Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty and Staff - Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Faculty

	Robert Adams, Ph.D. Associate Professor Research Areas: Applied Electromagnetics, Computational Electromagnetics, Theoretical Electromagnetics
	Zhi David Chen , Ph.D. Director of Graduate Studies KU Professor of Electrical Engineering Research Areas: CMOS Transistor Reliability, Microelectronic Fabrication, Microsensors, Novel Semiconductor Devices and Materials
	Sen-ching Samson Cheung, Ph.D. Associate Professor Research Areas: Data Mining, Image and Video Processing, Information Retrieval
	Aaron M. Cramer, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Research Areas: control systems, electric machines, optimization of power electronics, power systems
	Henry G. (Hank) Dietz, Ph.D. James F. Hardymon Chair in Networking Professor Research Areas: Compilers, Digital Imaging, Hardware Architectures and Networking, Operating Systems, Parallel Processing
	Kevin Donohue, Ph.D. Data Beam Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering Research Areas: biomedical signals, detection and estimation theory, distributed sensors systems, music, pattern recognition, psychophysics, Signal Processing, speech, ultrasound
	Stephen D. Gedney, Ph.D. Reese Terry Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Research Areas: Computational Electromagnetics, Electromagnetic Scattering, Microwave Circuit Device Modeling, Parallel Computational Methods, Parasitic Extraction of Mixed Signal Systems
	Laurence G. Hassebrook, Ph.D. Blazie Professor of Electrical Engineering Research Areas: 3-Dimensional Data Acquistion, pattern recognition, Signal and Image Processing, Stochastic Systems
	J. Todd Hastings, Ph.D. Associate Professor Research Areas: Biological Sensors, Biotechnology, Chemical Sensors, Nano-fabrication, Nanotechnology, Photonics
	J. Robert Heath, Ph.D. Associate Professor Director of Undergraduate Studies – Computer Engineering Research Areas: Computer engineering, digital signal processing, machine vision and intelligence, software engineering
	Lawrence E. Holloway, Ph.D. TVA Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Chair Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Director, Power and Energy Institute Kentucky (PEIK) Research Areas: discrete event control systems, embedded systems, Energy, fault detection, fault diagnosis, fault monitoring, manufacturing automation, Manufacturing Systems, power, power systems, production control
	Daniel Lau, Ph.D. Associate Professor Research Areas: digital communications, Image-Processing
	Yuan Liao, Ph.D. Associate Professor Research Areas: Energy, energy management system, intelligent techniques, Power quality monitoring and analysis, Power system economics and optimization, Protective relaying, Security, Signal Processing
	Cai-Cheng Lu, Ph.D. Professor Research Areas: antenna analysis and design, Electromagnetic wave propagation and scattering, fast numerical algorithms for computational electromagnetics, inverse scattering, microwave imaging
	Janet K. Lumpp, Ph.D. Professor Research Areas: lasers, Materials, microelectronics
	James E. Lumpp, Jr., Ph.D. Associate Professor Research Areas: Aerospace Systems (UAVs and Small Satellites), embedded systems, Networks, Safety Critical Systems, Wireless Communication
	Meikang Qiu , Ph.D. Assistant Professor Research Areas: Computer and Network Security, Data Mining and Fusion, embedded systems, Hardware/Software Codesign, Heterogeneous Sensor Network, Low Power Chip Design, Mobile Interface Browsing, Parallel Architecture
	Vijay Singh, Ph.D. Earl Parker Robinson Chair in Engineering Professor Research Areas: Electroluminescence, Electronic Devices, Electronic Materials, Energy, Flat-Panel Displays, Photovoltaics, Solar, Thin Film Solar Cells, Thin-film Technology
	William T. Smith, Ph.D. Associate Department Chair Director of Undergraduate Studies Associate Professor Research Areas: Antennas, Electromagnetic Compatibility, Radio Communications
	Lee Todd, Ph.D. Former UK President Professor
	Bruce Walcott, Ph.D. Associate Dean for New Economy Initiatives and Innovations Management Engineering Alumni Association Professor Research Areas: all-digital control design, deterministic control of uncertain systems, deterministic estimation of uncertain systems, modeling of flexible systems by uncertain methods, nonlinear systems, output feedback stabilization of nonlinear systems, symbolic control
	YuMing Zhang, Ph.D. James R. Boyd Professor in Electrical Engineering Professor Research Areas: Applied machine vision, control systems, Manufacturing processes, robotic welding