Funded Research
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering boasts an active and agile research community comprised of our nationally recognized staff, students, and collaborating colleagues. This cadre of scientists is bolstered by grants, both private and public, to further explore our field’s unknown horizons.
Our department is filled with knowledgeable, astute individuals dedicated to uncovering new ideas and technology in the areas of Bioelectriconics, Communications, Computer Architecture, Nanoelectronics, and Power Systems. Our department encourages these efforts by providing a number of cutting-edge facilities and services to cultivate scientific progress.
Our research team is world recognized and funded by top names in both the public and private sectors. Government organization such as The National Science Foundation, The Army Research Office, and the U.S. Department of Energy, as well as corporations such as Cisco Systems, Qualcomm, Hewlett-Packard, and Red Hat have all allocated resources to further our research and development.
Research in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering covers the gamut from basic to applied. Specific topics include not only those under our eight research areas, but themes such as novel ways to teach fundamental concepts, engineering as a life-long discipline, and the engineering education community.
The following list represents the projects currently active. Unfunded research is conducted continuously as the scientific curiosity of our faculty lead them to new areas of inquiry. Although we list only the principal investigators from each project, research is typically carried out through
Leveraging Age-Dependent Clotting Mechanism for Hemostatic Material Design
Sponsored by American Heart Association Ashley Brown
Michael Daniele
Project runs from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2025
Single-Stage AC SST Development, Design and Implementation, FREEDM Enhancement Project
Sponsored by Meta Platforms Inc. (formerly Facebook Technologies, LLC (formerly Oculus VR, LLC)) Iqbal Husain
Wensong Yu
Srdjan Miodrag Lukic
Project runs from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2025
DSFAS-AI: Agricultural DECision Intelligence moDEling System for huMan-AI collaboRative acTion Elicitation and impRovement (DECIDE-SMARTER)
Sponsored by US Dept. of Agriculture - National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) David L Roberts
Michael Kudenov
Cranos Williams
Daniela Sofia Jones
Sarah Kathleen Barnhill
Project runs from June 15, 2022 to June 14, 2025
Modulation of Cerebellar Activity by Electrical and Focused Ultrasound Stimulation
Sponsored by New Jersey Institute of Technology Omer Oralkan
Feysel Yalcin Yamaner
Project runs from May 1, 2022 to April 30, 2025
Ultra-low Cost, All-Silicon Carbide Modular Power Converters for District Current Fast Charging Equipment Connected Directly to Medium Voltage Distribution System
Sponsored by US Dept. of Energy (DOE) - Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy (EERE) Srdjan Miodrag Lukic
Iqbal Husain
Wensong Yu
Kenneth Allan Dulaney
Project runs from April 20, 2022 to April 19, 2026
IUCRC for Advanced Electronics Through Machine Learning (CAEML) Phase II
Sponsored by National Science Foundation (NSF)Paul D. Franzon
Project runs from April 15, 2022 to March 31, 2027
NSF-IITP: START6G — Sub-THz Augmented Routing and Transmission for 6G
Sponsored by National Science Foundation (NSF)Robert Wendell Heath Jr
Project runs from April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2025
Universal Interoperability for Grid-Forming Inverters (UNIFI) Consortium
Sponsored by Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC/NREL Iqbal Husain
Srdjan Miodrag Lukic
David Lee Lubkeman
Project runs from February 11, 2022 to December 31, 2026
CAREER: Engineering Ultra-Wide Bandgap III-Nitride Devices for Highly Efficient and Robust Electronics
Sponsored by National Science Foundation (NSF)Spyridon Pavlidis
Project runs from February 1, 2022 to January 31, 2027
CAREER: Environmentally Stable Electrically Pumped Perovskite Laser
Sponsored by National Science Foundation (NSF)Qing Gu
Project runs from January 1, 2022 to March 31, 2025
CAREER: Pricing Non-convexities Toward Transparency in Electricity Markets
Sponsored by National Science Foundation (NSF)Wenyuan Tang
Project runs from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2026
STC: Science and Technologies for Phosphorus Sustainability (STEPS) Center
Sponsored by National Science Foundation (NSF) Jacob Jones
Aziz Amoozegar
Douglas F. Call
John J. Classen
Owen Duckworth
Project runs from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2026
SCH: A Personalized Wearable Rehabilitation Sensing System for Stroke Survivors
Sponsored by National Institutes of Health (NIH) Yong Zhu
Xiaogang Hu
Alper Yusuf Bozkurt
Xipeng Shen
Xu Liu
Project runs from September 17, 2021 to August 31, 2025
Rapid Development of Marketable Root-Knot Nematode Resistant Sweetpotato Varieties: Translation of Genomics and Advanced Phenomics into On-Farm Crop Management Solutions
Sponsored by US Dept. of Agriculture - National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) George C. Yencho
Adrienne Marie Gorny
Jonathan R. Schultheis
Michael Kudenov
Daniel Trevellan Tregeagle
Project runs from September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2025
FFATA: QLCI-CI: NSF Quantum Leap Challenge Institute for Robust Quantum Simulation
Sponsored by University of Maryland, College Park Frank Mueller
Gregory T. Byrd
Huiyang Zhou
Project runs from September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2026
SCH: Enhanced Detection of Impending Problem Behavior in People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Through Multimodal Sensing and Machine Learning
Sponsored by Vanderbilt UniversityJames Paul Dieffenderfer
Project runs from August 15, 2021 to July 31, 2025
Cultivating A Resilient Workforce By Integrating A Culturally Competent Community Of Scholarship & Data Science in Food & Agricultural Research
Sponsored by US Dept. of Agriculture - National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) Daniela Sofia Jones
Michael Kudenov
Cranos Williams
Natalie Genevieve Nelson
Rebecca Diane Dunning
Project runs from January 15, 2021 to January 14, 2026
CAREER: Physical Side-Channels Beyond Cryptography: Transforming the Side-Channel Framework for Deep Learning
Sponsored by National Science Foundation (NSF)Aydin Aysu
Project runs from October 1, 2020 to September 30, 2025
NNCI: North Carolina Research Triangle Nanotechnology Network (RTNN)
Sponsored by National Science Foundation (NSF) Jacob Jones
David M. Berube
Ayman I. Hawari
Melissa G. Jones
Philip Thomas Barletta
Project runs from September 1, 2020 to August 31, 2025