Faculty Expertise Guide - College of Engineering - Virginia Tech
Faculty Expertise Guide - College of Engineering - Virginia Tech
Faculty Expertise Guide - College of Engineering - Virginia Tech
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<strong>College</strong> <strong>of</strong> engineering faCulty expertise listing 2010-2012<br />
ELASTOMERS<br />
see Mechanics <strong>of</strong> Materials, Dillard<br />
ELECTRIC POWER AND ENERGY<br />
Name: Kwa-Sur Tam<br />
Department: Electrical and Computer <strong>Engineering</strong><br />
Office Phone: 540-231-4448<br />
FAX: 540-231-3362<br />
E-mail: ktam@vt.edu<br />
Specialty: Development and Application <strong>of</strong> Advanced Devices<br />
and Systems for a Variety <strong>of</strong> Civilian and Military Applications<br />
Applications: Energy infrastructure; homeland security; national<br />
defense<br />
<strong>Expertise</strong>: Modeling and simulation; interdependent systems;<br />
power electronics; energy storage; microgrid; power quality<br />
and control<br />
Examples <strong>of</strong> Funding Sources: U.S. Department <strong>of</strong> Energy<br />
ELECTRIC VEHICLE<br />
see Automotive Powertrains / Energy Systems, Nelson<br />
Power Electronics, Lee<br />
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING<br />
Name: Tamal Bose<br />
Department: Electrical and Computer <strong>Engineering</strong><br />
Office Phone: 540-231-2964<br />
FAX: 540-231-2968<br />
E-mail: tbose@vt.edu<br />
Specialty: Communications and Signal Processing<br />
Applications: Wireless communication systems<br />
<strong>Expertise</strong>: Adaptive signal processing; spectrum sensing; cognitive<br />
radios; channel equalization<br />
Examples <strong>of</strong> Funding Sources: NSF, NASA, U.S. Office <strong>of</strong> Naval<br />
Research, U.S. Army, Rockwell Collins, Center for Advanced<br />
<strong>Engineering</strong> Research, Institute for Critical <strong>Tech</strong>nology and<br />
Applied Science<br />
ELECTROMAGNETICS<br />
see Space Science, Baker<br />
ELECTRONICS<br />
see also Radio <strong>Engineering</strong>, Ellingson<br />
ELECTRONICS<br />
Name: Masoud Agah<br />
Department: Electrical and Computer <strong>Engineering</strong><br />
Office Phone: 540-231-2653<br />
FAX: 540-231-2978<br />
E-mail: agah@vt.edu<br />
Specialty: Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS)<br />
Applications: Environmental monitoring; automotive industry; biomedicine;<br />
homeland security<br />
<strong>Expertise</strong>: Micr<strong>of</strong>luidics; MEMS-based gas chromatography;<br />
wafer-level packaging; micr<strong>of</strong>abrication technologies; MEMSbased<br />
chemical sensing; environmental and biomedical applications<br />
<strong>of</strong> MEMS; packaging for MEMS/NEMS devices<br />
Examples <strong>of</strong> Funding Sources: National Science Foundation,<br />
NASA, National Institutes <strong>of</strong> Health, DARPA, U.S. Department<br />
<strong>of</strong> Energy<br />
ELECTRONIC AND OPTICAL MATERIALS<br />
see Optoelectronics, Asryan<br />
ELECTRONIC DESIGN AUTOMATION<br />
see Computer <strong>Engineering</strong>, Shukla<br />
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