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.
Faculty members are recognized experts in fields such as MEMS and
nanotechnology, computer engineering, information systems, power electronics
and electromagnetics. We have demonstrated success in collaborating with our
industrial partners through the services of the Nanotechnology Core Facility,
which contains some of the most sophisticated equipment available in the
Chicago area. Our faculty members and knowledgeable graduate students are
prepared to assist with your challenging projects.
TECHNOLOGY SERVICES
The electrical and computer engineering department has the capability and
resources to provide industry support in the following four interdisciplinary areas.
MEMS and Nanotechnology
The ECE department provides world-class facilities and expert services in the
area of nanotechnology. Various industries and universities benefit from
collaborative efforts with faculty, staff and graduate students.
Faculty experts:
Mitra Dutta
Alan Feinerman
Siddhartha Ghosh
Vitali Metlushko
Michael Stroscio
www.uictechnologyservices.uic.edu
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 is accessible to business users and nonprofit
institutions. The NCF provides access, training, service and process guidance on
fabrication and characterization equipment. Equipment is available for
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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. The facility also contains a microfabrication laboratory
with a 3,000 square-foot Class 100/1000 clean room.
NanoEngineering Research Lab
Activities in the NanoEngineering Research Lab 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
The RRC offers instrumentation, training and service involving scanning (SEM),
transmission (TEM) and scanning transmission (STEM) electron microscopy.
These resources can be used in energy dispersive or wavelength dispersive Xray mode to give compositional information. In TEM and STEM, the transmitted
beam can also be analyzed by electron energy loss spectroscopy to provide
compositional and electronic state information. Equipment is available for both
life science and materials science specimen preparation.
Computer Engineering
The computer engineering area focuses on advancements in architecture and
design, computer systems security, VLSI design and systems, and robotics.
The department has strengthened its standing within the field of computer
engineering through the recent addition of several faculty members.
Faculty experts:
Prith Banerjee
Jezekiel Ben-Arie
Masud Chowdhury
Shantanu Dutt
Ashfaq Khokhar
Gyungho Lee
Derong Liu
Kaijie Wu
Milos Zefran
Zhichun Zhu
www.uictechnologyservices.uic.edu
Specific Expert Services
Application-specific cache design
Computer Architecture
Design Automation for FPGA & ASIC design
Fault-Tolerant Computing & Design
Robotics
VLSI Computer Aided Design
Parallel Processing
Compiler Design & Optimization
Computer Systems Security
Embedded Systems Design
FPGA & ASIC design
VLSI Systems
VLSI Testing
LABS AND SPECIAL EQUIPMENT
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.
Computational Intelligence Laboratory
The lab brings together academic research in the field of computational
intelligence and the problems encountered in engineering practice. Current
application areas include traffic control management in telecommunication
networks and learning control methodologies for automotive engines.
Design Automation, and Reconfiguration and Testing Laboratory
This lab facilitates automation projects and the computer-aided design and
testing of FPGA and VLSI circuits.
Lab for Advanced Computer Architecture
Current projects involve application specific cache design, high-performance
memory architecture, and computer system and network security.
Lab for FPGAs, ASICs, and Embedded Systems Design
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. We have access to various workstations and design
automation tools for ASICs and FPGAs from Cadence, Synopsys, Mentor
Graphics, Synplicity, Xilinx, Altera.
Information Systems
The information systems area focuses on identifying opportunities to apply a
broad range of knowledge to challenges in the areas of communications, signal
and image processing, and multimedia systems.
Faculty experts:
Rashid Ansari
Jezekiel Ben-Arie
Daniel Graupe
Derong Liu
Roland Priemer
Dan Schonfeld
Daniela Tuninetti
Yingwei Yao
www.uictechnologyservices.uic.edu
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
Projects include machine perception in image understanding, motion analysis
and auditory perception. Methods used are based upon signal processing and
neural networks disciplines.
Multimedia Communications Laboratory
MCL is focused on the analysis and processing of multimedia signals in
emerging multimedia communication applications. Projects are devoted to
multimedia storage, retrieval, processing, communications and networking.
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
Projects in the Multimedia Systems Lab involve content-based storage and
retrieval for multimedia applications and distributed multimedia database systems
and networks.
The Wireless Communications Lab
This lab specializes in next generation mobile wireless networks. Current
projects span topics from fundamental information theoretic performance limits to
practical signal processing, communication, and coding techniques. Computer
simulations are utilized to analyze system throughput and user capacity, and to
verify and improve design concepts.
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
Power Electronics and Electromagnetics
This area provides advancements in the fields of electromagnetics, power
electronics, wireless and wired networks, power and sensor networks, and
information assurance.
Faculty experts:
Danilo Erricolo
Sudip Mazumder
H.Y. David Yang
Piergiorgio Uslenghi
www.uictechnologyservices.uic.edu
Specific Expert Services
Alternative and Distributed Energy Systems
Antenna Pattern Measurement
Antenna and Transceiver Design
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
Andrew Electromagnetics Laboratory
The anechoic room of the Andrew Electromagnetics Lab is equipped for antenna
measurements between 2 GHz and 26.5 GHz. Automated radiation pattern
measurements are available with a network analyzer connected to a PC.
Laboratory for Energy and Switching Electronics Systems
At the forefront of power-electronics, the Laboratory for Energy and Switching
Electronics Systems is equipped with advanced circuit fabrication equipment,
measurement devices and workstations containing software tools for circuit
design and simulation.
CONTACT INFO
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