Faculty in Electrical Engineering

Dr. Kambiz Alavi,
Professor

Kambiz Alavi Faculty Profile
alavi@uta.edu | 817-272-5633
Nanotechnology and MEMS , Optical Device and Systems

Dr. Chris Boyer,
Associate Professor of Practice

Chris Boyer Faculty Profile
chris.boyer@uta.edu | 817-272-4110
Resource and Energy Engineering

Dr. Jonathan Bredow,
Professor

Jonathan Bredow Faculty Profile
jbredow@uta.edu | 817-272-3472
Electromagnetic Fields and Applications, Telecommunication & Information Systems

Dr. Zeynep Çelik, IEEE Fellow,
Professor

Zeynep Çelik Faculty Profile
zcelik@uta.edu | 817-272-1309
Nanoengineering, Noise in Nano-scale Devices, Nano-sensors, Energy Harvesters

Dr. Ali Davoudi, IEEE Fellow,
Professor

Ali Davoudi Faculty Profile
davoudi@uta.edu | 817-272-1834
Power Electronics and Machine Drives, Renewable Energy Systems, Vehicular Systems, Micro-grids

Dr. Venkat Devarajan,
Professor

Venkat Devarajan Faculty Profile
venkat@uta.edu | 817-272-3934
Digital Signal and Image Processing

Dr. James Ferlez,
Assistant Professor

James Ferlez Faculty Profile
james.ferlez@uta.edu | 817-272-5625
Safe and Assured Autonomy; AI and Embodied AI; Learning-enabled Control; Formal Methods; Stochastic Control

Dr. Xiong Gong,
Professor

Xiong Gong Faculty Profile
xiong.gong@uta.edu
Organic/Flexible Electronics, Energy Storage Materials and Devices, Novel Optoelectronic Materials, Semiconductors, Biosensors

Dr. Alexander Johnston,
Assistant Professor of Instruction

Alexander Johnston Faculty Profile
alexander.johnston@uta.edu | 817-272-3409

Dr. Rasool Kenarangui, P.E.,
Senior Lecturer and MS Faculty Advisor

Rasool Kenarangui Faculty Profile
kenarang@uta.edu | 817-272-3423
Power Systems And Industrial Power Electronics

Dr. Seunghyun (Jacob) Lee,
Assistant Professor

Seunghyun (Jacob) Lee Faculty Profile
seunghyun.lee@uta.edu | 817-272-3406
Optoelectronics, Photonics, Semiconductors, Photodetectors, Avalanche Photodiodes, Silicon Photonics, Compound Semiconductors, Molecular Beam Epitaxy, Narrow Bandgap Materials

Dr. Wei-Jen Lee, IEEE Fellow,
Professor, Department Chair

Wei-Jen Lee Faculty Profile
wlee@uta.edu | 817-272-5046
Power Systems and Industrial Power Electronics, Digital and Microprocessor Control Systems, Utility Deregulation, Electrical Safety

Dr. Qilian Liang, IEEE Fellow,
Professor & PhD Advisor

Qilian Liang Faculty Profile
liang@uta.edu | 817-272-1339
Telecommunication & Information Systems, Systems, Controls and Automated Manufacturing , Digital Signal And Image Processing

Dr. Robert Magnusson, IEEE Fellow,
Texas Instruments Distinguished University Chair in Nanoelectronics , Professor of Electrical Engineering

Robert Magnusson Faculty Profile
magnusson@uta.edu | 817-272-2552
Nanophotonics, Nanoelectronics, Nanoplasmonics, Nanolasers, Optical Bio- and Chemical Sensors

Dr. Ramtin Madani,
Associate Professor

Ramtin Madani Faculty Profile
ramtin.madani@uta.edu | 817-272-3483
Power Systems, Smart Grids, Optimal Control, Nonlinear Optimization

Dr. Michael T. Manry,
Professor

Michael Manry Faculty Profile
manry@uta.edu | 817-272-3483
Neural Networks, Deep Learning, Convolutional Neural Nets, Statistical Pattern Recognition

Dr. Chenyun Pan,
Associate Professor

Chenyun Pan Faculty Profile
chenyun.pan@uta.edu | 817-272-3934
Beyond-CMOS Device and Interconnect Exploration, Reconfigurable Computing, Neuromorphic and In-Memory Computing for Deep Learning Applications, VLSI System Design, Hardware Security

Dr. Vamegh Rasouli,
Kelcy Warren Endowed Professor, Director of the Resource and Energy Engineering Program

vamegh.rasouli@uta.edu | 817-272-2806
Subsurface Energy, Hydrogen Production, Geothermal Energy, Rare Earth Element (REE), Fossil Energy, Unconventional Oil and Gas

Dr. Bei Shi,
Associate Professor

Bei Shi Faculty Profile
bei.shi@uta.edu | 817-272-8216
Compound Semiconductor Materials, Semiconductor Lasers and Photodetectors, Heterogeneous Integration, Photonic Integrated Circuits, Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD), Silicon Photonics

Dr. Yuze (Alice) Sun,
Professor & Associate Chair

Yuze (Alice) Sun Faculty Profile
sun@uta.edu | 817-272-1317
Photonics, Optofluidics, Microfluidics, Optical Biosensing and Chemical Sensing, Lab-on-Chip Systems, Nanomaterials, and Global Health and Environmental Sustainability

Dr. Saibun Tjuatja,
Associate Professor

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tjuatja@uta.edu | 817-272-3974
Active and Passive Microwave Remote Sensing, Tomographic Radar Imaging, Through-clutter Target Sensing and Imaging

Dr. Gregory Turner,
Associate Professor of Practice & Undergraduate Faculty Advisor

Gregory Turner Faculty Profile
gkturner@uta.edu | 817-272-3934
Embedded Control Systems for Renewable Energy & Microgrid Applications

Dr. H. Eric Tseng,
Distinguished University Professor

H. Eric Tseng Faculty Profile

hongtei.tseng@uta.edu | 817 272 1909
Automotive Control, Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, Interactive Dynamics Control, Reinforcement Learning for Interactive Decision Making

Dr. Michael Vasilyev,
Professor

Michael Vasilyev Faculty Profile
vasilyev@uta.edu | 817-272-1224
Nonlinear and quantum optics, optical communication systems and devices, nanophotonics.

Dr. Yan Wan,
Distinguished University Professor

Yan Wan Faculty Profile
yan.wan@uta.edu | 817-272-6838
Decentralized Control; Large-scale Dynamical Networks; Stochastic Networks; Uncertainty Quantification; Learning Control and Graphical Games; Cyber-Physical Systems; Air Traffic Management; UAV Traffic Management; Sensor/Robot/UAV Networking; Autonomous Driving

Dr. David A. Wetz,
Professor & Associate Chair

David A. Wetz Faculty Profile
wetz@uta.edu | 817-272-1058
Pulsed Power, High Voltage Engineering, Power Electronics, Power Systems

Dr. Yijing Xie,
Assistant Professor

Yijing Xie Faculty Profile
yijing.xie@uta.edu | 817-272-3478
Multi-agent systems, Reinforcement learning, Distributed optimization

Dr. Yichen Zhang, Assistant Professor

Yichen Zhang Faculty Profile
yichen.zhang@uta.edu | NH542
Power systems, microgrid control, distributed energy resources integration

Dr. Tianqiao Zhao, Assistant Professor

Tianqiao Zhao Faculty Profile

tianqiao.zhao@uta.edu | 817-272-3815
Power System, AI/Machine Learning, Advanced Data Analytics, and Quantum Computing

Dr. Liwei Zhou, Assistant Professor

Liwei Zhou Faculty Profile
liwei.zhou@uta.edu | 817-272-3764
Power electronics, advanced control technologies for power converters, grid-connected converters, renewable energy and EV charging systems optimal design

Dr. Weidong Zhou, SPIE Fellow, OSA Fellow, Distinguished University Professor

Weidon Zhou Faculty Profile
wzhou@uta.edu | 817-272-1227
Optoelectronic Materials and Devices; Photonic Crystal Semiconductor Lasers, Integrated Nanophotonics.

Jeffery Allen

jeffery.allen@uta.edu
Electromagnetic and light matter interaction, nanoscale structures and devices, and quantum enabling technologies

Monica Allen

monica.allen@uta.edu
Nanophotonics, Plasmonics, IR detection technologies, reduced dimensionality materials and devices