Research
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Research Areas

The ECE Department, faculty offices, and teaching and research laboratories are located in Barrows Hall and in the adjoining Engineering & Science Research Building (ESRB). The ESRB also houses the Laboratory for Surface Science and Technology (LASST), a interdisciplinary research unit exploring advanced materials spanning the spectrum from basic science to applied technology. The ESRB opened its doors July 2004 and contains state-of-the-art research facilities, including a microfabrication cleanroom. The ECE Department provides opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students to become members of the following Research Groups:


Bruce Segee standing in front of the Super Computer.

Computer Engineering
Cluster Supercomputering - Networks - Industrial Automation

Faculty: Segee, Abedi, Eason

Archsys: Computer Architecture and Systems Lab

Faculty: Zhu

Microelectronics
VLSI Circuit Design - Micro & Nano Fabrication Technology - Device Design & Testing

Faculty: Kotecki, Smith, Hummels, Pereira da Cunha, Emanetoglu

Microwave Acoustics: Propagation and Devices
Piezoelectric Materials - Sensors (gas,fluid,biological) - Bulk & Surface Acoustic Wave Design

Faculty: Vetelino, Pereira da Cunha, Emanetoglu

Microfabricated Sensors, Instruments, and Systems
Chemical sensors - Physical sensors - Biosensors - Microfluidics - Microphotonics - Microsystems (MEMS)

Faculty: Smith, Collins, Vetelino, Pereira da Cunha, Emanetoglu

Intelligent Systems
Neural Networks - Fuzzy Logic - Computer Vision

Faculty: Musavi, Segee, Eason

Communications
Coding and Information Theory - Wireless - High Speed Signal Processing

Faculty: Hummels, Abedi, Kotecki

WiSe-Net: Wireless Sensor Network Lab

Faculty: Abedi

Research Education & Training Programs

A number of department faculty and students in collaboration with other University of Maine Departments and Units, such as LASST and Spatial Information Science and Engineering, participate in NSF funded programs that focus on innovative education and research opportunities for its students, high school students, and teachers. These are:

 

Graduate Fellowships and Projects