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Research
Research at the U of A




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
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Communications, Digital Signal Processing, and Sensor Networks
Faculty supervising research in this area:
Jingxian Wu
Graduate courses offered in this area:-
ELEG 5173L Digital Signal Processing Lab – Wu
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ELEG 5663 Communication Theory – Wu
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ELEG 5693 Wireless Communications – Wu
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ELEG 5623 Information Theory – Yang
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ELEG 5633 Detection & Estimation Theory – Yang
Electronics and Electronic Packaging, Analog and Mixed Signal, and Integrated Circuits
Faculty supervising research in this area:
Graduate courses offered in this area:
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ELEG 5993 Mixed-Signal Modeling & Simulation – Mantooth
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ELEG 5273 Electronic Packaging – Ang
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ELEG 5213 Integrated Circuit Fab Tech – Naseem
Power Systems, Power Electronics, Renewable Energy, and Control
Faculty supervising research in this area:
Graduate courses offered in this area:
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ELEG 5503 Design of Advanced Power Distribution Systems – Balda
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ELEG 5523 Electric Power Quality – Balda
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ELEG 5533 Power Electronics & Motor Drives – Balda
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ELEG 5313 Power Semiconductor Devices – Mantooth
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ELEG 5403 Control Systems – McCann
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ELEG 5423 Optimal Control Systems – McCann
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ELEG 5443 Nonlinear System Analysis & Control – McCann
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ELEG 5473 Power System Operation & Control – McCann
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ELEG 5513 Power Systems Analysis – McCann
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ELEG 5323 Switch Mode Power Conversion – Ang
RF and Microwave, Electromagnetics, Antennas, and Terahertz
Faculty supervising research in this area:
Graduate courses offered in this area:
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ELEG 5783 Introduction to Antennas – El-Shenawee
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ELEG 5703 RF & Microwave Design – El-Shenawee
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ELEG 5763 Advanced EMAG, Scattering & Transmission – El-Shenawee
Semiconductors, Nanotechnology, Optoelectronics, Photovoltaic, & Photonics
Faculty supervising research in this area:
Graduate courses offered in this area:
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ELEG 5323 Nanostructure I – Manasreh
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ELEG 5333 Nanostruction II – Manasreh
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ELEG 5223 Design & Fabrication of Solar Cells- Naseem
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ELEG 5353 Semiconductor Optoelectronic Devices – Yu
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ELEG 5363 Semiconductor Material & Device Characterizations – Yu
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ELEG 5203 Semiconductor Devices – Yu
The links below are to the web sites of the major Electrical Engineering research centers.
- GRid-Connected Advanced Power Electronic Systems (GRAPES) (NSF-I/UCRC)
- High Density Electronics Center (HiDEC)
- National Center for Reliable Electric Power Transmission (NCREPT) (NSF)
- Power Optimization of Electro-Thermal Systems (POETS)
- Cybersecurity Center for Secure Evolvable Energy Delivery Systems (SEEDS) (DOE)
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.
- Arkansas Advanced Photovoltaic Research Center
- Innovative Nano/Biosensor Lab (INB Lab)
- Mixed-Signal CAD Lab
- Nanomaterials and Nanotube Research Laboratory (NNRL)
- Optoelectronics Research Lab
- Organic Devices and Electronics Lab (ODEL)
- Sustainable Smart Electrical Energy Systems
- Terahertz Imaging and Spectroscopy Computational Electromagnetics Group
- Power Systems Control Laboratory - Director: Roy McCann
- Intelligent Information Sensing, Processing, and Transmission Laboratory - Director: Jingxian Wu