About the ECE Department
The ECE Department is a young, vibrant department that can trace its origin to the founding of
the University of Illinois at Chicago, in 1964. In those days, faculty in the areas of electrical and
computer engineering were divided between the Departments of Information Engineering and
Systems Engineering. In 1982, a merger of these departments created the Department of
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. In July 2001, the Department of Electrical and
Computer Engineering became a separate department. The new ECE Department offers B.S.,
M.S., and Ph. D. degrees to approximately 900 undergraduate students and over 300 graduate
students.
ECE Research
The ECE Department has built a national reputation for excellence in research that focuses on
the areas of:
Bioelectronics and Biomimetics
Bioelectromagnetics
Biomedical Imaging
Biomedical Instrumentation
Biomedical Sensors
Biomedical Signal Processing
Computational Biology
Intelligent and Adaptive Systems
Rehabilitation Engineering
Surgical Intervention
Computer Engineering
Computer Architecture
Computer Communication Networks
Computer Systems
Computer Vision
Fault-Tolerant Computing
Multimedia Systems
Parallel Computing
Robotics
VLSI Systems
Device Physics and Electronics
Electromagnetics
MEMS & Nanotechnology
Microelectronics
Optoelectronics
Power Electronics
Solid State Electronics
Information Systems
Coding Theory
Communications, Computer Vision
Controls, Image Processing
Information Theory, Multimedia Systems
Robotics, Signal Processing
Speech Processing
ECE Sponsors
Agarwal Foundation
Air Force Office of Scientific Research
Army Research Office
Battelle
Binachip Inc.
Bioelectromagnetics
Bridge Waves Electronics
California Energy Commission
Campus Research Board
Ceramatec, Inc.
Consumer Safety Innovations
Council for Excellence in Teaching and
Learning
Defense Threat Reduction Agency
Department of Homeland Security
EPIR Technologies Inc.
IEEE Society
Illinois Board of Higher Education
Intel Corporation
International Symposium on Neural
Networks
Jaalaa, Inc.
Manufacturing Research Center
Microfluidic Center
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration
National Science Foundation
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation
Office of Naval Research
SAIC
Semiconductor Research Corporation
University of Alaska
University of Missouri-Rolla
University of Tokyo
ECE Core Faculty:
Rashid Ansari
Professor
ansari@ece.uic.edu
1141 SEO
312.996.5489
Research Interests:
Image, video, and multimedia signal processing and communication; multi-rate filter banks &
wavelets and applications; video compression and transmission; video analysis and tracking;
digital rights management and data hiding in multimedia; multi-modal signal analysis; signal
design for wireless communications, OFDM
Information Systems, Computer Engineering
Jezekiel Ben-Arie
Professor
benarie@ece.uic.edu
1101 SEO
312.996.2648
Research Interests:
object and target recognition; image processing; shape and signal representation; wavelets and
non-orthogonal expansions; neural networks; multimedia; graph theory; biomedical engineering;
neural modeling of hearing
Bioelectronics and Biomimetics, Computer Engineering, Information Systems
Wolfgang-Martin Boerner
Emeritus Professor
boerner@ece.uic.edu
4210 SEL
312.996.5480
Research Interests:
Electromagnetics; inverse scattering; modern optics; geoelectro-magnetism; electromagnetic
imaging; remote sensing; wideband radar and optical polarimetry
Device Physics and Electronics
Masud Chowdhury
Assistant Professor
Masud@ece.uic.edu
923 SEO
312.996.6016
Research Interests:
Shantanu Dutt
Associate Professor
dutt@ece.uic.edu
930 SEO
312.355.1314
Research Interests:
Parallel and distributed computing; VLSI, CAD (circuit partitioning, placement and routing);
fault-tolerant computing (systems and chips) and multicomputer architecture
Computer Engineering
Mitra Dutta
Distinguished Professor and Department Head
dutta@ece.uic.edu
1027 SEO
312.355.2131
Research Interests:
Optoelectronics devices and novel quantum and nanoscale devices; optical characterization of
optoelectronic devices and structures; wide band gap structures and devices; bio-optoelectronics
Device Physics and Electronics
Danilo Erricolo
Associate Professor
erricolo@ece.uic.edu
1111 SEO
312.996.5771
Research Interests:
Electromagnetic scattering, electromagnetic propagation models for wireless communications,
high-frequency methods, electromagnetic measurements; electromagnetic compatibility; antenna
design for radar and biomedical applications; computation of special functions
Alan Feinerman
Associate Professor
feinerman@uic.edu
3019 ERF
312.996.2313
Research Interests:
Novel structures for ultra low thermal conductivity insulators and microfluidics (microvalves,
micropumps, 3d fluidic circuit board, and mixing chambers); new methods for distributed
physical vapor deposition; granular physics at high-g. 3D-fabrication techniques
Device Physics and Electronics
Siddhartha Ghosh
Assistant Professor
sghosh@ece.uic.edu
3015 ERF
312.996.5256
Research Interests:
Daniel Graupe
Professor
graupe@ece.uic.edu
1117 SEO
312.996.3085
Research Interests:
Control systems; time series analysis; signal processing; biomedical control; neural networks;
blind adaptive filtering; wavelets and electrical stimulation
Bioelectronics and Biomimetics, Information Systems
Ashfaq Khokhar
Professor
ashfaq@ece.uic.edu
1013 SEO
312.413.9460
Research Interests:
Content-based storage and Search for web applications; distributed multimedia database systems
and communication; data mining and OLAP; high performance computing; image and video
processing; parallel computation and software systems; parallel architectures and algorithms;
meta computing
Computer Engineering
Sharad Laxpati
Associate Professor
laxpati@uic.edu
1105 SEO
312.996.5493
Research Interests:
Electromagnetic theory; antennae; computational electromagnetic scattering; microwaves; wave
propagation and communication
Device Physics and Electronics
Gyungho Lee
Professor
ghlee@ece.uic.edu
1032 SEO
312.413.9657
Research Interests:
computer architecture; microprocessor and SoC design; computer/network system security; code
optimization; embedded systems
Computer Engineering
James Lin
Professor
lin@ece.uic.edu
1030 SEO
312.413.1052
Research Interests:
Bioelectromagnetics; electromagnetics in biology and medicine; biomedical instrumentation and
measurement; and waves in random media
Bioelectronics and Biomimetics, Device Physics and Electronics
Derong Liu
Professor
dliu@ece.uic.edu
1023 SEO
312.355.4475
Research Interests:
Intelligent control and learning control, computational intelligence, wireless communications and
wireless networks
Computer Engineering, Information Systems
Sudip Mazumder
Associate Professor
mazumder@ece.uic.edu
3013 ERF
312.355.1315
Research Interests:
Distributed-power and self-healing systems; advanced DSP/RISC based embedded controllers;
multi-axis and multi-motor drives and new motor-control algorithms; reliability of converters
and power systems; electric/hybrid vehicles; power quality and voltage sags; renewable energy
systems; soft- and hard-switching topologies and techniques in power converters; nonlinear
dynamics; spatio-temporal modeling for packaging
Device Physics and Electronics
Vitali Metlushko
Associate Professor
vmetlush@ece.uic.edu
3011 ERF
312.413.7574
Research Interests:
Interplay between the structure; magnetic and electric properties of low dimensional condensed
matter, with emphasis on nanostructured magnetic, superconducting and hybrid
(superconducting/magnetic) materials; advanced recording media; new magnetic materials and
nano-technology
Device Physics and Electronics
Roland Priemer
Associate Professor
priemer@ece.uic.edu
1123 SEO
312.996.5491
Research Interests:
Optimal and adaptive digital signal processing; digital filters; control systems; microprocessorbased system design
Computer Engineering, Information Systems
Dan Schonfeld
Professor
ds@ece.uic.edu
1104 SEO
312.996.5847
Research Interests:
Signal, Image, and Video Processing; Video Communications, Retrieval, and Networks; Image
Analysis and Computer Vision; and Genomic Signal Processing
Bioelectronics and Biomimetics, Information Systems
Michael Stroscio
Richard and Loan Hill Professor
stroscio@uic.edu
808E SEO
312.413.5968
Research Interests:
Electrical, optical and mechanical properties of nanostructures; quantum transport; solid state
electronics and optoelectronics; phonons in nanostructures; theory of nanodevices;
nanoelectronics; nanobiotechnology; applications of nanoscale structures and devices in
electrical engineering and bioengineering
Bioelectronics and Biomimetics, Device Physics and Electronics
Daniela Tuninetti
Assistant Professor
daniela@ece.uic.edu
1038 SEO
312.413.7431
Research Interests:
Network information theory with special emphasis on wireless ad-hoc networks (physical layer
and multi-access protocols); cross-layer design: interplay of information theory and network
protocol theory; biomedical application of wireless technologies
Information Systems
Piergiorgio Uslenghi
Professor
uslenghi@uic.edu
807 SEO
312.996.6059
Research Interests:
Electromagnetics; scattering theory; modern optics; solid state; and applied mathematics
Device Physics and Electronics
Kaijie Wu
Assistant Professor
kaijie@ece.uic.edu
1037 SEO
312.413.7573
Research Interests:
CAD of register transfer level, behavioral level, architecture level, and (embedded) system
level design; fault tolerant and energy efficient VLSI Design; defect tolerant nano architecture
Computer Engineering
Hung-Yu Yang
Professor
hyang@ece.uic.edu
1135 SEO
312.996.0675
Research Interests:
Applied electromagnetics in ferromagnetic integrated circuits and antennae; novel microstrip
antennae and arrays; planar integrated transformers for power electronics; advanced
computational techniques
Device Physics and Electronics
Yingwei Yao
Assistant Professor
yyao@uic.edu
1106 SEO
312.996.3420
Research Interests:
wireless communications; wireless sensor networks; signal processing
Information Systems
Milos Zefran
Associate Professor
mzefran@ece.uic.edu
1028 SEO
312.996.6495
Research Interests:
Robotics; modeling and control of hybrid systems; geometric methods for robot trajectory
planning; numerical methods for optimal control in robotics; human manipulation; rehabilitation
Computer Engineering, Information Systems
Zhichun Zhu
Assistant Professor
zhu@ece.uic.edu
1015 SEO 355.0441
3267 SEL
Research Interests:
Lecturers:
Robert Becker
Lecturer
robert@uic.edu
913 SEO
312.996.5453
Research Interest:
Network analysis
Cliff Curry
Lecturer
crcurry@ece.uic.edu
1017 SEO
312.996.3192
Research Interests:
Coupling networks; analog and digital filter approximation techniques; and analog circuit
realization techniques at frequencies from baseband to microwaves; network analysis
Vladimir Goncharoff
Lecturer
volodia@uic.edu
1008 SEO
312.996.3421
Research Interests:
Digital speech processing; computer-aided circuit analysis
ECE Adjunct and Visiting Faculty:
Javaid Arshad
Adjunct Lecturer
jarshad@ece.uic.edu
934 SEO
312.996.8679
Prith Banerjee
Distinguished Professor
prith@uic.edu
1041 SEO
312.413.4886
Heinz Busta
Adjunct Professor
busta@ece.uic.edu
934 SEO
312.996.8679
Michael Tanner
Provost and Professor
mtanner@uic.edu
1020 SEO
312.413.3350
Piotr Gmytrasiewicz
Adjunct Associate Professor
priotr@uic.edu
935 SEO
312.355.1320
Dennis Vaccaro
Adjunct Lecturer
dvaccaro@ece.uic.edu
934 SEO
312.996.8679
Ajay Kshemkalyani
Adjunct Associate Professor
ajay@uic.edu
915 SEO
312.355.1309
Miroslav Velev
Adjunct Lecturer & Research Assistant
Professor
mvelev@uic.edu
934 SEO
312.996.8679
John Lillis
Adjunct Associate Professor
jlillis@cs.uic.edu
936 SEO
312.355.1317
Derrick Mancini
Adjunct Associate Professor
mancini@aps.anl.gov
Vera Pless
Adjunct Professor
vpless@uic.edu
507 SEO
312.413.2177
Charles Rhodes
Adjunct Professor
rhodes@uic.edu
2140 SES
312.996.4868
Sivalingam Sivananthan
Adjunct Professor
siva@uic.edu
2366 SES
312.996-5092
Stephen Yao
Adjunct Professor
yau@uic.edu
409 SEO
312.996.3065
Oliver Yu
Research Associate Professor
oyu@ece.uic.edu
1108 SEO
312.996.2308
Not Listed Above:
Christian Fischer, Visiting Scholar
Bin He, Adjunct Professor
Arye Nehorai, Adjunct Professor
Paul Shen, Adjunct Professor