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Table of Contents

2 Welcome to ECE

4 Research Areas

19 Research Centers

24 Education

26 Technology Transfer

28 Alumni Spotlights

30 ECE Faculty

MEMS and Integrated Microsystems 4

Integrated Circuits and VLSI 5

Applied Electromagnetics 6

Control Systems 8

Robotics and Computer Vision 9

Energy and Power Systems 10

Quantum Science and Devices 11

Signal and Image Processing 12

Communications 13

Optics and Photonics 14

Solid-State Devices and Nanotechnology 16

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4 Annals of Vascular Surgery, September 2005, v. 19, n. 5the stentenna shown on the cover was invented by Kensall D. Wise,Yogesh Gianchandani, Andrew DeHennis, and Kenichi Takahata,

and reprinted on the cover with their permission.

4 Sensors Magazine, August 1, 2006

Sensors Magazine cover © Questex Media Group, Inc. All rights

reserved. Reprinted by permission. Cover originally appeared in

August 2006 issue of Sensors Magazine from the article, MEMS

Update: What’s Near, What’s Here by Joe Giachino.

8 The Control Systems Magazine, October 2003, v. 23 n. 5

RABBIT: A Testbed for Advanced Control Theory,

by Christine Chevallereau, Gabriel Abba, Yannick Aoustin,

Franck Plestan, Eric R. Westervelt, Carlos Canudas-de-Wit, and Jessy W. Grizzle, pp. 57–59.

8 Production Systems Engineering, by Jingshan Li and Semyon M. Meerkov. Springer 2008.

11 Proceedings of the IEEE, September 2007, v. 95, n. 9

(Special Issue)

Quantum-Dot Optoelectronic Devices, by Pallab Bhattacharya and

Zetian Mi, pp. 1723–1740. High-Temperature Tunneling Quantum-Dot

Intersublevel Detectors for Mid-Infrared to Terahertz Frequencies, byPallab Bhattacharya, Xiaohua Su, G. Ariyawansa, and A.G.U.

Perera, pp. 1828–1837.

12 Cytometry Part B, January 2009, v. 76B

Analysis of Clinical Flow Cytometric Immunophenotyping Data by

Clustering on Statistical Manifolds: Treating Flow Cytometry Data as

High-Dimensional Objects, by William G. Finn, Kevin M. Carter, Raviv Raich, Lloyd M. Stoolman, and Alfred O. Hero, pp. 1–7.

16 Applied Physics Letters, February 4, 2008, v. 92 n. 5

Direct Vapor Jet Printing of Three Color Segment Organic Light

Emitting Devices for White Light Illumination, by Michael S. Arnold, Gregory J. McGraw, Stephen R. Forrest, and Richard R. Lunt.

17 Applied Physics Letters, January 5, 2009 v. 94 n. 1

Flexible Photodetectors on Plastic Substrates by Use of Printing

Transferred Single-Crystal Germanium Membranes, by Hao-ChihYuan, Jonghyun Shin, Guoxuan Qin, Lei Sun, Pallab Bhattacharya,

Max G. Lagally, George K. Celler, and Zhenqiang Ma.

17 Applied Physics Letters, March 10, 2008, v. 92 n. 10

Branched SnO2 Nanowires on Metallic Nanowire Backbones With

Sub-ppm Sensitivity to Ethanol, by Qing Wan, Jin Huang, Zhong Xie,Taihong Wang, Eric N. Dattoli, and Wei Lu.

19 Hearing Research, August 2008, v. 242, n. 102

Cover photo is from the article, High-Density Cochlear Implants With

Position Sensing and Control, by Kensall D. Wise, Pamela T. Bhatti,

Jianbai Wang, Craig R. Friedrich, pp. 22–30.

20 Laser Focus World, April 2008

ULTRAFAST LASERS: Michigan Group Achieves Laser Intensity

Record, by Jim Hecht. Copyright PennWell Corp. 2008, reprinted

by permission.

Copyright © 2009

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ECE at Michigan–Home of the Leaders and Best

2 Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Michigan College of Engineering

Welcome to ECE

Welcome to Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Michigan –ECE@Michigan! We are a division within the Department of Electrical Engineering

and Computer Science (EECS), where faculty and students have been contributing to thescience and technology of electrical and computer engineering since 1895. Our longstandingtradition of excellence in education and research is complemented by constant innovation

and a vision for a better tomorrow.

During the past few years, ECE@Michigan has made several major advances: a new world-class Nanofabrication Facility; a newly renovated ECE

Building; and the influx of a large group of new faculty specializing in cutting-edge fields such as energy and powersystems, nanotechnology and nanomaterials, low-powerdigital and communication circuits, embedded systems,plasma science and engineering, terahertz science and

technology, MEMS, computer vision, and robotics. Theseadvances exemplify our commitment to excellence as wechart an exciting course for the future at ECE@Michigan.

Our research, our educational programs, and thecompanies we have launched place ECE@Michigan at

the heart of many of the most critical problemsfacing our society and the world today. You will

find our faculty, students, and alumni in thevanguard of professionals working to improvehealth care, the environment, sustainability,security, energy, and transportation. Theyare discovering new innovations to improvemedical procedures, to protect our land, air,and water, and to explore the future of green

energy. Building on solid scientific investigation, wewill continue to revolutionize technology in the

areas of Energy, Environment, Information Technology, Security, Health, Transportation, and Space.

ECE@Michigan maintains one of the country’s largest and most vibrant research programs,covering many important specialties including communication systems and circuits, signal

and image processing, control theory and applications, wireless sensor networks, integratedanalog and digital electronics, VLSI, MEMS and integrated microsystems, plasma science and

engineering, optics and photonics, lasers, quantum science and technology, solid-state devices and theory, nanoelectronics and nanotechnology, solar cells and photovoltaics, applied and computational electromagnetics, radar remote sensing, terahertz science

University of Michigan College of Engineering Electrical and Computer Engineering 3

BSE Degrees (EE and CE)

Conferred in 2008 184

MS Degrees


PhD Degrees


Faculty (Tenure/TT,

Research Scientists) 68

Annual Research

Expenditures ~$30M

A Look at ECE Today

L-R:�Prof.�Michael�Flynn,�Hyungil�Chae

Khalil Najafi

Schlumberger�Professor�of�Engineering

Chair,�Electrical�and�Computer�Engineering

and technology, compound and polymer electronics andoptics, computer vision, embedded systems, energy andpower systems and devices, robotics, and autonomous vehicles.

Large multidisciplinary and multi-institutional efforts areunderway in several laboratories and research centers,including the Center for Ultrafast Optical Science (CUOS),the NSF Center for Wireless Integrated MicroSystems(WIMS), The Michigan Institute for Plasma Science andEngineering (MIPSE), the Center for Objective Microelectronics and Biomimetic Advanced Technology(COM-BAT), and the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN).

ECE@Michigan offers premier undergraduate and graduateeducational programs that attract the best and the brightest students. Our academic programs are consistently rated in the top ten in the nation. In addition to traditional lecture and lab courses, undergraduate students experience real-world applications through in-class major design projects, student-led engineering projects, and participation in competitive and interdisciplinary student teams. Our students are engaged and motivated, and they leaveECE@Michigan ready to work in the global community, start businesses, and contribute to every sector of oureconomy.

We share our country’s commitment to training and educating the next generation of leadersand innovators; we know them asMichigan Electricaland Computer Engineers. We areECE@Michigan – we

aim to be the best, and we strive to improve theworld in which we live, making a difference in thelives of people across the globe. These are thehallmarks of ECE@Michigan. Come and experiencethe Michigan Difference!

Welcome to ECE

MEMS and Integrated Microsystems


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Building on decades of pioneering work in microelectromechanical systems(MEMS) and integrated microsystems, which incorporate mechanical elements,sensors, actuators, and electronics on a single platform using microfabrication

technology, faculty and students are exploring new materials, device structures, fabrication methods, interface circuits, and system

architectures. Recent advances include micro gas analyzers for use in portable environmental monitors, implantable sensors and

stimulators for biomedical applications and prostheses, micromechanical resonators for use in wireless communication,

miniature energy harvesting systems for wireless sensor networks, and miniature radiation detectors.

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A new wireless magnetoelasticsensor design is being

explored for integrationwith implantable medical

devices for continuouswireless monitoring

of implants.

www.eecs.umich.edu/eceresearch

[Annals of Vascular Surgery]

September 2005

A variety of environmental monitoring devices arebeing developed, including a micro-preconcen-trator, a state-of-the-art gas chromatograph for

improved detection of specific vapors andgases, water quality sensors, networked

radiation sensors capable of wirelesscommunication, and microsystems

designed for monitoring in harsh environments.

[Sensors] August 1, 2006

L-R:�Christine�Eun,�Prof.�Yogesh�Gianchandani,

Scott�Green

Cardiac and other in�vivo stents containing circuitryand antennas are being developed to sense bloodpressure, flow rate, plaque buildup, and oxygenationin biochemical assays.

Turning ambient heat, solar energy, and vibrations into electricalpower is being investigated in response to the rapid growth of

portable electronic systems, as well as remote-controlled sensor network nodes for environmental monitoring, both of which require

long-term energy sources.

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Research is being conducted in RF circuits, mixed-signal circuits, embedded systems, low-power CMOS processors and memory design, and circuits that incorporate MEMS and other emerging technologies. Applications range fromhigh-performance processors to ultra-low-power designs, analog-digital interfacesand mixed-signal circuits for sensor applications. In addition, techniques are beingdeveloped to provide wireless interfaces to neural probes, biomedical devices such as cochlear implants, communication devices, environmental sensors, and sensor networks for environmental and infrastructure health monitoring.

The Phoenix Processor microchip set a record for low power, making on-die battery integration feasible. Future applications include cutting-edge sensor-based devices such as medicalimplants, environmental monitors, andsurveillance equipment.

L-R:�Matt�Fojtik�(seated),�Prof.�Dennis�Sylvester,�

Prof.�David�Blaauw,�Scott�Hanson�(seated),�Yu-Shiang�Lin,�

Michael�Wieckowski�(seated),�Jae-sun�Seo�(back)

By achieving energy-efficient transmission using pulse-based ultra-wideband signaling, this chip has direct applications to short-rangecommunication systems such as sensor networks and RFIDs.

A method for fine tuningDeep-Brain Stimulation (DBS)based on the needs of the individual patient is being investigated. DBS is anemerging therapeutic technology for hypokinetic neurological disorders, such as Parkinson’s disease.

Shrinking battery sizes down to the size of the chip itself is enabling ultra-low-power

digital logic integrated systems to be used for new applications, such as biomedical

analysis and environmental monitoring. One application being developed is an

intraocular pressure sensor.

L-R:�Jose�M.�Almodovar-Faria,�Jonathan�K.�Brown,

Prof.�David�Wentzloff�(back)

Wireless sensor networks for environmental,medical, and industrial applications are beingdeveloped with a wake-up radio technology toreduce overall system energy consumption.

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Applied Electromagnetics


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Our faculty and students are investigating many aspects of applied electromagnetics, including microwave and millimeter-wave (MMW) circuits, teraherz electronics, MEMS circuits, antennas, wave propagation studies for wireless applications, scattering, computational electromagnetics, active and

passive microwave remote sensing, plasma electrodynamics, and metamaterials. This research plays an essential role in a variety of areas including wireless technologies and communication, the environment, energy, life sciences,

homeland security, and transportation.

Experimental facilities include a 60' long anechoic chamber with a frequency range of 300MHz–140GHz,

used for scattering measurements, and for antennapattern and radar system evaluations.

L-R:�Ju�Seop�Lee,�Mehrnoosh�Vahidpour,�Karl�Brakora�(in�front)

Morteza�Nick

Future wireless communication systems demand frequency agility for multi-frequency band operationand/or better spectrum utilization. Our research in the area of frequency agile materials is aimed at addressing the challenges in implementation of future multi-standard and cognitive radios.

Special antenna arrays are beinginvestigated to relay information from

space back to Earth.

Michigan researchers have focused microwaves to extreme subwavelength resolutions using patterned surfaces, opening up a whole range of

applications including wireless power transfer, microscopy, and beam-shaping devices to focus the electromagnetic radiation.


ALASKA


From towers, airplanes, and satellites, radar remote sensing is used to measure soil moisture and sea surface salinity, which play key roles in the Earth’s climate and

weather patterns. Radar remote sensing is also the most effective means oflarge-area mapping of global wetlands, which are believed to be significantly

impacted by the global climate change. Pictured is a complete wetlands mapof Alaska, generated for the first time using radar remote sensing at U-M.

Extensive research in antennas for diverse applications, including wireless systems,

autonomous vehicles, MMW communications, and homeland security applications have

resulted in many advances, including the highestmeasured gain reported for a miniaturized

slot antenna.

This array of components that both filters and focuses incoming microwaves can be used to enhance the operation of a conventional transmitter or receiver for a variety of communication purposes,

such as facilitating communication between Earth and deep-space satellites.

Microwave imaging is being

explored for robust early-stage

breast cancer detection.

Powerful numerical simulators are being developed that enable the first-pass design of

electromagnetic and optical systems ranging fromnext-generation computer boards to antennas for radar

and wireless applications, and on-chip optical interconnects, significantly reducing the need for

costly trial and error experimental design approaches.

L-R�Top:�Andrew�Caird,�Prof.�Eric�Michielssen,�Francesco�Andriulli,�Hakan�Bagci

L-R�Bottom:�Felipe�Valenzuela,�Onur�Bakir,�Abdulkadir�Yucel

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Control systems researchers are discovering innovative ways to apply control systems research theory to the needs of society. Control feedback algorithms are embedded in almost every conceivable type of technology,

and have the capability of addressing society’s desire for improved safety anda cleaner environment. Research is being conducted in traditional areas ofcontrol such as automotive powertrains, linear and nonlinear dynamical

systems, and manufacturing, as well as new areas including communicationnetworks, software systems, production systems engineering, hybrid

dynamical systems, mobile robotics, and systems biology.

[The Control Systems Magazine]

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Faculty have partneredwith engineers at Ford,

GM, Toyota, and Eaton tocontribute practical solutionsto many advanced automotivepowertrain problems, such asturbocharged engines withvariable valve timing, andpower management inhybrid electric vehicles.

L-R:�Prof.�Stéphane�Lafortune,�Hongwei�Liao

Theoretical research in discrete event systems, hybrid systems, stochastic systems, and informationally decentralized systems is being performed,with applications to computers, communication networks, supply chainsystems, economic systems, and computer-based technological systems.

[Production Systems Engineering]

Springer 2008

Working with biological chemists,medical doctors, and mathematicians,

faculty and students are investigating thedesign and control of biomolecular circuits

in living cells for a variety of applicationsincluding novel drug design and delivery.



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Robots are evolving from stationary devices that perform manufacturingtasks to mobile, information gathering, computing, and decision makingplatforms. Our students are developing feedback control principles forbipedal robotic locomotion with the goal of endowing machines, andultimately humans wearing prosthetic devices, with the ability to walk andeven run on two legs with a natural gait. They are investigating multi-agentsystems for applications ranging from intelligent transportation networks tosearch and rescue. In the area of computer vision, they are developingalgorithms that will allow autonomous navigation, video and image indexing,and visual surveillance by machines.

In-scale cars avoid collisionthrough the combination of

feedback algorithms and networked sensors.

L-R�Top:�Mads�Almassalkhi,�Shridhar�Jayanthi,�Prof.�Domitilla�Del�Vecchio,�

Rajeev�Verma,�L-R�Bottom:�Vishnu�Desaraju,�Mark�Yang,�Mike�Hafner

Theoretical work in 3D object categorizationwill lead to computers and robots better

able to identify and recognize theobjects they encounter under

arbitrary view point andillumination conditions.

The robot MABEL continues the researchbegun with RABBIT, applying novel nonlinearcontrol theory to emulate natural balance forwalking and even running in robots.

Prof.�Jessy�Grizzle

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New opportunities in electrical energy and power systems are arising with advances in materials, communications, computation, and control. Students and faculty are investigating energy conversion systems where enhanced

performance of electrical machines and power electronics is being exploited todevelop a variety of novel applications, from automotive propulsion systems to

wind generators. Power systems research is seeking new tools and techniques forimproving grid efficiency and robustness. An important aspect of this work is thedevelopment of network control strategies for enhancing grid responsiveness,

and enabling greater levels of renewable generation.

The course for seniors and graduate students, “Grid Integration ofAlternative Energy Sources” introduces a variety of alternative energy

sources, such as plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, wind, fuel cells, andphotovoltaic cells, along with the energy processing technologies

required for power system connection.

Research is being conducted to understand the future impactof large-scale integration of wind generation and PHEV’s

on power system operation. Enhanced control strategieswill be required to ensure that the variability inherent in

such sources and loads does not detrimentally affect grid reliability.

High-throughput nanofabricationtechnologies are being

developed with applications in areas such as solar

photovoltaics, micro- and nanophotonics,

sensors, and flat panel displays.

New control strategies will allow power systems to beoperated closer to their limits, offering widespreadefficiency improvements. Related work will positiondistribution systems for large-scale adoption of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs).

L-R:�Se�Hyun�Ahn,�Prof.�Jay�Guo


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New levels of understanding are being reached in quantum effects, wherethe smallest particles in nature are manipulated and studied, and are beingapplied to areas such as quantum computing, quantum information science,and quantum communications. Specific areas being investigated include:slow light for information storage; spectroscopy of advanced nanomaterialsfor technology, nanophotonics, and medicine; quantum computing; quantumdot devices including lasers and infrared photodetectors; integrated bio-photonics,III-V semiconductor growth, and spin-based heterostructure devices.

Pulses of light are being used to dramatically accelerate quantum

computers. Optically driven quantum bits make possible

ultra-low power quantum computers.

Bo�Sun

[Proceedings of the IEEE]

September 2007 (Special Issue)

This laser generatesa pure optical

frequency at the levelof 1 part in 10 billion for

probing single electrons insemiconductor nanostructures.

Quantum crystal photonic dots arebeing explored for use in quantumcomputing, nanosensors, andnanoscale lasers.

Researchers have recentlydemonstrated the first semiconductor-

based spin valve, spin amplifier, andelectrically injected spin laser.

L-R:�Prof.�Pallab�Bhattacharya,�Meng�Zhang

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Signal and image processing students are developing new models, methods, and technologies that will impact diagnostic and therapeutic medicine, network security, and radar imaging in multi-disciplinary efforts that involve faculty across campus, including the U-M Medical Center and the Department of Mathematics. They are also investigating ways to integrate data received from multiple-sensor

networks, to store and transmit information more efficiently, and to recognize complex patterns in diverse kinds of data such

as gene expression intensities, Internet traffic volumes, and social networks.

[Clinical Cytometry]

January 2009

Statistical Signal Processing: High-dimensionaldata analysis, structural graphical models,distributed algorithms, and machine learning arebeing used to develop algorithms for predictingepidemics, rapid response decision making,reducing computer spanning, and networkmonitoring. Signal modeling is being applied todevelop music retrieval and interpretation systems,and to musical instrument analysis.

Vision Processing: Image-processing techniques arebeing developed to refine and compress images.Computer-vision techniques are being developed toanalyze, model, and interpret visual scenes inimages and video.

Yong�Long

Medical Imaging: Advanced image reconstruction methods are beingdeveloped to improve image quality in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI),and X-ray computed tomography (CT), which will help physicians betterdiagnose patient ailments, and enable neuroscientists to study cognitiveprocession brain regions that were previously difficult to see with fMRI.

Communications


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Communications research in ECE explores the fundamental limits ofperformance possible in communication systems and communicationnetworks, as well as the practical ways of approaching those limits.Our students and faculty are improving data transmission through channel coding;they are building energy-efficient/high-performance networking mechanismsfor wireless sensor networks, mobile wireless ad hoc networks, and broadbandsatellite networks; they are determining quality of service limits in multi-userenvironments; and they are developing sensor networks for environmental monitoring,and optical communication systems for deep space communications.

Communication and Information Theory:Modulation, coding, compression, and multi-terminal techniques are being investigated to open doors to improved communication systems and networking environments.

Wireless: Optimal resource allocation and management mechanisms are being developed to improve the energy efficiency,performance, and spectrum utilization ofwireless, mobile ad hoc, and cognitive radio networks.

L-R:�David�Shuman,�Yi�Wang,�Dongsook�Kim,�Prof.�Mingyan�Liu

Optics: Active ring resonators are being designed for sensing and

communication applications.

Sensor Networks: Systems are being designed and analyzed for applications ranging from

environmental and security monitoring (soil and atmosphericdata collection, intrusion detection) to structural health

monitoring (smart bridges and highways).

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Optics and photonics faculty and students are exploring frontiers of optics, including biophotonics, photonic MEMS, optoelectronics in quantum structures, nanophotonics, ultrafast optics, quantum optics, and fiber

and integrated photonics and lasers. Research ranges from fundamental science to emerging applications and devices, including quantum

computing, on-chip micron-scaled resonators, microsensors, metamaterials, in vivo biological imaging and sensing, and

biophysical studies of biomolecular structure.

For the first time, light has been shownto generate vibrations in a micrometer-sized

sphere at rates greater than 10GHz, constitutingthe highest frequency demonstrated in any typeof MEMS. Work continues in the fabrication and

testing of photonic-MEMS where vibrationsare derived by the pressure of light.

L-R:�Mathew�Tomes,�Prof.�Tal�Carmon

In the area of theoretical optics and photonics, faculty and

students are investigating phenomena in nonlinear

optics, such as phase locking issues in fiber

laser arrays to reach higher power capacities,

and specific issues inquantum tunneling times.

L-R:�Prof.�Herbert�Winful,�Tsai-wei�Wu

New integrated and fiber optic devices arebeing developed to improve the quality of

broadband communication, as well as toprovide more secure transmission in

optical communication networks.L-R:�Malay�Kumar,�Vinay�Alexander



Faculty and students are performing the first experiments to generate intense magnetism in (ordinarily non-magnetic) natural materials like water and glass using laser light. This research may enable negative refraction and sub-wavelength imaging without the use of metamaterials.

L-R:�William�Fisher�and�Yuwei�Li

Optical and laser-based methodologiesare being employed to discover the

origin of cellular toxicity in Alzheimer’s and type 2 diabetes, which are members of

the larger class of amyloidogenic diseases that include mad cow and Parkinson’s disease.

L-R:�Katherine�Smirl,�Prof.�Duncan�Steel

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Solid-state research at Michigan encompasses a broad range of activities, including solid-state physics and theory, integrated electronics, optics and optoelectronics, organic and molecular electronics, flat panel

displays, microwave devices and circuits, novel compound and metal oxidesemiconductor materials, and nanoscience and nanotechnologies.

This research is leading to a variety of applications including memory and logic systems based on nanodevices and nanostructures,

efficient solid-state lighting, nanoimprint lithography, improved solar cells and flat panel displays, and

novel detector devices and biosensors.

Processing occurs for all forms ofsubstrate and thin-film materials such assilicon, GaAs, plastics, polymers, glass,and organics. The Lurie NanofabricationFacility is capable of handling substratesas small as 10mm and as large as150mm (6 inches).

Organic molecular beamdeposition system is used for

developing devices for solar cells,high-efficiency lighting, flexible

displays, and polymer electronics.

[Applied Physics Letters] February 4, 2008

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[Applied Physics Letters]

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L-R:�Emine�Cagin,�Willie�Bowen,

Weiming�Wang��

Pulsed laser depositionof oxide thin films is beingexplored for use in devices

that include application to flat panel displays, solar

cells, and integrated optics.[Applied Physics Letters] March 10, 2008

Nanodevices and materials are beingdeveloped for high-performancememories and transparent/flexibleelectronics.

Microfabrication methods of organic and metal oxidesemiconductor devices and circuits on flexible substrate

are being explored for flat panel displays, detectors,and transparent electronics.

Charlene�Chen

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The Michigan Institute for Plasma Science and Engineering (MIPSE) brings together faculty and students from a range of disciplines who investigate the fundamental processes and technological applications of ionized gases. This

ranges from the matter of interplanetary space and the environment around spacecraft to the chemically reacting media responsible for fabricating microelectronic devices throughetching and deposition. Researchers are investigating plasma-based MEMS devices, plasmamaterials processing and microelectronic fabrication, diagnostics, space applications andelectric propulsion, biotechnology, and innovative sustainable energy sources through

plasma-based technologies.

Plasma science and engineering research

advances the applications of nanotechnology with

the development of highly accelerated

nanoparticle systems. Promising

applications includenanoprinting, materials

engineering, and biotechnology.

L-R:�Keith�Fuhrop,�Louis�Musinski,�Prof.�Brian�Gilchrist

This bulk foil microdischarge-based pressure sensor can operate up to 1,000°C.

L-R:�Prof.�Mark�Kushner�(MIPSE�Director),�Yang�Yang

Research in plasma science and engineering spansmany technologies, from the electron emitters on

spacecraft to control their charging (electron trajectoriesin the background) to the plasma etching reactors used to

fabricate microelectronics (electric fields and ion densitiesin a helicon reactor are shown).


NSF Center forWireless IntegratedMicroSystems (WIMS)

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The NSF Engineering Research Center for Wireless Integrated MicroSystems(WIMS ERC) is merging micropower circuits, wireless interfaces, MEMS, andadvanced packaging to create microsystems that will have a pervasive impact onsociety during the next two decades in areas such as health care, environmentalmonitoring, security, energy, and transportation. In addition, the WIMS Centerhas created new interdisciplinary programs in microsystems at thecollege level, and pioneering programs in K–12 education.

Two decades of researchhave resulted in this prototype

of an advanced cochlear implantfor the profoundly deaf, which

combines silicon MEMS and polymertechnologies. It is currently undergoing

in�vitro�and in�vivo�testing.

[Hearing Research]August 2008

This 4-probe, 16-shank,64-site microelectrode array

electronically interfaces with thecentral nervous system at the

cellular level. Such arrays are themost advanced microstructures of

their kind ever reported.

L-R:�Prof.�Ken�Wise�(WIMS�Director),�Gayatri�Perlin

Brain micro implants are being developed to treat

disorders such as deafness, paralysis, epilepsy, and Parkinson’s

disease. This 64-channel, neural recording microsystem is capable of

wirelessly recording from different regions of the brain.

A palm-size integrated gas chromatography system is being developed with the capability of rapid analysis of gaseous

mixtures for applications in food processing, environmentalmonitoring, and homeland security.

Research Centers


Center for Ultrafast Optical Science

(CUOS)

Research Centers www.engin.umich.edu/research/cuos

Space

Security

Hea

lth

Ener

gy

Transportation

CUOS researchers explore ultrafast (femtosecond) laser applications across the entire range of pulse energy. This includes low-energy laser applications

such as biomedical optics and spectroscopy, medium-energy applications such as terahertz generation and micromachining, and studies of light-matter

interactions at the highest achievable intensity that promise new treatments for cancer, breakthroughs in lithography, and new insights

into fundamental science.

The laser known as HERCULES recently established a new world’srecord for on-target laser intensity at 1022 watts per square centimeter.Promising applications include cancer research and laboratory astrophysics.

[Laser Focus World]

April 2008

In collaboration with the Michigan NanotechnologyInstitute for Medicine and Biological Sciences, CUOS faculty have developed a novel optical

dual-clad fiber to measure the concentration within tumors of nanoparticles that have been shown

to successfully target the cancerous tumors, which may lead to a new form of cancer treatment.

L-R:�Prof.�Ted�Norris�

(CUOS�Director),�

Chuck�Divin

Novel research proving the viability of high-power, ultrafast laser pulse generation in optical fibers has potential applications in

next-generation lithography for chip manufacturing, and in teraherzradiation for scanning the contents of packages and other items.

L-R:�Chi-Hung�Liu,�Cheng�Zhu,�Shenghong�Huang


Center for ObjectiveMicroelectronics andBiomimetic AdvancedTechnology (COM-BAT)

www.michigancmes.org

Security

Information

Technology

Environment

L-R:�Prof.�Kamal�Sarabandi�(COM-BAT�Director),�Da�Han�Liao

The bat will receive powerfrom solar cell wings that have improved efficiency

due to quantum-dot technology.

The goal of the new COM-BAT center is to advance the state of the art in microelectronics through the creation of small, next-generation autonomous sensor platforms. This interdisciplinary research brings together the areas of power, navigation, communications, sensing, and processing. Faculty and students will create a robotic “bat”

that is integrated with power-scavenging devices, navigation and collision avoidance systems, extremely low-power, high-speed processing circuitry and storage, and an array of highly sensitive sensors for detection, monitoring, and surveillance.

Research Centers

On-board will be a high-tech globalpositioning system with advanced

antenna and processing hardware, as well as

low-power, low-drift accelerometers

and gyros.

The bat’s “head” containsa micro-sized, micropower

gas chromatograph that givesit a keen sense of smell, and

enables sensing of a wide varietyof chemicals. It also boasts a

system for scavenging energy fromthe local electric power grid, “eyes”

consisting of two cameras for navigationand surveillance with real-time video

processing, and electromagnetic echolocation to detect moving objects.

Robert H. LurieNanofabrication Facility


Research Centers www.lnf.umich.edu

“A stunning and important component of the University’s research and development initiatives in the world of nanotechnology”

U-M President Mary Sue Coleman at the dedication, April 11, 2008

The world-class Lurie Nanofabrication Facility (LNF) at the University of Michigan is ashared user facility available to research groups from government, industry, and universities,currently serving over 200 users working on a wide variety of applications in engineering,materials science, physics, chemistry, and biotechnology.

The LNF consists of 11,000 sq. ft. of class 10/100 cleanroom with a wide array oftechnologies needed for developing and fabricatingelectronic, optoelectronic, MEMS, and other devices.The laboratory includes equipment for thin-filmdeposition and growth, optical and e-beamlithography, nanoimprinting, wet and dry etch,electrochemical deposition, chemicalmechanical planarization, wafer bonding, wafer dicing, wire bonding, metrology, and more.

With the LNF andrenovations of existing facilities, theUniversity ofMichigan willcontinue to behome to one of the mostcomprehensiveand advancedacademic microand nanofabricationand characterizationfacilities in the nation,capable of improvingscientific research on aninternational scale.

Tempe

Stanford

UCSB

Boulder

UT-Austin

St. Louis

GeorgiaTech

Howard

HarvardCornellMinnesotaUW

MichiganPSU

NSF National NanotechnologyInfrastructure Network (NNIN)


The National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN)is an integrated network of user facilities supported by theNational Science Foundation, serving the needs of nanoscalescience, engineering, and technology researchers across thecountry. The goal of the NNIN is to enable rapid advancement inscience and engineering at the nanoscale by providing researcherswith efficient access to nanotechnology infrastructure (fabrication,characterization and computational capabilities, and facilities). Michigan offers NNIN members access to the Lurie Nanofabrication Facility, and expert assistance from our staff scientists.

www.lnf.umich.edu/NNIN

Annual Statistics (on average)

Lab Users: 200–250

10 Departments at U-M14 External Universities20+ Companies

Operating Budget: $3M

Technical Workshops: 3–5

K–12 Students Reached: 200 (50% minorities, 50% female)

Many EECS startups use the NNIN for research and development.

The NNIN facilities across the country.

The NNIN conducts educational outreach for K–12 students and adult professionals through network-wide

programs and workshops.

Research Centers

Electrical and computer engineering studentsreceive world-class training in the fundamentals(technologies, devices, and applications),combined with a broad array of labs and teamprojects that strengthen problem-solving skillsand team building using real-world applications.The combination of depth and breadth in ourprograms prepares students for a lifetime ofquickly changing technology. Today’s engineerworks in a global economy, and in an environment that is increasingly interdiscipli-nary. Michigan abounds in opportunities forstudy abroad, interdisciplinary research, andparticipation in exciting multidisciplinary teams.

Educating the Leaders and Best


Education

Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs (programs that can be

combined with coursework in electrical and computer engineering)

Integrated MicrosystemsEnergy Systems EngineeringEngineering Sustainable Systems Dual Degree(Engineering and Environmental Science)Manufacturing Engineering

Minors and Special Programs for Undergraduate Students

International Minor for EngineersMultidisciplinary Design MinorProgram in Entrepreneurship CertificateEngineering Global Leadership Honors ProgramStudy or Work AbroadSystems Engineering CertificateElectrical Engineering Minor (for non-EECS students)Customize�Your�Own�Program

Multidisciplinary Teams

This is a small sample of the teams that students can join to earn theMultidisciplinary Design Minor:

Solar Car Team, builds a solar-powered vehicle that competes nationally and internationally

Michigan Mars Rover Team, develops manned ground vehicles for planetary exploration, and competes nationally

MClimber, competes in the Spaceward Space Elevator competition

Autonomous Surface Vehicle Team, builds a water-surface vehicle capable of navigating, avoiding obstacles, and performingother mission-critical tasks without any human interaction,competes nationally

BlueLab, finds sustainable solutions to development problemsat home and abroad

BSE, Electrical Engineering

BSE, Computer Engineering

MS, Electric

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inee

ring

MS, Electrical Engineering: Systems

PhD, Electrical Engineering

PhD, Electric

al Eng

inee

ring:

System

s

Degrees in ECEElectrom

agnetics

MEMS andMicrosystems


Commun

ications

Signal and Image

Processing

Optics and

Photonics


Plasma Science

Energy

and

Pow

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Circ

uits

and VL

SI

Quantum Science

and Devices

Contro

l Systems

Excellence in Education


For the past several years, the most requested undergraduate major by

recruiting organizations has been Electrical Engineering, with Computer

Engineering either 2nd or 3rd.

Students are offered a wide variety of nearly 100 courses per year, and the flexibility topursue their individual interests. The senior design courses, called Major Design Experience(MDE) courses, give students a real-life introduction to solving specific engineering problems in a hands-on laboratory setting. The MDE courses give students indispensableexperience working in teams. MDE courses for electrical and computer engineers include:

Companies

such as

AMD

Analog Devices

Boeing

Cavium Networks

Harris Corporation

IBM

Intel

MIT Lincoln Laboratory

Motorola

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Nvidia

Qualcomm

Texas Instruments

Toyota

and

Visteon

are actively

recruiting

and hiring

graduates

of these

courses.

VLSI Design I — Students design a 16-bit RISC microprocessor using industry-standard design tools. Students learn design and architectures for VLSI, MOS

technology and logic, and circuit simulation. A recent, award-winning projectattempted to provide uncompromising performance for video decoding and

other complex multimedia operations while maintaining reasonable powerefficiency in a novel 16-bit DSP. The project achieved a 1.05GHz clock rate.

Students have the option of fabricating their projects.

Digital Signal Processing Design Laboratory — Students design andimplement a real-time software package and/or hardware device whichemphasizes real-time DSP applications. Recent projects include a wirelessdevice that measures a boat racer’s strokes; a guitar autotuner; and awireless electrocardiogram that incorporates biosensors to measure heartrate, oxygen levels, temperature, etc.

Radiowave Propagation and Link Design — Students design, build, andcharacterize a practical radio link, while learning about antennas, wireless link design, and radiowave propagation. Projects have included the development of: a GPS tracking system, an RFID speed enforcementsystem, a wireless speaker system, a switched-beam antenna system, awireless link between two PCs, a satellite ground station for the U-Mamateur radio club, and an Infrared-to-RF-to-Infrared transceiver forubiquitous control of a CD player.

Advanced Lasers and Optics Laboratory — Students design and set-upa practical optical system while learning about fiber optics, nonlinear optics,spectroscopy, and how to construct lasers. Recent projects include buildinga wavelength tunable fiber laser, creating a solar light concentrator for solarcells used in the U-M Solar Car, and designing the optics for a laser used forthe space elevator competition.

Integrated Microsystems Laboratory — Students design and fabricate acomplete integrated microsystem using equipment in the Lurie Nanofabrication

Facility. They learn MEMS-based transducer and MOS interface circuit design,and MEMS and MOS chip fabrication. Sample projects include an integrated

MOS-photodiode imager, thermal- and pressure-based flowmeters, digitalmicromirrors, a microphone, and a self-testing Pirani gauge.

Computer Architecture — Students build a synthesizable out-of-order processorusing a subset of the Alpha architecture. They learn computer design methodology

and specifics such as nanoprogramming, virtual memory, parallel processing,and multiprocessors.

Education


AccuPhotonics, Inc. 1994 no web site Fiber-optic probes for biomedical imaging

Accuri Cytometers 2004 www.accuricytometers.com Low-cost, high-performance flow cytometers(orig. Accuri Instruments, Inc.)

Arbor Photonics, Inc. 2007 www.arborphotonics.com Compact, high-power fiber lasers for industrial and life science applications

Celeste Optics, Inc. 2000 no web site Optical networking systems

Cheetah Omni LLC 2002 no web site Optical Routers

Clark-MXR 1998 www.cmxr.com Scientific lasers and micromachining

Coherix Corporation (orig. X-Rite) 1958 www.coherix.com 3D Machine Vision

Cyclos Semiconductor 2006 www.cyclos-semi.com Next-generation, ultra-low-powersemiconductors

Discera 2001 www.discera.com CMOS MEMS resonator technology

ElectroDynamic Applications (EDA), Inc 1999 www.edapplications.com Advanced plasmadynamic andelectromagnetic technologies

EMAG Technologies, Inc. 1994 www.emagtechnologies.com Innovative RF Solutions

ePack, Inc. 2008 www.memsepack.com Advanced wafer-scale packaging ofMEMS devices

Evigia Systems, Inc. 2004 www.evigia.com Integrated sensor and ASIC technologies

Global Photonic Energy Corporation, Inc. 1992 www.globalphotonic.com Renewable energy, technologydevelopment company

HandyLab 1999 www.handylab.com Novel clinical diagnostic testing products

Integrated Sensing Systems (ISSYS) 1995 www.mems-issys.com MEMS systems for medical and scientific sensing applications

Advanced Medical Optics 1998 www.amo-inc.com Precision surgery (orig. IntraLase)

Mobius Microsystems 2002 www.mobiusmicro.com Analog and mixed-signal design

NeuroNexus Technologies 2004 www.neuronexustech.com Neural interface products and technologies

Leaders in Tech Transfer – Partners with the Community

Electrical and computer engineering faculty andstudents are leaders in technology transferactivities within the University. This departmenttypically leads the University in number ofinventions disclosed by an individual unit, andrecently nearly 25% of the U-M startup companiesinitiated in a single year grew out of technologydeveloped by ECE faculty and students.

The companies listed below have their roots in ECE. Several are based ontechnology developed by the faculty involved in the Center for Wireless IntegratedMicroSystems. The Optoelectronic Components and Materials (OCM) Group is directlyresponsible for the founding of five successful companies in the photonics industry.

Technology Transfer

Technology Transfer

ISSYS: This Coriolis Mass Flow Sensor was fabricated in

the Lurie Nanofabrication Facility, and was

described in the article, “A New Densitometer:

Based on MEMS Silicon Microtube Technology,”

Sensors�Magazine, February 2004.


Omni Sciences, Inc. 2004 www.omnisciinc.com Mid-infrared super-continuum fiber laser

Opteos 2004 www.opteos.us Electro-optic and magneto-optic sensing technologies

PicoCal 2003 www.picocal.com Novel nanoscale measurement solutions

Picometrix 1995 www.picometrix.com High-speed optical receivers and terahertz instrumentation

Quantum Signal 2000 www.quantumsignal.com Advanced image and signal processing

GE Water & Process Technologies 2000 www.geinstruments.com Water quality monitoring (orig. Sensicore)

Sensors Unlimited 1992 www.sensorsinc.com InGaAs technology, products, and shortwave IR imaging solutions

SimpleScalar, LLC 1999 www.simplescalar.com System software infrastructure tool set

Sonetics Ultrasound Inc. 2003 no web site Handheld, real-time, 3D imaging for medical applications

Translume Technologies 2001 www.translume.com Glass machining and micromachining

Universal Display Corporation 1994 www.universaldisplay.com OLED technology for use in flat-panel displays, lighting, and organic electronics

Xtera Communications, Inc. 1998 www.xtera.com Fiber optic transmission equipment

The activities of the Center for Ultrafast Optical Sciencehas led to five startup companies, and spawned an opticsindustry in and around Ann Arbor. Other very successfulECE startups are based on signal processing andelectromagnetics technology. In addition, the LurieNanofabrication Facility partners with many localbusinesses to provide cleanroom facilities and servicesthat are essential to new technology development inmany areas of public concern.

The impact of these new technologies on societyreaches into fields as diverse as clean air and water;chemical and intelligent sensors; fiber-optic communications; computing; micromachining; and health (i.e., Lasiksurgery, biomedical imaging, surgery,and diagnostics).

The University of Michigan has made

entrepreneurship a top priority, making

it even easier for ECE faculty and

students to turn their path-breaking

technology into usable products, and

to empower students to pursue their

own ideas for companies and products.

More information at:

Center for Entrepreneurship

cfe.engin.umich.edu�

Office of Technology Transfer

www.techtransfer.umich.edu

A laser prototype has been built by Omni Sciences, Inc. that hasapplications from national security to detecting life-threatening plaquein arteries.

Evigia Systems, Inc. develops highly integrated, low-power,

high-performance sensing systemsfor the RFID marketplace.

Picometrixrecently announced

it is supplying

optical receiver components

to be installed in

next-generation

telecommunication

networks.

Technology Transfer

Hail to our Alumni!

The education of our electrical and computer engineers emphasizesbreadth and depth, giving students a strong foundation for lifelong success

in their chosen field. Our nearly 16,000 alumni have contributed immeasurably to the field of electrical and computer engineering, as well as a wide variety of other disciplines. They are leaders in Fortune 500

companies in the U.S. and some of the largest technology conglomerates in Asia. Others are acknowledged world leaders in research and education.

We salute all of our alumni, and highlight a small number here to give anidea of the impact ECE alumni make in our society.

Lee Boysel

Ashley Emery

Tony Fadell Peter Fuss Mehdi Hatamian Wan-Thai Hsu

Frederick (Rick) W. Bolander (BSE, MSE, EE ’83, ’85) co-founded Gabriel Venture Partners to help young entrepreneurssucceed in their businesses. He has led over $100M in early-stage financing.

Lee Boysel (BSE and MSE EE ’62 and ’63) founded the company Four-Phase Systems, later purchased by Motorola, and led a team ofresearchers to create the first single-chip CPU microprocessor.

Mariesa L. Crow (BSE EE ’85), F. Finley Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering, is Director of the Energy Research and DevelopmentCenter at Missouri University of Science and Technology.

Chris Deline (BSE EE ’03, MSE ’05, PhD ’08), is an engineer at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, specifically at the National Centerfor Photovoltaics which is part of the Solar Energy Technologies Program.

Ashley Emery (BSE CE ’04) is a senior computer systems analyst for Lockheed Martin. Working remotely, she has managed teams and iscurrently focused on SONAR systems for submarines.

Tony Fadell (BSE CE ’91) started three companies while still an undergraduate student at U-M, and several more before joining with Appleand launching the iPod.

Peter Fuss (BSE EE ’56), former president of Tellabs International, Inc., is management consultant and executive VP of Technology forBatterson Venture Partners.

Hannah Goldberg (BSE EE ’03 MSE ’04) does system engineering design of microspacecraft, and hardware architecture design to support fieldtesting of sensors at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Mehdi Hatamian (MSE PHD, EE, ’78, ’82) is VP of Engineering for DSP Microelectronics Technology at Broadcom Corporation, and entrepreneur.

William J. Heetderks (BSE, MSE EE ’71, ’73; also MS, PhD, Bioengineering) is Director of Extramural Science Programs for the National Instituteof Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB).

Wan-Thai Hsu (PhD EE ’01), CTO of U-M start-up Discera Inc., received the EE Times 3rd Annual Creativity in Electronics (ACE) award forInnovator of the Year.

Bill Joy (BSE CE ’75) designed a new version of UNIX that became the backbone of the Internet before co-founding Sun Microsystems, wherehe was the key designer of Solaris, SPARC, and Java. He is a partner at KCPB, a VC firm committed to entrepreneurs who want to solve theclimate crisis.

Fred Leonberger (BSE EE ’69), member of the National Academy of Engineering, founded EOvation Technologies LLC, a technology advisoryfirm, upon his retirement as CTO and senior VP of JDS Uniphase Corporation (JDSU).

Hannah Goldberg


Mariesa L. Crow

Chris Deline Bill Joy

Alumni Spotlights

Electrical and Computer EngineersEducated at the University of Michigan

Make A World of Difference


Jerry Levin (BSE EE ’66, BSE EM ’67) is chairman of JW Levin Partners, LLC, and former chairman and CEOof American Household, Inc. (formerly Sunbeam) and Revlon.

Michael McCorquodale (MSE, PhD, EE ’00, ’04) is co-founder and CTO of U-M start-up Mobius Microsystems, Inc., recognized as one of the 50 companies to watch in Michigan.

James R. Mellor (BSE EE 1952, MSE 1954) served as chairman and CEO of the major U.S. defenseindustry contractor General Dynamics Corporation until his retirement in 1997.

Olgica Milenkovic (PhD EE:Systems ’02) is an assistant professor at the University of Illinois atUrbana-Champaign. One area of her research involves new approaches for bioinformatics andbioengineering using coding and information theory.

Nader Najafi (MSE, PhD, EE ’88, ’92) is President, CEO, and co-founder of ISSYS (Integrated SensingSystems). He cofounded the non-profit Michigan High-Tech CEO Alliance, and serves as President.

Larry Page (BSE CE ’95) co-founded Google, and in the process redefined how we use the Internet byproviding almost unimaginable access to information, quickly and accurately.

Collin Rich (MSE EE ’97, PhD ’00) is co-founder and CTO for both Accuri Cytometers, Inc. andSonetics Ultrasound, Inc.

Meera Sampath (PhD EE:Systems ’95) is Manager of Strategic Operations for the Xerox ResearchCenter Webster.

Stephanie Caswell Schuckers (MSE PhD EE:Systems ’94, ’97) associate professor at Clarkson University,has been working with the Department of Homeland Security and Department of Defense to ensure the viabilityof biometric devices, specifically fingerprint scanners.

Robert Scott (BSE CE ’75) recently retired as vice president, Innovation & Architecture, Global Business Services, Procter & Gamble Company, and serves as U-M’s Academic Multicultural Initiatives Director.

Claude Shannon (BSE EE and EM ’36), often called the “father of information theory,” laid thefoundation for the modern era of digital communications with his pioneering work on the theory of information.

Anna Stefanopoulou (MSE EE:Systems ’94, PhD ’96), professor of Mechanical Engineering at theUniversity of Michigan, conducts research in the control of advanced internal combustion engines and fuelcell power systems.

Alan Steremberg (BSE CE ’94) founded Weather Underground, the popular real-time Internet weatherservice, based on work done during his undergraduate years at Michigan.

W. David Tarver (BSE EE ’75, MSE ’76) was founder and President of Telecom Analysis Systems, Inc.,and is founder and board president of the Red Bank Education and Development Initiative, which servesat-risk children.

John Tishman (BSE EE ’46), chairman and CEO of Tishman Realty & Construction Corporation, managed theconstruction of Madison Square Garden and the John Hancock Building in Chicago.

Robert J. Trew (MSE EE ’69, PhD ’75) is the Alton and Mildred Lancaster Professor at NC State University and Editor-in-Chief of Proceedings�of�the�IEEE.

Navid Yazdi (PhD EE ’99) is President, CEO, and founder of Evigia Systems, Inc. He has ten patents in thearea of IC and MEMS design, fabrication, and wireless microsystems.

James R. Mellor

John Tishman

Larry PageMeera Sampath

Stephanie CaswellSchuckers

Robert Scott Anna Stefanopoulou

Those with a gift for

educating our talented

youth are spread around

the world in institutions

of higher and secondary

education. Some, like

Ernest Kuh (UC Berkeley),

Nicolaos Alexopoulos

(UC Irvine), and

Nino Masnari (NC State),

went on to lead their

institutions as Engineer-

ing Deans. Others, like

William Gould Dow,

George Haddad, and

our current chair

Khalil Najafi, established

world-class research

groups at Michigan

before leading the

department to new heights

as Department Chairs.

We pay tribute to all of

our remarkable alumni

making the world a better

place through their work,

their philanthropy, and

their commitment

to excellence.

Olgica MilenkovicMichaelMcCorquodale

Fred Leonberger

W. David Tarver Claude ShannonBust at the entrance of EECS Building

Alumni Spotlights

ECE FacultyAnastasopoulos, Achilleas. Associate ProfessorResearch Interests: Communication theory (detectionin uncertain environments, iterative detection basedon soft-decision algorithms), codingNSF�CAREER�Award�

Austin, Todd. Associate ProfessorResearch Interests: Computer architecture,compilers, VLSI design, hardware modeling and verificationNSF�CAREER�Award,�Sloan�Research�Fellowship,

Richard�Newton�Gigascale�Systems�Research

Center�Industrial�Impact�Award,�Maurice�Wilkes

Award

Bhattacharya, Pallab K. Charles M. VestDistinguished University Professor; James R. Mellor Professor of EngineeringResearch Interests: Molecular beam epitaxy, low-dimensional quantum confined systems, quantum dotlasers and detectors, optoelectronic integrated circuits, spintronic devicesAPS,�IEEE,�IOP,�and�OSA�Fellow,�Member,�National

Academy�of�Engineering,�John�Bardeen�Award,�IEEE

Nanotechnology�Council�Pioneer�Award,�Quantum

Devices�Award,�IEEE/LEOS�Engineering�Achieve-

ment�Award,�SPIE�Technology�Achievement�Award,

OSA�Nicholas�Holonyak,�Jr.�Award

Blaauw, David. ProfessorResearch Interests: Low-power and high-performance VLSI design, analysis and optimizationRichard�Newton�Gigascale�Systems�Research

Center�Industrial�Impact�Award

Brehob, Mark. LecturerResearch Interests: Caches and locality, embeddedsystems, performance simulation techniques

Carmon, Tal. Assistant ProfessorResearch Interests: Photonic micro electromechanical systems, visible on-chip emitters, andharnessing radiation pressure for opto-mechanicalapplications

Chvykov, Vladimir. Associate Research ScientistResearch Interests: Solid-state and ultrafast lasers,high field physics, x-ray, VUV and optical diagnosticsof laser plasmas

Del Vecchio, Domitilla. Assistant ProfessorResearch Interests: Multi-agent decision and controlsystems, hybrid systems, and bio-molecular systemsNSF�Career�Award

Dick, Robert. Associate ProfessorResearch Interests: Embedded systems, computer-aided design, VLSI, operating systems, power andthermal analysis and optimizationNSF�Career�Award,�Computerworld�Horizon�Award

East, Jack. Research ScientistResearch Interests: Microwave, millimeter-wave andVHS device modeling, fabrication and evaluation

England, Anthony W. Associate Dean for AcademicAffairs, College of EngineeringResearch Interests: Radiative transfer andremote sensingIEEE�Fellow,�IEEE�Judith�A.�Resnick�Award,

President’s�Medal�of�Freedom,�NASA�Outstanding

Scientific�Achievement�Medal,�U.S.�Antarctic�Medal,

NASA�Space�Flight�Medal

Fessler, Jeffrey A. ProfessorResearch Interests: Statistical signal and image processing, tomography, medical imagingAIMBE�Fellow�2002–2005,�IEEE�Fellow

Flynn, Michael. Associate ProfessorResearch Interests: Analog circuits, analog-to-digitalconversion, RF and wireless circuits, high-speedserial transceiversNSF�Career�Award,�Guggenheim�Fellowship

Forrest, Stephen R. William Gould Dow CollegiateProfessor of Electrical Engineering; U-M Vice President for ResearchResearch Interests: Organic electronics, photonicintegrated circuits, photonic materialsIEEE,�OSA,�and�APS�Fellow,�Member,�National�

Academy�of�Engineering,�Daniel�E.�Noble�Award,

Thomas�Alva�Edison�Award,�IPO�National�

Distinguished�Inventor�Award,�MRS�Medal,

IEEE/LEOS�William�Streifer�Scientific�Achievement

Award�

Freudenberg, James S. ProfessorDirector, Systems AreaResearch Interests: Fundamental design limitations infeedback control systems, embedded control systemsIEEE�Fellow,�NSF�Young�Investigator�Award

Galvanauskas, Almantas. ProfessorResearch Interests: Fiber optics, fiber lasers andamplifiers, ultrafast lasers and amplifiers, nonlinearoptics, semiconductor lasers, integrated optics

Gianchandani, Yogesh. ProfessorResearch Interests: Microsensors, microactuators,and MEMS, manufacturing processes, design ofinterface circuits for MEMSIOP�Fellow

Gilchrist, Brian E. ProfessorResearch Interests: Plasma electrodynamics, plasmadiagnostics, field emission and nanoparticle technology, space systems technology


ECE Faculty


Grbic, Anthony. Assistant ProfessorResearch Interests: Antennas, microwave circuits,engineered electromagnetic structures (metamateri-als, electromagnetic bandgap materials, frequencyselective surfaces), and analytical electromagneticmodelingNSF�Career�Award,�AFOSR�Young

Investigator�Research�Program

Grimard, Dennis. Research ScientistManaging Director, LNFResearch Interests: Design of RF-basedplasma tools

Grizzle, Jessy W. Jerry W. and Carol L. LevinProfessor of EngineeringResearch Interests: Analysis and feedback control ofnonlinear systems; control of bipedal robot locomo-tion; automotive powertrain control; hybrid electricvehicles; nonlinear discrete-time systemsNSF�Young�Investigator�Award,�IEEE�Fellow,

Scientific�American�Top�50,�IEEE�Control�Systems

Technology�Award

Guo, L. Jay. Associate ProfessorResearch Interests: Nanofabrication technology and applications, photonic microresonator sensors, organic photovoltaics, nanophotonics and nanoelectronics

Haddad, George I. Professor Emeritus of ElectricalEngineering and Computer ScienceResearch Interests: Microwave and millimeter-wavesolid-state devices and integrated circuits, optoelectronic devices and circuitsIEEE�Fellow,�Member,�National�Academy�of�

Engineering,�IEEE�MTT�Distinguished�Educator

Award�and�Distinguished�Service�Award,�

IEEE�Millennium�Medal

Hayes, John P. Claude E. Shannon Professor ofEngineering ScienceResearch Interests: Computer-aided design andtesting, computer architecture, fault-tolerant design,VLSI circuits, quantum computingACM�and�IEEE�Fellow,�IEEE�Meritorious�

Service�Certificate

Hero III, Alfred O. R. Jamison and Betty WilliamsProfessor of EngineeringResearch Interests: Statistical signal and image processingIEEE�Fellow,�IEEE�Millennium�Medal,�

Digiteo�Chaire�d'Excellence

Hiskens, Ian A. Vennema Professor of EngineeringResearch Interests: Power system analysis;analysis and control of nonlinear non-smoothdynamical systemsIEEE�Fellow

Hou, Bixue. Assistant Research ScientistResearch Interests: Ultrafast lasers, high fieldphysics, holography, ultrafast spectroscopy, opticalinformation processing

Islam, Mohammed N. ProfessorResearch Interests: Mid-infrared laser sources,advanced semiconductor process control, chemicalsensing and biomedical selective laser ablationIEEE�and�OSA�Fellow,�OSA�Adolf�Lomb�Prize,

Texas�eComm�Ten�Award

Jarrahi, Mona. Assistant ProfessorResearch Interests: RF, microwave, millimeter-wave,and terahertz circuits; high-frequency devices andcircuits; integrated photonics and optoelectronics

Kalinchenko, Galina. Assistant Research ScientistResearch Interests: Development and maintenanceof high-power, solid-state laser systems

Kanicki, Jerzy. ProfessorResearch Interests: Organic and molecular electron-ics; semiconductor thin-film devices and circuits; flat panel displays and sensors technology

Ku, Pei-Cheng. Assistant ProfessorResearch Interests: Optoelectronic devices and materials

Kushner, Mark J. George I. Haddad Professor ofElectrical Engineering and Computer ScienceDirector, Michigan Institute for Plasma Science and EngineeringResearch Interests: Plasma science and technology:materials processing, propulsion, lasers, electro-magnetics, microelectronics/MEMS fabricationAPS,�AVS,�IEEE,�Int.�Union�Pure�&�Applied

Chemistry,�IOP,�and�OSA�Fellow,�Semiconductor

Industry�Association�University�Research�Award,

IEEE�Plasma�Science�and�Applications�Award,

AVS�Plasma�Science�and�Technology�Prize,

Semiconductor�Research�Corporation�Technical

Excellence�Award

Lafortune, Stéphane. ProfessorResearch Interests: System and control theory,discrete event systems, communication networksNSF�Young�Investigator�Award,�IEEE�Fellow

Lahiji, G. Roientan. Adjunct Professor and VisitingResearch ScientistResearch Interests: Solid-state integrated circuits,MEMS and sensors, solid-state devices and technology

Liepa, Valdis. Research ScientistResearch Interests: Electromagnetic scattering anddiffraction, measurements of electromagnetic fields,numerical techniquesIEEE Millennium�Medal

Liu, Mingyan. Associate ProfessorResearch Interests: Wireless, ad hoc and sensornetworks, resource allocation, stochastic control and optimization, game theoryNSF�CAREER�Award

ECE Faculty


Lu, Wei. Assistant ProfessorResearch Interests: Nanoelectronics, growth ofnanoscale semiconductor heterostructures,novel electronic device structures and devicephysics, solid-state-based spintronics,nanoelectromechanical systems

Maksimchuk, Anatoly. Research ScientistResearch Interests: Laser-matter interaction at relativistic intensities, table-top particle accelerators,high-power short-pulse lasers

Mazumder, Pinaki. ProfessorResearch Interests: VLSI circuit design, VLSItesting, and VLSI layout toolsAAAS�and�IEEE�Fellow,�DARPA�Research

Excellence�Award,�NSF�Research�Initiation�Award

McAfee, Jr., Leo C. Associate ProfessorResearch Interests: Modeling of integrated circuitsfor computer-aided analysis and design, automatedsemiconductor manufacturing

Meerkov, Semyon M. ProfessorResearch Interests: Systems science and control;applications to communication networks and manu-facturing systems; semiconductor manufacturingIEEE�Fellow

Michielssen, Eric. ProfessorResearch Interests: Computational, applied, andtheoretical electromagnetics; antennas; microwaveand millimeter wave circuits and packagingIEEE�Fellow,�Int.�Union�of�Radio�Scientists�Issac

Koga�Gold�Medal

Moghaddam, Mahta. Associate ProfessorResearch Interests: Radar remote sensing; RFpropagation, scattering, and inverse scattering;applied electromagneticsIEEE�Fellow

Momcilovic, Peter. Assistant ProfessorResearch Interests: Communication networks,mathematical aspects of ITNSF�CAREER�Award

Mortazawi, Amir. ProfessorResearch Interests: RF and microwave circuitsincluding: microwave and millimeter-wave poweramplifiers, spatial power combiningIEEE�Fellow

Mudge, Trevor. Bredt Family Professorof EngineeringResearch Interests: Computer systems design,low-power computing, parallel processing,computer-aided design, impact of technologyIEEE�Fellow

Munson, Jr., David C. Robert J. Vlasic Deanof EngineeringResearch Interests: Signal and image processing,radar imaging, tomography, optical/digital imaging,and interferometryIEEE�Fellow,�IEEE�Signal�Processing�Society

Award,�IEEE�Millennium�Medal

Najafi, Khalil. Schlumberger Professor ofEngineering; Arthur F. Thurnau Professor;Chair, Electrical and Computer Engineering;Director, National Nanotechnology Infrastructure NetworkResearch Interests: Solid-state integrated sensors,microactuators, micromechanics, analog and digitalintegrated circuitsNSF�Young�Investigator�Award,�AIMBE�and�

IEEE�Fellow

Nashashibi, Adib Y. Associate Research ScientistResearch Interests: Microwave and millimeter-waveremote sensing, radio wave propagation, bistaticradar phenomenology

Nees, John. Associate Research ScientistResearch Interests: Formation of ultra-intenseoptical pulses in solid-state lasers for applicationsin high-field physics

Neuhoff, David L. Joseph E. and Anne P. RoweProfessor of Electrical Engineering, Associate Chair, Electrical and Computer EngineeringResearch Interests: Communications, signal andimage processing, information theory, data compression, sensor networksIEEE�Fellow,�IEEE�Information�Theory�Society

Service�Award

Norris, Theodore B. ProfessorDirector, Center for Ultrafast Optical Science;Director, Optics and Photonics AreaResearch Interests: Application of femtosecond optical techniques to the physics of semiconductornanostructures, in developing new ultrafast opticaland optoelectronic measurement techniques, THzgeneration and measurement, plasmonics in nanostructures, and novel methods for biological imaging and in�vivo sensing.OSA�and�APS�Fellow

Pang, Stella W. ProfessorResearch Interests: Nanofabrication technology,dry etching, dry deposition, microelectronic, optical,micromechanical, and biomedical devicesAVS,�ECS,�and�IEEE�Fellow

Papaefthymiou, Marios. ProfessorResearch Interests: Energy-efficient, high-performance computers, VLSI and computer-aideddesign, algorithms, parallel and distributed computingNSF�CAREER�Award,�ARO�Young�Investigator

Award

Phillips, Jamie. Associate ProfessorResearch Interests: Compound semiconductor andoxide materials growth and application to electronicand optoelectronic devicesNSF�CAREER�Award,�DARPA�Young�Faculty�Award

Pierce, Leland E. Associate Research ScientistResearch Interests: Development of image process-ing techniques for radar remote sensing, scatteringmodels for natural targets

ECE Faculty


Pradhan, S. Sandeep. Associate ProfessorResearch Interests: Distributed compression, sensornetworks, information theory, channel coding, andmultirate signal processingNSF�CAREER�Award

Rais-Zadeh, Mina. Assistant ProfessorResearch Interests: Integrated RF MEMS, MEMS-enabled ICs, wafer-level packaging and micro/nano-fabrication techniques

Rand, Stephen C. ProfessorResearch Interests: Optical magnetism, nonlinearand ultrafast laser spectroscopy, laser and nonlinearmaterialsOSA�Fellow,�Senior�Fulbright�Scholar

Sakallah, Karem A. ProfessorResearch Interests: VLSI, computer-aided design,timing verification, optimal clockingACM�and�IEEE�Fellow

Sarabandi, Kamal. Rufus S. Teesdale Professorof EngineeringDirector, Radiation LaboratoryResearch Interests: Microwave and millimeter waveremote sensing, radar calibration techniques,geoscience and remote sensing, appliedelectromagneticsIEEE�Fellow,�IEEE�Geoscience�and�Remote

Sensing�Society�Distinguished�Achievement�Award

Savarese, Silvio. Assistant ProfessorResearch Interests: Computer vision, scene under-standing, object recognition and reconstruction,human visual perception and visual psychophysics

Scott, Clayton D. Assistant ProfessorResearch Interests: Machine learning, data mining,pattern recognition, statistical signal processing

Shin, Kang G. Kevin and Nancy O’ConnorProfessor of Computer ScienceResearch Interests: Wired and wireless networking,embedded real-time systems, secure fault-tolerantsystem design and analysisACM�and�IEEE�Fellow,�Ho-Am�Prize�in�Engineering,

IEEE�RTC�Technical�Achievement�Award,�National

Academy�of�Engineering�of�Korea,�IEEE�Computer

Society�Meritorious�Service�Award

Singh, Jasprit. ProfessorResearch Interests: Semiconductor physics,electronic and electro-optic devices based onheterostructures

Sodagar, Amir. Assistant Research ScientistResearch Interests: Mixed-signal integrated circuits,biomedical circuits and systems, wireless implantable microsystems

Stark, Wayne E. ProfessorResearch Interests: Communications, informationcoding theory, spread-spectrum, communications,mobile communicationsNSF�Young�Investigator�Award,�IEEE�Fellow

Steel, Duncan. Robert J. Hiller ProfessorResearch Interests: Laser spectroscopy; opticalphysics; condensed matter physics; biophysics;quantum computingAPS,�IEEE,�and�OSA�Fellow,�Guggenheim�Fellowship

Sylvester, Dennis M. Associate ProfessorResearch Interests: Low-power integrated circuit design, computer-aided design for VLSINSF�CAREER�Award,�Semiconductor�Research

Corporation�Inventor�Recognition�Award,�

ACM�SIGDA�Outstanding�New�Faculty�Award

Teneketzis, Demosthenis. ProfessorResearch Interests: Stochastic control, stochasticsystems, communication and queueing networks,discrete event systems, mathematical economicsIEEE�Fellow

Terry, Fred L. ProfessorResearch Interests: Electronic properties ofmaterials and their effects on devices; physics ofsolid-state devices

Ulaby, Fawwaz. Arthur F. Thurnau ProfessorResearch Interests: Microwave and millimeterwave remote sensing, radar systems, radio wavepropagationAAAS�and�IEEE�Fellow,�Member,�National�Academy

of�Engineering,�IEEE�Thomas�Edison�Medal,�IEEE

Geoscience�and�Remote�Sensing�Education�Award,

IEEE�Millennium�Medal,�HKN�Association�C.�Holmes

MacDonald�Award,�IEEE�Centennial�Medal,�IEEE

Electromagnetics�Award,�NASA/Dept.�of�the�Interior

Pecora�Award

Wakefield, Gregory H. Associate ProfessorResearch Interests: Spectral estimation theory; arrayprocessing; speech coding; music processingNSF�Young�Investigator�Award,�IEEE�Millennium

Medal

Wentzloff, David D. Assistant ProfessorResearch Interests: Integrated circuit design foradaptable wireless communication systems

Whitaker, John F. Research ScientistResearch Interests: Photonics-based probes andmeasurement techniques, pulsed-terahertz scienceand technologyIEEE�Microwave�Theory�and�Techniques�Society�

Microwave�Prize

Winful, Herbert G. Arthur F. Thurnau ProfessorResearch Interests: Nonlinear optics, optical fibers,optoelectronics, nonlinear dynamics and chaosAPS,�IEEE,�OSA�Fellow,�NSF�Young�

Investigator�Award

ECE Faculty


Winick, Kim A. ProfessorResearch Interests: Glass/crystal integrated optics,lasers, optical communication, information theoryOSA�Fellow

Wise, Kensall D. William Gould Dow Distinguished University Professor; J. Reid and Polly Anderson Professor of Manufacturing Technology;Director, Solid-State Electronics Laboratory; Director,NSF Center for Wireless Integrated MicroSystemsResearch Interests: Integrated circuits and relatedprocess technology, integrated solid-state sensorsAIMBE�and�IEEE�Fellow,�Member,�National�Academy

of�Engineering,�Michigan�Emerging�Industry

Pioneer�Award,�SRC�Aristotle�Award,�IEEE�Solid-

State�Circuits�Field�Award,�Columbus�Prize�for�

Technological�Innovation

Yagle, Andrew E. ProfessorResearch Interests: Fast algorithms for signal processing, blind image deconvolution, inverse scatteringNSF�Young�Investigator�Award,�ONR�Young

Investigator�Award

Yanovsky, Victor P. Research ScientistResearch Interests: Ultrashort pulse generation, high-power, short-pulse lasers, high-field plasma physics

Ye, Jing Yong. Associate Research ScientistResearch Interests: Ultrafast spectroscopy,multiphoton scanning confocal microscopy,fiber-optic biosensing

Yoon, Euisik. Associate ProfessorResearch Interests: Solid-state integrated sensors,microfluidic biochip, microactuators, analog anddigital circuits, RF wireless circuits

Zhong, Zhaohui. Assistant ProfessorResearch Interests: Nanoelectronics and nano-photonics, solar cell technology, chemical and biological sensing, nanomaterial synthesis

AFFILIATED FACULTYCain, Charles A. Richard A. Auhll Professor of Engineering,Biomedical EngineeringResearch Interests: Biomedical ultrasound, hyperthermiacancer therapy, acoustic imaging

Gilbert, Anna. Associate Professor of MathematicsResearch Interests: Analysis, probability, networking,and algorithms

Goldman, Rachel S. Professor of Materials Scienceand EngineeringResearch Interests: Atomic-scale design of electronic materials,with a focus on fundamental processes including strain relaxation, alloy formation, and diffusion

Kabamba, Pierre. Professor of Aerospace EngineeringResearch Interests: Control theory, dynamics, modelingrobustness, sampled-data systems, process control

Krushelnick, Karl. Professor of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological ScienceResearch Interests: Intense laser-matter interactions and high-power laser technologyAPS�Fellow

Kurabayashi, Katsuo. Professor of Mechanical EngineeringResearch Interests: Micro/nano engineering, including opticaldevices, microactuators, and MEMS/Bio hybrid technologyNSF�CAREER�Award

Lynch, Jerome P. Assistant Professor of Civil andEnvironmental EngineeringResearch Interests: Wireless sensor networks, control theory,nanotechnology, MEMSNSF�CAREER�Award,�ONR�Young�Investigator�Award

McClamroch, N. Harris. Professor of Aerospace EngineeringResearch Interests: Control systems: stabilization, optimization, estimation

Merlin, Roberto D. Professor of PhysicsResearch Interests: Inelastic light scattering, ultrafast optics,metamaterials, nanoscienceAPS�Frank�Isakson�Prize�for�Optical�Effects�in�Solids

Michailidis, George. Professor of StatisticsResearch Interests: Applied probability, machine learning,optimization algorithms, modeling, estimation and monitoringof networks traffic

Nagy, Andrew. Professor of Atmospheric, Oceanic andSpace SciencesResearch Interests: Studies of the upper atmosphere,ionosphere, and magnetosphere of the Earth and other solarsystem bodies

Pipe, Kevin. Assistant Professor of Mechanical EngineeringResearch Interests: Microscale heat transfer, thermoelectricenergy conversion; photovoltaic energy conversion

Ruf, Christopher S. Professor of Atmospheric, Oceanic andSpace Sciences, Director, Space Physics Research LaboratoryResearch Interests: Earth environmental remote sensing;satellite microwave sensor design and developmentIEEE�Fellow,�IEEE�Resnick�Field�Award,�IEEE�Geoscience�and

Remote�Sensing�Service�Award

Sun, Jing. Professor of Navel Architecture and MarineEngineeringResearch Interests: Adaptive and nonlinear system design andanalysis, propulsion system modeling and control

Tilbury, Dawn. Professor of Mechanical EngineeringResearch Interests: Logic control, networked control systems,and cooperative control

ECE Faculty

ECE Faculty Members of theNational Academy of Engineering

Pallab K. Bhattacharya, Charles M. Vest Distinguished University Professor of ElectricalEngineering and Computer Science and James R. Mellor Professor of Engineering, joinedthe faculty in 1984. He has pioneered technological advances in synthetically modulatedsemiconductor structures, nanophotonic devices, and other optoelectronic device and integrated circuit developments. One of his first important breakthroughs was the discoveryand subsequent elucidation of quantum dot formation. He demonstrated the first room-

temperature quantum dot laser, and subsequently worked on quantum dot infrared photodetectors, whichare now being inserted into infrared cameras. Professor Bhattacharya is currently working on high-speedand high-power quantum dot lasers, quantum dot infrared photodetectors, photonic crystal quantum dotdevices, and spin-based heterostructure devices. His group recently demonstrated the first semiconduc-tor-based spin valve, spin amplifier, and an electrically injected spin laser. He is author of the textbookSemiconductor�Optoelectronic�Devices (Prentice Hall, 2nd edition), and more than 500 journal articles.

Election Citation: For�contributions�to�quantum-dot�optoelectronic�devices�and�integratedoptoelectronics

Stephen R. Forrest, William Gould Dow Collegiate Professor and Vice President for Research, came to U-M in 2006. He leads the Optoelectronics Components and MaterialsGroup, in existence since 1985, which investigates a wide variety of phenomena and devices related to electronic materials and optics. This research includes the basic physicsof new semiconductor and organic materials, devices using these materials, and the system impact of optical devices and structures. Much of his work focuses on developing

devices that can provide solutions to the worldwide shortage of renewable and clean energy, particularlyorganic solar cells and high-efficiency interior illumination. In addition, his research includes imaging systems and thin-film lasers. Professor Forrest has authored about 450 journal articles, has 187 patents,and has been a founding participant in several companies, including Sensors Unlimited, Epitaxx, Inc.,Global Photonic Energy Corp., Universal Display Corp. (NASDAQ: PANL) and Apogee Photonics, Inc. Healso serves on the Board of Directors of Applied Materials (NASDAQ-AMAT).

Election Citation: For�advances�in�optoelectronic�devices,�detectors�for�fiber�optics,�and�efficient�organicLEDs�for�displays


NAE Faculty

The mission of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) is to promote the technologicalwelfare of the nation by marshaling the knowledge and insights of eminent members of the engineering profession. Election to the NAE is among the highest professional distinctions conferred on an engineer.


George I. Haddad, Robert J. Hiller Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, holds a unique position among the ECE faculty. He came to the University as an undergraduate student in 1952, graduated with his PhD, was subsequentlyhired as an Assistant Professor, and served as Department Chair for 19 years. He alsoserved as Director of the Solid-State Electronics Laboratory, was Director of the Centerfor High-Frequency Microelectronics, and PI for the ARO-MURI Program on Low Power/

Low Noise Electronics. He has graduated 58 PhD students, many of whom have continued his legacy ofeducation and research excellence combined with an abiding concern for others. His early researchspanned masers, parametric amplifiers, detectors, and electron-beam devices, and later turned to microwave and millimeter-wave solid-state devices and monolithic integrated circuits, microwave-opticalinteractions and optoelectronic devices, and integrated circuits. Though recently retired, he remains activein Departmental and College affairs.

Election Citation: For�contributions�to�microwave�electronics�and�for�leadership�in�electrical�engineeringresearch�and�education

Fawwaz Ulaby joined the faculty in 1984, and proceeded to leave an impressive mark inthe area of Applied Electromagnetics as well as research administration. He wasDirector of the Radiation Laboratory between 1987–1998, Director of the NASA Center forSpace Terahertz Technology 1988–1999, and served as the U-M Vice President forResearch 1999–2005. His research focused primarily on the development of high-resolution satellite radar sensors for mapping Earth’s terrestrial environment, and

expanded to include the development of microelectronic devices and circuits that operate at terahertz fre-quencies. In addition to remarkable achievements in research, he has been an extremely popular teacher,even in large undergraduate courses. Through the course of his career, he supervised 115 Master’s andPhD students. Professor Ulaby was recently appointed founding Provost and Executive Vice Presidentfor Academic Affairs of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia,and still maintains an appointment with the Department.

Election Citation: For�contributions�to�the�science�and�technology�of�radar�remote�sensing�and�its�applications

Kensall D. Wise, William Gould Dow Distinguished University Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and J. Reid and Polly Anderson Professor of Manufacturing Technology, joined U-M as a faculty member in 1974. He is a pioneer in thefield of microsystems (including microsensors, MEMS, and wireless communications), providing a link between the electronic and non-electronic world. He is a leader in devel-oping the Michigan Probe, a microelectronic interface to the brain, and for two decades

has led the development of an advanced cochlear implant for the profoundly deaf. As Director of the NSFCenter for Wireless Integrated MicroSystems (WIMS), Professor Wise leads efforts in the development ofa gas chromatograph, which will have multiple uses including environmental monitoring and food safety,and continued efforts in brain micro implants, which have already been shown to mediate the effects ofParkinson’s disease. His overriding goal is to apply science to the benefit of mankind. He is co-founder ofIntegrated Sensing Systems (ISSYS), which specializes in MEMS systems for medical and scientific sensing applications.

Election Citation: For�sensors�and�microelectromechanical�systems

NAE Faculty

Table of Contents

2 Welcome to ECE

4 Research Areas

19 Research Centers

24 Education

26 Technology Transfer

28 Alumni Spotlights

30 ECE Faculty

MEMS and Integrated Microsystems 4

Integrated Circuits and VLSI 5

Applied Electromagnetics 6

Control Systems 8

Robotics and Computer Vision 9

Energy and Power Systems 10

Quantum Science and Devices 11

Signal and Image Processing 12

Communications 13

Optics and Photonics 14

Solid-State Devices and Nanotechnology 16

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4 Annals of Vascular Surgery, September 2005, v. 19, n. 5the stentenna shown on the cover was invented by Kensall D. Wise,Yogesh Gianchandani, Andrew DeHennis, and Kenichi Takahata,

and reprinted on the cover with their permission.

4 Sensors Magazine, August 1, 2006

Sensors Magazine cover © Questex Media Group, Inc. All rights

reserved. Reprinted by permission. Cover originally appeared in

August 2006 issue of Sensors Magazine from the article, MEMS

Update: What’s Near, What’s Here by Joe Giachino.

8 The Control Systems Magazine, October 2003, v. 23 n. 5

RABBIT: A Testbed for Advanced Control Theory,

by Christine Chevallereau, Gabriel Abba, Yannick Aoustin,

Franck Plestan, Eric R. Westervelt, Carlos Canudas-de-Wit, and Jessy W. Grizzle, pp. 57–59.

8 Production Systems Engineering, by Jingshan Li and Semyon M. Meerkov. Springer 2008.

11 Proceedings of the IEEE, September 2007, v. 95, n. 9

(Special Issue)

Quantum-Dot Optoelectronic Devices, by Pallab Bhattacharya and

Zetian Mi, pp. 1723–1740. High-Temperature Tunneling Quantum-Dot

Intersublevel Detectors for Mid-Infrared to Terahertz Frequencies, byPallab Bhattacharya, Xiaohua Su, G. Ariyawansa, and A.G.U.

Perera, pp. 1828–1837.

12 Cytometry Part B, January 2009, v. 76B

Analysis of Clinical Flow Cytometric Immunophenotyping Data by

Clustering on Statistical Manifolds: Treating Flow Cytometry Data as

High-Dimensional Objects, by William G. Finn, Kevin M. Carter, Raviv Raich, Lloyd M. Stoolman, and Alfred O. Hero, pp. 1–7.

16 Applied Physics Letters, February 4, 2008, v. 92 n. 5

Direct Vapor Jet Printing of Three Color Segment Organic Light

Emitting Devices for White Light Illumination, by Michael S. Arnold, Gregory J. McGraw, Stephen R. Forrest, and Richard R. Lunt.

17 Applied Physics Letters, January 5, 2009 v. 94 n. 1

Flexible Photodetectors on Plastic Substrates by Use of Printing

Transferred Single-Crystal Germanium Membranes, by Hao-ChihYuan, Jonghyun Shin, Guoxuan Qin, Lei Sun, Pallab Bhattacharya,

Max G. Lagally, George K. Celler, and Zhenqiang Ma.

17 Applied Physics Letters, March 10, 2008, v. 92 n. 10

Branched SnO2 Nanowires on Metallic Nanowire Backbones With

Sub-ppm Sensitivity to Ethanol, by Qing Wan, Jin Huang, Zhong Xie,Taihong Wang, Eric N. Dattoli, and Wei Lu.

19 Hearing Research, August 2008, v. 242, n. 102

Cover photo is from the article, High-Density Cochlear Implants With

Position Sensing and Control, by Kensall D. Wise, Pamela T. Bhatti,

Jianbai Wang, Craig R. Friedrich, pp. 22–30.

20 Laser Focus World, April 2008

ULTRAFAST LASERS: Michigan Group Achieves Laser Intensity

Record, by Jim Hecht. Copyright PennWell Corp. 2008, reprinted

by permission.

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