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2012 Annual Report of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Central Florida
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Table of Contents Message from the Chair 3 1. Faculty 1.1 Faculty 4
Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty Teaching and Research Faculty Faculty Awards and Honors 9 Fellows of Technical & Honor Societies Services for Professional Societies 10 University Honors and Award 11
1.2 Staff 11 Administrative and Technical Staff Honors and Awards
2. Academic Programs 12 2.1 Enrollment and Degrees Awarded 2.2 Courses Taught 15 2.3 PhD Dissertations & MSc Theses & Honors Theses 17 2.4 Student Awards Received 21 2.5 Course and Program Development 21 2.6 Instructional Laboratories 22 2.7 Lectures and Seminars 23 3. Research 23 3.1 Areas of Research 3.2 Research Laboratories 24 3.3 Publications 29
Books Book Chapters 29 Journal Publications (including those by undergraduate and graduate students) Conference Papers 33 Plenary and Invited Talks 44 Patents 45
3.4 Research Funding 47 New Funding Continuation Projects 52
3.5 Collaborations with Research Centers and Institutes 54 4. Partnership, Outreach and International Activities 55 4.1 The Industrial Advisory Board 5. Report of ECE Student Organizations 56 5.1 Eta Kappa Nu
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Message from the Chair
Academic year 2012-2013 has been both exciting and challenging. Like many other engineering departments around the country, our ECE budget was reduced due to the macro economic conditions and a further reduction of education support from the State. As a part of UCF whose student enrollment is the second largest in the nation, our undergraduate enrollment reached 1421 in Fall 2012, while our faculty headcount was 31. Since 2010, persistent efforts have been made in faculty recruitment, resulting in the hire of 7 T/TT faculty members, 1 research faculty member and 5 lecturers/instructors (including 2 tenured faculty members and 1 instructor hired during the current year). Our faculty headcount has recovered steadily from 24 (when I took over in Fall 2010) to 34 this year, but more work needs to be done (given that the headcount is still below the 2004-2005 level of 39 ECE faculty members).
In spite of budget cuts and faculty shortage, ECE faculty has shown remarkable perseverance in their pursuit of delivering quality education and undertaking impactful research. Among their major accomplishments are
• 64% increase in undergraduate degrees conferred (from 96 BSEE & 45 BSCpE in AY2010 to 157 BSEE & 75 BSCpE in AY 2012);
• 21% increase in PhD degrees awarded (from 13 EE & 6 CpE in AY2010 to 20 EE & 3 CpE in AY 2012);
• US News and World Report rankings improve from 66th/NR for EE/CpE in 2011 to 55th/58th in 2014, respectively.
• Our research and educational programs continue to advance, with new talents hired and with our new foci upon exciting opportunities in energy systems, communication, signal processing, smart sensors, and trustworthy computer systems.
• Departmental infrastructure is enhanced by hiring a full-time staff engineer, upgrading the equipment in all the teaching laboratories, and establishing a new medical robotics laboratory.
AY2012-2013 is a transitional year: our undergraduate and graduate educational programs have been streamlined to operate at a level of very high (arguably the maximum) efficiency, our focused research efforts have brought to fruition major achievements (to be explained in the annual report for AY 2013-2014), and our recent hires are starting to make significant impacts on our programs. Looking forward, we are very excited about ECE and its future. Although departmental growth is subject internal budgetary constraints, ECE faculty (including 1 NAE member, 7 IEEE Fellows and 4 NSF CAREER awardees) are highly dedicated and creative, and their hard work ensures that our students receive top-quality education and our research addresses critical needs of our time. This edition of ECE annual report contains the list of our faculty, their expertise and accomplishments in scholarly activities, learning, and technology transfer. With support from our alumni and friends, we will strive to achieve excellence and make ECE the best it can be. Zhihua Qu Professor and Chair of ECE October 23, 2013
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1. Faculty and Staff
1.1 FACULTY
Michael Haralambous Assistant Professor Ph.D., Electrical Engineering George Washington University, 1978
Robust stabilization and control of certain unstable plants
Xun Gong Associate Professor Ph.D., Electrical Engineering; University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, 2005 RF Microwave Millimeter wave Circuits, Integrated 3D High Q Resonators and Filters, Integrated Antennae [email protected]
Michael Georgiopoulos Dean and Professor Ph.D., Electrical Engineering University of Connecticut, 1986
Machine Learning, Kernel Machines, Neural Networks, Neuro-Evolution, Pattern Recognition and applications [email protected]
George Atia Assistant Professor Ph.D., Boston University, 2009 Signal processing, Stochastic control, Wireless communications, Controlled sensing, Information theory, Detection and estimation [email protected]
Yier Jin Assistant Professor Ph.D., Electrical Engineering; Yale University, 2012 Secure, trusted, and reliable processor and ASIC design, Cyber security and cryptography, Proof-carrying code and its implementation in hardware IP core transactions [email protected]
Ronald F. DeMara Professor Ph.D., Computer Engineering; University of Southern California, 1992
Computer Architecture, Intelligent Systems, Evolvable Hardware
Aman Behal Associate Professor Ph.D., Electrical Engineering; Clemson University, 2001
Robotics, Neuronal Modeling, Nonlinear Control and Identification, and Visual Servoing [email protected]
Issa Batarseh Professor Ph.D., Electrical Engineering; University of Illinois at Chicago, 1990
Power Electronics, Energy Conversion and Grid-tied Inverters
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Zhihua Qu Professor and Chair of ECE Ph.D., Electrical Engineering; Georgia Institute of Technology, 1990 Controls system theory, robotics and automation, power systems [email protected]
Samuel M. Richie Associate Professor and Undergraduate Program Coordinator Ph.D., Electrical Engineering; University of Central Florida, 1989 Surface acoustic wave SAW device modeling, SAW device computer aided design, transversal filter design theory [email protected]
Kalpathy Sundaram Professor Ph.D.; Electrical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology, 1980 Microelectronics, optoelectronic materials, thin films micromachining [email protected]
Juin J. Liou Professor Ph.D., Electrical Engineering; University of Florida, 1987
Micro nanoelectronics, computer aided design, RF device modeling and simulation [email protected]
Wasfy B. Mikhael Professor Ph.D., Electrical Engineering; University of Concordia, 1973 Digital signal processing, adaptive signal processing, one and multidimensional signal compression [email protected]
W. Linwood Jones Professor Ph.D., Electrical Engineering; VA Polytechnic Institute & State University, 1971 Remote Sensing, Satellite Communications Systems Engineering [email protected]
Mingjie Lin Assistant Professor Ph.D., Stanford University, 2008
Computer Architecture/Compiler, Reconfigurable Computing, Integrated Circuit and System Design [email protected]
Saeed Lotfifard Assistant Professor Ph.D., Electrical Engineering; Texas A&M University, 2011 Power Systems Protection and Cyber-physical Energy System/Smart Grid Technologies [email protected]
Marwan Simaan
Professor, Dean of CECS Ph.D., Electrical Engineering; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1972 Optimization and control signal processing, telecommunication and knowledge based signal processing and control [email protected]
Donald Malocha Professor Ph.D., Electrical Engineering; University of Illinois, 1977 Surface acoustic wave technology, semiconductor device technology, solid state device fabrication, RF communications [email protected]
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Arthur Weeks Associate Professor Ph.D., Electrical Engineering; University of Central Florida, 1987 Biomedical sensors, patient monitoring, tele-healthcare image processing and wireless computing [email protected]
Jun Wang Associate Professor Ph.D., Computer Science and Engineering; University of Cincinnati, 2002 Computer Architecture, OS and High Performance [email protected]
Thomas X. Wu Professor Ph.D., Electrical Engineering; University of Pennsylvania, 1999 Energy Device and System [email protected]
Jiann S. Yuan Professor Ph.D. Electrical Engineering; University of Florida, 1988 Semiconductor device modeling, device and circuit simulation, analog digital circuit analysis and design [email protected]
Azadeh Vosoughi Associate Professor Ph.D.; Electrical Engineering Cornell University, 2006 Cyber-physical systems, Signal and information processing, Detection and estimation theory, Communication theory [email protected]
Parveen F. Wahid Professor Ph.D., Electrical Communication Engineering; Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, 1979 Antenna design and analysis, electromagnetics, microwaves [email protected]
Lei Wei Associate Professor Ph.D., Electrical Engineering; University of South Australia, 1996 Mobile communications, wireless systems, error control coding, information theory, fast simulation, signal processing [email protected]
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The Harris Corporation Engineering Center
TEACHING & RESEARCH FACULTY
Zakhia Abichar Lecturer Ph.D; Computer Engineering University Iowa State, 2010 Wireless networks, mobile computing, pervasive computing, human-computer interaction, innovative computing [email protected]
Suboh Suboh Lectuer Ph.D; Electrical Engineering The George Washington University, 2010 Computer Architecture & Networking [email protected]
Shady Elashhab Lecturer Ph.D; Electrical and Computer Engineering Oakland University, 2009 Robust and Optimal Control of Dynamical System [email protected]
Azza Fahim Lecturer Ph.D; Electrical Engineering Cairo University, 1984 Electromagnetic analysis of electric machines, Finite-element methods in the analysis and design of electric machine [email protected]
ChungYong Chan Lecturer Ph.D; Electrical Engineering University of Mississippi, 2010 Linear phase FIR filter design using the Bayesian inference framework, Bayesian Time-Frequency Analysis, Room Acoustics, Landmine Detection [email protected]
Alireza Seyedi Visiting Assistant Professor Ph.D.; Electrical Engineering Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2004 Convergence of Control and Communications, Control and Decision, Communications [email protected]
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VISITING RESEARCH FACULTY& JOINT FACULTY
PROFESSOR EMERITUS
Neelkanth Dhere Joint Faculty [email protected]
Georgios Anagnostopoulos Joint Faculty Machine Learning, Artificial Neural Networks, Decision Trees, Evolutionary Computation, Data Mining [email protected]
Peter Delfyett Joint Faculty Ultrafast Photonics [email protected]
Sasan Fathpour Joint Faculty Lasers, Semiconductor & Integrated Photonics, Nonlinear & Quantum Optics [email protected]
Eytan Pollak Visiting Research Professor [email protected]
Ronald Philips Professor Emeritus Ph.D; Engineering Arizona State University, 1971 Propagation through random media, optical communications, laser radar and imaging through atmospheric turbulence. [email protected]
M.J. Soileau Joint Faculty Nonlinear Optics, Laser Induced Damage [email protected]
Martin C. Richardson Joint Faculty Femtosecond Laser-Aided Materials Processing, Laser System Development, Laser-Induced-Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) [email protected]
Nicolaos S.Tzannes Professor Emeritus The Johns Hopkins University, 1966 Communications, signal/image processing [email protected]
Debashis Chanda Secondary Joint Faculty Thin-film solar cells, study of light-matter interactions in artificially structured metal/dielectric structures (metamaterials, plasmonic nanostructures), Debashis.Chanda@creol.
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Faculty Hours
National Science Foundation CAREER Award Xun Gong
John Shen Azadeh Vosoughi
Jun Wang
Department of Energy Young Investigator Award Jun Wang
External Awards and Honors
2012 IGARSS Outstanding inter-active Paper Award Linwood Jones Distinguished Alumni Award, St. John University Juin Liou
Fellows of Technical & Honor Societies
American Association for the Advancement of AAAS Zhihua Qu Issa Batarseh Marwan Simaan
IEEE Fellows Issa Batarseh
Linwood Jones Juin J. Liou Donald Malocha Wasfy Mikhael Zhihua Qu Marwan Simaan
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Chair, Professorships and Faculty Fellows
Marwan Simaan, Florida 21st Century Chair Professor
Zhihua Qu, SAIC Professor
Michael Georgiopoulos, Martin/St. Laurent Professor
Xun Gong, CAE Link Faculty Fellow
Mingjie Lin, SAIC Faculty Fellow
Juin J. Liou, Analog Devices Faculty Fellow
Jun Wang, Charles N. Millican Faculty Fellow
Thomas Wu, National Research Council (AFRL) Senior Research Fellow
Services of Professional Societies
Faculty Name Professional Services Aman Behal • Associate Editor, 2012 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent
Robots and Systems, Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal
Ronald Demara • Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Computers Juin J. Liou • Editorial Advisory Board, Advances in Microelectronic Engineering
Donald Malocha • Associate Editor, IEEE Ultransonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control Society
Zhihua Qu • Associate Editor, IEEE ACCESS • Advisory Board, International Journal of Robotics and Automation Alireza Seyedi • Associate Editor, IEEE Signal Processing Letters (2012-present)
Marwan Simaan • IEEE Access Editorial Board • IEEE Systems Journal Azadeh Vosoughi • Associate Editor for the IEEE Wireless Communications
Transactions • Associate Editor, IEEE Signal Processing Letters • Associate Editor, IEEE Signal Processing Magazine Thomas Wu • Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Applications
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University Honors and Awards
Linwood Jones 2012 Faculty Excellence in Mentoring Doctoral Students Juin Liou 2012 Dean’s Research Professorship Award Parveen Wahid 2012 Women of Distinction: Excellence in Mentoring Award Jun Wang 2013 Dean’s Research Professorship Award Arthur Weeks 2012 Nominated for Outstanding Undergraduate Teacher Kalpathy Sundaram 2013 Professional Service Award
1.2 STAFF
ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECHNICAL STAFF
ECE STAFF
Diana Camerino Graduate Program Assistant
Contact Info: E-Mail: [email protected] Office: HEC-439E Office Phone: (407) 823-3027
Grissel Guzman-David Administrative Assistant
Contact Info: E-Mail: [email protected] Office: HEC-346D Office Phone: (407) 823-0015
Charlese Hilton-Brown Coordinator, Academic Advising
Contact Info: E-Mail: [email protected] Office: HEC-345F Office Phone: (407) 823-2787
Terrell Hodges Senior Information Specialist
Contact Info: E-Mail: [email protected] Office: HEC-346C Office Phone: (407) 823-4587
Melissa Occil Coordinator, Administrative Services
Contact Info: E-Mail: [email protected] Office: HEC-439A Office Phone: (407) 823-5942
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EECS SHARED STAFF
Theresa Collins Coordinator, Accounting Services
Contact Info: E-Mail: [email protected] Office: HEC-438F Office Phone: (407) 823-2637
David Douglas Laboratory Manager
Contact Info: E-Mail: [email protected] Office: ENGR-465 Office Phone: (407) 823-5797
Kenneth Enloe Program Assistant
Contact Info: E-Mail: [email protected] Office: HEC-346B Office Phone: (407) 823-5790
Steven Freund Systems Programming Manager
Contact Info: E-Mail: [email protected] Office: HEC-365 Office Phone: (407) 823-4697
Sameer Nayfeh Lab Support and Property Control
Contact Info: E-Mail: [email protected] Office: ENGR-118 Office Phone: (407) 823-0046
2. Academic Programs
2.1 ENROLLMENT AND DEGREES AWARDED BSEE & BSCPE The mission of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science is to educate undergraduate and graduate students to become highly skilled in the principles and practices of computer engineering (CpE) and electrical engineering (EE). The Electrical Engineering Program is to develop and disseminate the theory and methods for the design, analysis, and implementation of the principles and practices in Electrical Engineering; and Computer Engineering Program is to develop and disseminate the theory and methods for the design, analysis, implementation, and improvement of computer hardware, software, and systems.
Enrollment in ECE Division undergraduate programs for Fall 2012 totaled 1105 students as listed below:
• BSEE Enrollment = 660 • BSCpE Enrollment = 445
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The chart below shows undergraduate enrollment in EE and CpE starting Fall 2007 – Fall 2012. The ECE Division awarded 157 BSEE and 75 BSCpE for AY 2012 -2013 as listed below:
• BSEE: Degrees Awarded = 157 • BSCpE: Degrees Awarded = 75
Total Undergraduate Degrees awarded in ECE = 232 The chart below shows the degrees awarded for EE and CpE from AY 2009 – 2013. (Source: UCF Pegasus Mine Portal)
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MSEE, MSCPE, PH.D. EE, PH.D. CPE Fall 2012 Enrollment in ECE Division graduate programs totaled 267 students as listed below:
• MSEE Enrollment = 73 • MSCpE Enrollment = 41 • Ph.D. EE Enrollment = 111 • Ph.D. CpE Enrollment = 42
The chart below shows Graduate enrollment in EE and CpE starting Fall 2008 – Fall 2012. (Source: UCF Pegasus Mine Portal ) The ECE Division awarded 50 Masters degrees and 23 Ph.D. degrees as listed below: Total Masters Degrees awarded in ECE = 50
• M.S.E.E: Degrees Awarded = 32 • M.S.CpE: Degrees Awarded = 18
The chart below shows M.Sc. Degrees conferred from 2010-2013.
(Source: UCF Pegasus Mine Portal)
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Total Ph.D. Degrees awarded in ECE = 23
• Ph.D.E.E Degrees Awarded = 20 • Ph.D.CpE: Degrees Awarded = 3
The chart below shows Ph.D. Degrees Conferred from 2010-2013. (Source: UCF Pegasus Mine Portal) 2.2 COURSES TAUGHT DURING AY 2012 - 2013
Course Title Faculty
COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE ABICHAR
ENG ANALYSIS & COMPUTATION
FUNDAMENTALS OF ELECTRIC POWER AMOS
RANDOM PROCESSES II ATIA
LINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS BEHAL
INTRO TO MOD & ROBUST CONTROL
SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION
ELECTRONICS I CHAN CH
ELECTRICAL NETWORKS
CIRCUIT ANALYSIS
DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING FUND
COMPUTER COM NETWORKS CHATTERJEE
COMPUTER ORGANIZATION DEMARA
DIGITAL SYSTEMS ELASHHAB
NETWORKS AND SYSTEMS
ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS
LINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS
COMPUTER ORGANIZATION
PRINCIPLES OF ELECTRICAL ENG FAHIM
ELECTRICAL NETWORKS
IMAGE PROCESSING FOROOSH
INTRO TO NEURAL NETWORKS GEORGIOPOULOS
ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS GONG
MICROWAVE ENGINEERING
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RF & MICROWAVE COMMUNICATIONS
ENGINEERING HONORS SEMINAR GONZALEZ
NETWORKS AND SYSTEMS HARALAMBOUS
ENG APPL OF COMPUTER METHODS
LINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS
FULL-CUSTOM VLSI DESIGN JIN
SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS JONES
ADV TP IN ELECTROMAG & MICROWV
INTRODUCTION TO RADAR SYSTEMS
BIOMEDICAL NANOTECHNOLOGY KAPOOR
FIELD PROGRAM GATE ARRAY FPGA LIN
CUR TOPICS IN PARALLEL PROCESS
HDL IN DIGITAL SYSTEMS DESIGN
CIRCUIT ANALYSIS LIOU
ADVANCED SEMICONDCT DEVICE I
ADVANCED TOPICS IN POWER ENG LOTFIFARD
FUNDAMENTALS OF ELECTRIC POWER
SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES I MALOCHA
FABRICAT OF SOLID STATE
ELECTRONICS I MERTENS
SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES I
ANALOG FILTER DESIGN MIKHAEL
DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING FUND
DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING APPL
COOPERATIVE CONTROL OF SYSTEMS QU
DIGITAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS RAWLINS
FUNDAMENTALS OF ELECTRIC POWER RICHIE
SENIOR DESIGN I
SENIOR DESIGN II
DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS SEYEDI
DETECTION AND ESTIMATION
MODERN & OPT CONTROL SYSTEMS SIMAAN
ADVANCED TOPICS IN MICROELECT SUNDARAM
THIN FILM TECHNOLOGY
PRIN OF ELECTRICAL ENG HONORS
DIGITAL SYSTEMS SUBOH
COMPUTER ORGANIZATION
ADAPTIVE DIGITAL SIGNAL PROC VOSOUGHI
PERF ANALY COMP & COM SYSTEMS WANG
ELECTRICAL NETWORKS WAHID
ANTENNA ANALYSIS AND DESIGN
ELECTRICAL NETWORKS
ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS
DIGITAL SYSTEMS WEEKS
ELECTRONICS II
EMBEDDED SYSTEMS
ANALOG & DIGITAL COM FUND WEI
COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS DESIGN
COMMUNICATION THEORY
ELECTRIC MACHINERY WU
ELECTROMAGNETIC THEORY I
ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS
ADVANCED MACHINES
DEVICE ELECT INTERGR CIRCUITS YUAN
CMOS ANALOG & DIG CIRCUIT DSGN
ELECTRONICS I
SEMICONDCT DEVICE MOD & SIM
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2.3 PHD DISSERTATIONS & MC THESIS & HONORS THESIS Ph.D. Dissertations during the Academic Year 2012 – 2013 reporting period are listed below:
Last Name First Name Program Committee Chair name Thesis/Dissertation Title
Ahmad Mohammad Zubair
Computer Engineering PhD Ratan Guha
Measuring the evolving Internet ecosystem with exchange points
Banaei Seyed Esmaeil Electrical Engineering PhD Sasan Fathpour
Polymer Optical Fibers for Luminescent Solar Concentration
Bhattacharya Subhabrata Computer Engineering PhD Mubarak Shah
Recognition of Complex Events in Open-source Web Scale Videos: A Bottom up Approach.
Brawner Keith Computer Engineering PhD Avelino Gonzalez
Modeling Learner Mood in Realtime through Biosensors for Intelligent Tutoring Improvements
Chen Li Electrical Engineering PhD Parveen Wahid
Non Linear Distortion Characterization and Modeling of SAW Duplexers.
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Chen Shuyu Electrical Engineering PhD Jiann-Shiun Yuan
rf power amplifier and oscillator design for reliability and variability
Cui Qiang Electrical Engineering PhD Juin Liou
On-Chip Electro-Static Discharge (ESD) Protection for Radio-Frequency Integrated Circuits
Grummel Brian Electrical Engineering PhD Zheng Shen
Design and Characterization of High Temperature Packaging for Wide-Bandgap Semiconductor Devices
Haddad Ghaith Computer Engineering PhD Gary Leavens
Specification and Runtime Checking of Timing Constraints in Safety Critical Java
Horine Brent Electrical Engineering PhD Damla Turgut
Bootstrapping Cognitive Radio Networks
Hossain Mainul Electrical Engineering PhD Ming Su
X-ray Radiation Enabled Cancer Detection and Treatment with Nanoparticles
Liu Ying Electrical Engineering PhD Wasfy Mikhael
Complex-valued adaptive digital signal enhancement for applications in wireless communication systems
Liu Wen Electrical Engineering PhD Juin Liou
Design, Characterization and Analysis of Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Protection Solutions in Emerging and Modern Technologies
Luther Justin Electrical Engineering PhD Xun Gong
Microstrip Patch Electrically Steerable Parasitic Array Radiators
Maknouninejad Ali Electrical Engineering PhD Zhihua Qu
cooperative control and advanced management of distributed generators in a smart grid
Oreifej Omar Computer Engineering PhD Mubarak Shah
Robust Subspace Estimation Using Low-Rank Optimization. Theory and Applications in Scene Reconstruction, Video Denoising, and Activity Recognition.
Ramme Mark Electrical Engineering PhD Martin Richardson
Ultrafast Laser Material Processing For Photonic Applications
Reeder John Computer Engineering PhD
Michael Georgiopoulos
Life Long Learning in Sparse Learning Environments
Ren Xinhua Electrical Engineering PhD Xun Gong
High Temperature Materials Characterization and Sensor Application
Solmaz Berkan Electrical Engineering PhD Mubarak Shah
Holistic Representations for Actions of Individuals and Crowds.
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Yang Boyi Electrical Engineering PhD Zheng Shen
High Performance Low Voltage Power MOSFET for High-Frequency Synchronous Buck Converters
Yang Yang Electrical Engineering PhD Mubarak Shah
Learning Hierarchical Representations for Video Analysis Using Deep Learning.
Zakariya Abdullah Electrical Engineering PhD Patrick Likamwa
Monolithically Integrated Broadly Tunable Light Emitters based on Selectively Intermixed Quantum Wells
Zhang Qian Electrical Engineering PhD Zheng Shen
A high efficiency module solar system architecture
Last Name First Name Program Committee Chair name Thesis/Dissertation Title
Ahmad Mohammad Zubair
Computer Engineering PhD Ratan Guha
Measuring the evolving Internet ecosystem with exchange points
Banaei Seyed Esmaeil Electrical Engineering PhD Sasan Fathpour
Polymer Optical Fibers for Luminescent Solar Concentration
Bhattacharya Subhabrata Computer Engineering PhD Mubarak Shah
Recognition of Complex Events in Open-source Web Scale Videos: A Bottom up Approach.
Brawner Keith Computer Engineering PhD Avelino Gonzalez
Modeling Learner Mood in Realtime through Biosensors for Intelligent Tutoring Improvements
Chen Li Electrical Engineering PhD Parveen Wahid
Non Linear Distortion Characterization and Modeling of SAW Duplexers.
Chen Shuyu Electrical Engineering PhD Jiann-Shiun Yuan
rf power amplifier and oscillator design for reliability and variability
Cui Qiang Electrical Engineering PhD Juin Liou
On-Chip Electro-Static Discharge (ESD) Protection for Radio-Frequency Integrated Circuits
Grummel Brian Electrical Engineering PhD Zheng Shen
Design and Characterization of High Temperature Packaging for Wide-Bandgap Semiconductor Devices
Haddad Ghaith Computer Engineering PhD Gary Leavens
Specification and Runtime Checking of Timing Constraints in Safety Critical Java
Horine Brent Electrical Engineering PhD Damla Turgut
Bootstrapping Cognitive Radio Networks
Hossain Mainul Electrical Engineering PhD Ming Su
X-ray Radiation Enabled Cancer Detection and Treatment with Nanoparticles
Liu Ying Electrical Engineering PhD Wasfy Mikhael
Complex-valued adaptive digital signal enhancement for
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applications in wireless communication systems
Liu Wen Electrical Engineering PhD Juin Liou
Design, Characterization and Analysis of Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Protection Solutions in Emerging and Modern Technologies
Luther Justin Electrical Engineering PhD Xun Gong
Microstrip Patch Electrically Steerable Parasitic Array Radiators
Maknouninejad Ali Electrical Engineering PhD Zhihua Qu
cooperative control and advanced management of distributed generators in a smart grid
Oreifej Omar Computer Engineering PhD Mubarak Shah
Robust Subspace Estimation Using Low-Rank Optimization. Theory and Applications in Scene Reconstruction, Video Denoising, and Activity Recognition.
Ramme Mark Electrical Engineering PhD Martin Richardson
Ultrafast Laser Material Processing For Photonic Applications
Reeder John Computer Engineering PhD
Michael Georgiopoulos
Life Long Learning in Sparse Learning Environments
Ren Xinhua Electrical Engineering PhD Xun Gong
High Temperature Materials Characterization and Sensor Application
Solmaz Berkan Electrical Engineering PhD Mubarak Shah
Holistic Representations for Actions of Individuals and Crowds.
Yang Boyi Electrical Engineering PhD Zheng Shen
High Performance Low Voltage Power MOSFET for High-Frequency Synchronous Buck Converters
Yang Yang Electrical Engineering PhD Mubarak Shah
Learning Hierarchical Representations for Video Analysis Using Deep Learning.
Zakariya Abdullah Electrical Engineering PhD Patrick Likamwa
Monolithically Integrated Broadly Tunable Light Emitters based on Selectively Intermixed Quantum Wells
Zhang Qian Electrical Engineering PhD Zheng Shen
A high efficiency module solar system architecture
MS Thesis during the reporting period are listed below:
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Last Name First Name Program Committee Chair name Thesis/Dissertation Title
Alabri Said Electrical Engineering MSEE Zhihua QuDistributed Extremum Seeking and Cooperative Control for Mobile Cooperative Communication Systems
Aslebagh Shadi Electrical Engineering MSEE W JonesDevelopment of an Oceanic Rain Accumulation Product in Support of Sea Surface Salinity Measurements from Aquarius/SAC-D
Cooper Douglas Electrical Engineering MSEE Wasfy MikhaelSpeech Detection using Gammatone Features and One-Class Support Vector Machine
Li Yin Electrical Engineering MSEE Lei Wei Practical issues in GPRAM development
Somani Utsav Electrical Engineering MSEE Issa BatarsehEfficiency Optimization of LLC Topology and Phase Skipping Control of Three Phase Inverter for PV Applications
Vega-Nevarez Juan Electrical Engineering MSEE Zhihua QuOnline Path Planning and Control Solution for a Coordinated Attack of Multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in a Dynamic Environment
2.4 STUDENT AWARDS RECEIVED
Scholarship Award
AT&T Wireless Scholarship $1000 Taylor Stewart Boeing Scholarship $2000 Kristen Berman Gustavo Valencia Daniel D. Hammond Scholarship $1000 Shawn Mahon David & Jane Donaldson Scholarship $2500 Wen Liu Frank Hubbard Engineering Scholarship $1000 Ivette Carreras Professor James Beck Scholarship $500 Laura Cano
Progress Energy Scholarship $2000 Goergiy Brussenskiy Carlos Gonzalez Benjamin Goolsby Nicholas Heintz Yuval Mor Joseph Nichols Andrea Solano NACME Scholarship Anthony Adu - $1250 Roberto Amaya - $2500 Evan Brown - $2500 Alphonso Carty - $2500 Dominque Benito - $2375 Robert Simon - $2375
2.5 COURSE & PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT
The following are Course and Program changes during the calendar year 2012 – 2013. Undergraduate Education EEL 4768 Computer Architecture – from 4 to 3 credits; lab fee FROM $30 to $0 EEL 3004 Electrical Networks – Removal of Laplace in the description; added a recitation EEL 3004H Electrical Networks Honors - Course for electrical and computer engineering students who are honors in the major; added a recitation EEL 4436C Microwave Engineering – The semester offering of the course was changed from Fall Odd to Fall odd and even EGN 3211 Engineering Analysis and Computation - added as a required course for EE and CpE curriculum
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EGN 3420 Engineering Analysis - removed from the EE curriculum EE and CpE: All students must take at least 24 hours from the EECS dept. in order to maintain the integrity of the BS CpE and EE degrees. Change CpE degree technical electives from 6 to 9 because of the credit hour decrease for COP 303C, 4431C, and EEL 4768C. Updated the Intelligent Robotic Systems Minor
Graduate Education EEL 5780 Wireless Networks – remove summer term offerings EEL 5704 Computer Aided Logical Design – remove summer term offerings EEL 6XXX/6938 Modern EDA Algorithms in VLSI – updated prerequisite to EEE 3342C EEL 5722C Introduction to FPGA Technology - from 3(3,1) to 3(3,3) EEL 5439C RF and Microwave Communications – preq EEL 4436C from 3(2,1), 4(3,1) to 4(3,3); odd/even spring EEL 5437C Microwave Engineering - The semester offering of the course was changed from (from odd semesters to even semesters)
2.6 INSTRUCTIONAL LABORATORIES
TEACHING LABORATORIES
Undergraduate/Graduate ECE Teaching Laboratories: Name of Lab Course Name Location Square Feet Communication Laboratory EEL3552, EEL4140, EEL4515 ENG I 471 959sf Computer Systems Laboratory EEL3801, EEL4768 HEC 338 Digital Circuit Laboratory EEE3342, EEL4742 ENG I 257 1605sf Electronics Laboratory EEL3123, EEL3307, EEL4309 ENG I 474 1305sf Microwave Laboratory EEL 4436, EEL 5437, EEL
5439, EEL 6425 ENG I 461 1305sf
Senior Design Laboratory EEL 4914, EEL 4915 ENG I 456 1710sf Medical Robotics Laboratory EEL5690 HEC 302 ECE PC Laboratory ENG I 274 1570sf Cleanroom EEL 5332, EEL 5355, EEL 5356 ENG I 163 1225sf Microfabrication and Electronic Device Test Facility
ENG I 119-120 154sf
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2.7 LECTURES AND SEMINARS Guest Speaker From Title
Adelmo Ortiz-Conde IEEE’s CAS/ED Venezuelan Chapter
A Review of Recent MOSFET Threshold Voltage Extraction Methods
Anura Jayasumana Colorado State University Virtual Coordinate Based Techniques for Sensor Networks
Ahmad Mirzaei Broadcom Corporation Reconfigurable Fully-Integrated RF Receiver Front-Ends
Kidong Park University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
MEMS Technologies for Mechanical Characterization of Adherent Cells
Reza Abdolvand Oklahoma State University Thin Film Piezoelectric-on-Substrate Resonant MEMS: State of the Art and Future Directions
Alireza Seyedi University of Central Florida Dynamics and Control of Complex Networks: Analysis, Design and Scaling Laws
Yufeng Wang Huawei Technology Opportunistic Relaying in Wireless Networks
Tara Javidi University of California, San Diego
Visual Information Acquisition, Noisy Search, and Active Hypothesis Testing
3. Research
3.1 AREAS OF RESEARCH
Computer Systems and VLSI Data-intensive High Performance Computing, Massive Storage and File System, I/O Architecture Computer Architecture and Evolvable Hardware Secure, Trusted, and Reliable Processor and ASIC Design; Cyber Security and Cryptography
Cyber-Physical Systems (Communication, Controls, Signal Processing, and Energy Systems) Networked Systems, Cooperative Control, Optimization and Games Autonomous Robotic Vehicles, Medical and Assistive Robotics Smart Grids, Distributed Generation and Optimization, Protection and Control Biomedical Devices and Control Digital Signal Processing, Detection and Estimation, Communication Theory, Cognitive Radios and Networks Wireless Communication and Sensor Networks, Machine Learning, Artificial Neural Networks, Distributed Decision
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Electromagnetics Remote Sensing, Satellite Communications Microwave Sensors, Antennas, Phased Arrays and Integrated RF
Micro- and Nano-Systems Micro- and Nano- Electronics, Solid State Device Modeling, ESD Protection, Acoustic Wave
Devices Power electronics, Power Semiconductor devices and ICs Optoelectronic Materials, Thin Films Micromachining
3.2 RESEARCH LABORATORIES
Advanced Microfabrication Support Laboratory – EGN I 122 Donald Malocha and Kalpathy Sundaram This is a small laboratory used for prototyping and device integration. The laboratory can build small packages, test fixtures, microblasting of wafers. The room also provides support for repair and maintenance of the ECE cleanroom facility. Antennas and Microwave Laboratory – HEC 428 & HEC 431 Xun Gong and Parveen Wahid
At ARMI Laboratory, we are performing research in applied electromagnetics and microwave engineering. We have active projects on the development of novel low-profile wireless sensors for harsh environment applications. Our research interests also include phased array antennas and beamsteerable reflectarray antennas. We have been one of the pioneers in developing integrated filter/antennas and endeavor to further advance this technology. Finally, tunable and flexible microwave devices such as phase shifters, filters and antennas are under development at ARMI Laboratory to be employed in the next-generation conformal and deployable telecommunications systems.
Applied Electromagnetics Lab – HEC 203 Open for All Research Assistants We focus on investigating advanced electric machinery for aerospace, industry, geology, medical and defense applications. Ongoing projects include high power density aircraft synchronous generator, switch reluctance motor for renewable energy system, high temperature permanent magnet motor, super high speed electric machine, low cost ultra-compact micro inverter, high performance electromechanical actuator, etc. Artifical Intelligence Lab – HEC 303 Michael Georgiopoulos, Fernando Gomez, Annie Wu
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Conduct research in many aspects of AI, but are particularly interested in the following areas of Natural Language Processing.
• semantic interpretation • syntactic parsing / scope • word sense disambiguation • sentiment analysis • automatic discovery of selectional restrictions • acquisition of knowledge from the Web or large corpora • supervised approaches to semantic role and verbal predicate labeling
Assistive Robotics Lab – Research Pavilion 494 Aman Behal Research is focused on the development of novel human-robot interface (HRI) designs to facilitate ADL (activities of daily living) tasks for individuals in wheelchairs navigating through arbitrary unstructured environments. Central Florida Remote Sensing Laboratory – HEC 349 W. Linwood Jones The Central Florida Remote Sensing Laboratory of the Electrical & Computer Engineering Department performs state-of-the-art research in the field of microwave remote sensing of atmosphere, ocean and land geophysical parameters. As electrical engineers, we participate in the development of advanced microwave remote sensing instruments and measurement techniques for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), other federal governmental agencies and the U.S. aerospace industry. These microwave sensors have applications for environmental monitoring from earth-based, airborne and satellite platforms. Also, we participate on international science teams to develop geophysical data interpretation algorithms using the electrical engineering principles of electromagnetic fields theory, communications theory and digital signal processing. Current satellite remote sensing projects are: Ocean Vector Wind Science Team, Precipitation Measurements Mission Science Team, and Sea Surface Salinity Science Team. Computer Systems & Architecture Laboratory - HEC 242 Ronald DeMara, Mark Heinrich, Mingjie Lin, and Yier Jin In the Computer Systems and Architecture Laboratory, we are performing research in Reprogrammable Logic Devices, Evolvable Hardware, Multicore Processors, and Hardware Security. Research in Reprogrammable Logic Devices and Evolvable Hardware is focused on autonomously reconfigurable Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) devices in applications including signal processing and mission-critical processing systems. Novel FPGA architectural concepts are being developed to achieve survivability while sustaining nominal run-time throughput, despite unanticipated device defects using Adaptive Group Testing, Resource Fitness Escalation, and Consensus techniques. Multicore computer architecture research is focused on memory and cache protocols and their performance, multiprocessor simulation methodologies. It also covers hardware/software co-design ranging from mobile and low-power architectures such as Energy-efficient Embedded Computing to Scalable Web Services. Hardware Security research is focused on hardware Trojan Detection in digital and mixed-signal designs such as Wireless Cryptographic ICs. Resources range from FPGA development boards to Berkeley Emulation Engine testbeds, servers, and simulation tools. Digital Signal Processing Laboratory – HEC 342 Wasfy Mikhael, George Atia and Azadeh Vosoughi
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Research is conducted in digital signal processing of one and multidimensional signals and systems. Topics include Adaptive signal processing with communications applications such as IQ mismatch compensation, adaptive beam Forming, channel identification, noise cancellation, etc….., efficient feature extraction of speech and image signals With applications such as signal compression, model and transform based signal representation, facial recognition, speaker Recognition, human action recognition, etc…., sparse signal processing with applications such as compressive sensing, network tomography, group testing, etc... and adaptive algorithms for real and complex signal and systems with applications such as error correction in interleaved analog to digital converters, interference suppression, signal Separation, signal enhancement, etc…. Florida Power Electronics Center – Research Park Issa Batarseh The Center's mission is to develop advanced energy conversion technologies for solar and other renewable sources through multidisciplinary engineering research and education in the field of power electronics. The research vision is to achieve significant improvements in power density, efficiency, reliability, and cost-effectiveness of electric energy processing systems by developing innovative topology and control techniques, power semiconductor devices, passive components, and packaging and system integration techniques. Intelligent Systems Laboratory – HEC 331 Michael Georgiopoulos and Ronald Demara The Intelligent Systems Laboratory, or ISL, represents a group of faculty and students undertaking high quality research in intelligent systems. The ISL is part of the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, FL. We take a broad interpretation of the term intelligent, but the large majority of our work involves artificial intelligence and all the technologies derived therefrom. Our focus is in using such technologies to build systems that encompass both hardware and software, and are of practical use in human endeavors.
Medical Robotics Laboratory – HEC 302 Zhihua Qu, Eytan Pollak, and Vipul Patel The Medical Robotics Laboratory is to bring together a team of faculty from UCF and local hospitals, to educate our students the state-of-art techniques in medical robotic surgery, and to conduct multidisciplinary research in tele-surgery, mixed and augmented virtual reality, surgical simulation and rehearsal, virtual mentoring, and other technologies of medical robotics. Micro/Nanoelectronics Laboratory – HEC 401 Juin J. Liou
Electrostatic discharge (ESD) is an event in which a finite amount of charge is transferred from one object to the other. The electrostatic charge generation results from either the triboelectrification process (i.e., transfer of electrons when two different materials are in contact) or the inductive process (i.e., separation of positive and negative charges due to an electric field). If a microchip or electronic system is subject to the ESD, then the huge current associated with the ESD event can likely damage the microchip and cause malfunction to the electronic system. It is estimated that about 35% of all damaged microchips are ESD related, resulting in a loss of revenue of several hundred million dollars in the global semiconductor industry every year.
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The Micro/Nanoelectronics Laboratory at UCF has been working on ESD research work for more than 15 years, and the lab possesses several ESD specific equipment which can be used to conduct the testing and characterization of ESD protection structures. The group is aiming to design and implement effective and robust ESD protection solutions in Si CMOS, Si BiCMOS, SiGe, GaAs, and emerging technologies. Current industry partners include Analog Devices, Intersil, Maxim, and National Semiconductor. Nano/MEMS Laboratory – HEC 406 Kalpathy Sundaram This laboratory is devoted to thin film materials and nano/microelectronic device characterization. Materials characterization focuses on optical properties of thin films using a Varian UV-Visible spectrophotometer. Resistivity studies of thin films can be performed from low temperature (20 K) to high temperatures up to 523 K. Device characterization include MOS CV and I-V studies using HP dedicated systems. Nanoelectronics Reliability Laboratory – HEC 425 Jiann S.Yuan The Nanoelectronics Reliability Laboratory is actively engaged in research of CMOS device and circuit reliability. Our radio-frequency integrated circuit design addresses device physics and reliability issues in the circuit operation environment. Process variability, temperature fluctuation, and supply voltage variations are accounted for in the design of wireless transceiver circuits, such as low noise amplifiers, voltage-controlled oscillators, and power amplifiers. Instrumentation Laboratory – HEC 404 The ECE Division of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science operates an instrumentation laboratory in HEC-404 that is intended to serve as a common resource for the research needs of all faculty in electrical and computer engineering, especially new faculty just starting their research activities. The laboratory has many pieces of test equipment including a mixed signal oscilloscope, a 4-channel digital storage oscilloscope, a 2-channel digital real-time oscilloscope, all of which are Tektronix. In addition, there is an arbitrary function generator, DC power analyzer, AC milli-voltmeter, and a programmable digital multimeter. Faculty and their graduate students may use this facility at any time to meet their needs for test and measurement. By providing equipment and laboratory space that is of common need for all faculty researchers, the burden to equip an individual researcher’s laboratory with seldom used but necessary test equipment is eliminated. This is especially important for new faculty that are just beginning to establish their research activities. Power Systems Laboratory – HEC 263 In the Power Systems lab we are working on different aspects of power systems including: a) Optimal operation of distribution systems with high penetration of renewable energies b) Stochastic modeling of power systems c) Protection of PV farms d) Real-time monitoring of distribution systems Robotics Laboratory – EGN I 364 Zhihua Qu The 400-sf Robotics Laboratory, housed at ENG I 364, conducts research in robotic manipulation, motion planning, and control. Topics include cooperative control of unmanned vehicles, teleoperation, coverage control, and novel energy-harvesting devices. Applications include medical surgical robots, mobile robotic platforms, and ocean wave energy generation devices. Signals and Communication Laboratory – HEC 334 Lei Wei and Azadeh Vosoughi
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The Advanced Communication Laboratory at Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Central Florida, conducts researches in the areas of Wireless Communications, Emergency Communications, Error Control Coding, and Application of advanced coding theory in Bio-inspired system design, called General Purpose Representation and Association Machine (GPRAM). The Lab obtained funds from various sources, including NSF, US Homeland Security Department, FDOE, NASA/FSGC, US ARMY. Currently, his group is fully focusing on GPRAM machine prototype development. Software Systems – HEC 231 Jun Wang Our Computer Architecture and Storage System (CASS) laboratory has primary research interests which cover a wide spectrum in the areas of high performance and computer systems. A common thread among our research projects focuses on fast data accesses and resource sharing with cost- and energy-efficient management at different levels of memory and storage hierarchies in supercomputer, parallel and distributed computer systems. More recently, CASS research interests cover the areas of interdisciplinary computing, computer architecture, and low-power computing. A significant complimentary thread among CASS extensive research projects emphasize at developing new software tools and hardware platforms to stimulate advances in science and engineering research, where large digital data collections are increasingly prevalent. CASS research projects have been sponsored by several federal funding agencies such as National Science Foundation, Department of Energy, and NASA. In the last five years, the total amount of research funding is approximately $3.03M. Solid State Devices Laboratory – EGN I 234 Donald Malocha The solid state devices and systems laboratory (SSDSL) performs experimental and solid-state research in a broad range of technologies. The laboratory has been operational for over 25 years and has established a network of partnerships with industry and government groups. The laboratory has facilities for RF device probing for characterization in the 100 kHz to 6 GHz range, various vector and scaler analyzers, printed circuit board design and fabrication, wafer dicing and die bonding, and custom analysis, design, synthesis and measurement computer systems. The research emphasis of the laboratory is in solid-state bulk and surface acoustic wave technology for communication and sensors. In 2000, we were the 1st US group to fully characterize LGS, LGN and LGT piezoelectric material parameters over temperature, the group has invented and patented embodiments of RF orthogonal frequency coded (OFC) SAW tag and sensors, and is continuing research on passive wireless system and technology solutions for sensors. In conjunction with ECE’s microfabrication facilities, submicron devices can be produced, from mask to packaging, in a quick turn-around capability. Devices can then be fully characterized, tested, packaged and integrated into a wireless test system. Systems & Controls Laboratory – HEC 434 Zhihua Qu, Marwan Simaan, and Michael Haralambous
The 400-sf Controls Laboratory, housed at HEC 434, conducts research in optimization and controls of cyber-physical systems. Topics include identification of dynamic systems, estimation of distributed networks, distributed cooperative control of nonlinear heterogeneous systems, distributed game algorithms, and optimization of network topologies. Applications include biomedical devices, autonomous vehicle systems, solar-energy grid-tied systems, smart grids, and energy systems.
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3.3 PUBLICATIONS
Books
Gan, Z.,W. Wong and J. J. Liou, Semiconductor Process Reliability in Practice, McGraw-Hill, NY, 2012, 500 pages
Book Chapters Liou, J.J and C. S. Lai, International Nano-Electronics Conference, Guest Editor, Solid-State Electronics Special Issue, vol. 55, issue 12, 2011. Journal Publications
1. Amarin, R.A., W. L Jones, S. F. El Nimri, J. W. Johnson, C.S. Ruf, T.L. Miller, and E.
Uhlhorn, “Hurricane Wind Speed Measurements in Rainy Conditions using the Airborne Hurricane Imaging Radiometer”, Trans. GeoSci. Remote Sens., Vol. 50, Issue 1, 2012, pp. 180-192.
2. Chan, C. Y. and P. M. Goggans, “Using Bayesian inference for the design of FIR filters with signed power-of-two coefficients,” Signal Processing, Vol. 92, No. 12, 2012, pp. 2866-2873.
3. Cheng, H. T., S. Ebadi, and X. Gong, “A low-profile wireless passive temperature sensor using resonator/antenna integration up to 1000oC,” IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, Vol. 11, 2012, pp. 369-372.
4. Dong, S., J. Wu, H. Yan and J. J. Liou, “High voltage silicon controlled rectifier for ESD applications,” IEEE Electron Device Letters, Vol. 33. 2012, pp. 1345-1347.
5. Ehsani, M., M. Falahi and S. Lotfifard, “Vehicle to Grid Services, Potentials, and Applications,” Energies, Vol.5. 2012, pp. 4076-4090.
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6. Faiz, J., B. M. Ebrahimi, S. Lotfifard and P. Pillay, “Novel Indices for Broken Rotor Bars Fault
Diagnosis in Induction Motors Using Wavelet Transform,” Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, Vol.30. 2012, pp. 131-145.
7. Fang, X., H. Hu, Z.J. Shen and I. Batarseh, “Operation Mode Analysis and Peak Gain
Approximation of the LLC Resonant Converter,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol. 27, No. 4, 2012, pp. 1985 - 1995.
8. Faragallah, G., Y. Wang, E. Divo and M. A. Simaan, “A New Control System for Left Ventricular
Assist Devices Based on Patient-Specific Physiological Demand,” Inverse problems in Science and Engineering, Taylor and Francis, Vol. 20, No. 5, 2012, pp. 721-734.
9. Fisher, B.H., and D.C. Malocha, “In situ observation and measurement of the SAW thin-film acoustoelectric effect,” Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control, IEEE Transactions, Vol. 59, Issue 3, 2012, pp. 472-480.
10. Hussein, A., N. Kutkut, Z.J. Shen and I. Batarseh, “Distributed Battery Micro-storage Systems
Design and Operation in a Deregulated Electricity Market,” IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, Vol. 3, No. 3, 2012, pp. 545-556.
11. Hu, H., S. Harb, X. Fang, D. Zhang, Q. Zhang, Z.J. Shen and I. Batarseh, “A Three-port Flyback for
PV Microinverter Applications With Power Pulsation Decoupling Capability,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol. 27, No. 9, 2012, pp. 3953 – 3964.
12. Imran, N., J. Lee, Y. Kim, M. Lin and R. F. DeMara, “Amorphous Slack Methodology for
Autonomous Fault-Handling in Reconfigurable Devices,” International Journal of Multimedia and Ubiquitous Engineering, Vol. 7, Issue 4, 2012, pp. 29 – 44.
13. Junek, W. N., W. L. Jones and M.T. Woods, “Use of Logistic Regression for Forecasting Short-
Term Volcanic Activity,” Algorithms, 2012, pp. 330-363.
14. Kim, D.-J., R. Hazlett, H. Godfrey, G. Rucks, T. Cunningham, D. Portee, J. Bricout, Z. Wang, and A. Behal, “How Autonomy Impacts Performance and Satisfaction: Results from a Study with Spinal Cord Injured Subjects using an Assistive Robot,” IEEE Trans. on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics – Part A: Systems and Humans, Vol. 42, No. 1, 2012, pp. 2-14.
15. Kim, D.-J., Z. Wang and A. Behal, “Motion Segmentation and Control Design for UCF-MANUS – An Intelligent Assistive Robotic Manipulator,” IEEE/ASME Trans. on Mechatronics, Vol. 17, No. 5, 2012, pp. 936-948.
16. Lin, M., Y. Bai, and J. Wawrzynek, “Selectively Fortifying Reconfigurable Computing Device to Achieve Higher Error Resilience,” Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Vol. 2012.
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17. Liu, Y., R. Ranganathan, M.T. Hunter and W.B. Mikhael, “Complex Adaptive LMS Algorithm Employing the Conjugate Gradient Principle for Channel Estimation and Equalization,” Circuits, Systems, and Signal Processing, Vol. 31, No. 3, 2012, pp. 1067-1087.
18. Liu, W., J. J. Liou and K. S. Yeo, “Bi-directional diode triggered silicon controlled rectifier for low voltage ESD protection,” IEEE Electron Device Letters, Vol. 33, 2012, pp. 1360-1362.
19. Lotfifard S., J. Faiz and M. Kezunovic, “Over-current Relay Implementation Assuring Fast and Secure Operation in Transient Conditions,” Electric Power Systems Research, Vol. 91, 2012, pp. 1-8.
20. Luther, J., S. Ebadi, and X. Gong, “A microstrip patch electronically steerable parasitic array radiator (ESPAR) antenna with reactance-tuned coupling and maintained resonance,” IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 60, No. 4, 2012, pp. 1803-1813.
21. Maknouninejad, A., W. Lin, H. G. Harno, Z. Qu and M. A. Simaan, “Cooperative Control for Self-Organizing Microgrids and Game Strategies for Optimal Dispatch of Distributed Renewable Generations,” Journal of Energy Systems, Vol.3, No.1, 2012, pp. 23–60.
22. Malobabic, S., J. Salcedo, J. J. Hajjar and J. J. Liou, “NLDMOS ESD scaling under human metal model for 40 V mixed signal applications,” IEEE Electron Device Letters, Vol. 33, 2012, pp. 1595-1597.
23. Mertens, R. G., K. B. Sundaram and R. Blair, “Recession and Characterization of Patterned Nanowires Grown by Electroless Etching of Silicon,” ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology, Vol.1, No.1, 2012, pp. 40-45.
24. Mertens, R. G. and K. B. Sundaram, “Mathematical Characterization of Oxidized Crystalline Silicon Nanowires Grown by Electroless Process,” Applied Surface Science, Vol. 258, 2012, pp.4607-4613.
25. Miao, M., S. Dong and J. J. Liou, “Novel capacitance coupling dual-direction SCR for high-voltage ESD applications,” IEEE Electron Device Letters, Vol. 33, 2012, pp. 410-412.
26. Miao, M., S. Dong and J. J. Liou, “Minimizing the triggering effect in diode-triggered SCR for ESD protection applications,” IEEE Electron Device Letters, Vol. 33, 2012, pp. 893-895.
27. Nitinawarat, S., G. Atia and V. Veeravalli, “Controlled Sensing for Multi-hypothesis Testing,” IEEE Trans. on Automatic Control, 2012, pp. 2196-2200.
28. Oloumi, D., S. Ebadi, A. Kordzadeh, A. Semnani, P. Mousavi, and X. Gong, “Miniaturized reflectarray unit cell using fractal-shaped patch-slot configurations,” IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, Vol. 11, 2012, pp. 10-13.
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29. Oreifej, R.S. and R.F. DeMara, “Intrinsic Evolvable Hardware Platform For Digital Circuit Design And Repair Using Genetic Algorithms,” Applied Soft Computing, Vol. 12, Issue 8, 2012, pp. 2470 – 2480.
30. Pittner, J. and M. A. Simaan, “Advanced techniques for Control of the Threading of a Tandem Hot Metal Strip Rolling Mill,” IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, Vol. 48, No. 5, 2012, pp. 1683-1691.
31. Salcedo, J., J. J. Hajjar, S. Malobabic, and J. J. Liou, “Bi-directional devices for automotive-grade electrostatic discharge applications,” IEEE Electron Device Letters, vol. 33, 2012 pp. 860-862.
32. Sehrish, S., and J. Wang, “Reduced Function Set Architecture for MPI-IO,” The Journal of Supercomputing, Vol. 59, No. 1, 2012, pp.131-146.
33. Shang, P., and J. Wang, “TRAID: Exploiting Temporal Redundancy and Spatial Redundancy to Boost Transaction Processing Systems Performance,” IEEE Transactions on Computers, Vol. 61, No. 4, 2012, pp. 517-530.
34. Shantheyanda, B. P., K. B. Sundaram and N. S. Shiradkar, “Studies on the effect of hydrogen doping during deposition of Al:ZnO films using RF magnetron sputtering,” Materials Science and Engineering B, Vol. 177, 2012, pp. 1777-1782.
35. Steighner, J. and J. S. Yuan, “Examination of hot carrier effects of the AlGaAs/InGaAs pHEMT through device simulation,” Microelectronics Reliability, 2012, pp. 2932-2940
36. Wang, T., W. Heinzelman and A. Seyedi, “Link Energy Minimization for Wireless Sensor Networks,” Ad Hoc Networks, Vol. 10, No. 3, 2012, pp. 569-585.
37. Wang, Z., A. Behal, and P. Marzocca, “Continuous Robust Control for Two-Dimensional Airfoils with Leading- and Trailing-Edge Flaps,” AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 35, No. 2, 2012, pp. 510-519.
38. Wang, Z., D. J. Kim and A. Behal, “Design of Stable Visual Servoing under Sensor and Actuator
Constraints via a Lyapunov-based Approach,” IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, Vol. 20, No. 6, 2012, pp. 1575-1582.
39. Wei, L. “Optimized M-ary Orthogonal and Bi-orthogonal Signaling using Coherent Receiver with Non-equal Symbol Probabilities,” IEEE Communications Letter, 2012.
40. Weissman, D.E., B.W. Stiles, S.M. Hristova-Veleva, D.G Long, D. K. Smith, K.A. Hilburn, and W.L. Jones, “Challenges to Satellite Sensors of Ocean Winds: Addressing Precipitation Effects,” J. Atmos. Tech. Vol. 29, 2012, pp. 356-374.
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41. Wilson, W.C., M.D. Rogge, B.H. Fisher, D.C. Malocha, G.M Atkinson, “Fastener Failure Detection Using a Surface Acoustic Wave Strain Sensor,” IEEE Sensors Journal, Vol. 12, Issue 6, 2012, pp. 1993-2000.
42. Yen, H.D., J. S. Yuan, R. L. Wang, G. W. Huang, W. K. Yeh and F. S. Huang, “RF stress effects on CMOS LC-loaded VCO reliability evaluated by experiments,” Microelectronics Reliability, 2012, pp. 2655-2659.
43. Yuan, J.S., H. D. Yen, S. Y. Chen, R. L. Wang, G. W. Huang, Y. Z. Juang, C. H. Tu, W. K. Yeh and J. Ma, “Experimental verification of RF stress effect on cascode class E PA performance and reliability,” IEEE Trans. Device and Materials Reliability, 2012, pp. 369-375.
44. Zhang, K., Z. Wang, A. Behal and P. Marzocca, “A Continuous Robust Control Strategy for the
Active Aeroelastic Vibration Suppression of Supersonic Lifting Surfaces,” International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Science, Vol. 13, No. 2, 2012, pp. 210-220.
45. Zhang, H., F. L. Lewis and Z. Qu, “Lyapunov, Adaptive, and Optimal Design Techniques for Cooperative Systems on Directed Communication Graphs,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Vol. 59, No. 7, 2012, pp.3026-3041.
46. Zhang, Y. and J. S. Yuan, “CMOS transistor amplifier temperature compensation: modeling and analysis,” IEEE Trans. Device and Materials Reliability, 2012, pp. 376-381.
47. Zhi, L., J. Chen, P. Molnar and A. Behal, “Weighted Least Squares Approach for Identification of a Reduced-Order Adaptive Neuronal Model,” IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, Vol. 23, No. 5, 2012, pp. 834- 840.
48. Zhou, P., J. J. Liou, and D. Ellis, “A new method for quantifying the effectiveness of ESD protection for CDM classification test,” Microelectronics Reliability, Vol. 52, 2012, pp. 110-116.
Conference Papers
1. Abdelwahab, M. M., I. Yousry and W. Mikhael, “A novel algorithm for simultaneous face detection and recognition,” Circuits and Systems, 2012 IEEE 55th International Midwest Symposium, Boise, Idaho, August 5-8, 2012.
2. Al Hosani, M. and Z. Qu, “Robust Non-Linear Observers for Islanding Detection of Inverter
Based Distributed Generation,” 2012 Australian Control Conference, Sydney, Australia, November 15 - 16, 2012.
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3. Alrasheed, W. and W.B. Mikhael, “A facial recognition technique employing Frequency Domain Thresholding and Quantization (FD-TQ),” Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), 2012 IEEE 55th International Midwest Symposium, Boise, ID, August 5-8, 2012, pp.1032-1035.
4. Amirahmadi, A., H. Hu, A. Grishina, F. Chen, J. Shen and I. Batarseh, “Hybrid Control of BCM
Soft-Switching Three Phase Micro-Inverter,” IEEE-ECCE, Raleigh, NC, September 15-20, 2012, pp. 4690-4695.
5. Ashraf, R., F. Luna, D. Dechev and R. F. DeMara, “Designing digital circuits for FPGAs using
parallel genetic algorithms,” 2012 Spring Simulation Multi-conference, Orlando, FL, March 25 – 28, 2012, pp. 1 - 6.
6. Aslebagh, S., Y. Hejazin, W. L. Jones, C. May, and R. Gonzalez, “An Oceanic rain Flag for
Aquarius,” Proc. IEEE Oceans-12, Hampton Roads, VA, October 14-19, 2012, pp. 1-4.
7. Atia, G. and V. Veeravalli, “Controlled Sensing for Sequential Multihypothesis Testing,” International Symposium on Information Theory, Cambridge MA, June 1-6, 2012, pp. 2196 – 2200.
8. Biswas, S. K., W. L. Jones, D. Rocca and J. C. Gallio, “Aquarius/SACD Microwave Radiometer (MWR): Instrument Description and Brightness Temperature Calibration,” IEEE IGARSS-12, Munich, Germany, July 22-27, 2012.
9. Biswas, S.K., W. L. Jones, J. Roberts, C. Ruf, E. Uhlhorn and T.Miller, “Retrieval of Ocean
Surface Windspeed and Rainrate from the Hurricane Imaging Radiometer (HIRAD) Brightness Temperature Observations,” IEEE IGARSS-12, Munich, Germany, July 22-27, 2012.
10. Camarano, A., T. Wu, M. Wolff and J. Zumberge, “Nonlinear Neural Network Modeling of Aircraft Synchronous Generator with High Power Density,” SAE Power Systems Conference, Phoenix, AZ, Oct. 30-Nov.1, 2012.
11. Camarano, A.,T. Wu, S. Rodriguez, J. Zumberge and M. Wolff, “Design and Modeling of a Five-Phase Aircraft Synchronous Generator with High Power Density,” 2012 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, Raleigh, NC, Sep. 15-20, 2012, pp. 1878-1885.
12. Chehata, R.C.G.,W.B. Mikhael and M.M. Abdelwahab, “Performance evaluation of Transform Domain Diagonal Principal Component Analysis for facial recognition employing different pre-processing spatial domain approaches,” Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), 2012 IEEE 55th International Midwest Symposium, Boise, ID, August 5-8, 2012, pp. 666-669.
13. Chen, L., M. Solal, J. Briot, S. Hester, P. Girard, D. Malocha and P. Wahid, “Symposium, Microwave theory and Techniques,” A Nonlinear Mason Model for 3rd Order Harmonics and Intermodulation Simulations of SAW, Montreal, Canada, June 17-22, 2012.
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14. Chen, L., M. Solal, J. Briot, S. Hester, P. Girard, D. Malocha and P. Wahid, “A Nonlinear Mason Model for 3rd Order Harmonics and Intermodulation Simulations of SAW Duplexers,” 2012 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Dresden, Germany, July 21- 25, 2012.
15. Chen, F., S. Utsav, Z.J. Shen and I. Batarseh, “New Architecture single-phase micro inverter with
cascaded low voltage DC/DC Cells,” IEEE 34th Telecommunications Energy Conference, Scottsdale, AZ, September 30-October 4, 2012.
16. Cheng, H. T., S. Ebadi and X. Gong, “A wireless pressure sensor design using a microwave
cavity resonator,” 2012 IEEE AP-S Int. Symp, Chicago, IL, July 8-14, 2012. 17. Cui, Q., Liou J. J and S. Zhang, “A novel electrostatic discharge protection circuit in D-mode
pHEMT technology,” IEEE Compound Semiconductor IC Symposium, San Diego, CA, Oct 14-17, 2012.
18. Dai, B. and L. Wei, “Some Results and Challenges on Codes and Iterative Decoding with Non-equal Symbol Probabilities,” ISITA 2012, Honolulu, HI, Oct. 28-31, 2012, pp.116-120.
19. Dickey, J.T. and W.B. Mikhael, “An adaptive technique for isolating the seismic response of an infrasound sensor,” Circuits and Systems, 2012 IEEE 55th International Midwest Symposium, Boise, ID, August 5-8, 2012, pp.1028-1031.
20. Fang, X., H. Hu, L. Chen, A. Amirahmadi, J.Z. Shen and I. Batarseh, “Operation analysis and numerical approximation for the LLC DC-DC converter,” IEEE-APEC, Orlando, FL, February 5-9, 2012, pp. 870-876.
21. Fang, X., H. Hu, J.Z. Shen and I. Batarseh, “An optimal design of the LLC resonant converter based on peak gain estimation,” IEEE-APEC, Orlando, FL, February 5-9, 2012, pp. 1286-1291.
22. Farrar, S. and W. Linwood Jones, “Preliminary Analysis of the Aquarius/SAC--‐D Microwave Radiometer (MWR) Antenna Temperature,” IEEE SouthEastCon-12, Orlando, FL, March 15-18, 2012.
23. Farrar, S., M. Labanda, M. M. Jacob, S. Masuelli, S. Biswas, H. Raimondo and W. L. Jones, “An
Empirical Correction For The MWR Brightness Temperature Smear Effect,” IEEE IGARSS-12, Munich, Germany, July 22-27, 2012.
24. Gallagher, D.R. and D.C. Malocha, "Noise-like transducers for ultra wide band SAW correlators," 2012 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Dresden, Germany, Oct 7-10 2012, pp.1774-1777, Oct 7-10 2012.
25. Gallagher, M.W. and D.C. Malocha, "SAW multi-sensor system with temperature and range," 2012 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Dresden, Germany, Oct 7-10 2012, pp.2106-2109.
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26. Grishina, A., H. Hu, D. Zhang, A. Amirahmadi, J. Shen and I. Batarseh “A New Quasi Resonant
DC Link for Single Phase Micro Inverter,” IEEE-ECCE, Raleigh, NC, September 15-20, 2012, pp. 3221-3225.
27. Gong, X., L. An, and C. Xu, “Wireless passive sensor development for harsh environment applications,” 2012 IEEE International Workshop on Antenna Technology, Tucson, AZ, March 5-7, 2012.
28. Hejazin, Y., S. Aslebagh and W. L. Jones, “Aquarius/SAC-D Microwave Radiometer Ocean
Wind Speed Measurements,” IEEE Oceans-12, Hampton Roads, VA, Oct 14-19, 2012.
29. Hejazin, Y., W. L. Jones and S. E. Nimri, “A Roughness Correction for Retrieving Salinity on Aquarius,” IEEE Oceans-12, Hampton Roads, VA, October 14-19, 2012.
30. Hollister, J., S. Parker, A. Gonzalez, and R. F. DeMara, “Who Says it Best? A Comparison of Four Different Dialog Management Systems,” 21st Annual Conference on Behavior Representation in Modeling Simulation, Amelia Island, FL, March 12–15, 2012.
31. Hu, Y., D. Woodburn, Y. Lin, T. Wu, L. Chow and Q. Leland, “Modeling and Simulation of Power Loss in Drive Unit of Electromechanical Actuator,” Power Systems Conference, Phoenix, AZ, Oct. 30 – Nov.1, 2012.
32. Imran, N., J. Lee, Y. Kim, M. Lin, and R. F. DeMara, “Area-Efficient Fault-Handling for Survivable Signal-Processing Architectures,” First International Conference on Advanced Signal Processing, Seoul, Korea, March 30–31, 2012.
33. Jang, G., Y. Choi and Z. Qu, “Rock-Paper-Scissors Prediction Experiments using Muscle
Activations,” The 2012 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal, October 7-12, 2012, pp. 5133-5134.
34. Jin, Y., M. Mihalis and Y. Makris, “Exposing Vulnerabilities of Untrusted Computing Platforms,”
IEEE International Conference on Computer Design, Montreal, QC, September 30-October 3, 2012, pp. 131-134.
35. Junek, W. N., W. L. Jones, and M. T. Woods, “Detecting Developing Volcanic Unrest,” IEEE SouthEastCon-12, Orlando, FL, March 15-18, 2012.
36. Karnati, K., S. Ebadi, and X. Gong, “Effects of inter-element spacing on mutual coupling and resonant properties in reflectarray unit cell design,” 2012 IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium, Santa Clara, CA, Jan. 15-19, 2012.
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37. Karnati, K., Y. Yusuf, S. Ebadi, and X. Gong, “Reflection coefficient Analysis of a TEM-excited reflectarray unit cell using quality factors,” 2012 IEEE AP-S Int. Symp, Chicago, IL, July 8-14, 2012.
38. Kazemi, M. and A. Vosoughi, “Capacity region and optimum power allocation strategies for
fading cognitive relay multiple access channels,” 50th Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, Monticello, IL, October 1-5, 2012.
39. Lin, Y., Y. Hu, L. Zhou, D. Woodburn, T. Wu, L. Chow and Q. Leland, “A Reduced-Order Model for Electromechanical Actuator,” SAE Power Systems Conference, Phoenix, AZ, Oct. 30-Nov.1, 2012.
40. Liou, J. J., “Challenges of electrostatic discharge protection in emerging silicon nanowire technology,” IEEE Caribbean Conference on Devices, Circuits, and Systems, Cancun, Mexico, March 13-16, 2012.
41. Liou, J.J., “Outlook and Challenges of Electrostatic Discharge Protection of Modern and Future
Integrated Circuits,” IEEE International Conference on Microelectronics, Nis, Serbia, May 13-16, 2012.
42. Liou, J.J. and Q. Cui, “Novel electrostatic discharge protection solutions in GaAs pHEMT
technology,” IEEE International Symposium on Physical and Failure Analysis of Integrated Circuits, Singapore, Singapore, July 2-6, 2012.
43. Liou, J.J., “Recent development in electrostatic discharge protection of RF integrated circuits,”
RCJ EOS/ESD/EMC Symposium, Tokyo, Japan, October 30-31, 2012.
44. Liou, J.J., “Advancement and outlook of electrostatic discharge protection for RF integrated Liou circuits,” IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, December 3-5, 2012.
45. Liu, H., W. Brokaw, J. Harms, W. Wu, M. Epstein, T. Chalfant, A. Camarano, Y. Hu, Y. Bai, L. Chow and T. Wu, “Design and Optimization of Permanent Magnet Switch Reluctance Machine for Renewable Energy Application,” 2012 XXth International Conference on Electrical Machines, Marseille, France, Sep. 2-5, 2012.
46. Long, H., Z. Qu, X. Fan and S. Liu, “Improved Average Consensus Scalable Algorithm of Target Tracking for Wireless Sensor Network,” The 24th Chinese Control and Decision Conference, Taiyuan, China, May 23-25, 2012.
47. Luther, J., S. Ebadi, and X. Gong, “Electrically-steerable parasitic array radiator (ESPAR) antenna design for arrays with two and three parasitically-coupled elements,” 2012 IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium, Santa Clara, CA, Jan. 15-19, 2012.
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48. Luther, J., S. Ebadi and X. Gong, “Single-layer design of microstrip patch electrically-steerable parasitic array radiator (ESPAR) with integrated DC isolation,” 2012 IEEE MTT-S Int. Microwave Symp. Dig, Montréal, Canada, June 17-22, 2012.
49. Luther, J., S. Ebadi, and X. Gong, “A comparison of microstrip patch ESPAR array and
uniformly-illuminated array performance,” 2012 IEEE AP-S Int. Symp, Chicago, IL, July 8-14, 2012.
50. Ma, Y., L. Wang, D. Liu, P. Liu, J. Wang and J. Tao, “Generic Parallel Programming for Massive
Remote Sensing Data Processing,” The IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing 2012, Beijing, China, September 24-28, 2012.
51. Massi, L., P. Lancey, U. Nair, R. Straney, M. Georgiopoulos, and C. Young, “Engineering and Computer Science Community College Transfers and Native Freshmen Students: Relationships Among Participation in Extra-Curricular and Co-Curricular Activities, Connecting to the University Campus, and Academic Success,” 2012 Frontiers in Education Conference, Seattle, WA, October 3-6, 2012.
52. Maknouninejad, A., W. Lin, H. G. Harno, Z. Qu and M. A. Simaan, “Cooperative Control for
Self-Organizing Microgrids and Game Strategies for Optimal Dispatch of Distributed Renewable Generations,” Springer's Journal of Energy Systems, Orlando, FL, March 2012, pp.23–60.
53. Maknouninejad, A., Z. Qu, J. Enslin, A. Hussam and N. Kutkut, “Clustering and Cooperative
Control of Distributed Generators for Maintaining Microgrid Unified Voltage Profile and Complex Power Control,” 2012 IEEE PES Transmission and Distribution Conference & Exposition, Orlando, FL, May 7-10, 2012, pp.1-8.
54. Manaffam, S., M. Razeghi-Jahromi and A. Seyedi, “Stabilizing a Random Dynamics Network
with a Random Communications Network,” IEEE CDC 2012, Maui, HI, December 10-13, 2012.
55. Mansour, S. and W. Linwood Jones, “Measurement of Atmospheric Noise Emission during Heavy Rain Events using a C--‐band Radiometer,” IEEE SouthEastCon--12, Orlando, FL, March15‐18, 2012.
56. May, C. and W. Linwood Jones, “Engineering Evaluation of Multi-beam Satellite Antenna Boresight Pointing using Land/Water Crossings,” IEEE SouthEastCon-12, Orlando, FL March 15-18, 2012.
57. McDowell, W.K., W.B Mikhael and A.P Berg, “Efficiency of the KLT on Voiced & Unvoiced Speech as a function of segment size,” IEEE Southeastcon, 2012, Orlando, FL, March 15-18, 2012, pp.1-5.
58. Mertens, R. and K.B. Sundaram, “Characterization of silicon nanowires grown by electroless etching,” IEEE Southeastcon 2012, Orlando, FL, March 15-18, 2012.
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59. Mikhael, W.B., W. McDowell, “Efficiency of the KLT on Voiced & Unvoiced speech as a
function of Segment Size,” IEEE Southeast Con 2012, Orlando, FL, March 15-18, 2012.
60. Parkey, C.R., W.B. Mikhael and D.B. Chester, “Cumulant characterizations of ADC error sources
with applications to Time Interleaved ADCs,” Circuits and Systems, 2012 IEEE 55th International Midwest Symposium, Boise, ID, August 5-8, 2012, pp.1152-1155.
61. Pittner, J. and M. A. Simaan, “Control of Tandem Hot Metal Strip Rolling Processes Using an
Improvement to the State Dependent Riccati Equation Technique,” 2012 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Maui, HI, December 10-13, 2012, pp. 6358-6363.
62. Posey, N., T. Wu, M. Wolff and J. Zumberge, “Modeling and Control Scheme Design of a Solenoid-Actuated Fuel Injection System,” 2012 National Areospace and Electronics Conference, Dayton, Ohio, July, 2012, pp. 92-95.
63. Price, T., T. Weller, Y. Shen, and X. Gong, “Temperature and voltage impact on intermodulation distortion of planar Barium Strontium Titanate varactors,” 13th IEEE Wireless and Microwave Technology Conference, Cocoa Beach, FL, Apr. 16-17, 2012.
64. Qu, Z. and M. A. Simaan, “An Analytic Solution to the Optimal Design of Information Structure
and Cooperative Control in Networked Systems,” The 51st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Maui, HI, December 10-13, 2012, pp. 4015-4022.
65. Qu, Z., “An Impact Equivalence Principle of Separating Control Designs for Networked
Heterogeneous Affine Systems,” The 3rd IFAC Workshop on Distributed Estimation and Control in Networked Systems, Santa Barbara, CA, September 14-15, 2012, pp. 210-215.
66. Ramos, G.V., and J. S. Yuan, “Development of a novel wireless electric power transfer system for space applications,” 15th World Multiconference on Systemics, Cybemetics, and Informatics, Orlando, FL, July 19th - 22nd, 2011.
67. Ramos, G.V., and J. S. Yuan, “FEM simulation to characterize wireless electric power transfer elements,” IEEE Southeastcon, Orlando, FL, March 15-18, 2012.
68. Ramos, G.V. and J. S. Yuan, “Radiated emissions testing of space wireless electric power transfer systems,” IEEE Southeastcon, Orlando, FL, March 15-18, 2012.
69. Razeghi-Jahromi, M. and Alireza Seyedi, “Stabilization of Uncertain Distributed Networked
Control Systems with Minimal Communications Network,” IEEE CDC, Maui, HI, December 10-13, 2012.
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70. Ren, X., S. Ebadi and X. Gong, “A single-antenna wireless passive temperature sensing mechanism using a dielectrically-loaded resonator,” 2012 IEEE AP-S Int. Symp, Chicago, IL, July 8-14, 2012.
71. Sapijaszko, G.I. and Mikhael, W.B, “An overview of recent window based feature extraction
algorithms for speaker recognition,” Circuits and Systems, 2012 IEEE 55th International Midwest Symposium, Boise, ID, August 5-8, 2012, pp.880-883.
72. Santos-Garcia, A., S. Biswas, W. L. Jones and Z. Ghazi, “Aquarius/SAC-D Microwave
Radiometer Brightness Temperature Validation,” IEEE Oceans-12, Hampton Roads, VA, October 14-19, 2012.
73. Shang, P., Q. Xiao and J. Wang, “DRAW: A New Data-gRouping-AWare Data Placement Scheme. Storage System,” Hard Disk and Solid State Technologies Summit held together with the IEEE Asia-Pacific Magnetic Recording Conference 2012, Singapore, Singapore, Oct 31-Nov 2, 2012.
74. Shen, Y., S. Ebadi, P. Wahid, and X. Gong, “Tunable reflectarray unit cell element using BST technology,” 2012 IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium, Santa Clara, CA, Jan. 15-19, 2012, pp.43-46.
75. Shen, Y., S. Ebadi, P. Wahid and X. Gong, “Ka-band tunable reflectarray unit cell element using BST technology,” 2012 IEEE AP-S Int. Symp, Chicago, IL, July 8-14, 2012.
76. Shen, Y., S. Ebadi, P. Wahid and X. Gong, “Ka-band Tunable Reflectarray Unit Cell Using BST Technology,” IEEE International Symposium, Antennas and Propagation URSI-USNC, Chicago, IL, July 8-13, 2012.
77. Shen, Y., S. Ebadi, P. Wahid, and X. Gong, “Tunable and flexible Barium Stronium Titante (BST) varactors on Liquid Crystal Polymer (LCP) substrates,” 2012 IEEE MTT-S Int. Microwave Symp. Dig., Montréal, Canada, June 17-22, 2012.
78. Shoari, A. and A. Seyedi, “Detection of a Non-Cooperative Transmitter in Rayleigh Fading with
Binary Observations,” IEEE MILCOM, Orlando, FL, October 29 –November 1, 2012. 79. Snyder, M. G, C. Li, and Z. Qu, “A New Parameterized Guidance Law for
Cooperative Air Defense,” AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Nashville, TN, January 9, 2012.
80. Solal, M., L. Chen, and J. Gratier, “A nonlinear P matrix model to simulate intermodulation products in SAW devices,” 2012 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Dresden, Germany, July 21-25th, 2012.
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81. Suboh, S., V. K. Narayana, M. Bakhouya and T. El-Ghazawi, “A Scalability Study of Interconnect Architectures for System-on-Chip,” International Conference on High Performance Computing & Simulation, Madrid, Spain, July 2-6, 2012, pp. 300-306.
82. Talebi, M., C. Li and Z. Qu, “Enhanced Protection Against False Data Injection by Dynamically
Changing Information Structure of Microgrids,” 2012 IEEE Sensor Array and Multichannel Signal Processing Workshop, Hoboken, NJ, June 17 - 20, 2012.
83. Talebi, M., J. Wang and Z. Qu, “Secure Power Systems Against Malicious Cyber-Physical Data
Attacks: Protection and Identification,” International Conference on Power Systems Engineering, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 11-12, 2012, pp.118-125.
84. Urdaneta, M. and P. Wahid, “Duplexers,” 2012 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium,
Dresden, Germany, October 7-10, 2012.
85. Urdaneta, M. and P. F. Wahid, “A study of UWB imaging for bone cancer detection,” International Conference on Ultra Wideband Imaging, Syracuse, NY, September 17-20, 2012, pp.197-201.
86. Wan, J., C. Yin, J. Wang and C. Xie, “A New High-performance, Energy-efficient Replication Storage System with Reliability Guarantee,” 28th IEEE Conference on Massive Data Storage, Pacific Grove, CA, April 16th-20th, 2012.
87. Wang, L., R. Ranjan, S.e Khan, J. Kołodziej and J. Wang, “Parallel Processing of Massive EEG Data with MapReduce,” IEEE ICPADS 2012, Singapore, Singapore, December 17-19, 2102.
88. Wang, Y., G. Faragallah, E. Divo and M.A. Simaan, “Feedback Control of a Rotary Left
Ventricular Assist Device Supporting a Failing Cardiovascular System,” 2012 American Control Conference, Montreal, Canada, June 27-29, 2012, pp. 1137-1142.
89. Wang, Y. and J. S. Yuan, “An integrated CMOS high power amplifier using power combining technique,” IEEE Southeastcon, Orlando, FL, March 15-18, 2012.
90. Wei, L. and I. Korn, “Optimal QAM constellations with nonuniform sources on AWGN and Rayleigh fading channels,’’ IEEE Southeastcon, Orlando, FL, March 15th -18th, 2012.
91. Wei, L., “General Purpose Representation and Association Machine, Part 1: Introduction and Illustrations,’’ IEEE Southeastcon, Orlando, FL, March 15th -18th, 2012.
92. Wei, L., “General Purpose Representation and Association Machine, Part 2: Biological Implications,’’ IEEE Southeastcon, Orlando, FL, March 15th -18th, 2012.
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93. Wu, T., T. Camarano, J. Zumberge, M. Wolff, E. Lin, H. Huang and X. Jia, “Electromagnetic Design of Aircraft Synchronous Generator with High Power Density,” 50th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition, Nashville, Tennessee, Jan. 9-12, 2012.
94. Wu, T., T. Camarano, J. Zumberge and M. Wolff, “Design of Electrical Accumulator Unit (EAU) Using Ultracapacitor,” 50th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition, Nashville, Tennessee, Jan. 9-12, 2012.
95. Xiao, Q., P. Shang and J. Wang, “Co-located Compute and Binary File Storage in Data-intensive Computing,” The 2012 International Conference on Networking, Architecture, and Storages (NAS’12), Xiaomen, China, June 28-30th, 2012.
96. Xiao, Q., J. Wang, Y. Ma and L. Wang, “Squid: A Novel Framework for HPC Analytics over Windows Azure,” IEEE ICPADS 2012, Singapore, Singapore, December 17-19, 2102.
97. Ying, Liu. and W.B. Mikhael, “A fast-converging adaptive FIR technique for channel
equalization,” Circuits and Systems, 2012 IEEE 55th International Midwest Symposium, Boise, ID, August 5-8, 2012, pp.828-831.
98. Zhang, K., S. Luo, J. Breen, L. Shaohua, T.X. Wu, Z.J. Shen and I. Batarseh, “Analysis and
design of dynamic voltage regulation in multiphase buck converter,” IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, Orlando, FL, February 5-9, 2012, pp. 1298-1302.
99. Zhang, K., S. Luo, T. Wu, J. Shen and I. Batarseh, “Analysis of Current Sharing in Multiphase Buck Converter with Fast Load Transient,” 2012 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, Orlando, FL, February 5-9, 2012.
100. Zhang, D., Q. Zhang, H. Hu, A. Grishina, J.Z. Shen and I. Batarseh, “High efficiency current mode control for three-phase micro-inverters,” IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, Orlando, FL, February 5-9, 2012, pp. 892-897.
101. Zhang, S. and A. Seyedi, “Statistical Models for Harvested Power from Human Motion,” IEEE
International Conference on Communications, Ottawa, ON, June 10-15, 2012.
102. Zhang, T. G. Borrero and, M. Georgiopoulos, “A Winner-Take-All Methodology: Finding the Best Evolutionary Algorithm for the Global Optimization of Functions,” Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, Philadelphia, PA, July 7- July 11, 2012, pp. 1515-1516.
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Conference Articles without Proceedings
1. Batarseh, I., “NSF Workshop”, Abu Dhabi, UAE, November 2012.
2. Farrar, S. and L. W. Jones, M. Labanda, M. Jacobs and Sergio Masuelli, “MWR Tb Anomaly: Smear Effect,” Aquarius Cal/Val meeting, Santa Rosa, CA, March 27-28, 2012.
3. Hejazin, Y., S. Biswas, L. Jones, S. Heredia, S. Masuelli and C.B. Tauro, “SAC-D MWR Geophysical Retrievals: First Results,” SAC-D/Aquarius International Science Team meeting, Buenos Aires, AR, April 10-13, 2012.
4. Hejazin, Y., W. L. Jones and S. El Nimri, “Development of a L-band ocean emissivity electromagnetic model using observations from the Aquarius Radiometer,” Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, December 3-7, 2012.
5. Heredia, S. D., S. Masuelli, W. L. Jones and Y. Hejazin, “MWR Rain Rate Retrieval Algorithm
and First Results,” Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, December 3-7, 2012.
6. Jones, W. L., “MWR Status,” Aquarius Cal/Val meeting, Santa Rosa, CA, March 27-28, 2012.
7. Jones, W. L., J. C. Gallo, D. Rocca, S. Biswas and Y. Hejazin, “Microwave Radiometer (MWR)
L1B Brightness Temperatures,” SAC-D/Aquarius International Science Team meeting, Buenos Aires, AR, April 10-13, 2012.
8. Jones, W. L., Y. Hejazin and M. Robali, “Improved Sea Surface Salinity Retrievals using Ancillary data for Aquarius Ocean Roughness Correction,” Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, December 3-7, 2012.
9. Junek, W. N., W. L. Jones and M. T. Woods, “Classifying Volcanic Activity Using An Empirical
Decision Making Algorithm,” Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, December 3-7, 2012.
10. Labanda, M.F., M. M. Jacob, S. Masuelli, S. Farrar, H. Raimondo, and W.L. Jones, “MWR Smear Effect, Analysis and its Possible Correction,” SAC-D/Aquarius International Science Team meeting, Buenos Aires, AR, April 10-13, 2012.
11. Labanda, M. F., M. M. Jacob, S. Farrar, H. A. Raimondo and W. L. Jones, “MWR Retrieval Performance Improvement after Smear Effect Correction,” Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, December 3-7, 2012.
12. May, C., L. W. Jones, F. Madero and J. Kuba, “On-orbit Evaluation of MWR IFOV Geolocation using Land/Water Crossings,” SAC-D/Aquarius International Science Team meeting, Buenos Aires, AR, April 10-13, 2012.
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13. Mertens, R. and K. B. Sundaram, “Characterization of silicon nanowires grown by electroless
etching,” Proceedings of the IEEE Southeastcon 2012, IEEE CFP12SEC, Orlando, FL, March 15-18, 2012.
14. Miller, T. L., M. W. James, J. B. Roberts, W. L. Jones, S. Biswas, C. S. Ruf, E. W. Uhlhorn, R.
Atlas and P. Black, “Observations of C-band brightness temperatures and ocean surface wind speed and rain rate from the Hurricane Imaging Radiometer (HIRAD) during GRIP and HS3,” Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, December 3-7, 2012.
15. Miller, T., M. James, J. Brent Roberts, S. Biswas, E. Uhlhorn, P. Black, W. L. Jones, C. May and
C. Ruf, “Observations of C-band Brightness Temperature from the Hurricane Imaging Radiometer (HIRAD) on-board NASA WB-57 during GRIP in Hurricanes Earl and Karl (2010),” NASA HS3/GRIP science team meeting, Wallops Island, VA, May 7-8, 2012.
16. Tauro, C., P. Etala, P. Echevarria, M. M. Jacob and W.L. Jones, “First results and validation of
marine surface wind speed obtained from SAC-D/Aquarius MWR,” Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, December 3-7, 2012.
Plenary and Invited Talks
1. Atia, G., “Controlled Sensing Meets Channel Coding,” Information Theory Workshop San Diego, Feb. 2012.
2. Gong, X., “Recent advances in phased array and reflectarray antennas,” University of California, Davis, Jan. 18, 2012.
3. Gong, X., “Low-cost phased array and reflectarray antennas,” Carnegie Mellon University, Apr. 26, 2012.
4. Gong, X., “Recent advances in phased array and reflectarray antennas,” Shanghai JiaoTong University, July 17, 2012.
5. Gong, X., “Recent advances in phased array and reflectarray antennas,” Southeast University in China and IEEE Nanjing MTT/AP/EMC Chapter, July 24, 2012.
6. Gong, X., “Recent advances in phased array and reflectarray antennas,” Texas Tech. University, October 19, 2012.
7. Jones, W, L., J. C. Gallo, D. Rocca, M. Rabolli, F. Madero, J. Kuba, S. Masuelli, S. Heredia, S. Biswas and Y. Hejazin, “First Results from the Microwave Radiometer on Aquarius/SAC-D,” CONAE/NASA International Symposium, Buenos Aires, AR, Oct. 26, 2011.
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8. Liou, J.J., “Outlook and Challenges of Electrostatic Discharge Protection of Modern and Future Integrated Circuits,” Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, Feb. 2012.
9. Liou, J.J., “Recent Development in Electrostatic Discharge Protection of RF Integrated Circuits,” IHP Microelectronics, Berlin, Germany, August 2012.
10. Liou, J.J., “Recent Development on Electrostatic Discharge Protection of RF Integrated Circuits,” Peking University, Beijing, China, October 2012.
11. Qu, Z., “Advanced Control Designs under Constrained Information and Imperfect Knowledge Core Problems, Design Methodologies and Applications,” Lockheed Martin MFC, Dallas, TX, May 15-16, 2012
12. Qu, Z., “Security- Performance- and Economics-Ensured Design (SPEED) of Networked Control Systems with Application to Smart Grids,” 2012 CNLS annual conference on Optimization and Control of Smart Grids, Los Alamos National Lab, Santa Fe, New Mexico, May 21-25, 2012.
13. Wang, J., “A novel data placement scheme and a scalable reverse lookup solution for replication
storage architecture,” Data Storage Institute, Singapore, Singapore, December 11th 2012.
14. Wang, J., “Supporting HPC Analytics Applications with Access Patterns,” Data Storage Institute, Singapore, Singapore, September 11, 2012.
15. Yuan, J.S., “CMOS RF Circuit Design for Reliability and Variability,” National Chiayi University, Taiwan, November 21, 2012.
16. Yuan, J.S., “RF Wireless Communication ICs for Information System,” I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, November 22, 1012.
Patents
1. Birru, D., C.-T. Chou, and A. Seyedi, “Coordination in Wireless Networks Having Devices with Different Physical Layer Transmission Schemes,” US Patent 8233505, Jul. 31, 2012.
2. Birru, D. and A. Seyedi, “Cost-Effective Preamble Structure for High-Speed Communication of Packetized System,” US Patent 8,213,523, Jul. 3, 2012.
3. Fisher, S. D., R. Harwell, A. Lambert, II, J. F. Moore; J. C. Nolan, S. K.-P Jorgen, J. Rikenberger, A. R. Weeks, Jr and K. Van Arsdel, “Wireless patient parameter sensors for use in MRI,” U.S. Patent # 8,098,149, January 17, 2012.
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4. Ge, Z., X. Zhu, S. T. Wu, and T.X. Wu, “Liquid crystal display device having patterned electrodes for repetitive divided horizontal electric field and fringing electric field,” U.S. Patent # 8,334,955, Dec. 18, 2012.
5. Ge, Z., X. Zhu, T. X. Wu, S. T. Wu, W. Y. Li, and C. K. Wei, “Transflective liquid crystal display comprising a dielectric layer between the first and second electrodes in the transmissive region,” U.S. Patent # 8,174,647, May 8, 2012. 6. Hong, Q., R. Lu, X. Zhu, T.X. Wu, and S. T. Wu, “Wide acceptance-angle circular polarizers,” U.S. Patent # 8,330,911, Dec. 11, 2012.
7. Liou, J.J., “Devices with Adjustable Dual-Polarity Trigger- and Holding-Voltage/Current for High-Level of Electrostatic Discharge Protection in Submicron Mixed Signal CMOS/BiCMOS Technology,” U.S. Patent # 7,985,640, Dec. 2012.
8. Liou, J.J., “Novel Multi-Gate pHEMT Devices for On-Chip Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Protection of Gallium Arsenide Integrated Circuits,” U.S./Taiwan/Korea Patents, Nov. 2012
9. Malocha, D. and N. Kozlovski “Orthogonal frequency coding for surface acoustic wave devices,” U.S. Patent# US8169320 B2, May 1, 2012.
9. Mikhael, W., R. Ranganathan, N. Kutkut, and I. Batarseh “Novel Adaptive Sun Tracking system for Incident Energy Maximization and Efficiency Improvement of PV panels,” Docket No: UCF – 31038(7292), Application No: 12/150, 995, Feb 14, 2012.
10. Mikhael, W. and R. Ranganathan, “Adaptive Methods Employing Optimal Convergence Factors For Processing Complex Signals and Systems,” U.S. Patent # 8,144,759, March 27, 2012.
11. Mikhael, W. and R. Ranganathan, N. Kutkut and I. Batarseh, “Iterative Adaptive Solar Tracking Having Variable Step Size,” U.S. Patent # 8,338,695, December 25, 2012.
12. Seyedi, A., “Method and System of Diversity Transmission of Data,” U.S. Patent # 8369449, Feb. 5, 2013 & European Patent 1929734, Nov. 28, 2012. Patents Application 1. Gong, X. and Y. Yusuf, “Integrated Cavity Filter/Antenna Systems,” U.S. Patent Application, May 20, 2012.
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2. Seyedi, A., C.-T. Chou, and R. Chen, “Apparatus and Method for Enabling Discovery of Wireless Devices,” US Patent pending, European Patent 2127237, Dec. 19, 2012.
3.4 RESEARCH FUNDING
ECE RESEARCH FUNDING CY 2012 External Awards
AGENCY TITLE FUNDED
National Science Foundation (NSF)
PI: Batarseh, Dr. Issa E
US-Jordan Cooperative Science: Chaos Theory on Micro-Inverters for Photovoltaic (PV) Systems $89,504.00
CoPI: DeMara, Dr. Ronald F
REU Supplement to Collaborative Research: Towards Life-like Computer Interfaces that Learn $6,000.00
CoPI: Georgiopoulos, Dr. Michael
I3: The UCF Community Embraces the Knowledge-Based Economy $74,864.95
CoPI: Georgiopoulos, Dr. Michael
UCF COMPASS: Convincing Outstanding-Math-Potential Admits to Succeed in STEM $212,557.60
PI: Georgiopoulos, Dr. Michael
Collaborative Research: RET in Engineering and Computer Science Site: Research Experiences for Teachers focused on Applications of ImagEs and SiGnals In High Schools (AEGIS) $157,500.00
PI: Georgiopoulos, Dr. Michael STEP Workshop: WORKStep $25,000.00
PI: Gong, Dr. Xun
BST-Inspired Flexible and Beamsteerable Reflectarray Antennas $300,000.00
PI: Wang, Dr. Jun
CAREER: Data-Intensive HPC Analytics: A systems approach through extended interfaces, data restructuring and data-centric scheduling $16,000.00
PI: Wang, Dr. Jun
CSR: Small: DSA-Cloud: Data Semantics Aware Clouds for High Performance Analytics $16,000.00
CoPI: Wei, Dr. Lei
Collaborative Research: RET in Engineering and Computer Science Site: Research Experiences for Teachers focused on Applications of ImagEs and SiGnals In High Schools (AEGIS) $105,000.00
NASA Shared Services Center (NSSC)
PI: Jones, Dr. W Linwood
Improved Aquarius Salinity Retrievals using Auxillary Products from the Microwave Radiometer $112,500.00
PI: Jones, Dr. W Linwood
Inter-Satellite Radiometric Calibration for the GPM Constellation $100,000.00
PI: Jones, Dr. W Linwood
Improved Active/Passive Ocean Vector Wind Retrievals $128,111.00
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CoPI: Jones, Dr. W Linwood GOLD SALMON project $2,000.00
CoPI: Wang, Dr. Jun GOLD SALMON project $4,000.00
Krystal Engineering, LLC
PI: Malocha, Dr. Donald C
NASA SBIR Phase II: New Wireless Sensors for Diagnostics under Harsh Environments $302,500.00
DOD
CoPI: DeMara, Dr. Ronald F
Hardware-Assisted Large-Scale Neuroevolution for Multiagent Learning $14,105.00
CoPI: Georgiopoulos, Dr. Michael
Hardware-Assisted Large-Scale Neuroevolution for Multiagent Learning $14,105.00
PI: Lin, Dr. Mingjie
Hardware-Assisted Large-Scale Neuroevolution for Multiagent Learning $98,735.00
CoPI: Wahid, Dr. Parveen F
Hardware-Assisted Large-Scale Neuroevolution for Multiagent Learning $14,105.00
CoPI: Wei, Dr. Lei
Hardware-Assisted Large-Scale Neuroevolution for Multiagent Learning $20,150.00
QinetiQ North America
PI: Malocha, Dr. Donald C SAW 915 MHz OFC Temperature Sensors $12,000.00
PI: Malocha, Dr. Donald C
Hydrogen Wireless Sensors and Software Development 2012 $26,000.00
PI: Malocha, Dr. Donald C
Development of Surface Acoustic Wave Sensor Devices and System $122,569.00
Maglev Energy, Inc.
PI: Wu, Dr. Xinzhang (Thomas)
Design of Next Generation Advanced Permanent Magnet Reluctance Machine for Renewable Energy Application $125,011.50
Advanced Power Electronics Corporation (APECOR)
PI: Wu, Dr. Xinzhang (Thomas)
NASA SBIR Phase II: High-Temperature, Wirebondless, Ultra-Compact Wide Bandgap Power Semiconductor Modules for Space Power Systems $124,939.00
US Department of Education
PI: Behal, Dr. Aman
Development of an Intelligent Assistive Robotic System for Individuals with Multiple Sclerosis $99,918.50
Harris Corporation
PI: Gong, Dr. Xun
1-110 GHz, Two Aperture Electronically Scanned Array for Electronic Attack $75,000.00
PI: Qu, Dr. Zhihua
Power-generation buoy and deep-sea monitoring system $8,000.00
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
PI: Jones, Dr. W Linwood
Observations of Ocean Surface Wind Speed and Rain Rate with the Hurricane Imaging Radiometer (HIRAD) $54,080.00
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Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.
PI: Liou, Dr. Juin J
Development of Standardized Methodology to Design and Optimize On-Chip System-Level Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Protection Solutions $40,000.00
NASA
PI: Malocha, Dr. Donald C
Wireless, Passive Strain Sensor for Space Applications - Graduate Student Researchers Program (GSRP): James Humphries $30,000.00
National Institute of Aerospace Associates, Inc
PI: Malocha, Dr. Donald C
Passive Wireless OFC SAW Interrogation Using Network Analyzer $25,724.00
Rini Technologies, Inc.
CoPI: Wu, Dr. Xinzhang (Thomas)
Thermal Management of Aircraft High Performance Electrical Actuation System $24,600.00
Intel Corporation
PI: Sundaram, Dr. Kalpathy B
RF: Preparation of Boron Carbon Nitride (BCN) films by RF Sputtering using dual target approach $16,000.00
PI: Sundaram, Dr. Kalpathy B
RF: Consultation on BCN films and optical measurements
L3 Communications Link Simulation & Training
PI: Qu, Dr. Zhihua
Modeling and Control of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles $15,000.00
MNEMONICS, Inc.
PI: Malocha, Dr. Donald C
NASA STTR Phase 1: Wireless SAW Sensor Strain Gage & Integrated Interrogator Design $6,000.00
NASA Langley Research Center
PI: Malocha, Dr. Donald C OFC SAW tag/sensor $2,995.00
Total External Award: $2,620,574.55
Internal Awards
AGENCY TITLE FUNDED
UCF/I-4
PI: Gong, Dr. Xun
FHTC: 16-110 GHz Broadband Array Testing $41,666.00
PI: Malocha, Dr. Donald C
I-4 Associated with Wireless, Passive Encoded SAW Sensors and Communication Links (Phase I & II) $0.00
PI: Malocha, Dr. Donald C
I-4: Wireless SAW Strain Gauge and Wireless Integrated Interrogator Design $9,121.00
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PI: Qu, Dr. Zhihua
I/4: Grid Stability with Distributed Generations and Varying Topologies $0.00
PI: Qu, Dr. Zhihua
I-4: Modeling and Control of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles $5,000.00
PI: Qu, Dr. Zhihua
I-4: Unidirectional turbine for wave energy extraction $2,092.00
PI: Wu, Dr. Xinzhang (Thomas)
I4: NASA SBIR Phase II: High-Temperature, Wirebondless, Ultra-Compact Wide Bandgap Power Semiconductor Modules for Space Power Systems $0.00
PI: Wu, Dr. Xinzhang (Thomas)
Modeling and Optimization of Permanent Magnet Reluctance Machine for Renewable Energy Application $8,415.00
PI: Wu, Dr. Xinzhang (Thomas)
FHTC: Design of Next Generation Advanced Permanent Magnet Reluctance Machine for Renewable Energy Application $41,670.50
CoPI: Wu, Dr. Xinzhang (Thomas)
FHTC: I/4 Thermal Management of Aircraft High Performance Electrical Actuation System $24,600.00
Florida Space Institute
PI: Behal, Dr. Aman
Image-Based Motion Estimation and Tracking for Collaborative Space Assets $15,000.00
CoPI: Ebadi, Siamak
Flexible Phase Shifters - A Stepway to Future Space Vehicle Antenna Systems $0.00
PI: Georgiopoulos, Dr. Michael
Sponsorship of the National Science Olympiad (NSO) at UCF $1,250.00
PI: Gong, Dr. Xun
Flexible Phase Shifters - A Stepway to Future Space Vehicle Antenna Systems $80,000.00
CoPI: Jones, Dr. W Linwood GOLD SALMON project $312.50
CoPI: Richie, Dr. Samuel M
Sponsorship of the National Science Olympiad (NSO) at UCF $1,250.00
CoPI: Wang, Dr. Jun GOLD SALMON project $625.00
Office of Research & Commercialization
CoPI: Georgiopoulos, Dr. Michael
UCF COMPASS: Convincing Outstanding-Math-Potential Admits to Succeed in STEM $24,000.00
PI: Georgiopoulos, Dr. Michael
Sponsorship of the National Science Olympiad (NSO) at UCF $7,250.00
CoPI: Richie, Dr. Samuel M
Sponsorship of the National Science Olympiad (NSO) at UCF $7,250.00
Florida Space Grant Consortium (FSGC)
PI: Jones, Dr. W Linwood
Volcanic Eruption Forecasting Algorithm (VEFA) $25,000.00
College of Science Dean's Office
CoPI: Georgiopoulos, Dr. Michael
UCF COMPASS: Convincing Outstanding-Math-Potential Admits to Succeed in STEM $12,000.00
Provost's Office
CoPI: Georgiopoulos, Dr. Michael
UCF COMPASS: Convincing Outstanding-Math-Potential Admits to Succeed in STEM $12,000.00
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E&G - I-4
PI: Malocha, Dr. Donald C
I-4: Wireless SAW Strain Gauge and Wireless Integrated Interrogator Design $10,879.00
College of Sciences
PI: Georgiopoulos, Dr. Michael
Sponsorship of the National Science Olympiad (NSO) at UCF $5,000.00
CoPI: Richie, Dr. Samuel M
Sponsorship of the National Science Olympiad (NSO) at UCF $5,000.00
Office of Undergraduate Studies
PI: Georgiopoulos, Dr. Michael
Sponsorship of the National Science Olympiad (NSO) at UCF $5,000.00
CoPI: Richie, Dr. Samuel M
Sponsorship of the National Science Olympiad (NSO) at UCF $5,000.00
UCF/Office of Research and Commercialization
PI: Lin, Dr. Mingjie
IH: Discriminatively Fortified Computing for Integrated Cirect (IC) Devices $7,500.00
Medicine Dean's Office
CoPI: Georgiopoulos, Dr. Michael
UCF COMPASS: Convincing Outstanding-Math-Potential Admits to Succeed in STEM $7,002.00
CECS Deans Office
CoPI: Georgiopoulos, Dr. Michael
UCF COMPASS: Convincing Outstanding-Math-Potential Admits to Succeed in STEM $6,000.00
Biology
CoPI: Georgiopoulos, Dr. Michael
UCF COMPASS: Convincing Outstanding-Math-Potential Admits to Succeed in STEM $3,000.00
Florida High Tech Corridor Council
PI: Qu, Dr. Zhihua
I-4: Unidirectional turbine for wave energy extraction $2,908.00
Florida Space Grant Consortium (FSGC)
PI: Georgiopoulos, Dr. Michael
Sponsorship of the National Science Olympiad (NSO) at UCF $1,250.00
CoPI: Richie, Dr. Samuel M
Sponsorship of the National Science Olympiad (NSO) at UCF $1,250.00
IST
PI: Georgiopoulos, Dr. Michael
Sponsorship of the National Science Olympiad (NSO) at UCF $1,250.00
CoPI: Richie, Dr. Samuel M
Sponsorship of the National Science Olympiad (NSO) at UCF $1,250.00
Physics
CoPI: Georgiopoulos, Dr. Michael
UCF COMPASS: Convincing Outstanding-Math-Potential Admits to Succeed in STEM $1,680.00
Mathematics
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CoPI: Georgiopoulos, Dr. Michael
UCF COMPASS: Convincing Outstanding-Math-Potential Admits to Succeed in STEM $1,320.00
Chemistry
CoPI: Georgiopoulos, Dr. Michael
UCF COMPASS: Convincing Outstanding-Math-Potential Admits to Succeed in STEM $1,200.00
CREOL
PI: Georgiopoulos, Dr. Michael
Sponsorship of the National Science Olympiad (NSO) at UCF $500.00
CoPI: Richie, Dr. Samuel M
Sponsorship of the National Science Olympiad (NSO) at UCF $500.00
College of Engineering and Computer Science (CECS)
CoPI: Jones, Dr. W Linwood GOLD SALMON project $200.00
CoPI: Wang, Dr. Jun GOLD SALMON project $400.00
Advanced Materials Processing & Analysis Center (AMPAC)
PI: Georgiopoulos, Dr. Michael
Sponsorship of the National Science Olympiad (NSO) at UCF $250.00
CoPI: Richie, Dr. Samuel M
Sponsorship of the National Science Olympiad (NSO) at UCF $250.00
NanoScience Technology Center
PI: Georgiopoulos, Dr. Michael
Sponsorship of the National Science Olympiad (NSO) at UCF $250.00
CoPI: Richie, Dr. Samuel M
Sponsorship of the National Science Olympiad (NSO) at UCF $250.00
Total Internal Award: $387,591.00
ECE CONTINUING PROJECTS PI Title Agency
Batarseh Photovoltaic Power Electronics Research US Dept of Energy
Behal
Non-Linear Characterization of the Stretch Reflex
Arc and its Neuromodulatoin NIH DeMara
REU Supplement to Collaborative Research:
Towards Life-like Computer Interfaces that Learn NSF
CRPA: Communicating Avatars: Artificial Intelligence + Computer Graphics = Innovative
Science
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Georgiopoulos
STEM Research/Subsidized Employment for
Undergraduates Workforce Central Florida
STEM Persistence and Female Mentorship
Program for Undergraduates
New and Emerging Research/Subsidized
Employment for Undergraduates Gong
Online, In-Situ Monitoring Combustion Turbines
Using Wireless Passive Ceramic Sensors US Dept of Energy Jones
Inter-Satellite Radiometric Calibration for the
GPM Constellation NASA
Observations of Ocean Surface Wind Speed and Rain Rate with the Hurricane Imaging Radiometer
(HIRAD)
Improved Aquarius Salinity Retrievals using Auxillary Products from the Microwave
Radiometer
Improved Active/Passive Ocean Vector Wind
Retrievals GOLD SALMON project
Liou
Design, Characterization, and Optimization of High Voltage (20 to 70 volts) Electrostatic
Discharge (ESD) Protection Elements for Power Management Integrated Circuits Intersil Corporation
RF - Development of Standardized Methodology to Correlate System ESD Pulses at Connector to ESD
Pulses at IC to Enable IC Design National Semiconductor Corp. Malocha
OFC SAW tag/sensor NASA
SAW Sensor Parameter Detection Using
Coherence Techniques FSGC
NASA SBIR Phase I: Wireless SAW Interrogator
and Sensor System Mnemonics, Inc.
NASA STTR Phase 1: Wireless SAW Sensor Strain
Gage & Integrated Interrogator Design UCF FHTC
SAW OFC Device Fabrication on YZ Lithium
Niobate
NASA SBIR Phase I: High Temperature SAW
Sensor Development
Wireless, Passive Strain Sensor for Space Applications - Graduate Student Researchers
Program (GSRP): James Humphries
I-4: Wireless SAW Interrogator and Sensor System Qu
Wave Energy Florida Energy Systems
Consortium
Grid Stability with Distributed Generations and
Varying Topologies DOE SEGIS
Modeling and Control of Unmanned Aerial
Vehicles L3 Communications Link
Simulation & Training
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I-4: Unmanned Aircraft System Operations in National Air Space: A Feasibility Study at Daytona
Beach International Airport UCF FHTC
Autonomous and Cooperative Control of
Unmanned Air Systems L3 Communications Link
Simulation & Training
I/4: Grid Stability with Distributed Generations
and Varying Topologies FHTC
I-4: Modeling and Control of Unmanned Aerial
Vehicles Sundaram
RF: Preparation of Boron Carbon Nitride (BCN) films by RF Sputtering using dual target approach Intel Corp.
Amorphous Ferromagnetic Alloys UCF FHTC Wang
CPA-ACR: Fast Recovery using Optimal and Near-Optimal Parallelism in Data-Intensive
Computing NSF
CAREER: Data-Intensive HPC Analytics: A systems approach through extended interfaces, data
restructuring and data-centric scheduling
CSR: Small: DSA-Cloud: Data Semantics Aware
Clouds for High Performance Analytics GOLD SALMON project NASA
Wu, Tom
Photovoltaic Power Electronics Research Initiative (PERI) for developing low cost, ultra-compact,
three-phase micro inverters or "AC bricks" US Dept of Energy Induced Power System Simulation Model Project Siemens Energy, Inc.
Modeling and Optimization of Permanent Magnet Reluctance Machine for Renewable Energy
Application Maglev Energy, Inc. Balance Account for Dr. Thomas Wu UCF
Yuan
RF - High Linearity RF Power Amplifier Design,
Simulation, and Characterization Jiangxi Xinyu Huatong Machinery
Co., Ltd
3.5 COLLABORATIONS WITH RESEARCH CENTERS AND INSTITUTES ECE has active collaborations with centers and institutes on campus. Below is the list of joint ECE appointees and their home unit 50% ECE and 50% NanoCenter
Aman Behal Associate Professor
Debashis Chanda
Assistant Professor
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College of Optics
Peter Delfyett Joint Faculty
Sasan Fathpour Joint Faculty
Martin C. Richardson Joint Faculty
M.J. Soileau Joint Faculty
FSEC
Neelkanth Dhere Joint Faculty
External Collaborators
Georgios Anagnostopoulos Joint Faculty
Eytan Pollak Visiting Research
Professor
4. Partnership, Outreach and International Activities
4.1 THE INDUSTRIAL AFFILIATES BOARD (IAB) The 2013 EECS Industrial Advisory Board meeting was held on July 24th, 2012 at Harris Corporation Engineering Center room 101. The meeting was held to collaborate on research areas and enhancing the quality of CpE and EE undergraduate and graduate academic programs.
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5. Report of ECE Student Organizations
5.1 ETTA KAPPA NU The UCF Eta Kappa Nu, Zeta Chi Chapter in the Department of EECS – ECE Division, was approved for reactivation on March 17, 2013. Thirty five members were inducted on November 30, 2012. Of those 35, 20 have since graduated and 15 are active undergraduate students.
The chapter has elected new officers for this academic year and they are currently decided their future activities.
