March 11, 2026
EcoCar3 (Electrical Engineering Faculty Adviser)
Sponsored by General Motors and Argonne National Laboratory, EcoCar3 is a national competition among engineering schools to redesign a Chevrolet Camaro into a high-performance hybrid electric vehicle.
Tonality in Cochlear Implants
Current cochlear implants lack the ability to transmit pitch in sound to patients Ð a crucial lack not only for fully hearing music, but especially for speakers of tonal languages such as Chinese. Our research has already shown and patented an approach to providing tone for implant patients, but success has only been demonstrated in…
Profitability of Energy Storage in a Competitive Environment
This project investigates techniques to assess the profitability of deploying distributed energy storage in competitive electricity markets. After reviewing the rules that have been implemented for the integration of storage, we are developing optimization models of increasing accuracy and complexity to determine the optimal location and size of batteries.
All-CMOS Neural Interfaces
This work seeks to address the challenges associated with implementing neural interface electronics using standard Complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) technologies, to enable single-chip, bidirectional brain computer interfaces (BBCI). Specific barriers currently being addressed are the seeming incompatibility between low-voltage CMOS devices and the required high voltages resulting from biphasic neural stimulation. These implantable devices have potential…
Classification and Recognition from High Dimensional Network Dynamics
We develop methods at the interface of dynamical system theory and data analysis to classify the dynamics that networks produce. In neuronal networks these are collections of experimentally observed time-series recorded from multiple neurons as they respond to stimuli. We also develop optimal strategies for network sampling to obtain efficient classification. Examples of classifications from…
Helicity Injected Torus
Study of non-inductive formation and sustainment of a spheromak.
Ultrathin Flexible Quantum Dot Devices on Nanocellulose Paper
Made from the same cellulose materials as regular paper, but with new engineered methods to reduce the size of the cellulose fibers, nanocellulose papers can achieve highly transparency (>90%) and smoothness (<10 nm). Furthermore, nanocellulose paper is biodegradable and environmentally friendly. At the same time, solution-processed quantum dots (QDs) have high optical qualities with high…
On-chip single photon detectors for hybrid photonic quantum networks
Radio Frequency Full-Duplex Communication
The current “holy grail” of radio integration is the implementation of self-interference cancellation techniques which would allow simultaneous operation of a transmitter and receiver, associated with the same transceiver, while sharing an identical carrier frequency. This research seeks to explore and implement integrated radio frequency (RF) cancellation and filtering techniques which would allow same-channel simultaneously…
Shared Use of Energy Storage Devices
Because the cost of battery energy storage systems is still high, justifying their installation requires multiple revenue streams. This project investigates how a battery installed by a distribution utility can be used not only to assist in the operation of the distribution network but also to reduce congestion in the transmission network operated by another…
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