-L. Ho, and W.-J. Ho, “Large electric field
induced electron drift velocity observed in an
InxGa1-xAs-based p-i-n semiconductor
nanostructure at T=300 K,” Applied Physics
Letters, Vol. 83, 1438-1440, 2003.
L. Shifren, C. Ringhofer, and D. K. Ferry, “A
Wigner function based quantum ensemble
Monte Carlo study of a resonant tunneling
diode,” IEEE Tranactions on Electron
Devices, Vol. 50, 769-773, 2003.
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ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
ASU’s
Department of
Electrical
Engineering
rated as one of
the nation's top
departments
ASU’s Department of Electrical
Engineering is doing better than
ever. U.S. News and World Report
ranked the EE department 37th in
the nation in its 2004 report. The
Fulton School of Engineering overall
placed 50th, which was a 6th-place
increase from the previous year.
“Having the Fulton School ranked
in the top 50 is a critical threshold
for visibility both at home and
abroad,” said Dr. Stephen
Goodnick, EE department chair.
Increased research expenditures
may have played a key role in
helping increase the school's rank,
according to the Fulton School. The
school’s increase in research
spending (24 percent from last
year) is about twice that of the
average increase (13.9 percent) of
other higher institutions.
For more information about the
EE department, visit its Web site at
http://www.fulton.asu.edu/~eee.
To find out more about the Fulton
School of Engineering, visit
http://www.fulton.asu.edu.
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Stephen Goodnick
Ravi Gorur
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[email protected]
480-965-3837
Colorado State University, 1983
ERC 515
[email protected]
480-965-4894
University of Windsor, Ontario,
Canada, 1986
Stephen Goodnick came to ASU in Fall 1996
as Department Chair. Prior to that, he was a
professor of electrical and computer
engineering at Oregon State University from
1986 to 1996. He has also been a visiting
scientist at the Solar Energy Research
Institute and Sandia National Laboratories
and a visiting faculty member at the Walter
Schottky Institute, Munich, Germany; the
University of Modena, Italy; the University of
Notre Dame; and Osaka University, Japan.
He served as President (2003-2004) of the
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Department Heads Association (ECEDHA),
and as Program Chair of the Fourth IEEE
Conference on Nanotechnology. Dr.
Goodnick has published over 150 refereed
journal articles, books, and book chapters.
Ravi Gorur joined the ASU faculty in 1987
and is presently the Associate Chair for
Undergraduate Studies. He teaches in the
areas of electric power engineering, highvoltage engineering, and power electronics.
Research Interests: Transport in
semiconductor devices, computational
electronics, quantum and nanostructured
devices and device technology, highfrequency and optical devices.
Selected Publications:
V. Moreno, R.S. Gorur, and A. Kroese,
“Impact of Corona on the Long-term
Performance of Nonceramic Insulators,”
IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and
Electrical Insulation,” IEEE Trans. Dielectrics
and Electrical Insulation, Vol. 10, No. 1, 8095, 2003.
Honors and Distinctions: Fellow, IEEE
(2004), Alexander von Humboldt Research
Fellow, Germany, 1986; College of
Engineering Research Award, Oregon State
University, 1996; Colorado State University
College of Engineering Achievement in
Academia Award, 1998; IEEE Phoenix
Section Society Award for Outstanding
Service, 2002.
Selected Publications:
S. M. Goodnick, M. Saraniti, D. Vasileska,
and S. Aboud, “Particle-based methods in
computational electronics,” IEEE-Potentials,
Vol. 22, No. 5, 12-16 , 2003.
P. S. Chakraborty, M. R. McCartney, J. Li, C.
Gopalan, M. Gilbert, S. M. Goodnick, T. J.
Thornton, and M. N. Kozicki, “Electron
Holographic Characterization of Ultra
Shallow Junctions in Si for nanoscale
MOSFETs,” IEEE Trans Nanotechnology,
Vol. 2, No. 2, 102-109, June 2003.
D. L. Evans, S. M. Goodnick, and R. J.
Roedel, “ECE curriculum in 2013 and
beyond: vision for a metropolitan public
research university,” IEEE Transactions on
Education, Vol. 46, No. 4, 420-428, 2003.
S. M. Goodnick and J. Bird, “Quantum-effect
and single-electron devices,” IEEE-Trans.
Nanotechnology, Vol. 2, No. 4, 368-385,
2003. (Invited)
Research Interests: Insulating materials and
systems for outdoor applications, nonceramic insulators, electric field calculations,
underground cable systems, dielectric fluids,
high-voltage testing techniques, computeraided design.
Honors and Distinctions: IEEE Fellow,
1999; U.S. representative to CIGRE working
groups 15-04 and 15-10, 1999; U.S. Expert
Advisor for CIGRE Study Committee 15Insulating Materials, 1995-present.
D. Kingsbury, B. Mobasher, J. Montesinos,
and R.S. Gorur, “Mechanical Aspects of
Crimped Glass Reinforced Epoxy Rods,”
IEEE Trans. Power Delivery, 2003.
R.S. Gorur, “IEEE Guide for the Application,
Maintenance, and Evaluation of Room
Temperature Vulcanized (RTV) Silicone
Rubber Coatings for Outdoor Ceramic
Insulators,” IEEE Std, 1523, 2002.
J. Montesinos, R.S. Gorur, B. Mobasher, and
D. Kingsbury, “Brittle Fracture in Nonceramic
Insulators: Electrical Aspects of Discharges
in Voids inside the FRP Rod,” IEEE
Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical
Insulation, Vol. 9, No. 2, 244-252, 2002.
J. Montesinos, R.S. Gorur, B. Mobasher, and
D. Kingsbury, “Mechanisms of Brittle Fracture
in Nonceramic Insulators,” IEEE Transactions
on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, Vol.
9, No. 2, 236-243, 2002.
R.S. Gorur, E.A. Cherney, and J.T. Burnham,
Outdoor Insulators, 1999.
FACULTY LISTINGS
Robert Grondin
Gerald Thomas Heydt
Keith E. Holbert
Office:
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GWC 422
[email protected]
480-965-5954
University of Michigan, 1982
Bob Grondin received the B.S., M.S., and
Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from
the University of Michigan. He spent 1981 to
1983 as a post-doctoral research fellow at
Colorado State University and joined the
faculty of electrical engineering at ASU in
1983. He is currently an associate professor
and serves as Director of Student Academic
Services in the Ira A. Fulton School of
Engineering.
Research Interests: Solid-state and physical
electronics: the physics of high-speed
devices and ultrafast phenomena in
semiconductors.
Honors and Distinctions: NSF Presidential
Young Investigator, 1985; Presidential Young
Investigators Award, 1985; IEEE Outstanding
Student Branch Advisor, 1986.
Selected Publications:
Jong-Hyun Kim, Julian Sanchez, Thomas A.
DeMassa, Mohammed T. Quddus, Robert
Grondin, and Chuan H. Liu, “Temperature
Dependence of Surface Plasmon and
Breakdown for Thin and Thick film SiliconDioxide,” Solid State Electronics, Vol. 43, No.
1, 57-63, Jan. 1999.
Robert O. Grondin, Samir El-Ghazaly, and
Stephen Goodnick, “A Review of Global
Modeling Charge Transport in
Semiconductors and Full-Wave
Electromagnetics: A Review Paper,” IEEE
Trans. Microwave Theory and Techniques,
Vol. 47, No. 6, 817-829, June 1999.
Samir Hammadi, Robert O. Grondin, Samir
El-Ghazaly, and Stephen Goodnick, “FullWave Electromagnetic Simulation of
Millimeter-Wave Active Devices and Circuits,”
Annales des Telecommunications, Vol. 54,
No. 1-2, 30-42, Jan. - Feb. 1999.
ERC 507
[email protected]
480-965-8307
Purdue University, 1970
Gerald Thomas Heydt is from Las Vegas,
Nev. He holds the B.E.E.E. degree from the
Cooper Union in New York and the M.S.E.E.
and Ph.D. degrees from Purdue University.
He spent approximately 25 years as a faculty
member at Purdue, and in 1994, he took the
position of Director of the NSF Center for the
Power Systems Research Center at ASU. He
has industrial experience with the
Commonwealth Edison Company, Chicago,
E.G. & G. in Mercury, Nev., and with the
United Nations Development Program. In
1990, he served as the program manager of
the National Science Foundation program in
power systems engineering. He is the author
of two books in the area of power
engineering.
Research Interests: Power engineering,
electric power quality, distribution
engineering, transmission engineering,
computer applications in power engineering,
power engineering education.
Honors and Distinctions: Fellow of the
IEEE; member of the United States National
Academy of Engineering; Edison Electric
Institute Power Engineering Educator Award,
1989; IEEE Power Engineering Society
Power Engineering Educator of the Year,
1995.
Selected Publications:
E. O’Neill-Carrillo, B. Banfai, G. T. Heydt, and
J. Si, “EMTP Implementation and analysis of
nonlinear load models,” Electric Power
Components and Systems, Vol. 29, No. 9,
800-819, Sept. 2001.
G. Heydt, C-C. Liu, A. G. Phadke, and V.
Vittal, “Solutions for the crisis in electric
power supply,” IEEE Computer Applications
in Power, Vol. 14, No. 3, 22-30, July 2001.
E. Kyriakides, G. Heydt, “Estimation of
Synchronous Generator Parameters Using
an Observer for Damper Currents and a
Graphical User Interface,” J. Electric Power
Systems Research, Vol. 69, No. 1, 7-16, Apr.
2004.
M. Albu, K. Holbert, G. Heydt, S. Grigorescu,
V. Trusca, “Embedding remote
experimentation in power engineering
education,” IEEE Transactions on Power
Systems. Vol. 19, No. 1, 144-151, Feb. 2004.
ERC 555
[email protected]
480-965-8594
University of Tennessee, 1989
Keith Holbert joined the faculty in 1989. He is
a registered professional engineer and has
published over 50 journal and conference
papers.
Research Interests: Process monitoring and
diagnostics, sensor fault detection,
instrumentation development, fuzzy logic,
spacecraft charging, radiation effects on
electronics.
Honors and Distinctions: Tau Beta Pi;
Teaching Excellence Award from ASU
College of Engineering, 1997; IEEE Senior
Member.
Selected Publications:
K. Lee, K. Holbert, “Lateral-type field
emission-based magnetic sensor fabricated
by electron-beam lithography,” Journal of The
Electrochemical Society, Vol. 151, No. 4,
H81-H85, Apr. 2004.
G. G. Karady, K. E. Holbert, “Novel technique
to improve power engineering education
through computer-assisted interactive
learning,” IEEE Trans. on Power Systems,
Vol. 19, No. 1, 81-87, Feb. 2004.
M. Albu, K. E. Holbert, G. T. Heydt, S. D.
Grigorescu, V. Trusca, “Embedding remote
experimentation in power engineering
education,” IEEE Trans. on Power Systems,
Vol. 19, No. 1, 139-143, Feb. 2004.
K. E. Holbert, J. A. Nessel, S. S. McCready,
A. S. Heger, T. H. Harlow, “Response of
piezoresistive MEMS accelerometers and
pressure transducers to high gamma dose,”
IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, Vol.
50, No. 6, 1852-1859, Dec. 2003.
K. Lin, K. E. Holbert, “State-of-the-Art
Methods to Protect Power Network Sensory
Systems Against Intrusion,” Proceedings of
the Thirty-fifth Annual North American Power
Symposium (NAPS 2003), Rolla, MO, 537544, Oct. 20-21, 2003.
A. B. Padmanabh, K. E. Holbert, G. T. Heydt,
“The Role of Sensors in the Reduction of
Power System Vulnerability,” Proceedings of
the Thirty-fifth Annual North American Power
Symposium (NAPS 2003), Rolla, MO, 552558, Oct. 20-21, 2003.
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ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Joseph Y. Hui
Youngjoong Joo
George Karady
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[email protected]
480-965-5188
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, 1983
Joseph Y. Hui joined ASU as ISS Chair
Professor in 1999. He received his B.S.,
M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from MIT and has
held research and teaching positions at
Bellcore, Rutgers University, and the Chinese
University of Hong Kong before joining ASU.
He is the founder of IXTech and IXSoft, Inc.
Research Interests: Wireless networks,
gigabit wireless communications, ATM
switching and routing, teletraffic analysis,
coding and information theory, space-time
communications.
Honors and Distinctions: ISS Chair
Professor; IEEE Fellow, 1996; HKIE Fellow,
1998; NSF Presidential Young Investigator,
1990; IEEE William Bennett Prize Paper
Award, 1984; Henry Rutgers Research
Fellow, 1989.
Selected Publications:
J. Hui, C. Bi, and H. Sun, “Spatial
Communication Capacity Based on
Electromagnetic Wave Equations,”
Proceedings of the International Symposium
on Information Theory 2001, Washington,
DC, June 24-29, 2001.
J. Hui, “Wireless Optical Ad-Hoc Networks
for Embedded Systems,” Proceedings of
IEEE IPCC Conference, Phoenix, NJ, Apr.
2001.
J. Hui, “Capacity and Error Rate of Spatial
CDMA for Multiple Antenna Multiple
Accessing,” Proceedings of IEEE Globecom
2000, Dec. 2000.
Joseph Y. Hui, Hongxia Sun, and Chunyu Bi,
“Factors Affecting the Shannon Capacity of
Space-Time Code,” Proceedings of the 38th
Allerton Conference on Communications,
Control, and Computing, Oct. 2000.
J. Hui, “Multiple Access Spatial Capacity of
Multiple Antenna Communications,”
Proceedings of the 38th Allerton Conference
on Communications, Control, and
Computing, Oct. 2000.
GWC 328
[email protected]
480-965-2030
Georgia Institute of Technology, 1999
Youngjoong Joo joined the ASU faculty as an
assistant professor in January 2001. Before
that, he worked as a research engineer at
Georgia Institute of Technology. He received
the B.S. and M.S. in electrical engineering
from Korea University in 1988 and 1990,
respectively, and the Ph.D. in electrical
engineering from the Georgia Institute of
Technology in 1999.
Research Interests: Design of sub-micron
CMOS analog and mixed-signal circuits,
smart camera systems, high-speed optical
transceivers, UWB transceivers.
Selected Publications:
S. Vishwakarma, S. Jung, and Y. Joo, “Ultra
Wideband CMOS Low Noise Amplifier with
Active Input Matching,” IEEE Conference on
Ultra Wideband Systems and Technologies,
2004.
S. Jung, M. Brooke, N. Jokerst, J. Liu, and
Y. Joo, “Parasitic Modeling and Analysis for a
1 Gb/s CMOS Laser Driver,” Trans. on CASII, 2004.
D. Wang, C. Ha, C. B. Park, and Y. Joo,
“CMOS Focal-plane-array for Analysis of
Enzymatic Reaction in System-on-chip
Spectrophotometer,” Proceedings of SPIE
2004.
J. Rhee, D. Wang, N. J. Tao, and Y. Joo,
“CMOS image sensor array for surface
plasmon resonance spectroscopy,”
Proceedings of SPIE 2004.
J. Rhee and Y. Joo, “Wide Dynamic Range
CMOS Image Sensor with Pixel Level ADC,”
Electronics Letters, Vol. 39, No. 4, 360-361,
2003.
H. Kim, D. Park, and Y. Joo, “Design of
CMOS Scholtz’s Monocycle Pulse
Generator,” IEEE Conference on Ultra
Wideband Systems and Technologies, 81-85,
Nov. 16-19, 2003.
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480-965-6569
Technical University of Budapest, 1960
George Karady received his B.S.E.E. and
Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from
Technical University of Budapest. He was
appointed as Salt River Chair Professor at
ASU in 1986. Previously, he was with
EBASCO Services where he served as chief
consulting electrical engineer, manager of
electrical systems, and chief engineer of
computer technology. He was electrical task
supervisor for the Tokomak Fusion Test
reactor project in Princeton.
Research Interests: Power electronics,
high-voltage engineering, power systems.
Honors and Distinctions: Fellow of IEEE,
chairman of IEEE WG on Non-Ceramic
Insulators, WG on Power Electronic
Equipment. He also chairs the Award
Committee of the IEEE PES Chapters and
Membership Division and is serving as a
president of the IEEE Phoenix Section. In
1996, Dr. Karady received an Honorary
Doctoral Degree from Technical University of
Budapest, in 1999 the IEEE Third Millennium
Medal, and in 2002 IEEE Power Engineering
Society Working Group Recognition Award
as the chair of WG that prepared IEEE
Standard 1313-2.
Selected Publications:
B. Han, S. Baek, H. Kim, and G.G. Karady,
“Dynamic Characteristic Analysis of SSSC
Based on Multi-bridge Inverter,” IEEE Trans.
Power Delivery, Vol. 17, No. 2, 623-62, Apr.
2002.
F. Amarh and G.G. Karady, “Linear
Stochastic Analysis of Polluted Insulator
Leakage Current,” IEEE Transaction of
Power Delivery, Vol. 17, No. 4, 1063-1069,
Oct. 2002.
G.G. Karady and J. Gu, “A Hybrid Method for
Generator Tripping,” IEEE Trans. Power
System, Vol. 17, No. 4, 1102-1107, Nov. 2002.
G. G Karady and K. A. Nigim: “Improve
Learning Efficiency by Using General
Purpose Mathematics Software in Power
Engineering”. IEEE Transactions on Power
Systems. Vol. 18, No. 3, 979-985, Aug. 2003.
J. Gu, G.G. Karady, and R. Farmer: “Realtime Analysis of Transient Stability Using
Reconfigurable Analog VLSI,” IEEE
Transactions on Power Systems, Vol. 18, No.
3, 1207-1209, Aug. 2003.
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FACULTY LISTINGS
Lina Karam
Sayfe Kiaei
Bruce Kim
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GWC 430
[email protected]
480-965-3694
Georgia Institute of Technology, 1995
Lina Karam received the B.E. in electrical
engineering from the American University of
Beirut in 1989 and the M.S. and Ph.D.
degrees in electrical engineering from the
Georgia Institute of Technology in 1992 and
1995, respectively. She is currently an
associate professor in the Department of
Electrical Engineering at ASU. She worked at
Schlumberger Well Services and in the
Signal Processing Department of AT&T Bell
Labs during 1992 and 1994, respectively.
Research Interests: Image and video
processing and compression,
multidimensional signal processing, errorresilient source coding, digital filter design,
human visual perception.
Honors and Distinctions: Society of
Women Engineers Outstanding Graduate
Student Award, 1994; Georgia Tech
Graduate Student Senate Presidential
Citation Award, 1994; NSF CAREER Award,
1998. She is an associate editor of the IEEE
Transactions on Image Processing and an
elected member of the IEEE Circuits and
Systems Society's Technical Committee.
Selected Publications:
I. Hontsch and L.J. Karam, “Adaptive Image
Coding with Perceptual Distortion Control,”
IEEE Transactions on Image Processing,
Vol. 11, No. 3, 213-222, Mar. 2002.
M.Y. Hasan, L.J. Karam, Matt Falkinburg, Art
Helwig, and Matt Ronning, “Canonic Signed
Digit Digital Filter Design,” IEEE Signal
Processing Letters, Vol. 8, 167-169, June
2001.
L.J. Karam, “Lossless Image Coding,”
Chapter 5.1 in the Handbook of Image and
Video Processing, ed. Al Bovik, Academic
Press, 461-474, 2000.
[email protected]
(480) 727-8044
GWC 302
Washington State University, 1987
Dr. Kiaei is a professor in the Ira A. Fulton
School of Engineering and the director of
both WINTech and Connection One research
centers. He joined the Department of
Electrical Engineering at Arizona State
University in January 2001.
WINTech is a comprehensive research
center for Arizona State University
researchers and established industry
partners to do advanced work on enabling
technology needed in the development of
fully autonomous nanoscale communication
devices and systems. WINTech has a heavy
emphasis on deliverables and technology
transfer through the invention of new
materials and devices, algorithms and
communication protocols, the development of
simulation tools and libraries to support the
system design and the algorithms developed
in real-life simulation environment, and
fabricated systems to demonstrate measured
results. Connection One is a National
Science Foundation Industry/University
Cooperative Research Center established by
the Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering. The
vision of this center, to simplify and enable a
small portable all-in-one communication
device, is reflected in its name: Connection
One. An exclusive industry/university
partnership combines an academic
environment with state-of-the-art research
initiatives. As a Cooperative Research
Program, each Connection One project is
sponsored and supported by an industrial
member, providing a one-on-one link
between faculty/students and industry. Dr.
Kiaei is teaching classes in wireless
transceiver design, communication circuits,
and analog circuits. His research team
includes more than 12 research associates
and graduate students at ASU.
Research Interests: Wireless transceiver
design, RF, mixed-signal ICs.
[email protected]
(480) 965-3749
GWC 330
Georgia Institute of Technology.
Bruce Kim joined the ASU faculty as an
associate professor in August 2000 after
teaching at Michigan State and Tufts
Universities. He received the B.S. from the
University of California-Irvine in 1981 and the
M.S. from the University of Arizona in 1985,
both in electrical engineering. He completed
the Ph.D. in electrical and computer
engineering at the Georgia Institute of
Technology in 1996.
Research Interests: RF IC design, MEMS,
analog/mixed-signal testing, advanced
integrated passives, electronic
packaging/materials.
Honors and Distinctions: IEEE Senior
Member; IEEE Phoenix Section Outstanding
Technical Contribution Award, 2003;
Outstanding Contribution Award, IEEE
Computer Society, 2002; Certificate of
Appreciation Award, IEEE MTTS, 2002; Best
Poster Award, IEEE RFTAG Conference,
2002; Meritorious Service Award, IEEE
Computer Society, 2001; Professor of the
Year, Corporate Leaders Program, ASU,
2001; IEEE Computer Society Certificate of
Appreciation, 1999; NSF/IEEE Award for
educational Internet-based modules, 1999;
Best paper of the session, IEEE Multi-Chip
Module Conference, 1998; NSF CAREER
Award, 1997.
Selected Publications:
K. Lee, J. He, A. Singh, S. Massia, G.
Ehteshami, B. Kim and G. Raupp,
“Polyimide-based intracortical neural implant
with improved structural stiffness,” Journal of
Micromechanics and Microengineering, Vol.
14, No. 1, 32-37, Jan. 2004.
K. Lee, A. Singh, B. Kim, J. He, and G.
Raupp, “Polyimide Based Neural Implants
with Stiffness Improvement,” Elsevier:
Sensors and Actuators B, 2004.
M.Y. Hasan and L.J. Karam, “Morphological
Text Extraction from Images,” IEEE
Transcations on Image Processing, Vol. 9,
1978-1983, Nov. 2000.
Honors and Distinctions: Carter Best
Teacher Award, IEEE Darlington Best Paper
Award, IEEE Fellow, and the Motorola 10X
Design Award.
J.Ryu, B. Kim, I. Sylla, “A New BIST Scheme
for 5GHz Low Noise Amplifiers,” European
Test Symposium, 2004.
T.T. Lam, G.P. Abousleman, and L.J. Karam,
“Image Coding with Robust ChannelOptimized Trellis-Coded Quantization,” IEEE
Journal on Selected Areas in
Communications, Special Issue on ErrorResilient Image and Video Transmission, Vol.
18, 940-951, June 2000.
Selected Publications:
S. Kiaei, “Parasitic-Aware Synthesis of RF
CMOS Switching Power Amplifiers,”
Proceedings of ISCAS, 2002.
K. Lee, R. Liu, B. Kim, “Double Beam RF
MEMS Switches for Wireless Applications,”
IEE Electronics Letters, Vol. 39, No. 6, 532533, 2003.
S. Kiaei, “Monocycle Shapes for Ultra
Wideband System,” Proceedings of ISCAS,
2002.
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ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Michael N. Kozicki
Ying-Cheng Lai
Darryl Morrell
Office:
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ERC 107
[email protected]
480-965-2572
University of Edinburgh, UK, 1985
Michael Kozicki joined ASU in 1985 from
Hughes Microelectronics. He develops new
materials, processes, and device structures
for next generation integrated circuits and
systems. He holds several dozen key patents
in Programmable Metallization Cell
technology, in which solid electrolytes are
used for the storage and control of
information and for the manipulation of mass
on the nanoscale. He has published
extensively on solid-state electronics and has
developed undergraduate and graduate
courses in this area. He is also a founder of
Axon Technologies, an ASU spin-off
company involved in the development and
licensing of solid-state ionic technologies.
Professor Kozicki is currently Interim Director
of Entrepreneurial Programs in the Fulton
School of Engineering.
Research Interests: Silicon integrated-circuit
processing, integrated/solid-state ionics, lowenergy non-volatile memories, interconnect
systems, optical switches, tunable
nanomechanical resonators, microfluidics.
Honors and Distinctions: Founder, Axon
Technologies Corporation; Founding
Member, Globalscot Network; Honorary
Fellow, Faculty of Science and Engineering,
University of Edinburgh; Entrepreneur-inResidence, St. Margaret’s Academy,
Livingston, Scotland; Technology
Development, and Transfer Sub-committee
Chair of the Governor’s Council on
Innovation and Technology; Charter member
of the ASU Academic Council; Chartered
Engineer (UK/EC Professional Engineer);
Member of the ASU Technology Venture
Clinic Board; Last Lecture Series Nominee;
IEEE Phoenix Section Outstanding Educator,
Research Award, 2001; College of Extended
Education Outstanding Faculty Award, 1995;
Lemelson-MIT Prize for Invention and
Innovation Nominee, 1994
Selected Publications:
P. Chakraborty, C. Gopalan, J. Yang, T. Kim,
Z. Wu, M.R. McCartney, S. M. Goodnick, M.
N. Kozicki, and T.J. Thornton, “Shallow
Source-Drain Extensions for Deep
Submicron MOSFETs Using Spin-On
Dopants,” IEEE Trans. Electron Devices, Vol.
50, No. 5, 1277-1283, 2003.
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GWC 610
[email protected]
480-965-6668
University of Maryland, College
Park, 1992
Ying-Cheng Lai joined the ASU faculty in
1999. Prior to that, he was an associate
professor of physics and mathematics at the
University of Kansas. He has authored or coauthored 190 papers, including 160
published in refereed journals. In the past
five years, he gave about 50 invited
seminars and colloquia worldwide.
Research Interests: Applied chaotic
dynamics, complex networks, quantum
chaos, signal processing, computational
biology.
Honors and Distinctions: Fellow of the
American Physical Society since 1999;
AFOSR/White House Presidential Early
Career Award for Scientists and Engineers,
1997; NSF Faculty Early Career Award,
1997; Undergraduate Teaching Award in
Physics, University of Kansas, 1998; Institute
for Plasma Research Fellowship, University
of Maryland, 1992; Ralph D. Myers Award for
Outstanding Academic Achievement,
University of Maryland College Park, 1988.
Selected Publications:
Y.-C. Lai, M. A. F. Harrison, M. G. Frei, and I.
Osorio, “Inability of Lyapunov
exponents to predict epileptic seizures,”
Physical Review Letters, Vol. 91, 068102, 14, 2003.
T. Nishikawa, A. E. Motter, Y.-C. Lai, and F.
Hoppensteadt,
“Heterogeneity in oscillator networks: Are
smaller worlds easier to synchronize?”
Physical Review Letters, Vol. 91, 01410, 1-4,
2003.
Y. Do and Y.-C. Lai, “Superpersistent chaotic
transients in physical space advective dynamics of inertial particles in
open chaotic flows under noise,”
Physical Review Letters, Vol. 91, 22410, 1-4,
2003.
GWC 416
[email protected]
480-965-2045
Brigham Young University, 1988
Darryl Morrell joined the ASU faculty in 1988.
His research centers on applications of
stochastic decision and estimation theory to
engineering problems. He is currently
investigating target detection, localization,
and identification using configurable sensors.
Other areas of interest include information
theory, communication system analysis and
simulation, signal and data compression, and
the epistemic foundations of decision theory.
At a graduate level, he has taught courses in
information theory, estimation and detection,
stochastic filtering, probability and stochastic
processes, and error correcting codes. At the
undergraduate level, he has taught courses
in circuit analysis, probability theory,
communication systems, signals and
systems, and technical design and
communication. He has also been actively
involved in the implementation of ABET’s
EC2000 at the college and department level.
Research Interests: Stochastic decision
theory, sensor scheduling, particle filtering,
target tracking.
Honors and Distinctions: Phi Kappa Phi,
Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi.
Selected Publications:
T. Stevens and D. Morrell, “Minimization of
Sensor Usage for Target Tracking in a
Network of Irregularly Spaced Sensors,”
(Invited paper), IEEE Workshop on Statistical
Signal Processing, Sept. 2003.
A. Chhetri, D. Morrell, and A. PapandreouSuppappola, “Scheduling Multiple Sensors
Using Particle Filters in Target Tracking,”
(Invited paper), IEEE Workshop on Statistical
Signal Processing, Sept. 2003.
Y. Xue and D. Morrell, “Target Tracking and
Data Fusion using Multiple Adaptive Foveal
Sensors,” 6th International Conference on
Information Fusion, 326–333, July 2003.
X. Wang, M. Zhan, C.-H. Lai, and Y.-C. Lai,
``Strange nonchaotic attractors
in random dynamical systems,” Physical
Review Letters, Vol. 92, 074102, 1-4, 2004.
Y. Xue and D. Morrell, “Adaptive Foveal
Sensor for Target Tracking,” 36th Asilomar
Conference on Signals, Systems, and
Computers, Nov. 2002.
T. Nishikawa, Y.-C. Lai, and F. C.
Hoppensteadt, “Capacity of oscillatory
associative-memory networks with error-free
retrieval,” Physical Review Letters, Vol. 92,
108101, 1-4, 2004. This work was featured
in Physical Review Focus (week of March
12, 2004): http://focus.aps.org/story/v13/st12.
D. Morrell and Y. Xue, “Bayesian Analysis of
Target Localization Using a Dual-Mode
Sensor,” Proceedings of ICASSP2002, 15931596, May 2002.
FACULTY LISTINGS
Joseph Palais
George W. Pan
Antonia Papandreou-Suppappola
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[email protected]
480-965-3757
University of Michigan, 1964
Joseph Palais joined the faculty in 1964 and
is now the Associate Chair for Graduate
Studies. He has published a textbook on
fiber optics. The book has been translated
into Japanese, Korean and Persian. He has
contributed chapters to numerous books,
written over 40 research articles in refereed
journals, and presented more than 35 papers
at scientific meetings. He has presented over
150 short courses on fiber optics.
Research Interests: Fiber optic
communications, holography, distance
education.
Honors and Distinctions: IEEE Life Fellow,
IEEE EAB Achievement Award, IEEE
Phoenix Achievement Award, University
Continuing Education Association
Conferences and Professional Programs
Faculty Service Award.
Selected Publications:
J. Palais, “Evolution of a class in fiber-optic
communications,” Conference on Education
and Training in Optics and Photonics
(ETOP’03), Tucson, Arizona, Oct. 6-8, 2003.
SPIE Conference Proceedings published on
CD-ROM.
J. Palais, “Optical Communications,” Chapter
14 in Handbook of Engineering
Electromagnetics, 507-548, Marcel Dekker,
edited by Rajeev Bansal, 2004.
J. Palais and S. Haag, “Engineering Online:
Assessing Innovative Education,” ASEE J. of
Engineering Education, 285-290, July 2002.
J. Palais, “Microoptics-Based Components
for Networking,” Chapter 10 in Fiber Optics
Handbook, McGraw-Hill, ed. M. Bass, 2002.
J. Palais, “Fiber Optic Communications
Systems,” Chapter 44 in The
Communications Handbook, 2nd ed., ed.
J.D. Gibson, CRC Press, 44.1-44.9, 2002.
J. Palais, “Passive Optical Components,”
Chapter 50 in The Communications
Handbook, 2nd ed., ed. J.D. Gibson, CRC
Press, 50.1-50.8, 2002.
J. Palais and M. Martinelli, “Dual Fiber-Ring
Depolarizer,” IEEE J. of Lightwave
Technology, Vol. 19, No. 6, 899-905, June
2001.
GWC 436
[email protected]
480-965-1732
University of Kansas, 1984
GWC 420
[email protected]
480-965-7881
University of Rhode Island, 1995
George Pan joined the faculty in 1995 as a
professor and the director of the Electronic
Packaging Laboratory. He has written three
book chapters, published over 50 research
articles in refereed journals, and presented
82 papers at international conferences. He
has presented short courses on wavelets in
electromagnetics at Moscow State University,
the University of Canterbury, CSIRO in
Sydney, IEEE Microwave Symposium,
Beijing University, and the Chinese
Aerospace Institute. His book, “Wavelets in
Electromagnetics and Device Modeling”
© 2003, is among John Wiley’s best-selling
titles.
Antonia Papandreou-Suppappola joined the
ASU faculty as an assistant professor in
August 1999. Before that, she held a Navysupported research faculty position at the
Department of Electrical and Computer
Engineering at the University of Rhode
Island. She has published over 60 refereed
journal papers, book chapters, and
conference papers.
Research Interests: Computational
electromagnetics, high-speed electronics
packaging, magnetic resonant imaging RF
coil design and analysis, rough surface
scattering.
Honors and Distinctions: NSF CAREER
Award, 2002; IEEE Phoenix Section
Outstanding Faculty for Research award,
2003; Treasurer of the Conference Board,
IEEE Signal Processing Society, 2004-2007.
Honors and Distinctions: IEEE Senior
Member; Outstanding Paper Award;
Government Microcircuit Applications
Conference, Nov. 1990.
Selected Publications:
A. Papandreou-Suppappola, ed.,
Applications in Time-Frequency Signal
Processing. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press,
Oct. 2002.
Selected Publications:
J. Griffith and G. Pan, “Applied Time-Domain
Network Characterization and Simulation,”
IEEE Trans. Magnetics, Vol. 40, No. 1, 7884, Jan. 2004.
Y. Tretiakov and G. Pan, “Coifman Wavelets
in Electromagnetic Wave Scattering by a
Groove in a Conducting Plane,” Progress in
Electromagnetics Research, Vol. 45, 1-20,
Jan. 2004.
G. Pan, M. Tong and B. Gilbert, “Meltiwavelet
Based Moment Method under Discrete
Sobolev-Type Norm,” Microwave and Optical
Technology Letters, Vol. 40, No. 1, 47-50,
Jan. 2004.
G. Pan, Y. Tretiakov, and B. Gilbert, “Smooth
Local Cosine Based Galerkin Method for
Scattering Problems,” IEEE Trans. Antennas
Prop., Vol. 51, No. 6, 1177-1184, June 2003.
K. Wang, G. Pan, R. Techentin and B.
Gilbert, “Semiconductor Nonlinear Device
Modeling Using Multiwavelets,” Microwave
and Optical Technology Letters, Vol. 37, No.
6, 436-440, June 2003.
Research Interests: Signal Processing for
Wireless Communications, Sensor
Processing, Time-Frequency Signal
Processing, and Detection and Estimation
Theory.
A. Papandreou-Suppappola, “TimeFrequency Processing of Time-Varying
Signals with Nonlinear
Group Delay,” in
Wavelets and Signal Processing, (L.
Debnath, ed.), Birkhauser-Verlag, New York,
311-359, 2003.
H. Shen, S. Machineni, C. Gupta and A.
Papandreou-Suppappola, “Time-varying
multi-chirp rate modulation for multiple
access systems,” IEEE Signal Processing
Letters, Vol. 11, 497-500, May 2004.
B. G. Iem, A. Papandreou-Suppappola, and
G. F. Boudreaux-Bartels, “Wideband Weyl
Symbols for Dispersive Time-Varying
Processing of Systems and Random
Signals,” IEEE Transactions on Signal
Processing, Vol. 50, 1077-1090, May 2002.
A. Papandreou-Suppappola, R. L. Murray, B.
G. Iem, and G. F. Boudreaux-Bartels, “Group
Delay Shift Covariant Quadratic TimeFrequency Representations,” IEEE
Transactions on Signal Processing, Vol. 49,
2549-2564, Nov. 2001.
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ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Stephen M. Phillips
Gang Qian
Martin Reisslein
Office:
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Phone:
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Office:
Matthews Center, 240A
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: (480) 965-3704
Ph.D.:
University of Maryland, College
Park, 2002
Office:
E-mail:
Phone:
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ERC 181
[email protected]
(480) 965-6622
Stanford University, 1988
Stephen M. Phillips received the B.S. degree
in electrical engineering from Cornell
University in 1984 and the M.S. and Ph.D.
degrees in electrical engineering from
Stanford University in 1985 and 1988,
respectively. From 1988 to 2002 he served
on the faculty of Case Western Reserve
University where he held appointments in the
Departments of Electrical Engineering and
Applied Physics; Systems, Control and
Industrial Engineering; and subsequently
Electrical Engineering and Computer
Science. From 1995 to 2002 he also served
as director of the Center for Automation and
Intelligent System Research. In 2002 he
joined the faculty of Arizona State University
as Professor of Electrical Engineering. He
has held visiting positions at the NASA Lewis
(now Glenn) Research Center and at the
University of Washington and is a
Professional Engineer registered in Ohio.
Research Interests: Applications and
integration of microsystems including
microelectromechanical systems (MEMS),
microfluidics, microactuators, biological
microsystems; applications of systems and
control including adaptive control, control of
microsystems, feedback control over
nondeterministic networks.
Honors and Distinctions: IEEE Third
Millenium Medal, 2000; IEEE Senior
Member, 1995.
Selected Publications:
D. Meldrum, M. Holl, P. Seriburi, S.M.
Phillips, J. Chao, L. Jang, and F. Kosar,
“MEMS Modules for Life-On-AChip,”Proceedings of the 2003 International
Symposium on Circuits and Systems.
M. Birch, R.D. Quinn, G. Hahm, S.M. Phillips,
B. Drennan, R. Beer, X. Yu, S. Garverick, S.
Laksanacharoen, A.J. Pollack, and R.E.
Ritzmann, “A Miniature Hybrid Robot
Propelled by Legs,” IEEE Robotics and
Automation, Jan. 2003.
C. Shih, B. Lai, H. Kahn, S.M. Phillips, and
A.H. Heuer, “A Robust Co-Sputtering
Fabrication Procedure for TiNi Shape
Memory Alloys for MEMS,” Journal of
Microelectromechanical Systems, Vol. 10,
No. 1, 69-80, Mar. 2001.
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Gang Qian joined the ASU faculty as an
assistant professor in August 2003.
Previously, he worked as a faculty research
assistant in 2001 and a research associate in
2002 for the Center for Automation Research
at the University of Maryland Institute for
Advance Computer Studies. He received the
B.E. degree in electrical engineering from the
University of Science and Technology of
China (USTC) in 1995, and the M.S. and
Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from
the University of Maryland at College Park in
1999 and 2002, respectively.
Research Interests: Human motion analysis,
signal and image processing, computer
vision, statistical learning and inference for
computer vision, image analysis.
Honors and Distinctions: University GuoMo-Ruo Golden Medal, USTC, 1994;
Member of IEEE.
Selected Publications:
G. Qian and R. Chellappa, “Structure From
Motion Using Sequential Monte Carlo
Methods,” International Journal of Computer
Vision, Vol. 59, 5-31, Aug. 2004.
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480-965-8593
University of Pennsylvania, 1998
Martin Reisslein joined the ASU faculty as an
assistant professor in 2000. He received the
Dipl.-Ing. in electrical engineering from FH
Dieburg, Germany, in 1994; the M.S. in
electrical engineering from the University of
Pennsylvania in 1996; and the Ph.D. in
systems engineering from the University of
Pennsylvania in 1998. He has published over
20 journal articles and over 25 conference
papers.
Research Interests: Multimedia streaming in
wireless environments, traffic characteristics
of encoded video, Metro WDM networks.
Honors and Distinctions: Editor in chief of
the IEEE Communications Surveys and
Tutorials. ACM member, ASEE member,
IEEE Senior Member, Informs member, SPIE
member. Best Paper Award: M. Maier, M.
Reisslein, and A. Wolisz, “High-Performance
Switchless WDM Network Using Multiple
Free Spectral Ranges of an ArrayedWaveguide Grating,” Proceedings of SPIE
Vol. 4213, Terabit Optical Networking:
Architecture, Control, and Management
Issues, 101-112, Boston, MA, Nov. 2000.
G. Qian, R. Chellappa and Q. Zheng,
“Robust Structure from Motion Estimation
Using Inertial Data,” Journal of the Optical
Society of America A, Vol. 18, 2982-2997,
2001.
Selected Publications:
M. Krishnam, M. Reisslein, and F. Fitzek, “An
Analytical Framework for Simultaneous MAC
Packet Transmission (SMPT) in a Multi-Code
CDMA Wireless System,” IEEE Transactions
on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 53, No. 1, 223242, Jan. 2004.
G. Qian, F. Guo, T. Ingalls, L. Olson, J.
James and T. Rikakis, “A Gesture-Driven
Multimodal Interactive Dance System,” in
Proceedings of the International Conference
on Multimedia and Expo, Taibei, Taiwan,
China, June 27-30, 2004.
M. Scheutzow, M. Maier, M. Reisslein, and A.
Wolisz, “Wavelength Reuse for Efficient
Packet-Switched Transport in an AWG-Based
Metro WDM Network,” IEEE/OSA Journal of
Lightwave Technology, Vol. 21, No. 6, 14351455, June 2003.
G. Qian, R. Chellappa and Q. Zheng, “A
Bayesian Approach to Simultaneous Motion
Estimation of Multiple Independently Moving
Objects,” in Proceedings of International
Conference on Pattern Recognition, WA I.9,
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, Aug. 11-15,
2002.
J. Kangasharju, F. Hartanto, M. Reisslein,
and K.W. Ross, “Distributing Layered
Encoded Video through Caches,” IEEE
Transactions on Computers, Vol. 51, No. 6,
622-636, June 2002.
G. Qian and R. Chellappa, “Bayesian SelfCalibration of a Moving Camera,” in
Proceedings of 7th European Conference on
Computer Vision, Part II, 277-293,
Copenhagen, Denmark, May 28-31, 2002.
M. Reisslein, K.W. Ross, and S. Rajagopal,
“A Framework for Guaranteeing Statistical
QoS,” IEEE/ACM Transactions on
Networking, Vol. 10, No. 1, 27-42, Feb. 2002.
F. Fitzek and M. Reisslein, “MPEG-4 and
H.263 video traces for network performance
evaluation,” IEEE Network, Vol. 15, No. 6,
40-54, Nov./Dec. 2001.
FACULTY LISTINGS
Armando Antonio Rodriguez
Ronald J. Roedel
Dieter K. Schroder
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Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, 1990
Prior to joining the faculty in 1990, Armando
Rodriguez worked at MIT, IBM, AT&T Bell
Laboratories, and Raytheon Missile Systems.
He has also worked at Elgin Air Force Base
and Boeing Defense and Space Systems. He
has published more than 100 technical
papers in refereed journals and conference
proceedings and over 50 invited papers. Dr.
Rodriguez has given more than 60 invited
presentations at international and national
forums, conferences, and corporations. This
includes over 10 plenary talks.
Research Interests: Control of nonlinear
distributed parameter systems;
approximation theory; sampled data control;
modeling, simulation, animation, and realtime control (MoSART); control of dynamical
systems; control of flexible autonomous
machines operating in an uncertain
environment (FAME); and control of
semiconductor, aerospace, robotic systems.
Honors and Distinctions: AT&T Bell
Laboratories Fellowship; Boeing A.D.
Welliver Fellowship; CEAS Teaching
Excellence Award; IEEE International
Outstanding Advisor Award; White House
Presidential Excellence Award for Science,
Mathematics, and Engineering; ASU Faculty
Fellow; ASU Professor of the Year Finalist;
Senior Member of IEEE.
Selected Publications:
A.A. Rodrigueez, “Fifth MGE@MSA Doctoral
Mentoring Institute: Increasing Ph.D.
Production and Shaping Tomorrow’s
Leaders,” Workshop Proceedings, Arizona
State University, 118 pages, Apr. 2003.
O. Cifdaloz, M. Shayeb, Y Yi, R.P Metzger,
and A.A. Rodriguez, “Multi-Input Milti-Output
(MIMO) Control Design for Aircraft via
Convex Optimization,” Proceedings of the
2003 American Control Conference, Denver,
CO, 987-992, June 2003.
R.P. Metzger and A.A. Rodriguez, “An
Interactive Flexible Inverted Pendulum
Modeling, Simulation, Animation, and RealTime (MoSART) Control Environment for
Enhancing Research and Teaching,”
Proceedings of the 2003 American Control
Conference, Denver, CO, 639-644, June 2003.
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480-965-4462
UCLA, 1976
Ronald Roedel joined the faculty in 1981 and
is now Associate Dean of the Ira A. Fulton
School of Engineering. He has always tried
to carry out research and teaching activities
in equal measure. Recently, he has become
involved in curriculum reform issues, activelearning strategies, and technologyenhanced education. On the research side,
he has been involved in semiconductor
research for more than 25 years, first with
silicon, then with compound semiconductor
materials, and now with silicon again. He is
the author or co-author of 35 publications
and has roughly 50 presentations, two book
chapters, and two patents in the fields of
semiconductor characterization and
engineering education.
Research Interests: Semiconductor
materials and devices with a special interest
in modeling devices made from large
bandgap materials, engineering pedagogy
with a special interest in distance learning.
Honors and Distinctions: ASU College of
Engineering Teaching Excellence Award
three times; NSF Presidential Young
Investigator Award, 1984; and the ASU
Parents Association Professor of the Year
Award, 1999.
Selected Publications:
K. Gonzalez-Landis, P. Flikkema, V.
Johnson, J. Palais, E. Penado, R.J. Roedel,
and D. Shunk, “The Arizona Tri-university
Master of Engineering Program,”
Proceedings of the Frontiers in Education
(FIE) Conference, Boston, MA, Nov. 2002.
S. Duerden, J. Garland, C. Helfers, and R.J.
Roedel, “Integrated Programs and Cultural
Literacies: Using Writing to Help Engineering
Students Transition to the Cultural Literacies
of College,” Proceedings of the American
Society of Engineering Education (ASEE)
Conference, Montreal, Quebec, CA, June,
2002.
S. Duerden, J. Garland, C. Helfers, and R.J.
Roedel, “Integration of First Year English and
Introduction to Engineering Design: A Path to
Explore the Literacy and Culture of
Engineering,” Proceedings of the American
Society of Engineering Education (ASEE)
Conference, Albuquerque, NM, June 2001.
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480-965-6621
University of Illinois, 1968
Dieter Schroder joined the ASU faculty in
1981 after 13 years at the Westinghouse
Research Labs. He has published two books,
145 journal articles, eight book chapters, 135
conference presentations, edited nine books,
holds five patents, and has graduated 59
M.S. students and 28 Ph.D. students.
Research Interests: Semiconductor devices,
defects in semiconductors, semiconductor
material and device characterization,
electrical/lifetime measurements, low-power
electronics, device modeling, MOS devices.
Honors and Distinctions: IEEE Life Fellow;
Distinguished National Lecturer for the IEEE
Electron Device Society, 1993-2004; ASU
College of Engineering Teaching Excellence
Award, 1989, 1998, 2001; National Technical
University Outstanding Instructor, 1991-2003;
University Continuing Education Association
Faculty Service Award, 1997; ASU College of
Extended Education Distance Learning
Faculty Award, 1998; IEEE Meritorious
Achievement Award in Continuing Education
Activities, 1998; IEEE Phoenix Section:
Outstanding Faculty Member, 2000.
Selected Publications:
D.K. Schroder and J.A. Babcock, “Negative
Bias Temperature Instability: A Road to Cross
in Deep Submicron CMOS Manufacturing,” J.
Appl. Phys., Vol. 94, 1-18, July 2003.
J.E. Park, J. Shields, and D.K. Schroder,
“Nonvolatile Memory Disturbs Due to Gate
and Junction Leakage Currents,” Solid-State
Electron, Vol. 47, 855-864, May 2003.
I. Knezevic, D. Vasileska, R. Akis, J. Kang,
X. He, and D. K. Schroder, “Monte Carlo
Particle-Based Simulation of FIBMOS:
Impact of Strong Quantum Confinement on
Device Performance,” Physica B, Vol. 314,
386-390, 2002.
D.K. Schroder, “Low Power Silicon Devices,”
in The Encyclopedia of Materials: Science
and Technology, eds. K.H.J. Buschow, R.W.
Cahn, M.C. Flemings. B. Ilschner, E.J.
Kramer, and S. Mahajan; Elsevier, 2002.
D.K. Schroder, “Contactless Surface Charge
Semiconductor Characterization,” Mat. Sci.
Eng., B91-92, 196-210, 2002.
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ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Jun Shen
Jennie Si
Brian J. Skromme
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University of Notre Dame, 1990
Jun Shen joined the faculty in 1996 after six
years of experience with Motorola’s Phoenix
Corporate Research Labs. He is the author
or co-author of over 50 refereed articles and
many other conference publications. He is
also the inventor or co-inventor of 28 issued
U.S. patents.
Research Interests: MEMS, physics of
organic LEDs, and novel logic and memory
devices and circuits.
Honors and Distinctions: Motorola
Distinguished Innovator Award, Motorola
SPS Technical Achievement Award, IEEE
Senior Member.
Selected Publications:
M. Ruan, J. Shen, and C. Wheeler, “Latching
Micromagnetic Relays,” J. MEMS, Vol. 10,
511-517, 2001.
E.F. Yu, J. Shen, M. Walther, T.C. Lee, and
R. Zhang, “Planar GaAs MOSFET Using Wet
Thermally Oxidized AlGaAs as Gate
Insulator,” Electron. Lett., Vol. 36, 359, 2000.
J. Shen, D. Wang, E. Langlois, W.A. Barrow,
P.J. Green, C.W. Tang, and J. Shi,
“Degradation Mechanisms in Organic Light
Emitting Diodes,” Synthetic Metals, Vol. 111112, 233-236, 2000.
J. Yang and J. Shen, “Effects of Hole Barrier
in Bilayer Organic Light Emitting Devices,” J.
Phys. D., Vol. 33, 1768, 2000.
J. Shen and J. Yang, “Carrier Transport in
Organic Alloy Light-Emitting Diodes,” J. Appl.
Phys., Vol. 87, 3891, 2000.
D. Wang and J. Shen, “A Theoretical Model
for Carrier Transport in Disordered Organic
Materials,” SyntheticMetals, Vol. 111-112,
349-351, 2000.
V.-E. Choong, J. Shen, J. Curless, S. Shi, J.
Yang, and F. So, “Efficient and Durable
Organic Alloys for Electroluminescent
Displays,” J. Phys. D., Vol. 33, 760, 2000.
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480-965-6133
University of Notre Dame, 1992
Jenni Si received her B.S. and M.S. degrees
from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, and
her Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame,
all in electrical engineering. She joined the
ASU faculty in 1991 where she is currently a
professor.
Research Interests: Learning and adaptive
systems; approximate dynamic programming
for nonlinear dynamic system optimization;
cortical information processing and modeling
in animal brains, brain-machine interface;
pattern analysis and machine intelligence.
Honors and Distinctions: Listed in many
Marquis Who’s Who publications since late
1990s; NSF/White House Presidential
Faculty Fellow, 1995; Motorola Excellence
Award, 1995; NSF Research Institution
Award, 1993; past associate editor of IEEE
Transactions on Automatic Control and IEEE
Transactions on Semiconductor
Manufacturing; associate editor of IEEE
Transactions on Neural Networks; one of the
10 students who received the highest honor
at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China,
1984.
Selected Publications:
Russell Enns, Jennie Si, “Helicopter flight
control reconfiguration for main rotor actuator
failures,” AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control,
and Dynamics, Vol. 26, No. 4, 572-584. JulyAug. 2003.
Russell Enns and Jennie Si, “Helicopter
trimming and tracking control using direct
neural dynamic programming,” IEEE Trans.
on Neural Networks, Vol. 14, No. 4, 929-939,
July-Aug. 2003.
B. J. Nelson, G. Runger, and J. Si, “An Error
Rate Comparison of Classification Methods
With Continuous Explanatory Variables,” The
IIE Transactions, Vol. 35, No. 6, 557-566,
June 2003.
Jennie Si and Jim Wang, “On-line learning by
association and reinforcement,” IEEE Trans.
on Neural Networks, Vol. 12, No. 2, 349-360,
Mar. 2001.
J. Si, S. Lin, and M.A. Vuong, “Dynamic
topology representing network,” Neural
Networks, the Official Journal of International
Neural Network Society, Vol. 13, No. 6, 617627, 2000.
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480-965-8592
University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign, 1985
Brian Skromme joined the ASU faculty in
1989, where he is presently an associate
professor in solid-state electronics. From
1985 to 1989, he was a member of the
technical staff at Bellcore. He has written
over 105 refereed publications in solid-state
electronics.
Research Interests: Compound
semiconductor materials and devices,
especially wide bandgap materials for
optoelectronic, high-frequency, high-power,
and high-temperature applications; optical
characterization of semiconductor materials;
development of GaN and SiC-based
materials and devices.
Honors and Distinctions: Eta Kappa Nu;
Young Faculty Teaching Award, 1990-1991;
Golden Key National Honor Society
Outstanding Professor Award, 1991; listed in
Who’s Who in Science and Engineering and
Who’s Who in Engineering Education.
Selected Publications:
H.X. Liu, G.N. Ali, K.C. Palle, M.K. Mikhov,
B.J. Skromme, Z. J. Reitmeyer, and R.F.
Davis, “Evolution of Subgrain Boundaries in
Heteroepitaxial GaN/AlN/6H-SiC Grown by
Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition,” in
GaN and Related Alloys, 2002, eds. E.T. Yu,
Y. Arakawa, A. Rizzi, J.S. Speck, and C.M.
Wetzel, MRS Proceedings, Vol. 743, L6.3.1L6.3.6, Warrendale, PA, 2003.
L. Chen and B.J. Skromme, “Spectroscopic
Characterization of Ion-Implanted GaN,” in
GaN and Related Alloys, 2002, eds. E.T. Yu,
Y. Arakawa, A. Rizzi, J.S. Speck, and C.M.
Wetzel, MRS Proceedings, Vol. 743, 2003,
L11.35.1-L11.35.6, Warrendale, PA, 2003.
B.J. Skromme, K.C. Palle, C.D. Poweleit, H.
Yamane, M. Aoki, and F.J. DiSalvo, “Optical
Spectroscopy of Bulk GaN Crystals Grown
from a Na-Ga Melt,” Appl. Phys. Lett., Vol.
81, 3765-3767, 2002.
B.J. Skromme, K. Palle, C.D. Poweleit, L.R.
Bryant, W.M. Vetter, M. Dudley, K. Moore,
and T. Gehoski, “Oxidation-Induced
Crystallographic Transformation in Heavily NDoped 4H-SiC Wafers,” Mater. Sci. Forum,
Vols. 389-393, 455-458, 2002.
FACULTY LISTINGS
Andreas Spanias
Nongjian Tao
Cihan Tepedelenlioglu
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West Virginia University, 1988
Andreas Spanias joined the ASU faculty in
1988. He has published 40 journal and 100
conference papers and contributed three
book chapters in speech and audio
processing. He has served as associate
editor of IEEE Transactions on Signal
Processing and as the general co-chair of
the 1999 International Conference on
Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing
(ICASSP-99) and as vice-president for the
IEEE Signal Processing Society. He and
former Ph.D. student Ted Painter received
the prestigious 2002 IEEE Donald G. Fink
Prize Paper Award for their IEEE
Proceedings paper entitled “Perceptual
Coding of Digital Audio.” He was recently
elected IEEE Fellow and appointed IEEE
Distinguished Lecturer.
Research Interests: Digital signal
processing, multimedia signal processing,
speech and audio coding, adaptive filters,
signal processing for the arts.
Honors and Distinctions: IEEE Fellow;
IEEE Distinguished Lecturer; Donald G. Fink
Prize for paper titled “Perceptual Coding of
Digital Audio,” 2002; Intel Advanced Personal
Communications Division—Central Logic
Engineering Award, 1997; Intel Research
Council: Natural Data Types Committee
Award, 1996; Intel Corporation Award for
Leadership and Contributions to the 60172
Processor Architecture, 1993. Author of JDSP software (http://jdsp.asu.edu) ISBN 09724984-0-0 that ranked in the top three
educational resources in 2003 by the UCBerkeley NEEDS panel.
Selected Publications:
Niranjan Chakravarti, Andreas Spanias, K.
Tsakalis, and L. Iasemides, “AR Modeling of
DNA sequences,” EURASIP JASP - Special
Issue On Signal Processing Genomics, Vol.
2003, No. 4, 15-20, Jan. 2004
J. Foutz, A. Spanias, S. Bellofiore and C
Balanis, “ Adaptive Eigen-Projection
Beamforming Algorithms for 1-D and 2-D
Antenna Arrays,” IEEE Antennas and
Propagation (APL), Vol. 2, No. 2 , 62- 65,
2003.
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Arizona State University, 1988
Nongjian Tao joined the ASU faculty as a
professor of electrical engineering and an
affiliated professor of chemistry and
biochemistry in August 2001. Before that, he
worked as an assistant and associate
professor at Florida International University.
He received the B.S. in physics from Anhui
University in 1984 and the Ph.D. in
condensed matter physics from Arizona
State University in 1988. He holds two
patents, has published over 100 refereed
journal articles and 10 book chapters, and
given over 70 invited talks at national and
international conferences.
Research Interests: Molecular electronics,
nanostructured materials and devices,
chemical and biological sensors, interfaces
between biological molecules and solid
materials, electrochemical nanofabrications.
Honors and Distinctions: Hellmuth Fisher
Medal 2003, Excellence in Research Award,
Florida International University, 2000;
Molecular Imaging Young Microscopist.
Selected Publications:
X. Xiao, B.Q. Xu and N. J. Tao,
“Measurement of Single Molecule
Conductance: Benzenedithiol and
Benzenedimethanethiol,” NanoLett., Vol. 4,
267-271, 2004.
H. Zhang, S. Boussaad, N. Ly and N. J. Tao,
“Magnetic Field-Assisted Assembly of Metal /
Polymer/Metal Junction Sensor,” Appl. Phys.
Lett., Vol. 84, 133-135, 2004.
B.Q. Xu, and N.J. Tao, “Measurement of
Single Molecule Conductance by Repeated
Formation of Molecular Junctions,” Science,
Vol. 301, 1221-1223, 2003.
B.Q. Xu, X. Xiao and N. J. Tao,
“Measurement of Single Molecule
Electromechanical Properties,” J. Am. Chem.
Soc., Vol. 125, 16164-16165, 2003.
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University of Minnesota, 2001
Cihan Tepedelenlioglu joined the ASU faculty
as an assistant professor in July 2001. He
received the B.S. from the Florida Institute of
Technology in 1995, the M.S. from the
University of Virginia in 1998, and the Ph.D.
from the University of Minnesota in 2001, all
in electrical engineering. In 2001 he received
the NSF (early) CAREER award.
Research Interests: Wireless
communications, statistical signal processing,
estimation and equalization algorithms for
wireless systems, filterbanks and multirate
systems, carrier synchronization for OFDM
systems, power estimation and handoff
algorithms, space-time coding, ultrawideband
communications.
Honors and Distinctions: NSF CAREER
Award, 2001.
Selected Publications:
G. Giannakis and C. Tepedelenlioglu, “Basis
Expansion Models and Diversity Technique s
for Blind Equalization of Time-Varying
Channels,” Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol. 86,
1969-1986, Oct. 1998.
C. Tepedelenlioglu, A. Abdi, G.B. Giannakis,
and M. Kaveh, “Estimation of Doppler
Spread and Signal Strength in Mobile
Communications with Applications to Handoff
and Adaptive Transmission,” Wireless
Communications and Mobile Computing, Vol.
1, No. 2, 221-242, Mar. 2001.
C. Tepedelenlioglu and G. B. Giannakis, “On
Velocity Estimation and Correlation
Properties of Narrow Band Communication
Channels,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular
Technology, Vol. 50, No. 4, 1039-1052, July
2001.
G.B. Giannakis and C. Tepedelenlioglu,
“Direct blind equalizers of multiple FIR
channels: A deterministic approach,” IEEE
Transactions on Signal Processing, Vol. 47,
62-74, Jan. 1999.
V. Rajagopalan, S. Boussaad and N.J. Tao,
“Detection of Heavy Metal Ions Based on
Quantum Point Contacts,” Nano Lett., Vol. 3,
851-855, 2003.
Gopal Nair and A. Spanias,”The Eigenspace
Projection Algorithm,” Signal Processing, Vol.
83, 1929-1935, 2003.
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ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Trevor Thornton
Konstantinos S. Tsakalis
Daniel J. Tylavsky
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Cambridge University, 1987
Trevor Thornton joined the faculty in 1998
having spent eight years at Imperial College
in London and two years as a member of the
technical staff at Bell Communications
Research, New Jersey. He invented the splitgate transistor, which was used to
demonstrate the quantization of the ballistic
resistance. He is currently the Director of the
Center for Solid State Electronics Research.
GWC 358
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480-965-1467
University of Southern California, 1988
Konstantinos Tsakalis joined the ASU faculty
in 1988 and is now a professor. He received
the M.S. in chemical engineering in 1984, the
M.S. in electrical engineering in 1985, and
the Ph.D. in electrical engineering in 1988,
all from the University of Southern California.
He holds several patents and has published
over 80 journal and conference papers.
Research Interests: Nanostructures,
molecular electronics, short gate length
MOSFETs, the micropower applications of
sub-threshold FETs.
Research Interests: Applications of control,
optimization, and system identification theory
to semiconductor manufacturing, chemical
process control, prediction and control of
epileptic seizures.
Honors and Distinctions: Recipient of ASU
Co-Curricular Programs Last Lecture Award,
2001.
Honors and Distinctions: Licensed
chemical engineer, Technical Chamber of
Greece; member IEEE; Sigma Xi.
Selected Publications:
G.M. Laws, T.J. Thornton, J.M. Yang, L. de la
Garza, M. Kozicki, D. Gust, J. Gu, and D.
Sorid, “Drain current control in a hybrid
molecular/MOSFET device,” Physica E-LowDimensional Systems & Nanostructures, Vol.
17, No. 1-4, 659-663, 2003.
Selected Publications:
L.D. Iasemidis, D.-S. Shiau, W.
Chaovalitwongse, J.C. Sackellares, P.M.
Pardalos, J.C. Principe, P.R. Carney, A.
Prasad, B. Veeramani, and K. Tsakalis,
“Adaptive Epileptic Seizure Prediction
System,” IEEE Transactions on Biomedical
Engineering, Vol. 50, No. 5, 616-627, May
2003.
P.S. Chakraborty, M.R. McCartney, J. Li, C.
Gopalan, M. Gilbert, S.M. Goodnick, T.J.
Thornton, and M.N. Kozicki, “Electron
holographic characterization of ultra-shallow
junctions in Si for nanoscale MOSFETs,”
IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, Vol.
2, No. 2, 102-109, 2003.
T.J. Thornton, “Physics and applications of
the Schottky Junction Transistor,” IEEE
Transactions on Electron Devices, Vol. 48,
No. 10, 2421-2427, 2001.
T.J. Thornton, “Mesoscopic Devices,”
Chapter 9 of Low Dimensional
Semiconductor Structures, eds. Keith
Barnham and Dmitri Vvedensky, Cambridge
University Press, 296-347, 2001.
D.A. Wharam, T.J. Thornton, R. Newbury, M.
Pepper, H. Ahmed, J.E.F. Frost, D.G. Hasko,
D.C. Peacock, D.A. Ritchie, and G.A.C.
Jones, “One-Dimensional Transport and the
Quantization of the Ballistic Resistance,”
Journal of Physics C-Solid State Physics,
Vol. 21, No. 8, L209-L214, 1988.
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Kostas Tsakalis, Sachi Dash, Alf Green, and
Ward MacArthur, “Loop-Shaping Controller
Design From Input-Output Data: Application
to a Paper Machine Simulator,” IEEE
Transactions on Control Systems
Technology, Vol. 10, No. 1, 127-136, Jan.
2002.
Ehsan Al-Dulaijan, Kostas Tsakalis, Alf
Green, and Sachi Dash, “Multivariable
Controller Performance Monitoring via
Robust Stability Conditions,” Proceedings of
the IEEE APC 2001 Workshop, Industry
Appl. Society, Vancouver, Canada, 3-8, May
2001.
E. Grassi, K. Tsakalis, S. Dash, S.V.
Gaikwad, W. MacArthur, and G. Stein,
“Integrated Identification and PID Controller
Tuning by Frequency Loop-Shaping,” IEEE
Trans. Contr. Systems Technology, Vol. 9,
No. 2, 285-294, Mar. 2001.
K. Tsakalis, J.-J. Flores-Godoy, K. Stoddard,
and B. Mack “Multivariable Temperature
Control of Magnetic Anneal Furnace,”
Proceedings of the IASTED Intl. Conf. MIC,
6-11, Innsbruck, Austria, Feb. 19-22, 2001.
ERC 517
[email protected]
480-965-3460
Pennsylvania State University,
1982
Daniel Tylavsky is internationally known for
applying computation technology to the
analysis and simulation of the large-scale
power-system generation/transmission
problems. He also is an avid educator who
uses team/cooperative learning methods in
graduate and undergraduate education and
is a pioneer in the use of mediated
classrooms. He has been responsible for
more than $2.8 million in research funding
for both technical and educational research
projects. He is a member of several honor
societies and has received numerous awards
for his technical work as well as for work with
student research.
Research Interests: Electric power systems,
numerical methods applied to large-scale
system problems, parallel numerical
algorithms, new educational methods and
technologies.
Honors and Distinctions: Senior Member of
IEEE, IEEE-PES Certificate for Outstanding
Student Research Supervision (three times),
six awards for outstanding research from the
IEEE-IAS Mining Engineering Committee.
Selected Publications:
K. E. Holbert, G. T. Heydt, G. G. Karady, and
D. J. Tylavsky, “PowerZone: Artificial
Intelligence Education Modules for Power
Engineering,” Proceedings of the 2001
American Society of Engineering Education
Annual Conference and Exposition,
accepted.
Q. He, J. Si, and D. J. Tylavsky, “Prediction
of Top Oil Temperature for Transformers
Using Neural Networks,” IEEE Trans. on
Power Delivery, Vol. 15, No. 4, 1205-1211,
Oct. 2000.
D. J. Tylavsky, Q. He, J. Si, G. A. McCulla,
and J. R. Hunt, “Transformer Top-Oil
Temperature Modeling and Simulation,” IEEE
Trans. on Industry Applications, Vol. 36, No.
5, 1219-1225, Sept./Oct. 2000.
D. J. Tylavsky, Q. He, G. A. McCulla, and J.
R. Hunt, “Sources of Error in Substation
Distribution Transformer Dynamic Thermal
Modeling,” IEEE Trans. on Power Delivery,
Vol. 15, No. 1, 178-185, Jan. 2000.
FACULTY LISTINGS
Dragica Vasileska
Junshan Zhang
Yong-Hang Zhang
Office:
E-mail:
Phone:
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E-mail:
Phone:
Ph.D.:
Office:
E-mail:
Phone:
Ph.D.:
ERC 565
[email protected]
480-965-6651
Arizona State University, 1995
Dragica Vasileska joined the ASU faculty in
August 1997. She has published over 100
articles in refereed journals, book chapters,
and in conference proceedings in the areas
of solid-state electronics, transport in
semiconductors, and semiconductor device
modeling. She has also given numerous
invited talks. She is a member of IEEE, the
American Physical Society and Phi Kappa
Phi.
Research Interests: Semiconductor device
physics, semiconductor transport, 1-D to 3-D
device modeling, quantum field theory and its
application to real device structures, spin
transport.
Honors and Distinctions: NSF CAREER
Award, 1998; University Cyril and Methodius,
Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, College of
Engineering Award for Best Achievement in
One Year, 1981-1985; University Cyril and
Methodius, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia,
Award for Best Student from the College of
Engineering in 1985 and in 1990.
Selected Publications:
I. Knezevic, D. Vasileska, and D.K. Ferry,
“Impact of strong quantum confinement on
the performance of a highly asymmetric
device structure: Monte Carlo particle-based
simulation of a focused-ion-beam MOSFET,”
IEEE Trans. Electron Devices, Vol. 49, 10191026, 2002.
W.J. Gross, D. Vasileska, and D.K. Ferry, “3D simulations of ultra-small MOSFETs: The
role of the discrete impurities on the device
terminal characteristics,” Journal of Applied
Physics, Vol. 91, 3737-3740, 2002.
D. Vasileska and S.M. Goodnick,
“Computational Electronics,” Materials
Science and Engineering, Reports: A Review
Journal, Vol. R38, No. 5, 181-236, 2002.
D. Vasileska, C. Prasad, H. H. Wieder and D.
K. Ferry, “Green’s Function Approach for
Transport Calculation in a
In0.53Ga0.47As/In0.52Al0.48As ModulationDoped Heterostructure,” J. Appl. Phys., Vol.
93, 3359-3363, 2003.
C. Gardner, C. Ringhofer and D. Vasileska,
“Effective potentials and quantum fluid
models based on thermodynamic principles,”
Int. J. High Speed Electronics and Systems,
Vol. 13, 771, 2003.
GWC 426
[email protected]
480-727-7389
Purdue University, 2000
Junshan Zhang joined the ASU faculty as an
assistant professor in August 2000. He
received the B.S. in electrical engineering
from HUST, China, in July 1993; the M.S. in
statistics from the University of Georgia in
December 1996; and the Ph.D. in electrical
engineering from Purdue University in 2000.
He is the recipient of a 2003 NSF CAREER
Award. He won the 2003 Faculty Research
Award from the IEEE Phoenix Section. He
was chair of the IEEE Communications and
Signal Processing Phoenix Chapter from
2001 to 2003.
Research Interests: Wireless networks and
information theory, including cross-layer
design of wireless networks, CDMA, ad hoc
networking, wireless communication, radio
resource allocation, network information
theory.
Honors and Distinctions: Member of IEEE
and ASEE, 2003 NSF CAREER award.
Selected Publications:
J. Zhang and X. Wang, “Large-System
Performance Analysis of Blind and GroupBlind Multiuser Receivers,” IEEE
Transactions on Information Theory, Vol. 48,
No. 9, 2507-2523, Sept. 2002.
I. Kontoyiannis and J. Zhang, “Arbitrary
Source Models and Bayesian Codebooks in
Rate-Distortion Theory,” IEEE Transactions
on Information Theory, Vol. 48, No. 8, 227625290, Aug. 2002.
J. Zhang, E.K.P. Chong, and D.N.C. Tse,
“Output MAI Distributions of Linear MMSE
Multiuser Receivers in DS-CDMA Systems,”
IEEE Transactions on Information Theory,
Vol. 47, No. 3, 1128-1144, Mar. 2001.
J. Zhang, E.K.P. Chong, and I. Kontoyiannis,
“Unified Spatial Diversity Combining and
Power Allocation Schemes for CDMA
Systems,” IEEE Journals on Selected Areas
in Communications, Vol. 19, No. 7, 12761288, July 2001.
ERC 161
[email protected]
480-965-2562
Max-Planck Institute for Solid State
and Stuttgart University, Germany, 1991
Yong-Hang Zhang joined the faculty in 1996
from Hughes Research Laboratories. He has
published over 70 research articles and a
book chapter, secured three U.S. patents,
and edited several conference proceedings.
He has presented more than 70 invited and
contributed papers at various international
scientific conferences.
Research Interests: Molecular beam epitaxy
(MBE), optoelectronic devices and their
applications.
Honors and Distinctions: IEEE Senior
Member, Innovation and Excellence in Laser
Technology and Applications Award from
Hughes Research Labs, listed in Who’s Who
in Science and Engineering, Who’s Who in
the World, chairs and co-chairs of numerous
international conferences or workshops.
Selected Publications:
S. R. Johnson, C.-Z. Guo, S. Chaparro, Yu.
G. Sadofyev, J.-B. Wang, Y. Cao, N. Samal,
X. Jin, S.-Q. Yu, D. Ding, and Y.-H. Zhang,
“GaAsSb/GaAs Band Alignment Evaluation
for Long-Wave Photonic Applications,” J.
Crystal Growth, Vol. 251, 521, 2003.
Y. G. Sadofyev, A. Ramamoorthy, B. Naser,
J.P. Bird, S.R. Johnson, and Y.-H. Zhang,
“Large g-Factor Enhancement in HighMobility InAs/AlSb Quantum Wells,” Appl.
Phys. Lett., Vol. 81, 1833, 2002.
M. Canonico, C. Poweleit, J. Menéndez, A.
Debernardi, S. R. Johnson, and Y.-H. Zhang,
“Anomalous LO Phonon Lifetime in AlAs,”
Phys. Rev. Lett., Vol. 88, 215502, 2002.
S.R. Johnson, S. Chaparro, J. Wang, N.
Samal, Y. Cao, Z.B. Chen, C. Navarro, J. Xu,
S.Q. Yu, D.J. Smith, C.-Z. Guo, P. Dowd, W.
Braun, and Y.-H. Zhang, “GaAs-substratebased long-wave active materials with type-II
band alignments,” J. Vac. Sci. and Technol.,
Vol. 19, No. 4, 1501, 2001.
J. Zhang and E.K.P. Chong, “CDMA Systems
in Fading Channels: Admissibility, Network
Capacity, and Power Control,” IEEE
Transactions on Information Theory, Vol. 46,
962-981, May 2000.
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ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
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ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
ANNUAL REPORT
This publication is written, designed, and produced by the
Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering for distribution to
selected alumni, industry partners, and academic friends
worldwide.
The Department of Electrical Engineering has
developed a new conduit to connect with their
alumni – the EE Connections newsletter.
The alumni newsletter, which is published
biannually, features profiles of EE graduates,
department news and research and faculty
updates.
For the next newsletter this fall, the EE
department would like to hear your story.
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INDUSTRY ADVISORY COUNCIL
Rick Anderson
Manager
Tektronix
Phillip McClay
Principal Analog Engineer
Primarion
Ben Adamo
CEO
Phoenix Analog
Wally Meinell
Group Manager
Texas Instruments
Bernadette Buddington
Manager
Radar Engr./Site Operations
Lockheed Martin
Robert Melcher
CEO
Three-Five Systems
Jeff Capone
CEO and VP of Engineering
Aligo, Inc.
Kevin Stoddard
Control Systems Division
Manager
Brooks-PRI
Jack Davis
President
APS
Bill Twardy
Manager, Research for SRP
SRP
Neil E. Hejny
Engineering Manager
Raytheon
Sam Werner
IBM
Joseph W. Jackson
Director, Retrofit Systems
Engineering
Honeywell
Mike Johnson
Vice President
Advanced Micro Devices
David Leeper
Senior Principal Engineer
Intel
Eric C. Maas
Director, Technology Strategy
& Strategic Alliances
Motorola
John Wood
Hardware Design Engineer
Agilent Technologies
Peter Zdebel
CTO
ON Semiconducters
Thomas Zipperian
Manager, Advanced
Compound Semiconductor
Technology
Sandia National Laboratories
CURRENT MEMBERS:
Online Education
EE Department takes its master’s program to a new level –
distance learning online
The ASU Electrical Engineering Department renowned faculty is teaching at a place it
has never gone before – the World Wide Web.
This year, the EE Department is offering online classes for the Master of Science in
Engineering in electrical engineering with no residency requirements. The online courses and M.S.E. program allow alumni and professionals to access ASU from anywhere in
the world through flexible delivery.
While teaching through distance learning is nothing new to the EE Department, it is the
first opportunity to pursue the M.S.E. in electrical engineering entirely via the Internet.
The classes are modeled after those taught in person at ASU and have been transformed to allow students to access them from the workplace, home or during travel.
“I really enjoy having the freedom of taking classes at my own pace. Offering online
courses at ASU allows me to balance my work, home, and school life,” said Tony Yu,
an engineer at Medtronic. “In addition to the flexibility of taking courses online, you
get an entire staff of dedicated support from the ASU Engineering Online Team whom
have been committed in seeing me (and ultimately their programs) through to success.”
The material in the online courses is the same as the regular courses taught during the
school year. Students taking the online classes have access to the same lectures
through streamed media, the same
books, and even the same interaction
with other students and faculty through
interactive portals in the ASU course
management system.
This year, the EE Department
enrolled more than 100 students in
online courses and programs. The
ASU Ira A. Fulton School of
Engineering now offers over 10 graduate programs and areas of study
online focused for the engineering
professional.
For additional information, visit
www.asuengineeringonline.com
or call (480) 965-1740.
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