Our faculty and staff are dedicated to your development as a competent electrical engineer. They teach so that you can learn, they research so that the frontiers of electrical engineering are pushed outwards every day, and they provide service to the profession, the state, and the nation so that all of these can benefit from the new electrical and electronic technologies they have developed.
Assistant Professor Ahmad's research interests include the growth and study of ultra-wide bandgap semiconductors including high aluminum content AlGaN, boron nitride and gallium oxide, fabrication of novel high-power electronic and photonic devices, and computer simulation of these devices.
Professor Ali serves as the Department Chair and conducts research focused on conformal antennas, multifunctional materials and structures, and wireless sensing methods and technology.
Assistant Professor Bae has focused his research on magnetic nanofluid hyperthermia and its clinical applications, magnetic(ferrite) nanoparticles/nanofluids for nano-theranostics in nanomedicine, magnetically-labeled point-care-of biosensors, in vivo & in-vitro magnetic based biosensors/bioMEMS, extremely low frequency nanomagnetic biomedical devices and medical instrumentation for neural engineering and neuromodulation, and Nanostructure spintronics materials/devices for advanced electronics and energy sustainability.
Assistant Professor Booth’s research is focused on power grid modernization through optimized power electronic converters. Key areas of interest include DC microgrids, electric vehicles, and higher frequency transformers.
Associate Professor Chandrashekhar has focused his research towards novel, low cost, fast energy payback solutions to sustainable energy production, including dye-sensitized solar cells from SiC & GaN powders, photolytic/ photoelectrochemical hydrogen production as well as nanoelectronic materials such as graphene and SiC for electrical power management, sensing and emissions monitoring.
Associate Professor Chen's current research interests include Signal integrity for high speed circuits, multi-band mobile handset printed inverted-F antennas (PIFAs) and base station antenna arrays, RF, millimeter-wave, and microwave integrated circuits printed on multi-layer GaN based substrates, Bioelectromagnetic applications, Large target scattering RCS prediction using higher-order, efficient Maxwell’s solvers, Wireless signal coverage study by using the PSTD MRTD approaches.
Professor Ginn's areas of specialization are Power electronics applications in energy systems, power phenomena and compensation in non-sinusoidal systems, and power quality.
Carolina Distinguished Professor Dr. Khan is Director of the Photonics and Microelectronics Laboratory. His research work is three-fold: Develop ultraviolet and visible high power solid-state light-emitting diodes and lasers using AlInGaN multiple quantum wells; Develop AlInGaN based high-power, high frequency microwave transistors using innovative material designs and processing techniques; and Develop AlInGaN based photodetectors.
Professor Mandal’s research interests include wide bandgap semiconductors based nuclear detectors and front-end readout electronics; machine learning reinforced radiation detection spectrometers for robust, high-performance measurements, and analysis; high-efficiency heterojunction thin-film solar cells (CIGS, CdTe, CZTS, Sb2S3, DSSC etc.); THz sources, sensing, and imaging applications; 2D-materials and nanomaterials.
Professor Matolak’s specializations and research interests include Wireless Channel Characterization, Ad Hoc Communication Networks, Modulation/Detection PHY/MAC, Random Process Modeling, and Electromagnetics Modeling.
Dr. Nasiri's research interests are high power/voltage energy conversion, energy storage, and microgrids. Dr. Nasiri has published numerous technical journal and conference papers on related topics. He also holds seven patents and has co-authored two books.
Assistant Professor Sahin’s research interests include the signal processing methods emphasizing on the physical layer of wireless communication systems, intelligent air-interfaces, waveforms, sequences, machine learning, radio access technologies, broadband mobile networks, and wireless communication standards, e.g., IEEE 802.11 Wi-Fi and 3GPP 5G NR.
Associate Professor Santi's long-term research interests are in the area of power electronics.
Professor Simin's research interests include Wide bandgap materials and devices; III-Nitride power microwave devices and ICs. He also serves as the Department's Undergraduate Director.
Wilson Smoak is the instructor and coordinator for our Capstone Design Courses, ELCT 403 & 404 in Electrical Engineering Department, following a successful career in design of digital electronics, most recently for Intel.
Professor Wang’s research interest include Smart RF passives/systems: MEMS based RF components/systems, on-chip tunable RF components/systems, High performance on-ship components characterization and process optimization: MEMS/NEMS and their RF and Bio-medical applications; Novel materials and their mmwave applications; 3D IC and system integration. He also serves as the Department’s Graduate Director.
Associate Professor Wang's research interests include model predictive control, robust adaptive control, networked control systems, multi-agent systems, and machine learning, with their applications in robotics, cyber-physical systems, and autonomous systems.
Associate Professor Zhang’s areas of specialization include Prognostics and health management, which covers fault detection and isolation, failure prognosis, and fault tolerance; Robotics, unmanned systems, electromechanics, and industrial electronics; Intelligent systems and control; Dynamic systems, design, modeling, simulation and control
Carolina Distinguished Professor Emeritus Roger Dougal's research interests include Power and Energy Systems, which tackles complex and often interdisciplinary problems in energy conversion.
Carolina Distinguished Professor Emeritus Tangali Sudarshan's specializations and research interests include work in growth, fabrication, characterization and device processing of Silicon Carbide (SiC), high-power solid state switches, insulating systems for high voltage power apparatus, surface flashover of solid dielectrics and photoconducting materials in gas systems, insulator degradation and aging, coronas and arcs, power system protection
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