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Research Report | 2011

The 2011 Research Report is published by the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 77843-3128

Phone: (979) 845-7441, Fax: (979) 845-6259, Web: http://ece.tamu.eduCompiled and edited by Deana Totzke

Welcome 1

Electrical & Computer Engineering Fact Sheet 2

Faculty 3

Areas Of Research Analog and Mixed-Signals 9 Biomedical Imaging and Genomic Signal Processing 10 Computer Engineering and Systems 13 Electric Power and Power Electronics 15 Electromagnetic and Microwaves 19 Solid State Electronics, Photonics and Nano-Engineering 20 Telecommunications, Controls and Signal Processing 27

Honors and Awards 30

Chairs and Professorships 32

Research and Publications 33

Dissertations and Theses Doctoral Dissertations 96 Masters Theses 97

Contents

Dear Colleagues and Friends:

Welcome to this latest issue of our department’s research report, which summarizes (but cannot capture all) our department’s research activi-ties since the last report was published in 2008. Our department has been in somewhat of a steady-state in recent years with respect to faculty positions, adding just two new faculty in the last three years since the last report and after hiring in excess of twenty-five faculty over the last eight years. Both faculty, Drs. Robert Balog and Le Xie, who joined our faculty recently as as-sistant professors are in the energy area and have already made an impact to our program in this area through their activities. Two of the stories in this report speak of some of their work. In addition to Drs. Xie and Balog, we were very fortunate to have join our faculty ranks just this fall semester as Profes-sor and holder of the Computer Engineering Chair Dr. P.R. Kumar. Dr. Kumar is a scholar of international visibility, well recognized through his contributions to control systems, manufacturing systems and, in more recent years, to wireless networks. Amongst his many honors and recognitions, he is a member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) since 2007, which brings the number of NAE members in our department to three. Currently, even with Drs. Jo Howze and Andrew Chan who recently retired from our depart-ment, our departmental faculty size is at its peak, and with an additional faculty position we have just recently an-nounced, we will set yet another record next year.

However, it is not just numbers, but more importantly it is quality that counts, and by all measures the new faculty we have hired have been excellent. As a department we have had a large number of Young Investigator awards (including NSF CAREER Awards). Since 2002 our faculty earned 22 such awards, including two out of three in the college of engineering Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) awards, the most prestigious of all young investigator awards. Our research funding has continued to climb, although we are starting to see a leveling off. Our graduate student population has likewise continued to climb with 545 students last year. Our graduate program is well recognized in our college as the largest and best quality as determined by average GRE scores of incoming students. This is no surprise as we receive over 2,000 applications each year (about one fifth of all graduate applications to the whole university) and admit only about a fifth.

I hope you enjoy reading some of the sample research stories in this report and perusing through the pub-lications of our faculty.

Sincerely,

Costas N. GeorghiadesDelbert A. Whitaker Chair Professor and Department Head

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Welcome

Department Head’s Welcome

FACT SHEET DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING

TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY

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Faculty – Assistant, Associate and Full Professors 67 Other Faculty 3 Endowed Chairs and Professorships 18 Nobel Laureates-Former Faculty 1 IEEE Fellows 23 Members National Academy of Engineering or Science 3 Young Investigator Awards (NSF, ARO, ONR, AFOSR) 22

Refereed journal publications per faculty per year (average) 3

FACULTY

Masters 279 Doctoral 254

PhDs awarded per year (average) 30

Electrical and Computer Engineering 987

Analog and Mixed-SignalsBiomedical Imaging and Genomic Signal ProcessingComputer Engineering and SystemsElectric Power and Power ElectronicsElectromagnetic and MicrowavesSolid State Electronics, Photonics and Nano-EngineeringTelecommunications, Controls and Signal Processing

GRADUATE STUDENTS

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

RESEARCH AREAS

Fact Sheet

Faculty

Kai ChangProfessor Ph.D. University of Michigan, 1976Microwave/Millimeter Wave Devices and SystemsIEEE Fellow

Gwan ChoiAssociate Professor Ph.D. University of Illinois, 1994Computer Engineering

Ulisses Braga-NetoAssistant ProfessorPh.D. The Johns Hopkins University, 2002Computational Biology

Karen Butler-PurryProfessor & Assoc. VP-ResearchPh.D. Howard University, 1994Power Systems

Pierce CantrellAssociate Professor/Associate Provost, Information TechnologyPh.D. Georgia Institute of Technology, 1981Computer Communications

Andrew ChanProfessor Ph.D. University of Washington, 1971ElectromagneticsIEEE Fellow

James “Bob” BiardProfessorPh.D. Texas A&M University, 1957Solid State ElectronicsIEEE FellowNational Academy of Engineering Member

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Jean-Francois ChamberlandAssociate Professor Ph.D. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2003Probability theory, statistical methods

Xing ChengAssistant Professor Ph.D. University of Michigan, 2005 Nanofabrication

Robert BalogAssistant ProfessorPh.D. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2006Power Electronics Converters For Solar Energy

Shuguang "Robert" CuiAssociate Professor Ph.D. Stanford University, 2005Wireless Networks

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Shankar BhattacharyyaProfessorPh.D. Rice University, 1971Control SystemsIEEE Fellow

Jo HowzeProfessorPh.D. Rice University, 1970Control Systems

Prasad EnjetiProfessor and Assoc. Dept. HeadPh.D. Concordia University, 1988Power Electronics and Clean PowerIEEE Fellow

Costas N. GeorghiadesProfessor and Department HeadPh.D. Washington University, 1985Communication Theory, Information TheoryIEEE Fellow

Paul GratzAssistant ProfessorPh.D. The University of Texas, 2008On-chip interconnection networks

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Phillip HemmerProfessorPh.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1984Quantum Computing

Mehrdad EhsaniProfessor Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1981Power Electronics/Power and Control SystemsIEEE Fellow

Ohannes EknoyanProfessorPh.D. Columbia University, 1975Solid State/Electrooptics

Arum HanAssociate ProfessorPh.D. Georgia Institute of Technology, 2005 Micro-Bio-Nanotechnology

Aniruddha DattaProfessor Ph.D. University of Southern California, 1991Control SystemsIEEE Fellow

Edward DoughertyProfessor Ph.D. Rutgers University, 1974Biomedical ImagingSPIE Fellow

Kamran EntesariAssistant Professor Ph.D. University of Michigan, 2005 Design and fabrication of RF MEMS tunable filters

H. Rusty HarrisAssistant ProfessorPh.D. Texas Tech University, 2003Nanophotonics

Faculty

Aydin KarsilayanAssociate ProfessorPh.D. Portland State University, 2000RF and Baseband CircuitsSignal Processing and Adaptive Systems

Mladen KezunovicProfessorPh.D. University of Kansas, 1980Power SystemsIEEE Fellow

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Laszlo KishProfessorPh.D. Attila Jozsef University, Hungary, 1984Solid State Electronics

P.R. KumarProfessorD.Sc. Washington University, 1977Wireless NetworksIEEE FellowNational Academy of Engineering Member

Sunil KhatriAssociate Professor Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, 1999 Computer aided design of VLSI

Sebastian HoyosAssistant Professor Ph.D. University of Delaware, 2004 Design and implementation of mixed-signal processing systems

Garng HuangProfessorPh.D. Washington University, 1980Power and Control Systems

Jiang HuAssociate ProfessorPh.D. University of Minnesota, 2001Computer Engineering

Jim JiAssociate Professor Ph.D. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2003Magnetic resonance imaging and medical image processing

Jun KameokaAssociate Professor Ph.D. Cornell University, 2002 Bio-Nanotechnology

Gregory HuffAssistant Professor Ph.D. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 2006 Novel high frequency antennas and other passive devices


Deepa KundurAssociate ProfessorPh.D. University of Toronto, 1999Multimedia security

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Scott MillerProfessor, Graduate CoordinatorPh.D. University of California, San Diego, 1988Communication Theory and SystemsIEEE Fellow

Krishna NarayananProfessorPh.D. Georgia Institute of Technology, 1998Communication Theory, Information Theory

Robert NevelsProfessor Ph.D. University of Mississippi, 1979ElectromagneticsIEEE Fellow

Cam NguyenProfessorPh.D. University of Central Florida, 1990Microwave/Millimeter Wave Devices and SystemsIEEE Fellow

Mi LuProfessorPh.D. Rice University, 1987Computer/Parallel Processing

Christi MadsenProfessor Ph.D. Rutgers University, 1996 Photonic Signal Processing Integrated Optics

Theresa MaldonadoProfessor Ph.D. Georgia Institute of Technology, 1990Solid State/Electrooptics

Krzystof MichalskiAssociate ProfessorPh.D. University of Kentucky, 1981ElectromagneticsIEEE Fellow

Sam PalermoAssistant Professor Ph.D. Stanford University, 2007Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuits

Tie LiuAssistant Professor Ph.D. University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign, 2006 Multiuser information theory

Faculty

Henry PfisterAssistant Professor Ph.D. University of California, San Diego, 2003 Information theory

Peng LiAssociate Professor Ph.D. Carnegie Mellon University, 2003 Modeling and simulation of VLSI systems and MEMS

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Fred StrieterAdjunct ProfessorPh.D. University of California at Berkeley, 1960Solid State

Narasimha ReddyProfessorPh.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1990Computer EngineeringIEEE Fellow

B. Don RussellProfessor Ph.D. University of Oklahoma, 1975Power SystemsIEEE FellowNAFE FellowNational Academy of Engineering Member

Alex SprintsonAssociate ProfessorPh.D. Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, 2003 Communication Networks

Weiping ShiProfessorPh.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1992Computer Aided Design of VLSI

José Sílva-MartinezProfessorPh.D. Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, 1992Analog and Mixed SignalIEEE Fellow

Edgar Sánchez-SinencioProfessorPh.D. University of Illinois, 1973Analog MicroelectronicsIEEE Fellow

Erchin SerpedinProfessorPh.D. University of Virginia, 1999Signal Processing

Chanan SinghProfessorPh.D. University of Saskatchewan, 1972Power SystemsIEEE Fellow

Serap SavariAssociate Professor Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996 Information theory

Srinivas ShakkottaiAssistant Professor Ph.D., University of Illinois, 2007 Communication networks


Raffaella RighettiAssistant Professor P.h.D., University of Houston, 2005 Biomedical imaging

John TylerSenior LecturerM.S. American Technological University, 1979

Karan WatsonProfessor/Provost/Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Ph.D. Texas Tech University, 1982Computer EngineeringIEEE FellowASEE Fellow

Mark WeicholdProfessor/CEA TAMUQPh.D. Texas A&M University, 1983Solid State Device Fabrication

Steve WrightProfessorPh.D. University of Illinois, 1984Biomedical ImagingAIMBE FellowIEEE FellowISMRM Fellow

Zixiang XiongProfessorPh.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1996Data Compression/Multimedia/Digital Communications/Image Processing IEEE Fellow

Xi ZhangAssociate ProfessorPh.D. University of Michigan, 2001Computer Networking

Takis ZourntosAssistant ProfessorPh.D. University of Toronto, 2002Fundamental aspects of nonlinear systems

Haiyan WangAssociate Professor Ph.D., North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 2002 Nanostructured nitride and oxide thin film heterostructures for microelectronics

Byung-Jun YoonAssistant Professor Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 2007 Genomic Signal Processing

Jun ZouAssociate Professor Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2002 Microfabrication and micromachining technologies

Hamid ToliyatProfessorPh.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1992Electric Machines/Power ElectronicsIEEE Fellow

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Chin SuProfessorPh.D. Brandeis University, 1979Optoelectronics/Fiber Optics

Le XieAssistant ProfessorPh.D. Carnegie Mellon University, 2009Modeling and control of electric energy systems

Bogumila StyblinskiSenior LecturerPh.D. Warsaw Technical University, 1977

FacultyEdgar Sánchez-Sinencio—Area Leader/ProfessorKamran Entesari—Assistant ProfessorSebastian Hoyos—Assistant Professor

Areas of ResearchAydin Karsilayan—Associate ProfessorCam Nguyen—ProfessorSam Palermo—Assistant ProfessorJosé Sílva-Martínez—Professor

Drs. Jose Silva-Martinez and Sam Palermo from the Ana-log and Mixed Signal Group in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University, received a grant from The Texas Analog Center of Excellence (TxACE) at The University of Texas at Dallas, to develop analog tech-nology that enhances public safety and security.

The projects funded by the grants are intended to en-able a new generation of devices that can scan for harmful substances such as explosives and chemical agents and sig-nificantly lower the cost of in-vehicle radar technology that could help improve automotive safety.

Silva-Martinez, a professor in the department, will use the grant for his research titled “A Hybrid 14-bit Analog-to-Digital Converter for Broadband Applications.”

He will develop techniques for the design of vanilla CMOS low-voltage low-power high-resolution continuous-time analog-to-digital converters with full on-chip digitally-based calibration system. The techniques will be compatible with emerging nanometer technologies.

His focus is to develop efficient design techniques, fabri-cate and test a low voltage low-power broadband high-reso-lution continuous-time analog-to-digital converter that can be exported to deep-submicron CMOS technologies. Silva-Martinez hopes to provide an outstanding figure of merit in the range of 250 pJ/conversion-step since it makes extensive use of digital based quantizer and DACs that are tolerant to clock jitter.

Palermo, an assistant professor in the department, will use his grant for his research titled “Energy-Efficient CMOS 10-GS/s 6-Bit ADC With Embedded Equalization.”

Palermo says energy efficient high-speed Nyquist-rate analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) are required in receiver architectures for applications including future millimeter wave, serial backplane and optical transceiver systems. As data rates increase for systems with channels that have

ECE Faculty Members Develop Analog Technology That Enhances Public Safetysignificant frequency dependent loss, ADC-based serial I/O receivers are being considered because they can robustly implement advanced equalization and modulation schemes with a high degree of flexibility. However, high speed ADC’s generally require larger power relative to binary front-ends with mixed-signal equalization and the power consumed by the digital equalizer becomes comparable to the ADC power. Palermo is investigating Nyquist-rate ADCs with embedded equalization in order to improve receiver energy efficiency in high-speed medium-resolution applications and also is building prototypes of these ADC architectures in nano-meter CMOS technologies. A low-power time-interleaved successive-approximation-register ADC with embedded de-cision-feedback and feed-forward equalization is the focus and a prototype is currently under development.

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Analog & Mixed Signal

SummaryThe Analog and Mixed-Signal Group is involved with the design, simulation, CAD, fabrication and testing of integrated

circuits and systems. Research facilities allow faculty and students to do design, simulation and measurements comparable to the industry since they have all the key simulators such as CADENCE, MATLAB and System View. Devices and circuit characterization from 0.01Hz up to 40Ghz can be done in the lab facilities. The fabrication is done through MOSIS, UMC, SMIC, TSMC and JAZZ but the rest, including printed circuit boards fabrication, is usually done in the research facilities.

Current research in the analog and mixed-signal systems area includes low-voltage/low-power circuits, RF IC communica-tions, mmwave circuits, built-in testing and analog to digital converters. This research is driven by the industrial needs for high density, high-speed, high frequency electronic circuits, which also have low power consumption and which are also readily manu-facturable and testable.

Recent trends in research at Texas A&M are also towards wireless building blocks, such as Ultra Wide Band (UWB), Broadband and Fiber Optical Communications and Bio-Medical Applications.

FacultySteve Wright—Area Leader/ProfessorUlisses Braga-Neto— Assistant ProfessorAndrew Chan—ProfessorAnirrudha Datta—ProfessorEdward Dougherty—ProfessorArum Han—Associate Professor

SummaryThe Bio group in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University is a multidisciplinary

program for students and faculties interested in the biomedical applications, especially biomedical imaging (including mag-netic resonance imaging (MRI) and ultrasound imaging), genomic signal processing, and nano/micro systems for biomedical applications.

Biomedical Imaging -Interests in the group range from molecular to whole body imaging. The development of biomedical imaging technology is being enabled by advances made in a wide array of disciplines. Researchers in the biomedical imaging area within the electrical and computer engineering department represent most of our different academic groups. For example, one of the focus areas is the development of techniques and instrumentation for dynamic MR imaging using sensor arrays and parallel imaging hardware. This work is a collaboration between researchers with expertise in array signal processing, electromagnetic theory, RF design and digital signal processing. Other areas of research include biomedical image analysis using specialized imaging protocols and prior knowledge, which aims at extracting the desired information from biological images automatically, accurately and consistently; and the development of ultrasound-based technologies for non-invasively imaging the elastic, viscoleastic and poroelastic behavior of biological tissues.

Genomics and Bioinformatics-Genomic Signal Processing (GSP) is the engineering discipline that studies the processing of genomic signals. Owing to the major role played in genomics by transcriptional signaling and the related pathway modeling, it is only natural that the theory of signal processing should be utilized in both structural and functional understanding. The aim of GSP is to integrate the theory and methods of signal processing with the global understanding of functional genomics, with special emphasis on genomic regulation. Hence, GSP encompasses various methodologies concerning expression profiles: detection, prediction, classification, control and statistical and dynamical modeling of gene networks. GSP is a fundamental discipline that brings to genomics the structural model-based analysis and synthesis that form the basis of mathematically rigorous engineering.

NanoBio Systems-BioMEMS (Bio MicroElectroMechanical Systems) and Lab-on-a-Chip is an area where various micro-fabrication and nanofabrication technologies are used to create miniaturized systems for biological, medical and chemical applications. The concept of Lab-on-a-Chip is to miniaturize and streamline the various protocols and analysis steps required in bio, medical or chemistry labs on a single silicon/glass/polymer chip, improving the sensitivity, efficiency and portability of such processes at a low cost. The focus of this group is to develop integrated miniaturized systems for bio/medical applica-tions, such as portable point of care diagnosis systems (e.g. cancer cell detection), cell/tissue analysis/engineering systems (e.g. microsystem platforms for electrophysiology and neurobiology, gene/drug delivery microchips) and novel smart self-regulating micro/nano systems.

Nano/micro systems for life science applications. Nano/micro fabricated devices/systems for applications toward health care, drug discovery, biotechnology, portable health monitoring systems, personalized medicine, neurobiology, portable pathogen detection systems, and cancer cell detection. Fusion of nano, micro, and bio technologies.

Phillip Hemmer—ProfessorJim Ji—Associate ProfessorRaffaella Righetti—Assistant ProfessorChin Su—ProfessorZixiang Xiong—ProfessorByung-Jun Yoon—Assistant Professor

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Biomedical Imaging & Genomic Signal Processing

Silva-Martinez joined the department in 1999. His re-search interests include Design and fabrication of integrat-ed circuits for communication and biomedical applications.

Other honors include having served as chairman and member of the technical committee of ISCAS-96 and MWCAS-95 and co-recipient of the 1990 European Solid-State Circuits Conference best paper award. He received his B.S. degree from Universidad Autonoma de Puebla, Mexico in 1979, his M.S. from The Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica, Optica y Electronica (INAOE) in 1981 and his

Ph.D. from The Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium in 1992.

Palermo joined the department in 2009. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Texas A&M in 1997 and 1999 respectively, and his Ph.D. de-gree in electrical engineering from Stanford University in 2007. His research interests include high-speed electrical and optical links, clock recovery systems, and techniques for device variability compensation. He is a member of IEEE and Eta Kappa Nu.

ECE Offers New Course On Building MRI MachinesA new course in the

biomedical and genomic signal processing area has students getting hands on experience on the design, construction and applica-tion of instrumentation for MR imaging and spectros-copy.

Funded by the De-partment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Magnetic Resonance Engi-neering includes the design and construction of mag-netic resonance systems. During the course students from the ECE and biomedi-cal engineering depart-ments develop a complete MRI system using LabVIEW and National Instruments hardware. Principles of RF coils, including volume coils, surface coils and arrays are discussed during the course. Different receiver designs also are exam-ined, including conventional and mod-ern software radio systems.

After completing the course each student is able to design and assemble a low-frequency MR spectrometer and determine the appropriate operating parameters to obtain a specified imaging resolution and signal-to-noise ratio. The course is cross-listed between electrical engineering and biomedical engineering and taught by a team of faculty members from both groups. The students get a blend of perspectives from the two de-

partments that seems to be appreciated.“We’d like to think that we’re not

teaching just MRI, but measurement technology and computer based instru-mentation as well,” said Dr. Steve Wright, one of the instructors for the course and a professor in the electrical engineering department. “But, the students begin by learning how to generate the radio fre-quency pulses that create the MR signal, detect the MR signal, and then spatially encode it to form an image. All the ba-sics of building a working MRI scanner.”

The responses have indicated that the students appreciate the ‘hands-on’ ap-

proach to learning computer based instrumentation, and they seem to enjoy learning LabVIEW.

“Several of the stu-dents have commented positively about this course, added John Bosshard, who also teaches the course. “I believe it is especially good at teaching practical prob-lem solving and trouble-shooting skills.”

The final project where students compete to make the best image, with the winner receiving a highly coveted prize, seems to re-ally pull things together and has been well-received. But that’s not enough for Wright who hopes to make the course even better.

“We are always look-ing at feedback from the students to try to improve

the course,” he said. “Right now we are looking at how to decrease the pro-gramming aspect and increase the MR engineering component, possibly giv-ing the students a LabVIEW “shell” that they could build on, rather than start-ing from a blank sheet of paper.

“At some point, better magnets would improve the course,” he adds. “Right now, the images are made with two, one inch square blocks of magnet material, but so far each stu-dent has made images at the end of the class.”


Sean Goldberger and Somreeta Roy work on their Magnetic Resonance Imaging System in the newly created course cross listed between electrical and biomedical engineering.

When a woman discovers a lump in her breast, one of the first steps in diagnosis is a biopsy. But results can take up to two weeks and create sleepless nights for the patient.

Elastography, a procedure developed a decade ago, is providing a faster, more accurate picture of what’s going on inside the patient.

Raffaella Righetti, assistant professor in the Biomedical Imaging and Genomic Signal Processing area of the Depart-ment of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University, has studied the technology since its inception.

A twist on the traditional ultrasound technique, ultra-sound elastography uses sound waves to detect tumors by indicating tissue stiffness.

“Many cancers do not possess a sonographic contrast that will make them detectable using standard ultrasound imaging methods, but they are much stiffer than the sur-rounding tissue,” Righetti says. “The idea is to create a new contrast mechanism that provides additional tissue infor-mation that can help a physician to diagnose and stage diseases or assess tissue physiological states.”

Both techniques use sound waves. Traditional ultra-sound creates an image based on tissue echogenicity. The

Ultrasound Elastography A New Twist On An Old Technology elastogram combines two views: the regular ultrasound image and a compression image — that is, an image pro-duced while a technician presses on the tissue in ques-tion. How that tissue reacts speaks volumes.

A tumor can be five to 100 times stiffer than normal soft tissue. When a mechanical compression or vibration is applied, the tumor deforms less than the surrounding tissue. Elastography takes advantage of this characteris-tic to quickly diagnose breast cancer without the use of a needle or a scalpel.

An early interest Righetti became involved with elastography as a student

in Florence, Italy, while fulfilling a requirement to finish her undergraduate thesis. After reading some early publications by Jonathan Ophir from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston on elastography, she says she decided to go to Houston to learn more about the technique.

“The idea is to create a new contrast mechanism that pro-vides additional tissue information that can help a physi-cian to diagnose and stage diseases or assess tissue physi-ological states.”

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Biomedical contd. “I was fascinated by this new technology, which seemed to

be very promising — although still at its very early stages — so I decided to take a trip to Houston to meet Dr. Ophir and his group,” she says. “That trip marked the beginning of my col-laboration with them.”

After working with Ophir for eight months, Righetti went back to Italy to write her thesis and present her work before flying back to Houston a few days after her defense.

“That thesis is the first official Italian document on elastog-raphy,” she says. “I ended up staying in Dr. Ophir’s lab for eight years until joining Texas A&M in 2007.”

Elastography has become a well-developed field since Righetti began her research. Several companies have devel-oped elastography scanners that are now used worldwide with standard ultrasound methods to diagnose several dis-eases. These techniques are used clinically to detect breast and prostate cancer and differentiate between malignant and benign lesions. In an effort to reduce the number of biopsies performed, researchers are also studying the feasibility of us-ing a set of features to compare the appearance of tumors in sonograms and in elastograms.

Ultrasound elastography may also be used in the early de-tection of lymphedema, a condition involving an abnormal accumulation of lymphatic fluid in the interstitial space that causes swelling, often related to cancer. Elastography could help assess the efficacy of current lymphedema treatments by imaging the tissue properties before and after treatment and could help in the design of more and better lymphedema treatments.

And ultrasound elastography’s cost-effectiveness is a major advantage.

“The technique is easy, safe, real-time, noninvasive; it doesn’t require a lot of training; and it has all the advantages of ultrasound-based imaging methods, including the fact that it could potentially be implemented in small portable devices,” Righetti says. “And it’s relatively inexpensive compared to MRI and other imaging methods.”

On the horizon Righetti says she joined the Texas A&M faculty so she could

take advantage of the university’s facilities and research labs,

allowing for more comparative studies. Her current collabora-tions within the electrical and computer engineering depart-ment include projects with Arum Han in the NanoBio Systems Laboratory and Steve Wright in the Magnetic Resonance Sys-tems Laboratory.

Other collaborators at Texas A&M include J.N. Reddy in the Department of Mechanical Engineering’s Advanced Com-putational Mechanics Laboratory; Kristen Maitland in the Department of Biomedical Engineering’s Biomedical Optics Laboratory; Steven Riechman in the Human Countermeasures Laboratory of the health and kinesiology department; and Theresa W. Fossum, director of the Texas A&M Institute for Pre-clinical Studies.

“It’s exciting because you can find a lot of experts in any other field,” Righetti says. “The potential is great because the facilities at Texas A&M are amazing and there is a large number of people working on different things. That kind of collaboration makes a big difference. That’s what’s so ex-citing about working at Texas A&M, that there are a lot of opportunities.”

Righetti also collaborates with medical doctors, who she says are excited about elastography and its possibilities.

However, she says she gets the most satisfaction from working with her students, who have already generated three master’s theses, several conference publications and three peer-reviewed articles, among several other publica-tions in preparation. Two of her master’s students working on this project have decided to continue their work in this field to pursue their Ph.D. degrees.

“I can see the light in their eyes when they’re talking about all the different applications and possibilities, and I have stu-dents come up to me and say, ‘I didn’t know ultrasound could be used in so many applications,’” she says. “It makes me happy to see how excited they are about the possibilities in the field that can help medicine.”

And she says that one day she hopes to expand the uses of elastography to include novel orthopedic applications, a new research area at Texas A&M that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is sponsoring. The motivation behind these applications is that ultrasound imaging tech-

niques have some distinctive characteris-tics (such as lack of radiation, portability and real-time imaging) that make them an attractive alternative to standard orthope-dic diagnostic methods.

“The potential is great because the facili-ties at Texas A&M are amazing and there is a large number of people working on different things. That kind of collaboration makes a big difference. That’s what’s so exciting about working at Texas A&M, that there are a lot of opportunities.”

“Elastography is a very exciting field,” Righetti says. “I’ve seen it grow from the mo-ment it was born until the moment in which it has become clinical, and we have made tremendous improvements on image qual-ity, signal and image processing techniques involved in the modality.

“I think that as a scientist and an engineer, it’s really an amazing experience to be able to observe the technological development of an idea and be part of it.”

SummaryThe computer engineering and systems group within the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M

offers programs of study leading toward six different degrees. These are: BS, MS and Ph.D. in electrical engineering and BS, MS and Ph.D. in computer engineering. The Computer Engineering programs for both graduates and undergraduates are administered and taught by a joint committee of faculty members from the computer science and electrical and computer engineering departments.

Flexible programs of study are available for each degree and laboratories for undergraduate courses are regularly updated and revised to keep track with significant industrial developments in these fields of study.

Research in the computer and systems engineering group is centered on three main areas of VLSI, Computer Networks and Systems. Research in the VLSI circuits and systems area is focused on Electronic Design Automation (EDA) of digital and analog circuits , as well as VLSI design. Current research projects cover all strategically important areas, including logic synthesis, layout synthesis, modeling, simulation, low power, reliability, testing, design for manufacturability, hardware/software co-design, appli-cation specific integrated circuits (ASICs), and System-on-Silicon (SOC), and hardware acceleration of EDA algorithms. Research in the Computer Networks area is focused on network protocols, routing algorithms, quality of service (QOS), security, survivability, support for multimedia, network coding, wireless communication networks and wireless sensor networks. Research in the Systems area is focused on fault-tolerant systems, storage and file systems, computer architecture, and multiprocessors on a chip.

Faculty members in the computer and systems engineering group come from the finest educational and industrial organizations. Their research programs are nationally recognized and well funded. Many of the faculty members have won numerous national awards, such as those given by the National Science Foundation (NSF), and international awards, such as best paper awards at highly competitive international technical conferences. Many of the faculty serve in leadership roles in conference program com-mittees and as editors of journals.

FacultyA.L. Narasimha Reddy—Area Leader/ProfessorPierce Cantrell—Associate ProfessorGwan Choi—Associate ProfessorPaul Gratz—Assistant ProfessorJiang Hu—Associate ProfessorSunil Khatri—Associate ProfessorP.R. Kumar—Professor

Peng Li—Associate ProfessorMi Lu—ProfessorSrinivas Shakkottai—Assistant ProfessorWeiping Shi—ProfessorAlex Sprintson—Associate ProfessorKaran Watson—ProfessorXi Zhang—Associate Professor

The saturation of uniprocessor clock frequency has prompted the recent industry’s shift to multi-core processor technology. Today’s computing landscape consists of a mix of exciting hardware platforms, ranging from supercomputers that deliver petascale compute power, commodity computer clusters, low-cost high-performance multi-core processors and graphics processors, thanks to advances in semiconduc-tor industries and CMOS technology scaling. Whether every-one is aware of it or not, literately every computer used today, desktops, laptops or computer servers, is a parallel computer.

Given the current computing landscape shift, “going par-allel” has become a key avenue for pushing the performance envelope of modern processors and compute intensive soft-ware that run on them. While technology advances have of-fered unprecedented, ubiquitously available parallel compute power, except for “embarrassingly” parallel applications, lever-aging parallel hardware in an efficient way remains as a signifi-cant challenge. A comprehensive and fresh look at fundamen-tal parallel algorithm design, parallel programming models and tools and implementation strategies is required.

To this end, researchers in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University are devel-oping parallel algorithms that can efficiently exploit available parallel compute power for addressing significant computa-

tional challenges associated with the design of today’s nano-meter integrated circuits and systems.

“Everyone has a parallel machine but there are not a lot of parallel software applications,” said Dr. Peng Li, professor in the department. “Developing parallel software applications is not a trivial thing at all. Software applications are lacking and we hope to change that.”

In particular, on multi-core CPU platforms, the focus of Li’s work is to bring indispensable domain knowledge to paral-lel algorithm design so as to facilitate the most efficient use of emerging parallel hardware. A range of parallel CAD algo-rithms, encompassing large scale circuit simulation and circuit optimization, are being developed. A rich set of application-level parallelisms with varying parallelization granularity and overhead are being exploited; single and multiple algorithm parallel paradigms have been developed to gain good parallel processing efficiency on multi-core and many-core platforms. [details: http://www.ece.tamu.edu/~pli/projects/nsf_career]

In a different approach, Li envisions that the recent emer-gence of general-purpose GPU (graphics processing units) computing platforms has also offered promising opportuni-ties for a class of compute-intensive VLSI CAD applications. However, to be successful, he said one has to expose properly the “hidden” data parallelism in the application and develop

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Computer contd.“smart” algorithms/implementations to penetrate the SIMD (single instruction multiple data) nature of the GPU platform.

“Now can we actually come up with algorithms which can be run on these machines,” Li said. ‘It's hard to be parallel, it's hard to use multiple pro-cessors working together.”

As shown in the figure, for the first time, Li’s group has shown how to exploit massively parallel graph-ics processors to tackle the computational challenge associated with analyzing on-chip power delivery networks with a design complexity of tens of mil-lions of circuit nodes and beyond. The developed GPU-based simulation en-

gine has demonstrated promising performance, speed-ing up time-consuming power delivery simulations by more than 50X speedups and enables the design and

verification of such critical IC subsystems.

“It will benefit everyone,” Li said. It's getting to the point where we have to seriously think about all sorts of parallel consumer applications. The scope of these applications will get much wider, never ending.

“It’s a great motivation, we realize it becomes very important, not only for CAD, which we're interested in, but it has a broader significance for general computing soft-ware applications.”

ECE Researchers Devise New Method Of Detecting Botnets

GPU-based Simulation Engine for the design of On-chip Power Delivery [ Details: http://www.ece.tamu.edu/~pli/proj-ects/nsf_power_delivery/ ]

With the threat of Botnets increas-ing, researchers in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University have devised a new method to detect their activity.

A Botnet, or robot network, is a term used to describe a collection of computers that have been compro-mised by a worm or Trojan horse, allow-ing an attacker to remotely control the systems. Victims are typically unaware that they are infected or that their sys-tem is being controlled remotely by a botnet administrator.

Dr. Narasimha Reddy, in collabo-ration with his students Sandeep Ya-dav and Ashwath Reddy at Texas A&M and Supranamaya "Soups" Ranjan with Narus Inc., came up with a method of detecting botnets like Conficker, Krak-en, and Torpig that use so-called DNS domain-fluxing for their command and control (C&C) infrastructure.

Domain-fluxing bots typically generate random domain names; a

bot basically queries a series of domain names, but the domain owner registers just one. To get to the C&C, botnet re-searchers typically reverse-engineer the bot malware and figure out the do-mains that are generated on a regular basis, a time- and resource-intensive process, in an attempt to discern all of the domain names that would be reg-istered by a botnet so they can jump ahead and register them in order gain a foothold in their investigation.

While there are other methods of detection, Reddy's method basically looks at the pattern and distribution of alphabetic characters in a domain name to determine whether it's mali-cious or legitimate. This allows them to spot botnets' algorithmically generat-ed (rather than generated by humans) domain names.

"Our method analyzes only DNS traffic and hence is easily scalable to large networks," said Reddy, the J.W. Runyon, Jr. '35 Professor I in the de-

partment. "It can detect previously unknown botnets by analyzing a small fraction of the network traffic."

Botnets using both IP fast-flux and domain fast-flux can also be de-tected by the proposed technique. IP fast-flux is a round-robin method where malicious websites are constant-ly rotated across several IP addresses, changing their DNS records to prevent their discovery by researchers, ISPs or law enforcement. Reddy's new detec-tion method discovered two new bot-nets with their method. One of the new botnets generates 57 character long random names and the second botnet generates names using a concatena-tion of two dictionary words.

CERT, a nationwide network se-curity coordination lab, is building a tool based on Reddy’s technique and this tool will be widely distributed for public use. Reddy expects this to be a useful tool because of its speed and simplicity.

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Summary The Electric Power and Power Electronics Program conducts research for the advancement of power systems and power electron-

ics technologies. Power systems research is performed in the areas of analysis, reliability, monitoring, control and protection of power systems. Some of the faculty members also have a strong interest in control systems, digital signal processing, data communications and intelligent system applications. Power electronics research is performed in the areas of motor drives, power electronic converters, utility interface issues, active filters and electric and hybrid vehicles. Some of the faculty members also have strong interest in power quality and diagnostics of electrical machines. The following are some of the noteworthy research focus areas over the past two years:Power Systems - Study of protective relaying system behavior during cascading network events.- Development of relay testing methodology for evaluation of relay applications.- Application of intelligent techniques to control, protect and monitor power systems.- Implementation of different fault location methods using novel techniques such as wavelets, synchronized sampling and waveform matching.- Enhancing State Estimators with a new method for designing and upgrading the measurement system, which remains robust against contingencies and loss of measurements.- Power system automation, control and protection with emphasis on the use of real-time embedded computer systems.- Investigation of incipient and high impedance faults on distribution systems including detection, characterization and identification for protection, preventive maintenance and reliability assessment.-Application of advanced signal processing and intelligent techniques to predictive maintenance of distribution systems.-Application of geographic information systems and intelligent techniques to automation of shipboard power systems.-Development of the concept of global decomposition and subsequent algorithms of GSIDES and SEG-GSIDES methods of multi-area production costing. - Implementation of the idea of state space pruning, which is used to remove states that are acceptable from the state space resulting in a conditional state space in which the conditional loss of load probability is very high. Power Electronics and Motor Drives- Five-phase electric motor drives for traction and propulsion applications.- Condition monitoring and fault diagnosis of electric machines.- Utility interface problems of Power Electronic Systems and harmonic mitigation.- Converters for Distributed Energy Sources: Fuel Cells, Microturbines, Photovoltaic Solar, thermoelectric generation and /Wind Energy Systems.- Advanced Converter topologies for: Power Supplies, Motor Drives, UPS systems, Single and three phase power factor correction and Medium Voltage Inverters. -Advanced control algorithms- Power Quality Issues: Design and development of Active Power Filters; Dynamic voltage restorers (DVRs) and new and improved ride-through technologies employing Flywheel and Supercapacitors.- Application problems of modern PWM Adjustable speed (ASD) motor drive systems, Assessment of high frequency effects due to PWM dv/dt and voltage sag and capacitor switching transient mitigation.- Electronic Ballasts for Fluorescent, HID and Electrode less Lamps and Energy Saving Schemes for Lighting.- Simulation (PSim, PLEX, DYMOLA, PSPICE, SABER), Tolerance Analysis and Reliability of Power Electronic Systems.- Hybrid Electric Automobile drive trains.- Hybrid Energy Storage.- Automotive and Military 42V Power Systems.- Permanent Magnet Contact-less Automotive Brake.- Sensorless Brushless DC (BLDC) Motor Drives.- Sensorless/self-tuning Switched Reluctance Motor (SRM) Drives.- Switched Reluctance Motor for Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEV).- Sensorless control of induction and permanent magnet motors.- Low cost permanent magnet motor drives for appliances and HVAC.- Energy scavenging and harvesting- Multi-objective optimization of power converters- New topologies to improve reliability of power electronic by eliminating the need to electrolytic capacitors and other components with wear-out mechanisms that limit service life.- New technologies to enable widespread use of photovoltaic sources.

FacultyHamid Toliyat—Area Leader/Professor Robert Balog—Assistant ProfessorKaren Butler-Purry—ProfessorMehrdad Ehsani—Professor

Prasad Enjeti—ProfessorGarng Huang—ProfessorMladen Kezunovic—ProfessorB. Don Russell—ProfessorChanan Singh—ProfessorLe Xie—Assistant Professor

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It's the last play of the big game, only seconds left and the quarterback throws toward the end zone and....blackness. The electricity goes out and the biggest play of the year is missed. Who's to blame? In many instances it can be blamed on the trees outside your house.

In August 2003, the Northeast experienced the worst black-out in history that put 50 million people in the United States and Canada in the dark, some for many days. The root cause of this blackout was trees grow-ing into electric power lines causing electric faults that disrupted power transmission. In 2008 during Hurricane Ike, which left millions of people in the dark for periods as long as two weeks, the single biggest cause of long duration outages that occurred in the gulf coast region like Houston was vegetation tearing down the lines. Closer to home, on utility distribution systems (the lines behind the house) it is estimated that as many as one third of the faults that cause power outages are related to vegetation intrusion. Current research being conducted in The De-partment of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University could help solve this problem.

For many years, Dr. B. Don Russell, Distinguished Profes-sor in the department, and Carl Benner from the department's Power System Automation Laboratory (PSAL) have conducted research on ways to enhance power system reliability through automation. Their work has created the world’s largest signature database of naturally occurring faults and failures in electric distri-bution systems. However, the 2003 blackout influenced them to begin studying the characteristics and the failure mechanisms of faults created by vegetation contact.

In an attempt to better understand how vegetation af-fects electric power lines, Russell and Benner collaborated on a research investigation with other researchers and electric utility personnel to study the behavior of vegetation faults. This proj-ect, funded by utilities under the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Power Systems Engineering Research Center, carefully studied the process whereby a power system fault is created by vegetation such as a tree branch. Experimentation conducted in the PSAL included staged faults on an active electric utility feeder which yielded data previously unavailable.

The objective of the research project was to: •scientifically investigate and document the characteristics

of vegetation faults on electric distribution systems; •document and understand the “electrical precursors” re-

sulting from vegetation intrusion prior to fault conditions that cause a power outage;

•investigate the use of intelligent system monitoring to “predict” vegetation intrusion on power lines prior to faults that create an outage;

•investigate the potential for “conditioned based mainte-nance” on electric distribu-tion systems utilizing veg-etation intrusion detection as a cost saving alternative to periodic vegetation management;

•Develop “recom-mended practices” for veg-etation management by electric utilities based on increased use of real time monitoring systems to de-tect deteriorating distribu-tion feeder health resulting from vegetation intrusion or failure of system appara-tus and components.

This research will im-prove the reliability of electric power distribu-tion, improve the quality of power and service to electric utility customers and reduce the cost of delivery of electricity, as

most electric utility customers do not realize that a major cost to deliver electricity to end users is the trimming of trees under elec-tric power lines.

Currently, most vegetation management (i.e. tree trimming) is done on a calendar-based system, which doesn't account for real problems and may or may not help; therefore it can be quite costly. In 2002, Transmission and Distribution World, a widely read trade magazine for engineers and operations professionals in the electric power transmission and distribution industry, noted that “Vegetation management activities…. usually are the largest cost element in an electric utility’s operating budget (tree trimming alone is a U.S. $7-$10 billion business).” Russell said he hopes his research will not only cut these costs, but improve automation to enable better maintenance, resulting in fewer faults and fewer outages of shorter duration.

"Our research at the (Texas A&M) Riverside campus has pro-vided the best understanding of how vegetation interacts with electric distribution lines causing these faults," said Russell. "As a consequence we're now working with electric utilities to deter-mine ways to predict these outages by looking at the very first signs of vegetation intrusion on the lines, automatically alerting the utility company that on a specific line they have a problem that needs to be corrected before they have a major outage."

ECE Researchers Study Ways To Reduce Faults Created By Vegetation Contact On Utility Lines

An electric arc created across a tree branch on an operating 7,200 volt operating distribution line at the PSAL test facility on the Riverside Campus at Texas A&M University. Using computer based instrumentation, PSAL researchers have recorded the electrical characteristics of both staged and naturally occurring vegetation faults on operating utility systems.

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Electric Power contd. Their research so far has encompassed two phases, the first

part was experimentation and studying the fault characteristics using staged experiments and accumulating real time measure-ments on about a dozen electric utilities across North America that have allowed monitoring for vegetation intrusion.

Phase two has been to study whether they could predict through measurements that vegetation incursion is occurring which could potentially cause a major outage.

Russell said so far utility companies and researchers are ex-cited about the results, and he hopes it also will make a difference

ECE Professor Working To Make Solar Power More Affordable

to consumers, who may not only save money, but won't have to miss "the play of the year" because of a tree.

"Utilities state that patrolling, inspecting, cutting and man-aging vegetation is their largest single maintenance expense," Russell said. “So to the extent we can reduce or defer those costs could in a major way affect the cost of energy to the consumer. The other objective, of course, is improving reliability to keep the lights and TV on."

To see more pictures or to view actual video of the experi-ments, visit: https://dfa-share.tamu.edu/vegetation/ .

With the growing need for alterna-tive energy sources, one professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University has developed a way for the average house-hold to install solar power.

Dr. Robert Balog, an assistant pro-fessor in the department, recently re-ceived a patent that makes it both more feasible and cost effective for home-owners to install solar panels. The tech-nology minimizes the double-frequency ripple power exchanged between the single-phase ac home electrical system and the dc photovoltaic (solar panel) en-ergy source. Double frequency power is inherent in the physics any single-phase alternating current systems and arises from the sinusoidally varying voltage and current, which give both average power flow and power flow at twice the grid frequency.

“Photovoltaic cells are most effi-cient when they generate only average power, so preventing the double-fre-quency power from reaching the cells is absolutely critical to maximizing the en-ergy conversion efficiency” Balog said.

The new method does this by com-bining power electronic circuit elements, a control algorithm, and exploiting basic conservation laws.

“This new technology is a mathe-matically derived minimum energy con-dition in which much less capacitance is needed, so more reliable film capacitors (more expensive per microfarad) can be used without increasing the total system cost,” Balog said.

The method senses the sinusoidal grid voltage and generates an internal AC waveform having the same frequency as the grid only shifted in phase by pi/4 radi-ans The power flow due to these two volt-ages is combined by the circuitry and the result is that the double-frequency ripple power reaching the PV cells is minimized.

“Traditionally, the weak link in the

photovoltaic en-ergy system was the power con-verter, called the inverter," he said "The way it han-dled the double-frequency power can best be de-scribed as ‘brute force.’”

The physics tells us that 0.53J of energy is need-ed to manage the double frequency power in a 200W inverter. Inside of a conventionally designed inverters are numerous large electrolytic capacitors that absorbed the power ripple. The 200W inverter may require 11,000uF which stores 13J of stored energy – 25x what is needed to filter the power ripple. The problem is that the only cost effective capacitor technology for this high of capacitance is the aluminum electrolytic type, which is well known by power electronics experts to have limited reliability, particularly in hotter environments like Texas – ironic because the same environment ideal for solar electricity generation is the most detrimental for a key component of the system.

This patent reduces the amount of capacitance by a factor or over 1,000. This allows the use of film capacitors instead of aluminum electrolytic ones. Although they cost more per microfarad, much less is needed and they have vastly superior reliability and operational lifetime.

“It allows us to manage the power ripple in a single phase power system in a way that's never been done before,” Balog said. "While the technology can be applied to any scale PV system, it is par-ticularly suited for residential solar.

"Unlike commercial power pro-ducers, most homeowners aren’t used to thinking of product life-cycle and re-placement costs. Improving the reliability means a better return on investment but more importantly, no unplanned repair expenses down the road.”

While many people are interested in solar energy, Balog said there's a large barrier because the technology is very expensive. Previously the options were very limited and an interested home-owner would have to install a large sys-tem of perhaps 15 panels at a cost of approximately $25,000 (less any rebates and government incentives). His technol-ogy allows homeowners to purchase and install individual single solar panels.

"They can install one panel at a time instead of all or nothing," he said. "Considering that the cost of one or two panels is about the same as the average US personal tax refund, someone can say 'I got my tax refund so now I can go solar,' and do the same next year. The more panels they have the more pow-er is generated and over the course of years they build it up and use less and less fossil fuel energy.

"Before this technology existed the


Electric Power contd.inverter which processes the power from the solar panels into the power grid had a 10 year warranty because the technology that was needed for this double frequen-cy ripple was fundamentally limited."

Balog adds that this new technol-ogy allows for a design that can have a 25 year warranty so for the first time all the pieces of the system have the same 25 year warranty.

"For those who are not technologi-cally sophisticated they might see a solar system as a confusing conglomeration of components that don't make sense, one is warrantied for 25 years and another for 10 years," he said. "This technology is designed to bring the system together so you have components more compat-ible with each other which will hopefully enable companies to have more compre-hensive warranties and to increase the peace of mind of the homeowners. A true turn-key energy system."

Balog's research stems from work he did before joining Texas A&M at an

Illinois-based technology startup com-pany, now headquartered in Austin. His current research seeks to continue to address the fundamental challenges and develop the technology needed to make solar more accessible to average people. And he has several students as-sisting him with his research.

One of the students Balog said is looking at reliability aspects while an-other student is looking at the PV instal-lation aspects. Poor reliability means added cost later to repair or replace failed components.

"We're investigating technologies to help those without the ‘perfect solar roof’ to still be able to harness the power of the sun in a way that makes economic sense," he said.

Balog adds that another student is studying optimization (cost, performance, size and weight) and another student is looking at advanced circuits that could embody the technology of this recent patent and implement it ways that better

utilize the potential and further improve its reliability. And all his students seem excited about working with him on some-thing that could have such a huge impact.

"Coming from small country that does not have oil to produce power and rely on importing it from outside, neces-sitates the search for alternative energy resources," said Souhib Mohammad Ali Harb, a Ph.D. student working with Ba-log. "The solar energy offers a clean and sustainable alternative, hence finding efficient techniques to harvest that en-ergy is highly needed."

Studies have shown that solar pow-er is one of the fastest growing forms of electric generation in the United States and Balog hopes that with this new pat-ent and other technologies he is devel-oping, it will grow even more.

When asked about the outlook for photovoltaic systems on the Texas A&M, College Station campus, Balog responds, “we are currently working on a couple of demonstration projects that will have a very visible presence on campus.”

ECE Researches Alternative Methods of Integrating Renewable Energy With the rising cost and push for more "green" energy, an assistant professor from the electrical and computer engineering

department at Texas A&M University is researching alternative, more cost effective methods of integrating variable renewable energy sources.

Dr. Le Xie, the sole principal investigator recently received a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for his work titled "Look-Ahead Coordination of Variable Resources for Providing Electric Energy and Regulation Services." He also had a paper with his co-authors entitled “Wind energy integration in power systems: operational challenges and possible solutions” accepted by the Proceedings of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE).

"We have worked on the area of cost effective approach to integrating variable energy resources such as wind and solar," Xie said. "I received the grant to investigate further on how to extract the most value from these variable generation resources in pro-viding sustainable electricity services."

The objective of Xie's research is to investigate a novel look-ahead operating paradigm which enables the participation of variable energy resources such as wind and solar power in both energy balancing and a variety of ancillary services, which are necessary for reliable operations in power grid. Their research is important as more and more states begin to set higher standards for sustainable energy and green technology in their energy portfolios. California, for instance, recently enacted a target of 30% of energy to be generated via renewable resources by 2020.

"By leveraging a near-term more accurate forecast of these resources, we were able to show that the new approach to dis-patching these resources can be much more cost effective than today’s method," Xie said. "That means annual saving scales of millions of dollars for states like Texas."

Xie plans for his research to have an even broader impact. The vision of this project will make the societal goals of Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) into affordable and clean realization in the near future. He also plans to continue the development of a new course on engineering and economics of sustainable energy systems and he will help start a university-wide student energy organization aiming at raising students' awareness of energy systems innovations. “As a co-founder of my graduate school’s stu-dent energy organization, I had the opportunity of experiencing the grass-root momentum towards sustainable energy among the student body, and I am even more impressed by the students’ enthusiasm towards energy here at Texas A&M,” Xie said.

Xie is affiliated with the Electric Power and Power Electronic Group in the department. He received his B.E. in electrical engi-neering from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China in 2004. He received S.M. in engineering sciences from Harvard University in June 2005. He obtained his PhD from the electric energy systems group (EESG) in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineer-ing at Carnegie Mellon University in 2009. His industry experience includes an internship in 2006 at ISO-New England and an in-ternship at Edison Mission Energy Marketing and Trading in 2007. His research interest includes modeling and control of large-scale complex systems, smart grid applications in support of renewable energy integration and electricity markets.

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FacultyKai Chang—Area Leader/ProfessorAndrew Chan—ProfessorGregory Huff—Assistant Professor

SummaryResearch activities in the Electromagnetic and Microwave area cover a broad spectrum of applications, from space

to wireless communications. In particular, research focuses on both the theoretical and experimental aspects of antennas; electromagnetic theory; electromagnetic wave scattering; active and passive microwave and millimeter wave circuits; mi-crowave wireless communications and systems; RF and microwave CMOS circuits; wavelet technology; surface sensors and ground penetration radar; phased array antennas; and microstrip antennas.

Significant research progress has been made in active antennas and power combining, microwave integrated circuits and antennas, microwave power transmission, microwave CMOS circuits and systems, ground penetration radar, magnetic resonance imaging, Green’s function and numerical methods and phased array techniques.

Krzysztof Michalski—Associate ProfessorRobert Nevels—ProfessorCam Nguyen—ProfessorSteve Wright—Professor

Electromagnetics & Microwaves

ECE Researchers Study Biologically Inspired Reconfiguration Mechanisms For Antennas Sources

Dr. Gregory H. Huff’s research focuses on biologically inspired reconfiguration mecha-nisms for antennas. His work examines a vascular network in a microstrip patch antenna which utilizes dispersions (mix-tures) of nanoparticles to reversibly change the fre-quency and bandwidth. The vascular network was modeled after the hu-man circulatory system, and includes analytical work which can predict its performance. He con-tributed the featured article and an interview in a recent issue of The Institution of Engineering and Technology’s (EIT) journal Electronics Letters for this work.

Huff and his students have been active in other EIT activities, and his Ph.D. graduate student Stephen A. Long was recently runner-up in the local network competition of Gulf States for the EIT Present Around the World (PATW), which focuses on excellence in public speaking (one of EIT’s most prestigious technical competitions). He and the first-place contestant will travel to the Americas Region Fi-nal in Boston, MA in the fall to compete against other local networks in North and South America; Long is the second of Huff’s students in two years to compete and advance in this competition.

Huff has been with the Electromagnetics and Microwave Laboratory in the Department of Electrical and Computer En-gineering at Texas A&M University since 2006 at the rank of as-

sistant professor. Prior to his academic activities and career, Prof. Huff ap-prenticed professionally and attained the rank of Chef de Cuisine with specializations in French and Mediterranean fare. He has several pa-per and presentation awards as an author and co-author, and is a recip-ient of both the Nation Science Foundation’s CAREER award and the Presidential Early Ca-reer Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) through the Depart-ment of Defense and Army Research Office.

His current research includes biologically inspired concepts for reconfigurable antennas and smart skins us-ing fluidic and nanoparticle-based material systems and multifunctional enabling technologies and techniques for adaptive and autonomous systems. In addition to nu-merous publications, patents and other professional and scholarly activities, Prof. Huff serves as the faculty mentor for the IEEE student chapter at Texas A&M University and is involved in many different initiatives and programs geared towards increasing and participating in multidisciplinary undergraduate student research. He was awarded the IEEE Dudley Undergraduate Teaching Award in 2010 for his in-novative contributions to teaching electromagnetics in both the classroom and through research activities with undergraduates.


Summary1. Electrooptics Research

The electrooptics program encompasses a range of technologies that make use of optical and electronic phenomena. Research areas of primary interest include fiber optics and integrated optics. Texas A&M researchers seek to exploit the spe-cial attributes of optical fibers (high information capacity, low optical loss, small size, mechanical flexibility) and diode lasers (small size, low electrical power consumption, high-speed modulation capability) for solving problems of current technologi-cal interest. Application areas addressed in our research include communication, sensing and instrumentation.1.1 Integrated Optics

Integrated optics is concerned with the development of thin-film components for performing functions such as modu-lation, switching, amplification and multiplexing of guided light beams. Much of the research is oriented towards applica-tions in optical fiber communications, a field in which technology is evolving rapidly to keep pace with seemingly insatiable demands for bandwidth. New materials and fabrication methods for integrated optical waveguides as well as the demon-stration of new device concepts are being explored. At Texas A&M, the feasibility of a tunable optical add-drop multiplexer (OADM) has been shown in the laboratory using a phase matched strain-induced grating for polarization coupling in dif-fused waveguides in a lithium niobate substrate.

A new area of research is photonic signal processing via high-index-contrast, integrated optical waveguides. Signal processing functions in the time and frequency domains are implemented using modulators and optical filters. The capabil-ity to process large bandwidth signals in the optical domain in a power efficient manner is a major driving force. Present research is directed towards sub-GHz bandwidth filtering of wideband signals. Such a device has applications in broadband beam steering of RF and microwave signals as well as advanced processing in high-speed, wavelength-division-multiplexed (WDM) fiber optic communication networks.

A novel technique developed at Texas A&M for making low-loss optical waveguides using the static strain optic effect has made it possible for the first time to make guided wave devices in tungsten bronze ferroelectric materials SBN and BSTN. These “super-EO materials” feature exceptionally large electro-optic coefficients, which are exploited to realize optical modu-lators and switches with very low electrical power consumption. The discovery in the laboratories that these materials have very low susceptibility to optical damage makes them attractive candidates for fabricating nonlinear frequency converters and guided-wave devices for emerging applications at visible wavelengths. 1.2 Mid-infrared Sensors

The mid-infrared region of the spectrum is a finger-print region for identifying various gases, liquids and solids of in-terest in health and environmental applications. Trace gas analysis of the breath can be applied for diagnostics, treatments and preventative care for such diseases as those effecting kidney and liver function. Major pollutants are also identifiable by their infrared absorption spectrum. Researchers at Texas A&M are members of the NSF-sponsored Mid-Infrared Technologies for Health and The Environment (MIRTHE) Engineering Research Center. The work is focused on using integrated optics with special materials to enable advanced optical sensing in the mid-infrared and make them compact and affordable for these applications.1.3 Multipass Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensor

A multipass surface plasmon resonance sensor has been developed that greatly increases sensitivity. The sensor is used unconventionally and successfully for fast determination of the effectiveness of drugs against cancer cells. We found for the first time that a certain type of cancer cell treated with TNF-alpha drug induced the expulsion of ions from the cells’ mem-brane in about 5 minutes after the drug is administered. The traditional method of judging the effectiveness of the drug is by observing the apoptosis of cells (cell death) which occurs in about 3 hours- much longer than the time needed compared to our method. However, the reason for the ions expulsion is unclear and the ultimate implication of our findings is yet to be determined.1.4 Super Resolution Fluorescence Microscopy

A major drawback of stimulated emission-depletion (STED) microscopy is that axial superresolution is much harder to achieve than lateral superresolution. Current attempts use two opposing high numerical aperture microscope objectives. However, the generated fringe patterns on which this methodology is based, are notoriously sensitive to minute temperature and mechanical perturbations. This scenario is exacerbated by the need to stabilize the pattern to within nanometer dimen-sions. Therefore these systems are not only prone to alignment and instability issues, but are also hard to implement given the small sample space between the two microscope objectives that allow only very thin samples to be measured. We are

FacultyChristi Madsen—Area Leader/ProfessorBob Biard—ProfessorXing Cheng—Assistant ProfessorOhannes Eknoyan—ProfessorH.R. Harris—Assistant ProfessorPhillip Hemmer—Professor

Jun Kameoka—Associate ProfessorLaszlo Kish—ProfessorFred Strieter—Adjunct ProfessorChin Su—ProfessorHaiyan Wang—Associate ProfessorMark Weichold—ProfessorJun Zou—Associate Professor

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developing a stable one-microscope objective system offering the convenience of a confocal microscope in combination with lateral and axial superresolution. One of the basic features of this work is a step phase plate structure that produces a novel fringe pattern along the optical axis. Combining this with a confocal filtering effect offered by the vortex phase plate allows attaining less than 100 nm axial superresolution without implementing axial depletion required for all other existing methods. The number of overlapping beams can be reduced from three to two, which is a very important feature from a prac-tical standpoint. The phase plate will be incorporated into a confocal-like microscope that will have less than 100 nm axial and 50 nm lateral superresolution. A supercontinuum light source is employed to enable 3-D STED microscopy using a novel design that includes the dual use of a vortex phase plate to achieve both lateral and axial superresolution. The proposed de-sign assures that a change of wavelength to match the absorption and emission spectra of different dyes remains effortless. 2. Noise based informatics. For computers, security, sensing and energy harvesting

Our research on classical physical informatics has been addressing the laws, limits and applications of electronic and other types of noise processes. Shrinking device size implies increasing noise and faster noise. To keep the electrical field, dis-sipation and degradation under control, the supply voltage of microprocessors has to be decreased during miniaturization and, because of that, the noise margin between logic levels also shrinks. These three effects, the stronger and faster noise and the shrinking noise margin, synergistically increase the frequency of false bit flips when miniaturization approaches a critical size. Nanoelectronics is facing deafening strength of noise where, when using classical technology, the choices will be between: errors, smoking chips, or slowness.

Motivated by this situation, we have been proposing to use the noise an information carrier. In this fashion, we have introduced the following new subjects: noise-based logic, noise-based computing, noise-based secure communication, and fluctuation-enhanced sensing.

In a new project we are studying the applicability of electrical noise for energy harvesting. 2.1 Noise-based logic

The limitation mentioned above are motivating the question about how the brain works. Even though the detailed brain logic system is unknown, there are some simple, well-known observations:

i) The number of neurons in the brain is around 100 billion , which is a similar number as the number of transistors in a modern computer (including the RAM but excluding solid-state hard drives (a 100G Byte drive has an order of magnitude more transistors).

ii) The neural signal (voltage spikes sequences, "spike trains") in the brain have a maximal spike frequency of about 100 Hz.

iii) These spike trains usually contain spikes fired at random times, often viewed as a quasi-Poissonian process. iv) The power dissipation of the brain is about 12-20 Watts, which is less than that of typical microprocessors (100 Watts).In conclusion, while the brain is using similar energy dissipation and number of active elements as a modern computer

(year 2010), it uses at least 30 million times slower signals which are stochastic. These facts raise the question if today's ap-proach with Boolean two-value logic system and deterministic signals is an effective one or rather the brain features are the key to develop more powerful systems?

Indeed, digital computers are very good at "brute force" applications that require the comparison or computing of a large number of data values, but they perform very poorly with tasks which require intelligence, intuition, etc. There are great problems with even relatively simple pattern recognition tasks such as speech recognition in the presence of background noise, or that of unknown voices.

Inspired by the brain's performance and the fact that it is using electrical noises (random neural spike sequences) as information carrier, recently we have introduces new deterministic multivalued logic schemes (noise-based logics) where the information carrier is a system of orthogonal (independent) electronic noises. These time functions were stochastic, with continuum amplitude distribution random spikes, or random telegraph signals. We have proved the universality of these logic and showed a scheme mimicking information processing and recognition by the brain.2.2 Noise based computing

Utilizing the hyperspace variables of noise-based logic, we demonstrated how a noise-based scheme could make an intelligent decision based on very limited information. The particular application successfully compares two data strings by using a very small amount of noise-based information abut them. We have been able to capture intelligence: making a reasonably correct decision by utilizing very small information.2.3 Noise-based secure communications

Recently, we proposed an unconditionally secure, electrical noise based classical-physical communication scheme, the Kirchhoff-loop-Johnson-(-like)-noise (KLJN) communicator (often called Kish cypher, see Google and Wikipedia). This is a statistical-physical competitor of quantum encryption. It contains two identical pairs of resistors and utilizes their thermal noise. The practical realizations contain additional elements such as filters and amplitude control units. The security of the communicator is based on the robustness of classical information, classical statistical physics, the second law of thermody-namics, and the impossibility of constructing a perpetual motion machine. It is naturally protected against the man-in-the-middle attack, and active eavesdropping is detected immediately, much earlier than the time needed to transfer a single bit. Statistics of bit errors are not needed. The communication of even a single bit is secure.2.4 Fluctuation-Enhanced Sensor Applications

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The macroscopic output signals of sensors contain a very low amount of informa-tion, typically a single number. This project is aiming to enrich the obtained information by measuring and analyzing the additive stochastic compo-nent (noise) of sensor signals. In many cases, the stochastic component contains rich in-formation about the excitation or the interaction between the excitation and the sensor. A special purpose experimental setup has been built for the measurement and analysis of chemical sensor signals. The results are the most encourag-ing for nanostructured sensor films. The sensitivity can in-crease sometimes a factor of 100,000. The selectivity, which is almost nonexistent at single gas sensors, increases to a sig-nificant level by using fluctu-

ation-enhanced sensing. Virtu-ally, a single gas sensor used in the fluctuation-enhanced mode provides as much information as a complex, many-sensor electronic nose used in the classical way.2.5 Thermal noise engines

Utilizing the energy represented by thermal noise in resistors we have proposed various electrical heat engines that can utilize temperature differences for energy harvesting purpose. In these engines, resistors, capacitors and switches are the building elements. For best performance, a large number of parallel engines must be integrated to run in a synchronized fashion, and the size of an elementary engine must be at the 10 nanometers scale. These engines, in the idealistic case, offer Carnot efficiency which is the highest possible energy efficiency allowed by the laws of physics.3. Nanotechnology and nanoscale optics

A new age in optics is dawning. Up until now, optical materials and devices have mostly concentrated on modifying the wave properties of light, such as the propagation direction and speed via modifications of refractive index or absorption. Even photon band-gap materials rely heavily on the wave properties of light. But recently, novel plasmon-based materials with feature sizes in the range of 1-50 nm have begun to emerge. In these materials, for the first time, the electric field of light can directly interact with the material in ways reminiscent of electronics. For example, the action of light on certain plasmon-based nanomaterials can be characterized in terms of capacitance and inductance, rather than the refractive index or absorption coefficient. In this project the use of state-of-the-art electron beam lithography is being investigated to repro-ducibly fabricate fractal-enhanced optical resonant cavities with unprecedented Q-values. These cavities combine a high-Q conventional optical cavity with the high-Q plasmon mode of a fractal-like metallic structure. Similar fractal-enhanced cavi-ties have already demonstrated the potential to be ultra-sensitive chemical/biological detectors, but have so far only been fabricated using inherently non-reproducible techniques. In addition to novel optical materials, based on fractal-enhanced plasmon structures, their use in the infrared, mm-wave and microwave regions of the spectrum is being investigated.

Nanostructured ceramic thin films have found many unique applications in various research areas. The group has strong capabilities in producing nanostructured ceramic thin films either with nanolayer-by-nanolayer structure, nanocomposite design, or nanoparticle-doping. With these nanostructures, high temperature superconductor coated conductors with sig-nificantly enhanced flux-pinning properties and excellent transport properties have been produced. A newly designed nano-structured cathode for thin film solid oxide fuel cells can operate at much lower temperatures (~400oC) compared to that in conventional solid oxide fuel cells (~1000oC). With nitride-based nanostructured diffusion barriers, Cu diffusion barriers for microelectronics can be made as thin as 10nm or less. 4. Quantum computing, communication and storage

Quantum weirdness, such as entanglement, has recently been explored for application to ultra-high performance com-puting and provably secure communication. In this project researchers are concentrating on two major components that have the potential to be of significant importance in quantum-based information sciences, namely solid-state quantum logic using optically addressed spins and quantum storage based on ultraslow and stopped light.

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4.1 Solid state quantum computing in diamondThe key to fabricating scalable quantum logic elements in solids is to start with a system that has a long coherence

lifetime, such as a nuclear or electron spin, but to manipulate the quantum state of this spin with optical fields so that a fast logic gate-speed is possible. To begin with, nitrogen-vacancy (NV) doped diamond was the focus, but also expected to be use are rare-earth doped crystals and quantum dots. Currently, single NV diamond color centers using both confocal mi-croscopy and frequency selective optical and microwave excitation are isolated. The close proximity of other NV centers help perform scalable quantum logic operations, via the relatively long-range optical dipole-dipole coupling. In the short-term these quantum logic elements will be used to perform lattice gas simulations analogous to cellular automata.4.2 Quantum storage with ultra-slow and stopped light

Secure quantum communication systems and quantum computers both have an inherent need for quantum storage elements. However, surprisingly little work is being done to develop these. In this project quantum memories based on ultra-slow and stopped light in solids are being developed. The slow and stopped light techniques work well in solid-state materials such as Pr doped yttrium silicate crystals. Now the techniques to manipulate the light group velocity of individual photons in these materials is being developed. The goal is to demonstrate a robust, general purpose, quantum storage de-vice that can be used to develop a variety of quantum communication and computing systems. 5. Micro and Nanofluidics

Micro and nanofluidic technology is critical to handle small volume of liquid for sensing and manipulating molecules. Because of the recent technology advancement, it is possible for the detection even at single molecule level. This technology is vital for the high throughput protein interactions and mutant protein detections. Currently, there are two projects ongo-ing in this category- (1) nanochannel flowmetry for cancer drug screening and biomarker detection and (2) development of microfluidic dispersion reactor.

5.1 Nanochannel flowmetry for cancer drug screening and mutant detection is based on the scale reduction of the flow cytometry platform to improve the sensitivity for the molecular scale. Therefore, it is designed to detect a single molecule and the molecule-molecule interaction detection, and as practical applications it can be utilized for the cancer drug screening and diagnostics. Current cancer treatments still highly rely on chemical drugs and small molecules. However, the signifi-cantly large number of drug candidates and the extremely long screening time often delay the discovery and development of new drugs. Therefore, research is being conducted on a nanochannel-based platform and methodology that can detect molecule-molecule interactions quickly and precisely for high throughput breast cancer drug screening. In addition, this single molecule sensitivity is expected to detect mutant molecules such as P21-mutant or FOXO3a-IKKb that are markers of the early stage breast cancer. The nanochannel flowmetry works as follows. Strictly individual molecules are infused into the small detection volume in the nanochannel and their binding status will be judged from two dimensional photon burst signal diagrams. With this approach, the screening time can be reduced from days and hours to minutes or seconds. Thus, potential drugs for curing cancer can be discovered much more efficiently and effectively. In addition, this approach will provide the methodologies for the drug efficacy screening and early stage cancer detection for individual patients that are vital for the PMT research.

5.2 Microfluidic dispersion reactor is the molecular mixer highly demanded in sample preparation area. Currently, the preparation of the antibody- antigen hybridization takes more than 24 hours in the bottle with magnetic stirrer bar. To improve its efficiency, current research leads to the development of a novel microfluidic dispersion mixer. According to a preliminary mixing experiment, this microfluidic mixer demonstrated competitive performance that is the mixing efficiency of more than 80% within 100 mm length under high flow rate.. Related publications

• MiaoWang,NickJing,etcJunKameoka.ElectrospinningofSilicaNanochannel forSingleMoleculeDetection88,033106 Applied Physics Letter (2006).

• MWang,NJing,CChou,M.C.Hung,JKameoka,FabricationofSilicaNanochannelviascannedcoaxialelectrospin-ning, uTAS, pp.244-246, 2005.

• JKameoka,MWang,NJing,NanochannelsforIdentificationofSingleMolecules,SPIEe-newsletter,(2006.)• JunKameoka,NanJing,ChinB.Su,Chao-KaiChou,andMien-ChieHungSingleMoleculeIdentificationViaNanoflu-

idic Immunospectroscopy Biophysical Journal. 94: 2486 (2008) 6. Optofluidics

The goal of this project is to develop a new optofluidics-based platform and methodology for improving the sensitivity and reproducibility of surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS). SERS has been studied for a decade as a method to identify molecular species based on their Raman signals. Target molecules are adsorbed to “SERS-active structures” such as silver or gold nanoparticle clusters with a so-called “hot” spot, which can provide a great deal of electromagnetic field enhancement when they are exposed to the excitation light. However, “hot” spots are not uniformly distributed within the detection site. Therefore, the process of searching for the “hot spot” is inevitable and quite time consuming. This is one of the reasons why SERS could not provide reliable results in the past. In addition, target molecules are randomly adsorbed on the nanoparticle clusters. This means that the probability that target molecules are confined in the “hot spot” site is extremely low. These problems have consequently limited the reproducibility and robustness of SERS and prohibited the expansion of SERS applications.

To overcome these limitations, a novel optofluidic molecule and nanoparticle trapping device is being developed that

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will significantly improve reproducibility and sensitivity of SERS. This optofluidic device has pinched nano-micro channel structures where metallic nanoparticles and target molecules in the aqueous solution are reproducibly trapped to aggregate nanoparticles-molecule photonic crystals. Based on preliminary results, these nanoparticle-molecule clusters can produce an electromagnetic field enhancement factor of at least 109 for the Raman signal. In addition, due to the small porous struc-tures of nanoparticle clusters and continuous liquid flow via capillary force, target molecules are further enhanced by factors of more than 106 - providing detection concentrations of less than 10 pM for adenine molecules. This device is expected to be utilized for the early detection of disease. Currently, this device is investigated for Alzheimer disease detection by identify-ing the amyloid m and tau. The application of the device can be expanded to the early stage of cancer detection. This project is collaborated with Professor Teresa Good at University of Maryland at Baltimore campus and Professor Gerald Cote in the biomedical engineering department at Texas A&M University. Alzheimer disease detection research will be continued as well. Related publications

• MiaoWang,GeraldCote,JunKameoka.FabricationofnanofluidicfilterdeviceforsurfaceenhancedRamanspec-troscopy submitted to Japanese Journal of Applied Physics

• MiaoWang,GeraldCote,JunKameoka.AnoptofluidicdeviceforsurfaceenhancedRamanspectroscopyVolume7,630- 632, Lab on a chip (2007)

• HsienChou,MelodieBenford,HopeT.Beier,MaioWang,NanJing,JunKameoka,TheresaA.Good,GerardL.CotéNanofluidic Biosensing for m-amyloid Detection Using Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS), accepted by Nano Let-ter (2008)

• M.Wang,J.Kameoka,FabricationofnanofluidicfilterdeviceforsurfaceenhancedRamanspectroscopy,DigestofPaper 2006 International of Microprocesses and Nanotechnology Conference. 44-45 (2006)7. Biosensing

Research interest in the area of biosensing would continue to explore new applications. Economical, miniaturized, sensi-tive and disposable biosensors are demanded in many fields such as medical diagnostics, environmental monitoring and biological warfare defense. Currently, there are three projects ongoing in this category- (1) field assisted multi-pass surface plasmon resonance (FAMPSPR), (2) nanofiber membrane sensor and (3) sliver nano-shell rod for surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy.

7.1 FAMPSPR is developed for sensitive bacteria, ion or cell apoptosis detection. Many biological processes involve the release of charged constituents, which can potentially be studied by our SPR apparatus. Current cancer treatments depend on chemical drugs and small molecules. The large number of trial drugs and the long screening time of each drug signifi-cantly impede the development of effective drugs in a timely and cost-effective manner. To ease the bottleneck, a viability study of Field-Assist Multi-pass Surface Plasma Resonance Technique (FAMSPR) invented in the laboratory that may poten-tially speed up the screening process considerably, is being proposed. Unique features of the SPR device are the multi-pass design and the field-assist technique that force charge biomolecules to the SPR surface. These features substantially increase the sensitivity of the SPR device. Overall, the present sensitivity of the device exceeds conventional SPR devices by a factor of about 400. With this instrument, it is repeatedly observed that apoptosis versus non-apoptosis cells (Jurkat IKKy-1-cells) showed SPR signals that were consistently different with apoptosis cells exhibiting a slightly larger refractive index than live cells. The signal difference was determined in less than two minutes. The sensitivity can be increased by a factor of about 104 over conventional SPR methods by increasing the number of passes. This is the collaboration work with Professor Chin Su at Texas A&M and Professor Mien-chie Hung at the department of cellular and molecular oncology in the University of Texas at MD Anderson Cancer Center. This device will be also investigated for quick identification of infectious diseases by collaborat-ing with Professor Takeyuki Misawa M.D at the Jikei University School of medicine. This technology is being patented and licensed to ESPINEX Life Science, Inc. for commercialization.

7.2 Nanofiber membrane sensor has offered a great opportunity in sensing development. By adapting the enzyme-linked immunosorbent approach, preliminary results have shown that nanofiber membrane-based biosensor is 15-20 folds more sensitive than the traditional 96 well plate enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Furthermore, the nanofiber biosensor requires much less detection time (~10 minutes) than the traditional ELISA (~ hours). To this end, the work is to develop a nanofiber membrane based protein microarray for rapid exploring interactions between ligands (EDCs) and NHRs /ligand-regulated coactivators. Nanofiber membranes will be integrated with microfluidic systems to improve their performance.

7.3 Sliver nano-shell rod for surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy will provide the easy way to identify molecules based on the SERS signal. According to the preliminary results, without optimization, the electromagnetic field enhancement fac-tors of 106 has been demonstrated. After the optimization, this device is expected to be utilized for the environmental toxic molecules such as PCB or bacterial sensing. Related publications

• Chin.Su,JunKameokaPropertiesofanopticalmultipasssurfaceplasmonresonancetechnique89,71101AppliedPhysics Letter (2006)

• HyungdukKo,JunKameoka.“Photo-crosslinkedPorousPEGHydrogelMembraneviaElectrospinning”Volume19,413- 418, Journal of Photopolymer Science and Technology (2006)

• HyungdukKo,ChinSu,JunKameoka.“Fieldassistedmultipasssurfaceplasmonresonancesensor”Volume18,2938-



2942, Measurement science and technology (2007)8. Nanomaterials and electrospinning process

With the merit of high surface to volume ratio and small pore size, nanomaterials such as nanofibers and nanoparticles have been thought to have a wide range of applications. However, currently most nanomaterials under investigations are nanoparticles or nanowires. A research group at Texas A&M University has demonstrated the fabrication of non spherical nanomaterials that are cup shape. Now the potential application of these nanocups for electromagnetic enhancement is under the investigation by adsorbing gold nanoparticles to their surface. In addition, the applications of electrospun nano-materials for the drug and gene delivery are also under investigation with collaboration with Professor Mien-chie Hung at the University of Texas at MD Anderson Cancer Center. Related publications

• PBDeotare,JunKameoka,Fabricationofsilicananocomposite-cupsusingelectrospraying17,1380-1383 Nanotechnology (2006)• ParagDeotare,JunKameoka.“SortingofSilicananocupswithdiametersduringfabricationprocess.Volume2007,

Article ID 71259, 4 pages, Journal of Nanomaterials (2007)9. Micro and Nano Electromechanical Systems

Micro and Nano Electromechanical Systems (M/NEMS) are integrative and complex micro- or nanosystems, which con-sist of microscale or nanoscale mechanical, optical, fluidic components, which can be integrated on-chip with microelectron-ics to enable smart capabilities and functions. M/NEMS have found a wide range of applications in inertia sensors, pressure sensors, inkjet printing, digital light processing for electronic displays, smart sensing and biological detection and drug de-livery. Our research in M/NEMS is mainly focused on the following thrust areas:9.1 Micro interfaces and in-vivo tools for biomedicine

M/NEMS provide unique high precision, high performance and rich functionalities (sensing and actuation) at a microm-eter scale, which make it a very attractive enabling technology for biomedical applications at both cellular and tissue levels. At the cellular level, due to their comparable size with biological cells, M/NEMS can be readily applied to build electrical, mechanical, fluidic interfaces as multi-functional “interrogators” for cellular studies. At the tissue level, the “small” features of M/NEMS can enable an entirely new class of miniaturized and minimally-invasive in-vivo sensing or imaging tools for fast and accurate early diagnosis of acute diseases inside the human body (e.g. many types of cancers).9.2 Micro and nano systems for energy harvesting and storage

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Tiny Funnels, Huge Advances Imagine a tiny funnel—a funnel so small that only

individual molecules can go through it, one at a time. That’s the basic idea behind research being done on

molecules that play a role in the growth of cancer by Texas A&M University’s Jun Kameoka, an assistant professor of electrical engineering in the Dwight Look College of Engi-neering, and his colleague, Dr. Mien-Chie Hung of the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.

Dr. Kameoka and Dr. Hung are working in a new spe-cialty called bio-nanotechnology which involves fabrication of micro- and nanostructures that are designed to sense and manipu-late biological molecules. The researchers have developed a Nanochannel Protein Complex Detection Sys-tem which detects multi-protein interactions (theoretically up to eight proteins) and dissects the dynamics and com-plexity of cancer-related signal pathways. This new system will be useful in clinical molecular diagnosis of cancer as well as anti-cancer drug development.

The advance of modern molecular biology has pro-vided researchers with many essential facts about cancer, especially regarding cancer-related signal pathways that play important roles in tumor progression, including cancer cell proliferation, survival, metastasis (the spread of cancer from its point of origin in the body to other areas), and anti-cancer drug resistance. Understanding and identify-ing these signal pathways in terms of multiple protein interactions is critical for developing new methods in early diagnosis, prognosis and treatment. But current techniques for determining protein-protein interactions usually have limitations – for example, the inability to detect multiple

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target molecules within a protein complex. In fact, most current knowledge of protein complexes has come from detecting only two-protein interactions – yet many protein complexes contain more than two proteins involved in in-teractions. In short, scientists still have much to learn about how cancer grows and spreads.

In Dr. Kameoka’s and Dr. Hung’s new system, nano-channel devices – essentially, tiny hollow tubes with an especially narrow space in the middle, like the hole in a fun-nel – are fabricated on fused silica wafers in a ‘clean room,’ using lithography, etching and fusion bonding techniques.

Molecules that may be involved in cancer growth are taken from cells drawn from cancer patients at M.D. Anderson and are directed,

one at a time, into these nanochannels. Dr. Kameoka and his colleague then focus a 375-nanometer laser on the wa-fers which detects specific fluorescent signals from target molecules passing through the laser’s focus. Those signals reflect the specific identity of the single molecule in the nanochannel at a given moment – and also identify interac-tions of that molecule in the protein complex of which it is a part.

This method promises to yield a lot of information that can be applied in developing new, more-focused cancer drugs that will be effective against cancer while also being less harmful to the body, and in screening drugs for their ef-fectiveness more quickly than has been possible in the past. And time saved in screening drugs will mean quicker, more accurate prescription of those drugs for cancer patients—saving them valuable time and reducing drug resistance, and hopefully improving their chances for survival.

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M/NEMS intrinsically function over multiple energy domains, such mechanical, thermal, magnetic, chemical and electri-cal. Naturally, they can be effective and efficient transducers or harvesters to convert energy from different ambient sources into electricity. Coupling with on-chip micro energy storage devices (e.g. rechargeable batteries or supercapacitors), they can provide the need power to support the continuous and unattended operation of many functional microsystems, ranging from an individual node of a wireless sensor network to an implanted device inside the human body. 9.3 Micro interfaces for nanotechnology and nanoengineering

The advantages and benefits of today’s nanotechnology cannot be fulfilled unless we have total control of the composi-tion, dimension and positioning of basic nano building blocks (e.g. large molecules, nanotubes, nanowires and nanopar-ticles), which is otherwise an unsolved fundamental challenge faced by today’s nanoengineering research. Due to its unique length scale, M/NEMS naturally serves as an ideal “bridge” and “handler” for humans to reach and control the nano world. Major applications and contributions of M/NEMS in nanoengineering can include nanoimaging, nanolighography, nanoma-nipulation and nanoassembly. 9.4 Integration of functional nanomaterials

Traditional M/NEMS are based on silicon material, which was originally adapted from the mainstream IC (integrated circuits) technology. However, the material properties of silicon are limited and would significantly degrade when the device size is shrunk down to nanoscale. This is a fundamental issue in MEMS and it is more problematic in the development of NEMS. The extensive research in nanotechnology has resulted in the finding of many exciting nanomaterials (e.g. carbon nanotube and graphene). Achieving a seamless integration of the nanomaterials in a fully controllable fashion to capitalize upon their extraordinary material properties at nanoscale is expected to create a major breakthrough in M/NEMS to signifi-cantly enhance their performance and enable new functionalities.


FacultyKrishna Narayanan—Area Leader/ProfessorShankar Bhattacharyya—ProfessorJean-Francois Chamberland—Associate ProfessorAndrew Chan—ProfessorGwan Choi— Associate ProfessorShuguang (Robert) Cui—Assistant ProfessorAniruddha Datta—ProfessorCostas N. Georghiades—ProfessorJo Howze—Professor

Summary The Telecommunications and Signal Processing group (TSP) in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at

Texas A&M University is a cooperative program for students and faculty interested in research problems pertaining to the acquisi-tion, representation, transmission, protection and recovery of information that is transmitted through networks of communication channels or stored on storage devices. Research projects include both theoretical research topics addressing fundamental problems as well practical research topics focussed on providing innovative solutions to specific problems.

Research in the communications area is applicable to a variety of wireless communication systems such as cellular commu-nications, wireless local area networks, wireless wide area networks, ad-hoc wireless networks, emerging wireless networks and to communication through coaxial and fiber optic channels. Research topics focussed on understanding fundamental limits of communications under various scenarios, resource-allocation, design of error control coding/decoding, source compression and encryption/decryption all fall under this general area.

Digital Signal Processing (DSP) research consists of techniques and algorithms for the manipulation of digital signals. DSP ap-plications are growing constantly mainly due to the availability of cost-effective and computationally efficient DSP processors. Today, DSP constitutes a multi-billion dollar market spanning many areas, including telecommunications, multi-media, bio-informatics, video/graphics processing and speech/sound processing.

Research in the TSP area is coordinated through several different laboratories. These laboratories are funded by several govern-ment agencies as well as industrial research partners. A brief description of the laboratories in the TSP area is given below.

The Wireless Communications LaboratoryThe Wireless Communications Laboratory (WCL) was created in 1996 under National Science Foundation (NSF) funding and

matching funds from the College of Engineering and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M. The purpose of the WCL is to pursue research in communications with emphasis on wireless systems, from the algorithm design to implementation. The WCL currently consists of 11 faculty members and approximately 70 graduate students working on cutting edge research in various areas of wireless communications. Faculty associated with the WCL are highly regarded nationally and internationally for their research and are very actively involved with professional societies in conference organization, editorial positions and other leadership positions. More details about the WCL can be found on its web page at http://tcsp.tamu.edu/.

The Wavelet Innovation LaboratoryThe Wavelet Innovation Laboratory (WIL) is researching various novel applications of wavelet techniques in such areas as

medical diagnosis, industrious detection, image segmentation (left) and remote image processing. More details about the WIL can be found on its web page at http://ee.tamu.edu/~wilab/.

The Multimedia LaboratoryThe Multimedia Laboratory conducts research on compression and transportation of multimedia (audio/image/video) data

over IP and wireless networks. Guided by information-theoretic results, in recent years researchers have been focusing on developing algorithms for a wide variety of applications, ranging from distributed source coding for sensor networks to multimedia data-hiding to MIMO broadcasting to cooperative diversity in wireless ad hoc networks. More details about the Multimedia Laboratory can be found at http://lena.tamu.edu/research.htm.

Sample Areas of ResearchCurrent areas of research interest include:* Network Information Theory and Network Coding* Cognitive and Cooperative Communication Systems* Resource allocation and applications of optimization techniques to wireless communications* Delay-sensitive communications* Advanced coding and decoding techniques (LDPC codes, iterative decoding)* Wireless sensor networks (distributed processing, resource optimization, security, node localization, etc.)* Peer-to-Peer networks

Garng Huang—ProfessorJim Ji—Associate ProfessorDeepa Kundur—Associate ProfessorTie Liu—Assistant ProfessorScott Miller—ProfessorHenry Pfister—Assistant ProfessorSerap Savari—Associate ProfessorErchin Serpedin—ProfessorAlexander Sprintson—Associate ProfessorZixiang Xiong—Professor

Telecommunications, Controls & Signal Processing

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An old man walks down the stairs in his home. Suddenly, he trips and falls. No one is home to help him. But soon he hears the reassuring clanging of ap-proaching sirens. The sur-veillance system installed in his home worked: It alerted emergency services, and now, help is on the way.

Surveillance systems that monitor an environ-ment can be quite useful and are becoming increas-ingly common. Arrays of strategically placed camer-as and sensors can monitor an area and convey infor-mation to a node or “sink.” These systems, called distributed multimedia sensor networks (DMSNs), are being used in homes with older people, hospitals and geriatric facilities to monitor activities, spot gait irregularities, and signal that someone has collapsed.

These systems could also be useful in warzones. Once deployed, these networks could transmit important infor-mation about enemy location and activities, which could

Electrical Engineering’s Kundur Working To Improve Monitoring Systems

* Wireless channel modeling and simulation* Synchronization, equalization and channel estimation* Ultra-wideband systems* Distributed source coding and dirty-paper coding* Source-channel coding for networked multimedia* Pattern recognition/classification* Digital Embedded Watermarking* Applications of Stereo Imagery to Differential Geometric Measures of Robustness* Denoising and Compression of Large Remote Sensing SAR Images* Analysis and Modeling of Gene Expression Data from cDNA Microarrays* Sensor and actuator network system security* Visual sensor network design and development* Multimedia security and forensics

Controls SummaryThe Control Systems group in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Texas A&M University has research interests

concentrated on the fundamental aspects of Adaptive Control, Robust Control, Linear Multivariable Systems, Computer Aided design, Optimization, Nonlinear Control Systems, Control of Power Systems, Parallel Computation, Intelligent Control and Bio-logical Control Systems.

Bhattacharyya's research has been supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Texas Advanced Research Program and National Instruments. It concentrates on developing new and effective approaches to the design of Robust Control Systems. The recent emphasis of this research has been to develop control design methods that are data-based rather than model-based. This captures many realistic design scenarios. Datta's current research on Control issues in Cancer Therapy is in the field of genomic signal processing and is also is supported by the NSF.

Howze, who holds the Ford Design Chair Professorship, has ongoing research, supported by the 3M Corporation, on applying control theory to improve manufacturing processes. Huang has ongoing research, on the stability of nonlinear control systems and parallel computation with applications to the control of power systems

help military personnel strategize better.

But engineering com-plex surveillance systems that smarten up the en-vironment is tricky. There are security, efficiency and privacy issues to con-sider. Tackling these is-sues is Dr. Deepa Kundur, an associate professor at Texas A&M’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. She is analyz-ing lightweight algorithms that could help improve DMSNs.

Kundur said that direc-tional communications us-

ing free space optics is one technology currently being con-sidered for advanced surveillance because of its high data capacity suitable for real-time video communications. One major problem facing directional communications for DM-SNs is ensuring connectivity of such networks.

“The sensors use lasers to ‘talk’ with each other,” Kun-dur said. “To get the message across clearly, they need to be lined up correctly, which can be a housekeeping challenge.


Think of a television remote. If you use it to change channels from the wrong angle, it doesn’t work.”

Another hurdle is keeping the network powered. The sensors handle large amounts of data, which can include visual and audio components. Communicating such com-plex data requires a lot of power, making it necessary to keep the sensors plugged in. This, in turn, leads to mounds of wires cluttering up the environment. The challenge lies in developing sensors that communicate wirelessly, with-out dropping messages and ensuring that the battery life is sufficiently long.

Ensuring privacy is another concern.“We don’t want these systems to just gather data. We

need them to gather it and then selectively transmit only the relevant parts. If someone falls down, emergency services do not need to know what the person was wearing when he or she fell. The angle of the fall and the person’s fallen position are more important,” Kundur said.

By transmitting only relevant information, the volume of data being communicated is reduced, thereby speeding up transmission.

Protecting DMSNs from attacks is another focus of her research. The lightweight algorithms she studies are also useful in this aspect of security. Kundur measures the prob-ability with which these algorithms can detect attacks and distinguish them from false alarms.

Kundur said she hopes that understanding the lim-its and suitability of lightweight algorithms will help pro-vide a framework for enhancing their performance with sensors.

“Security translates into safety, but efficiency is im-portant too” Kundur said. “Achieving that crucial balance between security and efficiency is what will help improve DSMNs.”

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ECE Professor Finds Optimal Fix-Free CodesMore than 50 years after David

Huffman developed Huffman coding, an entropy encoding algorithm used for lossless data compression in computer science and information theory, an elec-trical and computer engineering faculty member has discovered a way to con-struct the most efficient fix-free codes.

Huffman coding uses a variable-length code table for choosing the representation for each symbol, re-sulting in a prefix code (that is, the bit string representing some particu-lar symbol is never a prefix of the bit string representing any other symbol) that expresses the most common characters using shorter strings of bits than are used for less common source symbols. Huffman was able to design the most efficient compression method of this type since no other mapping of individual source symbols to unique strings of bits will produce a smaller average output size when the actual symbol frequencies agree with those used to create the code.

Dr. Serap Savari, an associate pro-fessor in the department at Texas A&M

University, has developed the first ap-proach to finding the optimal fix-free code, variable length codes in which no codeword is the prefix or suffix of anoth-er codeword.

“My method of finding optimal fix-free codes is computationally demand-ing, but no one has solved the problem before even though it was first posed in 1990,” Savari said. “Earlier algorithms pro-duced good fix-free codes in a reason-ably (time) efficient way, but without the guarantee of optimality.”

While there are numerous ap-plications for fix-free codes, the most important applications have been in communications. Fix-free codes have been investigated for joint source-channel coding and have been applied within the video standards H.263+ and MPEG-4 because their property of effi-cient decoding in both the forward and backward directions assists with er-ror resilience. They are also interesting for problems in information retrieval such as searching for patterns directly in compressed text. Savari is uncertain how her discovery will impact these

and other applications of fix-free codes, but hopes that her work will be used by researchers and people implementing practical systems..

“My work is like Huffman's in that it is basic research that is motivated by practically important problems and which contributes to the theory of data compression,” she said.

Savari has already been invited to discuss her findings at numerous semi-nars throughout the United States, in-cluding Stanford University, The Univer-sity of Illinois-Urbana- Champaign, The University of California-Berkeley, The Uni-versity of California-San Diego, Caltech, The University of Southern California and possibly MIT in the fall.

Savari joined the department in 2008. Her research interests include in-formation theory, network coding, data compression and computer and commu-nication systems. She also was an associ-ate editor for Source Coding for the IEEE Transactions on Information Theory from 2002-2005 and was the Bell Labs repre-sentative to the DIMACS council from 2001-2003

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U. Braga NetoReceived an Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, National Science Foundation, 2009.

K. Butler-Purry Received a TAMU College of Engineering, 2008-2009 Brockett Profes-sorship Award in honor of scholarly excellence and continuing con-tributions to the field of engineering.

J-F. ChamberlandReceived a TEES Select Young Faculty Award, Texas A&M University, 2008-2009, Received an Outstanding Faculty Award, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas A&M in 2008, Received an Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, National Science Foundation, 2008.

X. ChengReceived an Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, National Science Foundation, 2011.

S. CuiReceived a TEES Select Young Faculty Fellow, 2010,Won the Best Paper Award from the International Conference on Wireless Communications and Signal Processing, Nanjing, China, November 2009.

A. DattaElected Fellow of IEEE “For contributions to control techniques in cancer genomics,” January 2009. Received an Excellence in Teaching Award, electrical and computer engineering department, Texas A&M, December 2010.

E. DoughertyNamed Fellow by the Texas Engineering Experiment Station, 2010.

M. EhsaniWas key note speaker at the IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Con-ference, Dearborn, Michigan, September 2009.Won the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society 2009 VTS Outstanding Service Award.Was key note speaker at the IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Con-ference, Harbin, China, September 3, 2008, Was a member of the steering committee, 6th IEEE International Power Electronics and Motion Control Conference, Wuhan, China, May 17-20, 2009, Listed in Who’s Who in Finance and Business, IEEE Vehicular Technol-ogy Society 2008 VTS Outstanding Service Award.

O. EknoyanNamed a Eugene E. Webb ’43 Faculty Fellow, Texas A&M Engineering, 2009.

K. EntesariReceived an Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, National Science Foundation, 2011.Selected among the finalists for the best paper award for two papers at the IEEE IMS Symposium, May 2011. Selected among 10 finalists for the best paper award at the IEEE RFIC Symposium, May 2010.Co-recipient of the second place award in the design competition, Semiconductor Research Corporation, February 9, 2009.

P. EnjetiWon the Texas A&M University College of Engineering Charles W. Crawford Service Award. For significant service contributions to Col-lege of Engineering & TAMU. 2010-2011

P. GratzReceived the Teaching Excellence Award, Texas A&M University Sys-tem, Spring 2010,Won the Best Paper Award, The 14th International Conference on Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems (ASPLOS), March 2009.

R. HarrisElevated to rank of Senior Member, IEEE.

P. HemmerNamed a TEES Fellow, 2011.

S. HoyosWon the Best Paper Award, IEEE Colombian Chapter STSIVA, Septem-ber 2009, Pereira, Colombia

J. HuWon a Best Paper Award Nomination,ACM International Symposium on Physical Design, April 2009.

G. HuffInvited Participant, NAE U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, 2010, Won the IEEE AP-S, Donald G. Dudley, Jr. Undergraduate Teaching Award, 2010,Received an Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, National Science Foundation, 2009,Won an Outstanding Professor Award, ECE Department, TAMU, 2009, Won the Best Paper Award in Adaptable Hardware, NASA/ESA Con-ference on Adaptable Hardware and Systems, 2009Won the First Place Project and Presentation, Senior Design (Re-search Project), TAMU, 2009,Won the Best Presentation Award, Student Research Week, TAMU, 2009,Received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engi-neers (PECASE), Department of Defense (DOD) and Army Research Office (ARO), 2008,Received the Young Investigator Program Award (YIP), (ARO), 2008,Received the Young Scientist Award, URSI General Assembly of the Union, 2008, Received First Place Presentation, Space Engineering Institute (SEI) Symposium, TAMU, 2008.

M. KezunovicReceived the Faculty Service Award, Department of ECEN, Texas A&M University, 2010,Received the ARAMCO Chair in Electrical Power, Honorary Title, The King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2010,On the NIST, Smart Grid Interoperability Panel Governing Board, Member, 2009-2011.

S. KhatriNamed Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Computers, 2010,Named Chair, ACM/SIGDA Logic/RTL Synthesis Technical Commit-tee, June 2009-2010,Nominated for the Best Student Paper Award at the Data Compres-sion Conference (DCC), Snowbird, UT, March 24-26, 2010,Invited to become a member of the selection committee for “ACM Best PhD Dissertation Award in EDA for 2009,” February 2010.Named Area Editor (Electronics Design) for the book “GPU Comput-ing Gems,” 2009,Awarded the Association of Former Students’ Distinguished Achieve-ment Award in Teaching, Fall 2009, Nominated for the 2009-10 Center for Teaching Excellence Mon-tague Scholars Award, Texas A&M, Spring 2009,Received best student paper award, IEEE International Test Synthesis Workshop, 2009,

Honors & Awards

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31Selected among the finalists for the best paper award, IEEE/ACM Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC) 2009.

L. KishBestowed the Doctor Honoris Causa title from Uppsala Uni-versity , 2010.

D. KundurBest Paper Award Finalist, IEEE INFOCOM Workshop on Mission Criti-cal Networks, 2008.

P. LiReceived the Outstanding Professor Award, Department of ECE, Tex-as A&M University, December 2008,Received the Best in Session Award, Semiconductor Research Corpo-ration Techcon Conference, September 2009.

T. LiuReceived an Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, National Science Foundation

S. MillerReceived the TAMU, 2009-2010 Caterpillar Teaching Excellence Award (College of Engineering), April 2010,Promoted to Fellow, IEEE, 2008,Received the TAMU, 2009 SLATE Teaching Award, April 2009.

R. NevelsNamed the Eugene E. Webb ’43 Faculty Fellow for 2008-2009.

S. PalermoReceived the International Solid-State Circuits Conference Outstand-ing Technology Directions Paper Award, February 2010.

H. PfisterReceived the 2010 Outstanding Professor Award, ECE depart-ment, 2010,Received an Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, National Science Foundation, 2008.

N. ReddyElected IEEE Fellow “for contributions to multimedia storage and net-work support”, 2010.

E. Sanchez-SinencioReceived the IEEE Circuits and System Society, 2008 Technical Achievement Award, May 2008.

S. SavariCo-author of the paper for which graduate student Navid Abedini won the Capocelli Prize, IEEE Data Compression Conference, 2010.

S. ShakkottaiReceived the Google Research Award, Google Inc. 2010,Received the Young Investigator Award, Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), US Dept. of Defense, 2009, Received the Cisco Research Award, Cisco Inc. 2008.

J. Silva-MartinezElevated to the rank of Fellow, IEEE, Circuits and Systems Society, No-vember 2009.

C. SinghNamed inaugural recipient of the IEEE-PES Roy Billinton Power Sys-tem Reliability Award, for “Contributions to the methodological developments, education and practice of power system reliability evaluation,” 2010,Named guest professor, Tsinghua University, Department of Electri-cal Engineering (State Key laboratory of the Control and Simulation of Power System and Generation Equipments), April 2010

A. SprintsonReceived an Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, National Science Foundation, 2010,

Received an Air Force Summer Faculty Fellowship, Air Force Research Lab, 2009 and 2010.

H. ToliyatNamed an IEEE Industry Applications Society Executive Board, Mem-ber, January 2008- December2009,Received the Best Paper Second Prize Award, IEEE Industrial Electron-ics Society, Electrical Machine Technical Committee, IECON 2008,Received the Raytheon Endowed Professor of Electrical and Com-puter Engineering, 2008.

H. WangReceived the TEES Young Fellow award, 2010,Received an Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, National Science Foundation, 2009,Received the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engi-neers 2007 (PECASE awarded in December 2008),Received the ONR Young Investigator Program Award, ONR-YIP, 2008,Received the Air Force Summer Faculty Fellowship, AFOSR, 2008.

S. WrightNamed an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Fellow, 2010,Named a Society for Magnetic Resonance, Fellow, 2009.

L. XieInvited Participant, US National Academy of Engineering Japan-America Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, 2011,Won Third Prize, Best Poster Contest, IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, 2010.

Z. XiongReceived the William Keeler Fellow Award, Texas A&M University, 2010,Named a Changjiang Scholar, Ministry of Education, China, 2010,Named a Distinguished lecturer, IEEE Circuits and Systems Society, 2008-2009.

B-J. YoonReceived the Best Paper Award, 9th Asia Pacific Bioinformatics Con-ference (APBC), Incheon, Korea, January 2011,Received the Student Led Award for Teaching Excellence (SLATE), Texas A&M University System, Spring 2009,

X. ZhangNamed an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer in IEEE Communications So-ciety, 2010,Received the Best Paper Award, IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC) 2010, Sydney, Australia, 2010,Received the Best Paper Award, IEEE GLOBECOM 2009, 2009.

J. ZouReceived the Distinguished Paper Award, Digestive Disease Week (DDW), New Orleans, Louisiana, 2010,Received the 1st Place Best Poster Award, IEEE Sensor Conference, Lecce, Italy, 2008.

TAMU QatarB. AhmedWinner (Research), Visualization Development Competition, TAMUQ, April 2009.

H. NounouReceived an award from TAMU-Qatar for my contribution during the ABET accreditation process.

K. QarageReceived the TAMUQ Research Excellence Award, April 2010,Received the Best paper Award , ComNet, 2010,Co-recipient (with H. Celebi, K. A. Qaraqe, H. Arslan) of the best pa-per award in International Conference on Cognitive Radio Oriented Wireless Networks and Communications (CROWNCOM), Hannover, Germany, June 2009.

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Chairs & Professorships Computer Engineering Chair Dr. P.R. Kumar

Delbert A. Whitaker Chair Dr. Costas N. Georghiades

Harry E. Bovay, Jr. Chair Dr. B. Don Russell

Irma Runyon Chair Dr. Chanan Singh

Robert M. Kennedy '26 Chair Dr. Edward R. Dougherty

TI Analog Chair Dr. Kai Chang

TI Jack Kilby Chair Dr. Edgar Sánchez-Sinencio

Debbie & Dennis Segers ’75 Professorship Dr. Scott Miller

Eugene Webb Professorship Dr. Mladen Kezunovic

J.W. Runyon, Jr. '35 Professorship I Dr. A.L. Narasimha Reddy

J.W. Runyon, Jr. '35 Professorship II Dr. Aniruddha Datta

Raytheon Company Professorship Dr. Hamid Toliyat

Robert M. Kennedy '26 Professorship I Dr. Shankar Bhattacharyya

Robert M. Kennedy '26 Professorship II Dr. Mehrdad Ehsani

Royce E. Wisenbaker Professorship II Dr. Steve Wright

TI Professorship I in Analog Engineering Dr. Jose Silva Martinez

TI Professorship II in Analog Engineering Dr. Cam Nguyen

TI Professorship III in Analog Engineering Dr. Prasad Enjeti

Chairs & Professorships

Zachry Engineering Center’s Wind and Solar Renewable Energy System,” Depart-ment of Electrical and Computer Engi-neering, Spring 2010 semester, $5,000.

New Patents, Design Methods, Techniques or Concepts DevelopedP. T. Krein and R. S. Balog, “Method for Minimizing Double-Frequency Ripple Power in Single-Phase Power Condition-ers,” issued July 13, 2010.M. A. Marroquin, S. P. Wurmlinger, T. P. Parker and R. S. Balog, “Power Inverter Docking System for Photovoltaic Mod-ules,” application filed October 30, 2009, U.S. Patent pending.M. A. Marroquin, S. P. Wurmlinger, T. P. Parker and R. S. Balog, “System and Ap-paratus for Connecting an Array of Power Generating Assemblies,” application filed October 2009, U.S. Patent pending.M. A. Marroquin, S. P. Wurmlinger, T. P. Parker and R. S. Balog, “Power Inverter Docking System for Photovoltaic Mod-ules,” application filed October 2009, U.S. Patent pending.P. L. Chapman, B. T. Kuhn, R. S. Balog, et al., “Apparatus and Method for Control-ling DC-AC Power Conversion,” appli-cation filed September 2009, U.S. Patent pending. P. L. Chapman, B. T. Kuhn, R. S. Balog, et al., “Apparatus for Converting Direct Cur-rent to Alternating Current,” application filed September 2009, U.S. Patent pending.

S.P. Bhattacharyya (TC)

PublicationsJournalsL.H. Keel and S.P. Bhattacharyya, “Struc-tural Instability and Minimal Realiza-tions” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, April 2010.Waqar Malik, D. Swaroop and S.P. Bhat-tacharyya, “On transient response control with fixed-order controllers” Asian Jour-nal of Control, 2010.D. Swaroop, W. Malik and S. P. Bhat-tacharyya, “On the Boundedness of Mini-mal Order Stabilizing Controllers” Inter-national Journal of Nonlinear and Robust Control, 2008.W. A. Malik, S. Kang, D. Swaroop and S. P. Bhattacharyya, “Synthesis of Absolute-ly Stabilizing Controllers” IET Control Theory and Applications, 2008. L. H. Keel, S. Mitra and S. P. Bhattacha-ryya, “Data Driven Synthesis of Three Term Digital Controllers” SICE Journal

Important measures of professional in-volvement by The Department of Electri-cal and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University are the quality and num-ber of published journal articles, confer-ence proceedings, research activities and papers written by faculty members. The following is a list of these con-tributions by faculty in alphabeti-cal order, followed by their respec-tive areas of expertise. The areas are: Analog and Mixed-Signals=AS, Bio-medical Imaging and Genomic Signal Processing=BI, Computer Engineering and Systems=CE, , Electric Power and Power Electronics=EP, Electromagnet-ics and Microwaves=EM, Solid State Electronics, Photonics and Nano-Engi-neering and Electro-optics=SE and Tele-communications, Controls and Signal Processing=TC.*Denotes New Faculty

*R. Balog (EP)

PublicationsJournalsR. S. Balog and P. T. Krein, “Bus Selection in Multibus DC Microgrids,” IEEE Trans-actions on Power Electronics, accepted for publication, to appear in 2011.

Conference Proceedings/PresentationsM. Mirjafari and R. S. Balog, “Multi-Ob-jective Design Optimization of Renew-able Energy System Inverters using a De-scriptive Language for the Components,” accepted for presentation at the IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC), March 2011.D. Balakrishnan and R. S. Balog, “Load-Side VAR Compensation without the Reli-ability Problems of a Capacitor-Based So-lution for a Distributed Energy System,” presented at 4th International Conference on Integration of Renewable and Distrib-uted Energy Resources, December 6-20, 2010.S. Castillo and R. S. Balog, “Predicting Capacitor Reliability in a Module-Integrat-ed Photovoltaic Inverter Using Stress Fac-tors from an Environmental Usage Mod-el,” presented at the IEEE North American Power Symposium (NAPS), Arlington, TX, September 26-28, 2010.D. Balakrishnan and R. S. Balog, “Capacitor-Less VAR Compensator Based on Matrix Converter,” present-ed at the IEEE North American Power Symposium (NAPS), Arlington, TX,

September 26-28, 2010.R. S. Balog, Y. Kuai and G. Uhrhan, “A Photovoltaic Module Thermal Model Us-ing Observed Insolation and Meteorologi-cal Data to Support a Long Life, Highly Reliable Module-Integrated Inverter De-sign by Predicting Expected Operating Temperature,” in Proceedings, IEEE En-ergy Convergence Congress and Expo, September 2009.P. T. Krein and R. S. Balog, “Cost-effec-tive Hundred-Year Life For Single-Phase Inverters And Rectifiers In Solar And LED Lighting Applications Based On Minimum Capacitance Requirements And A Ripple Power Port,” in Proceedings, IEEE Ap-plied Power Electronics Conference, 2009.

Books or Authoritative ReferencesKwasinski A., Weaver W.W., Balog, R.S., Microgrids in Local Area Power and Ener-gy Systems, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge UK, in preparation, expected to be published in 2013.Balog R., “Battery Management and Charge Technology” in the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and technology, Springer, New York, expected to be pub-lished in 2011.

OtherJ. N. Kossa and R. S. Balog, “Dynamic Reconfiguration of Motor Windings to Im-prove Efficiency,” Texas A&M University, Caterpillar Research Scholar, Technical Report, April 30, 2010. C. Dietert and R. S. Balog, “Hybrid Re-newable Energy Systems,” Texas A&M University, Technical Report, March 8, 2010. R. S. Balog, “Characteristics and Require-ments of Residential Photovoltaic Sys-tems,” Prepared for Dow Solar Solutions, Dow Chemical Company, Technical Re-port, January 2010.

Research-Projects and GrantsCo-PI: R. Balog, “NSF/DOE Thermoelec-trics Partnership: Inorganic-Organic Hy-brid Thermoelectrics,” NSF/DOE, January 2011- December 2013, $141,757.PI: R. Balog, “Photovoltaic Demonstra-tion Project on the Texas A&M Campus,” Texas State Energy Conservation Office, November 2010- August 2011, $162,000.PI: R. Balog, “Characteristics and Re-quirements of Residential Photovoltaic Systems,” Dow Solar, January 2010- De-cember 2010, $5,000.PI: R. Balog, “Teaching Lab Upgrade:

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on Control, Measurement and System In-tegration, 2008. L. H. Keel and S. P. Bhattacharyya, “Con-troller Synthesis Free of Analytical Mod-els: Three Term Controllers” IEEE Trans-actions on Automatic Control, 2008.W. A. Malik, D. Swaroop and S. P. Bhat-tacharyya, “A Linear Programming Ap-proach to the Synthesis of Fixed Order Controllers” IEEE Transactions on Auto-matic Control, 2008.W. A. Malik, S. Kang, S. Darbha and S. P. Bhattacharyya, “Synthesis of Absolutely Stabilizing Controllers” IET Control The-ory and Applications, 2008.Waqar Malik, D. Swaroop and S. P. Bhat-tacharyya, “On the Boundedness of the Set of Stabilizing Controllers” International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, 2008.

Conference Proceedings/PresentationsL.H. Keel and S.P. Bhattacharyya, “Fixed Order Discrete Time Multivariable Con-trol” Proceedings of the 47th IEEE Confer-ence on Decision and Control, Shanghai, China, December 16-18, 2009.L.H. Keel and S.P. Bhattacharyya, “On Computing the Inverse of a Rational Ma-trix” Proceedings of the 47th IEEE Confer-ence on Decision and Control, Shanghai, China, December 16-18, 2009.L.H. Keel and S.P. Bhattacharyya “A Fre-quency Domain Parametrization of All Stabilizing Controllers” 2009 American Control Conference, June 2009, St. Louis, MO.W.A. Malik, S. Darbha and S.P. Bhattacha-ryya, “On The Transient Control of LTI Systems” Proceedings of the 2009 Ameri-can Control Conference, June 2009, St. Louis, MO.M.J. Knap, L.H. Keel and S.P. Bhattacha-ryya “A Frequency Domain Parametriza-tion of All Stabilizing Controllers” Pro-ceedings of the 2010 American Control Conference June 2010, Baltimore, MD.L. H. Keel and S. P. Bhattacharyya “A Frequency Domain Parametrization of All Stabilizing Controllers” 2009 American Control Conference, pp 3724-3729, June 2009, St. Louis, MO.W. A. Malik, S. Darbha and S. P. Bhat-tacharyya, “On the Transient Control of LTI Systems” Proceedings of the 2009 American Control Conference pp. 3142-3147, June 2009, St. Louis, MO.L. H. Keel and S. P. Bhattacharyya, “New Approaches to Control Education” it Pro-ceedings of the 17th IFAC World Congress Seoul, Korea, July 6-11, 2008.L. H. Keel and S. P. Bhattacharyya, “Fixed Order Multivariable Controller Synthesis: A New Algorithm” Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control December 2008, Cancun, Mexico.W. A. Malik, D. Swaroop and S. P. Bhat-

tacharyya “Synthesis of Absolutely Sta-bilizing Controllers” Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, December 2008, Cancun, MexicoL. H. Keel and S. P. Bhattacharyya, “A Frequency Response Parametrization of All Stabilizing Controllers for Discrete Time Systems” Proceedings of 10th Inter-national Conference on Control, Automa-tion, Robotics and Vision Hanoi, Vietnam, December 17-20, 2008.

Research-Projects and GrantsPI: S.P. Bhattacharyya, Qatar National Research Foundation, “Model Free Data Based Design of Adaptive Control Sys-tems: A New Approach,” October 1, 2010- September 30, 2013, $1,035,951.57.PI: S.P. Bhattacharyya, National Science Foundation, “Multivariable Fixed Order Controller Synthesis From Data,” August 1, 2010-September 30, 2012, $375,000.

U. Braga-Neto (SE)

PublicationsJournalsT. Chen and U.M. Braga-Neto, “Exact Performance of CoD Estimators in Dis-crete Prediction,” EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing (JASP), Special Issue on Genomic Signal Process-ing, Volume 2010.T.T. Vu and U.M. Braga-Neto, “Small-Sample Error Estimation for Bagged Clas-sification Rules,” EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing (JASP), Special Issue on Genomic Signal Process-ing, 2010.Y. Sun, J. Zhang, U.M. Braga-Neto and E.R. Dougherty, “BPDA - a Bayesian peptide detection algorithm for mass spec-trometry,” BMC Bioinformatics, Septem-ber 2010.U.M. Braga-Neto and E.R. Dougherty, “Exact Correlation between Actual and Es-timated Errors in Discrete Classification,” Pattern Recognition Letters, April 2010.E.R. Dougherty, C. Sima, J. Hua, B. Hanc-zar and U.M. Braga-Neto, “Performance of Error Estimators for Classification,” Current Bioinformatics, March 2010.A. Zollanvari, U.M. Braga-Neto and E.R. Dougherty, “Joint Sampling Dis-tribution Between Actual and Estimated Classification Errors for Linear Discrim-inant Analysis,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory.Y. Sun, U.M. Braga-Neto and E.R. Dough-erty, “Impact of Missing Value Imputation on Classification for DNA Microarray Gene Expression Data - A Model-Based Study,” EURASIP Journal on Bioinfor-matics and Systems Biology, Accepted.U.M. Braga-Neto and E.R. Dougherty, “Exact Correlation between Actual and Es-

timated Errors in Discrete Classification,” Pattern Recognition Letters, Accepted.E.J.M. Nascimento, U.M. Braga-Neto, C. Calvazara, A.L. Gomes, F. Abath, B. Acioli, C.A.A. Brito, M.T. Cordeiro, A.M. Silva, C. Magalhaes, R. Andrade, L.H.V.G. Gil and E.T.A. Marques, Jr., “Gene Expression Profiling During Acute Stage of Dengue Infection,” PLoS ONE, November 2009.U.M. Braga-Neto, “Classification and Er-ror Estimation for Discrete Data,” Current Genomics, November 2009.A. Zollanvari, M.J. Cunningham, U.M. Braga-Neto and E.R. Dougherty, “Analy-sis and Modeling of Time-Course Gene-Expression Profiles from Nanomaterial-Exposed Primary Human Epidermal Keratinocytes,” BMC Bioinformatics, October 2009.E.J.M. Nascimento, A.M. Silva, M.T. Cor-deiro, C.A.A. Brito, L.H.V.G. Gil, Ulisses Braga-Neto and E.T.A. Marques, Jr., “Al-ternative Complement Pathway Deregula-tion Is Correlated with Dengue Severity,” PLoS ONE, August 2009.A. Zollanvari, U.M. Braga-Neto and E.R. Dougherty, “On the Sampling Distribution of Resubstitution and Leave-One-Out Er-ror Estimators for Linear Classifiers,” Pat-tern Recognition, November 2009.T.T. Vu and U.M. Braga-Neto, “Is Bagging Effective in the Classification of Small-Sample Genomic and Proteomic Data?” EURASIP Journal on Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Special Issue on Appli-cations of Signal Processing Techniques to Bioinformatics, Genomics, and Pro-teomics, Volume 2009.M.T. Cordeiro, U.M. Braga-Neto, R.M.R. Nogueira and E.T.A. Marques, Jr., “Reliable Classifier To Differentiate Primary And Secondary Acute Dengue Infection Based On IgG ELISA,” PLoS ONE, April 2009.

Conference Proceedings/PresentationsChen and U.M. Braga-Neto, “Approximate Expressions For The Variances Of Non-Randomized Error Estimators And CoD Estimators For The Discrete Histogram Rule,” Proceedings of VIII IEEE Interna-tional Workshop on Genomic Signal Pro-cessing and Statistics (GENSIPS’2009), Cold Spring Harbor, NY, November 2010.A. Zollanvari, U.M. Braga-Neto and E.R. Dougherty, “RMS Bounds and Sample Size Considerations For Error Estimation In Linear Discriminant Analysis,” Pro-ceedings of VIII IEEE International Work-shop on Genomic Signal Processing and Statistics (GENSIPS’2009), Cold Spring Harbor, NY, November 2010.C.C. Allen, X. Li, L.O. Tedeschi, H. Zhou, J.A. Paschal, T.E. Spencer, U.M. Braga-Neto, D.H. Keisler, M. Amstalden and G.L. Williams, “Dietary Treatments that Facili-

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tate Early Onset of Puberty in Heifers Alter Gene Expression in the Arcuate Nucleus,” Proceedings of the 42nd SSR Annual Meet-ing, Pittsburgh, PA, July 2009.C. Sima, T.T. Vu, U.M. Braga-Neto and E.R. Dougherty, “Bolstered Error Estima-tion with Feature Selection,” Proceedings of VII IEEE International Workshop on Genomic Signal Processing and Statistics (GENSIPS’2009), Minneapolis, MN, May 2009.A. Zollanvari, U.M. Braga-Neto and E.R. Dougherty, “Sample Size Calculation from Specified RMS of the Resubstitution Error for Linear Classifiers,” Proceedings of VII IEEE International Workshop on Genomic Signal Processing and Statistics (GEN-SIPS’2009), Minneapolis, MN, May 2009.T.T. Vu, U.M. Braga-Neto and E.R. Dougherty, “Bagging Degrades the Perfor-mance of Linear Discriminant Classifiers,” Proceedings of VII IEEE International Workshop on Genomic Signal Processing and Statistics (GENSIPS’2009), Minne-apolis, MN, May 2009.

Research-Projects and GrantsPI: Ulisses Braga-Neto, MCBIOS Confer-ence Support,” U.S. Food and Drug Ad-ministration, January 1, 2011 – December 31, 2015, $50,000.PI: Ulisses Braga-Neto, “CAREER: Theo-ry and Application of Small-Sample Error Estimation in Genomic Signal Process-ing," National Science Foundation, March 1, 2009 – February 28, 2014, $400,000. PI: Ulisses Braga-Neto, “Reproducible Discovery of Molecular Biomarkers Using Proteomic Data,” Translational Genomics (TGen), Septem-ber 1, 2008 – August 31, 2010, $232,946.PI: Ulisses Braga-Neto, “Uncovering Risk Factors for Severe Forms of Dengue Fe-ver By Genomic Signal Processing,” Of-fice of International Outreach, Texas A&M University, July 1, 2008 – August 4, 2008, $2004.

K. Butler-Purry (EP)

PublicationsJournalsM. Mousavi, K. L. Butler-Purry, “A Novel Condition Assessment System for Under-ground Distribution Cable Applications,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Au-gust 2009.

Conference Proceedings/PresentationsA. Akinnikawe, K. L. Butler-Purry, “In-vestigation of Broadband over Power Line Channel Capacity of Shipboard Power System Cables for Ship Communication Networks,” 2009 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, July 2009, Cal-gary, Canada.

K. L. Butler-Purry, Hamed B. Fumilayo, “Overcurrent Protection Issues for Ra-dial Distribution Systems with Distributed Generators,” 2009 Power and Energy So-ciety General Meeting, July 2009, Calgary, Canada.R. Autenrieth, K. L. Butler-Purry, C. Page, L. D. Hurtado, J. Welch,” Enrichment Ex-periences in Engineering (E3) for Teach-ers’ Summer Research Program,” 2009 American Society of Engineering Educa-tion Conference, June 2009, Austin, TX.K. L. Butler-Purry, V. Srinivasan, S. Peder-sen, “Video Game for Enhancing Learning in Digital Systems Courses,” 2009 Ameri-can Society of Engineering Education Conference, June 2009, Austin, TX.T. Amba, K. L. Butler-Purry, M. Falahi, “Genetic-Algorithm Based Damage Con-trol for Shipboard Power Systems,” 2009 Electric Ship Technologies Symposium, April 2009, Baltimore, MD.H. Funmilayo, K. L. Butler-Purry, “An Ap-proach to Mitigate the Impact of Distrib-uted Generation on the Overcurrent Pro-tection Scheme for Radial Feeders,” 2009 IEEE PES Power Systems Conference and Exposition, March 2009, Seattle, WA.M. M. Rahimian, K. L. Butler-Purry, “Modeling of Synchronous Machines with Damper Windings for Condition Monitor-ing,” 2009 IEEE International Electric Ma-chines and Drives Conference, May 2009.V. Srinivasan, K. L. Butler-Purry, S. Ped-ersen, “Using Video Games to Enhance Learning in Digital Systems,” Future Play 2008, November 2008, Toronto, Canada.

Research-Projects and GrantsPI: K.L. Butler-Purry, “S-STEM: Engi-neering Transfer Scholars in Texas,” Na-tional Science Foundation, March 1, 2009-2013, $597,498. Co-PI: K.L. Butler-Purry, “ARRA: RET Site: Enrichment Experiences in Engineer-ing (E3) for Teachers Summer Research Program,” National Science Foundation, 2009-2012, $491,750. Co-PI: K.L. Butler-Purry, “LSAMP: Texas A&M University System Louis Stokes Al-liance for Minority Participation, Phase IV Program,” National Science Founda-tion, November 2007- September 2012, $5,000,000. PI: K.L. Butler-Purry, “REU Site – Elec-trical Engineering Research Applications in Homeland Security,” NSF REU Site, March 2007 – April 2011, $380,906. PI: K.L. Butler-Purry, “CCLI: Enhancing Learning in Digital Systems with Video Games,” National Science Foundation, January 2009- December 2010, $150,000. PI: K.L. Butler-Purry, “Remote Nonde-structive Testing and Measurement of Large-Scale Power Systems,” DOD/ONR/Multi-University Research Instrumenta-

tion (MURI) Program, May 2004 – No-vember 2010, $438.206. Co-PI: K.L. Butler-Purry, “LSAMP: Texas A&M University System Louis Stokes Al-liance for Minority Participation, Phase III Program: Cultivating the Future,” National Science Foundation, October 2003-August 2010, $2,500,000. Co-PI: K.L. Butler-Purry, “TAMU LSAMP Bridges-to-Doctorate Fellowships, Cohort V,” National Science Foundation, August 2008-July 2010, $987,000. PI: K.L. Butler-Purry, “Power System Management for CBM Plus – Block 2,” U.S. Navy, Subaward with Williams Pyro as Prime Contractor, June 2007 – April 2010, $216,316.PI: K.L. Butler-Purry, “RET Site: Enrich-ment Experiences in Engineering (E3) for Teachers Summer Research Program,” National Science Foundation, May 1, 2006 - April 2010, $400,000. PI: K.L. Butler-Purry, “A Bio-Inspired Multi-Agent Framework for Real-Time Load Management in NG IPS Ships,” Of-fice of Naval Research, March 1, 2009 – February 2010, $176, 627.Co-PI: K.L. Butler-Purry, “TAMU LSAMP Bridges-to-Doctorate Fellowships, Cohort IV,” National Science Foundation, August 2006-October 2009, $987,000. PI: K.L. Butler-Purry, “CCLI: Enhancing Learning in Digital Systems with Video Games,” National Science Foundation, March 2007-August 2009, $75,000. PI: K.L. Butler-Purry, “Exploring Electri-cal and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M,” Texas Higher Education Coor-dinating Board, May 2009-August 2009, $11,111. PI: K.L. Butler-Purry, “Real-Time and Fast Digital Simulation Test Bed,” DOD De-fense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP), June 2007-January 30, 2009, $175,218.PI: K.L. Butler-Purry, “Power System Management for CBM Plus – Block 1,” U.S. Navy, Subaward with Williams Pyro as Prime Contractor, June 2007 – Novem-ber 2008, $87,592.

J-F. Chamberland (TC)

PublicationsJournalsP. Parag, S. Sah, S. Shakkottai and J.-F. Chamberland. “Value-Aware Resource Allocation For Service Guarantees In Networks,” Accepted for publication in the IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, December 2010.N. Gunaseelan, L. Liu, J.-F. Chamberland and G. H. Huff, “Performance Analysis Of Wireless Hybrid-ARQ Systems With Delay-Sensitive Traffic,” IEEE Transac-tions on Communications, April 2010.

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P. Parag and J.-F. Chamberland. “Queue-ing Analysis Of A Butterfly Network For Comparing Network Coding To Classical Routing,” IEEE Transactions on Informa-tion Theory, April 2010.G. Vahedi, B. Faryabi, J.-F. Chamberland, A. Datta and E. R. Dougherty, “Sampling-Rate-Dependent Probabilistic Boolean Networks,” Journal of Theoretical Biol-ogy, December 2009.B. Faryabi, G. Vahedi, A. Datta, J.-F. Chamberland and E. R. Dougherty, “Re-cent Advances In Intervention In Mar-kovian Regulatory Networks,” Current Genomics, November 2009.B. Faryabi, G. Vahedi, J.-F. Chamberland, A. Datta, E. R. Dougherty, “Intervention in Context-Sensitive Probabilistic Boolean Networks Revisited,” EURASIP Journal on Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Volume 2009. 6. B. Faryabi, G. Vahedi, J.-F. Chamber-land, A. Datta, E. R. Dougherty, “Optimal Con-strained Stationary Intervention in Gene Regulatory Networks,” EURASIP Journal on Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Volume 2008. 7. B. Faryabi, J.-F. Chamberland, G. Va-hedi, A. Datta, E. R. Dougherty, “Optimal Intervention Strategies for Cyclic Thera-peutic Methods,” IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, June 2008.L. Liu, J.-F. Chamberland and S. L. Mill-er, “User Cooperation in the Absence of Phase Information at the Transmitters,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, March 2008.G. Vahedi, B. Faryabi, J.-F. Chamberland, A. Datta, E. R. Dougherty, “Intervention in Gene Regulatory Networks via a Sta-tionary Mean-First-Passage-Time Control Policy,” IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, March 2008.

Conference Proceedings/PresentationsP. Parag and J.-F. Chamberland, “Ex-ploiting An Interplay Between Norms To Analyze Scalar Quantization Schemes,” Proceedings of the International Confer-ence on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, Prague, Czech Republic, May 2011.J.-F. Chamberland, H. Pfister and S. Shak-kottai, “First-Passage Time Analysis For Digital Communication Over Erasure Channels With Delay-Sensitive Traffic,” Proceedings of the Allerton Conference on Communication, Control and Computing, Monticello, IL, September 2010.P. Parag, J.-F. Chamberland, H. Pfister and K. R. Narayanan, “On the Queueing Be-havior Of Random Codes Over A Gilbert-Elliot Erasure Channel,” Proceedings of the International Symposium on Informa-tion Theory, Austin, TX, June 2010.P. Parag, S. Shakkottai and J.-F. Cham-

berland, “Value-aware Resource Alloca-tion for Service Guarantees in Networks,” Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), March 2010.P. Parag, J.-F. Chamberland, H. Pfister and K. Narayanan, “Code Rate, Queueing Be-havior and the Correlated Erasure Chan-nel,” Proceedings of the IEEE Information Theory Workshop, January 2010.P. Parag and J.-F. Chamberland, “Queueing Analysis of a Butterfly Net-work,” Proceedings of the IEEE Inter-national Symposium on Information Theory, July 2008.L. Liu and J.-F. Chamberland, “On the Effective Capacities of Multi-Antenna Gaussian Channels,” Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Infor-mation Theory, July 2008.G. Vahedi, B. Faryabi, J.-F. Chamberland, A. Datta and E. R. Dougherty, “Modeling Cyclic Therapy in Gene Regulatory Net-works,” Proceedings of the IEEE Interna-tional Workshop on Genomic Signal Pro-cessing and Statistics, June 2008.B. Faryabi, G. Vahedi, J.-F. Chamberland, A. Datta and E. R. Dougherty, “Con-strained Intervention in a Cancerous Mam-malian Cell Cycle Network,” Proceedings of the IEEE International Workshop on Genomic Signal Processing and Statistics, June 2008.B. Faryabi, J.-F. Chamberland, G. Vahedi, A. Datta and E. R. Dougherty. “Optimal Intervention in Semi-Markov-based Asyn-chronous Genetic Regulatory Networks,” Proceedings of the IEEE American Con-trol Conference, June 2008.G. Vahedi*, B. Faryabi, l-F. Chamberland, A. Datta and E. R. Dougherty, “Mean First-Passage Time Control Policy versus Reinforcement-Learning Control Policy in Gene Regulatory Networks,” Proceedings of the IEEE American Control Confer-ence, June 2008.

Research-Projects and GrantsPI: J.-F. Chamberland, CAREER: “Infor-mation-Aware Wireless Sensor Networks,” National Science Foundation, June 2008- May 2013, $400,000.PI: J.-F. Chamberland, “Fundamental Lim-its in Delay-Constrained Wireless Commu-nication,” National Science Foundation, September 2008- August 2011, $350,000.PI: J.-F. Chamberland, “Broadband Com-munications Systems,” Qatar Teicom, June 2009- June 2011, $1,301,195.PI: J.-F. Chamberland, “Enabling Delay-Sensitive Multihop Wireless Communica-tions,” Texas Higher Education Coordinat-ing Board, March 2008- February 2011, $148,800.PI: J.-F. Chamberland, TEES Select Young Faculty, TEES, September 2009, $5,000.

A.K. Chan (BI, EM, TC)

PublicationsConference Proceedings/PresentationsW. Sakla, A. Sakla, A. Chan, “A Support Vector Data Description Approach To Target Detection In Hyperspectral Imag-ery,” Proceedings of the SPIE Defense and Security Symposium, Orlando, Flori-da, April 13-17, 2009.

Books or Authoritative ReferencesGoswami, J., and A. K. Chan, “Funda-mentals Of Wavelets, Theory, Algorithms And Applications,” 2nd edition, John Wi-ley and Sons, March 2011.

K. Chang (EM)

PublicationsJournalsKim, C.H. and Chang, K., “Ring Resona-tor Bandpass Filter with Switchable Band-width Using Stepped-Impedance Stubs,” IEEE Transactions On Microwave Theory and Techniques, December 2010.Eubanks, T.W. and Chang, K., “Low-Loss Ultra-Wideband Double-Sided Parallel-Strip Line Transition and Power Divider,” Electronics Letters, January 7, 2010.Oh, S.W., Ahn, C.H. and Chang, K., “A Reflectarray Element Using a Variable Ring with A Slot on the Ground Plane,” Electronics Letters, November 19, 2009.Hsu, H.S., Ren, Y.J. and Chang, K., “A Dual-Polarized Planar Array Antenna for S-Band and X-Band Airborne Applica-tions,” IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, August 2009.Jung, D.J. and Chang, K., “Low-Pass Fil-ter Design through the Accurate Analysis of Electromagnetic Bandgap Geometry on the Ground Plane,” IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, July 2009.Ahn, C.H. and Chang, K., “Wideband Co-planar Stripline to Double-Sided Parallel-Strip Line Transition,” Electronics Letters, July 2, 2009.Ahn, C.H., Oh, S.W., and Chang, K., “A Dual Frequency Omni-Directional Anten-na for Polarization Diversity of MIMO and Wireless Communication Applications,” IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, 2009.

Conference Proceedings/PresentationsOh, S.W., Ahn, C.H. and Chang, K., “A Ku-Band Reflectarry Using Variable Rings and Slots on the Ground Plane,” 2010 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Sympo-sium Digest, Toronto, Canada, July 2010. Kim, D.G., Smith, C.B., Ahn, C.H. and Chang, K., “A Dual-Polarization Aperture Coupled Stacked Microstrip Patch Anten-na for Wideband Application,” 2010 IEEE


Antennas and Propagation Symposium Digest, Toronto, Canada, July 2010.Ahn, C.H., Oh, O.H. and Chang, K., “Compact Reflectarray Antenna Element Using Split Ring Resonator,” 2010 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Symposium Digest, Toronto, Canada, July 2010.Hansen, J., Ahn, C.H. and Chang, K., “A 5.8 GHz High Gain, Aperture Coupled Rectenna Utilizing A SRR Filter,” 2010 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Sympo-sium Digest, Toronto, Canada, July 2010.Eubanks, T.W. and Chang, K., “A 4x4 Ra-dial Dipole Array Fed by Double-Sided Parallel-Strip Line,” 2010 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Symposium Digest, To-ronto, Canada, July 2010.Eubanks, T.W. and Chang, K., “Double-Sided Parallel-Strip Line-Fed Circular Monopole Antenna,” 2010 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Symposium Digest, To-ronto, Canada, July 2010.Eubanks, T.W. and Chang, K., “Double-Sided Parallel-Strip Line-Fed Radial Di-pole,” 2010 IEEE Antennas and Propaga-tion Symposium Digest, Toronto, Canada, July 2010.Kim, C.H. and Chang, K., “Wideband Ring Resonator Bandpass Filter with Dual Stepped Impedance Stubs,” 2010 IEEE-MTT International Microwave Sympo-sium Digest, Anaheim, CA, May 2010.Kim, C.H., Li, M.Y. and Chang, K., “Im-age-Guide Leaky-Wave Antenna with Wide Beam-Scan Angle,” 2009 IEEE An-tennas and Propagation Symposium Di-gest, Charleston, SC, June 2009.Jung, D.J., Ahn, C.H. and Chang, K., “Ultra-Wideband CPW Fed Modified Ring Antennas,” 2009 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Symposium Digest, Charles-ton, SC, June 2009.Eubanks, T.W., Li, M.Y. and Chang, K., “Modified Equiangular Spiral Antenna Side-Fed by Multi-Stage Wideband Im-pedance Transforming Transitions,” 2009 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Sympo-sium Digest, Charleston, SC, June 2009.Ren, Y.J., Ahn, C.H., Li, M.Y. and Chang, K., “A Dual-Polarized Cylindrical Array Antenna for Aerial Vehicles,” 2009 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Symposium Digest, Charleston, SC, June 2009.Oh, S.W., Lee, J.K., Huang, J. and Chang, K., “A Six-Band Reflectarray Antenna,” 2009 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Symposium Digest, Charleston, SC, June 2009.Ahn, C.H., Oh, S.W. and Chang, K., “A High Gain Rectifying Antenna Combined with Reflectarray for 8 GHz Wireless Power Transmission,” 2009 IEEE Anten-nas and Propagation Symposium Digest, Charleston, SC, June 2009.Liu, Y.C. and Chang, K., “Multiband Frequency Reconfigurable Antenna by

Changing the Microstrip Connecting Ele-ment Positions,” 2009 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Symposium Digest, Charles-ton, SC, June 2009.Chang, K., “Recent Trends in Microwave Education and Research,” Invited Opening Keynote Speech, 2008 Asia Pacific Micro-wave Conference, Hong Kong, December 2008.

Research-Projects and GrantsCo-PI: K. Chang, “Miniaturized Wave-guide RF MEMS Tunable Filters,” Nation-al Science Foundation, August 1, 2009-July 31, 2012, $252,000.PI: K. Chang, “Phased Array Antennas,” Advanced Defense Technology Inc., November 1, 2010-October 31, 2011, $100,000. PI: K. Chang, “Research and Demonstra-tions of Microwave Power Transmission for Future Renewable Energy Applica-tions,” Texas A&M university, September 1, 2008-August 31, 2011, $180,000.PI: K. Chang, “Dual-Pol X-Band Flat-Panel Phased Array,” Raytheon Company, July 1, 2009-February 28, 2011, $50,000.Co-PI: K. Chang, “Beamed Energy Pro-pulsion Study,” NASA Glenn Research Center, July 31, 2010-December 31, 2010, $50,000. PI: K. Chang, “Dual-Pol X-Band Array-able Radiator,” Raytheon Company, No-vember 1, 2007-October 31, 2009, $50,000.PI: K. Chang, “Multi-Band Phased Array Antenna Technology for Global Com-munication Systems,” U.S. Army and RST Scientific Research, September 1, 2003-December 31, 2008, $275,000.

X. Cheng (SE)

PublicationsJournalsHyunChul Kim and Xing Cheng, “Sur-face phonon polaritons on SiC substrate for surface-enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy,” Journal of Optical Society of America, 2010. HyunChul Kim and Xing Cheng, “Infrared Dipole Antenna Enhanced by Surface Pho-non Polaritons,” Optics Letters, 2010. Huifeng Li, Dazhi Sun, Hung-Jue Sue and Xing Cheng, “Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Alignment by Grating-Guided Electrostatic Self-Assembly,” Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology 2010. Y. H. Cho, J. Park, H. Park, X. Cheng, B. J. Kim and A. Han, “Fabrication of High-Aspect-Ratio Polymer Nanochannels Us-ing a Novel Si Nanoimprint Mold and Sol-vent Assisted Sealing,” Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 2010. HyunChul Kim and Xing Cheng, “SERS-Active Substrate Based On Gap Surface Plasmon Polaritons,” Optics Express, 2009.

HyunChul Kim, Jaewon Park, Younghak Cho, Hyunsoo Park, Arum Han and Xing Cheng, “Lateral-Flow Particle Filtration and Separation with Multilayer Microflu-idic Channels,” Journal of Vacuum Sci-ence and Technology, 2009. (Selected for publication in Virtual Journal of Bio-logical Physics Research issue December 15,2009)Tao-Hua Lee, Dazhi Sun, Xi Zhang, Hung-Jue Sue and Xing Cheng, “Solid-State Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Based on Semiconducting Nanomaterials,” Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology 2009. (Selected for publication in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology issue December 14, 2009)H. Park and X. Cheng, “Thermoplastic Polymer Patterning without Residual Lay-er by Advanced Nanoimprint Scheme,” Nanotechnology, 2009.

Conference Proceedings/PresentationsTao-Hua Lee, Hung-Jue Sue and Xing Cheng, “Solid-State Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Based on New Dye Coating Method and Combination of ZnO Nanoparticles and Nanowires,” MRS Fall Meeting 2010, Boston, MA, November 29-December 3, 2010. Xing Cheng, Hyunsoo Park and Dehu Cui, “Functional Polymer Micro- and Nano-structures by Nanoimprint,” Proceedings of NSTI 2009, 2009.HyunChul Kim and Xing Cheng, “Infrared Dipole Antenna Enhanced by Surface Pho-non Polaritons,” The 53rd International Conference on Electron, Ion and Photon Beam Technology and Nanofabrication, Marco Island, FL, May 26 - 29, 2009.Dehu Cui and Xing Cheng, “Step-and-Re-peat Thermal Nanoimprint for Functional Polymers,” The 53rd International Confer-ence on Electron, Ion and Photon Beam Technology and Nanofabrication, Marco Island, FL, May 26 - 29, 2009.Tao-Hua Lee, Dazhi Sun, Hung-Jue Sue and Xing Cheng, “Solid-State Dye-Sensi-tized Solar Cell Based on Semiconducting Nanomaterials,” The 53rd International Conference on Electron, Ion and Photon Beam Technology and Nanofabrication, Marco Island, FL, May 26 - 29, 2009. Huifeng Li, Dazhi Sun, Hung-Jue Sue and Xing Cheng, “ Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Alignment by Grating-Guided Electrostatic Self-assembly,” The 53rd International Conference on Electron, Ion and Photon Beam Technology and Nano-fabrication, Marco Island, FL, May 26 - 29, 2009.Hyunsoo Park, Younghak Cho, Arum Han and Xing Cheng, “Lateral Flow Particle Filtration and Separation with Multilayer Microfluidic Channels,” The 53rd Interna-tional Conference on Electron, Ion and Pho-


ton Beam Technology and Nanofabrication, Marco Island, FL, May 26-29, 2009. Y.H. Cho, H. Park, H.S. Kim, X. Cheng and A. Han, “Curved Polymer Nano-channel Fabrication Using PMMA Layer Transfer and Collapse,” 2009 NSTI Nano-technology Conference and Trade Show, Houston, TX, May 3-7, 2009.Y.H. Cho, J. Park, H. Park, X. Cheng, B.J. Kim and A. Han, “Fabrication of High-Aspect-Ratio Nanochannels Using Novel Nanoscale Silicon Mold and Solvent As-sisted Sealing,” 2009 NSTI Nanotechnol-ogy Conference and Trade Show, Houston, TX, May 3-7, 2009. Xing Cheng, Hyunsoo Park and Dehu Cui, “Functional Polymer Micro- and Nano-structures by Nanoimprint,” 2009 NSTI Nanotechnology Conference and Trade Show, Houston, TX, May 3-7, 2009. Hyunsoo Park and Xing Cheng, “Fabrica-tion and Application of Three-Dimension-al Polymer Microstructures by Nanoim-print and Transfer-Bonding,” MRS Spring Meeting 2009, San Francisco, CA, April 13-17, 2009. X. Xia, M. Solmaz, H. Park, X. Cheng and C. K. Madsen, “Optical Waveguide Grat-ings in Chalcogenide Glass,” Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Op-tical Engineering, 2008. Patrick Lunsford and Xing Cheng, “Sta-bility of Self-Assembled Monolayer Sur-factant Coating in Thermal Nanoimprint,” The 52nd International Conference on Electron, Ion and Photon Beam Technol-ogy and Nanofabrication, Portland, OR, May 27 - 30, 2008. Hyunsoo Park and Xing Cheng, “Solvent-Etching and Dewetting Techniques for Residual Layer Removal in Thermal Na-noimprint,” The 52nd International Con-ference on Electron, Ion and Photon Beam Technology and Nanofabrication, Port-land, OR, May 27 - 30, 2008. Huifeng Li and Xing Cheng, “Optical An-tennas: A Boost for Infrared Detection,” The 52nd International Conference on Electron, Ion and Photon Beam Technol-ogy and Nanofabrication, Portland, OR, May 27 - 30, 2008. Huifeng Li, Hyunsoo Park and Xing Cheng, “Microfluidic MDM Structure as a Tunable Optical Filter,” The 52nd Inter-national Conference on Electron, Ion and Photon Beam Technology and Nanofabri-cation, Portland, OR, May 27 - 30, 2008. Dehu Cui, Huifeng Li, Hyunsoo Park and Xing Cheng, “Improving Organic Thin-Film Transistor Performance by Nanoim-print-Induced Chain Ordering,” The 52nd International Conference on Electron, Ion and Photon Beam Technology and Nano-fabrication, Portland, OR, May 2008. Xing Cheng, Dehu Cui and Hyunsoo Park, “Chain Alignment in Functional Polymer

Microstructures Patterned by Nanoim-print,” MRS Spring Meeting 2008, San Francisco, CA, March 24 - 28, 2008.

Books or Authoritative ReferencesX. Cheng, “Building 3D Nanostructures through Nanoimprint”, Three-Dimension-al Nanoarchitectures: Designing Next-Generation Devices, Editors: Weilie Zhou and Zhong Lin Wang, in press, Springer Science, 2011. X. Cheng and L. J. Guo, “Recent Devel-opment And Applications Of Nanoimprint Technology”, Annual Review of Nano-technology, Series Editors: Guozhong Cao, Qifeng Zhang and C. Jeffrey Brinker, World Scientific, 2010.

Research-Projects and GrantsPI: X. Cheng, “CAREER: High-Perfor-mance Nanoscale Polymer Thin-Film Transistors for Integrated Circuit Applica-tions,” National Science Foundation, Feb-ruary 2011 – January 2016, $400,000. PI: X. Cheng, “A Novel All-Purpose Pro-grammable and Scalable Biochip for Bio-medical Applications,” National Institutes of Health, September 2010 – May 2012, $349,246PI: X. Cheng, “Fabricating Polymer Solar Cell with Nanoscale-Ordered Bulk Het-erojunction,” Sumitomo America Inc., Oc-tober 2010 - March 2011, $25,000. PI: X. Cheng, “Nanoimprint Mold Fabri-cation By Electrostatic Self-Assembly and Controlled Sublimation for Sub-10NM Lithography,” US Navy – Office of Naval Research, November 2008 – December 2010, $155,410.PI: X. Cheng, “Solid-State Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Based on Carbon Nanotubes and Semiconductor Nanoparticles,” Texas A&M University Energy Resources Pro-gram, May 2008 – April 2010, $100,000.

New Patents, Design Methods, Techniques or Concepts DevelopedXing Cheng, Hung-Jue Sue, Dazhi Sun, Chien-Chia Chu and Huifeng Li, “Method for Dispersion, Alignment and Deposition of Nanotubes,” 2011. Cheng, X. and Entesari, K., Omni-Purpose, “Scalable and Reusable Digital Micro-fluidic Platform with Dual Active-Matrix Driving Circuitry,” in application, 2011. Xing Cheng, Yuki Iseki and Dehu Cui, “Method Of High-Throughput Fabrication Of Organic Photovoltaics Over Large Ar-eas,” invention disclosure to OTC, 2010.

G. Choi (CE)

PublicationsJournalsSeungEun Lee, Yoon Seok Yang, Wei Wu, Gwan S. Choi and Ravi Iyer, “Low Power

and Resilient On-Chip Interconnection with Orthogonal Latin Squares,” IEEE De-sign & Test, final accepted for print Sep-tember 2010.Yoon Seok Yang and Gwan Choi, “Design Space Exploration: Optimal Decoding Configurations for Low-Power Embedded LDPC-H.264 Joint Decoding Architec-ture,” International Journal of Information Technology, Communications and Con-vergence (IJITCC), accepted for print.Yoon Seok Yang and Gwan Choi, “Un-equal Error Protection based on DVFS for JSCD in Low-Power Mobile Multimedia Systems,” ACM Transactions on Embed-ded Computing Systems, accepted for print. Garg, Jayakumar, Khatri, Choi, “Circuit-level Design Approaches for Radiation-hard Digital Electronics,” IEEE transac-tions on very large scale integration (VLSI) systems, 2009.Wang, Weihuang, Kim, Euncheol, Gun-nam, Kiran K., Choi, Gwan, “Low-Power VLSI Design of LDPC Decoder Using Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling for Additive White Gaussian Noise Chan-nels,” Journal of Low Power Electronics, October 2009.Rohit Singhal, Gwan Choi, Rabi N. Ma-hapatra, “Data Handling Limits of On-Chip Interconnects,” IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems, 2008.

Conference Proceedings/PresentationsYoonseoke Yang, Pankaj Bhagawat, Gwan Choi, “Energy-Efficient MIMO Detec-tion Using Unequal Error Protection for Embedded Joint Decoding System,” IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC), 2011.Reeshav Kumar, Yoon Seok Yang, and Gwan Choi, “Intra-Flit Skew Reduction for Asynchronous Bypass Channel in NoCs,” 24th International Conference on VLSI Design 2011.Yoon Seok Yang and Gwan Choi, “Low-Power Embedded LDPC-H.264 Joint Decoding Architecture Based on Unequal Error Protection,” In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Future In-formation Technology (FutureTech2010), Busan, Korea, May 2010. Yoon Seok Yang and Gwan Choi, “Base-band Processing for Wireless Multimedia Systems using Unequal Error Protection,” Wireless Telecommunications Symposium (WTS 2010), Tampa, Florida, April 2010.T. Jain, P. Gratz, A. Sprintson, G. Choi, “Asynchronous Bypass Channels : Im-proving Performance for DVFS and GALS NoCs,” IEEE NOCS 2010Pankaj Bhagawat, Rajballav Dash, Gwan Choi, Systolic Like Soft-Detection Ar-chitecture for 4x4 64-QAM MIMO Sys-


tem,” IEEE Design Automation and Test in Europe(DATE), April 20-24,2009, Nice, France.R. Dash, R. Garg, S. Khatri, G. Choi. “SEU Hardened Clock Regeneration Cir-cuits,” International Symposium on Qual-ity Electronic Design (ISQED) San Jose, CA. March 16-18, 2009. Pankaj Bhagawat, Rajballav Dash, Gwan Choi, “Array Like Runtime Recon-figurable MIMO Detectors for 802.11n WLAN: A Design Case Study,” IEEE Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASPDAC), January 19- 22, 2009, Yokohama, JapanW. Wang, G. Choi, K. Gunnam,” Low-Power VLSI Design of LDPC Decoder Using DVFS for AWGN Channels,” 22nd International Conference on VLSI Design, 2009, January 5-9 2009, Delhi, India.Pankaj Bhagawat, Rajballav Dash, Gwan Choi, “High Performance on-the-fly Re-configurable MIMO Detector,” IEEE Asi-lomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, October 26-29, 2008, Monterey, CA.Gunnam, K.K., Choi, G.S., Yeary, M.B., Shaohua Yang, Yuanxing Lee, “Next gen-eration Iterative LDPC Solutions For Mag-netic Recording Storage,” 42nd Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Com-puters, 2008. Bhagawat, R. Dash, G. Choi, “Dynami-cally reconfigurable soft output MIMO detector,” Computer Design, 2008. ICCD 2008. IEEE International Conference on, October 12-15, 2008, Lake Tahoe.Bhagawat, R. Dash, G. Choi, “Architec-ture for Reconfigurable MIMO Detector and its FPGA Implementation,” 15th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems. ICECS 2008, Au-gust 31 2008- September 3 2008.

Research-Projects and GrantsPI: Choi, “ARI-LA: A Framework for Developing Novel Detection Systems Fo-cused on Interdicting Shielded HEU.

S. Cui (TC)PublicationsJournalsM. Zeng, R. Zhang and S. Cui, “On Design of Distributed Beamforming for Two-Way Relay Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, 2010. L. Zhang, J. Jiang, A. Goldsmith and S. Cui, “Study of Gaussian Relay Channels with Correlated Noises,” IEEE Transac-tions on Communications, 2010. R. Zhang and S. Cui, “Cooperative Inter-ference Management with MISO Beam-forming,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, October 2010.C. Yin, L. Gao and S. Cui, “Scaling Laws of Overlaid Wireless Networks: A Cogni-

tive Radio Network vs. A Primary Net-work,” IEEE/ACM Transactions on Net-working, August 2010. L. Zhang, R. Zhang, Y.-C. Liang, Y. Xin and S. Cui, “On the Relationship Between the Multi-antenna Secrecy Communica-tions and Cognitive Radio Communica-tions,” IEEE Transactions on Communica-tions, June 2010.C. Charalambous and S. Cui, “A Bio-logically Inspired Networking Model for Wireless Sensor Networks,” IEEE Net-work special issue on Bio-inspired Com-munications, May-June, 2010. R. Zhang, Y.-C. Liang and S. Cui, “Dy-namic Resource Allocation in Cognitive Radio Networks: A Convex Optimization Perspective,” IEEE Signal Processing Magazine: special issue on Convex Opti-mization on Signal Processing, May 2010.Z. Quan, W.-K. Ma, S. Cui and A. Sayed, “Optimal Linear Fusion for Distributed Detection via Semidefinite Programming,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, April 2010.X. Li, T. Jiang, S. Cui, J. An and Q. Zhang, “Cooperative Communications Based on Rateless Network Coding in Distributed MIMO Systems,” IEEE Communications Magazine special issue on Coordinated and Distributed MIMO, March 2010.M. Z. Siam, M. Krunz, S. Cui and A. Muqattash, “Energy-Efficient Protocols for Wireless Networks with Adaptive MIMO Capabilities,” ACM/Kluwer Wire-less Networks (WINET), January 2010.L. Gao and S. Cui, “Power and Rate Con-trol for Cognitive Radios via Dynamic Programming,” IEEE Transactions on Ve-hicular Technology, 2009. R. Zhang, S. Cui and Y.-C. Liang, “On Ergodic Sum Capacity of Fading Cogni-tive Multiple-Access and Broadcast Chan-nels,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, 2009. H. Kim, J. Wang, P. Cai and S. Cui, “Detection Outage and Detection Di-versity in Distributed Sensor Net-works,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, June 2009.R. Zhang, Y.-C. Liang, C.-C. Chai and S. Cui, “Optimal Beamforming for Two-Way Multi-Antenna Relay Channel with Analogue Network Coding,” IEEE Jour-nal on Selected Areas of Communica-tions, June 2009.Z. Quan, S. Cui, A. Sayed and H. V. Poor, “Optimal Multiband Joint Detection for Spectrum Sensing in Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, March 2009.Z. Quan, S. Cui, A. Sayed and H. V. Poor, “Collaborative Wideband Sensing for Cognitive Radios,” IEEE Signal Process-ing Magazine special issue on cognitive radios, January 2009.

Z. Zhou, S. Zhou, S. Cui and J. Cui, “Ener-gy-Efficient Cooperative Communications in A Clustered Wireless Sensor Network,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technol-ogy, November, 2008.W. Guo, J. Xiao and S. Cui, “An Efficient Water-Filling Solution for Linear Coherent Joint Estimation,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, October 2008.

Conference Proceedings/PresentationsJ. Jiang, I. Maric, A. J. Goldsmith, S. Sha-mai and S. Cui, “On the Capacity of a Class of Cognitive Z-interference Chan-nels,” ICC, Kyoto, Japan, June 2011.L. Zhang, J. Jiang and S. Cui, “Achievable Rate Regions for Discrete Memoryless Interference Channel with State Informa-tion,” ICC, Kyoto, Japan, June 2011.L. Zhang, J. Jiang and S. Cui, “Gaussian Interference Channel with State Informa-tion,” WCNC, Cancun, Mexico, March 2011.M. Zeng, R. Zhang and S. Cui, “Achiev-able Rate Region of Distributed Beam-forming for Two-Way Relay Networks,” Proceedings: at the Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, Asi-lomar, November 2010. J. Qiu, R. Zhang, Z.-Q. Luo and S. Cui, “Optimal Distributed Beamforming for MISO Interference Channels,” Proceed-ings: the Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, Asilomar, No-vember 2010. A. Banaei, C. N. Georghiades and S. Cui, “Asymptotic Performance of ALOHA-Based Cognitive Overlaid Networks,” Proceedings: SECON workshop on Net-working Technologies for Software De-fined Radio and White Space, Boston, June 2010. R. Zhang and S. Cui, “Interference Tem-perature Based Multi-Cell Coordinated Beamforming,” WCNC, Sydney, Austra-lia, April, 2010.L. Zhang, J. Jiang and S. Cui, “Study of Half-Duplex Gaussian Relay Channels with Correlated Noises,” WCNC, Sydney, Australia, April 2010. C. Huang, J. Jiang and S. Cui, “Asymptotic Capacity of Large Fading Relay Networks under Random Attacks,” Proceedings: GLOBECOM, Hawaii, December 2009.L. Gao, R. Zhang and S. Cui, “Delay-Throughput Tradeoff for Supportive Two Tier Networks: A Static Primary Tier vs. a Mobile Secondary Tier,” Proceedings: GLOBECOM, Hawaii, December 2009.C. Yin, C. Chen and S. Cui, “Stable Dis-tribution Based Analysis of Transmission Capacities for Overlaid Wireless Net-works,” Proceedings: the International Conference on Wireless Communications and Signal Processing, Nanjing, China, November 2009.


M. Zeng, R. Zhang and S. Cui, “Asymp-totic Outage Behavior of Parallel Dying Channels,” Proceedings: MILCOM, Bos-ton, October 2009.J. Jiang, I. Maric, A. J. Goldsmith and S. Cui, “Achievable Rate Regions for Broad-cast Channels With Cognitive Relays,” Proceedings: Information Theory Work-shop, Taormina, Italy, October 2009.C. Huang, J. Jiang and S. Cui, “Asymp-totic Capacity of Randomly-Failing Re-lay Networks with DF Strategy,” Pro-ceedings: The Forty-Seventh Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control and Computing, Monticello, Il-linois, September 2009.L. Zhang, R. Zhang, Y.-C. Liang, Y. Xin and S. Cui, “On the Relationship between the Multi-Antenna Secrecy Communica-tions and Cognitive Radio Communica-tions,” Proceedings: The Forty-Seventh Annual Allerton Conference on Commu-nication, Control and Computing, Monti-cello, Illinois, September 2009.L. Gao, R. Zhang, C. Yin and S. Cui, “De-lay-Throughput Tradeoff for Supportive Two-Tier Networks,” Proceedings: ISIT, Seoul, South Korea, July 2009.C.Yin, T. Liu and S. Cui, “Generalized Re-sults of Transmission Capacities for Over-laid Wireless Networks,” Proceedings: ISIT, Seoul, South Korea, July 2009.J. Jiang, A. J. Goldsmith and S. Cui, “Achievable Rates and Capacity for Gaussian Relay Channels with Correlated Noises,” Proceedings: ISIT, Seoul, South Korea, July 2009.C. Yin, L. Gao and S. Cui, “Delay-Through-put Tradeoff for Overlaid Wireless Net-works of Different Priorities,” Proceedings: ISIT, Seoul, South Korea, July 2009.M. Zeng, R. Zhang and S. Cui, “Optimal Transmission for Dying Channels Pro-ceedings: IEEE Conference on Communi-cations (ICC), Dresden, June 2009.C. Yin, L. Gao, T. Liu and S. Cui, “Trans-mission Capacities For Overlaid Wireless Ad Hoc Networks With Outage Con-straints,” Proceedings: IEEE Conference on Communications (ICC), Dresden, June 2009.R. Zhang, C.-C. Chai, Y.-C. Liang, S. Cui, “On Capacity Region of Two-Way Multi-Antenna Relay Channel with Analogue Network Coding,” Proceedings: IEEE Conference on Communications (ICC), Dresden, Germany, June 2009.Z. Quan, W.-K. Ma, S. Cui and A. Syed, “Optimal Linear Fusion for Distributed Spectrum Sensing via Semidefinite Pro-gramming,” Proceedings: IEEE Interna-tional Conference on Acoustic, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Taiwan, April 2009. C. Yin, L. Gao and S. Cui, “Scaling Laws of Overlaid Wireless Networks: A Cognitive

Radio Network vs. A Primary Network,” Proceedings: IEEE Global Telecommuni-cations Conference (GLOBECOM), New Orleans, December 2008.M. Zeng, R. Zhang and S. Cui, “On the Outage Capacity of a Dying Channel,” Proceedings: IEEE Global Telecommuni-cations Conference (GLOBECOM), New Orleans, December 2008.C. Charalambous and S. Cui, “A Bio-Inspired Distributed Clustering Algo-rithm for Wireless Sensor Networks,” Proceedings: The 4th International Wire-less Internet Conference (WiCon), Maui, November 2008.R. Zhang, S. Cui and Y.-C. Chang, “On Ergodic Sum Capacity of Fading Cogni-tive Multiple-Access Channels,” Pro-ceedings: The Forty-Sixth Annual Al-lerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, Monticello, Il-linois, September 2008.

Books or Authoritative ReferencesS. Cui, A. So, and R. Zhang, Uncon-strained and Constrained Optimization Problems, under review for the chapter in Mathematical Foundations for Signal Pro-cessing, Communications and Networking edited by T. Chen, D. Rajan and E. Serpe-din, Cambridge University Press, 2010Z. Zhou, S. Zhou, J. Cui and S. Cui, “Ener-gy-Efficient Random Cooperative Commu-nication,” chapter in Cooperative Commu-nications for Improved Wireless Network Transmission: Frameworks for Virtual Antenna Array Applications edited by M. Uysal, Hershey, PA, IGI-Global, 2009. J. Xiao, S. Cui and Z.-Q. Luo, “Distributed Estimation and Collaborative Sensing,” chapter in Handbook on Array Processing and Sensor Networks edited by S. Haykin and K. J. R. Liu, New York, Wiley, 2009.

Research-Projects and GrantsPI: S. Cui, “Exploration of Smart Two-Way Relay Systems: From Theory to Pro-totyping, National Instruments, February 2011- February 2012, $50,000.PI: S. Cui, “Exploration of an Opportunis-tic Overlaid Paradigm for Complex Net-works via Stochastic Geometry,” Depart-ment of Defense AFOSR YIP-09, January 2009- December 2011, $300,000.PI: S. Cui, “Extended Study for Model-ing of Networks Under Attack Based on Biological Wound Healing Process-es,” Department of Defense HDTRA-08-10-BRCWMD, December 2009- June 2011, $350,000.Co-PI: S. Cui, “Fundamental Performance Limits in Hybrid Networks under WMD Attacks,” Department of Defense, March 2008- March 2011, $750,000.PI: S. Cui, “Biologically-Inspired Net-working and Computation in Large-Scale

Autonomous Sensor Networks,” National Science Foundation, October 2007- Sep-tember 2010, $230,008.Co-PI: S. Cui, “NeTS-WN: Cross-Layer Optimizations and Adaptive Protocols for Opportunistic and Collaborative Cognitive Radio Networks,” National Science Foun-dation, September 2007- August 2010, $300,000.PI: S. Cui, “Modeling of Networks Under Attacks Based on Biological Wound Heal-ing Process,” Department of Defense, De-cember 2006- December 2009, $456,587.Co-PI: S. Cui, “NeTS-ProWin: Resource Management and Distributed Protocols for Heterogeneous Cognitive-Radio Net-works,” National Science Foundation, September 2006- August 2008, $125,000.

New Patents, Design Methods, Techniques or Concepts DevelopedIn the past year, I have conducted research and achieved some meaningful results in the following areas: 1) Transport capac-ity study for overlaid networks, 2) Infor-mation theoretical study over cognitive multiple access and broadcast channels, 3) Collaborative multi-cell interference management for future cellular systems, 4) Bridging cognitive radio transmission and secrecy transmission and 5) Other research efforts include the further improvement of our well-cited cognitive spectrum sensing work; scaling law study for more complex networks; and transmission optimization for unreliable systems/networks.

A. Datta (TC, BI)

PublicationsJournalsMeskin, N., Nounou, H., Nounou, M., Datta, A. and Dougherty, E. R., “Interven-tion in Biological Phenomena Modeled by S-Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Bio-medical Engineering, 2011. Layek, R., Datta, A. and Dougherty, E. R., “From Biological Pathways to Regulatory Networks,” Molecular BioSystems, 2011. Layek, R., Datta, A., Bittner, M. L. and Dougherty, E. R., “Cancer Therapy Design Based on Pathway Logic,” Bioinformatics, 2011. Dougherty, E. R., Pal, R., Qian, X., Bittner, M. L. and Datta, A., “Stationary and Struc-tural Intervention in Gene Regulatory Networks: Basic Concepts,” International Journal of Systems Science, January 2010. Pal, R., Datta, A. and Dougherty, E. R., “Bayesian Robustness in the Control of Gene Regulatory Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, September 2009.Vahedi, G., Faryabi, B., Chamberland, J., Datta, A. and Dougherty, E. R., “Optimal


Intervention Strategies for Cyclic Thera-peutic Methods,” IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, February 2009.Faryabi, B., Vahedi, G., Chamberland, J., Datta, A. and Dougherty, E. R., “Inter-vention in Context-Sensitive Probabilistic Boolean Networks Revisited,” EURASIP Journal on Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, 2009.Vahedi, G., Faryabi, B., Chamberland, J., Datta, A. and Dougherty, E. R., “Sam-pling-Rate-Dependent Probabilistic Bool-ean Networks,” Journal of Theoretical Bi-ology, 2009.Faryabi, B., Vahedi, G., Datta, A., Cham-berland, J. and Dougherty, E. R., “Recent Advances in Intervention in Markovian Gene Regulatory Networks,” Current Genomics, 2009.Layek, R., Datta, A., Pal, R. and Dough-erty, E. R., “Adaptive Intervention in Probabilistic Boolean Networks,” Bio-informatics, 2009.Vahedi, G., Faryabi, B., Chamberland, J., Datta, A. and Dougherty, E. R., “Interven-tion in Gene Regulatory Networks via a Stationary Mean-First-Passage-Time Con-trol Policy,” IEEE Transactions on Bio-medical Engineering, October 2008.

Conference Proceedings/PresentationsLayek, R., Datta, A. and Dougherty, E. R., “From Biological Pathways to Regulatory Networks,” Proceedings, IEEE Confer-ence on Decision and Control, Atlanta, Georgia, December 2010. Layek, R., Datta, A. and Dougherty, E. R., “From Biological Pathways to Regulatory Networks,” IEEE International Workshop on Genomic Signal Processing and Statis-tics, GENSIPS, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, November 2010. Layek, R., Datta, A., Bittner, M. and Dough-erty, E. R., “Cancer Therapy Design Based on Pathway Logic,” IEEE International Workshop on Genomic Signal Processing and Statistics, GENSIPS, Cold Spring Har-bor, New York, November 2010. Layek, R., Datta, A., Bittner, M. L. and Dougherty, E. R. “Cancer Therapy Design Based on Pathway Logic,” Poster Presen-tation at the Innovations in Cancer Preven-tion and Research Conference, Austin, Texas, November 2010. Layek, R., Datta, A., Pal, R. and Dough-erty, E. R., “Adaptive Intervention in Prob-abilistic Boolean Networks,” Proceedings, American Control Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, June 2009.Pal, R., Datta, A. and Dougherty, E. R., “Quantification of Data Extraction Noise in Probabilistic Boolean Network Modeling,” IEEE International Workshop on Genomic Signal Processing and Statistics, GENSIPS, Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 2009. Faryabi, B., Vahedi, G., Chamberland, J., Datta, A. and Dougherty, E. R., “Open

Loop Feedback Intervention: Control of Gene Regulatory Networks with Un-measurable Context,” IEEE International Workshop on Genomic Signal Processing and Statistics, GENSIPS, Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 2009.

Research-Projects and GrantsPI: A. Datta, “A Training Program in Ge-nomic Signal Processing,” Qatar National Research Fund, September 2009- August 2012, $1,035,626.Co-PI: A. Datta, “Model-free, Data-based Design of Adaptive Control Systems: A New Approach,” Qatar National Research Fund, December 2010- November 2013, $1,035,951.57.Co-PI: A. Datta, “Understanding the Bio-logical Decision Making Process: an En-gineering Approach to Systems Biology,” W. M. Keck Foundation, September 2007- August 2010, $1,000,000.PI: A. Datta, “Modeling and Control in Cancer Genomics,” National Sci-ence Foundation, June 2007- May 2010, $270,000.PI: A. Datta, “Control Issues in Cancer Therapy,” National Science Foundation, June 2004- May 2009, $240,000.Co-PI: A. Datta, “A Systems Approach to Genomic Signal Processing: From Signal Extraction to Regulatory Intervention,” National Science Foundation, May 2005- April 2009, $790,000.PI: A. Datta, “Control Issues in Cancer Therapy” (REU Supplement), National Science Foundation, June 2006- May 2009, $6,000.Principal Faculty Member: A. Datta, “Nu-trition, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics,” National Institutes of Health (National Cancer Institute), July 2006- June 2009, $1,620,000.

E. Dougherty (BI)

PublicationsJournalsMeskin, N., Nounou, H., Nounou, M., Datta, A. and E. R. Dougherty, “Interven-tion in Biological Phenomena Modeled by S-Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Bio-medical Engineering.Li, X., Qian, L., Bittner, M. L. and E. R. Dougherty, “Characterization of Drug Ef-ficacy Regions Based on Dosage and Fre-quency Schedules,” IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering.Layek, R., Datta, A., Bittner, M. L. and E. R. Dougherty, “Cancer Therapy Design Based on Pathway Logic Bioinformatics.Layek, R., Datta, A. and E. R. Dougherty, “From Biological Pathways to Networks, Molecular BioSystems.Dougherty, E. R., “Validation of Gene Regulatory Networks: Scientific and Infer-ential,” Briefings in Bioinformatics.

Dalton, L. and E. R. Dougherty, “Bayesian Minimum Mean-Square Error Estimation for Classification Error – Part I: Definition and the Bayesian MMSE Error Estimator for Discrete Classification,” IEEE Transac-tions on Signal Processing, January 2011.Dalton, L. and E. R. Dougherty, “Bayes-ian Minimum Mean-Square Error Esti-mation for Classification Error – Part II: Linear Classification of Gaussian Mod-els,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Pro-cessing, January 2011.Qian, X., Gharffari, N., Ivanov, I. and E. R. Dougherty, “State Reduction for Network Intervention with Probabilis-tic Boolean Networks,” Bioinformatics, December 2010.Sun, Y., Zhang, J., Braga-Neto, U. M. and E. R. Dougherty, “BPDA – A Bayesian Peptide Detection Algorithm for Mass Spectrometry,” BMC Bioinformatics, October 2010.Su, J., Yoon, B-J. and E. R. Dougherty, “Identification of Diagnostic Subnetwork Markers for Cancer in Human Protein-Protein Interaction Network,” BMC Bio-informatics, October 2010.Ivanov, I., Simeonov, P., Ghaffari, N., Qian, X. and E. R. Dougherty, “Selection Policy Induced Reduction Mappings for Boolean Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, September 2010. Ghaffari, N., Ivanov, I., Qian, X. and E. R. Dougherty, “A CoD-Based Reduction Algorithm Preserving the Effects of Sta-tionary Control Policies” Bioinformatics, June 2010.Dougherty, E. R. and M. L. Bittner, “Cau-sality, Randomness, Intelligibility, and the Epistemology of the Cell,” Current Genomics, June 2010.Chapkin, R. S., Zhao, C., Ivanov, I., Da-vidson, L. A., Goldsby, J. S., Lupton, J. R., Mathai, R. A., Segel, M., Donovan, S. M. and E. R. Dougherty, “Non-invasive Stool-based Detection of Infant Gastro-intestinal Development using Gene Ex-pression Profiles Derived from Exfoliated Epithelial Cells,” American Journal of Physiology – Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, April 2010.Braga-Neto, U. M. and E. R. Dougherty, “Exact Correlation between Actual and Es-timated Errors in Discrete Classification,” Pattern Recognition Letters, April 2010. Wang, H., Qian, L. and E. R. Dougherty “Inference of Gene Regulatory Networks Using S-System: A Unified Approach,” IET Systems Biology, March 2010.Zhao, C., Bittner, M. L. Chapkin, R. and E. R. Dougherty, “Characterization of the Effectiveness of Reporting Lists of Small Feature Sets Relative to the Accuracy of the Prior Biological Knowledge,” Cancer Informatics, March 2010.Hanczar, B., Hua, J., Sima, C., Weinstein, J., Bittner. M. L. and E. R. Dougherty,


“Small-Sample Precision of ROC-related Estimates,” Bioinformatics, March 2010.Hanczar, B. and E. R. Dougherty, “On the Comparison of Classification Algorithms for Microarray Data,” Current Bioinfor-matics, March 2010.Dougherty, E. R., Sima, C., Hua, J., Hanc-zar, B. and U. M. Braga-Neto, “Perfor-mance of Error Estimators for Classifica-tion,” Current Bioinformatics, March 2010.Zollanvari, A., Braga-Neto, U. M. and E. R. Dougherty, “On the Joint Sampling Dis-tribution Between the Actual Classification Error and the Resubstitution and Leave-One-Out Error Estimators for Linear Clas-sifiers,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, February 2010. Dougherty, E. R., Pal, R., Qian, X., Bittner, M. L. and A. Datta, “Stationary and Struc-tural Control in Gene Regulatory Net-works: Basic Concepts,” International Journal of Systems Science, January 2010.Yousefi, M. R., Hua, J., Sima, C. and E. R. Dougherty, “Reporting Bias When Using Real Data Sets to Analyze Clas-sification Performance,” Bioinformatics, January 2010.Su, J., Yoon, B-J. and E. R. Dougherty, “Accurate and Reliable Cancer Clas-sification Based on Probabilistic Infer-ence of Pathway Activity,” PLoS ONE, December 2009.Vahedi, G., Faryabi, B., Chamberland, J-F., Datta, A. and E. R. Dougherty, “Sampling-Rate-Dependent Probabilistic Boolean Networks,” Theoretical Biology, Novem-ber 2009.Faryabi, B., Vahedi, G., Datta, A., Cham-berland, J-F. and E. R. Dougherty, “Recent Advances in the External Control of Mar-kovian Gene Regulatory Networks,” Cur-rent Genomics, November 2009.Zollanvari, A., Braga-Neto, U. M. and E. R. Dougherty, “On the Distribution of Resubstitution and Cross-Validation Error Estimators for Linear Classifiers,” Pattern Recognition, November 2009.Zollanvari, A., Cunningham, M. J., Bra-ga-Neto, U. M. and E. R. Dougherty, “Analysis and Modeling of Time-Course Gene-Expression Profiles from Nanoma-terial-Exposed Primary Human Epider-mal Keratinocytes,” BMC Bioinformat-ics, October 2009.Pal, R., Datta, A. and E. R. Dougherty, “Bayesian Robustness in the Control of Gene Regulatory Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, September 2009.Dougherty, E. R., Hua, J. and C. Sima, “Performance of Feature Selection Meth-ods,” Current Genomics, September 2009.Layek, R. K., Pal, R., Datta, A. and E. R. Dougherty, “Adaptive Intervention in Probabilistic Boolean Networks,” Bioin-formatics, August 2009.

Qian, X., Ivanov, I., Ghaffari, N. and E. R. Dougherty, “Intervention in Gene Regula-tory Networks via Greedy Control Policies Based on Long-Run Behavior,” BMC Sys-tems Biology, June 2009.Zhao, C., Ivanov, I., Dougherty, E. R., Hartman, T. J., Lanza, E., Bobe, G., Col-burn, N. H., Lupton, J. R., Davidson, L. A. and R. S. Chapkin, “Non-invasive Detec-tion of Candidate Molecular Biomarkers in Subjects with a History of Insulin Resis-tance and Colorectal Adenomas,” Cancer Prevention Research, June 2009.Vahedi, G., Ivanov, I. and E. R. Dougherty, “Inference of Boolean Networks under Constraint on Bidirectional Gene Relation-ships,” IET Systems Biology, May 2009.Dougherty, E. R., Brun, M., Trent, J. M. and M. L. Bittner, “A Conditioning-Based Model of Contextual Regulation,” IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Bi-ology and Bioinformatics, April 2009.Faryabi, B., Vahedi, G., Chamberland, J-F., Datta, A. and E. R. Dougherty, “Interven-tion in Context-Sensitive Probabilistic Boolean Networks Revisited,” EURASIP Journal of Bioinformatics and Systems Bi-ology, April 2009.Zhao, W., Serpedin, E. and E. R. Dough-erty, “Identifying Genes Involved in Cyclic Processes by Combining Gene Expression Analysis and Prior Knowledge,” EURA-SIP Journal of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, April 2009.Zhao, W., Serpedin, E. and E. R. Dough-erty, “Spectral Preprocessing for Clus-tering Time Series Gene Expressions,” EURASIP Journal of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, April 2009.Qian, X. and E. R. Dougherty, “On the Long-run Sensitivity of Probabilistic Boolean Networks,” Theoretical Biology, April 2009.Dougherty, E. R., “Translational Science: Epistemology and the Investigative Pro-cess,” Current Genomics, April 2009.Hua, J., Tembe, W. D. and E. R. Dougherty, “Performance of Feature Selection Methods in the Classification of High-Dimensional Data,” Pattern Recognition, March 2009. Vahedi, G., Faryabi, B., Chamberland, J-F., Datta, A. and E. R. Dougherty, “Optimal Intervention Strategies for Cyclic Thera-peutic Methods,” IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, February 2009.Xu, Q., Hua, J., Xiong, Z., Bittner, M. L. and E. R. Dougherty, “The Effect of Mi-croarray Image Compression on Expres-sion-Based Classification,” Signal, Image and Video Processing, February 2009.Choudhary, A., Hua, J., Bittner, M. L. and E. R. Dougherty, “The Effect of Population Contexts on Classifier Performance,” Bio-logical Systems, December 2008.Qian, X. and E. R. Dougherty, “Effect of Function Perturbation on the Steady-State

Distribution of Genetic Regulatory Net-works: Optimal Structural Intervention,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, October 2008.Vahedi, G., Faryabi, B., Chamberland, J-F., Datta, A. and E. R. Dougherty, “Interven-tion in Gene Regulatory Networks via a Stationary Mean-First-Passage-Time Con-trol Policy,” IEEE Transactions on Bio-medical Engineering, October 2008.Hanczar, B. and E. R. Dougherty, “Classifi-cation with Reject Option in Gene Expres-sion Data, Bioinformatics, September 2008.

Conference Proceedings/PresentationsLi, X., Qian, L. and E. R. Dougherty, “Mod-eling Treatment and Drug Effects at the Molecular Level using Hybrid System The-ory,” IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Bioinformatics and Compu-tational Biology, Montreal, May 2010.Layek, R., Datta, A., Pal, R. and E. R. Dougherty, “Adaptive Intervention in Prob-abilistic Boolean Networks,” American Control Conference, St. Louis, June 2009.Ghaffari, N., Ivanov, I. and E. R. Dough-erty, “A CoD Based Reduction Algorithm for Boolean and Probabilistic Boolean Networks,” IEEE International Workshop on Genomic Signal Processing and Statis-tics, Minneapolis, May 2009.Zollanvari, A., Braga-Neto, U. M. and E. R. Dougherty, “Sample Size Calculation from, Specified RMS of the Resubstitu-tion Error for Linear Classifiers,” IEEE International Workshop on Genomic Sig-nal Processing and Statistics, Minneapolis, May 2009.Vu, T., Braga-Neto, U. M. and E. R. Dougherty, “Bagging Degrades the Perfor-mance of Linear Discriminant Classifiers,” IEEE International Workshop on Genomic Signal Processing and Statistics, Minne-apolis, May 2009.Qian, X. and E. R. Dougherty, “Control-compatible State Reduction for Boolean Networks,” IEEE International Workshop on Genomic Signal Processing and Statis-tics, Minneapolis, May 2009.Vahedi, G., Shmulevich, I., Liu, W. and E. R. Dougherty, “Critical Boolean Newtorks Require Minimal Intervention Rate,” IEEE International Workshop on Genomic Sig-nal Processing and Statistics, Minneapolis, May 2009.Pal, R., Datta, A., E. R. Dougherty, “Quan-tification of Data Extraction Noise in Prob-abilistic Boolean Network Modeling,” IEEE International Workshop on Genomic Signal Processing and Statistics, Minne-apolis, May 2009.Sima, C., Vu, T., Braga-Neto, U. M. and E. R. Dougherty, “Bolstered Error Estimator with Feature Selection,” IEEE Internation-al Workshop on Genomic Signal Process-ing and Statistics, Minneapolis, May 2009.


Faryabi, B., Vahedi, G., Chamberland, J-F., Datta, A. and E. R. “Dougherty Open-Loop Feedback Intervention: Con-trol of Gene Regulatory Networks with Unmeasurable Context,” IEEE Inter-national Workshop on Genomic Signal Processing and Statistics, Minneapolis, May 2009.Wang, H., Qian, L. and E. R. Dough-erty, “Steady-state Analysis of Genet-ic Regulatory Networks Modeled by Nonlinear Ordinary Differential Equa-tions,” IEEE Symposium on Compu-tational Intelligence in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Nashville, April 2009. Qian, X. and E. R. Dougherty, “A New Sensitivity Measure for Probabilistic Boolean Networks Based on Steady-State Distributions,” IEEE Workshop on Systems Biology and Medicine, Philadel-phia, November 2008.

Books or Authoritative ReferencesDougherty, E. R., “Epistemology and the Role of Mathematics in Translational Sci-ence,” Festschrift in Honor of Jaakko As-tola on the Occasion of his 60th Birthday, eds. I. Tabus, K. Egiazarian and M. Gab-bouj, Tampere International Center for Signal Processing, 2009.

Research-Projects and GrantsPI: E.R. Dougherty, “Memorandum of Agreement,” Translational Genomics Re-search Institute, five years, $585,955.21. PI: E.R. Dougherty, “Uncertainty Quanti-fication in Graphs,” Los Alamos National Laboratory, two months, $14, 191.Co-PI: E.R. Dougherty, “Nutrition, Biosta-tistics, and Bioinformatics,” National Can-cer Institute, five years, $2,700,000.Co-PI: E.R. Dougherty, “Understanding the Biological Decision-Making Process – An Engineering Approach to Systems Biology,” W. M. Keck Foundation, four years, with extension, $1,000,000.PI: E.R. Dougherty, “Collaborative Re-search: Small-Sample Error Estimation for Classification with Application to Genom-ic Signal Processing,” National Science Foundation, four years, with extension, $220,192. Co-PI: E.R. Dougherty, “A Training Pro-gram in Genomic Signal Processing,” Qa-tar National Research Fund, three years, $1,035,626.

M. Ehsani (EP)

PublicationsJournalsR. Y. Barazarte, G. G. Gonzales and M. Ehsani, “Generalized Gyrator Theory,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, July 2010.

Y. Gao and M. Ehsani “Design and Control Methodology of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles,” IEEE Transactions In Industrial Electronics, February 2010.

Conference Proceedings/PresentationsY. Gao, M. Ehsani, “Investigation Of Bat-tery Technologies For The Army’s Hybrid Vehicle Application,” VPPC 10, Lille, France, September 2010.Z. Xu and M. Ehsani, “Reconstruction Of Effective Wind Speed For Fixed-Speed Wind Turbines Based On Frequency Data Fusion,” Canadian Conference in Electri-cal and Computer Engineering, Calgary, Canada, September, 2010.A. Emadi and M. Ehsani, “An Education Program for Transportation Electrification,” VPPC 10, Lille, France, September 2010. B. Chen, Y. Gao, M. Ehsani and J. M. Miller, “Ultracapacitor Boosted Hybrid Fuel Cell,” VPPC 09, Harbin, China, September 2009B. Chen, Y. Gao, J. Miller and M. Ehsani, “Design And Control Of A Ul-tracapacitor Boosted Hybrid Fuel Cell Vehicle,” IEEE Vehicle Power and Pro-pulsion Coference, VPPC09, Dearborn, Michigan, September 2009. Y. Gao and M. Ehsani, “Design and Con-trol Methodology of Plug-in Hybrid Elec-tric vehicles,” IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference, VPPC08, Harbin, China, September 3-5, 2008.X. Yuan, Y. Gao and M. Ehsani, “Study on The Performance of SR Machine for Vehicle Regenerative Braking”, IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference, VPPC08, Harbin, China, September 3-5, 2008.X. Yuan, Y. Gao and M. Ehsani, “Harmonic Control of Chopping Frequency and Shaft Speed in SRM,” IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference, VPPC08, Harbin, China, September 3-5, 2008.

Books or Authoritative References“Modern Electric, Hybrid Electric, and Fuel Cell Vehicles – Fundamentals, Theory, and Design”, M. Ehsani, Y. Gao, S. E. Gay, A. Emadi, CRC Press, Second Edition, 2010.M. Ehsani, Y. Gao, A. Emadi, “Modern Electric, Hybrid Electric, and Fuel Cell Vehicles – Fundamentals, Theory, and De-sign”, second edition, CRC Press, 2009.

Research-Projects and GrantsPI: M. Ehsani, NSF Center for Center for Transportation and Electricity Conver-gence, Five years, $50,000 starting funds/yr. PI: M. Ehsani, Grant for hybrid vehicle technology development, SemGroup, LLC, and EF Tech, LLC, open ended, $6,000,000.PI: M. Ehsani, for the development of sus-tainable hybrid vehicles and power sourc-es, EF TECH, LLC$3,000,000.

New Patents, Design Methods, Techniques or Concepts DevelopedM. Ehsani, Developed a new Computer Aided Design Tool concept for electric and hybrid electric vehicles and produced a proof of principle software package based on it with the assistance of a Ph.D. student.M. Ehsani, Electrical Mchine Having a High-Torque Switched Reluctance Motor,’ US Patent No. 7,663,283 B2, February 2010.M. Ehsani, Methods And Apparatus For Operating Hydrogen Enriched Spark Igni-tion Internal Combustion Engine Vehicle Propulsion System With On Board Cold Plasma Reformer, patent disclosure.M. Ehsani, Method And Apparatus For Hybrid Vehicle Drive Train Using Cold Plasma Reformer And Spark-Ignition In-ternal Combustion Engine Fueled With Partial Hydrogen Enriched Natural Gas, Ethanol, E85, Or Other Hydrocarbon Fu-els,” patent disclosureM. Ehsani, Method And Apparatus For A Cold Plasma Reformer-Compression In-ternal Combustion Engine Vehicle Propul-sion System, patent disclosure.M. Ehsani, Method And Apparatus For Generating Hydrogen Rich Gas From Hydrocarbon Fuels By Cold Microwave Plasma Reforming, patent disclosure.Plug-In Hydraulic-Electric Hybrid Vehi-cle, patent disclosure.M. Ehsani, Power Stage And Control Al-gorithm For A Hybrid Fuel Cell-Battery Power Source System, patent disclosure. M. Ehsani, Natural Gas Pnumatic-Electric Hybrid Vehicle Drive Train With Hydro-gen Enriched Engine Fule And Fuel Re-former, patent disclosure.M. Ehsani, chemical reactor for convert-ing hydrocarbon fuels to hydrogen or con-verting natural gas to gasoline. This revo-lutionary reactor works with microwave powered cold plasma. The system can be used on board a car to increase its fuel ef-ficiency by 40 percent and reduce its emis-sions by 75 percent.

O. Eknoyan (SE)

PublicationsJournalsSalas-Montiel, R., Solmaz, M.E., Eknoy-an, O. and Madsen C.K., “Er-Doped Optical Waveguide Amplifiers In X-Cut Lithium Niobate By Selective Codifus-sion,” IEEE Photonics Technology Let-ters, March 2010.Rabelo, R.C., Eknoyan, O. Taylor, H.F., “Polarization-Independent Tunable Spec-tral Slicing Filter In Ti:LiNbO3,” Applied Optics.Solmaz, M.E., Adams,D.B., Grover, S., Tan, W.C., Xia, X., Eknoyan, O. and Madsen, C.K., “Compact Bends For


Achieving Higher Integration Densities For LiNbO3 Waveguides,” IEEE Photon-ics Technology Letters, May 2009.

Conference Proceedings/PresentationsSolmaz, M.E., Adams, D.B., Grover, S., Tan, W.C., Eknoyan, O., Madsen, C.K., “First Demonstration of an As2S3-on-LiNbO3 Ring Resonator,” 2009 Optical Fiber Communication Conference and National Fiber Optic Engineers Confer-ence (OFCNOEC’09), San Diego, CA, March 2009.Rabelo, R.C., Eknoyan, O., Madsen, C.K. and Taylor, H.F. “Tunable Spectral Slicing Filter Utilizing Sparse Grating in Ti;LiNbO3,” Photonics West – SPIE Inte-grated Optoelectronics Devices, San Jose, CA, January 2009.

Research-Projects and GrantsPI: O. Eknoyan, “Novel Chip-Scale Op-tical LADAR Signal Processor,” Missile Defense Agency, peer September 2008- September 2011, $600, 000.PI: O. Eknoyan, “Novel Electrooptic Fil-ters,” National Science Foundation, Sep-tember 2007- August 2010, $300,000.PI: O. Eknoyan, “Compact Analog Light Processor,” US DOD-Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, April 2007- April 2009, $1,750,000.

P. Enjeti (EP)

PublicationsJournalsJ. Jeehoon, S. Ahmed, P. Enjeti, “PEM Fuel Cell Stack Model Development for Real Time Simulation Applications,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electron-ics, September 2011.Massoud, A, Ahmed, S, Enjeti, P, Wayne Williams, B, "Evaluation of a Multilevel Cascaded Type Dynamic Voltage Restor-er Employing Discontinuous Space Vec-tor Modulation," IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, July 2010. Massoud, A; Ahmed, S; N. Denniston; Enjeti, P; "Multiple Module High Gain High Voltage DC-DC Transformers For Offshore Wind Energy Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, May 2010. A.-S. Ahmed, S. Ahmed, P. Enjeti, “High Performance Adaptive Perturb and Ob-serve MPPT Technique for Photovoltaic Based Microgrids,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, April 2011.Masad, L., Masad, E., Blank, L. and Enjeti, P. “Technology-Based Support for Qual-ity Teaching and Learning at TAMUQ”, International Journal of Emerging Tech-nologies in Learning (iJET), March 2010.Palma, L., Todorovic, M. H., Enjeti, P. N., "Analysis of Common-Mode Voltage in

Utility-Interactive Fuel Cell Power Con-ditioners," IEEE Transactions on Indus-trial Electronics, January 2009.Palma, L., Enjeti, P., “A Modular Fuel Cell, Modular DC-DC Converter Con-cept for High Performance and Enhanced Reliability," IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, May 2009.H. Cha, J. Choi, Enjeti, P.N., "A Three-Phase Current-Fed DC/DC Converter With Active Clamp for Low-DC Renew-able Energy Sources, Power Electronics," IEEE Transactions on Volume 23, No-vember 2008.J.-H. Kim, S.-K. Sul and P. Enjeti, “A Carrier Based PWM Method With Opti-mal Switching Sequence For A Multilevel Four-Leg Voltage Source Inverter,” IEEE Transactions on Industry Application, July/August 2008. Todorovic, M.H., Palma, L., Enjeti, P.N., "Design of a Wide Input Range DC–DC Converter With a Robust Power Control Scheme Suitable for Fuel Cell Power Conversion," Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on, March 2008.

Conference Proceedings/PresentationsP. Enjeti, “Role of Power Electronics In Renewable Energy Systems,” IEEE ICPE-2011-ECCE Asia Conference, May 30 to June 3, 2011, Jeju, Korea.Castillo S.J., Balog R.S. & Enjeti P., “Predicting Capacitor Reliability In A Module-Integrated Photovoltaic Inverter Using Stress Factors From An Environ-mental Usage Model,” North American Power Symposium, 2010.Masad, L. Jones, S. and Enjeti, P. “Inter-net-Based Management of Course Ac-tivities at Texas A&M at Qatar,” Proceed-ings, First International Conference on e-Learning for All (LEAFA2010), June 3-5, 2010, Hammamet, Tunisia.Masad, L., Enjeti, P., Huang, T., “Edu-cational Technology for Enhancement of Learning at TAMUQ,” Proceedings, 4th International Conference on Mobile and Computer Aided Learning, IMCL2009, April 22-24, Amman-Jordan. S. K. McNulty, P. Enjeti, “Connecting campuses And Building International Competencies With Study Abroad Pro-grams,” IEEE Conference on Transform-ing Engineering Education (TEE), Dub-lin, 6-9 April 2010.Morsy, A.S., Ahmed, S., Enjeti, P., Mas-soud, A., "An Active Damping Technique For A Current Source Inverter Employing A Virtual Negative Inductance," Twenty-Fifth Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), 2010.Enjeti, P., "A Hybrid Dual Site Engineer-ing Course Design Experiences in Electri-cal and Electronics Engineering," Interna-tional Conference on ELECO, 2009.

Chellappan, M.V., Todorovic, M.H., En-jeti, P.N., "Fuel Cell Based Battery-Less UPS System," Industry Applications So-ciety Annual Meeting, October 2008.

Research-Projects and GrantsCo-PI: P. Enjeti, "HVDC Architectures for Offshore Grid Connected Wind En-ergy Systems," Qatar National Research Fund, September 2011-September 2014, $1,018,968.PI: P. Enjeti, “Photovoltaics and Their Grid Integration – a Plug and Play Con-cept," Qatar National Research Fund, September 2009-September 2012, $1,046,079.Co-PI: P. Enjeti, "Natural Gas Fuel Cell Power Generation And Economic Devel-opment,” Qatar National Research Fund, January 2008-December 2010, $500,820.

K. Entesari (AS)

PublicationsJournalsV. Sekar, M. Armendariz and K. Entesari, “A 1.2—1.6-GHz Substrate-Integrated-Waveguide RF MEMS Tunable Filter,” Accepted in IEEE Transactions on Micro-wave Theory and Techniques. M. El-Nozahi, A. Helmy, E. Sanchez-Si-nencio and K. Entesari,” An Inductor-less Noise-Cancelling Broadband Low Noise Amplifier with Composite Transistor Pair in 90 nm CMOS Technology,” Accepted in IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits. V. Sekar and K. Entesari, “Miniaturized UWB Bandpass Filters With Notch Using Slow-Wave CPW Multiple-Mode Reso-nators,” IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, February 2011.M. El-Nozahi, E. Sanchez-Sinencio and K. Entesari, “A 20-32 GHz Wideband Mixer with 12 GHz IF Bandwidth in 0.18 mm SiGe Process,” IEEE Transac-tions on Microwave Theory and Tech-niques, November 2010.M. El-Nozahi, A. Amer, E. Sanchez-Si-nencio and K. Entesari, “A Millimeter-Wave (24/31 GHz) Dual-Band Switchable Harmonic Receiver in 0.18 mm SiGe Pro-cess,” IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, November 2010.V. Sekar and K. Entesari, “Pole-Perturba-tion Theory for Nonlinear Noise Analysis of All-Pole RF MEMS Tunable Filters,” IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, September 2010.M. El-Nozahi , A. Amer, J. Torres, K. En-tesari and Edgar Sanchez-Sinencio, “LDO with Feed-forward Ripple Cancellation Technique for High Power Supply Rejec-tion,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, March 2010.M. El-Nozahi, E. Sanchez-Sinencio, K. Entesari, “A Millimeter-Wave (23-32


GHz) Wideband BiCMOS Low Noise Amplifier,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, February 2010.V. Sekar and K. Entesari, “Effect of Brownian Motion on the Phase Noise of RF MEMS Tunable Filters,” International Journal of RF and Microwave Computer Aided Engineering, Published Online: De-cember 1, 2009. K. Entesari, A. R. Tavakoli and A. Helmy, “CMOS Distributed Amplifiers with Ex-tended Flat Bandwidth Using Gate-Line with Coupled Inductors,” IEEE Transac-tions on Microwave Theory and Tech-niques, December 2009.V. Sekar and K. Entesari, “Inductively-Loaded RF MEMS Tunable Filters,” International Journal of RF and Mi-crowave Computer Aided Engineering, November 2009.G. M. Rebeiz, K. Entesari, I. C. Reines, S. J. Park, M. A. El-Tanani, A.Grichener and A. R. Brown, “Tuning into RF MEMS, “IEEE Microwave Magazine, October 2009.M. El-Nozahi, E. Sanchez -Sinencio and K. Entesari, “Power Aware Multi-band / Multi-standard CMOS Receiver System-Level Budgeting,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems-II, July 2009.M. El-Nozahi, E. Sanchez -Sinencio and K. Entesari, “A Low Noise Amplifier with Reconfigurable Input Matching Network,” IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, May 2009.K. Entesari and G.M. Rebeiz, “RF MEMS, BST and GaAs Varactor System-Level Response in Complex Modulation Systems,” International Journal of RF and Microwave Computer Aided Engineer-ing, January 2008.

Conference Proceedings/PresentationsV. Sekar, W. Torke, S. Palermo and K. Entesari, “A Novel Approach for Dielec-tric Constant Measurement Using Mi-crowave Oscillators,” IEEE Internation-al Microwave Symposium , Baltimore, MD, June 2011.V. Sekar and K. Entesari, “A Novel Com-pact Dual-Band Half-Mode Substrate Inte-grated Waveguide Bandpass Filter,” IEEE International Microwave Symposium, Baltimore, MD, June 2011.V. Sekar and K. Entesari, “A Unified Method for Nonlinear Noise Analysis of All-Pole RF MEMS Tunable Filters,” IEEE International Microwave Sympo-sium, Baltimore, MD, June 2011. A. Helmy and K. Entesari, “Reduced-Size Ultra-Wideband True-Time –Delay beam-Forming Receivers,” International Sym-posium of Circuits and Systems, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, May 2011. V. Sekar and K. Entesari, “A K-Band In-tegrated Bandpass Filter in 90 nm CMOS Technology,” IEEE Radio and Wireless

Symposium, Phoenix, AZ, January 2011. V. Sekar and K. Entesari, “Nonlinear Nod-al Analysis of Varactor-tuned Microwave Filters,” IEEE European Microwave Con-ference, Paris, France, September 2010. M. Armendariz, V. Sekar and K. Entesari, “Tunable SIW Band Pass Filter with PIN Diodes,” IEEE European Microwave Con-ference, Paris, France, September 2010. M. El-Nozahi, A. Helmy, E. Sanchez-Sinencio, K. Entesari, “A 2-1110 MHz Wideband Low Noise Amplifier with 1.43 dB Minimum Noise Figure,” IEEE RFIC Symposium, Anaheim, CA, May 2010.K. Entesari, “Advanced Modeling of Pack-aged RF MEMS Switches and its Applica-tion on Tunable Filter Implementation,” IEEE Wireless and Microwave Technol-ogy Conference, Melbourne Beach, FL, April 2010.A. R. Tavakoli, K. Entesari, “A 0-90 De-gree Low Loss Reflection-Type CMOS Active Phase Shifter,” IEEE International Midwest Conference, August 2009.M. El-Nozahi, A. Amer, J. Torres, K. En-tesari and E. Sanchez-Sinencio, “A 25 mA 0.13 um CMOS LDO Regulator with Power Supply Rejection Better Than 56 dB up to 10 MHz Using Feed-Forward Ripple Rejection Technique,” IEEE International Solid State Conference, February 2009.G. Bu, A. R. Tavakoli, K. Entesari, “A 24 GHz Indirect VCO in 0.18 um CMOS Technology,” IEEE European Microwave Conference, October 2008.

Research-Projects and GrantsPI: K. Entesari, “CAREER: Versatile In-tegrated Platforms for Broadband Micro-wave Dielectric Spectroscopy,” National Science Foundation, May 2011- April 2016, $ 400,000.PI: K. Entesari, “A Fully-Integrated CMOS Platform for Microwave-Based Label-Free DNA Sensing,” Scientific Research Corporation, September 2010- September 2013, $180,000.PI: K. Entesari, “A Novel All-Purpose Digital Biochip Instrument for Biomedi-cal Applications,” National Institutes of Health, September 2010-09- September 2012, $103,030.PI: K. Entesari, “Miniaturized Waveguide RF MEMS Tunable Filters,” National Sci-ence Foundation, August 2009- August 2012, $252,097.PI: K. Entesari, “An Intelligent Electro-cardiograph Based on Wireless Skin Elec-trodes,” Qatar National Research Fund, August 2009- August 2012, $887,061.PI: K. Entesari, “Research in the Area of Implantable Biotelemetry Sensors,” Med-icComs Inc., December 2008- December 2009, $50,000.PI: K. Entesari, “Research in the Area of RF Front-End Circuits for Wireless Appli-

cations,” Mediaphy Inc., San Jose, Califor-nia, June 2008- June 2009, $30,000.PI: K. Entesari, “Tunable Capacitive RF-MEMS Band-Pass Filters for WBU Appli-cations,” Agilent Technologies Inc., Santa Rosa, California, September 2007- Sep-tember 2008, $32,000.PI: K. Entesari, “SRC design challenge:”A Dual-band millimeter wave receiver us-ing BiCMOS technology,” Semiconductor Research Corporation, November 2008- November 2009, $15,000.PI: K. Entesari, “Ultra Miniaturized and High Reliability Nano-Scale RF MEMS Devices,” Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award, May 2007- May 2008, $5,000.

New Patents, Design Methods, Techniques or Concepts Developed“Omni-Purpose, Scalable and Reusable Digital Micro fluidic Platform with Dual Active-Matrix Circuitry,” X. Cheng, K. Entesari. Provisional Patent filed with Tex-as A&M University, October 2010.

C. N. Georghiades (TC)

PublicationsJournalsS. Y. El Rouayheb, A. Sprintson and C.N. Georghiades, “Robust Network Codes For Unicast Connections: A Case Study,” IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, December 2010.S. El Rouayheb, A. Sprintson and C.N. Georghiades, “On the Index Coding Prob-lem and its Relation to Network Coding and Matroid Theory,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, July 2010.Q. Li, Jing Zhu, Qinghua Li and C. N. Georghiades, “Efficient Spatial Covariance Estimation for Asynchronous Co-channel Interference Suppression in MIMO-OFDM Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, December 2008.

Conference Proceedings/PresentationsM. El-Halabi, T. Liu, C. N. Georghiades and S. Shamai, “Secret Writing on Dirty Paper: A Deterministic View,” Proceed-ings of the International Symposium on Information Theory, Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 2011.N. Rahimian, K. Qaraqe, H. Celebi and C.N. Georghiades, “Spatio-Temporal Measurement and Model for Number of Occupied Channels,” ICT 2011, Ayia Napa, Cyprus, May 8-11, 2011.A. Banaei, C. N. Georghiades and S. Cui, “Asymptotic Performance of ALOHA-Based Cognitive Overlaid Networks,” Pro-ceedings of the IEEE Conference on Sensor, Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks, Boston, MA June 21-25, 2010.S. El Rouayheb, A. Sprintson and C.N


Georghiades, “A New Construction Method for Networks from Matroids,” Proceedings of the International Sympo-sium on Information Theory, Seoul, Ko-rea, June 2009.S. Y. El Rouayheb, A. Sprintson and C.N. Georghiades, “Efficient Network Coding Algorithm for Dynamic Networks,” Pro-ceedings IEEE International Workshop on Wireless Network Coding, June 2009, Rome, Italy.M. El Halabi, Tie Liu and C.N. Georghia-des, “On Secrecy Capacity per Unit Cost,” Proceedings of the International Sympo-sium on Information Theory, Seoul, Korea, June 2009.A. Banaei and C.N. Georghiades, “Throughput Analysis of a Randomized Sensing Scheme in Cell-based Ad-hoc Cognitive Networks,” Proceedings of the International Communication Conference (ICC), Dresden, Germany, June 2009.C.D. Charalambous, C.N. Georghiades and Y. Socratous, “Least-Square Estima-tion for Nonlinear Systems with Applica-tions to Phase and Envelope Estimation in Wireless Fading Channels,” 2008 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Can-cun, Mexico, December 2008.Y. Socratous, C.D. Charalambous and C.N. Georghiades, “Robust Estimation with Applications to Phase and Enve-lope Estimation in Frequency Selec-tive Wireless Fading Channels,” 2008 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Toronto, Canada, July 2008.S. El Rouayheb, A. Sprintson and C. N. Georghiades, “On the Relation Between the Index Coding and the Network Coding Problems,” 2008 IEEE International Sym-posium on Information Theory, Toronto, Canada, July 2008.

Books or Authoritative ReferencesS. El Rouayheb and C. N. Georghiades, “Graph-Theoretic Methods in Coding Theory,” invited paper, book in honor of David Middleton, in Semi-classical and Quantum Noise, Springer 2011.P. Papadimitriou and C. N. Georghiades, “Code Design Based on Metric-Spec-trum and Applications,” VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller, 2008.A. Karaer and C. N. Georghiades, “Op-timum Bit-by-Bit Power Allocation for Minimum Distortion Transmission,” VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller, 2008Research-Projects and GrantsPI: C.N. Georghiades, Gift from National Instruments, 2011, $50,000.PI: C.N. Georghiades, EIC support, IEEE Communications Society, January 2005-December 31, 2008, $70,000.PI: C.N. Georghiades, Equipment Grants, National Instruments, 2011, $80,000.

New Patents, Design Methods, Techniques or Concepts DevelopedMulti-source Data Encoding, Transmis-sion and Decoding Using Slepian-Wolf Codes Based on Channel Code Partition-ing. With V. Stankovic, A. Liveris and Z. Xiong. Patent number 7653867, issued January 26, 2010.Apparatus, and Associated Method, for Selecting Codes of a Code Set for Coding Data Communicated During Operation of a Multi-Access Communication System. With P. Papadimitriou. Patent Number 7616609, issued November 10, 2009.

*P. Gratz (CE)

PublicationsJournalsH. Kim and P. V. Gratz, “Leveraging Un-used Cache Block Words to Reduce Power in CMP Interconnect,” IEEE Computer Architecture Letters, June 2010.

Conference Proceedings/PresentationsT. Jain, P. Gratz, A. Sprintson and G. Choi, “Asynchronous Bypass Channel Routers: Improving Performance for DVFS and GALS NoCs,” The 4th ACM/IEEE In-ternational Symposium on Networks-on-Chip, May 2010. M. Gebhart, B. A. Maher, K. E. Coons, J. Diamond, P. Gratz, M. Marino, N. Ranga-nathan, B. Robatmili, A. Smith, J. Burrill, S. W. Keckler, D. Burger, K. S. McKinley, “An Evaluation of the TRIPS Computer System,” The 14th International Confer-ence on Architectural Support for Pro-gramming Languages and Operating Sys-tems (ASPLOS), March 2009.

Books or Authoritative ReferencesGratz, P.V. and Keckler, S.W., “The TRIPS OPN: A Processor Integrated NoC for Op-erand Bypass in Designing Network On-Chip Architectures in the Nanoscale Era,” edited by Jose Flich and Davide Bertozzi, CRC Press, 2010.

OtherS. Prabhu, B. Grot, P. V. Gratz and J. Hu, “Ocin_sim – a DVFS aware simulator for NoC based platforms,” The 1st Workshop on SoC Architecture, Accelerators and Workloads (SAW-1), January 2010. P. V. Gratz and S. W. Keckler, “Realistic Workload Characterization and Analysis for Networks-on-Chip Design,” The 4th Workshop on Chip Multiprocessor Memo-ry Systems and Interconnects (CMP-MSI), January 2010.M. Gebhart, J. Hestness, E. Fatehi, P. Gratz, S. W. Keckler, “Running PARSEC 2.1 on M5,″ The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Computer Science, Techni-cal Report #TR-09-32. October 27, 2009.

New Patents, Design Methods, Techniques or Concepts DevelopedP. V. Gratz, B. Grot and S. W. Keckler, Pat-ent: “Congestion-Aware Routing in a Com-puter Interconnection Network,” US Patent Application, DW Docket Number: 190607/US, application filed February 2009.

A. Han (EP)

PublicationsJournalsH. Hou, L. Li, P. de Figueiredo and A. Han, “Air-Cathode Microbial Fuel Cell Array: A Device For Identifying And Character-izing Electrochemically Active Microbes,” Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2011. B. J. Parmer, W. Longsine, E. P. Sabonghy, A. Han, E. Tasciotti, B. K. Weiner, M. Fer-rari and R. Righetti, “Characterization of Controlled Bone Defects using 2D and 3D Ultrasound Imaging Techniques,” Physic in Medicine and Biology, 2010.Y. H. Cho, J. Park, H. Park, X. Cheng, B. J. Kim and A. Han, “Fabrication of High-Aspect-Ratio Polymer Nanochannels us-ing a Novel Si Nanoimprint Mold and Sol-vent Assisted Sealing,” Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 2010. H. Hou, Y. Hou, M. A. Grunlan, D. J. Mu-noz-Pinto, M. S. Hahn and A. Han, “Mi-cropatterning of Poly(N-isopropylacryl-amide) (PNIPAAm) Hydrogels: Effect on Thermosensitivity, Surface Properties, and Cell-Release Behavior,” Sensors and Materials, 2010.J. Park, J. Li and A. Han, “Micro-Macro Hy-brid Soft-lithography Master (MMHSM) Fabrication for Lab-on-a-chip Applica-tions,” Biomedical Microdevices, 2010. H. C. Kim, J. Park, Y. Cho, H. Park, A. Han and X. Cheng, “Lateral-Flow Particle Filtration And Separation With Multilayer Microfluidic Channels,” Journal of Vacu-um Science and Technology, 2009. H. Hou, Y. Hou, M. A. Grunlan, D. J. Mu-noz-Pinto, M. S. Hahn and A. Han, “Mi-cropatterning of Poly(N-isopropylacryl-amide) PNIPAAm Hydrogels: Effect on Thermosensitivity, Surface Properties, and Cell-Release Behavior,” Sensors and Materials, 2009.J. Park, H. Koito, J. Li and A. Han, “Mi-crofluidic Compartmentalized Co-culture Platform for CNS Axon Myelination Re-search,” Biomedical Microdevices, 2009. H. Hou, W. Kim, M. Grunlan and A. Han, “A Thermoresponsive Hydrogel Poly (N-isopropylacrylamide) Micropatterning Method using Microfluidic Techniques,” Journal of Micromechanics and Microen-gineering, 2009.J. Park, H. Koito, J. Li and A. Han, “A Multi-Compartment CNS Neuron-Glia Co-Culture Microfluidic Platform,” Jour-nal of Visualized Experiments, 2009.


Y. Cho, H. Kim, A. B. Frazier, Z. (G). Chen, D. M. Shin and A. Han, “Whole Cell Impedance Analysis for Highly-Metastatic and Poorly-Metastatic Cancer Cells,” Journal of Microelectromechani-cal Systems, 2009.H. Hou, Lei Li, Y. H. Cho, P. de Figueiredo and A. Han, “Microfabricated Microbial Fuel Cell Arrays Reveal Electrochemically Active Microbes,” PLoS One, 2009.J. Park, H. Kim and A. Han, “Micropat-terning of Poly(Dimethylsiloxane) Using A Photoresist Lift-Off Technique For Se-lective Electrical Insulation Of Microelec-trode Arrays,” Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 2009.

Conference Proceedings/PresentationsY. H. Cho, J. Park and A. Han, “Fabrica-tion of Curve-typed Polymer Nanochannel using Polymer Layer Transfer and Col-lapse Technique,” The 12th Korean Micro Electro Mechanical Systems Conference (KMEMS 2010), Busan, Korea, 2010.H. S. Kim, Y. Cho, A. B. Frazier, Z. G. Chen, D. M. Shin and A. Han, “Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy Microsystem as a Tool for Cancer Cell Analysis,” ASME 2010 First Global Congress on Nano-Engineering for Medicine and Biology, Houston, TX, 2010.C. Koo, K. Feng, J. Park, M. P. McDou-gall, S. M. Wright and A. Han, “An Inte-grated Microfluidic Cryo-Cooled Planar Coil System for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI),” The 23rd IEEE Interna-tional Conference on Micro Electro Me-chanical Systems (MEMS 2010), Hong Kong SRA, China, 2010.H. Hou, L. Li, Y. H. Cho, P. de Figueire-do and A. Han, “A Microfabricated Microbial Fuel Cell Array for High Throughput Screening (HTS) of Elec-tricity Generating Microbes from Envi-ronment,” The 23rd IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechani-cal Systems (MEMS 2010), Hong Kong SRA, China, 2010.J. Park, H. Koito, J. Li and A. Han, “Multi-Compartment CNS Neuron-Glia Co-culture Platform,” The 13th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (µTAS 2009), Jeju, Korea, 2009.J. Park, H. Kim and A. Han, “Precision Patterning of Poly(dimethyl siloxane) as an Electrical Insulating Layer using Pho-toresist Lift-off Process,” The 13th In-ternational Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (µTAS 2009), Jeju, Korea, 2009.H. S. Kim, Y. H. Cho, A. B. Frazier, G. Chen, D. Shin and A. Han, “Whole Cell Impedance Analysis of Metastatic and Non-metastatic Head-and-Neck Cancer Cells,” The 22nd IEEE International Conference

on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (IEEE MEMS 2009), Sorrento, Italy, 2009.H. Park, Y. Cho, A. Han and X. Cheng, “Lateral Flow Particle Filtration and Sepa-ration with Multilayer Microfluidic Chan-nels,” The 53rd International Conference on Electron, Ion, and Photon Beam Tech-nology and Nanofabrication (EIPBN), Marco Island, FL, 2009.Y. H. Cho, J. Park, H. Park, X. Cheng, B. J. Kim and A. Han, “Fabrication of High-Aspect-Ratio Nanochannels using Novel Nanoscale Silicon Mold and Sol-vent Assisted Sealing,” Nanotech 2009, Houston, TX, 2009.Y. H. Cho, H. Park, H. S. Kim, X. Cheng and A. Han, “Curved Polymer Nanochan-nel Fabrication using PMMA Layer-Trans-fer and Collapse for Single Molecule Anal-ysis,” Nanotech 2009, Houston, TX, 2009.J. Park, H. Koito, J. Li and A. Han, “Mi-crofluidic Co-culture Platform for in vitro CNS Axon-glia Interaction Study,” 1st An-nual Faculty of Neuroscience Symposium, College Station, TX, 2009.Y. H. Cho, H. S. Kim, B. J. Kim, and A. Han, “Nanochannel Fabrication for Single DNA Analysis,” The 26th An-nual Houston Conference on Biomedi-cal Engineering Research (HSEMB), Houston, TX, 2009.H. S. Kim, Y. H. Cho, A. B. Frazier, Z. (G). Chen, D. M. Shin and A. Han, “Whole Cell Impedance Spectroscopy microsystem for Highly-Metastatic and Poorly-Metastatic Cancer Cell Analysis,” The 26th Annual Houston Conference on Biomedical Engineering Research (HSEMB), Houston, TX, 2009.J. Park, H. Koito, J. Li and A. Han, “Micro-fluidic Culture System for CNS Axon Re-search,” The 26th Annual Houston Confer-ence on Biomedical Engineering Research (HSEMB), Houston, TX, 2009.H. Hou, Y. Hou, M. A. Grunlan, D. J. Mu-noz-Pinto, M. S. Hahn and A. Han, “Ther-mosensitivity and Surface Properties of Microstructured Poly (N-Isopropylacryl-amide) for Regulated Cell Release,” The 26th Annual Houston Conference on Bio-medical Engineering Research (HSEMB), Houston, TX, 2009.H. Hou, W. Kim and A. Han, “A Method for Poly(N-isopropylamide) Micropat-terning Controlled by Microfluidics,” The 26th Annual Houston Conference on Bio-medical Engineering Research (HSEMB), Houston, TX, 2009.J. Park, H. Koito, J. Li and A. Han, “Mi-crofluidic Co-culture Platform for CNS Axon Myelination,” The 12th Internation-al Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (μTAS 2008), San Diego, CA, 2008.H. Hou and A. Han, “Micropatterning of a Photocurable Hydrogel in a Microflu-

idic System,” 2008 MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, 2008.H. Hou, Y. Hou, M. A. Grunlan and A. Han, “Regulating Thermosensitivity and Surface Properties of Poly(N-iso-propylacrylamide) through Micropat-terning, 2008 MRS Fall Meeting, Bos-ton, MA, 2008.J. Park, H. Koito, J. Li and A. Han, “Microfluidic Co-culture Platform for Studying CNS Axon-glia Interaction,” The 38th Annual Meeting of the So-ciety for Neuroscience, Washington, DC, 2008.M. A. Grunlan, Y. Hou, H. Hou, A. Han, “Thermoresponsive Composite Hydro-gels: Micropatterning and Self-Cleaning Behavior,” 2008 MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2008.

Research-Projects and GrantsCo-PI: A. Han, “Micropatterned Ther-moresponsive Nanocomposite Hydrogel Surfaces with Self-Cleaning Behavior, National Science Foundation, September 2009 – August 2012, $300,000.Co-PI: A. Han, “Microbe-mediated Elec-tricity Generation,” National Science Foundation, April 2009 – March 2010, $300,000.Co-PI: A. Han, “Development of Prototype Pathogen Detection Lab-On-a-Chip (PADLOC) Systems for Real-time On-field Plant Disease Diag-nostics,” United States Department of Agriculture, January 2009 – December 2011, $999,988.PI: A. Han, “CNS Myelination Co-Culture Microsystem for Axon-Glia Signaling,” National Institutes of Health, National In-stitute of Mental Health, January 2009 – December 2010, $387,053.PI: A. Han, “Pigment Ink Flow Opti-mization through Analysis of Particle Laden Flow in Microchannel,” Samsung Electronics, Inc., June 2008- May 2009, $70,000 / $120,000.

New Patents, Design Methods, Techniques or Concepts DevelopedMethod of fabrication for nano channels, Korean Patent OfficeY. Cho, J. Park, B. J. Kim, and A. Han, “Cryogenic Cooling of MRI/NMR Coils using Integrated Microfluidic Channels,” (TAMU #2393), USPTO, A. Han and S. M. Wright, Texas A&M University Filed January 7, 2009.J. Park, E., K. Kim and A. Han, “PDMS patterning method using lift-off technique and open area patterning method by the technique (P08591),” Korean Patent Of-fice, Filed 2008.J. Park, E., K. Kim, and A. Han, “Method for microchannel fabrication by lift off technique,” Filed 2008.


*R. Harris (SE)

PublicationsJournalsHussain, M.M., Smith, C.E., Harris, H.R., Young, C.D., H.-H. Tseng and Jammy, R. , “Gate-First Integration of Tunable Work Function Metal Gates of Different Thicknesses Into High- /Metal Gates CMOS FinFETs for Multi-Vth Engineering,” IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, March 2010.V. V. Kuryatkov, W. Feng, M. Pandikunta, J.H. Woo, D. Garcia, H. R. Harris, S. A. Ni-kishin and M. Holtz, “GaN Stripes On Ver-tical {111} Fin Facets Of (110)-Oriented Si Substrates,” Applied Physics Letters, 2010.Z. Lu, J. G. Fossum, J.-W. Yang, H. R. Harris, V. P. Trivedi, M. Chu and S. E. Thompson, “A Simplified, Superior Float-ing-Body/Gate DRAM Cell,” IEEE Elec-tron Device Letters, March 2009.Huang, J., Kirsch, P.D., J. Oh, S. H. Lee; Majhi, P., Harris, H.R., Gilmer, D.C., Ber-suker, G., D. Heh, C. S. Park, Park, C., H.-H. Tseng and Jammy, R., “Mechanisms Limiting EOT Scaling and Gate Leakage Currents of High- k/Metal Gate Stacks Di-rectly on SiGe,” Electron Device Letters, IEEE , March 2009.C. D. Young, J.-W. Yang, K. Matthews, S. Suthram, M. M. Hussain, G. Bersuker, C. Smith, R. Harris, R. Choi, B. H. Lee and H.-H. Tseng, “Hot carrier Degradation in Hf-SiON/TiN Fin Shaped Field Effect Transis-tor With Different Substrate Orientations,” Vacuum Science Technology, 2009.Yang, J.-W., Harris, H.R., Bersuker, G., Kang, C.Y., Oh, J., Lee, B.H., Tseng, H.-H. and Jammy, R., “New Hot-Carrier Injection Mechanism at Source Side in Nanoscale Floating-Body MOSFETs,” Electron De-vice Letters, IEEE , January 2009.S. Nikishin, B. Borisov, M. Pandikunta, R. Dahal, J. Y. Lin, H. X. Jiang, H. Har-ris and M. Holtz, “High Quality AlN For Deep UV Photodetectors,” Applied Physics Letters 95, 2009.

Conference Proceedings/PresentationsH. R. Harris, “Physical Device Issues And Constraints For Real-World 22nm 3D Devices,” Lithography Workshop, Cor d”Alene, ID, July 1, 2009. H. R. Harris, P. Majhi, P. Kirsch, P. Siv-asubramani, J. W. Oh and S.C. Song, “The Challenges in Introducing PMOS Dual Channel in CMOS Processing,” ECS Pro-ceedings, Spring 2009.H. Adhikari, H. R. Harris, C. E. Smith, J.-W. Yang, B. Coss, S. Parthasarathy, B.-Y. Nguyen, P. Patruno, T. Krishnamohan, I. Cayrefourcq, P. Majhi and R. Jammy, “High Mobility SiGe Shell-Si Core Ome-ga Gate pFETS,” VLSI-TSA, Taiwan, April 27-29th, 2009.

H. R. Harris, H. Adhikari, C.E. Smith, G. Smith and P. Majhi, “Surface Process Issues With MuGFETs Devices,” SEMATECH Surface Preparation and Cleaning Confer-ence, Austin, Texas, March 23-25, 2009.H. R. Harris, “Adjusting to 3D Devic-es in CMOS Processing,” IEEE EDS Section Colloquium, Rochester, NY, November 6th, 2008.Harris, H.R., Adhikari, H., Smith, C.E., Smith, G.; Yang, J.-W., Majhi, P. and Jam-my, R., “Adjusting to 3D Devices in a 2D Device World,” SOI Conference, 2008. SOI. IEEE International , October 2008.

Books or Authoritative References[Book Editor] Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, Volume 1155, CMOS Gate-Stack Scaling—Materials, Interfaces and Reliability Implications EDITORS A. A. Demkov, B. Taylor, H. R. Harris, J. Butterbaugh and W. Rachmady

Research-Projects and GrantsPI: HR Harris, “III-V 3D Green Transistors with Ultra-steep sub-Threshold Slope,” National Science Foundation, September 1, 2009 – August 31, 2012, $331,910.PI: HR Harris, “Collaborative Research: Vertical GaN Nanostructures on Silicon Fins for Power Electronics and Future Integration with Silicon Technology,” Na-tional Science Foundation, September 1, 2010 – August 31, 2013, $150,000.PI: HR Harris, “Hot Electron Reliability of CMOS Process,” Fairchild Semiconduc-tor, Portland, ME, no time limit, $10,000.Co-PI: HR Harris, “Super CDMS Sou-dan Project,” Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, October 2009 - September 2011, $308,768.

P. Hemmer (SE, BI)

PublicationsJournalsShin, C., Kim, C., Kolesov, R., Balasub-ramanian, G., Jelezko, F., Wrachtrup, J., Hemmer, P.R., “Sub-Optical Resolution Of Single Spins Using Magnetic Reso-nance Imaging At Room Temperature In Diamond,” Journal Of Luminescence, September 2010.Togan, E., Chu, Y., Trifonov, A.S., Jiang, L., Maze, J., Childress, L., Dutt, M.V.G., Sorensen, A.S., Hemmer, P.R., Zibrov, A.S., Lukin, M.D., “Quantum Entanglement Between An Optical Photon And A Solid-State Spin Qubit,” Nature, August 5, 2010.Neumann, P., Beck, J., Steiner, M., Rempp, F., Fedder, H., Hemmer, P.R., Wrachtrup, J., Jelezko, F., “Single-Shot Readout of a Sin-gle Nuclear Spin,” Science, July 30, 2010.Babinec, T.M., Hausmann, B.J.M., Khan, M, Zhang, Y.A., Maze, J.R., Hemmer, P., Loncar, M., “A Diamond

Nanowire Single-Photon Source,” Na-ture Nanotechnology, 2010.Jiang, L., Hodges, J.S., Maze, J.R., Mau-rer, P., Taylor, J.M., Cory, D.G., Hemmer, P.R., Walsworth, R.L., Yacoby, A., Zibrov, A.S., Lukin, M.D., “Repetitive Readout of a Single Electronic Spin via Quantum Logic with Nuclear Spin Ancillae,” Sci-ence, October 9, 2009.Li, H.B., Sautenkov, V.A., Rostovtsev, Y.V., Welch, G.R., Hemmer, P.R., Scul-ly, M.O. “Electromagnetically Induced Transparency Controlled By A Microwave Field,” Physical Review, August 2009.Kolesov, R., Grotz, B., Balasubramanian, G., Stohr, R.J., Nicolet, A.A.L., Hemmer, P.R., Jelezko, F., Wrachtrup, J., “Wave-Particle Duality Of Single Surface Plasmon Polaritons,” Nature Physics, July 2009.Tisler, J., Balasubramanian, G., Naydenov, B., Kolesov, R., Grotz, B., Reuter, R., Boudou, J.P., Curmi, P.A., Sennour, M., Thorel, A,, Borsch, M., Aulenbacher, K., Erdmann, R., Hemmer, P.R., Jelezko, F., Wrachtrup, J., “Fluorescence and Spin Properties of Defects in Single Digit Nano-diamonds,” ACS Nano, July 2009.Balasubramanian, G., Neumann, P., Twitchen, D., Markham, M., Kolesov, R., Mizuochi, N., Isoya, J., Achard, J., Beck, J., Tissler, J., Jacques, V., Hemmer, P.R., Jelezko, Wrachtrup, J., “Ultralong Spin Co-herence Time In Isotopically Engineered Diamond,” Nature Materials, MAY 2009.Yum, H.N., Salit, M., Pati, G.S., Tseng, S., Hemmer, P.R., Shahriar, M.S., “Fast-Light In A Photorefractive Crystal For Gravita-tional Wave Detection,” Optics Express, December 8, 2008. J. M. Taylor, P. Cappellaro, L. Childress, L. Jiang, D. Budker, P. R. Hemmer, A. Yaco-by, R. Walsworth and M. D. Lukin, “High-Sensitivity Diamond Magnetometer With Nanoscale Resolution,” Nature Physics, October 2008.Balasubramanian, G., Chan, I.Y., Kole-sov, R., Al-Hmoud, M., Tisler, J., Shin, C., Kim, C., Wojcik, A., Hemmer, P.R., Krueger, A., Hanke, T., Leitenstorfer, A., Bratschitsch, R., Jelezko, F., Wrachtrup, J., “Nanoscale Imaging Magnetometry With Diamond Spins Under Ambient Condi-tions,” Nature, October 2, 2008.Li, Y.Z., Hemmer, P., Kim, C.H., Zhang, H.L., Wang, L.H.V., “Detection Of Ultra-sound-Modulated Diffuse Photons Using Spectral-Hole Burning,” Optics Express, September 15, 2008.

Conference Proceedings/PresentationsX. Xu, H. Liu, S.-R. Kothapalli, L. V. Wang, P. R. Hemmer, “Deep Tissue (Phan-tom) Imaging With Spectral Hole Burning In Pr:YSO,” Photonics West 2010, San Francisco, CA, January 2011.H. Zhang, M. Sabooni, L. Rippe, S. Kroll,


L.V. Wang, P. R. Hemmer, “Slow Light For Cancer Detection: Ultrasound-Mod-ulated Optical Tomography Using Slow Light Enhanced With Spectral Hole Burn-ing,” Photonics West 2010, San Francisco, CA, January 2011.P. R. Hemmer, “Limits to Subwave-length Imaging,” Coherent Raman Scat-tering Microscopy (microCARS2010), Physikzentrum Bad Honnef, Germany, October 18 – 20, 2010.P. R. Hemmer, “Ultimate Limits Of Subwavelength Imaging With NV Dia-mond,” Quantum Communications and Quantum Imaging VIII, SPIE Photonics & Optics (OPTO 10), San Diego, CA, August 3-5, 2010.P. R. Hemmer, C, Kim, J, Wrachtrup and F, Jelezko, “Quantum Optics For Subwave-length Imaging,” Photonics West 2009, San Jose, CA, January 2009.P. R. Hemmer, H. Zhang, L. V. Wang and Y. Li, “Tradeoffs Of Spectral Hole Burn-ing Memories For Bio-Imaging Applica-tions,” Photonics West 2009, San Jose, CA, January 2009.M. Salit, M. Kellner, S. Krishnamurthy, S. M. Shahriar, H. Yum, P. R. Hemmer, “Fast Light In A Photorefractive Crystal For Broadband Gravitational Wave Detec-tion With An Augmented Advanced-LIGO Interferometer,” Photonics West 2009, San Jose, CA, January 2009.H. Yum, P.R. Hemmer, M. Salit, S. M. Shahriar, “Buffering And Sensing Appli-cations Of SBS Induced Fast Light In A Fiber Resonator,” Photonics West 2009, San Jose, CA, January 2009.P. R. Hemmer, “Quantum Optical Tech-niques For Sub-Wavelength Imaging,” XII International Conference on Quan-tum Optics and Quantum Information (ICQO’2008) Vilnius, Lithuania, Sep-tember 20-23, 2008.P. R. Hemmer and M. Lukin, “Room-Tem-perature Solid-State Quantum Processors in Diamond,” SPIE Defense & Security Conference, Orlando, FL, March 2008.P. R. Hemmer, J. Wrachtrup and F. Jelezko, “Optical and RF EIT For Imaging Single NV Centers,” Photonics West 2008, San Jose, CA, January 2009.P. R. Hemmer and S. Zubairy, “Sub-Wave-length Imaging With Dopplerons,” Photon-ics West 2008, San Jose, CA, January 2008.

Research-Projects and GrantsCo-PI: P. R. Hemmer, “Magnetic Reso-nance (MRI) and Coherent Imaging Of Single Cells And Proteins: A Revolution-ary New Tool For Biology, Medicine And Material Science,” University of Stuttgart (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft funds), July 15, 2009- July 14, 2012, €442,000.Co-PI: P. R. Hemmer, “Diamond Based Magnetometry for Quantum Information

Processing Using Endohedral Fullerenes,” Harvard University (DARPA funds), June 1, 2009- May 31, 2012, $2,821,743.Co-PI: P. R. Hemmer, “Solid State Quan-tum Information System Based On Opti-cally Coupled Few Qubit Registers,” Har-vard University (NSF funds), August 1, 2007- July 31, 2010, $150,000.PI: P. R. Hemmer, “Controlled Assem-bly of Metallic Clusters for High-Perfor-mance Optical Devices,” National Sci-ence Foundation, March 1, 2007- June 30, 2010, $350,000.PI: P. R. Hemmer, “NV Diamond Micro-Magnetometer Baseline Studies,” Army Research Office (DARPA funds), May 1, 2008- June 30, 2009, $300,000.Co-PI: P. R. Hemmer, “Indestructable Fluorescent Markers in Diamond Nano-crystals with Nanometer Distance-Scale Distinguishability, National Institutes of Health, August 31, 2008- August 31, 2010, $463,000.

S. Hoyos (AS)

PublicationsJournalsS. Hoyos, B. Tsang, J. Vanderhaegen, Y. Chui, Y. Aibara, H. Khorramabadi and B. Nikolic, “A 15 MHz to 600 MHz, 20 mW, 0.38 mm2 Split-Control, Fast Coarse Locking Digital DLL in 0.13um CMOS,” IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale In-tegration Systems, 2011.X. Chen, Z. Yu, S. Hoyos, B. M. Sadler and J. Silva-Martinez, “A Sub-Nyquist Rate Sampling Receiver Exploiting Com-pressive Sensing,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems, 2011.S. Hoyos, S. Pentakota, Z. Yu, E. Sobhy, X. Chen, R. Saad, S. Palermo and J. Silva-Martinez, “Clock-Jitter Tolerant Wideband Receivers: An Optimized Multi-Channel Filter-Bank Approach,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems, February 2011.R. Saad and S. Hoyos, “Feed-Forward Spectral Shaping Technique for Clock-Jitter Induced Errors in Digital-to-Analog Con-verters,” IET Elect. Letters, February 2011.E.A. Sobhy and S. Hoyos, “A Multiphase Multipath Technique With Digital Phase Shifters for Harmonic Distortion Cancel-lation,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems, December 2010.J. Kim, S. Hoyos and J. Silva-Martinez, “Wideband Common-Gate CMOS LNA Employing Dual Negative Feedback with Simultaneous Noise, Gain, and Band-width Optimization,” IEEE Transactions On Microwave Theory And Techniques, September 2010. R. Saad and S. Hoyos, “Sensitivity of Sin-gle-Bit Continuous-Time Analogue-To-Digital Converters To Out-Of-Band Block-ers,” IEE Electronics Letters, June 2010.

K. Raviprakash, R. Saad and S. Hoyos, “Reduced Area Discrete-Time Down-Sampling Filter Embedded with Win-dowed Integration Samplers,” IEE Elec-tronics Letters, June 2010.C.-Y. Lu, F. Silva-Rivas, P. Kode, J. Sil-va-Martinez and S. Hoyos, “A 6th-order 200MHz IF Bandpass Sigma-Delta Mod-ulator With over 68dB SNDR in 10MHz Bandwidth,” IEEE Journal of Solid State Circuits, June 2010. E. A. Sobhy, S. Hoyos and E. Sánchez-Sinencio, “High-PSRR Low-Power Single Supply OTA,” IEE Electronics Letters, March 2010.K. Raviprakash, M. Kulkarni, X. Chen, S. Hoyos, B. M. Sadler, “A Discrete Time Down Sampling FIR Filter for Windowed Integration Samplers,” International Jour-nal of Microwave Science and Technol-ogy, March 2010.Z. Yu, X. Chen, S. Hoyos, B. M. Sadler, J. Gong, and C. Qian, “Mixed-Signal Par-allel Compressive Spectrum Sensing for Cognitive Radios,” International Journal of Digital Multimedia Broadcasting, 2010.P. Kotte, M. Kulkarni, X. Chen, Z. Yu, S. Hoyos, J. Silva-Martinez and E. Sanchez-Sinencio, “Applications of Multi-Path Transform-Domain Charge-Sampling Wideband Receivers,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems, April 2008.

Conference Proceedings/PresentationsR. Saad and S. Hoyos, “Sensitivity Analy-sis of Pulse-Width Jitter Induced Noise in Continuous-Time Delta-Sigma Modula-tors to Blockers,” 2011 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.R. Saad, S. Hoyos and J. Silva-Martinez, “Hybrid Clock-Jitter Error Shaping Tech-nique for Feedback Digital-to-Analog Converters (DACs) in Continuous-Time Sigma-Delta Modulators,” Proceedings of SRC TECHCON 2010, Austin TX, Sep-tember 2010.S. Hoyos, “Compressive Spectrum Sens-ing for Cognitive Radios,” Proceeding of IEEE Colombian Chapter STSIVA 2009, September 9-11, 2010. Z. Yu, S. Hoyos, “Compressive Spec-trum Sensing Frontends for Cognitive Radios,” Proceedings of IEEE Interna-tional Conference on System, Man and Cybernetics (SMC), San Antonio, TX, October 11-14, 2009.Z. Yu, S. Hoyos, “Digitally Assisted Ana-log Compressive Sensing,” IEEE DCAS 2009, October 4th -5th, 2009. Y.-C. Lo, H.-P. Chen, J. Silva-Martinez, S. Hoyos, “A 1.8V, sub-mW, Over 100% Locking Range, Divide-by-3 and 7 Com-plementary-Injection-Locked 4 GHz Fre-quency Divider,” IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, September 2009.


X. Chen, J. Silva-Martinez, S. Hoyos, “A CMOS Differential Noise Cancelling Low Noise Transconductance Amplifier,” Pro-ceedings of DCAS 2008, Dallas Circuits and Systems Workshop, Dallas, TX, Octo-ber 19-20, 2008.C. W. Tsang, Y. Chiu, J. Vanderhaegen, S. Hoyos, C. Chen, R. Brodersen, B. Nikolic, “Background ADC Calibra-tion in Digital Domain,” Proceedings of CICC 2008, 2008 IEEE Custom In-tegrated Circuits Conference , San Jose, CA, September 21 - 24 , 2008. S. Hoyos, C. W. Tsang, J. Vanderhaegen, Y. Chiu, Y. Aibara, H. Khorramabadi, B. Nikolić, “A 15 MHz – 600 MHz, 20 mW, 0.38 mm2, Fast Coarse Locking Digital DLL in 0.13um CMOS,” Proceedings of ESSCC 2008, 34th European Solid-State Circuits Conference, Edinburgh, Septem-ber 15 – 19, 2008.Z. Wang, G. R. Arce, B. M. Sadler, J. L. Paredes, S. Hoyos and Z. Yu, “Compressed UWB Signal Detection with Narrowband Interference Mitigation,” in Proceedings IEEE ICUWB, September 2008, Han-nover, Germany.

Books or Authoritative ReferencesJ. Silva-Martinez, S. Hoyos, C.-Y. Lu, M. Onabajo and F. Silva-Rivas, “Broad-band High-Resolution Bandpass Sigma-Delta Modulator With a Software Based Calibration Scheme,” book Chapter in “Circuits for Emerging Technologies,” edited by Kris Iniewski. CRC Press, June 2011.S. Hoyos, “Multi-Mode/Multi-Band RF Transceivers for Wireless Com-munications Advanced Techniques, Architectures, and Trends. Chapter 7: Transform Domain Receivers for Multi-Standard Communications,” Wiley, 2011.S. Hoyos, “Multi-Mode/Multi-Band RF Transceivers for Wireless Communica-tions Advanced Techniques, Architectures, and Trends, Chapter: Transform Domain Receivers for Multi-Standard Communi-cations,” Wiley, 2009.

Research-Projects and GrantsCo-PI: S. Hoyos, “High-Resolution RF to Digital Converter for Next Generation Broadband Communication Systems, Na-tional Science Foundation, August 2008- September 2011, $330,000. PI: S. Hoyos, “Wideband Receiver Ar-chitectures in Digital Deep-Submicron CMOS,” Scientific Research Corporation, April 2008- March 2011, $180,000.PI: S. Hoyos, “Demonstrating Multi-Giga-hertz Submicron CMOS Multi-Channel Compressive Sampling, Army Research Laboratory-DARPA, August 2008- Sep-tember 2010, $300,000.

PI: S. Hoyos, “Compressed Sensing and Detection of UWB Signals,” Telcordia Inc. (sub-contact from the Army Research Laboratory), August 2006- September 2009, $150,000.PI: S. Hoyos, “Frequency-Domain-Sam-pling Receivers for SDR, Texas Instru-ments Inc., August 2008- September 2009, $40,000.

J. Hu (CE)

PublicationsJournalsS. Hu, P. Shah and J. Hu, “Pattern Sensi-tive Placement Perturbation For Manufac-turability,” IEEE Transactions on VLSI Systems, June 2010.Y. Liu and J. Hu, “A New Algorithm For Simultaneous Gate Sizing And Threshold Voltage Assignment,” IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided De-sign, February 2010.G. Venkataraman, Z. Feng, J. Hu and P. Li, “Combinatorial Algorithms For Fast Clock Mesh Optimization,” IEEE Transactions on VLSI Systems, January 2010.S. Hu, M. Ketkar and J. Hu, “Gate Sizing For Cell-Library-Based Designs,” IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design, June 2009. R. Samanta, G. Venkataraman and J. Hu, “Clock Buffer Polarity Assignment For Power Noise Reduction,” IEEE Transac-tions on VLSI Systems, June 2009. Y. Liu, T. Zhang and J. Hu, “Design of Voltage Overscaled Low-Power Trellis Decoders In Presence Of Process Varia-tions,” IEEE Transactions on VLSI Sys-tems, March 2009. Y. Liu, J. Hu and W. Shi, “Buffering In-terconnect For Multicore Processor De-signs,” IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design, December 2008.

Conference Proceedings/PresentationsS. Prabhu, B. Grot, P. V. Gratz and J. Hu, “Ocin-tsim: DVFS Aware Simulator for NoCs,” Workshop on SoC Architecture, Accelerators and Workloads, 2010.Y. Wei, J. Hu, F. Liu and S. Sapatnekar, “Physical Design Techniques For Opti-mizing RTA-Induced Variations,” Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference, 2010.F. Yang, Y. Cai, Q. Zhou and J. Hu, “SAT Based Multi-Net Rip-Up-And-Reroute For Manufacturing Hotspot Removal,” Design Automation and Test in Europe, 2010.K.-N. Shim, J. Hu and J. Silva-Martinez, “A Dual-Level Adaptive Supply Voltage System For Variation Resilience,” IEEE International Symposium on Quality Elec-tronic Design, 2010.V. R. Mekala, Y. Liu, X. Ye, P. Li and J. Hu, “Accurate Clock Mesh Sizing Via

Sequential Quadratic Programming,” ACM International Symposium on Physical Design, 2010.T. Jindal, C. J. Alpert, J. Hu, Z. Li, G.-J. Nam and C. B. Winn, “Detecting Tangled Logic Structures in VLSI Netlists,” ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference, 2010.Y. Liu and J. Hu, “GPU-Based Paral-lelization For Fast Circuit Optimiza-tion,” ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference, 2009.N. Nemade, A. Sprintson and J. Hu, “Ap-plications of Network Coding In Global Routing,” IEEE International Conference on IC Design and Technology, 2009.M. A. R. Chaudhry, Z. Asad, A. Sprint-son and J. Hu, “Efficient Rerouting Algo-rithms For Congestion Mitigation,” IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI, 2009.P. Shah and J. Hu, “Impact of Lithogra-phy-Friendly Circuit Layout,” ACM/IEEE Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI, 2009.Y. Liu and J. Hu, “A New Algorithm For Simultaneous Gate Sizing And Threshold Voltage Assignment,” ACM International Symposium on Physical Design, 2009. Y. Liu, R. Shelar and J. Hu, “Delay-Op-timal Simultaneous Technology Mapping And Placement With Applications To Timing Optimization,” IEEE/ACM Inter-national Conference on Computer-Aided Design, 2008.W. Shen, Y. Cai, X. Hong and J. Hu, “Gate Planning During Placement For Gated Clock Network,” IEEE International Con-ference on Computer Design, 2008.N. Shah, R. Samanta, M. Zhang, J. Hu and D. Walker, “Built-In Proactive Tuning Sys-tem For Circuit Aging Resilience,” IEEE International Symposium on Defect and Fault Tolerance in VLSI Systems, 2008.

Research-Projects and GrantsCo-PI: J. Hu, “Automatic Model Gen-eration And Optimization Of Massively I/O Coupled Networks,” Semiconductor Research Corporation, July 2006 – June 2009, $180,000.PI: J. Hu, “Concurrent Multi-Scenario Optimization For Nanometer Design Clo-sure,” Intel, August 2008, gift, $60,000.PI: J. Hu, “A Unified Adaptive Design Framework For Robust And Reliable VLSI Circuit,” Intel, August 2008, gift, $25,000.

G. Huang (EP)

PublicationsJournalsY. Ho, G. Huang and P. Li, “Dynamical Models and Design Analysis for Nonvola-tile Memristor Memories,” IEEE Transac-tions on Circuits and Systems I, 2011. J. Liu, G. Huang and Z. Ma, “Smart Breakers for Smart Grid Applications,”


IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid Ap-plications, June 2011.A. Dayal, P. Li and G. Huang “Robust SRAM Design Via Joint Sizing And Volt-age Optimization Under Dynamic Stabil-ity Constraints,” Journal of Low Power Electronics, 2010.

Conference Proceedings/PresentationsR. Ma and G. Huang, “Impact Analysis of Wind Generation on Voltage Stability and System Load Margin,” IEEE ACC Confer-ence, San Francisco, CA, June 2011.J. Liu, G. M. Huang and Z. Ma, “A Nov-el Intelligent High Voltage SF6 Circuit Breaker,” in Proceedings 2010 IEEE PES General Meeting, July 2010.G. Huang, Y. Ho and P. Li, “Memristor Sys-tem Properties and Its Design Applications to Circuits Such as Nonvolatile Memristor Memories,” invited Panel paper, Proceed-ings of IEEE ICCCAS, July 2010.Y. Zhang, P. Li and G. M. Huang, “Sepa-ratrices in High-Dimensional State Space: System-Theoretical Tangent Computation and Application To SRAM Dynamic Stabil-ity Analysis,” Proceedings, of ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference, June 2010.Y. Ho, G. Huang and P. Li, “Nonvolatile Memristor Memory: Device Characteris-tics and Design Implications,” IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer Aid Design (ICCAD), November 2009.W. Dong, G. M. Huang and P. Li, “SRAM Dynamic Stability: Theory, Variability and Analysis,” ICCAD, San Jose, CA. November 2008

Research-Projects and GrantsPI: G. Huang, “System-Theoretic Analy-sis and Design for Dynamic Stability of Memory Devices in Nanoscale CMOS and Beyond,” National Science Foundation, August 2009 to August 2012, $250,000.

New Patents, Design Methods, Techniques or Concepts DevelopedFaster than real-time dynamic simulation methods.Fast algorithms and theoretical founda-tions for multi-objective optimization methods and its application to deregulated power systems.Fast Algorithms for voltage collapse anal-ysis and dynamic monitoring.Fast algorithms to allocate losses for bilat-eral transactions.Stability boundary characterization for SRAM and its applications to CAD of SRAMMemristor system properties and its ap-plications to design Nonvalitile memories.Smart breakers for smart grid applicationsJust in time maintenance, a property asso-ciated with just in time maintenance.Voltage stability of wind power generations.

G. Huff (EM)

PublicationsJournalsN. Gunaseelan, L. Liu, J.-F. Chamberland and G. H. Huff, “Performance Analysis Of Wireless Hybrid-ARQ Systems With De-lay Sensitive Traffic,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, April 2010.G. H. Huff, P. Walters, J. McDonald and D. L. Rolando, “A Reconfigurable Colloidal Dispersion Dielectric Resonator Antenna,” IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, March 2010.G. H. Huff and S. Goldberger, “A Coaxial Stub Microfluidic Impedance Transformer (COSMIX),” IEEE Microwave and Wire-less Components Letters, March 2010.G. H. Huff and J. McDonald, “A Spherical-ly Integrated Inverted F-Antenna (SIFA),” IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, June 2008.

Conference Proceedings/PresentationsK. Buchanan and G. H. Huff, “A Com-parison Of Geometrically Bound Random Arrays In Euclidean Space,” IEEE Interna-tional Symposium on Antennas and Propa-gation and USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Spokane, WA, 2011.G. H. Huff, F. Drummond, S. A. Long, “Reconfiguration and Thermoregulation Using Bio-Inspired Vascular Networks,” 5th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, Rome, Italy, 2011.S. A. Long and G. H. Huff, “Development of a Closed-Loop Fluidic System For A Phase Reconfigurable Reflectarray Ele-ment,” 5th European Conference on An-tennas and Propagation, Rome, Italy, 2011.S. A. Long and G. H. Huff, “Experiments on a Fluidic Loading Mechanism For Beam-Steering Reflectarrays” in IEEE International Conference on Wireless In-formation Technology and Systems, Ho-nolulu, HI, 2010. S. A. Long and G. H. Huff, “A Phase-Re-configurable Reflectarray Element Using Fluidic Networks,” in Antenna Applica-tions Symposium, Monticello, IL, 2010.J. D. Barrera and G. H. Huff, “An Adaptive SIW Filter and Dual-Linearly Polarized Patch Antenna Using Vertically-Orientated Fluidic Material Perturbations,” in NASA/ESA Applications on Adaptive Hardware and Systems, Sacramento, CA, 2010.G. H. Huff, S. Khatri and J.-F. Chamber-land, “Estimation of Link Budget, Capac-ity, and Lifetime of a Multifunctional An-tenna Reconnaissance Sphere (MARS),” 2010 URSI National Radio Science Meet-ing, Boulder, CO, January 2010.S. A. Long and G. H. Huff, “Integration and Performance of a COSMIX-Enabled Phase Reconfigurable Reflect-Array Ele-

ment,” 2010 URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Boulder, CO, January 2010.S. Goldberger, F. Drummond, J. Barrera, S. Davis, J. Edelen, M. Geppert, Y.-S. Judie, Q. Manley, C. Peters, S. Smith and G. H. Huff, “Design of a Polarization Recon-figurable Crossed-Dipole Antenna using Surface Integrated Fluidic Loading Mech-anisms,” 2010 URSI National Radio Sci-ence Meeting, Boulder, CO, January 2010.S. Goldberger, F. Drummond, R. Ander-son, J. Barrera, A. Bolon, S. Davis, J. Edel-en, J. Marshall, C. Peters, D. Umana and G. H. Huff, “Frequency Reconfiguration of a Small Array Enabled by Functional-ized Dispersions of Colloidal Materials,” Proceedings 23rd Annual Conference on Small Satellites, Utah State University, Logan, UT, August 2009.G. H. Huff, “A Study Of Internalized And Conformally Integrated Impedance Trans-former Topologies For A Stripline-Based Archimedean Spiral Antenna,” Proceed-ings 2009 IEEE/URSI International Sym-posium on Antennas and Propagation, June 2009.J. McDonald and G. H. Huff, “Miniatur-ization Techniques For A Spherical Invert-ed-F Antenna (SIFA),” Proceedings 2009 IEEE/URSI International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, June 2009.S. Goldberger, F. Drummond, R. An-derson, J. Barrera, A. Bolon, S. Davis, J. Edelen, J. Marshall, C. Peters, D. Umana and G. H. Huff, “Small array Behavior Of Frequency Reconfigurable Antennas En-abled By Functionalized Dispersions Of Colloidal Materials,” Proceedings 2009 IEEE/URSI International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, June 2009.S. A. Long and G. H. Huff, “Design Varia-tions of a Capillary Based Compensation Mechanism For Deformable Microstrip Antennas,” Proceedings 2009 IEEE/URSI International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, June 2009.N. Gunaseelan, L. Liu, J.-F. Cham-berland and G. H. Huff, “Performance Analysis Of Wireless Hybrid-ARQ Sys-tems With Delay-Sensitive Traffic,” Pro-ceedings 2009 IEEE Information Theory Workshop on Networking and Informa-tion Theory, 2009.G. H. Huff and S. A. Long, “Dynamic com-pensation Mechanisms For Deformable Ra-diating Structures Based On Colloidal Di-electrics And Fluidics,” Proceedings SPIE Smart Structures/NDE, March 2009.T. Wojtaszek, J. T. Bernhard, G. H. Huff, D. J. Chung and J. Papapoly-merou, “Reconfigurable Antennas With Integrated RF MEMS Switches For Military MIMO Applications,” Proceed-ings Government Microcircuit Applica-tions & Critical Technology Conference (GOMACTech-2009), March 2009.


S. Goldberger, F. Drummond, R. Ander-son, J. Barrera, A. Bolon, S. Davis, J. Edel-en, J. Marshall, C. Peters, D. Umana and G. H. Huff, “Small Array Behavior Of Fre-quency Reconfigurable Antennas Enabled By Functionalized Dispersions Of Col-loidal Materials,” Proceedings 2009 URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Boulder, CO, January 2009.T. Wojtaszek, G. H. Huff, D. J. Chung, J. Papapolymerou and J. T. Bernhard, “Re-configurable Antennas With Integrated RF MEMS Switches For Military MIMO Applications,” Proceedings 2009 URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Boulder, CO, January 2009.J.-F. Chamberland and G. H. Huff, “On the Use Of Dual-Band Reconfigurable Anten-nas In Delay-Sensitive Multi-Hop Wire-less Sensor Networks,” Proceedings 2009 URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Boulder, CO, January 2009.M. L. VanBlaricum, T. L. Larry and G. H. Huff, “A Design Approach For Reconfigu-rable RF Surfaces And Apertures,” Soci-ety of Engineering Science: 45th Annual. Technology Meeting, Champaign, IL, Oc-tober 13-15, 2008.D. Lagoudas, M. Bevan, G. H. Huff and Z. Ounaies, “Multi-Scale Modeling And Characterization Of Electromagnetically Tunable Colloidal-Based Materials,” Pro-ceedings Society of Engineering Science: 45th Annual. Technology Meeting, Cham-paign, IL, October 13-15, 2008.G. H. Huff, “Antennas And Techniques For Multifunctional Systems And Smart Structures,” BAE Systems, Nashua, NH, September 4, 2008.G. H. Huff, “A Structurally Functionaliz-able Spiral Aperchassis” Proceedings 2008 Antenna Applications Symposium, Aller-ton Park, Monticello, IL, September 2008.G. H. Huff, S. Goldberger and S. A. Long, “The RF Cuttlefish: Overview of Bio-logically Inspired Concepts For Recon-figurable Antennas And Smart Skins,” Proceedings 2008 Antenna Applications Symposium, Allerton Park, Monticello, IL, September 2008.J. McDonald and G. H. Huff, “Microflu-idic mechanisms For Reconfigurable Di-electric Resonator Antennas,” Proceedings 2008 URSI General Assembly, Chicago, IL, August 2008.S. A. Long and G. H. Huff, “A Study Of Microfluidic Compensation Mechanisms For Deformable Antennas,” Proceedings 2008 URSI General Assembly, Chicago, IL, August 2008.G. H. Huff, “Electromagnetically Func-tionalized Colloidal Dispersions and Mi-crofluidic Reconfiguration Mechanisms For Phase-Reconfigurable Reflectarray El-ements,” Proceedings 2008 URSI General Assembly, Chicago, IL, August 2008.

G. H. Huff, “Multifunctional Materials For Reconfigurable Antennas And Smart Skins,” Speaker for IEEE MTT/APS Chap-ter, NASA Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field, Cleveland, OH, July 21, 2008.G. H. Huff, “Integrated Sensor Networks As Mechanisms For Reconfigurable Radi-ation In A Traveling Wave Antenna,” Pro-ceedings 2008 IEEE International Sympo-sium on Antennas and Propagation, San Diego, CA, June 2008.J. McDonald and G. H. Huff, “Design and Packaging Of A Spherical Inverted-F Antenna (SIFA) for Biomedical Applica-tions,” Proceedings 2008 IEEE Interna-tional Symposium on Antennas and Propa-gation., San Diego, CA, June 2008S. A. Long and G. H. Huff, “Microfluidic Compensation Mechanisms For Poly-morphic Structures,” Naval Research Labs, Radar Division, Washington, DC, March 5, 2008.G. H. Huff, “Engaging the Interface Of Electromagnetics, Microfluidics, And Chemistry In The Design Of Reconfigu-rable Antennas, Smart Skins, And Adaptive Devices,” Naval Research Labs, Radar Di-vision, Washington, DC, January 31, 2008.S. Goldberger and G. H. Huff, “Frequen-cy Reconfiguration Of A Microstrip Patch Antenna Enabled By Colloidal Disper-sions,” Proceedings 2008 URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Boulder, CO, January 2008.

Books or Authoritative ReferencesG. H. Huff and M. L. VanBlaricum, “Re-configurable Antennas,” in F. Gross (ed.), Frontiers in Antennas: Next Generation Design & Engineering, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY, 2010.G. H. Huff and J. T. Bernhard, “Recon-figurable Antennas,” in C. A. Balanis (ed.), Modern Antenna Handbook, Wiley-Inter-science, New York, NY, 2008.

Research-Projects and GrantsPI: G. H. Huff, “PECASE: Multiscale Integration Techniques for Multifunc-tional Apertures,” Army Research Office (ARO), September 01, 2008 – August 31, 2013, $1,000,000.PI: G. H. Huff, “CAREER: Biologically Inspired Concepts for Reconfigurable An-tennas and Multifunctional Smart Skins,” National Science Foundation, July 01, 2009 – July 1, 2012, $578,244.PI: G. H. Huff, “Multi-scale Modeling and Characterization of Electromagneti-cally Tunable Colloidal-Based Materials (ETCMs),” Air Force Office of Sponsored Research (AFOSR), September 01, 2008 – September 1, 2011, $300,000.PI: G. H. Huff, “DURIP: Automated Elec-tromagnetic Measurement Laboratory,” Army Research Office (ARO), April 15, 2008 – April 14, 2009, $218,563.

PI: G. H. Huff, “Adaptive Antenna Ar-rays,” Space Engineering Institute, Sep-tember 01, 2009 – May 15, 2010, nine month student support and six undergradu-ate students at 10hrs/wk.PI: G. H. Huff, “Adaptive Antenna Ar-rays,” Space Engineering Institute, Sep-tember 01, 2008 – May 15, 2009, nine month student support and six undergradu-ate students at 10hrs/wk.PI: G. H. Huff, “Multifunctional Anten-nas,” Space Engineering Institute, Septem-ber 01, 2010 – May 15, 2011, $10,000. New Patents, Design Methods, Techniques or Concepts DevelopedDeveloped new biologically-inspired concept for reconfiguration in anten-nas and smart skins based on electro-magnetically functionalized colloidal dispersions and microfluidics and have also developed new internalized feed mechanism for balanced (broadband) antenna structures.

J. Ji (BI, TC)

PublicationsJournalsS. Feng, Y.-Zhu and J. Ji, “Efficient Large-Array k-Domain Parallel MRI Using Chan-nel-by-Channel Array Reduction,” Magnet-ic Resonance Imaging, August 2010.C.-H. Chang and J. Ji, “Compressed Sens-ing MRI with Multi-Channel Data Using Multi-Core Processors,” Magnetic Reso-nance in Medicine, 2010.Y. Jiraraksopakun,M. McDougall, S. Wright and J. Ji, “A Flow Quantifi-cation Method Using Fluid Dynam-ics Regularization and MR Tagging,” IEEE Transactions on Biomedical En-gineering, 2010.Z. Chang, J. Ji and Q. S. Xiang, “Efficient Multiple Acquisitions by Skipped Phase Encoding and Edge Deghosting (SPEED) Using Shared Spatial Information,” Mag-netic Resonance in Medicine, 2009.J. Ji and Y. Jiraraksopakun, “Model-Based Simulation of Dynamic Magnetic Reso-nance Imaging Signals,” Biomedical Sig-nal Processing and Control, 2008.Y. Liu, F. Ke, M. McDougall, S. Wright and J. Ji, “Reducing SAR in Parallel Ex-citation Using Variable-Density Spirals: A Simulation-Based Study,” Magnetic Reso-nance Imaging, 2008.J. Son, S. Wright and J. Ji, “Single-Point Dixon Water-Fat Imaging Using 64-Chan-nel Single Echo Acquisition MRI,” Con-cepts in Magnetic Resonance Part B: Mag-netic Resonance in Engineering, 2008.G. Whitehead, Z. Chang and J. Ji, “An Au-tomated Intensity-Weighted Brachythera-py Seed Localization Algorithm,” Medical Physics, 2008.


Conference Proceedings/PresentationsG. Whitehead and J. Ji, “Positive Contrast MRI of Prostate Brachytherapy Seeds Based On Resonant Frequency Offset Mapping,” Proceedings, 32nd IEEE-EMBS, Buenos Aires, Argentina, August -September, 2010.C.-H. Chang and J. Ji, “Improved Com-pressed Sensing MRI with Multi-Channel Data Using Reweighted L1 Minimization,” Proceedings, 32nd IEEE-EMBS, Buenos Aires, Argentina, August -September, 2010.Y. Dong and J. Ji, “Phase Unwrapping Using Region-Based Markov Random Field Model,” Proceedings, 32nd IEEE- Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Buenos Aires, Argentina, August -September, 2010.S. Feng and J. Ji, “Coil Reduction in Paral-lel Excitation with Large Array,” Proceed-ings, 32nd IEEE-Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Buenos Aires, Argen-tina, August -September, 2010.C.-H. Chang and J. Ji, “Compressed Sens-ing MRI with Multi-Channel Data Using Multi-Core Processors,” in Proc. 31th IEEE- Engineering in Medicine and Biolo-gy Society, Minneapolis, September 2009.S. Feng and J. Ji, “Channel Reduction in Massive Array Parallel MR,” Proceed-ings, 31st IEEE- Engineering in Medi-cine and Biology Society, Minneapolis, September 2009.V. Pham, X.-P. Zhu, K.-L. Li and J. Ji, “Parameter Estimation in Arterial Spin Labeling MRI: Comparing the Four Phase Model and the Buxton Model with Fourier Transform,” Proceedings, 31st IEEE- En-gineering in Medicine and Biology Soci-ety, Minneapolis, September 2009.J. Ji, A. K. Chan, L. E. Olson and H. Singh, “Active Pipeline Encroachment Deter Us-ing Wireless Sensor Networks,” Proceed-ings, American Society of Civil Engineers 2009 Pipelines Conference, San Diego, California, August 2009.S. Feng and J. Ji, “Efficient Large-Array K-Domain Parallel MRI Using Channel-By-Channel Array Reduc-tion,” Proceedings, 17th Annual Meet-ing of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Ho-nolulu, Hawai’i, April 2009.Y. Liu and J. Ji, “Minimal-SAR RF Pulse Optimization in Parallel Transmission,” Proceedings, 17th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Magnetic Reso-nance in Medicine, Honolulu, Hawai’i, April 2009.

Research-Projects and GrantsPI: J. Ji, “CAREER: An Integrated Ap-proach to Magnetic Resonance Imaging Using Massive Arrays,” National Science Foundation, June 1, 2008- May 31, 2013, $400,000.

PI: J. Ji, “REU: Interdisciplinary Research on Imaging and Biomarkers,” National Science Foundation June 1, 2009- May 31, 2011, $228,560. Co-PI: J. Ji, “Active Pipeline En-croachment Detector,” Department of Transportation, Office of Pipe-line Safety, June 1, 2008- August 30, 2008, $100,000.Co-PI: J. Ji, “China Petroleum, Sen-sor and Signal Processing For Offshore Platform, Office Of Vice President For Research, $15,000.

New Patents, Design Methods, Techniques or Concepts DevelopedProvisional patent: Reducing SAR in Par-allel Excitation Using Variable-Density K-Space Trajectory and Adjusted Gradients, with student Yinan Liu, April 28, 2009

J. Kameoka (SE)

PublicationsJournalsC.-K. Chou, N. Jing, J. Kameoka, “High Speed Digital Protein Interaction Analysis Using Microfluidic Single Molecule De-tection System,” Lab on a Chip, 2010.C.-K. Chou, N. Jing, J. Kameoka “Rapid Detection Of Two-Protein Interaction With A Single Fluorophore By Using A Micro-fluidic Device,” Analyst 2010. P-H Tsou, J. Kameoka, “Rapid Antibiotics Efficacy Screening With Aluminum Oxide Nanoporous Membrane Filter-Chip And Optical Detection System,”Biosensor and Bioelectronics, 2010.S Park, J. Kameoka, “Rapid Prototyping of Nanofluidic Systems Using Size-Reduced Electrospun Nanofibers for Biomolecular Analysis,” Small, 2010.S. Hong, J. Kameoka, “Measurement of Protein 53 Diffusion Coefficient in Live HeLa Cells Using Raster Image Correlation Spectroscopy (RICS),” Journal of Biomate-rials and Nanobiotechnology, 2010. M. Wang, N. Jing, J. Kameoka, “Optoflu-idic Device For Ultra-Sensitive Detection Of Proteins Using SERS,” Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 2009.Y. Shin, M. Wang, J. Kameoka, “Elec-trospun Nanofiber Biosensor For Measuring Glucose Concentration,” Journal of Photopolymer Science and Technology, 2009.Y. Shin, M. Wang, J. Kameoka, “Measure-ments of Refractive Index Change Due To Positive Ions Using A Surface Plasmon Resonance,” Sensors And Actuators B-Chemical, 2008.C. Su, J. Kameoka, “Forty-Four Fiber Optic Loop For Improving The Sensi-tivity Of Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensor,” Measurement Science and technology, 2008.

P. Bhatnagar, J. Kameoka, “Protein Func-tionalized Micro Hydrogel Features For Cell-Surface Interaction,” Biomedical Mi-crodevices, 2008.M. Wang, N. Jing, J. Kameoka, “Nanoflu-idic Biosensing For Beta-Amyloid Detec-tion Using SERS,” Nano Letter, 2008. R. Mehrotr, J. Kameoka, “Monodispersed Polygonal Water Droplets In Microchan-nel,” Applied Physics Letter, 2008.N. Jing, J. Kameoka, “Nanofluidics For Single Molecule Identification,” Journal of Photopolymer Science and Technology, 2008.P-H Tsou, J. Kameoka, “The Fabrication And Testing Of Electrospun Silica Nano-fiber Membranes For The Detection Of Proteins,” Nanotechnology, 2008.

Conference Proceedings/PresentationsJ. Kameoka, S. Hong, “Raster Image Cor-relation Spectroscopy for Anti-Cancer Drug Screening Based on the Identifica-tion of Molecular Dynamics,” Biolphysi-cal Journal, 2010.M.E., Benford, J. Kameoka, “Functional-ized Nanoparticles For Measurement Of Biomarkers Using A SERS Nanochannel Platform,” International Society For Op-tics And Photonics, 2010.N. Jing, C. B. Su, C.-K. C. M.-C. Hung and J. Kameoka. “Optofluidic Device For Mo-lecular Detection Via SERS,” International Society For Optics And Photonics, 2009, San Jose, CA.J. Kameoka, N. Jing, “Single Molecule Identification Via Nanofluidic Immuno-spectroscopy,” Biolphysics Journal, 2008.M. Wang, J. Kameoka, “Optofluidic De-vice For Molecular Detection Via SERS,” IEEE LEOS summer topical, 2008.M. Wang, N. Jing, M. Benford, I-H. Chou, H. T. Beier, G. L. Coté and J. Kameoka, “Optofluidic Device For Ultra-Sensitive Molecule Detection Using Surface-En-hanced Raman Spectroscopy,” Twelfth International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, October 12 - 16, 2008, San Diego, CA.N. Jing, C. B. Su, C.-K. C. M.-C. Hung and J. Kameoka, “Determination Of Pro-tein Concentration With Two-Dimensional (2d) Photon Burst Diagrams Using Mi-crofluidic Channel,” Twelfth International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, October 12 - 16, 2008, San Diego, CA.

Books or Authoritative ReferencesBook ChapterM. Wang, J. Kameoka, “Nanostructures for single molecule detection” publish in Royal society of chemistry, UK. M. Wang, J. Kameoka and G Cote, “Opto-fludics for Surface Enhanced Raman Spec-troscopy,” Wiley Science. USA.


Research-Projects and GrantsCo-PI: J. Kameoka, “NIRT-Hierarchical Manufacturing and Modeling Approaches for Phase Transforming Nanostructures,” National Science Foundation, July 01, 2007- June 30, 2011, $1,000,000.PI: J. Kameoka, “Development Of Pho-ton Burst Spectroscopy,” Department of Defense, September 01, 2008- August 31, 2010, $268,997.

A. Karsilayan (AS)

PublicationsConference Proceedings/PresentationsA. Perez, S. S. Taylor, J. Silva-Martinez and A. I. Karsilayan, “A Large-Signal Blocker Robust Transimpedance Ampli-fier for Coexisting Radio Receivers in 45 nm CMOS,” for Radio Frequency Inte-grated Circuits Symposium, 2011.A. K. Padyana, H. M. Geddada, J. Silva Martinez and A. I. Karsilayan, “A Hybrid 14-bit Analog-to-Digital Converter for Broadband Applications,” TECHCON, Austin, Texas, September 13–14, 2010.J. Silva-Martinez and A. I. Karsilayan, High Performance Continuous-Time Filters with On-ChipTuning,” Proceed-ings, Advances In Analog Circuit Design, Lund, Sweden, 2009.

Books or Authoritative ReferencesJ. Silva-Martinez and A. I. Karsilayan, Advances in Analog Circuit Design, Chapter: “High Performance Continuous-Time Filters with On-Chip Tuning,” Edi-tors: R. von Roermund, H. Casier, and M. Steyaert, Springer 2009.

Research-Projects and GrantsCo-PI: A. I. Karsilayan, “A Hybrid 14-bit Analog-to-Digital Converter for Broad-band Applications,” Semiconductor Re-search Corporation (SRC), August 1, 2009 - July 31, 2012, $240,000. PI: A. I. Karsilayan, “Design, Fabrication and Testing of a 14-Bit 20-MHz Analog-to-Digital Converter in IBM 90-nm RF CMOS Process,” MOSIS, November 2010, $50,000.

M. Kezunovic (EP)

PublicationsJournalsRen, J., Kezunovic, M., “Real Time Pow-er System Frequency and Phasor Estima-tion Scheme Using Recursive Wavelet Transform,” IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, 2011.Kezunovic, M. “Smart Fault Location for Smart Grids,” IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 2011.Kezunovic, M. “Translational Knowledge: From Collecting Data to Making Decisions in a Smart Grid,” IEEE Proceedings, 2011.

Guan, Y and Kezunovic, M., “Grid Moni-toring and Market Risk Management Us-ing Intelligent Economic Alarm Proces-sor,” IEEE Intelligent Systems, 2011.Lotfifard, S., Kezunovic, M., Mousavi, M. J., “Distribution Fault Location Using Voltage Sag Data,” IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, 2011.Pang, C., Kezunovic, M., “Fast Distance Relay Scheme for Detecting Symmetrical Fault During Power Swing,” IEEE Trans-actions on Power Delivery, 2011.L. Wozniak, J. Cardell, I. Dobson, W. Jewell, M Kezunovic, T. Overbye, P.K. Sen, D. Tylavski, L. Beard, F. Galvan, D. Hawkins J. McConnach, “Key Technical Challenges for the Electric Power Industry and Climate Change,” IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, 2011.S.R. Nam, J.Y. Park, S.H. Kang, M. Ke-zunovic, “Phasor Estimation in the Pres-ence of DC Offset and CT Saturation,” IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, October 2010.S. Lotfifard, J. Faiz, M. Kezunovic, “De-tection of Symmetrical Faults by Distance Relays During Power Swings” IEEE Trans-actions on Power Delivery, January 2010. M. Kezunovic, G.T. Heydt, C, DeMarco, T. Mount, “Is Teamwork the Smart Solu-tion,” IEEE Power and Energy Magazine, March/April 2009.R.A.F. Pereira, L.G. Wesz da Silva, M. Kezunovic, J.R.S. Mantovani, “Improved Fault Location on Distribution Feeders Based on Matching During-Fault Voltage Sags,” IEEE Transactions on Power Deliv-ery, April 2009.R.A. F. Pereira, M. Kezunovic, J.R.S. Mantovani, “Fault Location Algorithm for Primary Distribution Feeders Based on Voltage Sags,” International Journal on In-novations in Energy Systems and Power, April 2009.Y. Liao, M. Kezunovic, “Online Optimal Transmission Line Parameter Estimation for Relaying Applications,” IEEE Transac-tions on Power Delivery, January 2009.X. Luo, M. Kezunovic, “Implementing Fuzzy Reasoning Petri-nets for Fault Sec-tion Estimation,” IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, April 2008.

Conference Proceedings/PresentationsP. Myrda, M. Kezunovic, “Converting Field Recorded Data to Information: New Requirements And Concepts For The 21st Century Automated Monitoring So-lutions,” CIGRE General Session, Paris, France, August 2010.Kezunovic, M., Guan, Y., Guo, C., Gha-vami, M., “The 21st Century Substation Design: Vision of the Future”, IREP 2010, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 2010. Zheng, C., Dong, Y., Gonen, O. and Kezu-novic, M., “Data Integration Used in New

Applications and Control Center Visual-ization Tools,” IEEE PES General Meet-ing, Minneapolis, USA, July 2010.Ghavami, M., Kezunovic, M., “Probabi-listic Evaluation of the Effect of Mainte-nance Parameters on Reliability and Cost,” PMAPS 2010, Singapore, July 2010.Dong, Y., Kezunovic, M., “Improvement in Distribution Reliability By Integrating Asset Management And Outage Manage-ment Tasks,” 2010 CIRED Workshop, Lyon, France, June 2010.M. Kezunovic, B. Clowe, R. Lunsford, B. Ferdanesh, D. Maragal, P. Myrda, S. Stern-feld, T. Popovic, “Automated Analysis of Substation Data: Deployment Challeng-es,” Fault and Disturbance Conference, Atlanta, GA, April 2010.J. Ren, M. Kezunovic, “Use of Recursive Wavelet Transform for Estimating Power System Frequency and Phasors,” IEEE PES T&D Conference and Exposition, New Orleans, LA, April 2010.M. Kezunovic, S. T. Waller, I. Damnja-novic, “Framework for Studying Emerg-ing Policy Issues Associated with PHEVs in Managing Coupled Power and Trans-portation Systems,” 2010 IEEE Green Technology Conference, Arlington, TX, April 2010.M. Kezunovic, F. Xu, B. Cuka, P. Myrda, “Intelligent Processing of IED Data for Protection Engineers in the Smart Grid,” IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference (MELECON), Valletta, Malta, April 2010.M. Kezunovic, “Substation Fault Analy-sis Requirements,” IEEE PES Conference on Innovative Smart Grid Technologies, Washington, DC, January 2010.M. Kezunovic, C. Zheng, C. Pang, “Merg-ing PMU, Operational, and Non-opera-tional Data for Interpreting Alarms, Locat-ing Faults and Preventing Cascades,” 43th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICCS 43), Hawaii, January 2010.Y. Guan, M. Kezunovic, “Implementing Intelligent Techniques for the Advanced Alarm Processing,” the 15th International Conference on Intelligent System Applica-tions to Power Systems, Curitiba, Brazil, November 2009.M. Kezunovic, “Automated Fault Analysis in a Smart Grid,” IEEE T&D Asia – SIEF, Seoul, Korea, October 2009.M. Kezunovic, “Fault Location Using Sparse Wide Area Measurement,” CIGRE Study Committee B5 Annual Meeting And Colloquium, Jeju, October 2009.Y. Dong, M. Kezunovic, “Fault Location Algorithm for Radial Distribution Systems Capable of Handling Insufficient and Inac-curate Field Data,” IEEE PES 41st North America Power Symposium (NAPS), Storkville, MS, October 2009.


F. Xu, M. Kezunovic, “Automated Inte-gration of Substation IED Data to Gen-erate Event Reports for Protection En-gineers,” IEEE PES 41st North America Power Symposium (NAPS), Storkville, MS, October 2009.C. Zheng, M. Kezunovic, “Synchronized Sampling Uses for Real-Time Monitor-ing and Control,” IEEE PES 41st North American Power Symposium (NAPS), Storkville, MS, October 2009.M. Kezunovic, J. Ren, C. Pang, “Im-proving Relay Performance by Off-line and On-line Evaluation,” CIGRE Actual Trends in Development of Power System Protection and Automation, Moscow, Rus-sia, September 2009. Y. Dong, V. Aravinthan, M. Keznovic W Jewell, “Integration of Asset and Outage Management Tasks for Distribution Sys-tems,” IEEE PES General Meeting, Cal-gary, Canada, July 2009.C. Pang, M. Kezunovic, “Detection Tools for Disturbances and Protective Relay Op-erations Leading to Cascading Events,” IEEE PES General Meeting, Calgary, Canada, July 2009.J. Ren, M. Kezunovic, J. Stenbakken, “Dy-namic Characterization of PMUs Using Step Signals,” IEEE PES General Meet-ing, Calgary, Canada, July 2009.J. Ren, M. Kezunovic, “Elimination of DC Offset in Accurate Phasor Estiation Using Recursive Wavelet Transform,” Power Tech 09, Bucharest, Romania, June 2009.M. Kezunovic, S. Sternfeld, B. Fer-danesh, T. Popovic, “From Data Mart to Information Smart: Substation Automat-ed Analysis Implementation,” Fault and Disturbance Conference, Atlanta, GA, April 2009.M. Kezunovic, P. Myrda, B. Matic-Cuka, “Design of Integrated Analysis Reports Using Data from Substation IEDs,” XVI EPRI Substation Equipment Maintenance Optimization and Diagnostics Conference, San Antonio, TX, March 2009.M. Kezunovic, B. Matic-Cuka, T. Popovic, “Substation Data Integration and Utiliza-tion,” IEEE PES Power Systems Confer-ence and Exposition-PSCE, Seattle, WA, March 2009.M. Kezunovic, Y. Guan, “Intelligent Alarm Processing: From Data Intensive to Infor-mation Rich,” 42nd Annual Hawaii Inter-national Conference on System Sciences (HICSS 42), Waikoloa Village, Big Island, Hawaii, January 2009.C. Pang, M. Kezunovic, “Wavelet-Based Method for Transmission Line Fault De-tection and Classification During Power Swing,” 6th Mediterranean Conference and Exhibition on Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution and Conver-sion- MedPower 2008, Thessaloniki, Greece, November 2008.

C. Pang, M. Kezunovic, “Information Management System for Detecting Cas-cading Events,” PowerCon 2008 and 2008 IEEE Power India Conference, New Del-hi, India, October 2008.C. Pang, “A New Approach to PID Con-troller Design of STATCOM,” North American Power Symoposium- NAPS, Calgary, Canada, September 2008.B. Matic-Cuka, “IED Data Utilization for Operations, Protection, and Maintenance,” North American Power Symoposium-NAPS, Calgary, Canada, September 2008.C. Zheng, M. Kezunovic, “Integrated Solutions for Ubiquitous Use of Electric-ity and Cyber Services,” North American Power Symoposium-NAPS, Calgary, Can-ada, September 2008.P. Dutta, Y. Guan, M. Kezunovic, “Use of Substation IED Data for Improved Alarm Processing and Fault Location,” North American Power Symoposium-NAPS, Calgary, Canada, September 2008.M. Kezunovic, M. Knezev, “Selection of Optimal Fault Location Algorithm,” IEEE PES General Meeting, Pittsburgh, July 2008.Z. Djekic, L. Portillo, M. Kezunovic, “Compatibility and Interoperability Evalu-ation of All-Digital Protection Systems Based on IEC 61850-9-2 Communication Standard,” IEEE PES General Meeting, Pittsburgh, July 2008.M. Kezunovic, J. Ren, “New Test Meth-odology for Evaluating Protective Relay security and Dependability,” IEEE PES General Meeting, Pittsburgh, July 2008.R.A.F. Pereira, M. Kezunovic, J.R.S. Mantovani, “Fault Location Algorithm for Primary Distribution Feeders Based on Voltage Sags,” The 16th Power Systems Computation Conference, Glasgow, Scot-land, July 2008.S. Natti, M. Kezunovic, “A Risk-Based Decision Approach for Maintenance Scheduling Strategies for Transmission System Equipment,” The 10th Interna-tional Conference on Probalistic Methods Applied to Power Systems-PMAPS 08, Rincon, Puerto Rico, May 2008.M. Kezunovic, T. Popovic, “Data Ware-house and Analysis Agents,” Fault and Disturbance Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, May 2008.M. Kezunovic, C. Pang, J. Ren, Y. Guan, “New Solutions for Improved Transmis-sion Line Protective relay Performance Analysis,” The 14th Mediterranean Elec-trotechnical Conference-MELECON 08, Ajaccio, France, April 2008.M. Kezunovic, Zheng Ce, “Monitoring Power System Dynamic Performance Using Synchronized Sampling,” CIGRE Conference on Monitoring of Power Sys-tem Dynamics Performance, St. Peters-burg, Russia, April 2008.

M. Kezunovic, B. Matic-Cuka, O. Gonen, N. Badayos, “An Advanced Data/Informa-tion Presentation in Power Systems,”ISCA 23rd International Conference on Comput-ers and Their Applications-CATA 08, Can-cun, Mexico, April 2008.M. Kezunovic, A. Edris, “Automated Analysis System for Monitoring, Mainte-nance and Control of Power Systems,” The 12th International Middle East Power Sys-tems Conference-MEPCON 08, Aswan, March 2008.M. Kezunovic, B. Matic-Cuka, A. Edris, “Enterprise-Wide Uses of Diag-nostic Data,” EPRI Substation Equip-ment Diagnostics Conference, Tampa, March 2008.M. Kezunovic, M. Knezev, “Temporal and Spatial Requirements for Optimized Fault Location,” 41st Annual Hawaii Inter-national Conference on System Sciences (HICCS 41), Waikoloa Village, Big Island, Hawaii, January 2008.

Books or Authoritative ReferencesKezunovic, M. et al., “IEEE Standard for Common Format for Event Data Exchange (COMFEDE) for Power Systems,” IEEE C37.239-2010.M. Kezunovic, et. al, “ IEEE Guide for Power System Protection Testing,” IEEE Std. C37.233-2009.M. Kezunovic, J. Ward, et. al. “Integration of Asset and Outage Management Tasks for Distribution Systems,” PSerc Report , August 2009.M. Kezunovic, T. J. Overbye, “Integra-tion of Substation IED Information into EMS Functionality,” Pserc Report #08-25, November 2008.M. V. Venkatasubramanian, M. Kezunovic, V. Vittal, “Detection, Prevention and Miti-gation of Cascading Events,” Pserc Report #08-18, September 2008.

Research-Projects and GrantsPI: M. Kezunovic, “Verifying Interoper-ability And Application Performance of PMUs and PMU-Enabled Ieds At The De-vice And System Level,” PSerc Consor-tium, June 2010- August 2012, $190,000.PI: M. Kezunovic, “The Smart Grid Needs: Model and Data Interoperability and Unified Generalized State Estimator,” PSerc Consortium, June 2010- August 2012, $135,000.PI: M. Kezunovic, “Impact of Wind Gen-eration on Protection Systems,” Vestas, August 2010- August 2011, $75,000.PI: M. Kezunovic, “Optimized Fault Lo-cation for Distribution Systems,” ABB, March 2009- March 2012, $237,915.PI: M. Kezunovic, “PHEVs as Dynami-cally Configurable Dispersed Energy Storage,” PSerc Consortium, June 2009- August 2011, $220,000.


ible Don’t-Cares,” ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems (TODAES), April 2008. S. Das, S. Khatri, “A Novel Hybrid Par-allel-Prefix Adder Architecture with Effi-cient Timing-Area Characteristic,” IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integra-tion, March 2008.S. Das, S. Khatri, “A Timing-Driven Ap-proach to Synthesize Fast Barrel Shift-ers,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II (TCAS-II), January 2008.

Conference Proceedings/PresentationsL. Kish, S. Khatri, S. Bezrukov, F. Peper, Z. Gingl, T. Horvath, “Noise-Based Logic And Computing: What Do We Have So Far?,” 21st International Conference on Noise and Fluctuations. June 12-16 2011, Toronto, Canada.A. Mandal, N. Jayakumar, K. Bollapalli, S. Khatri, N. Mahapatra, “An Automated Approach For Minimum Jitter Buffered H-Tree Construction,” 24th International Conference on VLSI Design, Chennai, In-dia, January 2-7, 2011.A. Mandal, V. Karkala, S. Khatri, N. Ma-hapatra, “Interconnected Tile Standing Wave Resonant Oscillator based Clock Distribution Circuits,” 24th International Conference on VLSI Design, Chennai, In-dia. January 2-7, 2011.V. Karkala, J. Wanstrath, T. Lacour, S. Khatri, “Efficient Arithmetic Sum-Of-Product (SOP) Based Multiple Constant Multiplication (MCM) for FFT,” Interna-tional Conference on Computer-Aided De-sign (ICCAD) 2010, San Jose, CA.D. Gope, P.K. Lin, S. Khatri, “Exploring a Circuit Design Approach Based on One-Hot Multi-Valued Domino Logic,” 2010 IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits & Systems (MWSCAS), Se-attle, WA, August 1-4, 2010. A. Singh, K. Gulati, S. Khatri, “Mini-mum Leakage Vector Computation Using Weighted Partial MaxSAT,” 2010 IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits & Systems (MWSCAS), Seattle, WA, August 1-4, 2010. C. Marianno, S. Khatri, “Unique Radiation Detection Method Using Si based Inte-grated Circuits,” 2010 Annual Meeting of the Health Physics Society, Salt Lake City, UT, June 27 – July 1, 2010. R. Kumar, K. Bollapalli, S. Khatri, “An Ef-ficient Pulse Flip-Flop Based Launch-on-Shift Scan Cell,” IEEE International Sym-posium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS) 2010, Paris, France. May 30 - June 2, 2010. P. Lin, S. Khatri, “VLSI Implementation of a Non-Linear Feedback Shift Register for High-Speed Cryptography Applica-tions,” Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI (GLS-VLSI) 2010, Providence, RI, May 16-18, 2010.

Co-PI: M. Kezunovic, “Communication Requirements and Integration Options for Smart Grid Deployment,” Pserc Consor-tium, June 2009- August 2011, $160,000.PI: M. Kezunovic, “Information Technolo-gy for the 21st Century Smart Grid,” State of Texas and The Center for the Commer-cialization of Electrical Technologies, Au-gust 2008- August 2009, $500,000.PI: M. Kezunovic, “The 21st Century Sub-station Design,” National Science Founda-tion and PSerc Consortium, June 2008- August 2010, $150,000.PI: M. Kezunovic, “Integration of Asset and Outage Management Tasks for Dis-tribution Applications,” National Science Foundation and PSerc Consortium, June 2007- August 2009, $155,000.PI: M. Kezunovic, “Multiple Uses of Sub-station Data – Phase II,” Electric Power Research Institute, May 2005- December 2009, $570,019.PI: M. Kezunovic, “Synchronized Sam-pling Uses for Real Time Monitoring and Control,” Department Of Energy-CERTS, September 2006- September 2009, $300,000.PI: M. Kezunovic, “Intelligent Alarm Pro-cessors,” ERCOT, December 2006- March 2008, $100,000.PI: M. Kezunovic, “SGER: Integrated So-lutions for Ubiquitous Use of Electricity and Cyber Services,”National Science Foundation, August 2006- February 2008, $75,000.PI: M. Kezunovic, “Integration of Substa-tion IED Information into EMS Function-ality,” National Science Foundation and PSerc Consortium, June 2006- August 2008, $120,000.Co-PI: M. Kezunovic, “Detection, Preven-tion and Mitigation of Cascading Events – Prototype Implementation,” National Sci-ence Foundation and PSerc Consortium, June 2006- August 2008, $236,000.

S. Khatri (CE)

PublicationsJournalsL. Kish, S. Khatri, T. Horvath, “Computa-tion Using Noise-Based Logic: Efficient String Verification Over A Slow Commu-nication Channel,” European Journal of Physics, 2011.L. Kish, S. Khatri, S. Bezrukov, F. Peper, Z. Gingl, T. Horvath, “Noise-Based De-terministic Logic And Computing: A Brief Survey,” International Journal of Uncon-ventional Computing, 2011.N. Jayakumar, S. Khatri, “A Simulta-neous Input Vector Control and Circuit Modification Technique to Reduce Leak-age with Zero Delay Penalty,” ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems, 2010.

Z. Gingl, S. Khatri, L. Kish, “Towards Brain-Inspired Computing,” Fluctuation and Noise Letters, 2010.L. Kish, S. Khatri, F. Peper, “Instantaneous Noise-Based Logic,” Fluctuation and Noise Letters, 2010.K. Gulati, S. Khatri, “Fault Table Com-putation on GPUs”, Journal of Electronic Testing: Theory and Applications (JET-TA), April 2010. K. Bollapalli, R. Garg, K. Gulati, S. Khatri, “Selective Forward Body Bias for High Speed and Low Power SRAMs,” Journal of Low Power Electronics (JOL-PE), August 2009. S. Ekambavananan, R. Garg, S. Khatri, “Encoding Serial Data for Graphical EDP/Energy Minimization”, Journal of Low Power Electronics (JOLPE), August 2009.L. Kish, S. Khatri, S. Sethuraman, “Noise-based Logic Hyperspace with the Superpo-sition of 2N States in a Single Wire,” Phys-ics Letters, 2009. K. Gulati, S. Paul, S. Khatri, S. Patil, A. Jas, “FPGA-Based Hardware Acceleration for Boolean Satisfiability,” ACM Transac-tions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems, 2009. R. Garg, N. Jayakumar, S. Khatri, G. Choi, “Circuit-level Design Approaches for Ra-diation-hard Digital Electronics,” IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integra-tion Systems, 2009. C. Duan, S. Khatri, “Efficient On-Chip Crosstalk Avoidance CODEC Design,” IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems, 2009. S. Paul, N. Jayakumar, S. Khatri, “A Fast Hardware Approach for Approximate, Effi-cient Logarithm and Antilogarithm Compu-tations,” IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems, February 2009.N. Jayakumar, A. Kapoor, S. Khatri, “A Dynamically De-skewable Clock Distri-bution Methodology,” IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (TVLSI), September 2008. S. Das, S. Khatri, “Resource Sharing among Mutually Exclusive Sum-of-Product Blocks for Area Reduction,” ACM Transactions on Design Automa-tion of Electronic Systems (TODAES), July 2008.K. Gulati, M. Waghmode, S. Khatri, W. Shi, “An Efficient, Scalable Hardware En-gine for Boolean Satisfiability and Unsat-isfiable Core Extraction,” IET Computers and Digital Techniques, May 2008.K. Gulati, N. Jayakumar, S. Khatri, D.M.H. Walker, “A Probabilistic Method to Deter-mine the Minimum Leakage Vector for Combinational Designs in the Presence of Random PVT Variations,” Integration, the VLSI Journal, May 2008.K. Gulati, N. Saluja, S. Khatri, “SAT-based ATPG Using Multi-level Compat-


K. Gulati, S. Khatri, “Boolean Satisfiabil-ity on a Graphics Processor,” Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI (GLS-VLSI) 2010, Providence, RI, May 16-18, 2010. N. Abedini, S. Khatri, S. Savari, “A SAT-based Scheme to Determine Optimal Fix-free Codes,” Data Compression Conference (DCC), Snowbird, UT, March 24-26, 2010. K. Bollapalli, S. Khatri, L. Kish, “Imple-menting Digital Logic with Sinusoidal Supplies,” Design Automation and Test in Europe (DATE) conference, 2010, Dres-den, Germany. March 8-12, 2010. S. Go-palani, R. Garg, S. Khatri, “DFM-Aware Structured ASIC Design,” International Symposium on Integrated Circuits (ISIC) 2009, Singapore, December 14-16, 2009. K. Gulati, N. Jayakumar, S. Khatri, “A PTL Based Highly Testable Structured ASIC Design Approach,” International Symposium on Integrated Circuits (ISIC) 2009, Singapore. December 14-16, 2009. R. Garg, S. Khatri, “A Variation Tolerant Circuit Design Approach using Parallel Gates,” Austin Conference on Integrated Systems and Circuits (ACISC) 2009, Aus-tin, TX, October 26-27, 2009. “Implementing Digital Logic with Sinu-soidal Supplies”, Bollapalli, Khatri, Kish. Austin Conference on Integrated Systems and Circuits (ACISC) 2009, Austin, TX. October 26-27, 2009.A. Singh, K. Gulati, S. Khatri, “A Weight-ed Partial MaxSAT Based Method to De-termine the MLV for Combinational De-signs,” Austin Conference on Integrated Systems and Circuits (ACISC) 2009, Aus-tin, TX, October 26-27, 2009. K. Bollapalli, R. Garg, K. Gulati, S. Khatri, “On-chip Bidirectional Wiring for Heav-ily Pipelined Systems Using Network Coding,” IEEE International Conference on Computer Design (ICCD) 2009, Lake Tahoe, CA, October 4-7, 2009. V. Karkala, K. Bollapalli, R. Garg, S. Khatri, “A PLL Design Based on a Stand-ing Wave Resonant Oscillator,” IEEE International Conference on Computer Design (ICCD) 2009, Lake Tahoe, CA, October 4-7, 2009. R. Kumar, K. Bollapalli, R. Garg, T. Soni, S. Khatri, “A Robust Pulse-Triggered Flip-Flop Based Enhanced Scan Cell Design,” IEEE International Conference on Com-puter Design (ICCD) 2009, Lake Tahoe, CA, October 4-7, 2009. R. Kumar, V. Karkala, R. Garg, T. Jindal, S. Khatri, “A Radiation Tolerant Phase Locked Loop Design for Digital Elec-tronics,” IEEE International Conference on Computer Design (ICCD) 2009, Lake Tahoe, CA, October 4-7, 2009. R. Garg, S. Khatri, “3D Simulation and Analysis of the Radiation Tolerance of Voltage Scaled Digital Circuits,” IEEE International Conference on Computer

Design (ICCD) 2009, Lake Tahoe, CA, October 4-7, 2009. K. Bollapalli, Y. Wu, K. Gulati, S. Khatri, R. Calderbank, “Highly Parallel Decod-ing of Space-Time Codes on Graphics Processing Units,” Annual Allerton Con-ference on Communication, Control and Computing, 2009, Urbana, IL, September 30 – October 2, 2009. L. Kish, S. Bezrukov, S. Khatri, Z. Gingl, S. Sethuraman, “Noise-Based Logic and Computing: From Boolean Logic Gates To Brain Circuitry And Its Possible Hardware Realization,” International Workshop on Natural Computing (IWNC) 2009, Himeji, Japan, September 23-25, 2009. J. Duperre, G. Burgett, R. Garg, S. Khatri, “RF Receiver and Transmitter for Insect Mounted Sensor Platform,” IEEE Mid-west Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS) 2009, Cancun, Mexico, Au-gust 2-5, 2009. K. Gulati, S. Khatri, “An Automated Ap-proach for SIMD Kernel Generation for GPU based Software Acceleration,” Sym-posium on Application Accelerators in High Performance Computing (SAAHPC) 2009, Urbana, IL, July 28-30, 2009. S. Alaparthi, K. Gulati, S. Khatri, “Sorting Binary Numbers in Hardware - a Novel Algorithm and its Implementation,” Inter-national Symposium on Circuits and Sys-tems (ISCAS) 2009, Taipei, Taiwan, May 24-27, 2009. K. Bollapalli, R. Garg, K. Gulati, S. Khatri, “Low Power and High Performance SRAM Design using Selective Forward Body Bias,” IEEE/ACM Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI (GLSVLSI) 2009, Boston, MA, May 10-12, 2009. J. Cobb, K. Gulati, S. Khatri, “Robust Window-based Multi-node Technology-Independent Logic Minimization,” IEEE/ACM Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI (GLSVLSI), 2009, Boston, MA, May 10-12, 2009. R. Dash, R. Garg, S. Khatri, G. Choi, “SEU Hardened Clock Regeneration Cir-cuits,” International Symposium on Qual-ity Electronic Design (ISQED), San Jose, CA, March 16-18 2009. S. Paul, R. Garg, S. Khatri, S. Vaidya, “Design and Implementation of a Sub-threshold BFSK Transmitter,” Interna-tional Symposium on Quality Electronic Design (ISQED), San Jose, CA, March 16-18 2009.K. Gulati, S. Khatri, P. Li, “Closed-Loop Modeling of Power and Temperature Pro-files of FPGAs,” ACM/SIGDA Interna-tional Symposium on Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA), Monterey, CA, Feb-ruary 22-24 2009. K. Gulati, S. Khatri, “Accelerating Statisti-cal Static Timing Analysis Using Graphics Processing Units,” IEEE/ACM Asia and

South Pacific Design Automation Confer-ence (ASP-DAC) 2009, Yokohama, Japan, January 19-22, 2009. R. Garg, S. Khatri, “Efficient Analytical Determination of the SEU-Induced Pulse Shape,” IEEE/ACM Asia and South Pacif-ic Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC) 2009, Yokohama, Japan, Jan 19-22 2009, pp. 461-467. K. Gulati, J. Croix, S. Khatri, R. Shas-try, “Fast Circuit Simulation on Graphics Processing Units,” IEEE/ACM Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Confer-ence (ASP-DAC) 2009, Yokohama, Japan, January 19-22, 2009.R. Garg, S. Khatri, “A Novel, Highly SEU Tolerant Digital Circuit Design Ap-proach,” IEEE International Conference on Computer Design (ICCD) 2008, Lake Tahoe, CA, October 12-15 2008. S. Das, S. Khatri, “A Timing-Driven Syn-thesis Approach of a Fast Four-Stage Hy-brid Adder in Sum-of-Products,” IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Sys-tems (MWSCAS) 2008, August 10-13, 2008, Knoxville, TN. C. Duan, S. Khatri, “Forbidden Transi-tion Free Crosstalk Avoidance CODEC Design,” ACM/EDAC/IEEE Design Au-tomation Conference (DAC) 2008, June 8-13 2008, Anaheim, CA.K. Gulati, S. Khatri, “Towards Accelera-tion of Fault Simulation using Graphics Processing Units,” ACM/ EDAC/IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC) 2008, June 8-13 2008, Anaheim, CA. R. Garg, C. Nagpal, S. Khatri, “A Fast, Analytical Estimator for the SEU-induced Pulse Width in Combinational Designs,” ACM/ EDAC/IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC) 2008, June 8-13 2008, Anaheim, CA. R. Garg, P. Li, S. Khatri, “Modeling Dy-namic Stability of SRAMs in the Pres-ence of Single Event Upsets (SEUs),” IEEE International Symposium on Cir-cuits and Systems, May 18-21, 2008, Seattle, WA. K. Gulati, S. Khatri, “Accelerating Statisti-cal Static Timing Analysis Using Graphics Processing Units,” Austin Conference on Integrated Systems and Circuits (ACISC) May 7-9, 2008, Austin, TX. S. Gopalani, R. Garg, S. Khatri, M. Cheng, “A Lithography-Friendly Structured ASIC Design Approach,” IEEE Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI, May 4-6, 2008, Or-lando, FL. S. Paul, R. Garg, S. Khatri, “Pipelined Net-work of PLA Based Circuit Design,” IEEE Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI, May 4-6, 2008, Orlando, FL.A. Venkataraman, R. Garg, S. Khatri, “A Robust, Fast Pulsed Flip-Flop Design,” IEEE Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI, May 4-6, 2008, Orlando, FL.


K. Gulati, S. Khatri, “Improving FPGA Routability Using Network Coding,” IEEE Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI, May 4-6, 2008, Orlando, FL. C. Nagpal, R. Garg, S. Khatri, “A Delay-Efficient Radiation-Hard Digital Design Approach Using CWSP Elements,” De-sign Automation, and Test in Europe (DATE) Conference 2008, March 10-14, Munich, Germany. C. Duan, S. Khatri, “Energy Efficient and High Speed On-Chip Ternary Bus,” Design Automation, and Test in Europe (DATE) Conference 2008, March 10-14, Munich, Germany. R. Garg, G. Mallarapu, S. Khatri, “A Sin-gle-Supply True Voltage Level Shifter,” Design Automation, and Test in Europe (DATE) Conference 2008, March 10-14, Munich, Germany.V. Cordero, S. Khatri, “Clock Distribu-tion Scheme Using Coplanar Transmission Lines,” Design Automation, and Test in Europe (DATE) Conference 2008, March 10-14, Munich, Germany.S. Das, S. Khatri, “A Merged Synthesis Technique for Fast Arithmetic Blocks In-volving Sum-of-Products and Shifters,” 21st International Conference on VLSI Design 2008, January 4-8, 2008, Hyder-abad, India. S. Das, S. Khatri, “A Timing-Driven Syn-thesis Technique for Arithmetic Product-of-Sum Expressions,” 21st International Conference on VLSI Design 2008, Janu-ary 4-8, 2008, Hyderabad, India.S. Das, S. Khatri, “An Inversion-Based Synthesis Approach for Area and Power Ef-ficient Arithmetic Sum-of-Products,” 21st International Conference on VLSI Design 2008, January 4-8, 2008, Hyderabad, India.

Books or Authoritative ReferencesS. Khatri, K. Gulati, editors, “Advanced Techniques in Logic Synthesis Optimiza-tions and Applications,” Springer Publish-ers, 1st ed, 2011.J. Cobb, K. Gulati, S. Khatri, “Robust Window-Based Multi-node Minimization Technique Using Boolean Relations,” In Advanced Techniques in Logic Synthesis Optimizations and Applications, Springer Publishers.K. Bollapalli, S. Khatri, L. Kish, “Digital Logic Using Non-DC Signals,” In Ad-vanced Techniques in Logic Synthesis Optimizations and Applications, Springer Publishers.C. Duan, B. LaMeres, S. Khatri, “On and Off-chip Cross-talk Avoidance in VLSI Designs,” Monograph published by Springer Publishers. Gulati, S. Khatri, “EDA Algorithm Ac-celeration with FPGAs, GPUs, and Custom ICs,” Monograph published by Springer Publishers.

R. Garg, S. Khatri, “Analysis and Design of Resilient VLSI Circuits: Mitigating Soft Errors and Process Variations,” Mono-graph published by Springer PublishersN. Jayakumar, S. Paul, R. Garg, S. Khatri, “Minimizing and Exploiting Leakage in VLSI Design,” Monograph published by Springer Publishers.

Research-Projects and GrantsPI: S. Khatri, “Revolutionary Low Power Component Design for Man Portable Ra-diation Detectors,” Defense Threat Reduc-tion Agency (DTRA), over three years, $110,000.PI: S. Khatri, “Low Power Field Program-mable Gate Array with Specialized Serial Input/Output (I/O),” Maryland Procure-ment Office, one year starting May 2011, $140,000.PI: S. Khatri, “Extreme Low-power Sub-threshold FPGA,” Intelligence commu-nity postdoc (IC postdoc), over a period of three years, $360,000.PI: S. Khatri, “GPU based Acceleration of BSIM4 Model Evaluation,” Accelicon Technologies, Inc., gift offered in two parts, $15,000.Co-PI: S. Khatri, “A Framework for De-veloping Novel Detection Systems Fo-cused on Interdicting Shielded HEU,” National Science Foundation, September 2007 - August 2012, $7,500,000.PI: S. Khatri, “Low Power Field Program-mable Gate Array (FPGA),” National Security Agency, 30 months from Spring 2010, $1,000,000.PI: S. Khatri, “Low Power Field Program-mable Gate Array (FPGA),” National Secu-rity Agency, Fall 2008- Fall 2009, $10,000.PI: S. Khatri, “High-End Virtex 5 FPGAs for Research Studies,” Xilinx Inc., Re-ceived a high-end Virtex 5 LX110 FPGA board, along with software, Estimated val-ue of the grant is $3,000.PI: S. Khatri, “Research Applications on High-End FPGAs,” Altera Corporation, Received a high-end DE3 FPGA board along with software.PI: S. Khatri, “Fast Look-up Algorithms on FPGAs and GPUs,” Nascentric, March 2007 - February 2008, $15,000.Co-PI: S. Khatri, “Functional Sensors,” National Science Foundation, March 2005-February 2009, $600,000.PI: S. Khatri, “Hardware Architectures for ATPG using Boolean Satisfiability,” Intel Corporation, October 2005-September 2008, $35,000.

New Patents, Design Methods, Techniques or Concepts DevelopedWe have developed a noise-based Boolean Satisfiability solver, which solves the prob-lem in quadratic time.We are developing a superposition-of-

sinusoid based I/O driver for on-chip and off-chip communication“Low Power Reconfigurable Circuits with Delay Compensation,” U.S. Patent filed February 2010.Extreme low power chip prototype, filed a US Patent in February 2010.New method to allow Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) to become smaller and significantly faster.

L. Kish (SE)

PublicationsJournalsL.B. Kish, J. Scheuer, “Noise in the Wire: The Real Impact Of Wire Resistance for the Johnson (-like) Noise Based Secure Com-municator,” Physics Letters, April 2010.Z. Gingl, L.B. Kish, B. Ayhan, C. Kwan, C.-G. Granqvist, “Fluctuation-Enhanced Sensing With Zero-Crossing Analysis for High-Speed and Low-Power Applica-tions,” IEEE Sensor Journal, March 2010. G. Schmera, Z. Gingl, L.B. Kish, B. Ayhan, C. Kwan, C.G. Granqvist, “Separating Chemical Signals of Adsorption-Desorp-tion and Diffusive Processes,” IEEE Sen-sors Journal, March 2010.H.C. Chang, L.B. Kish, M.D. King, C. Kwan, “Binary Fingerprints at Fluctua-tion-Enhanced Sensing,” Sensors, 2010. L.L. Kish, M. Zhang, L.B. Kish, “Crack-ing the Liu key Exchange Protocol In Its Most Secure State With Lorentzian Spec-tra,” Fluctuation and Noise Letters, 2010. S.M. Bezrukov, L.B. Kish, “Determinis-tic multivalued Logic Scheme For Infor-mation Processing And Routing In The Brain,” Physics Letters, 2009.L.B. Kish, S. Khatri, S. Sethuraman, “Noise-Based Logic Hyperspace With The Superposition of 2N States In A Single Wire,” Physics Letters, March 2009.L.B. Kish, T. Horvath, “Notes on Recent Approaches Concerning the Kirchhoff-Law-Johnson-Noisebased Secure Key Ex-change,” Physics Letters, 2009.H.C. Chang, L.B. Kish, M.D. King, C. Kwan, “Fluctuation-Enhanced Sensing of Bacterium Odors,” Sensors and Actuators, web-published April 15, 2009.L.B. Kish, “Noise-Based Logic: Binary, Multi-Valued, Or Fuzzy, With Optional Superposition Of Logic States,” Physics Letters, 2008.G. Frenning, G. Alderborn, L.B. Kish, D. Mahlin, “Spectral Analysis Of Force Fluc-tuations During Probe Penetration Into Cohesive Powders,” Powder Technology, October 8, 2008.

Conference Proceedings/PresentationsK. Bollapalli, S. Khatri, L.B. Kish, “Im-plementing Digital Logic with Sinusoidal


Supplies,” Design Automation and Test in Europe conference, Dresden, Germany, March 8-12, 2010.L.B. Kish, H.C. Chang, M.D. King, C. Kwan, J.O. Jensen, “Fluctuation-En-hanced Sensing For Biological Agent De-tection And Identification,” Plenary Talk, Nanoelectronic Devices for Defense and Security, September 28 - October 2, 2009, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.L.B. Kish, S. Khatri, S.M. Bezrukov, Z. Gingl, S. Sethuraman, “Noise-Based Logic,” Fourth International Workshop on Natural Computing, September 23-25, 2009, Himeji, Japan.L.B. Kish, “Speed, Error And Heat In Classical And Non-Conventional Gener-al-Purpose Computing Initiatives,” Quan-tum Computing: Possibilities and Re-alities, CIFAR Nanoelectronics Program - Fall 2008 Meeting, November 13-16, 2008, Halifax, Canada.F. Peper, L.B. Kish, K. Leibnitz, J.-Q. Liu, “Methods to Exploit Noise in the Design of Complex Systems,” Proceed-ings, SICE Symposium on Systems and Information (SSI 2008), November 26-28, Himeji, Japan, 2008.L.B. Kish, “Noise-Based Communication And Computing,” Proceedings, Work-shop on Unconventional Computation and Computing,” SICE, September 10, 2—8, Kobe, Japan.

Research-Projects and GrantsPI: L.B. Kish, “High Performance and Portable Electronic Dog-Nose with Fluc-tuation-Enhanced Sensing and Prompt Bacterium-Identifier Option, ARO - SBIR subcontract from Signal Processing Inc, November 2007 - June 2010, $220,000.PI: L.B. Kish, “Electrostatic, Non-Flourescent, Fluctuation-Enhanced Bac-terium Spore Analyzer,” ARO - SBIR subcontract rom Signal Processing Inc, June-December, 2009, $21,000.

D. Kundur (TC)

PublicationsJournalsD. Kundur, X. Feng, S. Mashayehk, T. Zourntos and K. L. Butler-Purry, “Towards Modeling the Impact of Cyber Attacks on a Smart Grid,” International Journal of Secu-rity and Networks Special Issue on Security and Privacy in Smart Grid, January 2011.M. Merabti, Z. Liu, H. Yu and D. Kun-dur, “Advances in Peer-to-Peer Content Search,” Journal of Signal Processing Systems, 2010. U. N. Okorafor and D. Kundur, “Secu-rity-Aware Routing and Localization for a Directional Mission Critical Net-work,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, 2010.

U. N. Okorafor and D. Kundur, “On the Relevance of Node Isolation to the K-Connectivity of Wireless Optical Sensor Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, October 2009.N. J. Mathai, T. Zourntos and D. Kundur, “Vector Field Driven Design for Light-weight Signal Processing and Control Schemes for Autonomous Robotic Navi-gation,” EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing Special Issue on Sig-nal Processing Advances in Robots and Autonomy, 2009. D. Kundur, “Directional Link Networks: Enabling Technologies for Multime-dia Sensor Networks,” IEEE COMSOC MMTC E-Letter, July 2009.C. Fei, R. Kwong and D. Kundur, “A Hy-pothesis Testing Approach to Semifragile Watermark-Based Authentication,” IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, June 2009.M. Merabti, Z. Liu, H. Yu and D. Kun-dur, “Advances in Peer-to-Peer Content Search,” Journal of Signal Processing Systems, February 5, 2009. N. J. Mathai, T. Zourntos and D. Kundur, “Vector Field Design of Screw-Type Cha-os,” Fluctuations and Noise Letters, 2008. A. Czarlinska and D. Kundur, “Wireless Image Sensor Networks: Event Acquisi-tion in Attack-Prone and Uncertain En-vironments,” Multidimensional Systems and Signal Processing, October 8, 2008. W. Luh and D. Kundur, “Distributed Se-cret Sharing for Discrete Memoryless Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Infor-mation Forensics and Security, Septem-ber 2008.

Conference Proceedings/PresentationsD. Kundur, X. Feng, S. Liu, T. Zourn-tos and K.L. Butler-Purry, “Towards a Framework for Cyber Attack Impact Analysis of the Electric Smart Grid,” Proceedings, First IEEE Intentional Con-ference on Smart Grid Communications, Gaithersburg, Maryland, October 2010.C. Fei, R. Kwong and D. Kundur, “Secure Semi-Fragile Watermarking for Image Authentication,” Proceedings, First IEEE Intentional Workshop on Information Forensics and Security, London, United Kingdom, December 2009. S. Shankar, D. Kundur and A. Sprintson, “Enhanced Availability in Randomly Deployed Wireless Sensor Networks via Hybrid Uni/Omni-Directional Antennas,” Proceedings, IEEE MILCOM, San Di-ego, California, November 2008.A. Czarlinska, W. Luh and D. Kundur, “On Privacy and Security in Distributed Visual Sensor Networks,” Proceedings, IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), San Diego, California, October 2008.

Books or Authoritative ReferencesBook Chapters:D. Kundur, S. Mashayehk, X. Feng, S. Liu K. L. Butler-Purry and T. Zourntos, “Cyber Attack Impact Analysis for the Smart Grid,” in Communication and Security in Smart Grids, Y. Xiao, ed., CRC Press, invited, 2011.W. Luh and D. Kundur, “Distributed Secret Sharing over the Gaussian Interference Wire-tap Channel,” in Securing Wireless Commu-nications at the Physical Layer, R. Liu and W. Trappe, eds., Springer, pp. 39-64, 2010.U. N. Okorafor and D. Kundur, “Security Aware Routing in Hierarchical Optical Sensor Networks,” in From Problem to Solution: Wireless Sensor Networks, Z. Jiang and Y. Pan, eds., Nova Science Pub-lishers, Inc, 2008.

Research-Projects and GrantsPI: D. Kundur, “Cyber Security Impact Analysis Framework for the Electric Smart Grid, National Science Foundation (NSF), September 2010 – August 2013, $457,281.PI: D. Kundur, “REU Site: Smart Grid and Smart Applications: Enabling the Future through Electrical and Computer Engi-neering," NSF, May 2011 – April 2014, $402,000. PI: D. Kundur, “A Framework for Cyber Security Analysis of the Electric Smart Grid,” Norman Hackerman Advanced Research Program (NHARP), September 2010- August 2012, $193,480. PI: D. Kundur, “Model Based Design and Analysis of Smart Cyber-Physical Sys-tems,” Mathworks, Inc., May 2010- May 2011, $40,000.Co-PI: D. Kundur, “REU Site: Electrical En-gineering Research Applications in Home-land Security,” National Science Founda-tion, May 2007- April 2010, $380,906. PI: D. Kundur, “Toward Security-Enabled Communications for Optical Sensor Net-works,” National Science Foundation, May 2007- December 2008, $70,000.

P. Li (CE)PublicationsJournalsR. Samanta, J. Hu and Peng Li, “Discrete buffer And Wire Sizing For Link-Based Non-Tree Clock Networks,” in IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integra-tion Systems, July 2010.A. Dayal, P. Li and G. M. Huang, “Robust SRAM Design Via Joint Sizing And Volt-age Optimization Under Dynamic Stabil-ity Constraints,” in Journal of Low Power Electronics, April 2010.G. Yu and P. Li, “Exploring Circuit Ad-aptation For Yield Optimization Of Low-Power All-Digital PLLs,” Journal of Low Power Electronics, April 2010.G. Venkataraman, Z. Feng, J. Hu, P. Li, “Combinatorial Algorithms For Fast Clock Mesh Optimization,” in IEEE Transac-tions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems, January 2010.


X. Ye, P Li and F Liu, “Exact time-Do-main Second-Order Adjoint Sensitivity Computation For Linear Circuit Analysis And Optimization,” in IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Fundamental Theory and Applications, January 2010.Z. Feng, P. Li and Z. Ren, “SICE: De-sign-Dependent Statistical Interconnect Corner Extraction Under Inter/Intra-Die Variations,” IET Circuits, Devices & Systems, 2009. Z. Zeng and P. Li, “Locality-Driven Parallel Power Grid Optimization,” in IEEE Trans-actions on Computer-Aided Design of Inte-grated Circuits and Systems, August 2009. W. Dong and P. Li, “A parallel Harmonic Balance Approach To Steady-State And Envelope-Following Simulation Of Driven And Autonomous Circuits,” in IEEE Trans-actions on Computer-Aided Design of Inte-grated Circuits and Systems, April 2009. Z. Feng, P. Li and Y. Zhan, “An On-The-Fly Parameter Dimension Reduction Ap-proach To Fast Second-Order Statistical Static Timing Analysis,” in IEEE Transac-tions on Computer-Aided Design of Inte-grated Circuits and Systems, January 2009. Z. Feng and P. Li, “Performance-Orient-ed Parameter Dimension Reduction of VLSI Circuits,” in IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems, January 2009.Y. Yi, P. Li, V. Sarin and W. Shi, “A Pre-conditioned Hierarchical Algorithm For Impedance Extraction Of 3-D Structures With Multiple Dielectrics,” in IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, No-vember 2008.G. Yu, W. Dong, Z. Feng and P. Li, “Statis-tical Static Timing Analysis Considering Process Variation Model Uncertainty,” in IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Sys-tems, October 2008.

Conference Proceedings/PresentationsY. Ho, G. M. Huang and P. Li, “Memris-tor System Properties And Its Design Ap-plications To Circuits Such As Nonvolatile Memristor Memories,” Proceedings, IEEE International Conference on Communica-tions, Circuits and Systems, July 2010.L. Yin and P. Li, “Exploiting Reconfigu-rability For Low-Cost In-Situ Test And Monitoring Of Digital PLLs,” Proceed-ings, of ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference, June 2010.Z. Zeng, X. Ye, Z. Feng and P. Li, “Trad-eoff Analysis And Optimization Of Power Delivery Networks With On-Chip Voltage Regulation,” Proceedings, ACM/IEEE De-sign Automation Conference, June 2010.X. Ye and P. Li, “Parallel Program Perfor-mance Modeling For Runtime Optimiza-tion Of Multi-Algorithm Circuit Simula-

tion,” Proceedings, ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference, June 2010.Y. Zhang, P. Li and G. M. Huang, “Sep-aratrices In High-Dimensional State Space: System-Theoretical Tangent Com-putation And Application to SRAM Dy-namic Stability Analysis,” Proceedings, of ACM/IEEE Design Automation Con-ference, June 2010.X. Ye and P. Li, “Performance Modeling Of A Hierarchical Multi-Algorithm Paral-lel Circuit Simulator,” Proceedings, ACM International Workshop on Timing Issues in the Specification and Synthesis of Dig-ital Systems, March 2010.V. R. Mekala, Y. Liu, X. Ye, J. Hu and P. Li, “Accurate Clock Mesh Sizing Via Sequential Quadratic Programming,” Proceedings, of ACM International Sym-posium on Physical Design, March 2010.Y. Zhang and P. Li, “Gene-Regulatory Memories: Electrical-Equivalent Model-ing, Simulation And Parameter Identifi-cation,” Proceedings, IEEE/ACM Inter-national Conference on Computer-Aided Design, November 2009.W. Dong and P. Li, “Final-Value ODEs: Stable Numerical Integration And Its Ap-plication To Parallel Circuit Analysis,” Proceedings, IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design, November 2009.X. Ye, S. S. Narasimhan and P. Li, “Le-veraging Efficient Parallel Pattern Search For Clock Mesh Optimization,” Proceed-ings, IEEE/ACM International Confer-ence on Computer-Aided Design, No-vember 2009.Y. Ho, G. M. Huang and P. Li, “Nonvola-tile Memristor Memory: Device Char-acteristics And Design Implications,” Proceedings, IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design, November 2009.X. Ye, W. Dong and P. Li, “A Hierarchical Multi-Algorithm Parallel Circuit Simula-tion Framework,” SRC TECHCON, No-vember 2009.G. Yu and P. Li, “Hierarchical Synthesis Of Large Mixed-Signal Circuits With Consideration Of Process Variations,” SRC TECHCON, November 2009.W. Dong and P. Li, “Parallelizable Stable Explicit Numerical Integration For Ef-ficient Circuit Simulation,” Proceedings, IEEE/ACM Design Automation Confer-ence, July 2009.Z. Zeng, P. Li and Z. Feng, “Parallel Par-titioning Based On-Chip Power Distribu-tion Network Analysis Using Locality Acceleration,” Proceedings, IEEE Inter-national Symposium on Quality Electron-ic Design, March 2009.X. Ye and P. Li, “An Application-Specific Adjoint Sensitivity Analysis Framework For Clock Mesh Sensitivity Computa-

tion,” Proceedings, IEEE International Symposium on Quality Electronic De-sign, March 2009.K. Gulati, S. P. Khatri and P. Li, “Closed-Loop Modeling Of Power And Tempera-ture Profiles of FPGAs,” ACM/SIGDA International Symposium on Field-Pro-grammable Gate Arrays, February 2009. Z. Feng and P. Li, “Multigrid on GPU: Tackling Power Grid Analysis On Paral-lel SIMD Platforms,” Proceedings, IEEE/ACM International Conference on Com-puter-Aided Design, November 2008.W. Dong, P. Li and G.M. Huang, “SRAM Dynamic Stability: Theory, Variability And Analysis,” Proceedings, IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design, November 2008.G. Yu and P. Li, “Yield-Aware Hierar-chical Optimization Of Large Analog Integrated Circuits,” Proceedings, IEEE/ACM International Conference on Com-puter-Aided Design, November 2008. X. Ye, W. Dong, P. Li and S. R. Nassif, “MAPS: Multi-Algorithm Parallel Circuit Simulation,” Proceedings, IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design, November 2008.Z. Feng, P. Li and Z. Ren, “Design-Depen-dent Statistical Interconnect Corner Extrac-tion Under Inter/Intra-Die Variations,” SRC TECHCON Conference, November 2008.

Books or Authoritative ReferencesTopaloglu, R. O., Feng, Z. and Li, P., “In-terconnect Variability And Performance Analysis,” Recent Topics on Modeling of Semiconductor Processes, Devices and Circuits (editor: Rasit Onur Topaloglu, co-editor: Peng Li), Bentham Publishing, 2010.Topaloglu, R. O., Yu, G. and Li, P., “Prob-ability Propagation And Yield Optimiza-tion For Analog Circuits,” 19 pages, in Recent Topics on Modeling of Semicon-ductor Processes, Devices and Circuits (editor: Rasit Onur Topaloglu, co-editor: Peng Li), Bentham Publishing, 2010.Yu, G. and Li, P., “Robust Design And Test Of Analog/Mixed-Signal Circuits In Deeply Scaled CMOS Technologies,” in VLSI (book title), IN-TECH Press, Feb-ruary 2010.

Research-Projects and GrantsPI: P. Li, “CAREER: Parallel CAD Al-gorithms on Emerging Multi-Core Plat-forms,” National Science Foundation, August 1, 2009 – July 31, 2013, $400,000.PI: P. Li, “System-Level Models and De-sign of Power Delivery Networks with On-Chip Voltage Regulators,” Semicon-ductor Research Corporation (SRC/GRC) & Texas Analog Center of Excellence (TxACE), August 1, 2010 – July 31, 2013, $180,000.


PI: P. Li, “SHF: Small: System-Theoretic Analysis and Design for Dynamic Sta-bility of Memory Devices in Nanoscale CMOS and Beyond,” National Science Foundation, August 1, 2009 – July 31, 2012, $350,000.PI: P. Li, “Thermal-Aware GPU-Based Design Engine for On-Chip Power Deliv-ery in Power-Efficient Multi-Core Chips,” National Science Foundation and Semi-conductor Research Corporation, August 1, 2009 – July 31, 2012, $344,985.PI: P. Li, “Multi-Core and Distributed Parallel Simulation for Design & Veri-fication of Custom Digital and Analog Ics,” Semiconductor Research Corpora-tion (SRC/GRC) & Texas Analog Center of Excellence (TxACE), August 1, 2008 – July 31, 2011, $300,000.PI: P. Li, “Automatic Stability Checking for Linear Analog Integrated Circuits,” Texas Instruments, September 1, 2009 – November 31, 2010, $50,000.PI: P. Li, “Achieving Feasible Large-Scale Parametric Variation Analysis for Design & Test of Analog Systems in Advanced Technologies,” Center for Circuit and Sys-tem Solutions (C2S2), SRC Focus Center Research Program (FCRP), September 1, 2006 – October 31, 2009, $214,684.PI: P. Li, “Automatic Model Genera-tion and Optimization of Massively I/O Coupled Networks,” Semiconductor Re-search Corporation (SRC/GRC), July 1, 2006 – September 30, 2009, $180,000.

T. Liu (TC)

PublicationsJournalsH. D. Ly, T. Liu and Y. Liang, “Multiple-Input Multiple-Output Gaussian Broad-cast Channels With Common And Confi-dential Messages,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, November 2010.R. Liu, T. Liu, H. V. Poor and S. Shamai (Shitz), “Multiple-Input Multiple-Output Gaussian Broadcast Channels With Con-fidential Messages,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, September 2010.R. Liu, T. Liu, H. V. Poor and S. Sha-mai (Shitz), “A Vector Generalization Of Costa’s Entropy-Power Inequality With Applications,” IEEE Transactions on In-formation Theory, April 2010.H. Weingarten, T. Liu, S. Shamai (Shitz), Y. Steinberg and P. Viswanath, “The Ca-pacity Region Of The Degraded Multi-ple-Input Multiple-Output Compound Broadcast Channel,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, November 2009.C. Shen, T. Liu and M. P. Fitz, “On The Average Rate Performance Of Hybrid-ARQ in Quasi-Static Fading Channels,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, November 2009.

T. Liu and S. Shamai (Shitz), “A Note On The Secrecy Capacity Of The Multiple-Antenna Wiretap Channel,” IEEE Trans-actions on Information Theory, June 2009.

Conference Proceedings/PresentationsJ. W. Yoo, T. Liu and Y. Liang, “The Ca-pacity Region Of A Product Gaussian Broadcast Channel With Degraded Mes-sage Sets,” Proceedings, 5th International ICST Conference on Communications and Networking in China (CHINACOM), Beijing, China, August 2010.H. D. Ly, T. Liu and Y. Blankenship, “Secu-rity Embedding Codes,” Proceedings, IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Austin, TX, June 2010.R. Liu, T. Liu, H. V. Poor and S. Shamai (Shitz), “MIMO Gaussian Broadcast Channels With Confidential And Com-mon Messages,” Proceedings, IEEE In-ternational Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Austin, TX, June 2010.R. Liu, T. Liu, H. V. Poor and S. Shamai (Shitz), “The Capacity-Equivocation Region of the MIMO Gaussian Wiretap Channel,” Proceedings, IEEE Interna-tional Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Austin, TX, June 2010.M. El-Halabi, T. Liu and C. Georghiades, “On Secrecy Capacity Per Unit Cost,” Proceedings, 2009 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Seoul, Korea, June-July 2009.J. W. Yoo, T. Liu and F. Xue, “Gaussian Broadcast Channels With Receiver Mes-sage Side Information,” Proceedings, 2009 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Seoul, Korea, June-July 2009.R. Liu, T. Liu, H. V. Poor and S. Shamai (Shitz), “MIMO Gaussian Broadcast Channels With Confidential Messages,” Proceedings, 2009 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Seoul, Korea, June-July 2009.R. Liu, T. Liu, H. V. Poor and S. Sha-mai (Shitz), “A vector Generalization Of Costa’s Entropy-Power Inequality With Applications,” Proceedings, 2009 IEEE International Symposium on Informa-tion Theory (ISIT), Seoul, Korea, June-July 2009.C. Yin, C. Chen, T. Liu and S. Cui, “Gen-eralized Results Of Transmission Capaci-ties For Overlaid Wireless Networks,” Proceedings, 2009 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Seoul, Korea, June-July 2009.T. Liu and S. Shamai (Shitz), “A Channel-Enhancement Approach To The Secrecy Capacity Of The Multiantenna Wiretap Channel,” Proceedings, 2009 IEEE Infor-mation Theory Workshop on Networking and Information Theory (ITW), Volos, Greece, June 2009.

C. Yin, L. Gao, T. Liu and S. Cui, “Trans-mission Capacities For Overlaid Wireless Ad Hoc Networks With Outage Con-straints,” Proceedings, 2009 IEEE Inter-national Conference on Communications (ICC), Dresden, Germany, June 2009.H. D. Ly, T. Liu and Y. Liang, “MIMO Broadcasting With Common, Private And Confidential Messages,” Proceedings, 2008 International Symposium on Information Theory and its Applications (ISITA), Auck-land, New Zealand, December 2008.J. W. Yoo, Tie Liu and Feng Xue, “Broad-casting With Receiver Message Side Infor-mation: A Deterministic Approach,” Pro-ceedings, 46th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Comput-ing, Monticello, IL, September 2008.

Research-Projects and GrantsPI: T. Liu, “CAREER: Information Theory and Coding for Wireless Broadcast Net-works,” National Science Foundation, April 1, 2009 – March 31, 2014, $400,000.PI: T. Liu, “Wireless Networks: Fun-damental Limits via Extremal Entropy Properties,” National Science Founda-tion, September 1, 2009 - August 31, 2012, $198,745. PI: T. Liu, “Wideband Noise Cancellation over MWD Mud-Pulse Telemetry Chan-nels,” Schlumberger Technology, January 1, 2008 – December 31, 2008, $49,799.PI: T. Liu, “Wireless Physical Layer Se-curity,” Huawei Technologies USA, Gift donation on August 28, 2008, $40,000.

M. Lu (CE)

PublicationsJournalsX. Zhou and M. Lu, “ANP Decision-Makings Based On Intuitionist Fussy Set.” S. Yang and M. Lu, “New Discoveries on MDC (Multiple Description Coding) and NC (Network Coding) Approach to P2P Networks.”

Research-Projects and GrantsPI: Mi Lu, “Research on High Speed and High Accuracy Motion Control Method in CNC,” Xian Kind Electronics Co., Ltd, 2011-2013, $20,000.PI: Mi Lu, “Research on E-Commerce Database and LAN Techniques,” Najing Eastinine Co., 2010-2011, $10,000.

C. Madsen (SE)

PublicationsJournalsPatnaik, R., V. Vandrasi and C.K. Mad-sen, “Comparison of Cascade, Lattice, and Parallel Filter Architectures,” J. Lightwave Technology, 2010.


Xia, X., Q. Chen, C. Tsay, C. B. Arnold and C. K. Madsen, “Low-loss Chalcogen-ide Waveguides on Lithium Niobate for Mid Infrared,” Optics Letters, 2010.Solmaz, M., Y. Zhou, C.K. Madsen, “Modeling Asymmetric Resonances Us-ing An Optical Filter Approach,” J. Light-wave Technology, 2010.Tsay, C., E. Mujagi, C.K. Madsen, C.F. Gmachl and C.B. Arnold, “Mid-Infrared Characterization Of Solution-Processed As2S3 Chalcogenide Glass Waveguides,” Optics Express, 2010.Adams, D. B., W. T. Snider and C.K. Mad-sen, “NLFM Waveform Generation Using Tunable Integrated Optical Ring Resona-tors: Simulation And Proof Of Concept Experiment,” Optics Express, 2010.W.C. Tan, M. Solmaz and C.K. Madsen, “Optical Characterization of a-As2S3 Chalcogenide Thin Films Prepared by Magnetron Sputtering,” Journal of Ap-plied Physics, 2010.R. Salas, M. Solmaz, O. Eknoyan and C.K. Madsen, “Er-Doped Optical Wave-guide Amplifiers In X-Cut Lithium Nio-bate By Selective Co-Diffusion,” IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 2010.M.E. Solmaz, D. B. Adams, W. C. Tan, W. T. Snider and C.K. Madsen, “Verti-cally integrated As2S3 Ring Resonator on LiNbO3,” Optics Letters, 2009.M. Solmaz, S. Grover, W.C. Tan, D.B. Ad-ams, X. Xia and C.K. Madsen, “Compact Bends for Enabling High Density Integra-tion on Ti:LiNbO3 waveguides,” IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, June 2009.D. Adams and C.K. Madsen, “A Novel Broadband Photonic RF Phase Shift-er,” Journal of Lightwave Technology, August 2008.D. Adams and C.K. Madsen, “Complex Optical Spectrum Analysis using a Tun-able Dispersive Optical Filter,” IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 2008.M. Solmaz, H. Park, C. Madsen and X. Cheng, “Patterning Chalcogenide Glass With Thermal Nanoimprint,” Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology, 2008.

Conference Proceedings/PresentationsAlipour, P., A.A. Eftekhar, A.H. Atabaki, Q. Li, S. Yegnanarayanan, C.K. Mad-sen and A. Adibi, “Fully Reconfigurable Compact RF Photonic Filters Using High-Q Silicon Microdisk Resonators”, IEEE Photonics Society Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, November 7-11, 2010. C.K. Madsen, W. Tan, W. Snider and I. Zhou, “Hybrid Chalcogenide/Lithium Niobate Waveguides,” Frontiers in Optics (FiO) 2010/Laser Science (LS) XXVI, Rochester, NY, October 24-28, 2010.C.K. Madsen, “Mid-Infrared Waveguides,” MIRTHE Summer Workshop, Rice Univer-sity, Houston, TX, August 5, 2010.

D.B. Adams, W.T. Snider and C.K. Mad-sen, “A Novel NLFM Waveform Gen-erator Using Tunable Integrated Optical Ring Resonators,” SPIE Defense Security and Sensing Conference, April 5-9, 2010.B. Nyman and C.K. Madsen, “Passive Optical Components and Filtering Tech-nologies,” Optical Fiber Communications Conference, San Diego, CA, March 19-23, March 21-25, 2010.C.K. Madsen and M. Solmaz, “Bire-fringent Ring Resonator-Based Optical Filters,” SPIE Photonics West, San Fran-cisco, CA, January 23-28, 2010.M. Solmaz and C.K. Madsen, “Integra-tion of Chalcogenide And Titanium-Diffused Lithium-Niobate Waveguides,” SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA, January 23-28, 2010.R. Salas and C.K. Madsen, “Selective Co-Doped Erbium Ti:LiNbO3 Waveguide Amplifiers,” SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA, January 23-28, 2010.

Research-Projects and GrantsPI: C.K. Madsen, “Integrated Active/Pas-sive IR Sensor Systems,” Missile Defense Agency MSTAR, September 1, 2008- August 31, 2011, $600,000.PI: C.K. Madsen, “Ladar-related Tech-nology Development,” Clarkson/AFRL Contract on Electro-optics, September 1, 2009- August 31, 2010, $80,000.PI: C.K. Madsen, “Photonic Analog Signal Processing Engines with Reconfigurability (PhASER),” DARPA MTO, January 22, 2008- January 21, 2010, $1,800,000.PI: C.K. Madsen, “Novel Electro-Optic Filters,” National Science Foundation En-gineering Research Center, September 1, 2007- August 31, 2010, $300,000.PI: C.K. Madsen, National Science Foundation Engineering Research Cen-ter on Mid-Infrared Technologies for Health and the Environment (MIRTHE), 2006-2011, $465,000.PI: C.K. Madsen, “Amplified Fast Elec-tro-optic Switches,” MDA STTR, Febru-ary - August 2009, $30,000.

K. Michalski (EM)

PublicationsJournalsA. Alparslan, M. I. Aksun and K. A. Mi-chalski, “Closed-Form {Green’s} Func-tions In Planar Layered Media---For All Ranges And Materials,” IEEE Transac-tions on Microwave Theory and Technol-ogy, March 2010.K. A. Michalski, “Spectral Domain Analy-sis Of A Circular Nano-Aperture Illuminat-ing A Planar Layered Sample,” Progress In Electromagnetics Research B, 2011.K. A. Michalski, “Complex image Meth-od Analysis Of A Plane Wave-Excited

Subwavelength Circular Aperture In A Planar Screen,” Progress In Electromag-netics Research B, 2011.

Conference Proceedings/PresentationsN. K.-Karsilayan and K. A. Michalski, “Application of Two Mixed Potential Inte-gral Equations to Electromagnetic-circuit Simulation of Three-dimensional Intercon-nects in Layered Media,” Progress in Elec-tromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS 2010), Cambridge, MA, July 5–8, 2010.M. I. Aksun, A. Alparslan and K. A. Mi-chalski, “Current Status Of Closed-Form {Green’s} Functions In Layered Media Composed Of Natural And Artificial Ma-terials,” Proceedings, International Con-ference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA), Torino, Italy, Sep-tember 14-18, 2009.K.A. Michalski, “A Complex Image Method For The Analysis Of A Plane Wave-Excited Subwavelength Circular Aperture,” International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applica-tions (ICEAA), Sydney, Australia.

S. Miller (TC)

PublicationsJournalsA. Balasubramanian, S. L. Miller, “The Rate Region of a Cooperative Scheduling System,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, February 2010.A. Balasubramanian, S. L. Miller, “The Effective Capacity of a Two-User Sched-uling Downlink System,” IEEE Transac-tions on Communications, January 2010.

Conference Proceedings/PresentationsA. Balasubramanian, S. L. Miller, “On Optimal Scheduling for Time Diversity Systems with Quality of Service Con-straints,” Proceeding of 2009 Conference on Information Sciences and Systems.W-Y Chen, S. L. Miller, “Distributed Linear Combination Estimators for Lo-calization Based on Received Signal Strength in Wireless Networks,” Pro-ceeding of 2009 Conference on Informa-tion Sciences and Systems.

Research-Projects and GrantsPI: S. L. Miller, “Advanced Techniques for Wireless Downhole Communication Systems,” RasGas Ltd., $370,522.PI: S. L. Miller, “WAIC Project Propagation Test Data Analysis – Fading and Coherence Bandwidth Assessment,” AVSI, $15,695.

K. Narayanan (TC)

PublicationsJournalsM. P. Wilson, K.R. Narayanan, H. Pfister and A. Sprintson, “Joint Physical Layer


and Network Coding for Bi-Directional Relaying,” IEEE Transactions on Infor-mation Theory, November 2010.M. P. Wilson, K.R. Narayanan and G. Caire, “Joint Source-Channel Coding with Side Information using Hybrid Digi-tal Analog Codes,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, October 2010.K. Bhattad and K.R. Narayanan, “A Note on the Rate of Decay of Mean-Square Er-ror with SNR for the AWGN Channel,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theo-ry, January 2010.K.R. Narayanan and A. R. Srinivasa, “Us-ing Discrete Optimization Algorithms To Find Minimum Energy Configurations Of Slender Cantilever Beams With Non-Convex Energy Functions,” Mechanics Research Letters, September 2009.J. Jiang and K.R. Narayanan, “Bit Level Algebraic Soft Decision Decoding,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theo-ry, September 2008.

Conference Proceedings/PresentationsP. Parag, J.-F. Chamberland, H. Pfister and K.R. Narayanan, Code Rate, “Queue-ing Behavior and the Correlated Erasure Channel,” Proceedings of the Information Theory Workshop, 2010.M. P. Wilson and K.R. Narayanan, “Transmitting and Analog Gaussian Source over a Gaussian Wiretap Channel under SNR Mismatch,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Telecom-munications, ICT 2010.P. S. Nguyen, H. D. Pfister and K. R. Na-rayanan, “A Rate-Distortion Exponent Ap-proach to Multiple Decoding Attempts for Reed-Solomon codes,” Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Infor-mation Theory, (Austin, TX), June 2010.A. Yedla, H. Pfister and K. Narayanan, “LDPC code Design For Transmission Of Correlated Sources Across Noisy Channels Without CSIT,” in Turbo Codes & Iterative Information Processing (ISTC), 2010 6th International Symposium, September 2010.M. P. Wilson and K.R. Narayanan, Power Allocation Strategies and Lattice Cod-ing Based Coding Schemes for Bi-Di-rectional Relaying, Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, July 2009.P.S. Nguyen, H.D. Pfister and K.R. Na-rayanan, “A Rate-Distortion Perspective on Multiple Decoding Attempts for Reed Solomon Codes,” in Proceedings of the Allerton Conference on Communications, Control and Computing, September 2009.A. Yedla, H.D. Pfister and K.R. Naray-anan, “Can Iterative Decoding of Erasure Correlated Source be Universal?,” in the Proceedings of the Allerton Conference on Communications, Control and Com-puting, September 2009.

Research-Projects and GrantsCo-PI: K.R. Narayanan, “A New Ap-proach to the Modeling of Clot Forma-tion and Lysis in Arteries,” National Sci-ence Foundation, September 10, 2010 – September 10, 2013, $214,114.Co-PI: K.R. Narayanan, “Fundamental Limits in Delay Constrained Wireless Communications,” National Science Foundation, September 2008 – August 2011, $350,000.Co-PI: K.R. Narayanan, “Advanced Cod-ing and Signal Processing for Magnetic Recording : From Theory to Implementa-tion,” National Science Foundation, May 2008 – April 2011, $400,000.PI: K.R. Narayanan, “Joint Source-Chan-nel Coding for Wireless Networks,” Na-tional Science Foundation, October 2007 – September 2010, $300,000.Co-PI: K.R. Narayanan, “Universal Sig-naling Schemes for Multimedia Trans-mission over Wireless Networks,” Qatar National Science Foundation, May 2008 – May 2011, $575,710.Co-PI: K.R. Narayanan, “An Engineering Emphasis for Preparing Students for First Year Engineering Curricula,” National Science Foundation, August 2008 – July 2009, $200,000.

R. Nevels (EM)

PublicationsJournalsEyob A. Sete, Anatoly A. Svidzinsky, Hichem Eleuch, Robert D. Nevels and Marlan O. Scully, “Correlated Spontane-ous Emission on the Danube,” Journal of Modern Optics, 2010.J. Jeong, Ic-Pyo Hong and R.D. Nevels, “The Time Domain Propagator Method for Multiconductor Quasi-TEM Lines,” IEEE Transactions on Advanced Packag-ing, August 2009.J. Jeong and R. D. Nevels, “Time Domain Analysis of a Lossy Transmission Line,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Sys-tems II, February 2009.

Conference Proceedings/PresentationsR. Nevels, “Surface Plasmons and Nano Antennas and Scatterers,” India Antenna Week (IAW 2010), Puri, India, May31-June 4, 2010.R. Nevels, V. Cholleti and M. Scully, “Nano Structure Antennas and Scatter-ers,” TAMU-Princeton Quantum Optics Summer Institute Conference, Jackson Hole, Colorado, July 2009.V. Cholleti, R. Nevels and M. Scully, “Surface Plasmon Excitation Structures,” IEEE-APS/URSI International Sympo-sium, Charleston, S.C., June 2009.K-H. Yang and R. Nevels, “Diagrams for Several Electromagnetic Field Gauges,”

IEEE-APS/URSI International Sympo-sium, Charleston, S.C., June 2009.V. Cholleti, R. Nevels, and M. Scully, “Plasmonic Nano Antennas,” TAMU Quantum Optics Workshop, College Sta-tion, TX, Jan. 2009.

OtherConference and Society Chapter pre-sentations: “Metamaterial and Nano Antennas,” Dallas IEEE AP-S Chapter, 25 August 2010.

Research-Projects and GrantsPI: Robert Nevels, “Electromagnetic and Quantum Studies of Plasmonic Devices,” Physics Department, Institute for Quan-tum Studies, (subcontracted on a Navy grant Quantum Coherence, Stand-off Spectroscopy, and Quantum Optics), 2 month’s salary summer 2009.PI: Robert Nevels, “Academic Master Plan,” one of four group proposals for the electrical engineering portion of the Insti-tute for Quantum Science and Engineering proposal which won the overall competi-tion. To date EE has received a joint fac-ulty position with the physics department, distinguished physicist Aleksei Zheltikov.

C. Nguyen (EM, AS)

PublicationsJournalsX. Guan and C. Nguyen, “A Novel CMOS Distributed Receiver Front-End for Wireless Ultra-Wideband Receivers,” Microwave and Optical Technology Let-ters, August 2010.M. Miao and C. Nguyen, “Fully Inte-grated CMOS Impulse UWB Transmitter Front-ends with BPSK Modulation,” Mi-crowave and Optical Technology Letters, July 2010.R. Xu and C. Nguyen, “A High Precision Close-loop Programmable CMOS Delay Generator for UWB and Time Domain RF Applications,” Microwave and Opti-cal Technology Letters.X. Guan and C. Nguyen, “A Miniature Low-Power Ultra-Wideband Low Noise Amplifier in 0.18-μm CMOS,” Inter-national Journal of RF and Microwave Computer-Aided Engineering. C. Huynh and C. Nguyen, “New Ultra-High-Isolation RF Switch Architecture and Its Use for a 10-38 GHz 0.18-μm BiCMOS Ultra-Wideband Switch,” IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques.M. Miao and C. Nguyen, “Integrated CMOS Impulse UWB Receiver Front-End Design,” Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, August 2009.X. Guan, Y. Jin and C. Nguyen, “Design of High-Performance Compact CMOS


Distributed Amplifiers with On-Chip Patterned-Ground-Shield Inductors,” IEE Electronics Letters, July 2009. M. K. Chirala and C. Nguyen, “A CMOS Fully Integrated Concurrent Dual Ultra-Wideband Receiver Frontend,” Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, June 2009.M. K. Chirala and C. Nguyen, “An Ex-tremely Miniaturized 15-GHz CMOS Distributed Voltage-Controlled Oscilla-tor,” Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, May 2009.

Conference Proceedings/PresentationsM. Chirala, C. Huynh and C. Nguyen, “Development of a 0.18-μm CMOS Sin-gle-Chip Dual-Band Receiver for UWB Applications,” 2010 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propaga-tion, Toronto, Canada, July 2010.M. Chirala, X. Guan, C. Huynh and C. Nguyen, “Miniature Multilayer Induc-tors for CMOS RFIC,” 2010 IEEE In-ternational Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, Toronto, Canada, July 2010.X. Guan, Y. Jin, C. Huynh and C. Nguyen, “Miniature 0.25-mm CMOS Distributed Amplifier Using On-Chip Inductors,” 2010 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, Toronto, Can-ada, July 2010.R. Xu, C. Huynh and C. Nguyen, “A Ultra-Wideband Fully Integrated CMOS Sampling Receiver Frontent,” 2010 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, Toronto, Canada, July 2010.J. W. Han, C. Huynh and C. Nguyen, “Tunable Monocycle Pulse Generator Using Switch Controlled delay Line and Tunable RC Network for UWB Sys-tems,” 2010 IEEE International Sym-posium on Antennas and Propagation, Toronto, Canada, July 2010.M. Miao, C. Huynh and C. Nguyen, “Ful-ly Integrated 0.18-μm CMOS Carrierless UWB Receiver Frontend,” 2010 IEEE In-ternational Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, Toronto, Canada, July 2010.M. Chirala, X. Guan, C. Huynh and C. Nguyen, “Extremely Wideband 0.18-μm CMOS Compact Distributed Low-Noise Amplifier,” 2010 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propaga-tion, Toronto, Canada, July 2010.M. Chirala, C. Huynh and C. Nguyen, “An Ultra-Miniature 0.18-μm CMOS Ku-Band Distributed Voltage-Controlled Oscillator,” 2010 USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Toronto, Canada, July 2010.M. Chirala, C. Huynh and C. Nguyen, “Multilayer Slow-Wave Resonators for Q- and Size-Enhancement in CMOS RFICs,” 2010 USNC/URSI National Radio Sci-ence Meeting, Toronto, Canada, July 2010.J. W. Han and C. Nguyen, “A Tunable Im-pulse Ultra-Wide-Band Sensor for Civil

Infrastructure Sensing Applications,” SPIE Nondestructive Characterization for Composite Materials, Aerospace Engi-neering, Civil Infrastructure, and Home-land Security IV Conference, March 2010, San Diego, CA.J. S. Park and C. Nguyen, “A 35-GHz Ra-dar for Sensing Applications,” SPIE Non-destructive Characterization for Com-posite Materials, Aerospace Engineering, Civil Infrastructure, and Homeland Se-curity IV Conference, March 2010, San Diego, CA.X. Guan and C. Nguyen, “Design of an Ultra-Wideband Power-Efficient Distrib-uted Low-Noise Amplifier,” ECTI-CON 2009, Thailand, May 2009.M. Chirala and C. Nguyen, “Ultra-Compact Wideband Ka-Band CMOS Hybrid Ring,” ECTI-CON 2009, Thailand, May 2009.

Books or Authoritative ReferencesNguyen, C., CMOS RFIC Engineering, John-Wiley & Sons, New York, 2010.

Research-Projects and GrantsPI: C. Nguyen, “Advanced Concurrent-Multiband, Multibeam, Aperture-Synthe-sis Sensor with Intelligent Processing for Urban Operation Sensing, AFOSR, 2009-2011, $600,000.PI: C. Nguyen, “Advanced Millimeter-Wave Personnel Locating System,” Nation-al Institute of Justice, 2007-2011, $242,000.PI: C. Nguyen, “CMOS RFIC Chip Fab-rication Projects from JAZZ,” Newport Beach, California, two projects, $120,000.

New Patents, Design Methods, Techniques or Concepts DevelopedWe have focused on developing novel microwave and millimeter-wave CMOS RFICs that can operate concurrently in multi-band for multi-band wireless com-munication and sensing systems.Patents: C. Huynh and C. Nguyen, “Ultra-High-Isolation Switches for RF Commu-nication and Radar Systems,” Invention Disclosure, 2010.

*S. Palermo (AS)

PublicationsJournalsS. Hoyos, S. Pentakota, Z. Yu, E. Sobhy, X. Chen, R. Saad, S. Palermo and J. Silva-Martinez, “Clock-Jitter Tolerant Wideband Receivers: An Optimized Multi-Channel Filter-Bank Approach,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems-I, February 2011.A. Palaniappan and S. Palermo, “Power Efficiency Comparisons of Inter-chip Op-tical Interconnect Architectures,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems-II, May 2010.

I. Young, E. Mohammed, J. Liao, A. Kern, S. Palermo, B. Block, M. Reshotko and P. Chang, “Optical I/O Technology for Tera-Scale Computing,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, January 2010.

Conference Proceedings/PresentationsV. Sekar, W. Torke, S. Palermo and K. En-tesari, “A Novel Approach for Dielectric Constant Measurement Using Microwave Oscillators,” IEEE International Micro-wave Symposium, June 2011.A. Palaniappan and S. Palermo, “Power Efficiency Modeling and Optimization of High-Speed Equalized-Electrical I/O Ar-chitectures,” IEEE Conference on Electri-cal Performance of Electronic Packaging and Systems, October 2010.V. Gurumoorthy and S. Palermo, “Supply Regulation Techniques for Phase-Locked Loops,” IEEE Dallas Circuits and Sys-tems Workshop, October 2009.I. Young, E. Mohammed, J. Liao, A. Kern, S. Palermo, B. Block, M. Reshotko and P. Chang, “Optical I/O Technology for Tera-Scale Computing,” IEEE Inter-national Solid-State Circuits Conference, February 2009.

Research-Projects and GrantsPI: S. Palermo, “Design Techniques for Scalable, Sub-1mW/Gbps Serial I/O Transceivers,” SRC Global Research Collaboration, August 2010- July 2013, $180,000.Co-PI: S. Palermo, “A Fully-Integrated CMOS Platform for Microwave-Based Label-Free DNA Sensing,” SRC Global Research Collaboration, August 2010- July 2013, $180,000.PI: S. Palermo, “Energy Efficient CMOS 10GS/s 6-bit ADC with Embedded Equalization,” SRC Global Research Collaboration, August 2009- July 2012, $180,000.

H. Pfister (TC)

PublicationsJournalsF. Zhang and H. D. Pfister, “Analysis of Verifcation-Based Decoding On The Q-Ary Symmetric Channel For Large Q,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theo-ry, January 2011.P. S. Nguyen, H. D. Pfister and K. R. Narayanan, “On Multiple Decoding At-tempts for Reed-Solomon Codes: A Rate-Distortion Approach,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, February 2011.M. P. Wilson, K. Narayanan, H. D. Pfister and A. Sprintson, “Joint Physical Layer Coding And Network Coding For Bi-Di-rectional Relaying,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, November 2010.H. D. Pfister, “The Capacity Of Finite-


State Channels In The High-Noise Re-gime,” Proceedings of Entropy of Hidden Markov Processes and Connections to Dynamical Systems, December 2009.H. D. Pfister and P. H. Siegel, “Joint itera-tive Decoding of LDPC codes for Chan-nels With Memory And Erasure Noise,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas of Com-munication, February 2008.

Conference Proceedings/PresentationsB.-H. Kim and H. D. Pfister, “An Iterative Joint Linear-Programming Decoding of LDPC Codes And Finite-State Channels,” Proceedings, IEEE International Confer-ence on Communications, June 2011.A. Yedla, H. Pfister and K. Narayanan, “LDPC Code Design For Transmission Of Correlated Sources Across Noisy Channels Without CSIT,” Proceedings, International Symposium on Turbo Codes & Iterative Information, September 2010.B.-H. Kim, A. Yedla and H. Pfister, “IMP: A Message-Passing Algorithm For Matrix Completion,” Proceedings, International Symposium on Turbo Codes & Iterative Information, September 2010.Y.-Y. Jian and H. D. Pfister, “Convergence of Weighted Min-Sum Decoding Via Dy-namic Programming On Coupled Trees,” Proceedings, International Symposium on Turbo Codes & Iterative Information, September 2010.P. Parag, J.-F. Chamberland, H. D. Pfister and K. R. Narayanan, “On the Queueing Behavior Of Random Codes Over A Gil-bert-Elliott Erasure Channel,” Proceedings, IEEE International Symposium on Infor-mation Theory, (Austin, TX), June 2010. B.-H. Kim and H. D. Pfister, “On the Joint Decoding of LDPC Codes And Fi-nite-State Channels Via Linear Program-ming,” Proceedings, IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, (Austin, TX), June 2010.F. Zhang and H. D. Pfister, “LDPC Codes For Rank Modulation In Ash Memories,” Proceedings, IEEE International Sym-posium on Information Theory, (Austin, TX), June 2010.P. S. Nguyen, H. D. Pfister and K. R. Na-rayanan, “A Rate-Distortion Exponent Approach To Multiple Decoding At-tempts For Reed-Solomon Codes,” Pro-ceedings, IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, (Austin, TX), June 2010.P. Parag, J.-F. Chamberland, H. D. Pfis-ter and K. R. Narayanan, “Code Rate, Queueing Behavior And The Correlated Erasure Channel,” Proceedings, IEEE Information Theory Workshop, (Cairo, Egypt), January 2010. F. Zhang and H. D. Pfister, “Modulation Codes For Ash Memory Based On Load-Balancing Theory,” Proceedings, 47th

Annual Allerton Conference on Commu-nication, Control and Computing, (Mon-ticello, IL), September 2009.A. Yedla, H. D. Pfister and K. R. Narayan-an, “Can iterative decoding for erasure cor-related sources be universal?,” Proceed-ings, 47th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control and Computing, (Monticello, IL), September 2009.P. S. Nguyen, H. D. Pfister and K. R. Narayanan, “A Rate-Distortion Perspec-tive On Multiple Decoding Attempts For Reed-Solomon Codes,” Proceedings, 47th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control and Computing, (Monticello, IL), September 2009.C. Wang and H. D. Pfister, “Upper Bounds on the MAP Threshold Of Iterative De-coding Systems With Erasure Noise,” Proceedings, International Symposium on Turbo Codes & Related Topics, (Laus-anne, Switzerland), September 2008.F. Zhang and H. D. Pfister, “On the iterative decoding of high rate LDPC codes with ap-plications in compressed sensing,” Proceed-ings, 47th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control and Computing, (Monticello, IL), September 2008.

Research-Projects and GrantsPI: H. D. Pfister, “CAREER: Informa-tion Theory and Iterative Decoding for Finite-State Channels,” National Sci-ence Foundation, June 01, 2008 - May 31, 2013, $400,000.Co-PI: H. D. Pfister, “Fundamental Limits in Delay-Constrained Wireless Commu-nication,” NSF Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE), September 01, 2008 - August 31, 2011, $350,000.Co-PI: H. D. Pfister, “GOALI Collab-orative Proposal: Advanced Coding and Signal Processing for Magnetic Record-ing: From Theory to Implementation,” NSF Directorate for Engineering (ENG), GOALI Program (07-522), May 01, 2008 - April 30, 2011, $175,723.PI: H. D. Pfister, “Enabling Delay-Sen-sitive Multihop Wireless Communica-tions,” Texas Advanced Research Pro-gram (ARP), May 15, 2008 - May 14, 2010, $142,700.Co-PI: H. D. Pfister, “Universal Signaling Schemes for Multimedia Transmission over Wireless Networks,” Qatar National Research Fund, May 28, 2008 - May 31, 2011, $575,710.

N. Reddy (CE)

PublicationsJournalsGarrison, J. and Reddy, A. L. Nara-simha, “Umbrella File System: Storage Management Across Heterogeneous De-

vices,” ACM Transactions on Storage, March 2009.Kim, S. and Reddy, A. L. Narasimha, “Statistical Techniques for Detecting Traffic Anomalies Through Packet Head-er Data,”IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (ToN), July 2008.

Conference Proceedings/PresentationsLee, Y-O, Rengarajan, B. and Reddy, A. L. Narasimha, “Reaching Approximate Wardrop Equilibrium At Reduced Cost Of Link State Updates,” COMSNETS Conference, January 2011.Qian,B. and Reddy, A. L. Narasimha, “Measurement and Performance Study of PERT For On-Demand Video Stream-ing,” Pfldnet workshop, November 2010. Yadav, S, Reddy, A. K., Reddy, A. L. Nar-asimha and Ranjan, S., “Detecting Algo-rithmically Generated Malicious Domain Names,” Proceedings, Internet Measure-ment Conference, November 2010. Yadav, S., Reddy, A. L. Narasimha, “DNS Anomaly Detection With NS and AS In-formation’’, IASTED Conference on Net-work Security, November 2010.Lee, Y-Oh., Reddy, A. L. Narasimha, “Disjoint Multi-Path Routing and Failure Recovery’’, Proceedings, ICC, May 2010.Wu, X., Reddy, A. L. Narasimha, “Ex-ploiting Concurrency To Improve Laten-cy And Throughput In A Hybrid Storage System,”IEEE Mass Storage Sympo-sium, January 2010. Devakota, P., Reddy, A. L. Narasimha, “Performance of Quantized Congestion Notification in TCP Incast Scenarios of Data centers,” IEEE Mass Storage Sym-posium, January 2010.Wu, X., Reddy, A. L. Narasimha, “Man-aging Storage Space In A Flash And Disk Hybrid Storage System,” IEEE MAS-COTS Conference, October 2009.Podduturi, V., Kim, Y., Shakkottai, S., Reddy, A. L. Narasimha, “MultiTrack: A Delay And Cost Aware P2P Overlay Ar-chitecture,” ACM Sigmetrics, June 2009.Kotla, K., Reddy, A. L. N., “Making a Delay-Based Protocol Adaptive To Het-erogeneous Environments,” Proceedings, IwQOS, June 2008.Kang, S., Reddy, A. L. N., “User-Cen-tric Data Migration In Networked Stor-age Systems,” Proceedings, IPDPS, April 2008.

Research-Projects and GrantsPI: A. L. N. Reddy, “Network Traffic Analysis For Botnet Detection,” Narus Inc., 2009-2010, Research gift, $25,000.Co-PI: A. L. N. Reddy, “Design and Analysis of New Generation Of Pro-tocols For Triple-Play Networks,” Qa-tar National Research Fund, January 1, 2008 - December 31, 2010, $235,000.


PI: A. L. N. Reddy, “Dynamic allocation and data distribution in networked storage systems,” National Science Foundation, October 2007 - September 2010, $260,000.PI: A. L. N. Reddy, “Active Data Sys-tems,” National Science Foundation, Sep-tember 2006 - August 2009, $415,000.

New Patents, Design Methods, Techniques or Concepts DevelopedDeveloped a technique for detecting bot-nets in a network that detects algorithmi-cally generated names as different from human-generated names in order to detect botnets. This technique is being devel-oped into a tool by CERT –a national lab devoted to computer network security.

R. Righetti (BI)

PublicationsJournalsNair, S.P., Yang, X., Krouskop, T.A., Righetti, R., “Performance Analysis Of A New Real-Time Elastographic Time Con-stant Estimator,” IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 2011.Ophir, J., Srinivasan, S., Righetti, R., Thittai, A., “Elastography: a Decade Of Progress (2000-2010),” Current Medical Imaging Reviews, 2011.F. Gentile, J. Sakamoto, R. Righetti, P. De-cuzzi, M. Ferrari, “A Doublet Mechanics Model for the Ultrasound Characterization Of Malignant Tissues,” Journal of Bio-medical Science and Engineering, 2011.Desai, R.R., Krouskop, T.A., Righetti, R., “Elastography Using Harmonic Ul-trasonic Imaging: A Feasibility Study,” Ultrasonic Imaging, 2010. Parmar, B., Longsine, W., Sabonghy, E.P., Han, A., Tasciotti, E., Weiner, B., Fer-rari, M., Righetti, R., “Characterization of Controlled Bone Defects Using 2D and 3D Ultrasound Imaging Techniques,” Physics in Medicine and Biology, 2010.

Conference Proceedings/PresentationsB. Parmar, T. Fossum, E. Tasciotti, M. Ferrari, R. Righetti, “Ultrasound Bone Imaging – Preliminary Results In Vivo,” 2010 Annual Meeting National Center for Human Performance, Houston, TX, November 12, 2010. S. Nair, X. Yang, T. A. Krouskop, R. Righetti, “A GPU-Based Time Constant Estimator For Real–Time Elastography Applications,” Proceedings, 9th Interna-tional Conference on the Ultrasonic Mea-surement And Imaging Of Tissue, Snow-board, UT, October 16-19, 2010. A. Chaudhry, G. Unnikrishnan, J.N. Reddy, R. Righetti, “Effect Of Boundary Conditions On The Performance Of Po-roelastography Techniques In Complex Simulated Media,” Proceedings, 9th In-

ternational Conference on the Ultrasonic Measurement And Imaging Of Tissue, Snowboard, UT, October 16-19, 2010.B. Parmar, E. Tasciotti, M. Ferrari, R. Righetti, “New Ultrasound Imaging Techniques To Visualize Bone Frac-tures,” 2009 Annual Meeting National Center for Human Performance, Hous-ton TX, November 6, 2009. S. Nair, T. A. Krouskop, R. Righetti, “As-sessment Of Tissue Hydration Using A New Ultrasound Elastography Axial Strain Time Constant Estimator,” 2009 Annual Meeting National Center for Human Performance, Houston TX, November 6, 2009. X. Yang, S. Deka, R. Righetti, “Elas-tography On GPGPU For Real-Time Applications,” Proceedings, 8th Inter-national Conference on the Ultrasonic Measurement And Imaging Of Tissue, Vlissingen, Zeeland, The Netherlands, September 14-17, 2009. S. Deka, X. Yang, R. Righetti, “Imple-mentation Of Ultrasound Elastography Techniques On GPGPU,” NVIDIA Re-search Summit, San Jose, CA September 30– October 2, 2009. S. Nair, T. A. Krouskop, R. Righetti, “Per-formance Analysis Of New LSE-Based Time Constant Estimators For Poroelas-tography Applications,” Proceedings, 8th International Conference on the Ultrasonic Measurement And Imaging Of Tissue, Vlissingen, Zeeland, The Netherlands, September 14-17, 2009.B. Parmar, R. Righetti, E. Tasciotti, M. Ferrari, “The Feasibility Of Using Ultra-sound Elastography Techniques To Im-prove Visualization Of Bone Structure,” Proceedings, 8th International Confer-ence on the Ultrasonic Measurement And Imaging Of Tissue, Vlissingen, Zeeland, The Netherlands, September 14-17, 2009.R. Righetti, G. Unnikrishnan, A. Chaudhry, J.N. Reddy, “The Feasibility Of Using Ul-trasound Elastography Methods For Imag-ing The Spatial And Temporal Behavior Of Complex Poroelastic Media,” The 10th U. S. National Congress of Computational Mechanics Greater Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, OH, July 16 – 19, 2009.S. Deka, X. Yang, R. Righetti, “Elastog-raphy ON GPGPU: A Feasibility Study,” Houston Society for Engineering in Med-icine and Biology (HSEMB), Houston TX, February 2009. R. R. Desai and R. Righetti, “Harmonic Elastography: A Feasibility Study,” Hous-ton Society for Engineering in Medicine and Biology, Houston, February 2009.

Research-Projects and GrantsPI: R. Righetti, “BioNanoScaffolds (BNS) for Post-Traumatic Osteoregeneration,” UTHSC (Subcontract for DARPA), Janu-ary 15, 2009- January 14, 2011, $602,297.

New Patents, Design Methods, Techniques or Concepts Developed2670: U.S. Patent Application, “Method for Measuring Hydration Of Soft Tissues, Filed: February 18, 2009.

B.D. Russell (EP)

PublicationsJournalsBabrauskas, V., Fleming, J.M., Russell, B.D. “RSET/ASET, a Flawed Concept for Fire Safety Assessment,” Journal of Fire Sciences, 2011.Benner, C.L., Russell, B.D. “Intelligent Sys-tems for Improved Reliability and Failure Diagnosis in Distribution Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, June 2010.

Conference Proceedings/PresentationsBenner C.L., Russell B.D., “Beyond Mid-Grid: Predicting Failures Before They Occur and Responding Intelligently When They Do,” presented at EPRI PQ and Smart Distribution 2010 Conference and Exhibition, Quebec City, Canada, June 14-17, 2010. B. D. Russell, C. L. Benner, R. M. Cheney, C. F. Wallis, T. L. Anthony and W. E. Muston, “Reliability Improvement of Distribution Feeders through Real-Time, Intelligent Monitoring,” IEEE Power & Energy Society 2009 General Meeting, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, July 27, 2009.Russell, B.D., Benner, C.L., Cheney, R.M., Wallis, C.F., Anthony, T.L., Mus-ton, W.E., “Reliability Improvement of Distribution Feeders through Real-Time, Intelligent Monitoring,” Proceedings, IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, July 26-30, 2009.Benner, C.L., Russell, B.D. “Automated Fault Analysis Using an Intelligent Moni-toring System,” 62nd Annual Conference for Protective Relay Engineers, College Station, TX, March 30 – April 2, 2009.B. D. Russell, C. L. Benner, “Fault An-ticipation and Feeder Diagnostics: Road to Reliability,” 62nd Annual Conference for Protective Relay Engineers, College Station, TX, March 30 – April 2, 2009.Babrauskas, V., Fleming, J.M., Russell, B.D., “RSET/ASET, a Flawed Concept for Fire Safety Assessment,” Fire & Ma-terials Conference, San Francisco, CA, January 26-28, 2009.

Research-Projects and GrantsPI: B.D. Russell, “Integration and Dem-onstration of Distribution Fault Anticipa-tion (DFA) Technology at Southern Com-pany,” Electric Power Research Institute, 2011-2012, $180,000.PI: B.D. Russell, “DFA Technology Dem-onstration for Reliability and Smart-Grid


Integration at CenterPoint Energy,” Cen-terPoint Energy Houston Electric, 2009-2011, $357,200.PI: B.D. Russell, “Investigation of DFA Technology on Transmission Lines at Southern Company Services,” South-ern Company Services, Inc., 2010-2011, $138,100. PI: B.D. Russell, “DFA Technology Dem-onstration at Arizona Public Service,” Electric Power Research Institute, 2009-2011, $216,000.PI: B.D. Russell, “Low-Voltage Fault Detection Research Services, Task Order No. 2: Network Instrumentation and Data Collection,” Consolidated Edison Com-pany of New York, 2008-2011, $975,000.PI: B.D. Russell, “DFA Technology Dem-onstration at Tennessee Valley Authority,” Electric Power Research Institute, 2009-2010, $80,000.PI: B.D. Russell, “DFA Technology Dem-onstration at Alabama Power Co.,” Elec-tric Power Research Institute, 2009-2010, $50,000.PI: B.D. Russell, “Comparative Charac-terization of Parallel Distribution Sensors under Field Conditions,” Power Systems Engineering Research Center (PSERC), 2007-2010, $150,000.

New Patents, Design Methods, Techniques or Concepts Developed“Arcing Fault Detection,” U.S. Patent No. 7,865,321, issued January 201.1“Prioritization of Power System Related Data,” Serial No. 12/031,990, filed Febru-ary 2008.“Identification of Power System Events Using Fuzzy Logic,” Serial No. 12/147,106, filed June 2008.“Diagnosis Method and Position Iden-tification Method for Remote Capacitor Banks,” Serial No. 12/347,105, filed De-cember 2008.

E. Sánchez-Sinencio (AS)

PublicationsJournalsM. M. Elsayed and E. Sánchez-Sinencio, “A Low THD, Low Power, High Output-Swing Time-Mode-Based Tunable Oscil-lator Via Digital Harmonic-Cancellation Technique,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, May 2010.E. A. Sobhy, S. Hoyos and E. Sánchez-Sinencio, “High-PSR Low-Power Single Supply OTA,” IEEE Electronics Letters, March 4, 2010.M. El-Nozah, A. Amer, J. Torres, K. Ente-sari and E. Sánchez-Sinencio, “High PSR Low Drop-Out Regulator With Feed-Forward Ripple Cancellation Technique,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, March 2010.

M. Mobark, M. Onabajo, J. Silva-Marti-nez, E. Sánchez-Sinencio, “Attenuation-Predistortion Linearization of CMOS Lin-earization of CMOS OTAs With Digital Correction of Process Variations in OTA-C Filter Applications,” IEEE Journal of Sol-id-State Circuits, February 2010.M. El-Nozahi, E. Sánchez-Sinencio and K. Entesari, “A Millimeter-Wave (23-32 GHz) Wideband BiCMOS Low-Noise Amplifier,” IEEE. Journal of Solid-State Circuits, February 2010.M.A. Rojas-González and E. Sánchez-Sinencio, “Low-Power High-Efficiency Class D Audio Power Amplifiers,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, December 2009.S.W. Park, E. Sánchez-Sinencio, “RF Os-cillator Based on a Passive RC Bandpass Filter,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Cir-cuits, November 2009.C. Mishra, A. Valdes, E. Sánchez-Sinen-cio and J. Silva-Martinez, “System and Circuit Design for a MB-OFDM UWB Frequency,” IEEE Transactions on Cir-cuits and Systems, July 2009.M. Onabajo, J. Silva-Martinez, F. Fernan-dez and E. Sánchez-Sinencio, “An On-Chip LoopbackBlock for RF Transceiver Built-In Test,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Sys-tems II: Express Briefs, June 2009.V. Dhanasekaran, J. Silva-Martinez, E. Sánchez-Sinencio, “Design of Three Stage Class-AB 16 Ω Headphone Driver Capable of Handling Wide Range of Load Capacitance,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, June 2009.M. El-Nozahi, E. Sánchez-Sinencio and K. Entesari, “A CMOS Low Noise Am-plifier with Reconfigurable Input Match-ing Network,” IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, May 2009.H. Zhang, Q. Li, E. Sánchez-Sinencio, “Minimum Current/Area Implementation of a Cyclic ADC,” IEE Electronics Let-ters, March 2009.H. Zhang, X. Fan and E. Sánchez-Sinen-cio, “A Low-Power, Linearized, Ultra-Wideband LNA Design Technique,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, February 2009.H.A. Aslanzadeh, E. Pankratz, E. Sán-chez-Sinencio, “A 1-V +31dBm IIP3, Reconfigurable, Continuously Tunable, Power-Adjustable Active-RC LPF,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, February 2009.

Conference Proceedings/PresentationsM.M. Elsayed, M. Abdul-Latif and E. Sánchez-Sinencio, “A Spur-Frequency Boosting PLL with -74dBc Reference-Spur Rejection in 90nm Digital CMOS,” IEEE RFIC Symposium, June 2011.

M.M. Abdul-Latif. E. Sánchez-Sinencio, “A Low Phase Noise 3.16 - 12.8 GHz N-Push/M-Push Cyclic Coupled Ring Oscil-lator,” IEEE RFIC Symposium, June 2011.J. Torres, A. Colli-Menchi, M. Rojas-Gonzalez and E. Sanchez-Sinencio, “A 470mW Clock-Free Current-Controlled Class D Amplifier with 0.02% THD+N and 82dB PSRR,” IEEE European Solid-State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC), Seville, Spain, September 2010.H. Zhang, M.M. Elsayed, E. Sánchez-Sinencio, “New Applications and Tech-nology Scaling Driving Next Generation A/D'Converters,” European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design (ECCTD 2009), August 23-27, 2009.D. Z. Turker; A. Rylyakov, D. Fried-man, S. Gowda, E. Sánchez-Sinencio, A 19Gb/s 38mW 1-tap speculative DFE receiver in 90nm CMOS,” IEEE Sympo-sium on VLSI Circuits Digest of Techni-cal papers, Kyoto Japan, June 2009M. El-Nozahi, A. Helmy, E. Sánchez-Sinencio, K. Entesari, “A2-1110 MHz Wideband Low Noise Amplifier with 1.43 dB Minimum Noise Figure,” IEEE RFIC Symposium, May 2010.M. Rojas-Gonzalez and E. Sánchez-Si-nencio, “Two Class-D Audio Amplifiers with 89/90% Efficiency and 0.02/0.03% THD+N Consuming Less than 1mW of Quiescent Power,” IEEE Solid-State Cir-cuits Conference Digest of Technical Pa-pers, February 2009.V. Dhanasekaran, M. Gambhir, M.M. Elsayed, E. Sánchez-Sinencio, J. Silva-Martinez, D. Mishra, L. Chen and E. Pan-kratz, “A 20MHz Signal Bandwidth 68dB Dynamic Range Continuous Time ΔΣ ADC Based on Multi-bit Time Domain Quantizer and Feedback Element,” IEEE Solid-State Circuits Conference Digest of Technical Papers, February 2009.M. El-Nozahi, A. Amer, J. Torre, K. Entesari and E. Sánchez-Sinencio, “A 25mA ).13μm CMOS LDO Regula-tor with Power Supply Rejection Better Than -56dB up to 10MHz Using a Feed-Forward Ripple Cancellation Technique,” IEEE Solid-State Circuits Conference Di-gest of Technical Papers, February 2009.V. Dhanasekaran, J. Silva-Martinez and E. Sánchez-Sinencio, “A 1.2mW 1.6 Vpp-Swing Class-AB Headphone Drive Capable of Handling Load Capacitance up to 22nF,” IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference Digital Techni-cal Papers, 2008.

Books or Authoritative ReferencesOn-Chip Testing Techniques for RF Wireless Transceiver Systems and Com-ponents, (contributed a chapter), A. Valdes-Garcia, J. Silva-Martínez and E. Sánchez-Sinencio, in Text and Diagnosis


Analogue, Mixed-Signal and RF Inte-grated Circuits, edited by Y. Sun, The In-stitution of Engineering and Technology, London, UK, 2008.High Frequency Filters for Data Commu-nication Applications: Theory and Imple-mentation,” (contributed a chapter) M. Gambhir, V. Dhanasekaran, J. Silva-Marti-nez and E. Sánchez-Sinencio, CRC Press, Edited by Dr. K. Iniewski, July 2008.Integrated RF Building Blocks for Wire-less Communication Transceivers, F. Dülger and E. Sánchez-Sinencio, VDM, Verlag, Berlin 2008.Design of Frequency Synthesizers for Wireless Applications, A. Valero-Lopez and E. Sánchez-Sinencio, VDM, Verlag, November 14, 2008.

Research-Projects and GrantsCo-PI: E. Sánchez-Sinencio, “An Intelli-gent Electrocardiograph Based on Wire-less Skin Electrodes, Qatar National Re-search Fund, $887,061, September 2009 – August 2012.PI: E. Sánchez-Sinencio, Texas Instru-ments, Inc., Gift $90,000, 2010.PI: E. Sánchez-Sinencio, Texas Instru-ments, Inc., Gift $80,000, 2010.PI: E. Sánchez-Sinencio, Texas Instru-ments, Inc., Gift $25,000, 2010.PI: E. Sánchez-Sinencio, Silicon Labs, Gift $40,000, 2010.PI: E. Sánchez-Sinencio, INTEL, Gift $49,000, 2010. New Patents, Design Methods, Techniques or Concepts DevelopedU.S.A. Patent (pending), “System and Method for Implementing and Oscillator, “Sang Wook Park and E. Sánchez-Sinen-cio, May 2009.

S. Savari (TC)

PublicationsJournalsS. M. S. Tabatabaei Yazdi and S. A. Sa-vari, “A Max-Flow/Min-Cut Algorithm for Linear Deterministic Relay Net-works,” IEEE Transactions on Informa-tion Theory, 2011.S. M. S. Tabatabaei Yazdi, S. A. Savari and G. Kramer, “Network Coding in Node-Constrained Line and Star Net-works,” IEEE Transactions on Informa-tion Theory, 2011.S. M. S. Tabatabaei Yazdi, S. A. Savari, G. Kramer, K. Carlson (Talaska) and F. Farnoud, “Two Multimessage Capac-ity Regions for Undirected Ring Net-works,” IEEE Transactions on Informa-tion Theory, April 2010.A. Savari, “On One-to-One Codes for Mem-oryless Cost Channels,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, January 2008.

Conference Proceedings/PresentationsS. M. S. Tabatabaei Yazdi and S. A. Savari, “A Deterministic Polynomial Time Algo-rithm for Constructing a Multicast Coding Scheme for Linear Deterministic Relay Networks,” Proceedings, the 45th Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, Baltimore, MD, March 2011.J. Yang and S. A. Savari, “A Lossless Circuit Layout Image Compression Al-gorithm for Electron Beam Direct Write Lithography Systems,” Proceedings, the 2011 Alternative Lithographic Technolo-gies III conference within SPIE Advanced Lithography, San Jose, CA, March 2011.S. A. Savari and J. Kliewer, “When Huff-man Meets Hamming: A Class of Op-timal Variable-Length Error Correcting Codes,” Proceedings, the 2010 IEEE Data Compression Conference, Snowbird, UT, March 2010.N. Abedini, S. P. Khatri and S. A. Savari, “A SAT-Based Scheme to Determine Op-timal Fixfree Codes,” Proceedings, the 2010 IEEE Data Compression Confer-ence, Snowbird, UT, March 2010.J. Yang and S. A. Savari, “A Lossless Cir-cuit Layout Image Compression Algorithm for Maskless Lithography Systems,” Pro-ceedings, the 2010 IEEE Data Compression Conference, Snowbird, UT, March 2010.G. Kramer, S. M. Tabatabaei Yazdi and S. A. Savari, “Refined Edge-Cut Bounds for Network Coding,” Proceedings, The Inter-national Zurich Seminar on Communica-tions, Zurich, Switzerland, March 2010.S. M. Tabatabaei Yazdi and S. A. Savari, “A Max-Flow/Min-Cut Algorithm for a Class of Wireless Networks,” Proceed-ings, The ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms (SODA10), Austin, TX, January 2010. S. M. Tabatabaei Yazdi and S. A. Savari, “A Combinatorial Study of Linear Deter-ministic Relay Networks,” Proceedings, The IEEE Information Theory Workshop (ITW2010), Egypt, January 2010.S. A. Savari, “On Minimum-Redundancy Fix-free Codes,” Proceedings, The 2009 IEEE Data Compression Conference, Snowbird, UT, March 2009.S. A. Savari, “On Optimal Reversible-Variable-Length Codes,” Proceedings, The 2009 Information Theory and Applications Workshop, La Jolla, CA, February 10, 2009.A. Kakhbod, S. A. Savari, and S. M. Ta-batabaei Yazdi, “A Study of the Routing Capacity Regions of Networks,” Proceed-ings, The 2008 Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Pacific Grove, CA, October 26-29, 2008.S. M. Tabatabaei Yazdi, S. A. Savari, and G. Kramer, “Network Coding in Star Networks,” Proceedings, The 2008 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Toronto, Canada, July 2008.

J. Yang, S. A. Savari and O. Mencer, “An Approach to Graph and Netlist Compres-sion,” Proceedings, The 2008 IEEE Data Compression Conference, Snowbird, UT, March 2008.G. Kramer, S. M. S. Tabatabaei Yazdi and S. A. Savari, “Network Coding On Line Networks With Broadcast,” Proceedings, The 2008 Conference on Information Sci-ences and Systems, Princeton, NJ, March 19-21, 2008.G. Kramer, S. M. S. Tabatabaei Yazdi and S. A. Savari, “Network Coding On Lines, Stars, And Rings,” Information Theory and Applications Workshop, La Jolla, CA, January 29, 2008.

Books or Authoritative ReferencesTwo book chapters and NSF annual re-ports.Final report on NSF grant CCF-0832810, November 2009.Annual report on NSF grant CCF-0832810, July 2008.Final report on NSF grant CCF-0430201, January 2008.

Research-Projects and GrantsPI: S. A. Savari, “CIF: Small: Collabora-tive Research: New Approaches to the Design of Joint Source-Channel Codes,” National Science Foundation, September 2010- August 2013, $452,797.PI: S. A. Savari, “Limits of Information Flow in Networks of Two-Way Chan-nels,” National Science Foundation, Janu-ary 2008- August 2009, $112581.

New Patents, Design Methods, Techniques or Concepts Developed With graduate student Jeehong Yang we have obtained an efficient algorithm to compress layout images which dra-matically outperforms earlier algorithms (which were developed at the University of California, Berkeley by Professor Avi-deh Zakhor with students/coauthors) in terms of compression ratio as well as en-coding and decoding times.

E. Serpedin (TC)

PublicationsJournalsH. Jeon and E. Serpedin, “An Efficient Blind Deterministic Frequency Offset Estimator for OFDM Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, No-vember 2010.J. Lee, J.S. Kim, Y. C. Wu, K. Qaraqe and E. Serpedin, “Clock Synchronization In Wireless Sensor Networks: An Over-view,” IEEE Signal Processing Maga-zine, August 2010.J.S. Kim, J. Lee and E. Serpedin, “Nov-el Clock Synchronization Schemes For


Wireless Sensor Networks With Non-Gaussian Random Delay Distributions,” EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing, June 2010.Q. Chaudhari, E. Serpedin and K. Qa-raqe, “On Minimum Variance Unbiased Estimation Of Clock Offset In Wireless Networks,” IEEE Transactions On Infor-mation Theory, June 2010.Q. Chaudhari, E. Serpedin and K. Qaraqe, “Some Improved and Generalized Esti-mation Schemes for Clock Synchroniza-tion of Inactive Nodes in Wireless Sensor Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Com-munications, February 2010.Q. Chaudhari and E. Serpedin, “Energy Efficient Estimation of Clock Offset for Inactive Nodes in Wireless Sensor Net-works,” IEEE Transactions on Informa-tion Theory, January 2010.S. Ekin, F. Yilmaz, H. Celebi, K. A. Qa-raqe, M-S. Alouini, E. Serpedin, “Capac-ity Limits of Spectrum Sharing Systems Over Hyper Fading Channels,” Journal of Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, Wiley October 2009.W. Zhao, E. Serpedin and E. Dougherty, “Spectral Preprocessing for Clustering Time-Series Gene Expressions,” EURA-SIP Journal on Bioinformatics and Sys-tems Biology, 2009.S. Park, E. Serpedin and K. Qaraqe, “Joint Blind Symbol Rate Estimation and Data Symbol Detection for Linear-ly Modulated Signals,” Journal of Com-munications Software and Systems, September 2009.W. Zhao, E. Serpedin and E. Dougherty, “Identifying Cell Cycle Involved Genes By Combining Gene Expression Analysis and Prior Knowledge,” Journal on Bioin-formatics and Systems Biology, 2009.E. Serpedin, J. Garcia-Frias, Y. Huang, U. Braga-Neto, “Applications of Signal Processing Techniques to Bioinformat-ics, Genomics, and Proteomics,” EUR-ASIP Journal on Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, 2009.H. Steendam, M. Ghogho, M. Luise, E. Panayirci, E. Serpedin, “Synchroni-zation in Wireless Communications,” EURASIP Journal on Wireless Commu-nications and Networking, 2009.J.S. Kim, J. Lee and E. Serpedin, “A robust Estimation Scheme For Clock Phase Offsets In Wireless Sensor Networks In The Pres-ence Of Non-Gaussian Random Delays,” Signal Processing, Elsevier, June 2009.I. K. Rhee, J. Lee, J. Kim, E. Serpedin and Yik-Chung Wu, “Clock Synchronization in Wireless Sensor Networks: An Over-view,” Sensors Journal, 2009.J. Kim, D.-R. Shi and E. Serpedin, “Adaptive Multiuser Receiver With Joint Channel And Time Delay Estimation Of Signals Based On The Square-Root Un-

scented Filter,” Digital Signal Processing Journal, Elsevier, May 2009.X. Li, Y.-C. Wu and E. Serpedin, Tim-ing Synchronization in Decode-and-Forward Cooperative Communication Systems, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, April 2009.J.S. Kim, E. Serpedin and D. R. Shin, “A Handoff Trigger and Network Selection Algorithms for Load-Balancing Handoff in CDMA-WLAN Integrated Networks,” EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communi-cations and Networking, December 2008.K. Noh and E. Serpedin, “A New Approach for Time Synchronization in Wireless Sen-sor Networks: Pairwise Broadcast Synchro-nization,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, September 2008.H.-G. Jeon and E. Serpedin, “Walsh Cod-ed Training Signal Aided Time Domain Channel Estimation in MIMO-OFDM Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, September 2008.B. Kelleci, T. Fischer, A. Karsilayan, K. Shi and E. Serpedin, “Adaptive Nar-rowband Interference Suppression in Multi-Band OFDM Receivers,” Circuits, Systems and Signal Processing Journal, Birkhauser, August 2008.A. Reza and E. Serpedin, “Incoherent DOA Estimation In Uniform Antenna Arrays With Inordinate Spacing Using A Subband Hopping Approach,” Cir-cuits, Systems, and Signal Processing, Birkhauser, June 2008.W. Zhao, K. Ajepong, E. Serpedin, E. Dougherty, “Detecting Cyclic Genes from Irregularly Sampled Gene Expres-sions for Drosophila Melanogaster,” EURASIP Journal on Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, 2008.W. Zhao, E. Serpedin and E. Dougherty, “Recovering Genetic Regulatory Net-works from Chromatin Immunoprecipita-tion and Steady-State Microarray Data,” EURASIP Journal on Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, 2008.I. Sari, K. Noh, Q. Chaudhari, E. Serpedin and B. Suter, “On the Joint Synchroniza-tion of Clock Offset and Skew in RBS-Protocol,” IEEE Transactions on Com-munications, May 2008.Regulatory Networks Using Information Theoretic Criteria,” IEEE/ ACM Transac-tions on Computational Biology and Bio-informatics, April-June 2008.Q. Chaudhari, E. Serpedin and K. Qaraqe, “On Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Clock Offset and Skew in Networks With Exponential Delays,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, April 2008.H.-G. Jeon and E. Serpedin, “A Novel Simplified Channel Tracking Method for MIMO-OFDM Systems with Null Sub-carriers,” Signal Processing, Elsevier, April 2008.

J. Kim and E. Serpedin, “Improved Par-ticle Filtering Based Estimation of the Number of Competing Stations in IEEE 802.11 Networks,” IEEE Signal Process-ing Letters, January 2008.Q. Chaudhari and E. Serpedin, “On Max-imum Likelihood Estimation Of Clock Phase, Skew And Drift In Networks With Exponentially Distributed Delays,” EUR-ASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Pro-cessing, 2008.E. Serpedin, H. Li, A. Dogandzic, H. Dai and P. Cotae, “Signal Processing Tech-niques for Wireless Sensor Networks,” EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing, 2008.

Conference Proceedings/PresentationsJ. Kim, J. Lee, E. Serpedin and K. Qaraqe, “A Robust Clock Synchronization Algo-rithm for Wireless Sensor Networks,” ICASSP, 2011.H. Jeon, K. Su and E. Serpedin, “An Ef-ficient Blind Deterministic Frequency Offset Estimator for OFDM Systems,” ICASSP 2011.Y. Zhou and E. Serpedin, “GLRT For Data-Aided Time Synchronization in MIMO-OFDM Systems,” ICASSP, 2011.F. Hsu, E. Serpedin, Y. Chen and E. Dougherty, “Applying a Gene Regulatory Model To Investigate The Effect Of Copy Number Variations On Gene Expression Values,” Gensips 2010, November 2010.B. Wajid and E. Serpedin, “Making a Comparative Assembler A Pseudo Denovo Assembler Using Minimum Description Length,” Gensips 2010, November 2010.A. Noor, A. Ahmad, E. Serpedin, H. Nou-nou and M. Nounou, “On Clock Offset Estimation in Wireless Sensor Networks with Weibull Distributed Network De-lays,” International Conference on Pat-tern Recognition - ICPR 2010, Istanbul, Turkey, August 2010.J. Lee, Y. C. Wu, Q. Chaudhari, K. Qa-raqe and E. Serpedin, “Signal Processing Techniques for Synchronization of Wire-less Sensor Networks,” ATOM-N 2010 - SPIE International Conference Advanced Topics in Optoelectronics, Microelectron-ics and Nanotechnologies, Constanta, Ro-mania, August 2010.Y. Zhou, K. Qaraqe, E. Serpedin and O. Dobre, “Efficient Detection of FSK Sig-nals Using Cyclostationarity,” COMM 2010, Bucharest, June 2010.Y. Zhou, K. Qaraqe, E. Serpedin and O. Dobre, “AM-Signal Detection In Cog-nitive Radios Using First-Order Cy-clostationarity,” The 35th International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Dallas, TX, March 14 - 19, 2010.Yi Zhou, K. A. Qaraqe and E. Serpedin, Octavia Dobre,” FSK-Signal Detection


in Cognitive Radios Using First-Order Cyclostationarity,” IEEE ICT 2010, Doha , Qatar, 2010.S. Ekin, F. Yilmaz, H. Celebi, K. Qaraqe, M.S. Alouini and E. Serpedin, “Achiev-able Capacity of a Spectrum Sharing Sys-tem Over Hyper Fading Channels,” Glo-becom 2009 Conference, November 2009.X. Li, Y. C. Wu and E. Serpedin, “Multiple timing Offsets Compensation In Coopera-tive Communication Systems,” IEEE DSP 2009 Conference, Greece, June 2009.Q. Chaudhari, Y. C. Wu and E. Serpedin, “Improved Estimation of Clock Offset in Sensor Networks,” ICC 2009 Confer-ence, Dresden, Germany, June 2009.X. Li, Y. C. Wu and E. Serpedin, “On Perfor-mance Bounds for Timing Estimation under Fading Channels,” WCNC 2009 Confer-ence, Budapest, Hungary, April 2009.Q. Chaudhari and E. Serpedin, “A new Scheme For Synchronization Of Inactive Nodes In A Sender-Receiver Protocol,” ICASSP 2009 Conference, Taipei, Tai-wan, April 2009.J. Lee, J.S. Kim and E. Serpedin, “Robust bootstrap Based Clock Offset Estimators For Wireless Sensor Networks,” WASA 2008 The International Conference on Wireless Algorithms, Systems and Appli-cations, Dallas, October 26-28, 2008.J. Lee, J. Kim, K. Qaraqe and E. Serpe-din, “Clock Offset Estimation In Wireless Sensor Networks Using Robust M-Esti-mation,” ATOM-N 2008 Conference, 4th edition of the International Conference on Advanced Topics in Optoelectronics, Microelectronics and Nanotechnologies, SPIE Proceedings, September 2008.Q. Chaudhari, K. Noh and E. Serpedin, “Time Synchronization in Wireless Sensor Networks,” 4th edition of the International Conference on Advanced Topics in Opto-electronics, Microelectronics and Nano-technologies (ATOM-N), Atom-n 2008, SPIE Proceedings, September 2008.A. Shapoury and E. Serpedin, “Wideband Array Processing With Constant Beam Pattern Beyond The Spatial Sampling Limit,” ATOM-N 2008 Conference, 4th edition of the International Conference on Advanced Topics in Optoelectronics, Microelectronics and Nanotechnologies, SPIE Proceedings, September 2008.Q. Chaudhari, E. Serpedin and K. Qa-raqe, “Cramer-Rao Lower Bound for the Clock Offset of Silent Nodes Synchro-nizing through a General Sender-Re-ceiver Protocol in Wireless Sensornets,” EUSIPCO 2008 Conference, Lausanne, Switzerland, August 2008.Q. Chaudhari and E. Serpedin, “Estima-tion of Clock Parameters and Perfor-mance Benchmarks for Synchronization in Wireless Sensor Networks,” IARIA-ICDT 2008 Conference, July 2008.

Q. Chaudhari and E. Serpedin, “Clock Offset and Skew Estimation in Wireless Sensor Networks with Known Determin-istic Delays and Exponential Nondeter-ministic Delays,” The Third International Conference on Digital Telecommunica-tions (ICDT 2008), June 29 - July 5, 2008. Q. Chaudhari, E. Serpedin and K. Qa-raqe, “Minimal Cost Clock Synchroniza-tion Using a Sender-Receiver Protocol in Wireless Sensornets,” SPECTS 2008 - 2008 International Symposium on Per-formance Evaluation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems, Edinburgh, UK, June 16-18, 2008.Q. Chaudhari and E. Serpedin, “Clock Drift Estimation in Networks with Sym-metric Exponential Link Delays,” Pro-ceedings, the 4th Advanced International Conference on Telecommunications (AICT), Athens, Greece, June 2008.Q. Chaudhari and E. Serpedin, “Clock Synchronization in Wireless Sensor Net-works with Deterministic Part of Delays Unknown,” ICASSP 2008, March 2008.W. Zhao, K. Ajepong, E. Serpedin and E. Dougherty, “Identifying Drosophila Cell-Cycle Regulated Genes From Irregular Mi-croarray Data,” ICASSP 2008, March 2008.Q. Chaudhari, E. Serpedin and K. Qa-raqe, “Statistical Signal Processing for Clock Synchronization in Wireless Sen-sor Networks,” WoSPA 2008 Confer-ence, March 2008.Q. M. Chaudhari and E. Serpedin, “Esti-mation of Clock Parameters and Perfor-mance Benchmarks for Synchronization in Wireless Sensor Networks,” The 6th ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications, Doha, Qatar, March 2008.Y. Zhou, H. Peksen and E. Serpedin, “The True and the Modified Cramer-Rao Bounds for SNR Estimate for BPSK Modulated Signal,” WoSPA 2008 Confer-ence, March 2008.M. S. Al-Shoukairi, M. S. Alouini, K. Qaraqe and E. Serpedin, “Performance of Hard Handoff in 1xEV-DO REV A. Sys-tems With The Presence Of Rayleigh And Correlated Lognormal Components,” 5th IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference, January 2008.

Books or Authoritative ReferencesT. Chen, R. Dinesh and E. Serpedin, “Mathematical Foundations for Signal Processing, Communications and Net-works,” CRC Press, July 2011. E. Serpedin and Q. Chaudhari, “Synchro-nization of Wireless Sensor Networks: Parameter Estimation, Performance Benchmarks and Protocols,” Cambridge University Press, August 2009.Y. Wang and E. Serpedin, “New Advanc-es in Synchronization of Digital Com-

munication Receivers,” VDM Verlag, August 2008.

Book Chapters: A. Ahmad and E. Serpedin, “Factor Graph Algorithms,” book chapter in Mathematical Foundations for Signal Processing, Communications and Net-works, CRC Press, 2011.F. Hamidi Sepehr and E. Serpedin, “Linear Algebra and Matrix Theory Applications,” book chapter in Mathematical Foundations for Signal Processing, Communications and Networks, CRC Press, 2011.Y. Zhou, Y.C. Wu and E. Serpedin, “Ef-fects of Diversity On Carrier Frequency Acquisition in OFDM Systems,” invited book chapter in OFDM and OFDMA with Linear Diversity for Future Wireless Communications, Ben-Tham Science Publishing, ed. K. N. Le, 2010.J. Chen, Y.C. Wu, T.S. Ng and E. Serpe-din, “Multi-User Frequency Offsets Esti-mation in OFDMA Systems,” book chap-ter in Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA), Auerbach Publications, CRC Press, Taylor&Francis Group, 2009.J. Chen, Y.C. Wu, T.S. Ng and E. Serpedin, “Training Sequence Design For Channel And Frequency Estimation In Multi-User OFDM Systems,” book chapter in Orthog-onal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA), Auerbach Publications, CRC Press, Taylor&Francis Group, 2009.K. Noh, Y.C. Wu and E. Serpedin, “Adap-tive Signal Processing Techniques for Syn-chronization of Wireless Sensor Networks,” Chapter in the Handbook: Adaptive Pro-cessing in Wireless Communications, (edi-tor: M. Ibnkahla) CRC Press, 2008.

Research-Projects and GrantsCo -PI: E. Serpedin, “Assessing the Ge-nomic Signature of Breast Cancer in Qa-tar,” Qatar National Research Fund, Sep-tember 2010-August 2013, $1,075,000. PI: E. Serpedin, “Sparsity-Aware Spec-trum Cartography for Cognitive Net-works,” Qatar National Research Fund, September 2010-August 2013, $1,050,000. PI: E. Serpedin, “Efficient Signal Process-ing Algorithms For Inference Of Gene Regulatory Networks,” National Science Foundation, September 2009-August 2012, $313,000. Co -PI: E. Serpedin, “Efficient Technolo-gies for the Deployment of 4-G Telecom-munications Systems,” Q-Tel, September 2008-March 2011, $1,300,000. Co -PI: E. Serpedin, “Scalable Wireless Multimedia in Qatar (and the rest of the world),” Qatar National Research Fund, March 2008- February 2011, $615,000. PI: E. Serpedin, “High Performance Syn-


chronization Algorithms For Wireless Com-puter Networks,” Air Force Research Labo-ratory, July 2009-January 2010, $40,000. Co-PI: E. Serpedin, “A Systems Ap-proach to Genomic Signal Processing: From Signal Extraction to Regulatory Intervention,” National Science Founda-tion, 2005-2008, $790,000.Co -PI: E. Serpedin “Sensors Technical Thurst,” , Clarkson Aerospace Inc., No-vember 2006- August 2008, $30,000.

*S. Shakkottai (EP)

PublicationsJournalsS. Shakkottai, R. Srikant and L. Ying, “The Asymptotic Behavior Of Minimum Buffer Size Requirements In Large P2P Streaming Networks,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communication, 2011.P. Parag, S. Sah, S. Shakkottai and J-F. Chamberland, “Value-Aware Resource Allocation for Service Guarantees in net-works,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communication, 2011.A. ParandehGheibi, M. Medard, A. Ozdaglar and S. Shakkottai, “Avoid-ing Interruptions - a QoE Reliability Function for Streaming Media Applica-tions,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communication, 2011.S. Shakkottai, X. Liu and R. Srikant, “The Multicast Capacity of Large Multihop Wireless Networks,” IEEE/ACM Trans-actions on Networking, 2011.S. Shakkottai and R. Johari, “Demand-Aware Content Distribution on the Inter-net,” IEEE/ACM Transactions on Net-working, April 2010. S. Shakkottai, M. Fomenkov, R. Koga, D. Krioukov and K.C. Claffy, “Evolution of the Internet ASLevel Ecosystem,” Europe-an Journal of Physics B (Condensed Mat-ter and Complex Systems), March 2010.S. Shakkottai, R. Srikant, A. Ozdaglar and D. Acemoglu, “The Price of Simplicity,” Journal on Selected Areas in Communi-cation, Game Theory in Communication Systems,September 2008.

Conference Proceedings/PresentationsV. Ramaswamy, D. Choudhury and S. Shakkottai, “Which Protocol? Mutual Interaction of Heterogeneous Conges-tion Controllers,” IEEE INFOCOM ‘11, Shanghai, China, April 2011 M. Amble, P. Parag, S. Shakkottai and L. Ying, “Content-Aware Caching and Traf-fic Management in Content Distribution Networks’’ IEEE INFOCOM ‘11, Shang-hai, China, April 2011.S. Shakkottai, L. Ying and S. Sah, “Im-plicit Learning for Explicit Discount Tar-geting in Online Social Networks,” IEEE CDC 2010, Atlanta, GA, December 2010.

A. Parandeh, Gheibi, M. Medard, A. Ozda-glar and S. Shakkottai, “Access-Network Association Policies for Media Streaming in Heterogeneous Environments,” IEEE CDC 2010, Atlanta, GA, December 2010.S. Liu, L. Ying and S. Shakkottai, “Influ-ence Maximization in Social Networks: An Ising-modelbased Approach,” Aller-ton 2010, Monticello, IL, October 2010. J-F. Chamberland, H. Pfister and S. Shak-kottai, “First-Passage Time Analysis for Digital Communication Over Erasure Channels with Delay-Sensitive Traffic,” Al-lerton 2010, Monticello, IL, October 2010. S. Shakkottai, L. Ying and S. Sah, “Target-ed Coupon Distribution Using Social Net-works,” 2010, New York City, June 2010.A. Parandeh, Gheibi, M. Medard, S. Shakkottai and A. Ozdaglar, “Avoiding Interruptions - QoE Tradeoffs in Block-coded Streaming Media Applications,” IEEE ISIT 2010, Austin, TX, June 2010.P. Parag, S. Shakkottai and J-F. Cham-berland, “Value-Aware Resource Alloca-tion for Service Guarantees in networks,” IEEE INFOCOM ‘10, San Diego, CA, March 2010.V. Reddy, S. Shakkottai, A. Sprintson and N. Gautam, “Multipath Wireless Network Coding: A Population Game Perspec-tive,” IEEE INFOCOM ‘10, San Diego, CA, March 2010. V. Reddy, Y. Kim, S. Shakkottai and A.L.N. Reddy, “MultiTrack: A Delay and Cost Aware P2P Architecture,” ACM SIGMETRICS, Seattle, June 2009. S. Shakkottai, M. Fomenkov, R. Koga, D. Krioukov and K.C. Claffy, “Evolution of the Internet ASLevel Ecosystem,” Inter-national Conference on Complex Scienc-es: Theory and Applications, COMPLEX ‘09, Shanghai, China, February 2009. S. Shakkottai and L. Ying, “Coupon Tar-geting on Social Networks,” Informa-tion Theory and Applications Workshop, UCSD, San Diego, CA, February 2009.S. Shakkottai, L. Ying, R. Johari and S. Shakkottai “Targeted Coupon Distribu-tion Using Social Networks,” INFORMS ‘08, Washington DC, October 2008.S. Shakkottai and R. Johari, “Demand Aware Content Distribution,” Informa-tion Theory and Applications Workshop, UCSD, San Diego, CA, February 2008.

Books or Authoritative ReferencesS. Shakkottai and L. Ying “Discount Tar-geting in Online Social Networks Using Backpressure-BasedLearning,” chapter in Handbook of Opti-mization in Complex Networks: Commu-nication and Social Networks, edited by M. Thai and P. Pardalos, Springer, New York, 2011.S. Shakkottai and A. Eryilmaz, “Optimi-zation and Control of Communication

Networks,” chapter in The Control Hand-book, edited by William Levine, CRC-Press, New York, October 2010.S. Shakkottai and R. Srikant, “Network Optimization and Control,” in the series Foundations and Trends in Networking, Now Publishers Inc, Boston, January 2008.

Research-Projects and GrantsPI: S. Shakkottai, “Modeling, Design and Emulation of P2P Real-Time Streaming Networks,” National Science Foundation, 2010-2014, $850,000.PI: S. Shakkottai, “Designing a Content-Aware Internet Ecosystem,” National Sci-ence Foundation, 2009-2013, $900,000.PI: S. Shakkottai, “Value-Aware Network Resource Allocation: A Distributed Op-timization Approach” Google Research Award, 2010-2011, $35,000.PI: S. Shakkottai, “Towards Resilient Information-Aware Communication Net-works,” Defense Threat Reduction Agen-cy (DTRA) Young Investigator Award, 2009-2011, $200,000.PI: S. Shakkottai, “Design and Performance Analysis of Next Generation Broadband Wireless Communication Networks,” Qatar Telecom, 2009-2011, $1,041,947.PI: S. Shakkottai, “Content-Aware Distribu-tion Networks,” Cisco Collaborative Re-search Initiative (CCRI) and the Cisco Re-search Center (CRC), 2008-2009, $50,000.

W. Shi (CE)

PublicationsJournalsY. Yi, R. Wenzel, V. Sarin and W. Shi, “Inductance Extraction For Interconnects In The Presence Of Nonlinear Magnetic Materials,” IEEE Transactions on Com-puter-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, July 2009.Y. Liu, J. Hu and W. Shi, “Buffering In-terconnect For Multi-Core Processor De-signs,” IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, December 2008.Y. Yi, P. Li, V. Sarin and W. Shi, “A Precon-ditioned Hierarchical Algorithms For Im-pedance Extraction For 3-D Structures With Multiple Dielectrics,” IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, November 2008.K. Gulati, M. Waghmode, S. Khatri and W. Shi, “An Efficient, Scalable Hardware En-gine For Boolean Satisfability And Unsatis-fable Core Extraction,” IET Computers and Digital Techniques Journal, May 2008.

Conference Proceedings/PresentationsZ. Li, D. A. Papa, C. J. Alpert, S. Hu, W. Shi, C. C. N. Sze, Y. Zhou, “Ultra-Fast Interconnect Driven Cell Cloning For Minimizing Critical Path Delay,” Pro-


ceedings, International Symposium on Physical Design (ISPD), March 2010.U. Doddannagari, S. Hu and W. Shi, “Fast Characterization Of Parameterized Cell Library,” Proceedings, 5th International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design (ISQED), San Jose, CA, March 2009.Y. Zhou, Z. Li and W. Shi “The Impact of BEOL Lithography Effects on the SRAM Cell Performance And Yield,” Proceed-ings, 5th International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design (ISQED), San Jose, CA, March 2009.Y. Yi, V. Sarin and W. Shi, “An Efficient Inductance Extraction Algorithm For 3-D Interconnects With Frequency Dependent Nonlinear Magnetic Materials,” Proceed-ings, 17th IEEE Conference on Electri-cal Performance of Electronic Packaging (EPEP), October 2008.R. Kanj, R. V. Joshi, Z. Li, J. B. Kuang, H. Ngo, Y. Zhou, W. Shi, S. R. Nassif, “SRAM Methodology For Yield And Power Efficiency: Per-Element Select-able Supplies And Memory Reconfigu-ration Schemes,” Proceedings, 2008 In-ternational Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design, Bangalore, India, August 2008.Y. Yi, S. Yan, V. Sarin and W. Shi, “De-velopment of Fast 3D Parasitic Extraction Using Hierarchical Method For Integrat-ed Circuits And Packages,” Proceedings, IEEE International Symposium on Anten-nas and Propagation (AP-S), July 2008.Y. Liu, J. Hu and W. Shi, “Multi-Scenario Buffer Insertion In Multi-Core Proces-sor Designs,” Proceedings, ACM Inter-national Symposium on Physical Design (ISPD), Portland, Oregon, April 2008.Z. Jiang and W. Shi, “Circuit-Wise Buffer Insertion And Gate Sizing Algorithm With Scalability,” Design Automation Confer-ence (DAC), Anaheim, CA, June 2008.

J. Silva-Martinez (AS)

PublicationsJournalsHoyos, S., Pentakota, S., Yu, Z., Sobhy, E., Chen, X., Saad, R., Palermo, S. and Silva-Martinez, J., “Clock-Jitter Toler-ant Wideband Receivers: An Optimized Multi-Channel Filter-Bank Approach,” IEEE TCAS-I, 2011.Dhanasekaran, V. Gambhir, M., Al-Sayed, M., Sánchez-Sinencio, E., Silva-Mar-tinez, J., Mishra, C., Chen, L. and Pan-kratz, E, “A Continuous-Time Multi-Bit SD ADC Using Time-Domain Quantizer And Feedback Element,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, 2011.Kulkarni, R., Kim, J., Jeon, H.-J., Xiao, J. and Silva-Martinez, J. “A 0.18mm CMOS Direct Conversion Tuner for DVB-H UHF band,” IEEE Transactions on VLSI, 2011.

Onabajo, M., Gómez, D., Aldrete-Vidrio, E., Altet, J., Mateo, D. and Silva-Marti-nez, J., “Survey of Robustness Enhance-ment Techniques for Wireless Systems-on-a-Chip and Study of Temperature as Observable for Process Variations,” Jour-nal of Electronic Testing: Theory and Ap-plications, 2011.Chen, X., Yu, Z., Hoyos, S., Sadler, B. M. and Silva-Martinez, J., “A Sub-Ny-quist Rate Sampling Receiver Exploiting Compressive Sensing,” IEEE TCAS-I, February 2011.Onabajo, M., Altet, J., Aldrete-Vidrio, E., Mateo, D. and Silva-Martinez, J., “Electro-Thermal Design Procedure to Observe RF Circuit Power and Linearity Characteristics with a Homodyne Differ-ential Temperature Sensor,” IEEE TCAS-I, 2010.Lu, C.Y., Onabajo, M., Gadde, V., Lo, Y. C., Chen, H.-P., Periasamy, V. and J. Sil-va-Martinez, “A 25MHz Bandwidth 5th-Order Continuous-Time Lowpass Sigma-Delta Modulator With 69dB Dynamic Range Using Time-Domain Quantization and Feedback,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, September 2010. Kim, J., Hoyos, S. and Silva-Martinez, J., “Wideband Common-Gate CMOS LNA Employing Dual Negative Feedback with Simultaneous Noise, Gain, and Band-width Optimization,” IEEE Microwaves Theory and Techniques, September 2010.Aldrete-Vidrio, E., Mateo, D., Altet, J., Salhi, M. A., Grauby, S., Dilhaire, S., Onabajo M. and Silva-Martinez, J., “Strategies for Built-In Characterization Testing and Performance Monitoring of Analog RF Circuits by Temperature Monitoring,” Measurement Science and Technology Journal, July 2010.Lu, C.Y., Silva-Rivas, F., Kode, P., Hoyos, S. and Silva-Martinez, J., “A 6th-Order 200MHz IF Bandpass Sigma-Delta Mod-ulator With over 68dB SNDR in 10MHz Bandwidth,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, June 2010. Mobarak M., Onabajo, M., Silva-Mar-tinez J. and Sanchez-Sinencio, E., “At-tenuation-Predistortion Linearization of CMOS OTAs With Digital Correction of Process Variations in OTA-C Filter Ap-plications,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, February, 2010. Assaad R. and Silva-Martinez J., “The Recycling Folded Cascode: A General Enhancement of the Folded Cascode Am-plifier,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Cir-cuits, September 2009.Mishra, C., Valdes-Garcia, A., Sanchez-Sinencio, E. and Silva-Martinez, J., “Sys-tem and Circuit Design for a MB-OFDM UWB Frequency Synthesizer,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems, part I, July 2009.

Assaad R. and Silva-Martinez J., “Opti-mization of Direct Auto-Zeroing Offset Cancellation in Low Voltage Applications Using Dual Level CMFB,” IEE Electron-ics Letters, July 2009.Dhanasekaran, D., Silva-Martinez, J. and Sánchez-Sinencio, E., “Design of Three-Stage Class-AB 16W Headphone Driver Capable of Handling Wide Range of Load Capacitance,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, June 2009.Onabajo, M., Silva-Martinez, J., Fernan-dez, J. and Sánchez-Sinencio, E., “An On-Chip Loopback Block for RF Transceiver Built-In Test,” IEEE Transactions on Cir-cuits and Systems, part II, June 2009.Silva-Rivas, F., Lu, C.Y., Kode, P., Than-dri, B. K. and Silva-Martinez, J., “Digital Based Calibration Technique for Continu-ous-Time Bandpass Sigma-Delta Analog-to-Digital Converters,” Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing, April 2009. Geddada, H. M., Won-Park, J. and Silva-Martinez, J., “Robust Derivative Super-position Method for Linearizing Broad-band LNAs,” IEE Electronics Letters, April 2009.Assaad R. and Silva-Martinez J., “A graphical Approach To Teaching Amplifier Design At The Undergraduate Level,” In-ternational Journal of Electrical Engineer-ing Education (IJEEE), February 2009.Hernandez-Garduno D. and Silva-Marti-nez, J., “A 1Gb/s 5-Tap Fractionally-Spaced Equalizer in CMOS 0.35µm,” IEEE Jour-nal of Solid-State Circuits, November 2008.

Conference Proceedings/PresentationsH. Eachampati, S. Ganta. H. Martinez and J. Silva-Martinez, “SIDO Buck Con-verter with Independent Outputs,” IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, August 2010.H. Martinez, A. Conesa, A. Poveda and J. Silva-Martinez, “Current-Steering Switching Policy for a SIDO Linear-Assisted Hysteretic DC/DC Converter,” Seminario Anual de Automática, Elec-trónica Industrial e Instrumentación , Bil-bao Spain, July 2010.H. Martinez, A. Conesa, A. Poveda and J. Silva-Martinez, “SIDO Buck Converter with Independent Outputs,” Seminario Anual de Automática, Electrónica Indus-trial e Instrumentación , Bilbao Spain, July 2010.Kulkarni, R., Kim, J., Jeon, J., Xiao, J. and Silva-Martinez, J., “A Broadband 470-862MHz Direct Conversion CMOS Receiver,” International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, May 2010.Shim, K. N., Hu, J. and Silva-Martinez, J., “A Dual-Level Adaptive Supply Volt-age System for Variation Resilience,” ISQED10th Conference, San Jose, CA, May 2010.


Aldrete E., Onabajo, M., Altet J., Mateo D. and Silva-Martinez J., ”Non-Invasive RF Built-in Testing Using On-chip Tem-perature Sensors,” International Test Con-ference, Austin, TX, October 2009. Silva-Martinez J. and Karsilayan A., “A Hybrid 14-bit Analog-to-Digital Con-verter For Broadband Applications,” SRC Symposium, Dallas, TX, October 2009. Ahmed, R., Hoyos, S., and Silva-Marti-nez, J., “Hybrid Clock-Jitter Error Shaping Technique for Feedback Digital-to-Analog Converters (DACs) in Continuous-Time Sigma-Delta Modulators,” SRC Sympo-sium, Dallas, TX, October 2009.Lo Y.-C., Chen H.-P., J. Silva-Martinez and S. Hoyos, “A 1.8V, Sub-mW, Over 100% Locking Range, Divide-by-3 and 7 Complementary-Injection-Locked 4 GHz Frequency Divider,” IEEE Custom Integrated Circuit Conference, San Jose, CA, September 2009. Martinez, H., Conesa, A., Poveda, A., and Silva-Martinez, J., “Single-Input Dual-Output (SIDO) Linear–Assisted DC/DC Converter,” Seminario Anual de Au-tomática, Electrónica Industrial e Instru-mentación, Madrid Spain, July 2009.Dhanasekaran, V., Gambhir, M., Al-Sayed, M., Silva-Martinez, J. and Sánchez-Sinencio, E., “A 20 MHz Sig-nal Bandwidth 68dB Dynamic Range 10.5mW Continuous-Time Delta Sigma ADC Suitable For Nanometric Technolo-gies,” ISSCC, February 2009.Hernandez, D. and Silva-Martinez, J., “A 1Gb/s 5-Tap Transversal Equalizer with Active Delay Cells and a Transimpedance-based Broadband Summing Circuit,” CMOS Emerging Technologies Work-shop: Research & Business Opportunities Ahead, Banff Canada, February 2009.Chen, X., Silva-Martinez, J. and Hoyos, S., “A CMOS Differential Noise Cancel-ling Low Noise Transconductance Am-plifier,” 2008 IEEE Dallas Circuits And Systems Workshop, October 2008.Lu, C., Onabajo, M., Gadde, V., Lo, Y.C., Silva-Rivas, F., Chen, H.-C. and Silva-Martinez, J., “A 25MHz Bandwidth 12-Bit Continuous-Time Low-Pass SD Mod-ulator Design with Jazz 0.18μm CMOS Technology,” 2008 Jazz AIMS-CAT con-ference, October 2008.Jeon, H., Kulkarni, R., Lo, J., Kim, J., Li, J. and Silva Martinez, J., “A Full On-chip Bang-Bang 10Gb/s CDR Using an Adap-tive Loop Bandwidth Strategy,” 2008 Jazz AIMS-CAT conference, October 2008.Gambhir, M., Dhanasekaran, V., Silva-Mar-tinez, J. and Sánchez-Sinencio, E., “Contin-uous Time Filtering for Wideband Systems: Performance and Power,” AMSC work-shop, College Station, TX, October 2008.Onabajo, M., Fernandez, F., Fan, X., Sil-va-Martinez, J. and E. Sanchez-Sinencio,

E., “Built-In Testing (BIT) Techniques for RF Front-End Circuits and Integrated Transceivers,” AMSC workshop, College Station, TX, October 2008.Jeon, H., Kulkarni, R., Lo, J., Kim, J., Li, J. and Silva Martinez, J., “A 10Gb/s Bang-Bang Clock and Data Recovery System Using an Adaptive Loop band-width Strategy,” AMSC workshop, Col-lege Station, TX, October 2008.Lu, C.-Y., Silva-Rivas, F., Kode, P. and Silva-Martinez, J., “200MHz-IF 10MHz-Bandwidth High-Resolution CMOS BP-ΣΔ ADC,” AMSC workshop, College Station, TX, October 2008.Kulkarni, R., Kim, J. Jeon, H.J., Xiao J. and Silva Martinez, J., “CMOS Wireless DVB-H Tuner Design,” AMSC work-shop, College Station, TX, October 2008.Gambhir, M., Dhanasekaran, V., Silva-Mar-tinez, J. and Sánchez-Sinencio, E., “A Low Power 1.3GHz Dual-Path Current Mode Gm-C Filter,” IEEE Custom Integrated Cir-cuit Conference, September 2008.

Books or Authoritative ReferencesSilva-Martinez, J., Lu, C.-Y., Onabajo, M., Dhanasekaran, V., Gambhir, M. and Silva-Rivas F, “Wideband Continuous-Time Multi-Bit Delta-Sigma ADCs,” Advanced Analog Circuit Design, Arthur van Roermund, Herman Casier and Mich-iel Steyaert, Editors); Kluwer Publishers, 2010.Silva-Martínez J. and Sánchez-Sinencio E. “Switched-Capacitor filters” (Chapter 85 of the Handbook on Analog Circuits and Filters; W. Kai Chen, Editor-in-Chief); 3rd edition, CRC Press, 2009. Silva-Martinez, J. and Karsilayan, A., “Continuous-Time Filters with On-Chip Tuning,” (Book chapter; “Advanced Ana-log IC Design,” Advanced Analog Circuit Design, Arthur van Roermund, Herman Casier and Michiel Steyaert, Editors), Kluwer Publishers, 2009. Valdes-Garcia A., Silva-Martinez, J. and Sanchez-Sinencio, E., “On-Chip Testing Techniques for RF wireless transceiver systems and components,” Chapter 10 of the Book Test and Diagnosis of Analogue and Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuits: The System on Chip Approach, Edited by Y. Sun, The Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2008.Gambhir M, Dhanasekaran V., Silva-Mar-tinez, J. and Sanchez-Sinencio, E., “Re-cent Advances in High Frequency Filters,” Chapter 6 of the Book “Circuits for Emerg-ing Technologies: CMOS and Beyond,” edited by Kris Iniewski, CRC Press, 2008.

Research-Projects and GrantsPI: Silva-Martinez, J., “A Hybrid 14-bit Analog-to-Digital Converter for Broad-band Applications,” Semiconductor Re-

search Corporation, August 2009-July 2012, $240,000. PI: Silva-Martinez, J., “IC Design for High-Speed Data-Communication Sys-tems, Part-II” Broadcom Corporation, October 2010-September 2011, $30,000. Co-PI: Silva-Martinez, J., “Wideband Receiver Architectures in Digital Deep-Submicron CMOS,” Semiconductor Re-search Corporation, September 2009- Au-gust 2011, $120,000.PI: Silva-Martinez, J., “High-Resolution RF to Digital Converter for Next Gen-eration Broadband Communication Sys-tems,” National Science Foundation, Au-gust 2008-July 2011, $330,000. PI: Silva-Martinez, J., Taiwan Semi-conductor Manufacturing Corporation, TSMC, (chips fabrication) Gift, August 2011—May 2011, two IC fabrications equivalent to $120,000. PI: Silva-Martinez, J., Jazz Semiconduc-tor (chips fabrication) Gift, October 2010, one IC fabrication equivalent to $50,000. PI: Silva-Martinez, J., “IC Design for High-Speed Communication Sys-tems,” Broadcom Corporation, October 2009-September 2010, $24,000.PI: Silva-Martinez, J., “Healing Strategies for Broadband Mobile Wireless Commu-nication Systems,” TAMU-CONACyT program, March 2009-February 2010, $24,000. Co-PI: Silva-Martinez, J., “Mixed-mode IC Design for Hard Disk Drive Applica-tions,” LSI Logic, December 2008–No-vember 2009, $30,000.Co-PI: Silva-Martinez, J., AMSC, Texas Instruments Gift, August 2008-July 2009, $18,000.

C. Singh (EP)

PublicationsJournalsY. Liu, C. Singh, “A Methodology for Evaluation of Hurricane Impact on Composite power System Reliability,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, February 2011.Y. Degeilh, C. Singh, “A Quantitative Approach To Wind Farm Diversification And Reliability,” International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems, February 2011.N. M. Pindoriya, P. Jirutitijaroen, D. Srinivasan, C. Singh, ”Composite Reli-ability Evaluation Using Monte Carlo Simulation and Least Squares Support Vector Classifier,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 2011.H. Falaghi, M. Ramezani, C. Singh, M. Haghifam, ”Probabilistic Assessment of TTC in Power Systems Including Wind Power Generation,” IEEE Systems Journal, 2011.


G. Booker, A. Sprintson,E. Zechman, C. Singh, S. Guikema,” Efficient Traffic Loss Evaluation for Transport Backbone Net-works,” Computer Networks, July 2010.Rong-fu, C. Singh, Y. Sun, “Efficient Short-term Reliability Assessment Using Dagger Sampling and Offline Computa-tions,” Electric Power Systems Research Journal, June 2010.Y. Liu, C. Singh,” Evaluation of hurricane Impact On Composite Power System Re-liability Considering Common-Cause Failures,” International Journal Systems Assurance Engineering Management, April-June 2010.Y. Liu, C. Singh, “Reliability Evaluation of Composite Power Systems Using Mar-kov Cut-Set Method,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, May 2010.K. Jiang, C. Singh, “Reliability Modeling Of All-Digital Protection Systems Includ-ing Impact Of Repair,” IEEE Transac-tions on Power Delivery, April 2010.A. Lete da Silva,R. Fernandes, C. Singh “Generating Capacity Reliability Evalua-tion based on Monte Carlo Simulation and Cross- Entropy Method,” IEEE Transac-tions on Power Systems, February 2010.H. Kim, C. Singh, “Reliability Modeling And Analysis In Power Systems With Ag-ing Characteristics,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, February 2010.J. He, Y. Sun, D.S. Kirschen, C. Singh, L. Cheng, “State-Space Partitioning Method For Composite Power System Reliability Assessment,” IET Generation, Transmis-sion and Distribution, 2010. V. Miranda,L. M. Carvalho,A. Rosa,A. M. Leite da Silva, C. Singh, “Improving Power System Reliability Calculation Efficiency With EPSO Variants,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Novem-ber 2009.L. F. Wang, C. Singh, “Unit Commitment Considering Generator Outages Through A Mixed-Integer Particle Swarm Optimi-zation Algorithm,” Applied Soft Comput-ing, June 2009.M. Ramezani, M.-R. Haghifam, C. Singh, H. Seifi and M. Parsa Moghaddam, “De-termination of Capacity Benefit Margin in Multiarea Power Systems Using Particle Swarm Optimization,” IEEE Transac-tions on Power Systems, May 2009. M. Ramezani, C. Singh and M.-R. Haghi-fam, “Role of Clustering in the Probabi-listic Evaluation of TTC in Power Sys-tems Including Wind Power Generation,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, May 2009.L. F. Wang, C. Singh,” Multi-Criteria Design Of Hybrid Power Generation Systems Based On A Modified Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm,” IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, March 2009.

L.F. Wang, C. Singh, “Reserve-Con-strained Multi-Area Environmental/Eco-nomic Dispatch Considering Tie-Line Transfer Limits Based On Enhanced Par-ticle Swarm Optimization,” Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, March 2009. H. Falaghi, M.-R. Haghifam and C. Singh, “Ant Colony Optimization Based Method for Placement of Sectionalizing Switches in Distribution Networks Using a Fuzzy Multiobjective Approach,” IEEE Transac-tions on Power Delivery, January 2009.

Conference Proceedings/PresentationsR. Green, L.F. Wang, M. Alam, C. Singh, “Intelligent State Space Pruning Us-ing Multi-Objective PSO for Reliability Analysis Of Composite Power Systems: Observations, Analyses and Impacts,” IEEE PES General Meeting, Detroit, July 2011.R. Green, L.F. Wang, M. Alam, C. Singh, “State Space Pruning for reliability Eval-uation Using Binary Particle Swarm Opti-mization,” IEEE PSCE, Phoenix, March, 2011.R. Green, L.F. Wang, M. Alam, C. Singh, “Intelligent and Parallel State Space Prun-ing for Power System Reliability Analy-sis using MPI on Multicore Computers,” 2001 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference, Anaheim, Jan-uary 2011.R. Green, Z. Wang, L.F. Wang, M. Alam, C. Singh “Power System Reliability As-sessment Using Intelligent State Space Pruning Techniques: A Comparative Study,” PowerCon 2010, Hangzhou, Chi-na, October 2010.Y. Xu, Le Xie, C. Singh, “Optimal Sched-uling and Operation of Load Aggregator with Electric Energy Storage in Power Markets,” Proceedings, NAPS 2010, Oc-tober 2010. Kai Jiang, C. Singh, “Reliability Evalua-tion of a Conceptual All-Digital Special Protection System Architecture for the Future Smart Grid,” 2011 IEEE PES Gen-eral Meeting, Detroit, MI, July 2010. Y. Xu, C. Singh, “Distribution Systems Reliability and Economic Improvement with Different Electric Energy Storage Control Strategies,” 2011 IEEE PES Gen-eral Meeting, Detroit, MI, July 2010.R. Green, Z. Wang , L.F. Wang, M. Alam, C. Singh, “State Space Pruning for Power System Reliability Evaluation using Ge-netic Algorithms,” Proceedings, 2010 IEEE PES General Meeting, Minneapo-lis, MN, July 2010. C. Singh, A. Sprintson, “Reliability As-surance of Cyber-Physical Power Sys-tems,” Proceedings, 2010 IEEE PES General Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, July 2010

Y. Liu, C. Singh, “Evaluation of Failure Rates of Transmission Lines During Hur-ricanes Using Neuro-Fuzzy System,” Proceedings, PMAPS 2010, Singapore, June 2010. R. Green, Zhu Wang, L.F. Wang, M. Alam, C. Singh, “Evaluation of Loss of Load Probability for Power Systems Us-ing Intelligent Search Based Pruning,” Proceedings, PMAPS 2010, Singapore, June 2010.A. Bagchi, A. Sprintson, C. Singh, “Mod-eling the Impact of Fire Spread on the Electrical Distribution Network of a Vir-tual City,” Proceedings, 41st NAPS, Oc-tober 2009, Starkville, MS.H. Kim, C. Singh, “Composite Power System Reliability Modeling and Evalu-ation Considering Aging Components,” Proceedings, ELECO 2009, Bursa, Tur-key, November 2009.Y. Liu, C. Singh, “Evaluation of Hurri-cane Impact on Failure Rate of Transmis-sion Lines Using Fuzzy Expert System,” Proceedings, ISAP, November 8-12, 2009. L.F. Wang, C. Singh, “A Conceptual Study On Reliability Constrained Power Transmission System Planning Includ-ing Wind Power,” IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting 2009, Alberta, Canada, July 2009.L. F. Wang, C. Singh, “Multi-Deme Par-allel Genetic Algorithm In Reliability Analysis Of Composite Power Systems,” IEEE Power Tech 2009 (PowerTech 09), Bucharest, Romania, June 2009.Hagkwen Kim, C. Singh, “Power Sys-tem Reliability Modeling with Aging Using Thinning Algorithm,” Proceed-ings, PowerTech 2009, Bucharest, Ro-mania, June 2009.K. Jiang, C. Singh, “The Concept Of Power Unit Zone In Power System Re-liability Evaluation Including Protection System Failures,” Proceedings, IEEE Power System Conference and Exposi-tion (PSCE09), Seattle, WA, March 2009.L.F. Wang, C. Singh, “Reliability Evalua-tion Of Composite Power Systems Using Parallel Genetic Algorithm: Some Con-ceptual And Simulation Studies,” Pro-ceedings, IEEE Power System Confer-ence and Exposition (PSCE09), Seattle, WA, March 2009.L.F. Wang, C. Singh, “A New Method For Capacity Credit Estimation Of Wind Power,” Proceedings, 15th National Pow-er Systems Conference (NPSC08), Mum-bai, India, December 2008.L.F. Wang, C. Singh, “Adequacy Evalu-ation Of Bulk Power Systems Via Com-bination of Monte Carlo Simulation And Artificial Immune Recognition System,” The 10th International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power


Systems Proceedings, IEEE International Conference on Power System Technol-ogy (POWERCON08), New Delhi, India, October 2008

Books or Authoritative ReferencesL. Wang, C. Singh, A. Kusiak,(Eds), “Wind Power Systems: Applications of Computational Intelligence, Springer, Heidelberg, 2010.

Book ChaptersM. Ramezani, H. Falaghi, C. Singh , “Capacity Benefit Margin Evaluation in Multi-Area Power Systems includ-ing Wind power Generation Using Par-ticle Swarm Optimization,” in Wind Power Systems: Applications of Com-putational Intelligence, L. Wang, C. Singh, A. Kusiak,(Eds), Springer, Hei-delberg, 2011.H. Falaghi, C. Singh, “Optimal Conduc-tor Size Selection in Distribution Sys-tems with Wind Power Generation, in Wind Power Systems: Applications of Computational Intelligence,” L. Wang, C. Singh, A. Kusiak,(Eds), Springer, Heidelberg, 2011.

Research-Projects and GrantsCo-PI: C. Singh, “The Future Grid to En-able Sustainable Energy Systems: An Ini-tiative of the Power Systems Engineering Research Center,” Department of Energy, 2011-2013, $5,512,900. Co-PI: C. Singh, “Integration of Storage Devices into Power Systems with Re-newable Energy Sources,” PSERC, 2010-2012, $240,000.PI: C. Singh, “Modeling and Analysis of Interdependent Cyber-physical Systems,” Contacyt-TAMU Mingrant, 2011-2012. $12,000.PI: C. Singh, “Modeling of Catastrophic Failures in Power and Communication Systems: Supporting Design, Preparation and Recovery,” National Science Founda-tion, 2007-2011, $299,842. Co-PI: C. Singh, “Special Protection Schemes: Limitations, Risks, and Man-agement,” PSERC, 2008-2010, $92,600.PI: C. Singh, “REU Supplement: Mod-eling of a Catastrophic Failures in Power and Communication Systems: Support-ing Design, Preparation and Recovery,” National Science Foundation, January 1 - December 31, 2008, $12,000. Collaborator: C. Singh, “Computational Tools for Optimal Planning and Sched-uling of Distributed Renewable Energy Sources,” 2008-2011, $515,557.Collaborator: C. Singh, “Optimization Techniques and Computational Tools for Reliability Analysis of a Large In-terconnected Network,” 2008-2011, $113,468.

A. Sprintson (CE, TC)

PublicationsJournalsS. Rouayheb, A. Sprintson and C. Georghiades. “Robust Network Codes for Unicast Connections: A Case Study,” IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, 2011.M. Langberg and A. Sprintson, “On the Hardness of Approximating the Network Coding Capacity,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, February 2011M. Pravin Wilson, K. Narayanan, H. Pfister and A. Sprintson, “Joint Physi-cal Layer Coding and Network Coding for Bi-Directional Relaying,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, November 2010.G. Booker, A. Sprintson, E. Zechman, C. Singh and S. Guikema, “Efficient Traffic Loss Evaluation For Transport Backbone Networks,” Computer Net-works, July 2010.S. El Rouayheb, A. Sprintson and C. Georghiades, “On the Index Coding Prob-lem and Its Relation to Network Coding and Matroid Theory,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, July 2010.G. Booker, J. Torres, S. Guikema, A. Sprintson and K. Brumbelow, “Estimat-ing Cellular Network Performance Dur-ing Hurricanes,” Reliability Engineering & System Safety, April 2010.M. Langberg, A. Sprintson and J. Bruck, Network Coding: A Computational Per-spective, IEEE Transactions on Informa-tion Theory, January 2009.M. Langberg, A. Sprintson and J. Bruck, “Optimal Universal Schedules for Discrete Broadcast,” IEEE Trans-actions on Information Theory, Sep-tember 2008.

Conference Proceedings/PresentationsM. Chaudhry, Z. Asad and A. Sprintson, “An Optimal Solution to the Distributed Data Retrieval Problem,” Proceedings, 2010 IEEE Global Communications Con-ference (GLOBECOM 2010), Miami, FL, December 2010.K. Kanjani, M. Chaudhry and A. Sprint-son, “Capacity Reservation Algorithms for Mitigating Byzantine Failures in Communication Networks,” Proceedings, 44th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, Pacific Grove, CA, November 2010.A. Sprintson, P. Sadeghi, G. Booker and S. El Rouayheb, “Deterministic Algo-rithm for Coded Cooperative Data Ex-change,” Proceedings, 7th International Conference on Heterogeneous Network-ing for Quality, Reliability, Security and Robustness (QShine 2010), Houston, TX, November 2010.

A. Bagchi, A. Sprintson, S. Guikema, E. Bristow and K. Brumbelow, “Modeling Performance of Interdependent Power and Water Networks During Urban Fire Events,” Proceedings, 48th Annual Al-lerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, Monticello, IL, September-October 2010.C. Singh and A. Sprintson, “Reliability Assurance of Cyber-Physical Power Sys-tems,” Proceedings, IEEE Power & En-ergy Society (PES) general meeting, Min-neapolis, MN, July 2010.A. Sprintson, P. Sadeghi, G. Booker, S. El Rouayheb, “Randomized Algorithm and Performance Bounds for Coded Coopera-tive Data Exchange,” Proceedings, 2010 International Symposium on Information Theory (ISITʼ10), Austin, TX, June 2010.T. Jain, P. Gratz, A. Sprintson and G. Choi, “Asynchronous Bypass Channels : Improving Performance for DVFS and GALS NoCs,” Proceedings, 4th ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Networks-on-Chip (NOCS), Grenoble, France, May 2010.V. Reddy, S. Shakkottai, A. Sprintson and N. Gautam, “Multipath Wireless Network Coding: A Population Game Perspective,” Proceedings, 2010 IEEE Conference on Computer Communica-tions (INFOCOMʼ10), San Diego, CA, March, 2010.S. El Rouayheb, A. Sprintson and P. Sade-ghi, “On Coding for Cooperative Data Ex-change,” Proceedings, Information Theory Workshop, Cairo, Egypt, January 2010.D. Maduke, H. Pfister and A. Sprintson, “Design and Implementation of Physi-cal-Layer Network-Coding Protocols,” Proceedings, Asilomar Conference on Signals and Systems, Pacific Grove, CA,November 2009. D. Maduike, H. Pfister and A. Sprintson, “Physical Layer Network Coding with Unsynchronized Transmitters,” Proceed-ings, Forty-third Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, Pacific Grove, CA, November 2009.A. Bagchi, A. Sprintson, C. Singh, “Mod-eling the Impact of Fire Spread on the Electrical Distribution Network of a Vir-tual City,” North American Power Sym-posium (NAPS’ 2009), Mississippi State University, October 2009. N. Nemade, A. Sprintson and J. Hu, “Ap-plications of Network Coding In Global Routing,” International Conference on IC Design & Technology, Austin, TX, May 2009.S. El Rouayheb, A. Sprintson and C. Georghiades, “A New Construction Method for Networks from Matroids,” Proceedings, 2009 International Sympo-sium on Information Theory, Seoul, Ko-rea, June-July 2009.


G. Booker and A. Sprintson, “Design of Efficient Robust Network Codes for Mul-ticast Connections,” Proceedings, 2009 International Symposium on Information Theory, Seoul, Korea, June-July 2009.M. Chaudhry and A. Sprintson, “Efficient Network Coding Algorithms For Dynam-ic Networks,” Proceedings, IEEE Inter-national Workshop on Wireless Network Coding, Rome, Italy, June 2009.M. Langberg and A. Sprintson, “Recent Results on the Algorithmic Complexity of Network Coding,” Proceedings, 2009 Workshop on Network Coding, Theory, and Applications (NetCod 2009), Laus-anne, Lausanne, Switzerland, June 2009.M.A. Chaudhry, Z. Asad, A. Sprintson and J. Hu, “Efficient Rerouting Algo-rithms for Congestion Mitigation,” VLSI, 2009, IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on ISVLSI ‘09, May 2009.N. Nemade, A. Sprintson and J. Hu, “Appli-cations of Network Coding In Global Rout-ing,” International Conference on IC De-sign & Technology, Austin, TX, May 2009.

Books or Authoritative ReferencesM. Medard and A. Sprintson, eds. “Net-work Coding: Fundamentals and Appli-cations,” Academic Press (an imprint of Elsevier inc.), 2010.A. Sprintson, “Network Coding and Its Application in Communication Net-works” (book chapter), “Algorithms for Next Generation Networks” by G. Cor-mode and M. Thottan, Springer-Verlag London, 2009.

Research-Projects and GrantsPI: A. Sprintson, “CAREER: Wireless Network Coding: Analysis, Complexity, and Algorithms,” National Science Foun-dation, January 2010 - January 2015, $400,000.Co-PI: A. Sprintson, “Verifying Interop-erability and Application Performance of PMUs and PMU-enabled IEDs at the Device and System Level,” Power Systems Engineering Research Center (PSERC), June 1, 2010 to August 31, 2012, $190,000.Co-PI: A. Sprintson, “Integration of Stor-age Devices into Power Systems with Re-newable Energy Sources,” Power Systems Engineering Research Center (PSERC), June 1, 2010- August 31, 2012, $240,000.Co-PI: A. Sprintson, “Increasing Storm-water Awareness through Development of a Stormwater Footprint Game,” Envi-ronmental Protection Agency, August 15, 2010 – August 15, 2011, $10,000.Co-PI: A. Sprintson, “Broadband Com-munications Systems,” Qatar Telecom (QTel), April 15, 2009 to June 15, 2011, $1,518,463.

PI: A. Sprintson, “REU: CAREER: Wireless Network Coding: Analysis, Complexity, and Algorithms,” National Science Foundation, January 2010 - De-cember 2010, $12,000.Co-PI: A. Sprintson, “Modeling of Cata-strophic Failures in Power and Communi-cation Systems: Supporting Design, Prep-aration and Recovery,” National Science Foundation, September 1, 2007- August 31, 2010, $299,842.Co-PI: A. Sprintson, “REU Supplement: Modeling of a Catastrophic Failures in Power and Communication Systems: Supporting Design, Preparation and Re-covery,” National Science Foundation, September 1, 2007- August 31, 2010, $12,000.

New Patents, Design Methods, Techniques or Concepts DevelopedM. Langberg, A. Sprintson and J. Bruck. “Optimal Schedules for Asynchronous Transmission of Discrete Packets,” US Patent 7680147, issued in March 2010.Y. Bejerano, S. Naor and A. Sprintson, “Method and System for Shared Backup Allocation in Networks Based on Partial Information,” US Patent 7606142, issued in October 2009.

C. Su (BI, SE)

PublicationsJournalsC.-K. Chou, N. Jing, H. Yamaguchi, P.-H. Tsou, H.-H. Lee, C.-T. Chen, Y.-N. Wang, S. Hong, C. Su, J. Kameoka and M.-C. Hung, “Rapid Detection Of Two-Protein Interaction With A Single Fluorophore By Using A Microfluidic Device,” Analyst, 2010.C.-K. Chou, N. Jing, H. Yamaguchi, P.-H. Tsou, H.-H. Lee, C.-T. Chen, Y.-N. Wang, S. Hong, C. Su, J. Kameoka and M.-C. Hung, “High Speed Digital Protein Interaction Analysis Using Microfluidic Single Molecule Detection System,” Lab Chip, 2010.Ko, H, Kameoka, J. Su, C.B., “Measure-ments of Refractive Index Change Due To Positive Ions Using A Surface Plas-mon Resonance Sensor,” 2009.Lim HJ, Chang, KA, Su CB, “Bubble Ve-locity, Diameter, Void Fraction Measure-ments In A Multiphase Flow Using Fiber Optic Reflectometer,” Review of Scien-tific Instruments, 2008.

Research-Projects and GrantsCo-PI: C.B. Su, “Nanofluidic flow pro-teometry for the determination of cancer biomarker concentrations,” National In-stitute of Health, July 1, 2009- June 30, 2011, $198,107.

PI: C.B. Su, “Superresolution Fluorescent Microscope,” ECEN departmental equip-ment funding, $38,000.

H. Toliyat (EP)

PublicationsJournalsS. Choi, B. Akin, M.M. Rahimian and H.A. Toliyat, “Performance-Oriented Threshold Design for Fault Diagnosis of Induction Machines,” 2011.B. Akin, S.B. Ozturk and H.A. Toliyat, “A Simple Real-Time Fault Signature Moni-toring Tool for Motor Drive Embedded Fault Diagnosis Systems,” 2011.S.B. Ozturk and H.A. Toliyat, “Direct Torque and Indirect Flux Control of Brushless DC Motor, “2011.S. Choi, B. Akin, M.M. Rahimian and H.A. Toliyat, “Implementation of a Fault Diagnosis Algorithm for Induction Ma-chines Based on Advanced Digital Signal Processing Techniques,” 2011.S.B. Ozturk, W.C. Alexande and H.A. Toliyat, “Direct Torque Control of Four-Switch Brushless DC Motor with Non-sinusoidal Back-EMF,” 2011.B. Akin, S.B. Ozturk, H.A. Toliyat and M. Rayner, “On-board Fault Diagnosis of HEV Induction Motor Drive at Start-up and during Idle Mode,” IEEE Transac-tions on Vehicular Technology, 2011.L. Parsa, A. Goodarzi and H.A. Toliyat, “Five-Phase Interior Permanent Magnet Motor for Hybrid Electric Vehicle Appli-cation,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 2011.S. Kwak and H.A. Toliyat, “Comparison and Assessment of Current-Source-In-verter-Fed Induction Motor Drive Sys-tems with Unity Power Factor,” Transac-tions on Industrial Electronics, 2011.Y. Kumsuwan, S. Premrudeepreechacha-rn and H.A. Toliyat, “Improved Perfor-mance in Direct Torque Control for In-duction Motor Drives using Decoupled Amplitude and Angle of the Stator Flux Control,” IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, 2011.P.S. Moses, M.A.S. Masoum and H.A. Toliyat, “Dynamic Modeling of Three-Phase Asymmetric Power Transformers with Magnetic Hysteresis: No-Load and Inrush Conditions,” IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversions, No. 4, Dec. 2010.J. Faiz, B.M. Ebrahimi, H.A. Toliyat, W.S. Abu-Elhaija, “Mixed-Fault Diagnosis in Induction Motors Considering Varying Load and Broken Bars Location,” Journal of Energy Conversion and Management, Elsevier, July 2010.P.S. Moses, M.A.S. Masoum and H.A. Tol-iyat, “Impacts of Hysteresis and Magnetic Couplings on the Stability Domain of Fer-


roresonance in Asymmetric Three-Phase Three-Leg Transformers,” May 2010.J. Faiz, B.M. Ebrahimi, B. Akin and H.A. Toliyat, “IET Electric Power Applica-tions, 2010.E.C. dos Santos Jr., C.B. Jacobina, H.A. Toliyat and E.R.C. da Silva, “Monolithic Systems Using Standard Three-leg In-verter Supplying Independently Two Mo-tors, IEEE Transactions on Industry Ap-plications, September - October 2009.J. Faiz, B.M. Ebrahimi and H.A. Toliyat, “Effect of Magnetic Saturation on Static and Mixed Eccentricity Faults Diagnosis in Induction Motor,” IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, August 2009.B. Akin, S.B. Ozturk, H.A. Toliyat and M. Rayner, “DSP-Based Sensorless Electric Motor Fault Diagnosis Tools for Electric and Hybrid Electric Vehicle Powertrain Applications,” IEEE Transactions on Ve-hicular Technology, June 2009.J. Faiz, B.M. Ebrahimi, B. Akin and H.A. Toliyat, “Comprehensive Eccentricity Fault Diagnosis in Induction Motors us-ing Finite Element,” IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, March 2009.J. Faiz, B.M. Ebrahimi, M. Malavi and H.A. Toliyat, “Mixed Eccentricity Fault Diagnosis on Salient-Pole Synchronous Generator using Modified Winding Func-tion Method,” Progress in Electromagnet-ics Research B, 2009.Y. Kumsuwan, S. Premrudeepreechacha-rn and H.A. Toliyat, “Modified Direct Torque Control Method for Induction Motor Drives based on Amplitude and Angle Control of Stator Flux,” Electric Power Systems Research, October 2008.E. Levi, M. Jones, S.N. Vukosavic, and H.A. Toliyat, “Steady-State Modeling of Series-Connected Five-Phase and Six-Phase Two-Motor Drives,” IEEE Trans-actions on Industry Applications, Septem-ber - October 2008.B. Akin, H.A. Toliyat, U. Orguner and M. Rayner, “Phase Sensitive Detection of Motor Fault Signatures in the Presence of Noise,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, June 2008.M.T. Abolhassani, P. Enjeti and H.A. Toliyat, “Integrated Doubly Fed Electric Alternator/Active Filter (IDEA), a Viable Power Quality Solution, for Wind Energy Conversion System,” IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, June 2008.

Conference Proceedings/PresentationsV. Sundaram and H.A. Toliyat, “Diagno-sis and Isolation of Air-gap Eccentricities in Closed-loop Controlled Doubly-Fed Induction Generators,” IEMDC’11, Ni-agara Falls, Canada, 2011.V. Sundaram and H.A. Toliyat, “Air Gap Eccentricity Fault Detection in DFIG-

Based Wind Energy Conversion Sys-tems,” EVER 2011, Monaco, 2011.H. Abu-Rub, Sk. Moin Ahmed, A. Iqbal, H.A. Toliyat, M.M. Rahimian, “Incipi-ent Bearing Fault Diagnosis for Closed-Loop Inverter-Fed PMSM Drive using ANFIS, Jordanian International Electrical and Electronics Engineering Conference, Amman, Jordan, April 11-14, 2011.Sk. Moin Ahmed, H. Abu-Rub, A. Iqbal and H.A. Toliyat, “Incipient Bearing Fault Diagnostics for Inverter Fed Induc-tion Motor Drive using ANFIS,” Proceed-ings, ICEM’10, Rome, Italy.J. Guzinski, H. Abu-Rub and H.A. Toli-yat, “Speed Sensorless AC Drive with In-verter Output Filter and Fault Detection using Load Torque Signal,” Proceedings, ISIE 2010, Bari, Italy, July 4-7, 2010.N. Frank and H.A. Toliyat, “Analysis of a Concentric Planetary Magnetic Gear with Strengthened Stator and Interior Permanent Magnet (IPM) Inner Rotor,” Proceedings of IEEE-ECCE’10, Atlanta, GA, September 11-6, 2010.A.K. Chakali and H.A. Toliyat, and H. Abu-Rub, “Observer-Based Sensorless Speed Control of PM-Assisted SynRM for Direct Drive Applications,” Proceed-ings of IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE-2010), Bari, Italy, July 4-7, 2010.Y. Kumsuwan, W. Srirattanawichaikul, S. Premrudeepreechacharn and H.A. Toli-yat, “A Carrier-Based Unbalanced PWM Method for Four-Leg Voltage Source Inverter Fed Asymmetrical Two-Phase Induction Motor, Proceedings of Inter-national Power Electronics Conference – ECCE ASIA (IPEC-Sapporo2010), Sap-poro, Japan, June 21-24, 2010.S.D. Choi, B. Akin, M.M. Rahimian, H.A. Toliyat, “A Robust Sensorless Fault Diagnosis Algorithm for Low Cost Motor Drives,” Proceedings, IEEE-APEC’10, Palm Spring, CA, February 21-25, 1010.Y. Kumsuwan, W. Srirattanawichaikul, S. Premrudeepreechacharn and H.A. Toli-yat, “A Four-leg Voltage Source Inverter Fed Asymmetrical Two-Phase Induction Motor Drive,” Proceedings, 5th IET In-ternational Conference on Power Elec-tronics, Machines and Drives, Brighton, UK, April 19-21, 2010.J. Baek, M.M. Rahimian and H.A. Toli-yat, “Optimal Design of PM assisted Synchronous Reluctance Generators us-ing Lumped Parameter Model and Differ-ential Evolution Strategy,” Proceedings, ECCE’09, San Jose, CA, September 20-24, 2009.M. Amirabadi, H.A. Toliyat and W. Alexander, “Battery-Utility Interface using Soft Switched AC Link sup-porting Low Voltage Ride Through,”

Proceedings, ECCE’09, San Jose, CA, September 20-24, 2009.P. Rasmussen, T. Jahns, H.A. Toliyat, H-H. Mortensen, and T. Matzen, “Motor Integrated Permanent Magnet Gear with a Wide Torque-Speed Range,” Proceed-ings, ECCE’09, San Jose, CA, September 20-24, 2009.S.D. Choi, B. Akin, M.M. Rahimian, H.A. Toliyat, “Condition Monitoring Tech-nique of Induction Machines with Or-dered Harmonic and Noise Cancelation,” Proceedings, IEMDC 2009, Miami, FL, May 3-6, 2009.9. S.D. Choi*, B. Akin, M.M. Rahim-ian, H.A. Toliyat, M. Azadpour and M. Rayner, “Condition Monitoring Tech-nique of Multiphase Induction Machine,” Proceedings, IEMDC 2009, Miami, FL, May 3-6, 2009.J. Baek and H.A. Toliyat, “Optimal Design and Comparison of Stator Winding Configurations in Permanent Magnet-Assisted Synchronous Reluc-tance Generators (PMa-SynRG),” Pro-ceedings, IEMDC 2009, Miami, FL, May 3-6, 2009.M. Amirabadi, H.A. Toliyat, W.C. Alex-ander, “Battery-Utility Interface using Soft Switched AC Link Buck-Boost Con-verter,” Proceedings, IEMDC 2009, Mi-ami, FL, May 3-6, 2009.N.W. Frank and H.A. Toliyat, “Gearing Ratios of a Magnetic Gear for Wind Tur-bines,” Proceedings, IEMDC 2009, Mi-ami, FL, May 3-6, 2009.H.A. Toliyat, B. Nikbakhtian, S. Talebi and P. Niazi, “A Mathematical Modeling of an “N” Flux Barrier per Pole Perma-nent Magnet-Assisted Synchronous Re-luctance Motor for Analytical Purposes,” Proceedings, IEMDC 2009, Miami, FL, May 3-6, 2009.M.T. Abolhassani and H.A. Toliyat, “Fault Tolerant Permanent Magnet Motor Drives for Electric Vehicles,” Proceed-ings, IEMDC 2009, Miami, FL, May 3-6, 2009.N.W. Frank and H.A. Toliyat, “Gearing Ratios of a Magnetic Gear for Marine Applications,” Proceedings, ESTS 2009, Baltimore, MD, April 20-22, 2009.S. Talebi, B. Nikbakhtian and H.A. Toli-yat, “Analytical Model-Based Analysis of High-Speed Flywheel Energy Storage Systems for Pulsed Power Applications,” Proceedings, ESTS 2009, Baltimore, MD, April 20-22, 2009.H.A. Toliyat and R. Vartanian, “Design and Comparison of an Optimized Per-manent Magnet-Assisted Synchronous Reluctance Motor (PMa-SynRM) with an Induction Motor with Identical NEMA Frame Stators,” Proceedings, ESTS 2009, Baltimore, MD, April 20-22, 2009.


B. Akin, H.A. Toliyat, “DSP Based Im-plementation of Continuous Multi-Fault Signature Monitoring,” Proceedings, 24th Annual Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC’09), February 15-19, Washington, DC, 2009.S. Choi, B. Akin, M.M. Rahimian and H.A. Toliyat, “Fault Diagnosis Imple-mentation of Induction Machine Based on Advanced Digital Signal Processing Techniques,” Proceedings, 24th Annual Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC’09), February 15-19, Washington, DC, 2009.A. Balakrishnan, M. Amirabadi, H.A. Toliyat and W. Alexander, “Soft Switched ACLink Wind Power Converter,” Pro-ceedings, IEEE International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies 2008 Conference (ICSET 2008), Singapore, November 24-27, 2008.M. Amirabadi, A. Balakrishnan, H.A. Toliyat and W. Alexander, “Soft Switched ACLink Direct-Connect Photovoltaic In-verter,” Proceedings, IEEE International Conference on Sustainable Energy Tech-nologies 2008 Conference (ICSET 2008), Singapore, November 24-27, 2008.S. Talebi, B. Nikbakhtian and H.A. Toli-yat, “Control Design of an Advanced High-Speed Flywheel Energy Storage System for Pulsed Power Applications,” Proceedings, IEEE IECON’08, Orlando, FL., November 10-13, 2008.S.B. Ozturk and H.A. Toliyat, “Sensor-less Direct Torque Control and Indirect Flux Control of Brushless DC Motor with Non-Sinusoidal Back-EMF,” Proceed-ings, IEEE IECON’08, Orlando, FL., No-vember 10-13, 2008.A. Awwad, H. Abu-Rub and H.A. Toliyat, “Nonlinear Autoregressive Moving Av-erage (NARMA-L2) Controller for Ad-vanced AC Motor Control,” Proceedings, IEEE IECON’08, Orlando, FL., Novem-ber 10-13, 2008.S. Talebi, B. Nikbakhtian and H.A. Toli-yat, “Modeling, DC and Small-Signal AC Analysis of a High-Speed FESS in Synchronous D-Q Reference Frame,” Proceedings, ICEMS’08, Wuhan, China, October 17-19, 2008.E.C. dos Santos Jr., C.B. Jacobina, H.A. Toliyat and E.R.C. da Silva, “Monolithic Systems Using Standard Three-leg In-verter Supplying Independently Two Mo-tors, Proceedings, IEEE-IAS’08, Edmon-ton, Canada, 2008.J. Baek, M.M. Rahimian and H.A. Toliyat, “Maximum Output Power Control of Per-manent Magnet-Assisted Synchronous Reluctance Generator,” Proceedings, 18th International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM’08), Vilamoura, Portu-gal, September 6-9, 2008.

Books or Authoritative ReferencesContributor to the Third Edition of: Power Electronics Handbook”, Muham-mad H. Rashid, Butterworth-Hinemann Publishing, 2011.

Research-Projects and GrantsPI: H.A. Toliyat, “Ultra-reliable Deep-water Electrical Power Distribution Sys-tem and Power Components, Prognos-tic Health Monitoring of Subsea T&D Systems,” General Electric CRD, Texas A&M University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Department of Energy, Septem-ber 1, 2009- August 30, 2012, $6,250,000.PI: H.A. Toliyat, “Condition Monitoring and Fault Diagnosis of Electric Machines,” Qatar National Research Fund, August 1, 2009- July 31, 2012, $1,019,780.PI: H.A. Toliyat, “A Low-Cost Inverter with Battery Interface for Photovoltaic-Utility System,” California Energy Com-mission, January 15, 2011- January 15, 2012, $95,000.PI: H.A. Toliyat, “Study of AC-Link Uni-versal Power Converter,” Ideal Power Converters, Inc., December 1, 2010- No-vember 30, 2011, $74,692.PI: H.A. Toliyat, “Universal Design of Electrical Machine Stators,” Office of Naval Research, January 2007- February 28, 2010, $264,718.PI: H.A. Toliyat, “Permanent Magnet-As-sisted Synchronous Reluctance Genera-tors (PMa-SynRG) forMilitary Applications – Phase II+,” Army Power Generation Branch, August 1, 2008- October 30, 2009, $135,000.

New Patents, Design Methods, Techniques or Concepts DevelopedDC Capacitors-Less Power Convert-ers Apparatus and Method, H.A. Toli-yat and M. Amirabadi, TAMUS 3282, November 2, 2010.Damper Windings for the Magnetic Gear, H.A. Toliyat and N. Frank, TAMUS 3279, October 27, 2010.

H. Wang (SE)

PublicationsJournalsM. Myers, M. Myers, C.-F. Tsai, T. Lu, J. H. Lee, L. Shao, H. Wang, “Electrical and Microstructural Properties Of N+ Ion-Implanted ZnO and ZnO:Ag Thin Films,” Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology, A, 2011.Z. Bi, E. Weal, H. Luo, A. Chen, J. L. MacManus-Driscoll, Q. Jia and H. Wang, “Microstructure and Magnetic Properties of (La0.7Sr0.3MnO3)0.7:(Mn3O4)0.3 Nanocomposite Thin Films,” Journal of Applied Physics, 2011.

Z. Bi, H. Wang, “Oxygen Pressure Effect on the Growth of Epitaxial Mn3O4 Thin Film by Pulsed Laser Deposition,” Thin Solid Films, 2011.N. Li, H. Wang, X. Zhang, “The Influence of Interfaces on the Formation of Bubbles in He Ion Irradiated Cu/Mo Nanolayers,” Philosophical Magazine Letters, 2011.Y. Liu, D. Bufford, H. Wang, C. Sun, X. Zhang, “Mechanical Properties Of Highly Textured Cu/Ni Multilayers,” Acta Mate-rialia, 2011. Q. Su, J. H. Lee, Z. Bi, Q. Zhou, Q. Jia, H. Wang, “Self-separated PZT Thick Films with Bulk-like Piezoelectric and Electro-mechanical Properties,” Journal of Mate-rials Research, 2011.D. Bufford, H. Wang and X. Zhang, “High Strength, Epitaxial Nanotwinned Ag Films,” Acta Materialia, 2011.Cho, S., Yoon, J., Kim, J.-H., Zhang, X., Manthiram, A., Wang, H., “Micro-structural and Electrical Properties of Ce 0.9Gd 0.1O1.95 Thin Film Electrolyte in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells,” Journal of Mate-rials Research, 2011. C.-F. Tsai, Y. Zhu, L. Chen and H. Wang, “Correlation Between Flux Pin-ning Properties and Interfacial Defects in YBa2Cu3O7-δ/ CeO2 Multilayer Thin Films,” IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 2011.S. Patnaik, E.-M. Choi, E. Weal, S.-L. Sahonta, H. Wang, Z. Bi, Q.X. Jia, M. G. Blamire and J.L. MacManus-Driscoll, “Strong Room Temperature Ferromagne-tism In Highly Insulating Thin Films of BiFe0.5Mn0.5O3,” Applied Physics Let-ters, 2011. C.-F. Tsai, Y. Zhu, L. Chen and H. Wang, “Flux Pinning Properties in YBCO Thin Films with Self-Aligned Magnetic Nanoparticles,” IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 2011.J. Xiong, V. Matias, H. Wang, J. Y. Zhai, B. Maiorov, D. Trugman, B. W. Tao, Y. R. Li and Q. X. Jia, Much Simplified IBAD-TiN Template For High Performance YBCO Coated Conductors,” Journal of Applied Physics, 2010. H. Yang, Y. Q. Wang, H. Wang and Q. X. Jia, “Oxygen Concentration And Its Ef-fect On The Leakage Current in BiFeO3 Thin Films,” Applied Physics Letters, 2010. J. H. Lee, I. Kim, D. M. Hulbert, D. Jiang, A. K. Mukherjee, X. Zhang and H. Wang, “Grain and Grain Boundary Activities Observed in Alumina-Zirconia-Magnesia Spinel Nanocomposites by in situ Na-noindentation in a Transmission Electron Microscope,” Acta Materialia, 2010. Z. Bi, O. Anderoglu, X. Zhang, J. L. MacManus-Driscoll, H. Yang, Q. Jia and H. Wang, “Nanoporous Thin Films with


Controllable Nanopores Processed from Vertically Aligned Nanocomposites,” Nanotechnology, 2010.Luo, H.M., Wang, H., Zou, G., Bauer, E., McCleskey, T. M., Burrell, A. K., Jia, Q. X., “Review: Epitaxial Metal-Nitride Thin Films By Polymer-Assisted Depo-sition,” Transactions On Electrical And Electronic Materials, 2010.C. Chen, Y. Zhu, Y. Zhao, J. H. Lee, H. Wang, A. Bernussi, M. Holtz and Z. Fan, “VO2 Multidomain Heteroepitax-ial Growth And Terahertz Transmission Modulation,” Applied Physics Letters, 2010. E. Weal, S. Patnaik, Z. Bi, H. Wang, A. Kursumovec, T. Fix, J.L. MacManus-Driscoll ,“Coexistence of Strong Fer-romagnetism And Polar Switching At Room Temperature in Fe3O4 – BiFeO3 Nanocomposite Thin Films,” Applied Physics Letters, 2010. S A Harrington, J H Durrell, H Wang, S C Wimbush, C F Tsai and J L MacManus-Driscoll, “Understanding nanoparticle Self-Assembly For A Strong Improve-ment In Functionality In Thin Film Nano-composites, Nanotechnology, 2010. J L MacManus-Driscoll, S C Wim-bush, S A Harrington, J H Durrell, G Ercolano, H. Wang, J H Lee, C F Tsai, B Maiorov, A Kursumovic, “High Cur-rent, Low Cost YBCO Conductors –What’s Next?,” Superconductor Sci-ence and Technology, 2010.Y.Y. Kim, H.A. Alwi, Q. Huang, R. Abd-Shukor, C.F. Tsai, H. Wang, K.W. Kim, D.G. Naugle and S. Krishnaswamy, “Thermal Diffusivity Measurement of YBa2Cu3O7-x thin Film With A Pico-second Thermoreflectance Technique,” Physica C: Superconductivity, 2010. N. Li, J. H. Lee, H. Wang, K. Yu, X. Zhang, “Size dependent Strengthening Mechanisms In Sputtered Fe/W Multilay-ers,” Journal of Applied Physics, 2010. G. Ercolano, S. A. Harrington, H. Wang, C. F. Tsai, J. L. MacManus-Driscoll, “En-hanced Flux Pinning in YBa2Cu3O7-_ Thin Films Using Nb-Based Double Perovskite Additions,” Superconductor, Science and Technology, 2010.G Zou, H. Wang, N. Mara, H. Luo, X. Zhang, Q. Jia, et al., “Chemical Solu-tion Deposition of Epitaxial Carbide Films,” Journal of the American Chemi-cal Society, 2010.C. Varanasi, J. Petry, W. Lanter, L. Brunke, B.T. Yang, J. Burke, H. Wang, J.S. Bulmer, J. Scofield, P.N. Barnes, “Growth of High Quality Carbon Nano-tubes On Free Standing Diamond Sub-strates,” Carbon, 2010. M. Jain, F. Ronning, T. Park, J. D. Thompson, J. Yoon, H. Wang, L. Stan,

R.F. DePaula and Q. Jia “Magnetotrans-port Properties of the Pr0.5Ca0.5MnO3 Thin Films Grown By A Solution Tech-nique, Journal of Magnetism and Mag-netic Materials, 2010.J.-H. Kim, Y. N. Kim, S. M. Cho, H. Wang and A. Manthiram, “Electrochem-ical Characterization of YBaCo3ZnO7 + Gd0.2Ce0.8O1.9 composite Cathodes For Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells,” Electrochimica Acta, 2010.M. Myers, E. Fu, M. Myers, H. Wang, G. Xie, X. Wang, W-K Chu and L. Shao, “An Experimental And Modeling Study On The Role Of Damage Cascade Forma-tion In Nano-Crystalization Of Ion-Irradi-ated Ni52:5Nb10Zr15Ti15Pt7:5 Metallic Glass,” Scripta Materialia, 2010.E.G. Fu, A. Misra, H. Wang, Lin Shao X. Zhang, “Interface Enabled Defects Reduction In Helium Ion Irradiated Cu/V Nanolayers,” Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2010.W. Jiang, H. Wang, I. Kim, Y. Zhang and W. J. Weber, “Amorphization of Nano-crystalline 3C-SiC Irradiated With Si+ ions,” Journal of Materials Research, 2010. G. Zou, H. Luo, Y. Zhang, J. Xiong, Q. Wei, M. Zhuo, J. Zhai, H. Wang, D. Wil-liams, N. Li, E. Bauer, X. Zhang, T. M. McCleskey, Y. Li, A. K. Burrell and Q. X. Jia, “A Chemical Solution Approach for Superconducting and Hard Epitaxial NbC Film,” Chemistry Communica-tions, 2010. D. M. Hulbert, D. Jiang, J. Yoon, J. Wang, H. Wang, A. K. Mukherjee, “Microstruc-tural Investigations of Alumina-Zirco-nia-Magnesia Spinel Nanocomposites,” Script Materialia, 2010.T.B. Holland, I.A. Ovid’kob, H. Wang, J. H. Lee, A.K. Mukherjee, “Elevated Tem-perature Deformation Behavior Of Spark Plasma Sintered Nanometric Nickel With Varied Grain Size Distributions,” Materi-als Science and Engineering A, 2010.H. Wang, S.R. Foltyn, L. Civale, B. Mai-rov and Q. X. Jia, “Attenuation of Inter-facial Pinning Enhancement in YBCO Using a PrBCO Buffer Layer ,” Physica C, 2009.H. Wang and J. Wang, “Interfacial De-fects and Flux-Pinning Effects in Nano-structured YBa2Cu3O7-δ Thin Films,” IEEE Transactions on Applied Supercon-ductivity, 2009.Sungmee Cho, Jongsik Yoon, Adriana Serquis, Joon Hwan Lee, Zhenxing Bi, Xinghang Zhang, and H. Wang, “Verti-cally Aligned Nanocomposite Thin Film As Cathode-Electrolyte Interface Layer For Thin Film Solid Oxide Fuel Cells,” Advanced Functional Materials, 2009.

Z. Bi, J. Lee, H. Yang, Q. Jia, J. L. Mac-Manus-Driscoll and H. Wang, “Tunable Lattice Strain in Vertically Aligned Nano-composite (BiFeO3)x:(Sm2O3)1-x Thin Films,” Journal of Applied Physics, 2009.J. H. Lee, C.-Y. Chou, Z. Bi, C.-F. Tsai and H. Wang, “Growth-Controlled Sur-face Roughness in Al-doped ZnO as Transparent Conducting Oxide,” Nano-technology, 2009.S. Harrington, J.H. Durrell, B. Maiorov, H. Wang, J. H. Lee, S. Wimbush, A. Kur-sumovic, J.L. MacManus-Driscoll, “Self-Assembled, Rare Earth Tantalate Pyro-chlore Nanoparticles For Superior Flux Pinning in YBa2Cu3O7-Delta Films,” Superconductivity Science and Technol-ogy, 2009.A. Fouchet, H. Wang, H. Yang, Z. Bi, Q.X. Jia and J. MacManus-Drscoll, “Spontaneous Ordering, Strain Control and Multifunctionality in Vertical Nano-composite Heteroepitaxial Films,” IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelec-trics, and Frequency Control, 2009. H. Luo, Y. Lin, H. Wang, J. H. Lee, Q. X. Jia et al, “A Chemical Solution Approach to Epitaxial Metal Nitride Thin Films,” Advanced Materials, 2009.A. Kursumovic, J.L. Durrell, S. Har-rington, S Wimbush and J.L. MacManus-Driscoll, B. Maiorov, L Stan, H Zhou, and T. Holesinger, H. Wang, “High Ic, Lightly Gold-doped YBa2Cu3O7-x Films Grown at Very High Rates,” Superconductor Sci-ence and Technology, 2009.J. Wang. C.-F. Tsai, Z. Bi, D. Naugle and H. Wang, “Microstructural and Pinning Properties of YBa2Cu3O7-δ Thin Films Doped with Magnetic Nanoparticles, IEEE Transactions on Applied Supercon-ductivity, 2009.H. Luo, H. Wang, Z. Bi, M. E. Hawley,L. Civale, Q. X. Jia, et al, “Highly Conduc-tive Epitaxial Layered Ternary Transition Metal Nitride Films,” Angewandte Che-mie, 2009.J.L. MacManus-Driscoll, A. Kursu-movic, J. H. Durrell, S. Harrington, S. Wimbush, B. Maiorov, L. Stan, H. Zhou, T. Holesinger and H. Wang, “High Ic in YBCO Films Grown at Very High Rates By Liquid Mediated Growth,” IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductiv-ity, 2009.N. Li E.G. Fu, H. Wang, J.J. Carter, L. Shao, S.A. Maloy, A. Misra and X. Zhang, “He Ion Irradiation Damage in Fe/W Nanolayer Films,” Journal of Nu-clear Materials, 2009. S. C. Wimbush, J. H. Durrell, R. Bali, R. Yu, H. Wang, S. A. Harrington and J. L. MacManus-Driscoll, “Practical Magnetic Pinning in YBCO,” IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 2009.


J. Gutiérrez, T. Puig, J. Gázquez, N. Romà, F. Sandiumenge, X. Obradors, H. Wang, Y. Lin, Q.X. Jia and B. Maiorov, “The Role Of The Stacking Faults In The Critical Current Density of MOD Films Through A Thickness Dependence Study,” Superconductor Science and Technology, 2009.C.V. Varanasi, J. Burke, L. Brunke, J. H. Lee, H. Wang and Paul Barnes, “Compar-ative Study Between Similarly Processed YBCO Films With 211 or BaSnO3 Addi-tions, IEEE Transactions on Applied Su-perconductivity, 2009.T. J. Haugan, J. Baca, M. Mullins, N. Pierce, T. Campbell, Paul Barnes, H. Wang, “Temperature and Magnetic Filed Dependence Of Critical Current Density of YBCO With Varying Flux Pinning Ad-ditions,” IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 2009. E.G. Fu, J. Carter, G. Swadener, A. Misra, L. Shao, H. Wang, X. Zhang, “Size De-pendent Enhancement Of Helium Ion Irradiation Tolerance In Sputtered Cu/V Nanolaminates,” Journal of Nuclear Ma-terials, 2009.S. R. Foltyn, H. Wang, L. Civale, B. Maiorov,Q. X. Jia, “The Role Of Inter-facial Defects In Enhancing The Critical Current Density of YBa2Cu3O7-d Coat-ings,” Superconductor Science and Tech-nology, 2009. H. Yang, H. Wang, J. Yoon, P. C. Dowden, J. L. MacManus-Driscoll and Q. X. Jia, “Dielectric Properties Of Self-Assembled (BiFeO3)0.5:(Sm2O3)0.5 Nanocomposite Films,” Advanced Ma-terials, 2009. N. Li, M.S. Martin, O. Anderoglu, A. Misra, L. Shao, H. Wang and X. Zhang, “He Ion Irradiation Damage in Al/Nb Multilayers,” Journal of Applied Phys-ics, 2009.W. Jiang, H. Wang, I. Kim, I. T. Bae, G. Li, P. Nachimuthu, et al , “Response of Nanocrystalline Silicon Carbide To Heavy-Ion Irradiation,” Physical Re-view B, 2009. S. Wang, J. Yoon, G. Kim, D. Huang, H. Wang, A. Jacobson, “Electrochemi-cal Properties Of Nanocrystalline La0.5Sr0.5CoO3-x Thin Films,” Chemis-try of Materials, 2009.H. Yang, H. Wang, H. Zhou, J. Lee, H. M. Luo, S. A. Baily, B. Maiorov, D. M. Feld-mann, P. C. Dowden, J. L. MacManus-Driscoll, L. Civale and Q. X. Jia, Critical Temperature of Self-Assembled (YBa2C-u3O7-x)0.5:(BaZrO3)0.5 Multilayers,” Journal of Applied Physics, 2009. J. Wang, J. H. Kwon, J. Yoon and H. Wang, T.J. Haugan, F.J. Baca, N.A. Pierce and P.N. Barnes, “Flux Pinning in YBa2Cu3O7-δ Thin Film Samples

Linked to Stacking Fault Density,” Ap-plied Physics Letters, 2008.R. A. Araujo, J. Yoon, X. Zhang and H. Wang, “Cubic B1-TaN diffusion Bar-rier For Cu Interconnects Using Ul-tra-Thin TiN Seed Layer,” Thin Solid Films, 2008. J.L. MacManus-Driscoll, H. Wang, J. Yoon, Q.X. Jia, et al., “Strain Control And Spontaneous Phase Ordering In Vertical Nanocomposite Heteroepitaxial Thin Films,” Nature Materials, 2008.H. Luo, H. Wang, Z. Bi, M. E. Hawley,L. Civale, Q. X. Jia, et al, “Epitaxial Ternary Nitride Thin Films Prepared by a Chemi-cal Solution Method,” Journal of Ameri-can Chemical Society, 2008.M. Jain, E. Bauer,Y. Lin, H. Wang, A.K. Burrell, T.M. McClesky and Q.X. Jia, “BaTiO3 Related Ferroelectric Thin Filmsby Polymer Assisted Deposition, Integrated Ferroelectrics, 2008. H. Yang, H. Wang, N. A. Suvorova, H. M. Luo, M. Jain, D. M. Feldmann, P. C. Dowden, R. F. DePaula, S. R. Foltyn and Q. X. Jia, “Structural and Dielectric Prop-erties Of Epitaxial Sm2O3 Thin Films, Applied Physics Letters, 2008. S.K. Chen, A. Serquis, G. Serrano, K. Yates, D. Guthrie, J. Cooper, H. Wang, S. Maragdona and J.L. MacManus-Driscoll, “Enhancement of Upper Critical Field in Mg- Deficient Mg1-xB2 Samples,” Ad-vanced Functional Materials, 2008. R. A. Araujo, X. Zhang and H. Wang, “Epitaxial Cubic HfN Diffusion Barriers For Copper Interconnects Using a TiN Buffer Layer,” Journal of Vacuum Sci-ence and Technology, 2008. M. Jain, P. Shukla, H. Wang, E. Bauer, F. Ronning, L. Civale, B. Maiorov, M.F. Hundley, A.K. Burrell, T.M. McClesky, S.R. Foltyn, R.F. DePaula and Q.X. Jia, “Mixed-Valence Perovskite Thin Films by Polymer Assisted Deposition,” Journal of American Ceramic Society, 2008. H. Yang, H. Luo, H. Wang, I. O. Usov, Q. Jia, “Rectifying Current-Voltage Characteristics of BiFeO3/Nb-doped SrTiO3 Heterojunction,” Applied Phys-ics Letters, 2008. H. Luo, Y. Lin, H. Wang, S. A. Baily, J. H. Lee, M. E. Hawley, T. M. McCles-key, A.K. Burrell, E. Bauer, L. Civale, Q. X. Jia, “Amorphous Silica Nanopar-ticles Embedded in Epitaxial SrTiO3 and CoFe¬2O4 Matrixes,” Angewandte Che-mie, 2008.O. Anderoglu, A. Misra, H. Wang and X. Zhang, “Thermal Stability Of Sputtered Cu Films With Nanoscale Growth Twins, Journal of Applied Physics, 2008.O. Anderoglu, A. Misra, H. Wang, R. Hoagland, X. Zhang, “High Hardness And Low Resistivity Cu Thin Films

With Nanoscale Twins, Applied Physics Letters, 2008. Fu, E.G., Li, N., Misra, A., Hoagland, R.G., Wang, H., Zhang, X., “Mechani-cal Properties Of Sputtered Cu/V and Al/Nb Multilayer Films,” Materials Science & Engineering A (Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Process-ing), October 2008. V. Y. Butko, H. Wang and D. Reagor, “A Metallic State in a Crystalline Insulator due to the Normal Electron Proximity Ef-fect,” Nanotechnology, 2008.H. Luo, Y. Lin, H. Wang, Chia-Yun Chou, N. Suvorova, Q. X. Jia, et al., “Epitaxial GaN Thin Films Prepared by Polymer-Assisted Deposition,” Journal of Physical Chemistry, 2008.C. V. Varanasi, J. Burke, H. Wang, J.H. Lee, P.N. Barnes, “Thick YBa2Cu3O7-x +BaSnO3 Films with Enhanced Criti-cal Current Density at High Magnetic Fields,” Applied Physics Letters, 2008.H. Zhou, B. Maiorov, S. Baily, H. Wang, J.L. MacManus-Driscoll, T.G. Holesinger, L. Civale, Q.X. Jia and S. R. Foltyn, “Mi-crostructural and Superconducting Prop-erties of (Eu0.33Y0.67)Ba2Cu3O7-δ,” Superconductor Science and Technology, 2008.C.V. Varanasi, J. Burke, L. Brunke, H. Wang, J.H. Lee, P.N. Barnes, “Criti-cal Current Density and Microstructure Variations in YBa2Cu3O7-x+ BaSnO3 Films With Different Concentrations of BaSnO3,” Journal of Materials Research, 2008.R. A. Araujo, X. Zhang and H. Wang, “Hafnium Nitride Thin Films With Low Resistivity on Si and MgO Substrates,” Journal of Electronic Materials, Septem-ber 2008. H. Yang, H. Wang, M. Jain, N. A. Suvo-rova, D. M. Feldmann, P. C. Dowden, R. F. DePaula, J. L. MacManus-Driscoll, A. J. Taylor and Q. X. Jia, “Leak-age Mechanisms Of Self-Assembled (BiFeO3)0.5:(Sm2O3)0.5 Nanocompos-ite Films,” Applied Physics Letters, 2008.

Research-Projects and GrantsPI: H. Wang, “Acquisition of an In Situ,” US Navy - Office of Naval Research, Awarded - October 2010, 120,000.PI: H. Wang, “Cladding Outside...” Bat-telle Energy Alliance, LLC- Idaho Na-tional Laboratory, Awarded-September 2010, 20,000. PI: H. Wang, “Materials World Net-work:..,” National Science Foundation, Awarded-July 2010, 255,000.PI: H. Wang, “Ceramic Coatings as Dif-fusion,” Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC- Idaho National Laboratory, Awarded March 2010, 75,000.


PI: H. Wang, “Cladding Outside...” Bat-telle Energy Alliance, LLC- Idaho Na-tional Laboratory, Awarded- January 2010, 100,000. PI: H. Wang, “Acquisition of a…,” US Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Awarded-May 2009, 75,000.PI: H. Wang, “Ceramic Coatings as…,” US DOE - Idaho Operations Office, Awarded-May 2009, 75,000.PI: H. Wang, “Nanoengineered YBCO Coated...,” US Air Force Office of Sci-entific Research, Awarded-March 2009, 980,000. S. Wright (BI)

PublicationsJournalsY. Jiraraksopakun, M.P. McDougall, S.M. Wright and J. Ji, “A Flow Quantification Method UsingFluid Dynamics Regularization and MR Tagging,” IEEE Transactions on Biomed-ical Engineering, 2010.S.M. Wright, M.P. McDougall, “Single Echo Acquisition Imaging using RF En-coding,” NMR in Biomedicine, 2009.Y. Liu, F. Ke, M. McDougall, S. Wright and J. Ji, “Reducing SAR in Parallel Ex-citation Using Variable-Density Spirals: A Simulation-Based Study,” Magnetic Resonance Imaging, October 2008.

Conference Proceedings/PresentationsS.M. Wright, M.P. McDougall, K. Feng, N. Hollingsworth, J.C. Bosshard, C.W. Chang, “Highly Parallel Transmit/Re-ceive Systems for Dynamic MRI,” Pro-ceedings, 31st Annual IEEE EMBS Con-ference, Minneapolis, MN, September 2009.Y. Jiraraksopakun, M.P. McDougall, S.M. Wright, J.X. Ji, “A Regularized Flow Quantification Method Using MRI Tag-ging and Single Echo Acquisition Imag-ing,” Proceedings, 30th Annl. Internation-al IEEE EMBS Conference, Vancouver, B.C., August 20-24, 2008.M.P. McDougall, J. Knight, E. Eigen-brodt, S.M. Wright and C.W. Chang, “A Simple Approach to Overcoming Mutual Coupling Effects in Some Transmit Array Coils for Magnetic Resonance Imaging,” Proceedings, 30th Annl. International IEEE EMBS Conference, Vancouver, B.C., August 20-24, 2008. S.M. Wright and M.P. McDougall, “MR Imaging at Sub-Millisecond Frame Rates,” Proceedings, International Soci-ety for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2009.K. Feng, N.A. Hollingsworth, J.C. Boss-hard, D.C. Noll and S.M. Wright, “An Inexpensive, Scalable Vector Modulator

and Application to 2D RF Pulses,” Pro-ceedings, International Society for Mag-netic Resonance in Medicine, 2009.K. Feng, N. A. Hollingsworth, M. P. Mc-Dougall and S. M. Wright, “Design of MOSFET Matching Networks without Inductors” Proceedings, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medi-cine, 2009. C.W. Chang, S.M. Wright and M.P. Mc-Dougall, “Element Design for Increased Sensitivity in 64-Channel Wide-Field-Of-View Microscopy, Proceedings, Interna-tional Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2009. N. A. Hollingsworth, K. Feng, C-W. Chang, S. M. Wright and M. P. McDou-gall, “Development of a 64 Channel Parallel Transmit System” Proceedings, International Society for Magnetic Reso-nance in Medicine, 2009. J.C. Bosshard, M.P. McDougall and S.M. Wright, “Overcoming Coil Phase Effects in Highly Accelerated Imaging with a Dedicated Fourth Gradient Channel,” Proceedings, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2009.S.M. Wright, M.P. McDougall, J.C. Boss-hard, “Dedicated Phase-Compensation Gradient Coils for Wide Field-of-View MR Microscopy,” Annual Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES), St. Louis, MO, October 2008.

Research-Projects and GrantsCo-PI: S. Wright, “TAMU–UT South-western Partnership for Cancer Imaging and Spectroscopy at 7 Tesla,” Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Tex-as, March 01, 2010- February 28, 2014, $403,696.Co-PI: S. Wright, “Development of Par-allel Excitation in MRI for Neuroimag-ing Applications,” National Institutes of Health, December 1, 2007- November 30, 2012, $858,570.PI: S. Wright, “Wide Field MR Micros-copy Using Integrated Gradient and RF Array Coils,” National Institutes of Health, August 1, 2007 – August 31, 2010, $380,838.PI: S. Wright, “An Integrated Microflu-idic Cryo-Cooling System for MR Mi-crocoils,” National Institutes of Health, April 1, 2007- May 31, 2010, $383,137.Co-PI: S. Wright, “Transmit/Receive Single Echo Acquisition MRI,” National Institutes of Health, August 1, 2006- April 30, 2010,

New Patents, Design Methods, Techniques or Concepts DevelopedCryocooled microcoils for MRI- the novel technology collaborated with Arum Han, the use of microfluidic cooling.

A 64 channel transmitter for MRI, to enable transmit-receive single echo acquisition imaging. This will potentially overcome an inherent phase dispersion that complicates rf encoded magnetic resonance imaging.A unique gradient coil that compensates for position dependent phase dispersion in single-echo acquisition MRI.Current source transmitters for neuro-im-aging applications. We are developing all of the custom hardware for an NIH Bio-medical Research Partnership with the University of Michigan. The hardware is based upon our current source technology (patented).

*L. Xie (EP)

PublicationsJournalsM.D. Ilic, J. Joo, L. Xie and M. Prica, “A Decision Making Framework And Simu-lator For Sustainable Electric Energy Sys-tems,” IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, January 2011. L. Xie, P. M. S. Carvalho, L. A. F. M. Ferreira, J. Liu, B. Krogh, N. Popli and M. D. Ilic, “Wind Energy Integration In Power Systems: Operational Challenges And Possible Solutions,” Proceedings of IEEE: Special Issue on Network Systems Engineering for Meeting the Energy and Environment Dream, January 2011.M. D. Ilic, L. Xie, U. A. Khan and J. M. F. Moura, “Modeling, Sensing And Control Of Future Cyber-Physical Energy Sys-tems,” IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics: Part A: Systems and Humans, July 2010.L. Xie and M. D. Ilic, “Module-Based Modeling And Control Of Electric Power Systems With Renewable Energy Re-sources For Guaranteed Stability Perfor-mances,” International Journal of Critical Infrastructures, 2010.

Conference Proceedings/PresentationsA. Thatte, F. Zhang and L. Xie, “Coordi-nation of Wind Farms And Flywheels For Energy Balancing And Frequency Regula-tion,” IEEE PES General Meeting, 2011.L. Xie, X. Luo and O. Obadina, “Quan-tifying the Benefits Of Look-Ahead Dis-patch in ERCOT Systems,” IEEE PES General Meeting, 2011.X. Jiang, B. Dong, L. Xie and L. Swee-ney, “Adaptive Gaussian process For Short-Term Wind Speed Forecasting,” 19th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI), 2010.S. Lotfifard, L. Xie and M. Kezunovic, “Quantifying the Impact Of Unsched-uled Line Outages On Locational Mar-ginal Prices,” North American Power Symposium, 2010.


Y. Xu, L. Xie and C. Singh, “Optimal Scheduling And Operation Of Load Ag-gregator With Electric Energy Storage In Power Markets,” North American Power Symposium, 2010.Y. Gu and L. Xie, “Look-ahead Coordina-tion Of Wind Energy And Electric Vehi-cles: A Market-Based Approach,” North American Power Symposium, 2010.L. Xie, Y. Mo and B. Sinopoli, “False Data Injection Attacks In Electricity Mar-kets,” 2010 First International Conference on Smart Grid Communications, October 2010 (MIT Technology Review Featured News October 7th, 2010).L. Xie and M. D. Ilić, “Carbon-Con-cerned Economic Dispatch: Possible Formulations And Implementations,” IEEE PES Transmission and Distribu-tion Conference and Exposition, New Orleans, April 2010.L. Rao, X. Liu, L. Xie and W. Liu, “Re-ducing Electricity Cost: Optimization Of Distributed Internet Data Centers In A Multi-Electricity-Market Environment,” Proceedings, IEEE INFOCOM, San Di-ego, CA, March 2010.

Books or Authoritative ReferencesL. Xie, D.-H. Choi and S. Kar, “Bad/Malicious Data Detection In Distrib-uted Power System State Estimation,” H.V. Poor, Z. Han, and E. Hossain, edi-tors, Smart Grid Communications and Networking, Cambridge University Press, 2012.L. Xie and M.D. Ilić, “Computer Meth-ods For Simulating Changing Electric Power Industry.” M.D. Ilić, editor, En-gineering Electricity Services of the Fu-ture, Springer-Verlag, 2011.L. Xie and M.D. Ilić, “Module-Based Interactive Protocol For Integrating Wind Energy Resources With Guar-anteed Stability,” R.R. Negenborn, Z. Lukszo and J. Hellendoorn, editors, In-telligent Infrastructures, Springer, Ber-lin, Germany 2010.

Research-Projects and GrantsPI: L. Xie, “Look-ahead Coordination of Variable Resources for Providing Electric Energy and Regulation Services, National Science Foundation, September 1, 2010 – August 31, 2012, $194,316. PI: L. Xie, “Assessment of Curtailed Wind Generation: Algorithm and Case Studies,” Vestas Wind A/S, October 1, 2010 – September 30, 2011, $75,942. PI: L. Xie, “Coordinated Control and Optimization of Wind Farms With Stor-age: Problem Formulation and Proof-of-Principle Examples,” Vestas Wind A/S, October 1, 2010 – September 30, 2011, $31,852.

PI: L. Xie, “Nuclear Workforce De-velopment Multidisciplinary Experi-ences for Undergraduates (MEU),” Texas Higher Education Coordinat-ing Board, Fall 2010- Summer 2011, $15,000.

Z. Xiong (BI, TC)

PublicationsJournalsM. Uppal, Z. Liu, V. Stankovic and Z. Xiong, “Compress-Forward Coding With BPSK Modulation For The Half-Duplex Gaussian Relay Channel,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Process-ing, November 2009. Vukobratovic, V. Stankovic, D. Se-jdinovic, L. Stankovic and Z. Xiong, “Scalable Video Multicast Using Ex-panding Window Fountain Codes,” IEEE Transactions on Multimedia: Special Issue on Quality-Driven Cross-Layer Design for Multimedia Commu-nications, October 2009.Y. Sun, Y. Yang, A. Liveris, V. Stankov-ic and Z. Xiong, “Near-Capacity Dirty-Paper Code Design: A Source-Channel Coding Approach,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, July 2009. M. Uppal, V. Stankovic and Z. Xiong, “Code Design for MIMO Broadcast Channels,” IEEE Transactions on Com-munications, April 2009. C. Khirallah, V. Stankovic, L. Stankov-ic, Y. Yang and Z. Xiong, “Compress-Spread-Forward With Multiterminal Source Coding And Complete Comple-mentary Sequences,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, April 2009. Y. Wu, V. Stankovic, Z. Xiong and S. Y. Kung, “On Practical Design For Joint Distributed Source And Network Cod-ing,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, April 2009. Y. Yang, V. Stankovic, Z. Xiong and W. Zhao, “Two-Terminal Video Coding,” IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, March 2009. Y. Yang, S. Cheng, Z. Xiong and W. Zhao, “Wyner-Ziv Coding Based on TCQ and LDPC Codes,” IEEE Trans-actions on Communications, February 2009. C. Khirallah, V. Stankovic, L. Stankovic, Y. Yang and Z. Xiong, “Bandwidth Effi-cient Multi-Station Streaming Based On Complete Complementary Sequences,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Commu-nications, February 2009. Q. Xu, J. Hua, Z. Xiong, M. Bittner and E. Dougherty, “The Effect Of Microar-rary Image Compression On Expression-Based Classification,” Signal, Images and Video Processing, February 2009.

Conference Proceedings/PresentationsY. Yang, Y. Zhang and Z. Xiong, “The Generalized Quadratic Gaussian CEO Problem: New Cases With Tight Rate Region And Applications,” Proceedings, ISIT’10, Austin, TX, June 2010. Y. Yang, Y. Zhang and Z. Xiong, “On the sum-Rate Loss Of Quadratic Gaussian Multiterminal Source Cod-ing,” Proceedings, ISIT’10, Austin, TX, June 2010. M. Uppal, A. Host-Madsen and Z. Xiong, “Outage Capacity Of The Broad-cast Channel In The Low Power Re-gime,” Proceedings, ISIT’10, Austin, TX, June 2010. M. Uppal, G. Yue, X. Wang and Z. Xiong, “A Rateless Coded Protocol For Half-Duplex Wireless Relay Chan-nels,” Proceedings, ISIT’10, Austin, TX, June 2010. M. Uppa, G. Yue, Y. Xin, X. Wang and Z. Xiong, “A Dirty-Paper Coding Scheme For The Cognitive Radio Channel,” Pro-ceedings, ICC’10, Cape town, South Af-rica, May 2010. Y. Yang, Y. Zhang and Z. Xiong, “A new Sufficient Condition For Sum-Rate Tight-ness In Quadratic Gaussian Multiterminal Source Coding,” Proceedings, ITA’10, San Diego, CA, February 2010. Y. Yang and Z. Xiong, “On General Distributed Source Coding Of Cor-related Gaussian Remote Sources,” Proceedings, ITW’10, Cairo, Egypt, January 2010. Z. Xiong, “Video Compression Based On Distributed Source Coding Principles,” Proceedings, 43rd Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Pa-cific Grove, CA, November 2009. Y. Yang and Z. Xiong, “The sum-Rate Bound For A New Class Of Quadratic Gaussian Multiterminal Source Coding Problems,” Proceedings, Allerton’09, Monticello, IL, October 2009. Y. Zhang, Y. Yang and Z. Xiong, “Three-Terminal Video Coding,” Proceedings, IEEE Multimedia Signal Processing Workshop, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Octo-ber, 2009.M. Uppal, A. Host-Madsen and Z. Xiong, “Cooperation in the MAC Chan-nel Using Frequency Division Multi-plexing,” Proceedings, ISIT’08, Seoul, Korea, June/July 2009. Y. Zhang, Y. Yang and Z. Xiong, “Code Design For Quadratic Gaussian Multi-terminal Source Coding: The Symmetric Case,” Proceedings, ISIT’08, Seoul, Ko-rea, June/July 2009. Y. Yang and Z. Xiong, “Distributed Source Coding Without Slepian-Wolf Compression,” Proceedings, ISIT’08, Seoul, Korea, June/July 2009.


Y. Yang and Z. Xiong, “Distributed source coding without Slepian-Wolf compression,” Proc. UCSD Workshop on Information Theory and its Applica-tions, San Diego, CA, February 2009.

Books or Authoritative ReferencesZ. Xiong, A. Liveris and Y. Yang, “Distributed Source Coding,” Hand-book on Array Processing and Sensor Networks, S. Haykin and K. J. R. Liu (Eds.), Wiley, 2009. Z. Xiong and K. Ramchandran, “Wave-let Image Compression,” The Essential Guide to Image Processing, A. Bovik, ed., Elsevier, 2009.Stankovic V., Host-Madsen A. and Xiong Z., “Cooperative Diversity: Ca-pacity Bounds And Code Designs,” Adaptive Signal Processing for Wire-less Communications, M. Ibnkahla (Ed.), CRC Press, 2008.

Research-Projects and GrantsPI: Z. Xiong, “Collaborative Re-search: Minimum Energy Commu-nications In Wireless Networks,” National Science Foundation Com-munications Research Program, 2010-2013, $442,208.Co-PI: Z. Xiong, “Code Design For Multiterminal Communication Net-works,” Qatar National Research Fund, 2009-2012, $758,966.PI: Z. Xiong, “Dirty-Paper Coding For Multi-User MIMO Channels,” Hua-wei Technologies Co., Ltd., 2010-2012, $130,000.Co-PI: Z. Xiong, “Scalable Wireless Mul-timedia In Qatar (And The Rest Of The World),” Qatar National Research Fund, 2008-2011, $615,557.PI: Z. Xiong, “Collaborative research: Capacity and Coding In Resource-Limited Wireless Networks,” National Science Foundation Communica-tions Research Program, 2007-2010, $300,000.Co-PI: Z. Xiong, “Investigation Of Tech-nology To Disseminate Humanitarian Information To Displaced Populations,” Sandia National Laboratories, 2009-2010, $100,000.PI: Z. Xiong, “Cone-Beam CT Recon-struction and Cancer Detection in 4D-CT,” Methodist Hospital Research Insti-tute, 2008-2010, $56,000.PI: Z. Xiong, Sandia National Labo-ratories senior design projects, Sandia National Laboratories, 2008-2009. $83,749.PI: Z. Xiong, “Distributed source cod-ing: Theory, algorithms and applica-tions,” National Science Foundation, 2004-2008, $220,000.

New Patents, Design Methods, Techniques or Concepts DevelopedV. Stankovic, A. Liveris, Z. Xiong and C. Georghiades, “Multi-Source Data Encoding, Transmission And Decoding Using Slepian-Wolf Codes Based On Channel Code Partition-ing,” US patent 7,779,326, issued August 2010. V. Stankovic, A. Liveris, Z. Xiong and C. Georghiades, “Multi-Source Data Encoding, Transmission And Decoding Using Slepian-Wolf Codes Based On Channel Code Partitioning,” US patent 7,653,867, issued January 2010. Z. Liu S. Cheng, A. Liveris and Z. Xiong, “Data Encoding And Decod-ing Using Slepian-Wolf Coded Nested Quantization To Achieve Wyner-Ziv Coding,” US patent 7,649,479, issued January 2010. Z. Liu S. Cheng, A. Liveris and Z. Xiong, “Data Encoding And Decod-ing Using Slepian-Wolf Coded Nested Quantization To Achieve Wyner-Ziv Coding,” US patent 7,602,317, issued October 2009.

*B.-J. Yoon (BI)

PublicationsJournalsS. M. E. Sahraeian and B.-J. Yoon, “PicXAA-R: Efficient Structural Align-ment Of Multiple RNA Sequences Using A Greedy Approach,” BMC Bioinfor-matics, 2011. B.-J. Yoon, “Enhanced Stochastic Opti-mization Algorithm For Finding Effec-tive Multi-Target Therapeutics,” BMC Bioinformatics, 2011. X. Qian and B.-J. Yoon, “Comparative Analysis Of Protein Interaction Net-works Reveals That Conserved Path-ways Are Susceptible to HJV-l Intercep-tion,” BMC Bioinformatics, 2011. S. M. E. Sahraeian and B.-J. Yoon, “A Novel Low-Complexity HMM Similar-ity Measure,” IEEE Signal Processing Letters, February 2011.J. Su, B.-J. Yoon and E. R. Dougherty, “Identification of Diagnostic Subnet-work Markers For Cancer In Human Protein-Protein Interaction Network,” BMC Bioinformatics, 2010. S. M. E. Sahraeian and B.-J. Yoon, “PicXAA: Greedy Probabilistic Con-struction Of Maximum Expected Accu-racy Alignment Of Multiple Sequenc-es,” Nucleic Acids Research, 2010. Junjie Su, B.-J. Yoon and E. R. Dough-erty, “Accurate and Reliable Cancer Classification Based On Probabilistic Inference Of Pathway Activity,” PLoS One, 2009.

X. Qian and B.-J. Yoon, “Effective iden-tification Of Conserved Pathways In Biological Networks Using Hidden Mar-kov Models,” PLoS One, 2009. Y. Wang, V. Brahmakshatriya, H. Zhu, B. Lupiani, S. M. Reddy, B.-J. Yoon, P. H. Gunaratne, J. H. Kim, R. Chen, J. Wang and H. Zhou, “Identification of Differ-entially Expressed miRNAs In Chicken Lung And Trachea After Avian Influenza Virus Infection By A Deep Sequencing Approach,” BMC Genomics, 2009.B.-J. Yoon, “Hidden Markov Models And Their Applications In Biological Sequence Analysis,” Current Genomics, September 2009.B.-J. Yoon, “Efficient Alignment of RNAs With Pseudoknots Using Sequence Alignment Constraints,” EURASIP Jour-nal on Bioinformatics and Systems Biol-ogy, 2009.X. Qian, S.-H. Sze and B.-J. Yoon, “Que-rying Pathways In Protein Interaction Networks Based On Hidden Markov Models,” Journal of Computational Biol-ogy, February 2009.B.-J. Yoon and P. P. Vaidyanathan, “Fast Structural Alignment of RNAs by Opti-mizing The Adjoining Order Of Profile-csHMMs,” IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing, June 2008.B.-J. Yoon and P. P. Vaidyanathan, “Structural Alignment of RNAs Using Profile-csHMMs and its Application to RNA Homology Search: Overview And New Results,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control (Joint Special Issue on Systems Biology with IEEE Transac-tions on Circuits and Systems: Part-I), January 2008.

Conference Proceedings/PresentationsS. M. E. Sahraeian and B.-J. Yoon, “Fast Network Querying Algorithm For Searching Large-Scale Biological Net-work,” IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Prague, Czech, May 2011.X. Qian and B.-J. Yoon, “Contour-Based Hidden Markov Model To Segment 2D Ultrasound Images,” IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Prague, Czech, May 2011.S. M. E. Sahraeian and B.-J. Yoon, “PicXAA-R: Efficient Structural Align-ment Of Multiple RNA Sequences Using A Greedy Approach,” Asia Pacific Bioin-formatics Conference (APBC), Incheon, Korea, January 2011.B.-J. Yoon, “Enhanced Stochastic Opti-mization Algorithm For Finding Effec-tive Multi-Target Therapeutics,” Asia Pa-cific Bioinformatics Conference (APBC), Incheon, Korea, January 2011.


X. Qian and B.-J. Yoon, “Comparative Analysis Of Protein Interaction Net-works Reveals That Conserved Pathways Are Susceptible to lllV-l Interception,” Asia Pacific Bioinformatics Conference (APBC), Incheon, Korea, January 2011.J. Su and B.-J. Yoon, “Identifying Re-liable Subnetwork Markers in Pro-tein-Protein Interaction Network For Classification Of Breast Cancer Metas-tasis,” IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Process-ing (ICASSP), Dallas, TX, March 2010.X. Qian and B.-J. Yoon, “Shape Match-ing Based On Graph Alignment Using Hidden Markov Models,” IEEE Interna-tional Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Dal-las, TX, March 2010.J. Su, B.-J. Yoon and E. R. Dough-erty, “Accurate and Reliable Cancer Classification Based On Probabilis-tic Inference Of Pathway Activity,” RECOMB Systems Biology, Boston, MA, December 2009.X. Qian and B.-J. Yoon, “Effective Iden-tification Of Conserved Pathways In Biological Networks Using Hidden Mar-kov Models,” RECOMB Systems Biol-ogy, Boston, MA, December 2009.B.-J. Yoon, “Simple Alignment Con-straints For Efficient Alignment of RNA Sequences Using Family-Specific Models,” IEEE International Workshop on Genomic Signal Processing and Sta-tistics (GENSIPS), Minneapolis, MN, May 2009.X. Qian, S.-H. Sze and B.-J. Yoon, “Que-rying Pathways In Protein Interaction Networks Based On Hidden Markov Models,” RECOMB Systems Biology, Boston, MA, October 2008.B.-J. Yoon, “A Simple Method For Finding Structurally Similar RNAs Us-ing Two-Dimensional Discrete Convo-lution,” IEEE International Workshop on Genomic Signal Processing and Statistics (GENSIPS), Phoenix, AZ, June 2008.B.-J. Yoon and H. S. Malvar, “Cod-ing Over Complete Representations Of Audio Using the MCLT,” Data Com-pression Conference (DCC), Snowbird, Utah, March 2008.B.-J. Yoon, “Effective Annotation Of Non Coding RNA Families Using Profile Con-text-Sensitive HMMs,” IEEE Interna-tional Symposium on Communications, Control and Signal Processing (ISCCSP), St. Julians, Malta, March 2008.

New Patents, Design Methods, Techniques or Concepts DevelopedAlejandro Acero, Ivan Tashev, Byung-Jun Yoon, “Robust Adaptive Beamform-

ing With Enhanced Noise Suppression,” Microsoft Corporation, Patent applica-tion number: US20080232607.Henrique S. Malvar, Byung-Jun Yoon, “Efficient Coding of Overcomplete Representations of Audio Using the Modulated Complex Lapped Trans-fonn (MCLTY),” Microsoft Corpo-ration, Patent application number: US20090319278.

X. Zhang (CE)

PublicationsJournals X. Zhang and H. Su, “CREAM-MAC: Cognitive Radio-EnAbled Multi-Channel MAC Protocol Over Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks,” IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Signal Processing (J-STSP), 2011.X. Zhang, J. Wang and Y. Qian, “Advanc-es in Cooperative Wireless Networking,” IEEE Communications Magazine, 2011.X. Zhang, “Adaptive Control and Recon-figuration of Mobile Wireless Sensor Net-works for Dynamic Multi-Target Track-ing,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2011.L. Liu, X. Zhang and H. Ma, “Optimal Nodes Selection for Target Localization in Wireless Camera Sensor Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technol-ogy, September 2010. Q. Du and X. Zhang, “Statistical QoS Provisionings for Wireless Unicast/Mul-ticast of Multi-Layer Video Streams,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Com-munications (J-SAC), April 2010. Q. Du and X. Zhang, “Statistical QoS Provisionings for Wireless Unicast/Mul-ticast of Multi-Layer Video Streams,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Com-munications (J-SAC), April 2010. J. Wang, M. Fan, X. You, X. Zhang, H. Liu and E. Steinbach, “Wireless Video Transmissions,” IEEE Journal on Select-ed Areas in Communications (J-SAC), April, 2010.Q. Du and X. Zhang, “A Cross-Layer Framework for Multi-Layer-Video Multi-cast with QoS Requirements in Multirate Wireless Networks,” IEEE Communica-tions Letters, September 2009.X. Zhang and H. Su, “Network Coding Based Scheduling and Routing Schemes for Service-Oriented Wireless Mesh Net-works,” IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, August 2009. H. Su and X. Zhang, “Modeling Throughput Gain of Network Coding in Multi-Channel Multi-Radio Wireless Ad Hoc Networks,” IEEE Journal on Select-ed Areas in Communications (J-SAC), June 2009.

H. Su and X. Zhang, “Battery-Dynamics Driven TDMA MAC Protocols for Wire-less Body-Area Monitoring Networks in Healthcare Applications,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (J-SAC), May 2009.

Conference Proceedings/PresentationsJ. Liang, J. Wang, X. Zhang and J. Chen, “An Adaptive Probability Broadcast-based Data Preservation Protocol in Wire-less Sensor Networks,” IEEE ICC 2011, Kyoto, Japan, June 5-9, 2011. M. Bjvrkqvist, L.Y. Chen and X. Zhang, “Minimizing Retrieval Cost of Multi-lay-er Content Distribution Systems,” IEEE ICC 2011, Kyoto, Japan, June 5-9, 2011. G. Yan, J. Wang and X. Zhang, “Perfor-mance Analysis for End-to-End Chan-nel System with Lossy Communication of Multi-hop Wireless Networks,” IEEE ICC 2011, Kyoto, Japan, June 5-9, 2011. Q. Du and X. Zhang, “Base-Station Selec-tions for QoS Provisioning Over Distrib-uted Multi-User MIMO Links in Wire-less Networks,” IEEE INFOCOM 2011, Shanghai, China, April 10-15, 2011. M. Bjorkqvist, L. Y. Chen, M. Vukolic and X. Zhang, “Minimizing Retrieval Latency for Content Cloud,” IEEE IN-FOCOM 2011, Shanghai, China, April 10-15, 2011. W. Cheng, X. Zhang, H. Zhang and Q. Wang, “On-Demand Based Wireless Re-sources Trading Green Communications,” IEEE INFOCOM 2011 - Workshop on Green Communications and Networking, Shanghai, China, April 10-15, 2011. W. Cheng, X. Zhang and H. Zhang, “Full Duplex Wireless Communications for Cognitive Radio Networks,” IEEE Infor-mation Theory Society, the 45th Confer-ence on Information Sciences and Sys-tems (CISS 2011), Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, March 23--25, 2011. X. Zhang, “Spatial-Spectral Joint Com-pressive Spectrum Sensing for Wireless Cognitive Radio Networks,” IEEE GLO-BECOM 2010, Miami, FL, USA, Decem-ber 6-10, 2010. H. Su and X. Zhang, “Opportunistic Ener-gy-Aware Channel Sensing Schemes for Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks,” IEEE GLOBECOM 2010, Miami, FL, December 6-10, 2010. Q. Du and X. Zhang, “Dynamic Base Station Selections for QoS Provisioning Over Distributed MIMO Links,” IEEE GLOBECOM 2010, Miami, FL, Decem-ber 6-10, 2010. H. Su and X. Zhang, “Network-Coding-Based Relay MAC Protocols for Drive-Thru Internet Services in Vehicular Networks,” IEEE GLOBECOM 2010, Miami, FL, December 6-10, 2010.


X. Zhang, “Decentralized Sensor-Co-ordination Optimization for Mobile Multi-Target Tracking in Wireless Sensor Networks,” IEEE GLOBECOM 2010, Miami, FL, December 6-10, 2010. J. Wang, J. Li, L. Rong and X. Zhang, “ARROW-WTCP: A Fast Transport Pro-tocol based on Explicit Congestion Noti-fication over Wired/Wireless Networks,” IEEE GLOBECOM 2010, Miami, FL, December 6-10, 2010. X. Zhang, “Decentralized Sensor-Co-ordination Optimization for Mobile Multi-Target Tracking in Wireless Sensor Networks,” IEEE GLOBECOM 2010, Miami, FL, December 6-10, 2010. H. Su and Xi Zhang, “Network Coding Based QoS-Provisioning MAC for Wire-less Smart Metering Networks,” ICST/ACM QShine 2010, Houston, TX, No-vember 17-19, 2010. X. Zhang, “Multiple Visual-Targets Tracking in Decentralized Wireless Cam-era Sensor Networks,” IEEE MILCOM 2010, San Jose, CA, October 31-Novem-ber 3, 2010. J. Wang, M. Liu, M. Lu and X. Zhang, “Target Coverage Algorithms with Mul-tiple Sensing Ranges in Wireless Sensor Networks,” IEEE MILCOM 2010, San Jose, CA, October 31-November 3, 2010. Q. Du and X. Zhang, “Queue-Aware Spectrum Sensing for Interference-Constrained Transmissions in Cogni-tive Radio Networks,” IEEE Interna-tional Conference on Communications (ICC) 2010, Cape Town, South Africa, May 23-27, 2010. H. Su and X. Zhang, “Energy-Efficient Spectrum Sensing for Cognitive Radio Networks,” IEEE International Con-ference on Communications (ICC) 2010, Cape Town, South Africa, May 23-27, 2010. J. Wei and X. Zhang, “Efficient Node Collaboration for Mobile Multi-Target Tracking Using Two-Tier Wireless Cam-era Sensor Networks,” IEEE Interna-tional Conference on Communications (ICC) 2010, Cape Town, South Africa, May 23-27, 2010. H. Su and X. Zhang, “Interference-Con-fined Adaptive Transmission Scheme for Cognitive Radio Networks,” IEEE Inter-national Conference on Communications (ICC) 2010, Cape Town, South Africa, May 23-27, 2010. J. Wei and X. Zhang, “Decentralized-De-tection Based Mobile Multi-Target Track-ing in Wireless Sensor Networks,” IEEE International Conference on Communica-tions (ICC) 2010, Cape Town, South Af-rica, May 23-27, 2010. H. Su and X. Zhang, “Power-Efficient Periodic Spectrum Sensing for Cogni-

tive MAC in Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks,” IEEE Wireless Commu-nications and Networking Conference (WCNC) 2010, Sydney, Australia, April 18-21, 2010. J. Wei and X. Zhang, “Sensor Self-Organization for Mobile Multi-Target Tracking in Decentralized Wireless Sensor Networks,” IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Con-ference (WCNC) 2010, Sydney, Austra-lia, April 18-21, 2010. Z. Liao, J. Chen, J. Wang and X. Zhang, “GRLD: A Seamless Growth Rings Like Deployment of Sensors Avoiding Bound-ary Effects in WSNs,” IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Con-ference (WCNC) 2010, Sydney, Austra-lia, April 18-21, 2010. J. Wei and X. Zhang, “Two-Tier Optimal-Cooperation Based Secure Distributed Spectrum Sensing for Wireless Cognitive Radio Networks,” IEEE INFOCOM 2010 - Workshop on Cognitive Wireless Com-munications and Networking, San Diego, CA, March 15-19, 2010. Q. Du and X. Zhang, “QoS-Driven Power-Allocation Game Over Fading Multiple-Access Channels,” IEEE Globecom 2009, Hawaii, November 30 - December 4, 2009. H. Su and X. Zhang, “Secondary User Friendly TDMA Scheduling in Opportu-nistic Spectrum Access Networks,” IEEE Globecom 2009, Hawaii, November 30 - December 4, 2009. H. Su and X. Zhang, “Joint Link Schedul-ing and Routing for Directional-Antenna Based 60 GHz Wireless Mesh Networks,” IEEE Globecom 2009, Hawaii, USA, No-vember 30 - December 4, 2009. L. Liu, X. Zhang and H. Ma, “Minimal Exposure Path Algorithms for Direction-al Sensor Networks,” IEEE Globecom 2009, Hawaii, November 30 - December 4, 2009. J. Wang, L. Rong, X. Zhang and J. Chen, “ARROW-TCP: Accelerating Transmis-sion Toward Efficiency and Fairness for High-speed Networks,” IEEE Globecom 2009, Hawaii, November 30 - December 4, 2009. Ji. Ye, J. Wang, J. Huang and X. Zhang, “A Cross-Layer ECN to Achieve Fairness Among TCP Flows in Wireless Mesh Networks,” IEEE Globecom 2009, Ha-waii, November 30 - December 4, 2009. H. Su and X. Zhang, “Adaptive Uplink MAC for CDMA-Based Cognitive Radio Networks,” IEEE Milcom 2009, Boston, MA, October 18 - 21, 2009. J. Wei and X. Zhang, “Dynamic Node Collaboration for Mobile Multi-Target Tracking in Two-Tier Wireless Camera Sensor Networks,” IEEE Milcom 2009, Boston, MA, October 18 - 21, 2009.

Q. Du and X. Zhang, “Game-Theoretic Approach for QoS-Aware Resource Competition in Wireless Networks,” IEEE Milcom 2009, Boston, MA, Octo-ber 18 - 21, 2009. J. Wei and X. Zhang, “Mobile Multi-Target Tracking in Two-Tier Hierarchi-cal Wireless Sensor Networks,” IEEE Milcom 2009, Boston, MA, October 18 - 21, 2009. J. Wei and X. Zhang, “Dynamic Node Scheduling for Mobile Multi-Target Tracking Using Multi-Directional Wireless Camera Sensor Networks,” IEEE Information Theory Society, the 47th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Com-puting, Monticello, IL, September 30 - October 2, 2009. Q. Du and X. Zhang, “Effective Capacity of Superposition Coding Based Mobile Multicast in Wireless Networks,” IEEE ICC 2009, Dresden, Germany, June 14-18, 2009. L. Liu, X. Zhang and H. Ma “Exposure-Path Prevention in Directional Sensor Networks Using Sector Model Based Percolation,” IEEE ICC 2009, Dresden, Germany, June 14-18, 2009. H. Su and X. Zhang, “Throughput-Gain Analysis of Network Coding in Multi-Channel Multi-Radio Wireless Net-works,” IEEE ICC 2009, Dresden, Ger-many, June 14-18, 2009. J. Wang, J. Wang, J. Chen and X. Zhang, “An Automated Signatures Generation Approach for Polymorphic Worm Based on Color Coding,” IEEE ICC 2009, Dres-den, Germany, June 14-18, 2009. Q. Du and X. Zhang, “Statistical QoS Provisionings for Wireless Unicast/Mul-ticast of Layered Video Streams,” IEEE INFOCOM 2009, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, April 19-25, 2009. L. Liu, X. Zhang and H. Ma “Dynamic Node Collaboration for Mobile Target Tracking in Wireless Camera Sensor Net-works,” IEEE INFOCOM 2009, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, April 19-25, 2009. H. Ma, X. Zhang and A. Ming “A Cover-age-Enhancing Method for 3D Direction-al Sensor Networks,” IEEE INFOCOM 2009, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, April 19-25, 2009. Q. Du and X. Zhang, “On Rate Adaptation for Video Multicast with Layered Cod-ing Over Multirate Wireless Networks,” IEEE Globecom 2008, New Orleans, LA, November 30 - December 4, 2008. L. Liu, X. Zhang and H. Ma “Bond-Percolation Based Optimal Density for Exposure-Path Prevention in Wireless Sensor Networks,” IEEE Globecom 2008, New Orleans, LA, November 30 - December 4, 2008.


H. Su and X. Zhang, “Battery-Aware TDMA Scheduling Schemes for Wire-less Sensor Networks,” IEEE Globecom 2008, New Orleans, LA, November 30 - December 4, 2008. H. Su and X. Zhang, “Characterizing the Throughput Gain of Network Coding in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks,” IEEE MIL-COM 2008, San Diego, CA, November 17-19, 2008. H. Su and X. Zhang, “Design and Analysis of A Multi-Channel Cog-nitive MAC Protocol for Dynamic Access Spectrum Networks,” IEEE MILCOM 2008, San Diego, CA, No-vember 17-19, 2008. Books or Authoritative ReferencesBook Chapter: X. Zhang and H. Su, “CREAM-MAC: Cognitive Radio-Enabled Multi-Chan-nel MAC for Wireless Networks,” 1st ed, Cognitive Radio Mobile Ad Hoc Networks, Springer, ISBN: 978-1-4419-6171-6, New York, 2010.

Research-Projects and Grants PI: X. Zhang, “(NSF) EARLY CAREER Award,” National Science Foundation, 2004—2010, $400,000.PI: X. Zhang, “(NSF) EARLY CAREER Award,” (Supplemental Award), Na-tional Science Foundation, May 2010— January 2011, $6,000.PI: X. Zhang, “NSF Travel Grant Sup-port for IEEE INFOCOM 2007,” Na-tional Science Foundation, 2007-2009, $25,000.PI: X. Zhang, “Faculty Start-up Project Grant from the Texas Engineering Ex-periment Station,” 2002-2010, $110,000.

J. Zou (SE)

PublicationsJournalsA. Garcia-Uribe, E. B. Smith, K. C. Bala-reddy, J. Zou, M. Duvic, V. Prieto and L. V. Wang “In-Vivo Characterization Of Opti-cal Properties Of Pigmented Skin Lesions Including Melanoma Using Oblique Inci-dence Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy,” Journal of Biomedical Optics, 2011.A. Garcia-Uribe, C.-C. Chang, J. Zou , B. Banerjee, J. Kuczynski, E. Ong, E. S. Marner, B. H. Levy and L. V. Wang, “High-Transmission-Efficiency and Side-Viewing Micro OIDRS Probe for Fast and Minimally-Invasive Tumor Margin Detection,” IEEE Sensor Journal, 2010.H. Lee, M. K. Yapici, L. Peng, J. Zou and H. Liang, “Formation of One-Di-mensional Nanostructures Using Atomic Force Microscope,” IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, 2010.

I. F. Lyuksyutov, D. G. Naugle, A. E. Oz-metin, M. K. Yapici and J. Zou, “Vortex Pinning by an Inhomogeneous Magnetic Field,” Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism, 2010.A. E. Ozmetin, M. K. Yapici, J. Zou, I. F. L. and D. G. Naugle, “Micromagnet-Superconducting Hybrid Structures With Directional Current Flow Dependence For Persistent Current Switching,” Ap-plied Physics Letters, 2009. M. K. Yapici and J. Zou, “Microfabrica-tion of Colloidal Scanning Probes With Controllable Tip Radii Of Curvature,” Journal of Micromechanics and Micro-engineering, 2009.A. Garcia-Uribe, K. C. Balareddy, J. Zou, L. Wang and K. Wang, “Micromachined ‘Side-Viewing’ Optical Sensor Probe For Non-Invasive Detection Of Esophageal Cancers,” Sensor & Actuators, 2009.M. K. Yapici and J. Zou, “Gold Coated Scanning Probes For Direct ‘Writing’ Sub-Micron Metallic Structures,” Micro and Nano Letters, 2008. M. K. Yapici and J. Zou, “A Novel Mi-cromachining Technique For The Batch Fabrication Of Scanning Probe Arrays With Precisely Defined Tip Contact Ar-eas,” Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 2008.M. K. Yapici and J. Zou, “Permalloy-Coated Tungsten Probe For Magnetic Manipulation Of Micro Droplets,” Mi-crosystem Journal, 2008.A. Garcia-Uribe, K. C. Balareddy, J. Zou and L. V. Wang, “Micromachined Fiber Optical Sensor For In-Vivo Measure-ment Of Optical Properties Of Human Skin,” IEEE Sensor Journal, 2008.M. K. Yapici, A. E. Ozmetin, J. Zou and D. G. Naugle, “Development and Experimen-tal Characterization Of Micromachined Electromagnetic Probes For Biological Manipulation And Stimulation Applica-tions,” Sensors & Actuators A, 2008.J. M. Hong and J. Zou, “A Novel Micro-machined Shadow Mask System With Self Alignment And Gap Control Capa-bility,” Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 2008. L. Yambem, M. Yapici and J. Zou, “A Universal Wireless Sensor System For Automated Environmental Event Moni-toring,” IEEE Sensor Journal, 2008.J. M. Hong, F. M. Ozkeskin and J. Zou, “Micromachined Elastomeric Tip Array And Its Application In Contact Printing With Variable Dot Size And Density,” Journal of Micromechanics and Micro-engineering, 2008.

Conference Proceedings/PresentationsC.-C. Chang, A. Garcia-Uribe, J. Zou, L. V. Wang, B. Banerjee and J. Kuc-

zynski, “Fast and Minimally-Invasive Tumor Margin Detection Using A Novel Micromachined ‘Side-Viewing’ OIDRS Sensor Probe,” The 13th Sol-id-State Sensors, Actuators and Micro-systems Workshop, Hilton Head, SC, June 1-5, 2010.B. Banerjee, A. Garcia-Uribe, J. Kuc-zynski, E. Ong, E. S. Marner, B. H. Levy, J. Zou, L. V. Wang, “First Ap-plication Of Oblique Incidence Dif-fuse Reflectance Spectroscopy In Pancreatic Cancer- Potential Use In Surgery,” The 2010 Digestive Disease Week (DDW), New Orleans, LA, May 1-5, 2010. A. Garcia-Uribe, K. C. Balareddy, C.-C. Chang, M. K. Yapici, J. Zou and L.V. Wang, “High-Efficiency And Side-Viewing Micro Fiber Optic Probe For In-Vivo Diffuse Reflec-tance Measurements Of Human Epi-thelial Tissues,” IEEE EMBS Confer-ence, Minneapolis, MN, September 2-6, 2009.K. C. Balareddy, A. Garcia-Uribe, J. Zou, L. V. Wang and K. K. Wang, “A Novel Endoscopic Oidrs System For Non-Invasive Early Diagnosis Of Esophageal Cancers,” The 15th Inter-national Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (Transducers’09), Denver, CO, June 21 - 25, 2009.A. Garcia-Uribe, K. C. Balareddy, J. Zou, K. K. Wang, M. Duvic and L. Wang, “Epithelial Cancer Detection By Oblique-Incidence Optical Spectrosco-py,” SPIE BIOS Conference, San Jose, CA, January 24-29, 2009. A. Garcia-Uribe, K. C. Balareddy, J. Zou, L. Wang and K. K. Wang, “A Novel Micro Optical Probe For Early Diagno-sis Of Upper Gastrointestinal (GI) Can-cers,” IEEE Sensor Conference, Lecce, Italy, October 26-29, 2008.M. Yapici and J. Zou, “A Novel Scanning Probe Array With Multiple Tip Sharp-ness For Variable Resolution Scanning Probe Lithography Applications,” IEEE Nanotechnology Conference, Arlington, TX, August 18-21, 2008.

Research-Projects and GrantsPI: J. Zou, “Photoacoustic/Optical/Ultra-sonic Imaging of Sentinel Lymph Nodes and Metastases (U54),” National Insti-tutes of Health, (National Cancer Insti-tute), subcontract September 01, 2010- August 31, 2013, $90,000.PI: J. Zou, “Melanoma Detection by Optical Spectroscopy (R01),” National Institutes of Health, (National Cancer Institute), subcontract, July 16, 2007- De-cember 31, 2009, $70,197.


The Following faculty are from the Texas A&M University-Qatar

H. Abu-Rub

PublicationsJournalsGuzinski, J, Abu-Rub, H., “Speed Sensorless Induction Motor Drive with Motor Choke and Predictive Control,” COMPEL (The Internation-al Journal for Computation and Math-ematics in Electrical and Electronic Engineering), 2011.Ahmed, SK.M., Iqbal, A., Khan, M.A., Abu-Rub, H., “Generalized Duty Ratio Based Pulse Width Modulation Tech-nique for a Three-to-k Phase Matrix Con-verter,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 2010.Abu-Rub, H., Iqbal, A., “Adaptive Fuzzy Logic Controlled Surface Mount Per-manent Magnet Synchronous Motor Drives,” International Journal of Power and Energy, 2010.Iqbal, A, Abu-Rub, H., Ahmed, SK M., Cortes, P. and Rodriguez, J. “Model Pre-dictive Current Control of a Two level Five-phase Voltage Source Inverter,” In-ternational Journal of Applied Engineer-ing Research (IJAER), 2010.Guzinski, J. and Abu-Rub, H., “Sensor-less Induction Motor Drive for Electric Vehicle Application,” International Jour-nal of Engineering, Science and Technol-ogy, 2010.Abu-Rub, H., Holtz, J., Rodriguez, J. and Baoming, G., “Medium Voltage Multilev-el Converters - State of the Art, Challeng-es and Requirements in Industrial Appli-cations,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, August 2010.Cortes, P., Wilson, A., Rodriguez, J., Kou-ro, S. and Abu-Rub, H. “Model Predictive Control of Multilevel Cascaded H-Bridge Inverters,” IEEE Transactions on Indus-trial Electronics, August 2010.Baoming, G., Peng, F. P., de Almeida, A. T., Abu-Rub, H., “An Effective Con-trol Technique for Medium-Voltage High Power Induction Motor Fed by Cascaded Neutral Point Clamped Inverter,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, August 2010.Abu-Rub, H., Iqbal, A., Amin, S., Abdelkader, G., Salem, N., Mansoor, S., Mirza T, Ahmed, S. “Feasibility Analysis of Solar Photo-voltaic Array Cladding On Commercial Towers in Doha, Qatar-A Case Study,” Interna-tional Journal of Sustainable Energy, June 2010.Guzinski, J, Abu-Rub, H., Diguet, M., Krzemiński, Z. and Lewicki, A. “Speed and Load Torque Observers Application

in High Speed Train Electric Drive,” IEEE Transaction on Industrial Electron-ics, February 2010.Iqbal, A., Moinuddin, Sh, Khan, M. R., Ahmed, Sh. and Abu-Rub, H., “A Novel Three-phase To Five-phase Transforma-tion Using Special Transformer Connec-tion,” IEEE Transactions on Power Deliv-ery, 2010.Guziński, J., Krzemiński, Z., Abu-Rub, H. and Lewicki A., “Torque Transmission Diagnostic System for High Speed Train using State Space Observer,” Electromo-tion, 2010.Iqbal, A., Ahmed, Sk. M., Khan, M.A., Abu-Rub, H., “Generalized Simulation and Experimental Implementation Of Space Vector PWM Techniques Of A Three-Phase Voltage Source Inverter,” International Journal of Engineering, Sci-ence & Technology (IJEST), 2010.Saleh, M., Iqbal, A., Ahmed, SK. M., Ka-lam, A. and Abu-Rub, H., “Carrier-Based Pulse Width Modulation Technique For A Three-To-Five Phase Matrix Converter For Supplying Five-Phase Two-Motor Drives,” International Journal of Engi-neering, Science and Technology, 2010.Abu-Rub, H., Holtz, J., Rodriguez, J. and Baoming, G., “Medium Voltage Multilev-el Converters - State of the Art, Challeng-es and Requirements in Industrial Appli-cations,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, December 2009.Guzinski, J, Abu-Rub, H., Diguet, M., Krzemiński, Z. and Lewicki, A. “Speed and Load Torque Observers Application in High Speed Train Elec-tric Drive,” IEEE Transactions on In-dustrial Electronics, 2009.P. Cortes, P., Wilson, A., Rodriguez, J., Kouro, S. and Abu-Rub, H. “Model Pre-dictive Control of Multilevel Cascaded H-Bridge Inverters, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, November 2009.Iqbal. A., Khan, M.A., Ahmed, Sk. M., Abu-Rub. H., “Analysis of Discontinu-ous space vector PWM Techniques for a Five-phase voltage source inverter,” In-ternational Journal of Recent Trends in Engineering, November 2009.Ahmed, R., Iqbal. A., Moinuddin, S., Ahmed, SK. M, Abu-Rub, H., “Com-parative Performance Analysis Of Thy-ristor and IGBT Based Induction Motor Soft Starters,” International Journal of Engineering, Science & Technology, September 2009. Baoming, G., Peng, F. P., de Almeida, A. T., Abu-Rub, H. “An Effective Con-trol Technique for Medium-Voltage High Power Induction Motor Fed by Cascaded Neutral Point Clamped In-verter,” IEEE Transactions On Indus-trial Electronics, 2009.

Guziński, J., Krzemiński, Z., Abu-Rub, H. “Torque Transmission Diagnostic System for High Speed Train using State Space Observer,” Electromotion, 2009.Guzinski, J., Diguet, M., Krzeminski, Z., Lewicki, A. and Abu-Rub, H., “Ap-plication of Speed and Load Torque Observes in High Speed Train Electric Drive for Diagnosis Purposes,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, January 2009.Khan, M.A., and Iqbal, A. and Abu-Rub, H., “Investigation of Discontin-uous Space Vector PWM Techniques of a Three-Phase Voltage Source In-verter,” IManager’s Journal of Elec-trical Engineering, India, January -March 2009.

Conference Proceedings/PresentationsAbu-Rub, H. Ahmed, M. Sk., Iqbal, A., Toliyat, H.A., Rahimian, M.M., “In-cipient Bearing Fault Diagnostic for Closed-Loop Inverter Fed PMSM Drive Using ANFIS,” International Confer-ence on Electrical Engineering, Jordan, February 2011.Abu-Rub, H., Iqbal, A., Ahmed, SK. M., “Modified Carrier Based PWM Technique for a Flying Capacitor three-level Five-phase VSI”, International Conference On Power Electronics, New Delhi, India, January 2011Iqbal, A., Ahmed, SK. M., Abu-Rub, H. and Sinan Sabih, “Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System Based MPPT of a Solar PV Module,” IEEE EnergyCon, Bahrain, December 2010.Iqbal, A., Abu-Rub, H, Ahmed, SK. M., Cortes, P., Rodriguiz, J, “Finite State Model Predictive Current Control Of A Three-Level Five-Phase NPC Voltage Source Inverter,” IEEE IECON, Phoenix, AZ, November 2010.Ahmmed, SK M., Iqbal, A., Abu-Rub, H. and Rizwan Khan, M., “Space Vec-tor PWM Technique for a Novel Three to-Five Phase Matrix Converter,” IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Ex-position, Atlanta, GA, September 12-16, 2010.Guzinski, J., Abu-Rub, H., “Speed Sensorless Asynchronous Motor Drive with Inverter Output LC Filter,” EPE-PEMC 2010 (14th International Power Electronics and Motion Control Con-ference), Ohrid, Republic of Macedo-nia, September 2010.Guzinski, J., Abu-Rub, H. and Toli-yat, H., “Speed Sensorless AC Drive With Inverter Output Filter And Fault Detection Using Load Torque Signal,” IEEE International Symposium on In-dustrial Electronics (ISIE-2010) Bari, Italy, July 4-7, 2010.


Abu-Rub, H., Lewicki, A., Iqbal, A., Guzinski, J., “Medium Voltage Drives-Challenges and Requirements,” IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE-2010) Bari, Italy, July 4-7, 2010.Khan, M.R., Iqbal, A., Abu-Rub. H. , Moin, SK., “MRAS-Based Speed Sensor-less Control Of A Five-Phase Induction Motor Drive With A Predictive Adaptive Model,” IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE-2010) Bari, Italy, July 4-7, 2010.Chakali, A. K., Toliyat, H. A. and Abu-Rub, H., “Observer-Based Sensorless Speed Control of PM-Assisted SynRM for Direct Drive Applications,” IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE-2010) Bari, Italy, July 4-7, 2010.Iqbal, A., Ahmed, SK. M., Abu-Rub, H., “Vector Control of a Five-Phase Induc-tion Machine Using Synchronous Current Controller and ANN Based Space Vector PWM”, IPEC, 21-24, Japan, June 2010.Iqbal, A., Abu-Rub, H., Cortes, P., Rodri-guez, J., “Finite Control Set Model Pre-dictive Current Control Of A Five-Phase VSI”, IEEE-ICIT 2010, Vina del Mar-Valparaiso, Chile, March 2010.Iqbal, A., Khan, M.R., Piyami, S., Abu-Rub, H., “Comprehensive Performance Analysis Of A Three-Phase Induction Motor Drive Under Unbalanced Volt-age Supply,” International Conference on Power, Signals, Control and Compu-tations (EPSCICON), Thrissur, Kerala, January 2010.Khan, M.A., Iqbal, A., Ahmed, Sk. M., Abu-Rub, H., “Voltage Modulation Tech-nique For Six-Phase VSI Feeding Series-Connected Quasi Six-Phase Machines,” IEEE Industry Applications Society An-nual Meeting, TX, 2010. Abu-Rub, H., Ahmed, SK M., Iqbal, A., Rahimian, M. and Toliyat, H. A., “In-cipient Bearing Fault Diagnostics for In-verter Fed Induction Motor Drive Using ANFIS,” XIX International Conference on Electrical Machines (IEEE ICEM10), Rome, Italy, 2010.Ahmed, SK M., Iqbal, Abu-Rub, H. and Khan, R., “Simple Carrier Based PWM Control Technique for a Three-to-Seven Phase Matrix Converter,” XIX International Conference on Electrical Machines (IEEE ICEM10), Rome, Italy, 2010.Iqbal. A., Ahmed, SK., M., Abu-Rub, H., Khan, M. R., “Carrier Based PWM Tech-niques For A Three-To-Five Phase Matrix Converter,” PCIM 2010, Nuremberg, Germany, 2010.Abu-Rub, H., Guzinski, J., Rodriguez, J., Kennel, R. and Cortés, P., “Predictive

Current Controller for Sensorless Induc-tion Motor Drive,” IEEE-ICIT 2010, Chile, 2010.Wilson, A., Cortes, P., Kouro, S., Ro-driguez, J. and Abu-Rub, H., “Model Predictive Control For Cascaded H-Bridge Multilevel Inverters With Even Power Distribution,” IEEE-ICIT 2010, Chile, 2010.Khan, M.A., Moin Sk, Iqbal, A., Abu-Rub, H, “Discontinuous Space Vector PWM Strategies for a Seven Phase Voltage Source Inverter,” IEEE IECON 09, Porto, Portugal, Novem-ber 2009.Al-Sulaiti, M.K., Abu-Rub, H, Nou-nou, H, Al-Khuleifi, A., Al-Motawa, A. and Iqbal A., “Induction Motor Drive System With Adaptive Fuzzy Logic Controller,” IEEE 14th International Conference On Methods and Models in Automation and Robotics, Miedzyz-droje, Poland, August 2009.Guzinski, J. and Abu-Rub, H. “Nonlin-ear Control of an Asynchronous Mo-tor with Inverter Output LC Filter, 2nd Mediterranean Conference on Intelli-gent Systems and Automation, Zarzis, Tunis, March 2009.Abu-Rub, H. and Awwad, A., “Ar-tificial Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic Based Control of AC Motors,” IEEE International Electric Machines and Drives Conference (IEMDC’09), Miami, 2009.Cortes, P., Wilson, A., Kouro, S., Rodrıguez, J. and Abu-Rub H., “Model Predictive Control of Cascaded H-Bridge Multilevel Inverters,” EPE 2009 – Barce-lona, 2009.

Books or Authoritative ReferencesAbu-Rub, H., Iqbal, A., Guzinski, J. and Phamdinh, T., “High Performance Control of AC Drives with Matalb/Simulink Models,” John Wiley & Sons Limited, 2010.J., Krzemiński, Z., Lewicki, A., Abu-Rub, H., Participated with others in writ-ing chapter within the book, “Modern Electric Traction,” Gdansk University of Technology, Poland, 2010.

New Patents, Design Methods, Techniques or Concepts DevelopedH. Abu-Rub and J. Holtz, “Sensorless Control System of Induction Motor with closed Loop Flux Observer,” the Office of Technology Commercialization, Texas A&M University, 2009.H. Abu-Rub, “Robust Observer Sys-tem for Wide Speed Control of Induc-tion Motors,” the Office of Technol-ogy Commercialization, Texas A&M University, 2009.

J. Guzinski and H. Abu-Rub, Method for current Control Of Asynchronous Motor Used For Speed Sensorless Drives,” Gdan-sk University of Technology, Office of transfer and Technology, October 1, 2009.

Research-Projects and GrantsCo-PI: H. Abu-Rub, “Quasi-Z Source In-verter Based Cascade Multilevel Photo-voltaic Power Generation System, Qatar National Research Fund (NPRP), Decem-ber 2010-2012, $1,008,536.25.Co-PI: H. Abu-Rub, “Condition Moni-toring and Fault Diagnosis of Electric Machines,” Qatar National Research Fund, (NPRP), September 2009-2012, $1,022,780.00.PI: H. Abu-Rub, “Hybrid Wind/Solar PV/ Battery Systems For Telecommunication Base Station Power Supply In Qatar,” Qatar National Research Fund UREP, 2010/2011, $40,000.PI: H. Abu-Rub, “Techno-Economic Analysis of Solar PV/ Battery/Fuel En-gine Based Hybrid System for Telecom Sector in Qatar,” Qatar National Research Fund (UREP), 2010, $50,000. PI: H. Abu-Rub, “Advanced Control for Wheelchair Drive System, Qa-tar National Research Fund, (UREP), 2008/2009, $30,000.PI: H. Abu-Rub, “Feasibility Study for the Installation Of Photovoltaic Cladding On Commercial Towers In Doha, 2008/2009, No specified amount.

B. Ahmed

PublicationsConference Proceedings/PresentationsB. Ahmed, A. Redissi, R. Tafreshi, “A Characterization of Sleep Spindles in EEG,” World Congress on Medical Phys-ics and Biomedical Engineering, Munich, September 2009. B. Ahmed, A. Redissi, R. Tafreshi, “An Automatic Sleep Spindle Detector Based on Wavelets and the Teager Energy Op-erator,” Engineering in Medicine & Biol-ogy Conference (EMBC), Minneapolis, September 2009. B. Ahmed, R. Tafreshi, “Advances in Automatic Sleep Analysis,” International Conference on BioMedical Engineering (ICBME), Singapore, December 2008. B. Ahmed, R. Tafreshi, “Using the Wave-let Packet Transform in Automatic Sleep Analysis,” Medical and Biological Engi-neering Conference (MBEC), Antwerp, Belgium, November 2008. B. Ahmed, R. Tafreshi, R. Langari, “The Future of Automatic EEG Monitoring in the Intensive Care,” Medical and Bio-logical Engineering Conference (MBEC), Sanya, China, May 2008.


Research-Projects and GrantsPI: B. Ahmed, “Stress Monitoring with Non-linear Dynamical Models and Wear-able Sensors,” NPRP, Qatar National Re-search Fund, September 2009 – August 2012, $1,049,124.PI: B. Ahmed, “Characterization of Developmental Verbal Dyspraxia (DVD) Specific Voice Disorders Us-ing Short-Term Spectral Techniques,” UREP Award, Qatar National Re-search Fund, July 2010 - June 2011, $20,000. PI: B. Ahmed, “Wavelet Analysis of Sleep EEG to Identify Sleep Spindles,” UREP Award, Qatar National Research Fund, July to December 2008, $10,000. PI: B. Ahmed, “Wavelet Analysis of Sleep EEG to Identify Sleep Spin-dles,” UREP Award 2008, Qatar Na-tional Research Fund, R. Tafreshi, B. Ahmed, H. Al-Hail, July to December 2008, $10,000. PI: B. Ahmed, “Simulation of Human Brain Wave Activity,” Visualization De-velopment Grant, TAMUQ, January - April 2009.

S. Ahmed

PublicationsJournalsAbdelsalam, A., Massoud, A., Ahmed, S., Enjeti, P., “High Performance Perturb and Observe MPPT Technique for Photovol-taic Based Microgrids,” IEEE Transac-tions on Power Electronics, 2011.Jung, J., Ahmed, S., Enjeti, P., “PEM Fuel Cell Stack Model Development for Real Time Simulation Applications,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 2010.Denniston, N., Massoud, A., Ahmed, S., Enjeti, P., “Multiple Module High Gain High Voltage DC-DC Transformers for Offshore Wind Energy Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 2010.Jung, J., Ahmed, S., “Dynamic Model of PEM Fuel Cell Using Real-time Simula-tion Techniques,” Journal of Power Elec-tronics, 2010.Massoud, S., Ahmed, P., Enjeti, P., Wil-liams, B.W., “Evaluation of a Multilevel Cascaded Type Dynamic Voltage Restor-er Employing Discontinuous Space Vec-tor Modulation,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 2010.H. Abu-Rub, A. Iqbal, S. Amin, G. Ab-delkader, N. Salem, S. Mansoor, T. Mirza and S. Ahmed, “Feasibility Analysis of Solar Photovoltaic Array Cladding on Commercial Towers in Doha, Qatar – A Case Study,” International Journal of Sus-tainable Energy, March 2010.

Conference Proceedings/PresentationsElserougi, A., Hossam-Eldin, A., Mas-soud, A., Ahmed, S., “Investigation of Inter-line Dynamic Voltage Restorer With Virtual Impedance Injection,” IECON 2010 – 36th Annual conference on IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, 2010.Elserougi, A., Massoud, A., Ahmed, S., Hossam El-din, A., “Investigation of In-ter Feeder Power Flow Regulator: Load Sharing Mode,” ICCESSE, Amsterdam, 2010.Jung, J., Ahmed, S., “Low Standby Power Consumption And High Cross Regulation Of Active Clamp Flyback Converter With SSPR,” IECON 2010 – 36th Annual con-ference on IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, 2010.Massoud, A., Ahmed, S., Finney, S., Williams, B., “Inverter-Based Ver-sus Synchronous Based Distributed Generation; Fault Current Limitation And Protection Issues,” IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2010.Jung, J., Ahmed, S., “Model Construction Of Single Crystalline Photovoltaic Panels For Real-Time Simulation,” IEEE Ener-gy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2010.Jung, J., Ahmed, S., Enjeti, P., “Fast Computation Methods of PEM Fuel Cell Dynamic Models For Real-Time Simula-tion,” IEEE International Power Electron-ics Conference (IPEC), 2010.Jung, J., Ahmed, S., “High Step-Up DC-DC Converter with Two Transformers for low DC Renewable Energy Systems,” IEEE International Power Electronics Conference (IPEC), 2010.Morsy, A., Ahmed, S., Enjeti, P., Mas-soud, A., “An Active Damping Tech-nique For A Current Source Inverter Employing Ka Virtual Negative In-ductance,” 25th Annual Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), 2010.Abdel-Khalik, A., Elshebeny, A., Ahmed, S., “Design and Evaluation Of A Magnetic Planetary Gearbox For Com-pact Harsh Environments,” International Symposium on Power Electronics, Elec-trical Drives, Automation and Motion (SPEEDAM), 2010.Ahmed, S., Tafreshi, R., Palazzolo, A., Tucker, A., “Drilling Rig Fuel and Emis-sions Reduction Through Regenerative Braking, Load Leveling, and Grid Drill-ing,” International Petroleum Technol-ogy Conference, 2009.Ahmed, S., “Hard Switched MOSFET Inverter Development for Elevated Temperature Applications,” IEEE Pow-er Electronics Specialists Conference (PESC), 2008.

Ahmed, S., Abu-Rub, H., “Instanta-neous Reactive Power Based Sensor-less Control of Sinusoidally Wound Surface Mount PM Motors,” PCIM Europe, 2008.Shehadeh, H., Abu-Rub, H., Ahmed, S., “Robust Flux Observer System with Sliding Mode Field Oriented Control of Induction Motors,” IEEE Middle-East Power System Conference (MEP-CON), 2008.

Research-Projects and GrantsPI: S. Ahmed, “A Rechargeable Environ-mentally Friendly Alternative to Lithium Batteries in MWD and LWD Applica-tions,” Qatar National Research fund (QNRF), November 2010 – November 2013, $1,049,079.PI: S. Ahmed, “Downhole Mechatronics: Enabling Technology for Qatar’s North Field,” Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF), 2009 – 2012, $1,039,077.Co- PI: S. Ahmed, “Photovoltaics and their Grid Integration – a Plug and Play Concept,” Qatar National Research fund (QNRF), 2009-2012, $1,046,079.Co- PI: S. Ahmed, “Grid-Connected Photovoltaic Single Phase Inverter For Qatar Residential Loads, Qatar National Research fund (QNRF), 2010-2011, $30,082.PI: S. Ahmed, “Robotic Upper Limb Prosthesis – Phase 1,” Qatar National Research fund (QNRF), 2010-2011, $48,000.PI: S. Ahmed, “Natural Gas Fed Fuel Cell Power Generation and Economic Devel-opment, Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF), 2008-2011, $500,820.PI: S. Ahmed, “Advanced Designs for Wireline Tool Conveyance in Highly Ru-gose Wells,” RasGas Limited, Doha, QA-TAR, 2008 – 2010, $854,000.PI: S. Ahmed, “NSF Workshop on Electri-cal Energy Education,” National Science Foundation and Qatar National Research fund (QNRF), 2008 – 2009, $50,000 NSF, $48,000 QNRF.PI: S. Ahmed, “Design of an Open Hole Horizontal Well Experimental Facility and Investigation of Optimal Conveyance Technologies for Qatar’s North Field,” Qatar National Research fund (QNRF), 2008-2009, $40,000. PI: S. Ahmed, “A Web Based Power Quality Monitoring and Analysis System, Qatar National Research fund (QNRF), 2007-2008, $20,000. Co- PI: S. Ahmed, “Experimental and Theoretical Modeling of a Wind Driven Sensor Platform – A Tumbleweed for En-vironmental Analysis Near Industrial sites in Qatar, Qatar National Research fund (QNRF), 2007-2008, $20,000.


H. Alnuweiri

PublicationsJournalsM. Shaqfeh, H. M. Alnuweiri; “Joint Power and Resource Allocation for Block-Fading Relay-Assisted Broadcast Channels,” IEEE Transactions on Wire-less Communications, 2011. W. Mesbah, H. M. Alnuweiri, “Joint Rate, Power, and Decoding Order Optimiza-tion of Multiuser MIMO Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communica-tions, 2011. T. Al-Khasib, L. Lampe, H. Alnuweiri, “Up-Link Multiple-User V-BLAST Op-timal Detection Ordering With Service Differentiation,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 2010.H. M. Alnuweiri and Y. Pourmoham-madi-Fallah, P. Nasiopoulos, S. Khan, “OFDMA-Based Medium Access Con-trol for Next Generation WLANs,” Eura-sip Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, May 2009.A. S. Mohamed and H. M. Alnuweiri, “Cross-layer Optimal Rate Allocation for Heterogeneous Wireless Multi-cast,” Eurasip Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, June 2009.Y. Pourmohammadi-Fallah and H. Al-nuweiri, “Analysis of Temporal and Throughput Fair Scheduling in Multirate WLANs,” Computer Networks, Elsevier, November 2008.Y. Pourmohammadi Fallah, S. El Hous-seini and H. Alnuweiri, “A Generalized Saturation Throughput Analysis for IEEE 802.11e Contention-Based MAC,” Jour-nal of Wireless Personal Communica-tions, October 2008. Y. Pourmohammadi Fallah, F. Agharebparast, M. Minhas, H. Alnu-weiri, V. Leung, “Analytical Model-ing of Contention-Based Bandwidth Request Mechanism in IEEE 802.16 Wireless Networks,” IEEE Transac-tions on Vehicular Technology, Sep-tember 2008.Y. Pourmohammadi Fallah, S. Khan, H. Mansour, P. Nasiopoulos, H. Alnu-weiri, “A Link Adaptation Scheme for Optimized Transmission of Scalable H.264 Video over Multirate Wireless LANs,” IEEE Transaction on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, July 2008.Y. Pourmohammadi-Fallah, H. Alnu-weiri, Panos Nasiopoulos, “Efficient Transmission of H.264 Video over Multirate IEEE 802.11e Wireless Net-works,” Eurasip Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, January 2008.

Conference Proceedings/PresentationsM. Shaqfeh, H. Alnuweiri, “Optimal Power Allocation over Parallel Relay Channels with Orthogonal Regenerative Decode-and-Forward Strategy,” Proceed-ings, 6th IEEE GCC Conference and Ex-hibition, Dubai, February 2011. M. Shaqfeh, H. Alnuweiri, “Optimal Resource Allocation for Relay-As-sisted Wireless Communication Sys-tems,” Proceedings, Qatar Foundation annual research forum, Doha, Qatar, December 2010. Gurung, A.K., Al-Qahtani, F.S., Hus-sain, Z.M., Alnuweiri, H., “Performance Analysis Of Amplify-Forward Relay In Mixed Nakagami-M And Rician Fading Channels,” International Conference on Advanced Technologies for Communica-tions (ATC), October 2010.Gurung, A.K., Al-Qahtani, F.S., Hussain, Z.M., Alnuweiri, H., “General Order An-tenna Selection In Dual-Hop Amplify Forward System With Multi-Antenna Relay,” International Conference on Ad-vanced Technologies for Communica-tions (ATC), October 2010.H. Alnuweiri and R. Beraldi, “Delay Tol-erant Podcasting With Network Coding,” Wireless Days (WD), 2010 IFIP, October 2010.H. Alnuweiri and R. Beraldi, “W-Cool-streaming a Protocol for Collaborative Data Streaming for Wireless Networks,” 2010 IEEE 30th International Confer-ence on Distributed Computing Systems Workshops (ICDCSW), June 2010.M. Shaqfeh, W. Mesbah, H. Alnuwei-ri, “Utility Maximization for Layered Broadcast Over Rayleigh Fading Chan-nels,” Proceedings, IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Cape Town, South Africa, May 2010.Z. Yin, H. Alnuweiri, N. Reddy, “Perfor-mance of Early Retransmission Scheme In Streaming Media,” IEEE International Conference on Telecommunications, ICT 2010, Doha, Qatar, April 2010.A.-R Rebai, M. Fliss, H. Alnuweiri, S. Hanafi, “An Enhanced Heuristic Tech-nique for AP Selection in 802.11 Handoff Procedure,” IEEE International Confer-ence on Telecommunications, ICT 2010, Doha, Qatar, April 2010.W. Mesbah and H. Alnuweiri, “Jointly Optimized Heterogeneous MIMO Broad-cast Systems,” IEEE International Con-ference on Telecommunications, ICT 2010, Doha, Qatar, April 2010.M. Shaqfeh, W. Mesbah, H. Alnuweiri, “Utility Maximization for Layered Multi-media Transmission via Orthogonal Mul-tiplexing,” IEEE International Confer-ence on Telecommunications, ICT 2010, Doha, Qatar, April 2010.

M. Shaqfeh, W. Mesbah, H. Alnuweiri; “Optimal Power Allocation For Layered Multimedia Transmission Via Broadcast Over Rayleigh Fading Channels,” In-ternational Conference on Multimedia Computing and Information Technology (MCIT), March 2010.W. Mesbah, H. Alnuweiri, “Joint Rate, Power, and Decoding Order Optimiza-tion of MIMO-MAC with MMSE-SIC,” IEEE GLOBECOM Workshops, Globe-com ‘09, November 30, 2009- December 4, 2009. A.-R Rebai, H. Alnuweiri, S. Hanafi, “A New Inter-Node Priority Access En-hancement Scheme for IEEE_802.11 WLANs,” 9th International Conference on Intelligent Transport Systems Tele-communications, (ITST), October 2009.H. Fattah, H. Alnuweiri, “A Cross-Layer Design For Dynamic Resource Block Al-location in 3G Long Term Evolution sys-tem,” IEEE 6th International Conference on Mobile Ad hoc and Sensor Systems. MASS ‘09, October 2009.A.-R Rebai, H. Alnuweiri, S. Hanafi, “A Novel Prevent-Scan Handoff Technique For IEEE 802.11 WLANs,” International Conference on Ultra Modern Telecom-munications, 2009. ICUMT ’09, October 2009.T. Al-Khasib, L. Lampe, H. Alnuweiri, “Up-Link Multi-User V-BLAST Optimal Detection Ordering with Service Differ-entiation,” IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference Fall (VTC 2009-Fall), Sep-tember 2009.R. Beraldi and H. M. Alnuweiri, “A Net-work-Coding Based Event Diffusion Pro-tocol For Wireless Mesh Networks,” 3rd International ICST Conference on Auto-nomics, Cyprus, August 2009.H. Fattah and H. M. Alnuweiri, “Perfor-mance Evaluation of Contention-Based Access in IEEE 802.16 Networks with Subchannelization,” IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2009, Wireless Networking Symposium, Dresden, Germany, June 2009. T. Khattab, M. Elkashlan and H. M. Al-nuweiri, “Chip-Level Modulated BPPM Fiber-Optic Code Division Multiple Ac-cess,” IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2009, Optical Net-works and Systems Symposium, Dres-den, Germany, June 2009.A. Mohamed and H. M. Alnuweiri, “Wireless Multicast Cross-Layer Frame-work for Rate Allocation: Protocol De-sign,” IEEE Future Multimedia Networks (FMN ‘08), Wales, U.K. September 17-18, 2008. H. Fattah and H. M. Alnuweiri, “An Ef-ficient Handoff Method for IEEE 802.16 Networks,” International Wireless Com-


munications and Mobile Computing Con-ference (IWCMC 2008), Crete, Greece, August 2008. R. Beraldi, A. Forese and H. M. Al-nuweiri, “Event Diffusion in Wireless Mesh Networks using Random Linear Network Coding,” 2nd International Conference on Distributed Event-Based Systems (DEBS’08), Rome, Italy, June 2008.Y. Pourmohammadi Fallah, S. Khan, P. Nasiopoulos, H. M. Alnuweiri, “Hybrid OFDMA/CDMA Based Medium Access Control for Next Generation WLANs,” IEEE International Conference on Com-munications, ICC 2008, Beijing, China, May 2008.Y. Pourmohammadi Fallah, H. Mansour, S. Khan, P. Nasiopoulos, H. M. Alnu-weiri, “An Optimized Link Adaptation Scheme for Efficient Delivery of Scalable H.264 Video over IEEE 802.11n,” IEEE International Symposium On Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), May 2008. Research-Projects and GrantsCo-PI: M. Alnuweiri, “Qloud: Towards a Cloud Computing Infrastructure in Qatar to Target Regional Scientific Applica-tions,” Qatar National Research Fund - National Priorities Research Program – NPRP, 2010 – 2013, $1,035,000. PI: M. Alnuweiri, “QoS Optimization In Broadband Wireless Networks and De-velopment of New Value-Added Mobile Systems and Services for e-advertising and e-Tourism,” National Priorities Re-search Program – NPRP, Qatar National Research fund, 2009-2012, $1,027,000. Co- PI: M. Alnuweiri, “Broadband Com-munications Systems,” Qtel (Qatar Tele-com), Qatar, 2009 – 2012, $1,300,000.Co- PI: M. Alnuweiri, “Electromagnetic Sensing And Wireless Data Acquisition For In-Situ Monitoring Of Natural Gas Flow In Pipelines,” Qatar National Re-search Fund - Undergraduate Research Experience Program UREP, 2011, $8,000. PI: M. Alnuweiri, “Collaborative Strate-gies for 60 GHz Wireless Personal Area Networks,” Qatar National Research fund, 2008-2011, $410,000.PI: M. Alnuweiri, “Design and Analysis of New Generation Protocols for Triple-Play Networks,” Qatar National Research fund, 2008-2011, $671,000.Co- PI: M. Alnuweiri, “Advanced De-signs for Wireline Tool Conveyance in Highly Rugose Wells, RasGas Limited, Doha, QATAR, 2008 – 2010, $854,000. Collaborator: M. Alnuweiri, “Intelligent Transceiver Designs for MIMO-OFDM Systems,” NSERC (Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council), CANA-DA, 2008-2010, $191,000.

J. Boutros

PublicationsJournalsD. Duyck, J.J. Boutros and M. Moene-claey, “Low-Density Graph Codes for Slow Fading Relay Channels," IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, 2011.Y. Liu, L. Brunel and J.J. Boutros, “EM-based Channel Estimation for Coded Multi-Carrier Transmissions,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communica-tions, 2011.J.J. Boutros, A. Guillen i Fabregas, E. Biglieri and G. Zémor, “Low-Density Parity-Check Codes for Nonergo-dic Block-Fading Channels,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, September 2010.J.J. Boutros and H. Randriambololona, “The Aladdin-Pythagoras Space-Time Code,” in French, Journal of Signal Pro-cessing, Revue Traitement du Signal, France, September 2010.D. Duyck, D. Capirone, J.J. Boutros and M. Moeneclaey, “Analysis and Construction Of Full-Diversity Joint Network-LDPC Codes For Coop-erative Communications,” EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, 2010.N. Gresset, G. M. Kraidy and J.J. Boutros, “Coding for the Non-Orthogonal Ampli-fy-and-Forward Cooperative Channel,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theo-ry, June 2010.G.M. Kraidy and J.J. Boutros, “Coding for MIMO Systems Using Matrix-Ala-mouti and Multi-User Detection Tech-niques,” IEEE Transactions on Wire-less Communications, October 2008.N. Gresset, L. Brunel and J.J. Boutros, “Space-Time Coding Techniques With Bit-Interleaved CodedModulations for MIMO Block-Fading Channels,” IEEE Transactions on Infor-mation Theory, May 2008.A. Leverrier, R. Alléaume, J.J. Boutros, G. Zémor and P. Grangier, “Multidimen-sional Reconciliation For A Continuous-Variable Quantum Key Distribution,” Physical Review A, April 2008.

Conference Proceedings/PresentationsD. Duyck, M. Moeneclaey, M.H. Azmi, Y. Jinhong and J.J. Boutros, “Univer-sal LDPC codes for Cooperative Com-munications, 6th International Sym-posium on Turbo Codes and Iterative Information Processing, Brest, France, September 2010.I. Andriyanova, E. Biglieri and J.J. Boutros, “On Iterative Performance of LDPC and Root-LDPC Codes Over

Block-Fading Channels,” 48th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, Monticello, Il-linois, September 2010.G.M. Kraidy and J.J. Boutros, “Ir-regular Turbo Codes In Block-Fading Channels,” IEEE International Sympo-sium on Information Theory, Austin, Texas, June 2010.D. Duyck, J.J. Boutros and M. Moene-claey, “Rotated Modulations For Out-age Probability Minimization: A Fad-ing Space Approach, IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Aus-tin, Texas, June 2010.I. Andriyanova, E. Biglieri and J.J. Boutros, “Outage Thresholds of LDPC Codes Over Nonergodic Block-Fading Channels, European Wireless 2010, Luc-ca, Italy, April 2010.I. Andriyanova, J.J. Boutros, E. Biglieri and D. Declercq, “Block Error Perfor-mance of Root-LDPC Codes,” Interna-tional Zurich Seminar on Communica-tions, Zurich, March 2010.D. Duyck, J.J. Boutros and M. Moene-claey, “Low-Density Parity-Check Cod-ing For Block Fading Relay Channels,” IEEE Information Theory Workshop, Taormina, Italy, October 2009.J.J. Boutros and H. Randriambololona, “Le Code Spatio-Temporel d’Aladin-Pythagore,” (in French), the French Con-ference on Signal Processing and Image Processing, GRETSI’2009, Dijon, Sep-tember 2009.G. M. Kraidy and J.J. Boutros, “Cod-ing for Two-User MIMO Coopera-tive Systems Using Matrix-Alamouti Techniques,” IEEE International Conference on Advances in Computa-tional Tools for Engineering, Beirut, Lebanon, July 2009.D. Elkouss, A. Leverrier, R. Alleaume and J.J. Boutros, “Efficient Reconcili-ation Protocol For Discrete-Variable Quantum Key Distribution,” IEEE International Symposium on Infor-mation Theory, Seoul, South Korea, June-July 2009.J.J. Boutros and H. Randriambololona, “The Aladdin-Pythagoras Space-Time Code,” IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Seoul, South Ko-rea, June 28 - July 3, 2009.J.J. Boutros, “Diversity and Coding Gain Evolution In Graph Codes,” In-formation Theory and Applications Workshop, UCSD, San Diego, Febru-ary 2009.J.J. Boutros, E. Viterbo and G. Cohen, “Convolutional Tanner Structures For Non-Ergodic Wireless Channels, IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, July 2008.


J.J. Boutros, G. Zémor, A. Guillén I Fà-bregas and E. Biglieri, “Generalized Low-Density Codes With BCH Constituents For Full-Diversity Near-Outage Perfor-mance,” IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, July 2008.A. Leverrier, R. Alléaume, J.J. Boutros, G. Zémor and P. Grangier, “Multidimen-sional Reconciliation For Continuous-Variable Quantum Key Distribution,” IEEE International Symposium on Infor-mation Theory, July 2008.J.J. Boutros, G. Zémor, A. Guillén I Fà-bregas and E. Biglieri, “Full-Diversity Product Codes For Block Erasure And Block Fading Channels,” IEEE Informa-tion Theory Workshop, May 2008.S. Mekki, J.L. Danger, B. Miscopein, J. Schwoerer and J.J. Boutros, “Probabilis-tic Equalizer for Ultra-Wideband Energy Detection,” IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, May 2008.

New Patents, Design Methods, Techniques or Concepts DevelopedJ.J. Boutros, A new patent on coding for wireless channels, in collabora-tion with Dieter Duyck and Marc Moeneclaey at Ghent University, Bel-gium, “Method and Device For Coded Modulation,” European Patent Office, September 8, 2010.

Research-Projects and GrantsPI: J.J. Boutros, “Broadband Wireless Communications,” QTEL, 2009 - 2011, 210,000.Co-PI: J.J. Boutros, “Cognitive Commu-nication Channels: Detection, Medium Access, Cooperation, and Secrecy,” Qatar National Research Fund, September 2010 - July 2012.

M. Cheng

PublicationsJournalsC. Zhou and M. Cheng, “Optimizing Photon Sieves to Approach Fresnel Dif-fraction Limit via Pixel-Based Inverse Lithography,” Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology, 2011. H. Ko, H. C. Kim and M. Cheng, “Light focusing At Metallic Annular Slit Struc-ture Coated With Dielectric Layers,” Ap-plied Optics, 2010.Kim, H. C., Ko, H. and Cheng, M., “High Efficient Optical Focusing Of A Zone Plate Composed Of Metal/Dielectric Multilayer,” Optics Express, 2009.S. Gopalani, R. Garg, S. P. Khatri, M. Cheng, “DFM-aware Structured ASIC Design,” the 12th International Sympo-sium on Integrated Circuits (ISIC 2009), Singapore, December 2009.

Ko, H., Kim, H. C. and Cheng, M., “Light Transmission Through A Me-tallic/Dielectric Nano-Optic Lens,” Journal of Vacuum Science and Tech-nology, 2008.Kim, H. C., Ko, H. and Cheng, M., “Optical Focusing Of Plasmonic Fres-nel Zone Plate-Based Metallic Struc-ture Covered With A Dielectric Lay-er,” Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology, 2008.

Conference Proceedings/PresentationsGopalani, S., Garg, R., Khatri, S. and Cheng, M., “A Lithography-Friendly Structured ASIC Design Approach,” Pro-ceedings, 18th ACM Great Lakes Sym-posium on VLSI 2008, Orlando, FL, May 4-6, 2008.Seo, S., King, M. D., Young, R., Kish, L. B. and Cheng, M, “Patterning a Nanow-ell Sensor Biochip for Specific and Rapid Detection of Bacteria,” Microelectronic Engineering, 2008.

New Patents, Design Methods, Techniques or Concepts DevelopedM. Cheng, Optimization technique for general design of high NA (numerical aperture) photon sieves that enable high resolution diffractive imaging.M. Cheng, A software tool for optimizing the deployment of a wireless sensor net-work: under development.M. Cheng, General Purpose Graphic Pro-cessing Unit (GPGPU)-based Maxwell Equation Solver for electromagnetics and photonics: under development.

H. Nounou

PublicationsJournalsHadd, S., Nounou, H. and Nounou, M., “Eventual Norm Continuity for Neutral Semigroups on Banach Spaces,” Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applica-tions, 2010. Meskin, N., Nounou, H., Nounou, M., Datta, A. and Dougherty, E., “Interven-tion in Biological Phenomena Modeled by S-systems,” IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering Journal, 2010. Zhai, Y., Nounou, M., Nounou, H. and Al-Hamidi, Y., “Model Predictive Con-trol of a 3-DOF Helicopter System using Successive Linearization,” International Journal of Engineering, Science and Technology, 2010. Nounou, M. and Nounou, H., “Mul-tiscale Latent Variable Regression,” International Journal of Chemical En-gineering, 2010. Nounou, M. and Nounou, H., “Re-duced Noise Effect in Nonlinear Model

Estimation using Multiscale Represen-tation,” Modeling and Simulation in Engineering, 2010. Nounou, M. and Nounou, H., “Multiscale Estimation of the Freundlich Adsorption Isotherm”, International Journal of Envi-ronmental Science and Technology, 2010. Mahmoud, M.S., Nounou, H.N. and Xia, Y., “Robust Dissipative Control for Inter-net-based Switching Systems,” Journal of the Franklin Institute - Special issue on Dynamics and Control of Structural and Mechanical Systems, 2010. Nounou, M., Nounou, H., and Abdel-Wahab, A., “Improved Estimation of the Langmuir Adsorption Isotherm using Mul-tiscale Filtering,” Journal of Separation Science and Technology, August 2009. Nounou, M.N. and Nounou, H.N., “Im-proved State Estimation using Multiscale Kalman Filtering,” World Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2008.

Conference Proceedings/PresentationsHadd, S., Nounou, H. and Nounou, M., “Feedback Stabilizability Of Infinite Di-mensional Neutral Systems,” Proceed-ings, 49th IEEE Conference on Decision Control, Atlanta, GA, December 15-17, 2010. Ahmed, A., Noor, A., Serpedin, E., Nou-nou, H. and Nounou, M. “On Clock Off-set Estimation in Wireless Sensor Net-works with Weibull Distributed Network Delays,” Proceedings, 20th International Conference on Pattern Recognition, Is-tanbul, Turkey, August 23-26, 2010. Hadd, S., Boulite, S., Nounou, H. and Nounou, M., “On the admissibility Of Control Operators For Perturbed Semi-Groups And Application To Time-Delay Systems,” Proceedings, Joint 48th IEEE Conference on Decision Control and 28th Chinese Control Conference, Shanghai, P.R. China, December 16-18, 2009.Al-Sulaiti, M., Abu-Rub H., Nounou, H., Al-Khuleifi, A., Al-Motawa, A. and Iqbal A., “Induction Motor Drive System With Adaptive Fuzzy Logic Controller,” Pro-ceedings, International Conference on Methods and Models in Automation and Robotics, Miedzyzdroje, Poland, August 19-21, 2009. Boulite, S., Hadd, S., Nounou, H. and Nounou, M., “The PI-Controller For Infi-nite Dimensional Linear Systems In Ban-ach State Spaces,” Proceedings, Ameri-can Control Conference, St. Louis, MO, June 10-12, 2009. Nounou, H.N. and Nounou, M.N., “Resil-ient Adaptive Control of Uncertain Time-Delay Systems – A Delay-Dependent Approach,” Proceedings, 47th IEEE Con-ference on Decision and Control, Cancun, Mexico, December 2008.


Books or Authoritative ReferencesBook chapterNounou, H. and Nounou, M., “Resilient Adaptive Control Of Uncertain Time-De-lay Systems,” INTECH, 2010.

Research-Projects and GrantsCo-PI: Nounou, “Enhanced Inferential Modeling of Distillation Column Compo-sitions using Multiscale Latent Variable Regression,” QNRF National Priority Research Program (NPRP), 2010-2013, $758,113.PI: Nounou, “Model-free, Data-based Design of Adaptive Control Systems: A New Approach,” QNRF National Priority Research Program (NPRP), 2010-2013, $1,035,951.Co-PI: Nounou, “A Training Program in Genomics Signal Processing,” QNRF National Priority Research Program, 2009-2012, $1,035,626.Co-PI: Nounou, “Improved Nonlinear Modeling using Multiscale Estimation,” QNRF National Priority Research Pro-gram (NPRP), 2008-2011, $341,237. PI: Nounou, “Robust Control of Time-Delay Systems,” Texas A&M University at Qatar, 2007-2010, $360,000.

K. Qarage

PublicationsJournalsK. A. Qaraqe, Z. Bouida and M-S. Alouini, “Performance Analysis of Fully Joint Diversity Combining, Adaptive Modulation and Power Con-trol Schemes,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, 2011. S. Ekin, F. Yilmaz, H. Celebi, K. A. Qa-raqe, M.-S. Alouini and E. Serpedin, “Capacity Limits of Spectrum Sharing Systems Over Hyper Fading Channels,” Wiley Journal of Wireless Communica-tions and Mobile Computing, 2011.S. Yarkan; K. H Teo, H. Arslan, J. Zhang and K. A. Qaraqe, “Upper and Lower Bounds on Subcarrier Collision for Inter-cell Interference Scheduler in OFDMA-Based Systems: Voice Traffic,” Physical Communication Journal, June 2010. J-S. Kim, J. Lee, E. Serpedin and K. A. Qaraqe, “A Robust Approach for Clock Offset Estimation in Wireless Sensor Net-works,” EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing, 2010. F. Kocak, H. Celebi, S. Gezici and K. A. Qaraqe, H. Arslan, H. Vincent Poor, “Time Delay Estimation in Dispersed Spectrum Cognitive Radio Systems,” EURASIP Journal on Advances on Signal Processing, Special Issue on Advanced Signal Processing for Cognitive Radio Networks.

Q. M. Chaudhari, E. Serpedin and K. A. Qaraqe, “On Minimum Variance Unbi-ased Estimation of Clock Offset in two Way Message Exchange Mechanism ,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 56, no. 6, pp. 2893-2904, June 2010 . S. Park, E. Serpedin and K. A. Qaraqe, “Joint Blind Symbol Rate Estimation and Data Symbol Detection for Linearly Modulated Signals,” Journal of Commu-nications Software and Systems.Q. Chaudhari, E. Serpedin and K. Qa-raqe, “Some Improved and General-ized Estimation Schemes for Clock Synchronization of Listening Nodes in Wireless Sensor Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, January 2010. B. A. Ben Doua, S. Choi, M.-S. Alouini and K. A. Qaraqe, “Adaptive Rake Com-bining in the Soft Handover Region,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Commu-nication, December 2008. Y. G. El-Jaafreh and K. A. Qaraqe,” A new Approach to Synthesing Radio Fre-quency Channel Characteristics Models For Testing Of WCDMA Cellular Com-munication System,” International Jour-nal of Modeling and Simulation, 2008. K. L. Noh, E. Serpedin and K. Qaraqe, “A New Approach for Time Synchronization in Wireless Sensor Networks: Pairwise Broadcast Synchronization,” IEEE Trans-actions on Wireless Communications, September 2008.J. Kim, E. Serpedin, D. Shin and K. A. Qaraqe, “Handoff Triggering and Net-work Selection Algorithms for Load-Bal-ancing Handoff in CDMA-WLAN Inte-grated Networks,” EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Network-ing, August 2008. S. Choi, M.-S. Alouini, K. A. Qaraqe and H. C. Yang, “Finger Replacement Schemes for RAKE Receivers in the Soft Handover Region with Multiple Base Sta-tions,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, July 2008. Z. Bouida, N. Belhaj, M.-S. Alouini and K. A. Qaraqe, “Minimum Selection GSC with Down-Link Power Control,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communica-tions, July 2008. S. Choi, M.-S. Alouini, K. A. Qaraqe and H.C. Yang, “Finger Replacement Method for RAKE Receivers in the Soft Hando-ver Region,” IEEE Transactions on Wire-less Communications. April 2008. Q. M. Chaudhari, E. Serpedin and K. A. Qaraqe,” On Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Clock Offset and Skew in Wireless Sensor Networks with Exponen-tial Delays,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, April 2008.

S. Choi, M.-S. Alouini, K. A. Qaraqe, and H.C. Yang, “Finger Assignment Schemes for RAKE Receivers with Multiple-Way Soft Handover,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communica-tions, February 2008. S. Choi, M.-S. Alouini, K. A. Qa-raqe and H.-C. Yang, “Soft Handover Overhead Reduction by RAKE Re-ception with Finger Reassignment,” IEEE Transactions on Communica-tion, February 2008.K. L. Noh, Yik-Chung Wu, K. A. Qaraqe and B. W. Suter, ”Extension of Pairwise Broadcast Clock Synchronization for Multicluster Sensor Networks,” EURA-SIP Journal on Advances in Signal Pro-cessing Special Issue on Applications of Signal Processing to Wireless Sensor Networks, 2008. S. S. Nam, M.-S. Alouini, and K. A. Qa-raqe, “Diversity Combining with Up-Link Power Control,” Wiley Journal on Wireless Communication and Mobile Computing, 2008.

Conference Proceedings/PresentationsF. S. Al-Qahtani, C. Zhong, K.A. Qa-raqe, Hu. Alnuweiri and T. Ratnarajh, “Performance Analysis of Dual-Hop Relaying System over Nakagami-m Fading Channels in the Presence of Interference,” IEEE ICC 2011 Wire-less Communications Symposium , (ICC’11 WCS), Kyoto, Japan., June 5-9, 2011. M. Sayed, M. Abdallah, M.-S. Alouini and K. Qaraqe, “Transmit Switch Diver-sity Techniques for Underlay Cognitive Networks,” IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Spring’11), Budapest, Hungary, May 2011. H. Celebi, K. A. Qaraqe, “Engage-ment of Undergraduate Students in Advanced Research: A Case Study,” IEEE Engineering Education 2011 (IEEE Educon 2011), Amman, Jordan, 04-06 April 2011. A. K. Gurung , F. S. Al-Qahtani , K. A. Qaraqe, H. Alnuweiri, Z. M. Hussain, “General Order Antenna Selection in MIMO Cooperative Relay Network,” 4th International Conference on Signal Processing and Communication Sys-tems, Gold Coast, Australia , Decem-ber 13 - 15 , 2010. K. A. Qaraqe, S. I. Hussain, H. Celebi, M. Abdallah and M.-S. Alouini, “The Effects of Relay Strategies on The Per-formance of RSS Based Location Esti-mation in Cognitive Relay Networks,” 3rd International Workshop on Cogni-tive Radio and Advanced Spectrum Management (CogART’10), Rome, Italy, November, 2010.


A. Abu Alkheir, Z. Bouidax, K. A. Qa-raqe and M. Ibnkahla, “Outage Capac-ity of Bidirectional Relaying in Cog-nitive Relay Networks,” The Second International Conference on Commu-nications and Networking (ComNet 2010), Tozeur, Tunis, November 4 - 8, 2010. H. Celeb, M. Abdallah, S. I. Hussain, K. A. Qaraqe, M –S. Alouini, “Time of Arrival Based Location Estimation for Cooperative Relay Networks,” The 21st Annual IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIM-RC 2010), Istanbul, Turkey, Septem-ber 26 – 29, 2010. K. A. Qaraqe and S. Yarkan,”A Sec-ond–Order Statistical Method for Spectrum Sensing in Correlated Shad-owing and Fading Environments,” The 21st Annual IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIM-RC 2010) , Istanbul, Turkey, Septem-ber 26 – 29, 2010. K. A. Qaraqe, N. Rahimian, M .S. Al-ouini, “A Novel Reduced-Complexity Group Detection Structure in MIMO Frequency Selective Fading Chan-nels,” The 6th International Confer-ence on Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing (WiCOM 2010), Chengdu, China, Sep-tember 2010 . J. lee, Y. Wu, K. Qaraqe and E. Serpe-din, “Signal Processing Techniques for Synchronization of Wireless Sensor Net-works,” ATOM-N 2010 - SPIE Interna-tional Conference Advanced Topics in Optoelectronics, Microelectronics and Nanotechnologies, Constanta, Romania, August 2010. Y. Zhou, K. Qaraqe, E. Serpedin and O. Dobre, “Efficient Detection of FSK-sig-nals Based on Cyclic Statistics,” COMM 2010, Bucharest, June 2010. K. A. Qaraqe, M. Mohammad, H. Celebi, A. El-Saigh, “The Impact of Node Distri-bution on The Transport Capacity of Ad-hoc Dispersed Spectrum Cognitive Radio Systems”, International Conference on Telecommunications (IEEE ICT2010), Doha, Qatar, April 2010. H. Celebi and K. A. Qaraqe, “Measure-ment and Challenges for Practical Spec-trum Sensing in Cognitive Radio Sys-tems,” IEEE 18th Signal Processing and Communications Applications Confer-ence (SIU-2010), Diyarbakir, Turkey, April 22-24, 2010. A. Gorcin, K. A. Qaraqe, H. Celebi, H. Arslan, “Adaptive Thresholding for Spec-trum Sensing in Multi-Channel Cognitive Radio Networks,” International Con-

ference on Telecommunications (IEEE ICT2010), Doha, Qatar, April 2010. M. Abdallah, M-S. Alouini and K. Qaraqe, “Discrete Rate and Variable Power Adaptation for Underlay Cog-nitive Networks,” European Wireless Conference 2010(EWC), Lucca Italy, April 2010. Y. Zhou, K. A. Qaraqe and E. Serpedin, O. Dobre,” FSK-Signal Detection in Cog-nitive Radios Using First-Order Cyclosta-tionarity,” International Conference on Telecommunications (IEEE ICT2010), Doha, Qatar, April 2010. Y. Zhou, K. A. Qaraqe, E. Serpedin and O. Dobre, “AM- Signal Detection in Cognitive Radios Using First Order Cyl-costaionarity,” The 35th International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Dallas, USA, March 2010. M. Abdallah, M-S. Alouini and K. Qa-raqe, “Discrete Rate and Discrete Pow-er Adaptation for Underlay Cognitive Networks With Quantized Channel State Information,” The 2010 Commu-nication Theory Workshop, Cancun, Mexico, February 2010. K. A. Qaraqe, H. Celebi, M-S. Alouini, L. Abuhantash, M. Al-Mulla, O. Al-Mulla, A. Jolo, A. Ahmad, A. El-Saigh, “A Wideband Spectrum Occupancy Measurement for Indoor and Outdoor Environments,” International Confer-ence on Communications Technolo-gies( ICCT 2010), Riyadh, Saudi Ara-bia, January 2010. H. Celebi, K. A. Qaraqe, F. Yilmaz, S. Ekin, M.-S. Alouini and E. Serpedin,” Achievable Capacity of a Spectrum Sharing System over Hyper Fading Channels,” IEEE Globecomm. 2009, Honolulu, HI, November 30- Decem-ber 30, 2009. K. A. Qaraqe, H. Celebi, M-S. Alouini, L. Abuhantash, M. Al-Mulla, O. Al-Mulla, A. Jolo, A. Ahmad, A. El-Saigh, “A Wideband Spectrum Occupancy Measurement for Indoor and Outdoor Environments,” International Confer-ence on Communications Technologies ( ICCT 2010), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, January 2010. F. Kocak, H. Celebi, S. Gezici, K. A. Qaraqe, H. Arslan, H. Vincent Poor, “Time Delay Estimation in Cogni-tive Radio Systems,” IEEE workshop on Computational Advances in Multi Channel Sensor Array Processing, Aru-ba, December 2009. S. Choi, H.-C. Yang, M.-S. Alouini and K. A. Qaraqe, ”Feedback Error Com-pensation for Joint Adaptive Modula-tion and Diversity Combining,” 20th IEEE International Symposium On

Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications(PIMRC), Tokyo, Japan, September 2009. H. Celebi, A. Gorcin, K. A. Qaraqe, A. El-Saigh, H. Arslan and M.-S Aloui-ni, ”’Empirical Results for Wideband Multidimensional Spectrum Usage,” The 20th IEEE International Sympo-sium On Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), To-kyo, Japan, September 2009. H. Celebi, K. A. Qaraqe, H. Arslan, “Performance Comparison of Time Delay Estimation for Whole and Dis-persed Spectrum Utilization Meth-ods in Cognitive Radio Networks,” IEEE International Conference on Cognitive Radio Oriented Wire-less Networks and Communications (CROWNCOM), pp. 1-6, Hannover, Germany, June 2009. K. Alsaleh, M. Qaraqe and K. A. Qa-raqe, “Use of Web-Supported Material in Teaching,” 4th International Confer-ence On Interactive And Computer Aided Learning, (IMCL 2009),” Amman, Jor-dan, April 2009.K. Alsaleh, M. Qaraqe and K. A. Qaraqe, “Use Virtual Experiments and Instru-ments,” 4th International Conference On Interactive And Computer Aided Learn-ing, (IMCL 2009),” Amman, Jordan, April 2009. Z. Bouida, K A. Qaraqe and M.S Alouini, “Fully Joint Diversity Combining, Adap-tive Modulation and Power Control,” IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Spring 2009,” Barcelona Spain, Spring 2009. H. Celebi, K. A. Qaraqe and H. Arslan, “Performance Analysis of TOA based Range Accuracy Adaptation for Cogni-tive Radio Networks,” IEEE VTC-Fall09, Anchorage, AK, February 2009. S. S. Nam, H.C. Yang, M.S Alouini and K. A. Qaraqe, “Impact of Interfer-ence on the Performance of Selection Based Parallel Multiuser Scheduling,” International Symposium on Infor-mation Theory and its Applications (ISITA2008), New Zealand, Auckland, December 2008. J. Lee, J. Kim, K. Qaraqe and E. Serpe-din, ”Clock Offset Estimation In Wire-less Sensor Networks Using Robust M-Estimation,” ATOM-N 2008 Con-ference, 4th edition of the International Conference on Advanced Topics in Optoelectronics, Microelectronics and Nanotechnologies, SPIE Proceedings, September 2008. S. Choi, M.-S Alouini, K. A. Qaraqe, “Joint Adaptive Modulation and Di-versity Combining with Feedback Error Compensation,” IEEE Vehicu-


lar Technology Conference (VTC Fall’2008), Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2008. Q. Chaudhari, K. Qaraqe and E. Serpe-din, “Cramer-Rao Lower Bound for the Clock Offset of Silent Nodes Synchro-nizing through a General Sender-Re-ceiver Protocol in Wireless Sensornets,” EUSIPCO 2008 Conference, Lausanne, Switzerland, August 2008. A. Abu Al-Kheir, K. A. Qaraqe and Mo-hamed-Slim Alouini, “Time Correlation of MIMO Fading Channels in 3D Scat-tering Models,”13th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications, (ISCC’08), Marrakech, Morocco, July 6 - 9, 2008. Q. Chaudhari, E. Serpedin and K. Qa-raqe, “Minimal Cost Clock Synchroni-zation Using a Sender-Receiver Protocol in Wireless Sensor nets,” SPECTS In-ternational Symposium on Performance Evaluation of Computer and Telecom-munication Systems,” Edinburgh, UK, June 16-18, 2008. B. A. Ben Doua, S. Choi, M.-S. Al-ouini and K. A. Qaraqe, “Adaptive Rake Combining Schemes in the Soft Handover Region,” 13th IEEE Sympo-sium on Computers and Communica-tions, (ISCC’08), Marrakech, Moroc-co, July 6 - 9, 2008. S. Ben Halima, M.-S. Alouini and K. A. Qaraqe, “Achieving Fairness in Joint MS-GSC Combining And Mul-tiuser High-Speed Data Scheduling,” 5th International IEEE/EURASIP Workshop on Signal Processing and its Applications (WoSPA 2008), Sharjah, UAE, March 2008. S. Nam, H. -C. Yang, M. -S. Alouini and K. A. Qaraqe,” Threshold-Based Power Allocation Algorithms For Down-Link Switched-Based Parallel Scheduling,” 5th International IEEE/EURASIP Work-shop on Signal Processing and its Appli-cations (WoSPA 2008), Sharjah, UAE, March 2008. Q. M. Chaudhari, E. Serpedin and K. Qaraqe, “Statistical Signal Processing for Clock Synchronization in Wireless Sensor Networks,” 5th International IEEE/EURASIP Workshop on Signal Processing and its Applications (Wo-SPA 2008) , Sharjah, UAE, March 2008. M. Al-Shoukairi, K. A. Qaraqe, M.-S. Alouini and E. Serpedin, “Perfor-mance of Hard Handoff in 1xEV-DO REV A. Systems with the Presence of Rayleigh and Correlated Lognormal Components,” 5th IEEE Consumer Communications & Networking Con-ference (CCNC’08), Las Vegas, NV, January 2008.

Books or Authoritative ReferencesBook ChaptersA. Gorcin, H. Celebi, H. Arslan and K. A. Qaraqe, “Cognitive Radio Communica-tions Systems for Public Safety”, a book edited by Nicola Marchetti. F. H. Sepehr, K. Qaraqe and E. Serpedin, “Linear Algebra book chapter in Math-ematics for Communications, Networks and Signal Processing”, (editors: T. Chen, D. Rajan and E. Serpedin), Cambridge University Press, 2010.Y. Zhou, Y.C. Wu, K. Qaraqe and E. Serpedin,” Effects of Diversity On Carrier Frequency Acquisition in OFDM System,” invited book chapter in OFDM and OFDMA with Linear Di-versity for Future Wireless Communi-cations, BenTham Science Publishing, ed. K. N. Le, 2009.K. Noh, Y.C. Wu, K. Qaraqe and E. Ser-pedin, “Adaptive Signal Processing Tech-niques for Synchronization of Wireless Sensor Networks”, Chapter in the Hand-book: Adaptive Processing in Wireless Communications, (editor: M. Ibnkahla) CRC Press, 2008.

Research-Projects and GrantsCo-PI: K. A. Qaraqe, “Sparsity-Aware Spectrum Cartography for Cognitive Net-works,” Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) third cycle, June 2010 -May 2013, $1,027,467. PI: K. A. Qaraqe, “Signal Intelligence for Next Generation Wireless Communica-tions Systems,” QNRF, December 2008 - December 2012, $939,000. PI: K. A. Qaraqe, “Code Design For Mul-titerminal Communication Networks,” QNRF, December 2008 - December 2012, $758,000.PI: K. A. Qaraqe, “Design and Perfor-mance Analysis of Next Generations Broadband Wireless Communication Networks,” Qatar Telecom(Qtel), January 2009 - June 2011, $1,367,778. Co-PI: K. A. Qaraqe, “Universal Sig-naling Schemes for Multimedia Trans-mission over Wireless Networks,” QNRF, January 2008 - December 2010, $575,710. PI: K. A. Qaraqe, “Scalable Wireless Multimedia in Qatar (and the rest of the world,)” QNRF, November 1, 2007 - Oc-tober 31, 2010, $615,557.Co-PI: K. A. Qaraqe, “Advanced Tech-niques for Wireless Downhole Commu-nication Systems,” RasGas, September. 2007 – May 2009, $370,000.

M. Saghir

PublicationsJournals

J. Khan, S. Niar, M. A. R. Saghir, Y. El-Hillali and A. Menhaj-Rivenq, “Trade-off Exploration for Target Tracking Appli-cation in a Customized Multiprocessor Architecture,” EURASIP Journal on Em-bedded Systems, 2009.N. Harb, S. Niar, J. Khan and M. A. R. Saghir, “A Reconfigurable Platform Ar-chitecture for an Automotive Multiple-Target Tracking System,” ACM SIGBED Review, October 2009.

Conference Proceedings/PresentationsA.H. Gholamipour, A. Gorcin, H. Celebi, B. U. Toreyin, M. A. R. Sa-ghir, F. Kurdahi and A. Eltawil, “Re-configurable Filter Implementation of a Matched-Filter Based Spectrum Sen-sor for Cognitive Radio Systems,” Pro-ceedings, IEEE International Sympo-sium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS 2011), IEEE, May 15-18, 2011. A.H. Gholamipour, F. J. Kurdahi, A. El-tawil, and M. A. R. Saghir, “Exploiting Architectural Similarities and Mode Se-quencing in Joint Cost Optimization of Multi-mode FIR Filters,” Proceedings, 20th IEEE International Conference on Field Programmable Logic and Appli-cations (FPL 2010), IEEE, August 31 - September 2, 2010.A. H. Gholamipour, F. J. Kurdahi, A. El-tawil and M. A. R. Saghir, “Placement-Aware Partial Reconfiguration for a Class of FIR-like Structures,” Proceedings, 17th IEEE International Conference on Telecommunications (ICT 2010), IEEE, April 4-7, 2010.N. Harb, S. Niar, J. Khan and M. A. R. Saghir, “A Reconfigurable Platform Architecture for an Automotive Multi-ple-Target Tracking System,” Proceed-ings, 2nd Workshop on Adaptive and Reconfigurable Embedded Systems (APRES 2009), October 2009.J. Khan, S. Niar, M. Saghir, Y. El-Hillali and A. Rivenq, “Driver Assistance Sys-tem Design and its Optimization for FPGA Based MPSoC,” Proceedings, 7th IEEE Symposium on Application Spe-cific Processors (SASP 2009), IEEE, July 27-28, 2009.

Research-Projects and GrantsPI: M. Saghir, “A Distributed Recon-figurable Active-Storage Platform for Data-Intensive Applications,” Qatar National Research Fund, 2010 - 2013, $1,048,865.PI: M. Saghir, “Qloud: Towards a Cloud Computing Infrastructure in Qatar to Tar-get Regional Scientific Applications,” Qatar National Research Fund, 2010 - 2013, $1,027,618.


Fabian Marcel Uriarte, “Multicore Simulation Of AC-Radial Shipboard Power Systems,” Spring 2010, - K.L. Butler-Purry

Golnaz Vahedi, “An Engineering Approach Towards Personalized Cancer Therapy,” Summer 2009, - J-F. Chamberland, E. Dougherty

Travis Wayne Eubanks, “A Compact Parallel-Plane Perpendicular-Cur-rent Feed for a Modified Equian-gular Spiral Antenna and Related Circuits,” Spring 2010, - K. Chang

Chihyung Ahn, “Microwave Meta-material Applications Using Com-plementary Split Ring Resonators and High Gain Rectifying Reflectar-ray for Wireless Power Transmis-sion,” Summer 2010, - K. Chang

Hyunsoo Park, “Advanced Nano-imprint Technique for Multilayer Structures and Functional Polymer Applications ,” Spring 2009, - X. Cheng

Hyun Chul Kim, “Optical Proper-ties of Plasmonic Zone Plate Lens, SERS-active Substrate and Infrared Dipole Antenna,” Summer 2009, - M. Cheng and X. Cheng

Huifeng Li, “Development of Ad-vanced Nanomanufacturing: 3D In-tegration and High Speed Directed Self-Assembly,” Summer 2010, - X. Cheng

Euncheol Kim, “Error Resilient VLSI Systems Design: Case Study On Low-Density Parity-Check Decoder And Memory Subsystem,” Fall 2009, - G. Choi

Long Gao, “Throughput and Delay Analysis in Cognitive Overlaid Net-works,” Fall 2009, - R. Cui

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Mohamed El-Nozahi, “System and Circuit Design Techniques for Silicon-Based Multi-Band/Multi-Standard Receivers,” Spring 2010, - K. Entesari, E. Sanchez-Sinencio

Babak Faryabi, “Systems Medicine: An Integrated Approach with Deci-sion Making Perspective,” Summer 2009, - A. Datta, E. Dougherty

Salim El Rouayheb, “Network and Index Coding With Applications to Robustness and Security,” Fall 2009, - C. N. Georghiades

Honam Yum, “Study of White Light Cavity Effect via Stimulated Bril-louin Scattering Induced Fast Light in a Fiber Ring Resonator,” Summer 2009, - P. Hemmer

Changdong Kim, “Ultrasensitive Magnetometry and Imaging with NV Diamond,” Spring 2010, - P. Hemmer

Huilang Zhang, “Nonlinear Optics and Quantum Optics Approaches for Ultrasound-Modulated Optical Tomography in Soft Biological Tis-sue,” Summer 2010, - P. Hemmer

Miao Wang, “Design and Fabrica-tion of Nanochannel Devices,” Spring 2009, - J. Kameoka

Nan Jin, “Nanofluidic Single Mole-cule Detection (SMD) for Protein De-tection and Interaction Dynamics Study,” Spring 2009, - J. Kameoka

Rajesh Garg, “Analysis and Design of Resilient VLSI Circuits,” Spring 2009, - S. Khatri

Kanupriya Gulati, “Hardware Ac-celeration of EDA Algorithms,” Fall 2009, - S. Khatri

Hung-Chih Chang, “Sensing Appli-cations Of Fluctuations And Noise,” Summer 2010, - L.B. Kish

Zhuo Feng, “Analysis and Verifica-tion of Large On-Chip Intercon-nect,” Spring 2009, -P. Li

Wei Dong, “Parallel Algorithms for Time and Frequency Domain Circuit Simulation,” Summer 2009, - P. Li

Guo Yu, “Modeling, Optimization and Testing for Analog/Mixed-Sig-nal Circuits in Deeply Scaled CMOS Technologies,” Fall 2009, - P. Li

Mehmet Solmaz, “Integration Of Arsenic Trisulfide And Titanium Diffused Lithium Niobate Wave-guides,” Spring 2010, - C. Madsen

Donald Adams, “Dynamic Phase Filtering With Integrated Optical Ring Resonators,” Summer 2010, - C. Madsen

Nur Kurt-Karsiliyan, “Full-Wave Surface Integral Equation Method for Electromagnetic-Circuit Simula-tion of Three-Dimensional Inter-connects in Layered Media,” Spring 2010, - K. Michalski

Anantharaman Balasubramanian, “On Resource Allocation for Com-munication Systems with Delay and Secrecy Constraints,” Fall 2009, - S. Miller

Fan Zhang, “LDPC Codes over Large Alphabets and their Applica-tions to Compressed Sensing and Flash Memory,” Summer 2010, - H. Pfister

Youngwoo Ahn, “Real-Time Task Scheduling Under Thermal Con-straints,” Summer 2010, - R. Bettati & A.L.N. Reddy

John Allen Garrison, “Umbrella File system: Storage Management Across Heterogeneous Devices,” Spring 2010, - A.L.N. Reddy

Dissertations & Theses

Doctoral Dissertations

Miguel Angel Rojas-Gonzalez, “Design And Implementation Of Switching Voltage Integrated Circuits Based On Sliding Mode Control,” Spring 2009, -E. Sanchez-Sinencio

Manisha Gambhir, “Low Power Filtering Techniques for Wideband and Wireless Applications,” Spring 2009, - E. Sanchez-Sinencio, J. Silva-Martinez

Faisal Hussien, “Fully Integrated Low Power IEEE 802.15.4/Zigbee Compliant Transceiver,” Spring 2009, - E. Sanchez-Sinencio

Sang Wook Park, “Oscillator Archi-tectures and Enhanced Frequency Synthesizer, Summer 2009, - E. Sanchez-Sinencio

Hesam Amir-Aslanzadeh, “Design Of A Direct-Modulation Transmit-ter With Self-optimizing Feedback and a Highly Linear, Highly Recon-figurable, Continuously-Tunable Active-RC Baseband Filter For Mul-tiple Standards,” Summer 2009, - E. Sanchez-Sinencio

Mohamed Mobarak, “Lineariza-tion and Efficiency Enhancement Techniques for RF and Baseband Analog Circuits,” Summer 2010, - E. Sanchez-Sinencio

Jaehan Lee, “Robust Clock Syn-chronization Methods for Wireless Sensor Networks,” Summer 2010, - E. Serpedin

Yang Yi, “Fast Algorithms for High Frequency Interconnect Modeling in VLSI Circuits and Packages,” Sum-mer 2009, - W. Shi

Ying Zhou, “Modeling and Simula-tion of Advanced Nano-Scale VLSI Circuits,” Fall 2009, - W. Shi

Rida Assaad, “Design Techniques for High Speed Low Voltage and Low Power Non-Calibrated Pipeline ADCs,” Summer 2009, - J. Silva-Martinez

Cho-Ying Lu, “Calibrated Continu-ous-Time Sigma-Delta Modulators,” Spring 2010, - J. Silva-Martinez

Graham Booker, “Improving Net-work Reliability: Analysis, Meth-odology, and Algorithms,” Spring 2010, - A. Sprintson

Hyungduk Ko, “Surface Plasmon Coupled Sensor and Nanolens,” Spring 2009, - C. Su, M. Cheng

Jeihoon Baek, “Robust Generator System using PM Assisted Synchro-nous Reluctance Generator with Current-fed Drive,” Fall 2009, - H. Toliyat

Momin Uppal, “Coding for Coop-erative Communications,” Summer 2010, - Z. Xiong

Murat Yapici, “Development Of Mi-cromachined Probes For Bio-nano Applications,” Spring 2009, - J. Zou

Masters Theses

Divya Balakrishnan, "Capacitor-Less VAR Compensator Based on a Met-ric Converter," Fall 2010, -R. Balog

Amulya Karavadi, "Power Electron-ics Design Implications of Novel Photovoltaic...," Summer 2011, -R. Balog

Tusher Amba, "Genetic Algorithm based Damage Control for Ship-board Power," Spring 2009, -K. Butler-Purry

Zhengguo Chu, "PSCAD/EMTDC-Based Modeling and Analysis of a Microgrid," Spring 2010, -K. Butler-Purry, P. Enjeti

Laurence Thomas, "Prognostics and Load Survivabiity in Shipboard Power," Fall 2010, -K. Butler-Purry

Dong Jin Jung, "Low-Pass Filters Integrated with Electromagnetic Bandgap Structures," Spring 2009, -K. Chang

David Kim, "Design of Stripline-Fed Dual Polarization Aperture-

Coupled Stacked Microstrip Patch Phased Array Antenna for Wide-band Application," Summer 2010, -K. Chang

Brian Lewis, "Study of Compact Tunable Filters Using Negative Re-fractive Index Transmission Lines," Spring 2011, -K. Chang

Zied Bouida, "Performance Analysis of Fully Joint Diversity," Summer 2009, -J.F. Chamberland

Rajballav Dash, " FPGA Implemen-tation of Reconfigurable MIMO Detector,” Fall 2009, -S. G. Choi

Poornachandran Kumar, "Efficient Lookahead Routing and Header Compression for Multicasting in Networks-On-Chip," Summer 2010, -S. G. Choi

Karthik Tamilarasan, "BIST for Real-istic Delay Defects," Fall 2010, -S. G. Choi

Arya Richeek, " Iterative MIMO Detection and Decoding Using GP-GPU," Summer 2011, -S. G. Choi

Reeshav Kumar, “Low-Power Synchronizer for NOC Design for Delay-Critical Applications,” Sum-mer 2011, -S. G. Choi

Pei Li Cai, "Spectrum Sharing in Cognitive Radio Networks under Outage Probability Constraint,” Fall 2009, -S. Cui

Jiaming Qiu, "Optimal Distributed Beamforming for MISO Interface Channels," Spring 2011, -S. Cui

Charalambos Charalambous, "A Biologically Inspired Networking Model for Wireless Sensor Net-works,” Fall 2009, -S. Cui

Tarun Agarwal, "Noncooperative Games for Autonomous Consumer Load Balancing over Smart Grid," Summer 2010 -S. Cui

Bo Chen, "Ultracapacitor Boosted Hybrid Fuel Cell," Summer 2009, -M. Ehsani

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Hung-ming Chou, "Multi-Port DC-DC Power Converter for Renewable Energy," Summer 2009, -M. Ehsani

Sriram Emani, "Performance Evalu-ation of a Cascaded H-Bridge Multi Level Inverter Fed BLDC Motor. Drive in an Electric Vehicle," Spring 2010, -M. Ehsani

Billy Yancey, "Performance Evalu-ation of a DC-DC Current Source Converter," Spring 2010, -M. Ehsani

Srinath Sambasubramaian, "Com-parison of the Performance of Dif-ferent Time Delay...," Summer 2010, -O. Eknoyan

Jae Woo Suh, "Selectively Erbium Doped Titanium Diffused Optical Waveguide Amplifiers in Lithium Niobate," Fall 2010, -O. Eknoyan

Vivek Vandrasi, "Optical Filter Design: Gain Analysis and Toler-ance Analysis," Summer 2010, -O. Eknoyan, C. Madsen

Somasundaram Essakiapan, "Bi-Directional Current-fed Medium Fre-quency Transformer Isolated AC-DC Converter," Spring 2010, -P. Enjeti

Marcelino Armendariz, "Tunable Substrate Integrated Waveguide Filters Implemented with PIN Di-odes and RF MEMS Switches," Fall 2010, -K. Entesari

Wenyan He, "Constrained Capacity of MIMO Raylaigh Fading Channels," Spring 2011, -C. N. Georghiades

Subodh Prabhu, "Ocin_tsim - A DVFS Aware Simulator for NoC De-sign Space," Spring 2010, -P. Gratz, J. Hu

Tushar Jain, "Asynchronous Bypass Channels Improving Performance in Multi-Synchronous Network-on-Chips," Summer 2010, -P. Gratz, A. Sprintson

Swapnil Lotlikar, "Design, Imple-mentation and Evaluation of a Con-figurable NoC for AcENoCs FPGA

Accelerated Emulation Platform," Summer 2010, -P. Gratz

Vinayak Pai, "HW/SW Codesign and Design, Evaluation of Software..." Fall 2010, -P. Gratz Tarun Soni, "Mobile Home Node: Improving Directory Cache Coher-ence," Summer 2010, -P. Gratz

Jeroen Stedehouder, "Robustness Analysis of the Matched Filter De-tector through...," Spring 2009, -D. Halverson

Sudha Yellapantula, "Estimation of Parameters for Gaussian Random Vari-ables," Spring 2009, -D. Halverson

Whitney Longsine, "Flow-Through Microfluidic Device for High-Effi-ciency...," Spring 2009, -A. Han

Pradeep Kotte Prakasam, "Joint Synchronization and Calibaration of Multi Channel," Spring 2009, -S. Hoyos

Karthik Raviprakash, "Reduced Area Discrete-Time Down-Sampling Filter Embedded with Windowed Integration Samplers," Summer 2010, -S. Hoyos

Carlos Esquit Hernandez, "Impact of Dynamic Voltage Scaling on Circuit Optimization," Spring 2009, -J. Hu

Ammar Gharaibeh, "A Behaviorial Model of a Built In Current Sensor for IDOQ," Summer 2009, -J. Hu

Venkata Mekala, "Clock Distribution Network Optimization by Sequen-tial Quadratic Programing," Spring 2010, -J. Hu

Amrinder Singh, "Case Studies on Variation Tolerand and Low Power Design," Summer 2010, -J. Hu

Tanuj Jindal, "Detecting Tangled Logic Structures in VLSI Netlists," Summer 2010, -J. Hu

Sundararajan Ramakrishnan, "Case Studies on Clock Gating and Local Routing for VLSI," Summer 2010, -J. Hu

Yi-Le Huang, "An Improved La-grangian Relaxation Method for VLSI," Fall 2010, -J. Hu, W. Shi

Sean Goldberger, "A Study Of Mi-crofluidic Reconfiguration Mecha-nisms Enabled By Functionalized Dispersions Of Colloidal Material For Radio Frequency Applications," Spring 2009, -G. Huff

Stephen Long, "Adaptive Microflu-idic Reconfiguration Mechanism For Polymorphic Structures," Spring 2009, -G. Huff

Jacob McDonald, " A Spherically Integrated Inverted F-Antenna (SIFA) for Biomedical Applications," Spring 2009, -G. Huff

Loizos Loizou, "A Non-Pramidal Rectangular-to-Through Wave-guide," Fall 2010, -G. Huff

David Rolando, "Analytical Tech-niques and Operational Perspec-tives for a Spherical Inverted F Antenna," Fall 2010, -G. Huff

Kristopher Buchanan, "A Study of A Aperiodic Spherically Bound (RAN-DOM)...," Spring 2011, -G. Huff

Elizabeth Wells, "Fluidic Tuning of a Four-Arm Spiral-Based Frequency," Spring 2011, -G. Huff

Nibal Aarzouni, "Parallel MRI and Fast MRI: Algorithm Implementa-tions," Summer 2010, -J. Ji

Harneet Singh, "A Cost Effective, In-tegrated and Smart Radioactive...," Fall 2010, -J. Ji

Xiaoxi Ou, “Active Sensors for Pipe-line Right-of-Way Intrusion Detec-tion,” Summer 2011, -J. Ji

Young Jae Shin, " Nanofiber for bio-sensing," Spring 2009, -J. Kameoka

Harini Sreenivasappa, "Raster Image Correlation Spectroscopy

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99Research Report | 2011 Dissertations & Theses

(RICS) Analysis of ...," Fall 2009, -J. Kameoka

James K. Hodgson, "Design of a 10 MHZ Transimpedance Low-Pass Filter with Sharp," Spring 2009, -A. Karsilayan

Jose Silva Rivas, "High performance Integrated Circuit Blocks for High‐IFWideband Receivers," Spring 2009, -A. Karsilayan

Shan Huang, "Design of a Low Power 70 MHz to 110MHz Har-monic Rejection Filter with Class-AB Output Stage," Spring 2009, -A. Karsilayan

Vijayaramalingam Periasamy, "Sys-tem Design of a Wide Bandwidth Continuous-Time Sigma-Delta Modulator," Spring 2010, -A. Karsi-layan

Shriram Kalusalingam, "Superhar-monic Injection Locked Quadra-tura LC VCO Using...," Fall 2010, -A. Karsilayan

Charles Sekyiamah, "Design of a 20MHz Transimpedance Amplifier With Embedded..." Summer 2011, -A. Karsilayan

Kalyana Bollapalli, "IP Routing Table Compression Using TCAM and Dis-tance -One Merge," Fall 2009, -S. Khatri

Vinay Karkala, " A PLL Design Based on a Standing Wave Resonant Os-cillator," Summer 2010, -S. Khatri

Rajesh Kumar, "A Radiation Toler-ant Phase-Locked Loop Design for Digital Electronics," Summer 2010, -S. Khatri

Akshit Dayal, "Robust Optimization of Nanometer SRAM Designs," Fall 2009, -P. Li

Chang Zhao, "Statistical Perfor-mance Modeling of SRAMs," Fall 2009, -P. Li

Srinath Narasimhan, "Circuit Op-timization Using Efficient Parallel Pattern Search," Spring 2010, -P. Li

Parijat Mukherjee, "Automatic Stability Checking for Large Analog Circuits," Fall 2010, -P. Li

Amandeep Singh, "Behavioral Model Equivalence Checking for Large Analog /mixed signal sys-tems," Spring 2011, -P. Li Richa Dixit, "Parametric Estimation of Harmonically Related Sinusoids," Spring 2010, -T. Liu

Justin Taylor, "Optically Amplified Fiber Optic Sensors," Spring 2009, -C. Madsen

Jacob Webb, "Fabrication of An-nealed Proton-Exchanged Wave-guides for...," Spring 2009, -C. Madsen

Shoeb Mohammed, "Coding Tech-niques for Error Correction and Rewriting in Flash Memories," Sum-mer 2010, -S. Miller

Manish Jain, "Parameter Estima-tion and Tracking in Physical Layer Network Coding," Spring 2011, -S. Miller

Shashank Kalmane, "Low-Dimen-sional Lattice Codes for Bi-Direc-tional Relaying," Spring 2011, -K. Narayanan

Vipin Cholleti, "Metamaterial Analysis of Metamaterial Coated Microwave Antennas," Spring 2010, -R. Nevels

Arun Palaniappan, "Modeling, Optimization and Power Efficiency Comparison of High-Speed inter-Chip Electrical and Optical Inter-connect Architectures in Nanome-ter CMOS Technologies," Fall 2010, -S. Palermo

Yang Liu, "Jitter Tracking Bandwidth Optimization Using...," Spring 2011, -S. Palermo

Aparna Khare, "Capacity and Cod-ing for 2D Channels," Fall 2010, -H. Pfister

Krishna Tadi, "IP Prefix Hijack Pre-vention Service," Spring 2009, -N. Reddy

Marcus Dunn, " A new I/O schedul-er for Solid State Devices," Summer 2009, -N. Reddy

Prajjwal Devkota, "Performance of Quantized Congestion Notification in TCP," Spring 2010, -N. Reddy

Ashwat Kumar KrishnaReddy, "Detecting Networks Employing Al-gorithmically Generated.." Summer 2010, -N. Reddy

Zhiyuan Yin, "Performance of Early Retransmission Scheme and Delay in Streaming Media," Spring 2011, -N. Reddy

Bin Qian, " Evaluation of Probabilis-tic Early Response TCP (PERT) for...," Summer 2011, -N. Reddy

Sthiti Deka, "A CPU-GPU Hybrid Ap-proach for Accelerating Cross-cor-relation based Ultrasound Elastog-raphy," Spring 2010, -R. Righetti

Sanjay Nair, "Performance Analysis of a New Ultrasound Axial Strain Time Constant Estimation," Spring 2010, -R. Righetti

Anuj Chaudhry, "Effect of Boundary Conditions on Performance of ...," Fall 2010, -R. Righetti

Seenu Gopalraju, "An Off-Chip Capacitor Free Low Dropout Regulator with PSR," Fall 2010, -E. Sanchez-Sinencio

Reza Muhammad Abdullah, "A High CMRR Instrumentation Amplifier for Biopotential...," Spring 2011, -E. Sanchez-Sinencio

Chao Zhang, "A Dual-Supply Buck Converter with Improved Light Load," Spring 2011, -E. Sanchez-Sinencio

Muneer Mohammad, "Performance Analysis Of Dispersed Spectrum Cognitive..." Fall 2009, -E. Serpedin

Sawin Saibua, "Robust Clock Synchronization in Wireless Sen-sor Networks," Summer 2010, -E. Serpedin

Amina Noor, "Modeling Gene Regu-latory Networks from Times Series Data," Summer 2011, -E. Serpedin

Vinith Podduturi, "MultiTrack: A De-lay and Cost Aware P2P Overllay," Summer 2009, -S. Shakkottai

Sankalp Sah, "Distributed Control Approaches to Network Optimiza-tion," Spring 2010, -S. Shakkottai

Meghana Ambele, "Content-Aware Caching and Traffic Management in Content Distribution Networks," Fall 2010, -S. Shakkottai

Haritha, Eachempatti, "Single In-ductor Dual Output Buck Convert-er," Spring 2009, -J. Silva-Martinez

Hyung-Joon Jeon, "A 10Gb/s Bang-Bang CDR With Adaptive Band-width Control," Summer 2009, -J. Silva-Martinez

Joung Won Park, " A Highly Linear Broadband Low-Noise Amplifier," Summer 2009, -J. Silva-Martinez

Venkata Gadde, "Filter Design Con-siderations for High Performance Continuous-time Low-pass Sigma-delta ADC," Fall 2009, -J. Silva-Martinez

Marcos Lopez-Rivera, "A 3.125 GB/S 5-Tap CMOS Transversal Equalizer," Fall 2009, -J. Silva-Martinez

Saikrishna Ganta, "Power Supply Rejection Improvement Techniques in Low Drop-Out Regulators," Sum-mer 2010, -J. Silva-Martinez

Aravind Padyana, "Design Con-siderations for Wide Bandwidth Continuous-Time Low-Pass Delta-Sigma Analog-to-Digital Convert-ers," Fall 2010, -J. Silva-Martinez, A. Karsilayan

100Dissertations & Theses

Lakshminarasimhan Krishnan," Efficient Class AB Amplifier for High-Resolution Baseband Circuits,” Summer 2011, -J. Silva-Martinez

Richard Turkson, "An Efficient Sup-ply Modulator for Linear Wideband RF Power," Summer 2011, -J. Silva-Martinez

Yannick Degeilh, "Wind Farm DIver-sification and its Impact on Power Systems," Summer 2009, -C. Singh

Hag-kwen Kim, "Reliability Model-ing and Evaluation in Aging Power Systems," Summer 2009, -C. Singh

Arijit Bagchi, "Modeling the Power Distribution Network of a Vir-tual City," Fall 2009, -C. Singh, A. Sprintson

Ramya Nagarajan, "Composite System Based Multi-Area Reliability Evaluation," Fall 2009, -C. Singh

Dongbo Zhao, "Adequacy Assess-ment in Power Systems Using Genetic Algorithm and Dynamic Programming," Fall 2010, -C. Singh

Dumezie Maduike, "Design and Implementation of Physical Layer Network Coding," Summer 2009, -A. Sprintson, H. Pfister

Damla Ozgul, " Algorithms for Wire-less Information Exchange," Sum-mer 2010, -A. Sprintson

Solairaja Ramasamy, "Delay-Energy Trade-offs in Wireless Networks," Fall 2010, -A. Sprintson

Elagovan Kembanur Natarajan, "Design, Simulation, and Analysis of Station Automation," Spring 2011, -A. Sprintson

Suraj Chanda, "Reliability Estima-tion of Power Systems During Hurricanes,” Summer 2011, -A. Sprintson

Anil Chakali, "Sensorless Speed Control of Permanent Magnet-As-sisted..," Fall 2009, -H. Toliyat

Vivek Meenakshi Sundaram, "Di-agnosis and Isolation of Air Gap Eccentricities in Closed-Loop Con-trolled Doubly-Fed Induction Gen-erators," Spring 2011, -H. Toliyat

Patrick Lunsford, "Stability of Self-Assembled Monolayer Surfactant Coating in Thermal Nanoimprint," Fall 2010, -H. Wang, X. Cheng

Tianlin Lu, "Thin Film Solar Cells With Light Trapping Transparent...," Spring 2011, -H. Wang

Richard Godley, “Cryogenically Cooled Microcoils for MRI,” Summer 2011, -S. Wright

Junjie Su, "Accurate and Reliable Cancer Classification Based on Probabilistic Inference Of Pathway Activity," Fall 2010, -B-J. Yoon

Karthik R. Chinna Balareddy, “Micro Optical Fiber Sensor Probe For Optical Interference Reflectometry (OIR),” Spring 2009, -J. Zou

Lamyanba Yambem, "Wireless Tag Sensor For Event Monitoring," Spring 2009, -J. Zou

Roozbeth Daneshvar, "Synchroniza-tion of Mechanical Oscillators: An Experimental Study," Fall 2010, -T. Zourntos

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