Research

Research at the U of A

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What Research Areas are Available?

The Department of Electrical Engineering has the highest research production in the College of Engineering. Our researchers strive to develop new technology aimed to create a better world.

The University of Arkansas is home to world-class researchers and facilities in areas like:

  • Communications, Digital Signal Processing, and Sensor Networks
  • Electronics and Electronic Packaging, Analog and Mixed Signal, and Integrated Circuits
  • Power Systems, Power Electronics, Renewable Energy, and Control
  • RF and Microwave, Electromagnetics, Antennas, and Terahertz
  • Semiconductors, Nanotechnology, Optoelectronics, Photovoltaic, and Photonics

Research Videos

Communications, Digital Signal Processing, and Sensor Networks

Faculty performing research in this area:

Jingxian Wu

Graduate courses in this area:

  • ELEG 5173L Digital Signal Processing Lab – Wu

  • ELEG 5663 Communication Theory – Wu

  • ELEG 5693 Wireless Communications – Wu

Electronics and Electronic Packaging, Analog and Mixed Signal, and Integrated Circuits

Faculty performing research in this area:

Zhong Chen

Alan Mantooth

Hameed Naseem

Fisher Yu

Jeff Dix

Graduate courses in this area:

  • ELEG 5993 Mixed-Signal Modeling & Simulation – Mantooth

  • ELEG 5273 Electronic Packaging 

  • ELEG 5213 Integrated Circuit Fab Tech – Naseem

  • ELEG 4243L & 5253L Integrated Circuit Design Lab I - Dix 
  • ELEG 5253L Intergrated Circuit Design Lab I - Dix 
  • ELEG 487V & 587V Neural Network Intergated Circuits

Power Systems, Power Electronics, Renewable Energy, and Control

Faculty performing research in this area:

Juan Balda

Zhong Chen

Omar Manasreh

Alan Mantooth

Roy McCann

Hameed Naseem

Fisher Yu

Yue Zhao

Morgan E. Ware

Graduate courses in this area:

  • ELEG 5313 Power Semiconductor Devices – Mantooth

  • ELEG 5503 Design of Advanced Power Distribution Systems – Balda

  • ELEG 5523 Electric Power Quality – Balda

  • ELEG 5533 Power Electronics & Motor Drives – Balda

  • ELEG 5403 Control Systems – McCann

  • ELEG 5423 Optimal Control Systems – McCann

  • ELEG 5443 Nonlinear System Analysis & Control – McCann

  • ELEG 5473 Power System Operation & Control – McCann

  • ELEG 5513 Power Systems Analysis – McCann

  • ELEG 5323 Switch Mode Power Conversion 

  • ELEG 5393 Electronic Materials 

RF and Microwave, Electromagnetics, Antennas, and Terahertz

Faculty performing research in this area:

Samir El-Ghazaly

Dr. Magda El-Shenawee

Graduate courses in this area:

  • ELEG 5783 Introduction to Antennas – El-Shenawee

  • ELEG 5703 RF & Microwave Design – El-Ghazaly

  • ELEG 5763 Advanced EMAG, Scattering & Transmission – El-Shenawee

Semiconductors, Nanotechnology, Optoelectronics, Photovoltaic, & Photonics

Faculty performing research in this area:

Zhong Chen

Samir El-Ghazaly 

Omar Manasreh

Alan Mantooth

Roy McCann

Hameed Naseem

Fisher Yu

Morgan Ware

 

Graduate courses in this area:

  • ELEG 5323 Nanostructure I – Manasreh

  • ELEG 5333 Nanostruction II – Manasreh

  • ELEG 5223 Design & Fabrication of Solar Cells- Naseem

  • ELEG 5353 Semiconductor Optoelectronic Devices – Yu

  • ELEG 5363 Semiconductor Material & Device Characterizations – Yu

  • ELEG 5203 Semiconductor Devices – Yu

The links below are to the web sites of the major Electrical Engineering research centers.

The links below are to the web sites of major Electrical Engineering research labs and work groups. Although these are research laboratories, they are also teaching labs in the sense that almost all of the research done in them is conducted by students. Both graduate and undergraduate students are involved in research.