Faculty
The Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering faculty support teaching and research in several areas of electrical and computer engineering including the following: (a) antennas and propagation, (b) biomedical, (c) cloud computing, (d) cognitive radio, (e) computer architecture, (f) computer networks, (g) electronic design and test automation, (h) embedded systems and control, (i) embedded systems software, (j) internet of things, (k) large scale computing, (l) many core computing, (m) medical image processing, (n) MEMS, (o) multi-core systems, (p) nanoscale devices, (q) neural networks, (r) optics, (s) photonics, (t) power electronics, (u) power systems, (v) robotics, systems programming, (w) VLSI, and (x) wireless communications.
Shaikh Ahmed
Professor, Ph.D. Arizona State University, 2005

Office: Engineering E-222
Office Hours: MWF: 10-10:50AM, MW: 12-1:30PM
Phone: (618) 453-7630
Email: ahmed@siu.edu
Lab: Nanoelectronics
Website
Dr. Ahmed's research interests are in: (a) Nanoscale device design for electronic, optoelectronic/photonic, and energy harvesting applications; (b) Quantum phenomena and devices; (c) Peta-scale scientific computing and developing community nanotechnology software. ...read full profile >>
Iraklis Anagnostopoulos
Associate Professor, Ph.D. National Technical University of Athens, 2014

Office: Engineering E-114
Office Hours: WF: 10-1PM
Phone: (618) 453-7034
Email: iraklis.anagno@siu.edu
Dr. Anagnostopoulos research interests include (i) many-core architectures, (ii) run-time resource management, (iii) dynamic memory management and (iv) embedded systems architectures. Education Ph.D., National Technical University of Athens, Microprocessors and Digital Systems Lab, 2014 Diploma in Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 2008
Gayan Amarasuriya Aruma Baduge
Associate Professor, Ph.D. University of Alberta, 2013

Office: Engineering E-110
Office Hours: TR: 11-2PM, or by appointment
Phone: (618) 453-4755
Email: gayan.baduge@siu.edu
Lab: Wireless Communications & Information Systems Laboratory
Dr. Aruma Baduge's research interests are in the broad area of communications theory and wireless communications with an emphasis on massive MIMO systems, millimeter-wave communications, cooperative relay networks, device-to-device communications, wireless energy harvesting for IoTs, and physical-layer security.
Arash Asrari
Assistant Professor, Ph.D. University of Central Florida, 2015

Office: Engineering E-116
Office Hours: MTW: 1:30-3:30PM, or by appointment
Phone: (618) 453-7642
Email: arash.asrari@siu.edu
Lab: Power Systems Design
Dr. Asrari's research interests include (1) power systems operation and planning, (2) power systems protection, (3) power systems optimization, (4) renewable energy systems integration, (5) electricity markets analysis, and (6) smart grid. He started working in the ...read full profile >>
Chilman Bae
Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University, 2009
Dr. Bae’s research interests are in 1) Bioelectrical Engineering: development of bioinstruments and technology and computational simulation, 2) Neuroscience: spinal cord stimulation, opioid induced chronic pain, and HIV associated neuropathic pain, and 3) Mechanobiology: ...read full profile >>
Ying Chen
Associate Professor, Ph.D. Duke University, 2007

Office: Engineering E-206
Office Hours: MW 10AM - 1PM, or by appointment
Phone: (618) 453-7060
Email: adachen@siu.edu
Labs: Digital Imaging, Medical Imaging
Dr. Chen's research interests are in: medical image reconstruction, signal and image processing.
Farhan Chowdhury
Associate Professor, Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2011
Dr. Farhan Chowdhury is an Associate Professor primarily in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Energy Processes. His research is in the area of Mechanobiology.
Themistoklis Haniotakis
Associate Professor, Ph.D. University of Athens, 2008

Office: Engineering E-220
Office Hours: MWF: 11:30-1:30PM, or by appointment
Phone: (618) 453-7026
Email: haniotak@siu.edu
Lab: VLSI Design & RF-IC
Dr. Haniotakis' research interests are in: (a) digital VLSI Design and Test, (b) RF IC Design and Test, (c) Low Power VLSI Design, and (d) Fault-tolerant Systems.
Frances Harackiewicz
Professor, Ph.D. University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1990

Office: Engineering E-118
Office Hours: W: 10-12, TR: 9:30-11, T: 2:15-3:15
Phone: (618) 453-7031
Email: fran@engr.siu.edu
Dr. Harackiewicz's research interests are in: (a) Electromagnetics, (b) antenna theory and design, (c) microwaves, (d) microstrip phased arrays and anisotropic materials, (e) small multiband and broadband antennas, (f) PIFAs, (g) loops, (h) printed ...read full profile >>
Constantine Hatziadoniu
Research Professor, Ph.D. West Virginia University, 1987

Office: Engineering E-221
Office Hours: MWF: 11-12PM, 2-3PM, or by walk-in
Phone: (618) 453-7036
Email: hatz@siu.edu
Lab: Renewable Generation & Power Systems Control/Protection
Dr. Hatziadoniu's research interests are in: (a) Power systems modeling, (b) simulation and control, (c) high voltage, (d) DC transmission, (e) power electronics, and (f) power systems transient.
Dimitrios Kagaris
Computer Engineering Program Coordinator, School of ECBE, Professor, Ph.D. Dartmouth College, 1994

Office: Engineering E-117
Office Hours: TWR: 12-2PM, or by appointment
Phone: (618) 453-7973
Email: kagaris@engr.siu.edu
Dr. Kagaris' research interests are in: (a) digital design automation, (b) design for testability, (c) sensor networks, and (d) data mining and bioinformatics. He is currently serving as an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on ...read full profile >>
Arash Komaee
Associate Professor, Ph.D. University of Maryland, College Park, 2008

Office: Engineering E-216
Office Hours: MW: 1:30-4:30, or by appointment
Phone: (618) 453-7064
Email: akomaee@siu.edu
Dr. Komaee's interests are in the areas of control theory and signal processing with emphasis on stochastic control, optimal control, estimation theory, and nonlinear filtering. In his current research, he applies these areas to problems in magnetic control of micro- and ...read full profile >>
Xiaoqing "Frank" Liu
Dean of the College of Engineering, Ph.D. Computer Science, Texas A&M University
Dr. Liu's research interests include cyber argumentation based social media and networking, data analytics based recommendation systems, service computing, cyber physical systems, software engineering, applied artificial intelligence, and advanced computing and data applications
Chao Lu
Associate Professor, Ph.D. Purdue University, 2012

Office: Engineering E-223
Office Hours: MWF: 1-3PM, or by appointment
Phone: (618) 453-7028
Email: chaolu@siu.edu
Lab: VLSI System Research
Dr. Lu's research interests include (a) HEVC/H.265 real-time video encoding algorithms and VLSI hardware architecture, and (b) Deep neural network algorithm and VLSI hardware architecture (for smart building, self-driving, pattern recognition, and video/image processing ...read full profile >>
James Phegley
Senior Lecturer, Ph.D. Southern Illinois University, 2001

Office: Engineering E-210
Office Hours: T: 11 - 2PM, R: 10-1PM, or by appointment
Phone: (618) 453-7044
Email: phegley@engr.siu.edu
Dr. Phegley's areas of interest include Pattern recognition and classification, digital signal processing.
Jun Qin
Associate Professor, Ph.D. Duke University, 2008

Office: Engineering E-207
Office Hours: MWF: 1-2PM, or by appointment
Phone: (618) 453-3460
Email: jqin@siu.edu
Dr. Qin’s research interests cover signal processing, noise induced hearing loss, ultrasound medical applications, machine learning, speech processing, and medical devices.
Mohammad Sayeh
Electrical Engineering Program Coordinator, School of ECBE, Professor, Ph.D. Oklahoma State University, 1985

Office: Engineering E-204
Office Hours: MTWRF: 11-12PM
Phone: (618) 453-7066
Email: sayeh@siu.edu
Labs: Photonics-1, Photonics-2
Dr. Sayeh's main research interests are in the areas of Photonics and Artificial Neural Networks. His research focuses on optical means with ANN architectures to solve engineering problems. Optical delta-sigma modulator with ...read full profile >>
Spyros Tragoudas
Professor & Director, School of ECBE, Ph.D. University of Texas at Dallas

Office: Engineering E-202B
Office Hours: TR: 11-2PM, or by appointment
Phone: (618) 453-7027
Email: spyros@engr.siu.edu
Lab: Electronic Design & Test Automation
Graduate Students
Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Tragoudas’s current research interests are in the areas of VLSI design & test, hardware security, embedded systems, and deep learning.
Haibo Wang
Biomedical Engineering Program Coordinator, School of ECBE, Professor, Ph.D. University of Arizona, 2002

Office: Engineering E-4D
Office Hours: M: 2-3:30PM, W: 2-5PM, F: 9:30-11AM, or by appointment
Phone: (618) 453-1522
Email: zhwang@siu.edu
Lab: Mixed Signal Design & Test
Website: https://www.engr.siu.edu/haibo/
Dr. Wang's research interests are in mixed-signal VLSI, sensor signal acquisiton and processing, intelligent sensor system, medical sensor device.
Ning Weng
Professor, Ph.D. University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 2005

Office: Engineering E-119
Office Hours: MWF: 10-11AM, 2-3PM, or by appointment
Phone: (618) 453-7645
Email: nweng@siu.edu
Lab: Network Systems
Dr. Weng's research interests are in: (a) network processing system, (b) system architecture, (c) analytical performance modeling, and (d) low power design.