Research Labs
The faculty research facilities support teaching and research in several areas of electrical and computer engineering including the following: antennas and propagation, biomedical, medical image processing, computer architecture, embedded systems and control, MEMS, robotics, electronic design and test automation, large scale computing, nanoscale devices, optics, photonics, power systems, power electronics, neural networks, VLSI, wireless communications, and cognitive radio.
Bio-MEMS Lab
Director: Dr. Hui Li

Location: Engr E-123
Dir: Dr. Hui Li
The Bio-MEMS lab develops micro/nanoengineering devices to improve current practices for pathogen diagnosis, personalize treatments, and drug screening.
Laboratory for Control and Optimization Lab
Director: Dr. Arash Komaee

Location: Engr E-205
Phone: (618) 453-7022
Dir: Dr. Arash Komaee
The Laboratory for Control and Optimization Lab is dedicated to research on control of miniaturized systems. The particular emphasis is on design and control of micro-scale robots remotely actuated by magnetic fields. Magnetic fields generated by ...read full profile >>
Electronic Design and Test Automation Lab
Director: Dr. Spyros Tragoudas
The Electronic Design and Test Automation Laboratory research areas are in VLSI Design Automation, Verification and Validation of Embedded Systems, Emerging Technologies, Hardware Security.
Digital Imaging Lab
Director: Dr. Ying Chen

Location: Engr E-208
Phone: (618) 453-7030
Dir: Dr. Ying Chen
The Digital Imaging Laboratory research areas are in: medical image reconstruction, signal and image processing. Related Courses include the following: ECE 467 Introduction to Biomedical Imaging, and ECE 468 Digital Signal Processing.
Digital Instrumentation Lab
Director: Dr. Jun Qin

Location: Engr E-229
Phone: (618) 453-4038
Dir: Dr. Jun Qin
The Digital Instrumentation Laboratory houses equipment and software for research activities related to sensor and instrumentation, digital data acquisition, viral instrumentation, signal analysis, and ultrasound ...read full profile >>
Embedded Systems Software Lab
Director: Dr. Iraklis Anagnostopoulos

Location: Engr E-121
Phone: (618) 453-3285
Dir: Dr. Iraklis Anagnostopoulos
The Embedded Systems Software Lab houses equipment and software for research activities related to embedded and many-core systems. Our research activities focus on the development of novel algorithms for run-time resource management, software frameworks and ...read full profile >>
Fault Tolerant Design Lab
Director: Dr. Dimitrios Kagaris

Location: Engr E-115
Phone: (618) 453-7994
Dir: Dr. Dimitrios Kagaris
The Fault Tolerant Design Laboratory research areas are in: (a) digital design automation, (b) design for testability, (c) sensor networks, and (d) data mining and bioinformatics. The research focus is on optimization of transistor-level designs, ...read full profile >>
Mixed Signal and Test Lab
Director: Dr. Haibo Wang

Location: Engr E-105
Phone: (618) 453-7659
Director: Dr. Haibo Wang
The Mixed-Signal Design and Test Laboratory research areas are in in mixed-signal VLSI, sensor signal acquisiton and processing, intelligent sensor system, and medical sensor device. The following pictures show two recently completed projects. To find out more about ...read full profile >>
Nanoelectronics Lab
Director: Dr. Shaikh Ahmed

Location: Engr E-233
Phone: (618) 453-7053
Dir: Dr. Shaikh Ahmed
Research activities in the Nanoelectronics Laboratory focus mainly in the field of theoretical and computational nanoelectronics with particular efforts to address technological challenges and to find possible solutions. The Group is currently ...read full profile >>
Network Systems Lab
Director: Dr. Ning Weng

Location: Engr E-112
Phone: (618) 453-7014
Dir: Dr. Ning Weng
The Network Systems Laboratory focuses on programmable network systems, network security and wireless sensor networks. The increasing network bandwidth, expanding network services, emerging wireless sensor networks and lacking security and quality of service pose ...read full profile >>
Photonics Lab
Director: Dr.Mohammad Sayeh

Location: Engr E-211, E-214
Phone: (618) 453-7022
Dir: Dr. Mohammad Sayeh
Photonics Laboratories provide students in undergraduate and graduate levels with the fundamentals of Photonics needed to be engaged in an experimental research. Photonics I (ECE 441) and Photonics II (ECE 448) experiments are: Intensity modulation using polarizers ...read full profile >>
Power Systems Design Lab
Director: Dr. Arash Asrari

Location: Engr E-109
Dir: Dr. Arash Asrari
The Power Systems Design Laboratory’s current research concentrations are (1) power systems operation and planning, (2) power systems protection, (3) power systems optimization, (4) renewable energy systems integration, (5) electricity markets analysis, ...read full profile >>
VLSI System Research Lab
Director: Dr. Chao Lu

Location: Engr E-225
Email: chaolu@siu.edu
Phone: (618) 453-3035
Dir: Dr. Chao Lu
The VLSI System Research Laboratory’s current research focuses on developing low power and high performance VLSI Systems, including: (1) process-device-circuit-system co-design and optimization (such as energy harvesting systems, 3D-IC VLSI system with ...read full profile >>
Wireless Communications and Information Systems Lab
Director: Dr. Gayan Amarasuriya Aruma Baduge

Location: Engr E-105
Phone: (618) 453-7659
Dir: Dr. Gayan Amarasuriya Aruma Baduge
Wireless Communications and Information Systems Laboratory (WCISL) is actively involved in the theoretical and practical aspects of modern communications and information systems. Research in WCISL focuses on design and analysis of (i) novel physical-layer transmission ...read full profile >>