Electrical and Computer Engineering
A broad range of expertise and cutting-edge resources are available when you
are working with the UIC Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Our knowledgeable faculty members and graduate students are prepared to
assist with your challenging projects. We have experience workingwith industry
through the services of the Nanotechnology Core Facility, which contains some
of the most sophisticated equipment available in the Chicago area.
Computer Architecture, Design and Security
Our proficiencies include advancements in computer architecture and design,
computer systems security and robotics.
Faculty experts:
Jezekiel Ben-Arie, PhD, Professor
Shantanu Dutt, PhD, Associate Professor
Ashfaq Khokhar, PhD, Professor
Gyungho Lee, PhD, Professor
Derong Liu, PhD, Professor
Kaijie Wu, PhD, Assistant Professor
Milos Zefran, PhD, Associate Professor
Zhichun Zhu, PhD, Assistant Professor
Specific Expert Services
Application-specific cache design
Computer Architecture
Fault-Tolerant Computing & Design
Parallel Processing
Compiler Design & Optimization
Computer Systems Security
Robotics
LABS AND SPECIAL EQUIPMENT
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Computer Vision and Robotics Laboratory
Specializing in the theoretical and applied research in computer vision and
robotics, the CVRL has excellent computing resources, a pair of Puma 560
manipulators, several mobile robots and a PHANToM haptic device.
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Computational Intelligence Laboratory
The lab brings together academic research in the field of computational
intelligence and the problems encountered in engineering practice.
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Lab for Advanced Computer Architecture
Current projects involve application specific cache design, high-performance
memory architecture, and computer system and network security.
VLSI Systems, CAD and Testing
Our technical expertise and research interests are in the design of ASICs,
FPGAs and embedded systems, and design automation tools for ASICs, FPGA,
and embedded systems.
Faculty experts:
Prith Banerjee, PhD, Distinguished Professor and Dean
Masud Chowdhury, PhD, Assistant Professor
Shantanu Dutt, PhD, Associate Professor
Kaijie Wu, PhD, Assistant Professor
Specific Expert Services
Deep Sub-micron VLSI
Embedded Systems Design
VLSI Computer Aided Design
Design Automation for FPGA & ASIC Design
FPGA & ASIC Design
VLSI Systems & Testing
LABS AND SPECIAL EQUIPMENT
Design Automation tools for the following ASICs and FPGAs
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Altera
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Synopsys
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Cadence
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Synplicity
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Mentor Graphics
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Xilinx
Power Electronics and Electromagnetics
Our experts provide advancements in electromagnetics, power electronics,
wireless and wired networks, and power and sensor networks.
Faculty experts:
Danilo Erricolo, PhD, Associate Professor
Sudip Mazumder, PhD, Associate Professor
Sharad Laxpati, PhD, Associate Professor
James Lin, PhD, Professor
H.Y. David Yang, PhD, Associate Professor
Piergiorgio Uslenghi, PhD, Professor
Specific Expert Services
Alternative and Distributed Energy Systems
Antenna and Transceiver Design
Antenna Pattern Measurement
Digital and Analog Design
Motor Drives and Control
Power Electronics
Power Semiconductor Devices
Power Systems
Distributed Control (using wireless and wire-based communication)
LABS AND SPECIAL EQUIPMENT
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Anechoic room equipped for antenna measurements and automated radiation
pattern measurements
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Laboratory for Energy and Switching Electronics Systems contains circuit
fabrication equipment, measurement devices and workstations containing
software tools for circuit design and simulation
MEMS and Nanotechnology
World-class facilities and expert services are available. Various industries and
universities benefit from collaborative efforts with faculty, staff and graduate
students.
Faculty experts:
Mitra Dutta, PhD, Distinguished Professor and Head of Department
Alan Feinerman, PhD, Associate Professor
Siddhartha Ghosh, PhD, Assistant Professor
Vitali Metlushko, PhD, Associate Professor
Michael Stroscio, PhD, Professor
Specific Expert Services
Electron beam lithography
Microfluidics Center
Photolithograpy
Thin Film Deposition
Electron Microscopy
Optical Profilometer
Etching (several types)
LABS AND SPECIAL EQUIPMENT
Nanotechnology Core Facility
This versatile MEMS/Nano facility provides access, training, service and process
guidance on fabrication and characterization equipment such as
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Photolithography
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Thin Film Deposition (metals, semiconductors, and dielectrics)
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Etching
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Sample Characterization (electrical, optical, and surface)
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Dicing and Lead Attachment
NCF addresses the application of integrated circuit and fiber optic technology to
improve manufacturing methods for MEMS/Nano devices, BioMEMS,
Microfluidic, Electromechanical, Mechanical, Chemical, Optical, Photonic and
multifunctional devices. Also available is a microfabrication laboratory with a
3,000 square-foot Class 100/1000 clean room.
NanoEngineering Research Lab
Activities include: optical, electrical and atomic-force-microscopy-based
characterization of nanostructures, nanoscale modifications of DNA: synthesis of
colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals; materials characterization using
photoluminescence, Raman, and fluorescence microscopy.
Research Resource Center
RRC offers instrumentation, training and service involving scanning (SEM),
transmission (TEM) and scanning transmission (STEM) electron microscopy.
Compositional information is available using energy dispersive or wavelength
dispersive X-ray mode. In TEM and STEM, the transmitted beam can also be
analyzed by electron energy loss spectroscopy to provide compositional and
electronic state information.
Information Systems
Our capabilities are in the areas of communications, signal and image
processing, and multimedia systems.
Faculty experts:
Rashid Ansari, PhD, Professor
Jezekiel Ben-Arie, PhD, Professor
Daniel Graupe, PhD, Professor
Derong Liu, PhD, Professor
Roland Priemer, PhD, Associate Professor
Dan Schonfeld, PhD, Associate Professor
Daniela Tuninetti, PhD, Assistant Professor
Yingwei Yao, PhD, Assistant Professor
Specific Expert Services
Adaptive and Learning Systems
Biomedical Signal & Image Processing
Data Compression and Channel coding
Image Analysis and Computer Vision
Internet and Computer Networks
Multimedia Communications and Networks
Multimedia Systems
Multimedia Storage and Retrieval
Pattern Recognition
Signal, Image & Video Processing
Wireless Communications and Networks
Digital Rights Management, Security, Data Hiding
LABS AND SPECIAL EQUIPMENT
Machine Vision Laboratory
Multimedia Communications Laboratory
Special equipment includes
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Abekus Diskus-60 Digital Disk Recorder (provides video storage and editing)
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Sun Fire 4800 8-Processor Server
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Hitachi’s Smart Disk Array Cluster (2 Terabytes capacity)
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Sapphire Beowulf Cluster (computation platform for multimedia
communications)
Multimedia Systems Laboratory
The Wireless Communications Lab
This lab specializes in next generation mobile wireless networks. Services
include
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Signal Processing and Communication Technologies
multiuser detection interference cancellation
power control
MIMO
user cooperation
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Modern Coding Methods
LDPC
turbo-codes
iterative decoding
dirt paper coding
network coding
CONTACT INFO
Ralph Pini
UIC Engineering Corporate Relations Office
Telephone: 312-996-5843
Email: rpini@uic.edu
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