EEREU GroupWeb Members only

• Prof. Sven Bilén
• Prof. Craig Grimes
• Prof. Ken Jenkins
• Prof. I. C. Khoo
• Prof. Michael Lanagan
• Prof. Zhiwen Liu
• Prof. John Mathews
• Prof. Jack Mitchell
• Prof. Robert Nickel
• Prof. Victor Pasko
• Prof. Joan Redwing
• Prof. Jeff Schiano
• Prof. Srinivas Tadigadapa
• Prof. Julio Urbina

Sven Bilén		Electrodynamic-tether science, technology, and applications; in situ measurements of space plasmas and environments; circuit modeling of plasmas and spacecraft–plasma interactions; and plasma diagnostics for space plasmas, plasma electric thrusters, and semiconductor plasma processing
Craig Grimes		Integrated sensing architectures; new physical, biological and chemical sensor platforms from transduction physics, material design and fabrication, to electronic packaging. Materials-oriented research projects, including fabrication and application of metal-oxide nanotubes and nanowires for use as sensors, thin films of controlled nano-porosity, architecture for bio-templating, and more recently solar generation of hydrogen by photo-water splitting.
Ken Jenkins		Digital filtering, signal processing algorithms, multidimensional array processing, computer imaging, one- and two-dimensional adaptive signal processing, and VLSI architectures for signal processing Top
Iam-Choon Khoo		Nonlinear optical fibers and fiber arrays for optical switching and sensor protection application, and electro-optical and nonlinear optical phenomena and devices based on liquid crystalline materials
Michael Lanagan		Explore new dielectric materials and processes for energy storage and capacitors in power electronic circuits. Develop microwave characterization techniques for strip-line and communication devices. Top
Zhiwen Liu		Optical phenomena happening in short time femtosecond and/or short spatial (nanometer) scales and their applications in information technology (communication, memory, sensors), femtosecond pulse propagation in photonic crystal fiber, femtosecond camera, coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy (CARS) imaging sensor, data storage in nanostructures, and applications of holography.
John Mathews		Radar remote sensing, digital signal processing, ionospheric physical and chemical processes, radar codes.
John Mitchell		Electrical properties/processes of the middle atmosphere. Rocket probe techniques have been utilized to investigate NLC/PMSE events in the high-latitude middle atmosphere, solar eclipses, thunderstorms, and aurora, and also the mid-latitude and equatorial regions during quiescent conditions
Robert Nickel		Speech signal processing, time frequency analysis, general signal theory
Victor Pasko		Atmospheric electrodynamics, gas discharge phenomena, computational plasma physics and electromagnetics Top
Joan Redwing		Vapor phase synthesis and characterization of electronic and photonic materials; metalorganic chemical vapor deposition of group III-nitride materials (GaN, AlN, InN); vapor-liquid-solid growth of semiconductor nanowires; wide bandgap semiconductor characterization; heterostructure fabrication and characterization.
Jeffrey Schiano		Control systems, feedback control of quantum-mechanical processes, application to nuclear quadrupole spectroscopy and magnetic resonance imaging. Top
Srinivas Tadigadapa		Interdisciplinary field of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and novel micro-fabrication techniques, specifically, the fabrication of novel micro- and nano-sensors and actuators by integrating non-traditional materials using silicon planar micro-fabrication techniques.
Julio Urbina		Digital systems and space communication and instrumentation, software defined radio, sensors, acquisiton and morphware systems, meteor science, radio wave remote sensing, radar instrumentation, and radar studies of the atmosphere and ionosphere.

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