Department of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering
Department - Faculty & Staff
Electrical and Biomedical Engineering Faculty/Staff
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Indira Chatterjee Professor and Associate Dean
Associate Dean, College of Engineering
& Professor of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering
MS 0260, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557
Phone: 775-784-1346, 775-784-1350 (Dean's Office)
Fax: 775-784-6627
E-mail: indira@unr.edu
PhD Electrical Engineering 1981 University of Utah
MS Physics 1977, Case Western Reserve University
MS 1975 BS 1973 Physics, Bangalore University, India
Research/outreach areas: Bioeffects of radiofrequency, microwave and millimeter wave electromagnetic fields on cells and tissue, design of microwave and millimeter wave exposure systems, numerical and experimental dosimetry, high intensity nanoelectric pulse effects on cells, clinical applications of electromagnetic fields.
Relevant past and current experience: Principal Investigator or Co-Principal Investigator on research grants from Air Force Office of Scientific Research, National Institutes of Health, Department of Energy, Environmental Protection Agency, Johns Hopkins University.
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Mehdi Etezadi-Amoli Professor and Chair
MEHDI ETEZADI-AMOLI
Professor, EBME
(775) 784-6066
etezadi@engr.unr.edu
website: wolfweb.unr.edu/~etezadi/
Ph.D. 1974, New Mexico State University
MS 1972, New Mexico State University
BS 1970, New Mexico State University
Research/outreach areas: Power systems analysis, planning, and protection; renewable energy; electromagnetic transient simulations; large scale system modeling; neural networks and fuzzy control application to power systems.
Relevant past experience: Senior Protection Engineer, Arizona Public
Service Co.; Assistant Professor, University of New Mexico and New Mexico State University.
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M. Sami Fadali Professor
Professor of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering
MS 0260, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557
Phone: 775-784-
Fax: 775-784-6627
fadali@engr.unr.edu
website: http://wolfweb.unr.edu/~fadali/
Ph.D. 1980, University of Wyoming
MS 1977, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
BS 1974, Cairo University
Research/outreach areas: Research/outreach areas: Control systems;fuzzy logic, Bayesian networks, fault detection; physiological modeling; engineering education.
Relevant past experience: Engineer, Giza Systems; Engineer, National Research Center, Cairo; Assistant Professor, King Abdul Aziz University; Visiting Professor, Oakland University, GM Research and Development Labs, and TRW Missile Division, San Bernardino, CA.
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Jim Henson Associate Professor
Associate Professor of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering
MS 0260, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557
Phone: 775-784-6929
Fax: 775-784-6627
E-mail: jmh@engr.unr.edu
Ph.D. 1991, MS 1988, BS 1984, University of Arkansas
http://unr.edu/ebme/department/faculty/jhenson
Research/outreach areas: Simulation and analysis of real and synthetic aperture imaging radar systems, 3D radar systems, inverse synthetic aperture systems, image and signal processing.
Relevant past experience: Research Engineer, Image and Signal
Processing Group, Martin Marietta, Orlando Aerospace; Radar
Engineer, Advanced Weapons Directorate, Phillips Laboratories,
Kirkland AFB, NM, 3D radar simulation and analysis, The Sierra
Nevada Corporation.
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Nelson Publicover Professor
Professor of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering
MS 0260, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557
Phone: 775-784-4952
Fax: 775-784-6627
E-mail: nelson@unr.edu
WEB:www.unr.edu/ebme//department/faculty/npublicover
Ph.D. 1981, McGill University, Montreal
MS 1977, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia
BSc 1976, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia
Research/outreach areas: Biophysics of muscle cells, mathematical
modeling of electrical activity in syncytial tissues, high-rate fluorescence imaging, near-field and total internal reflectance microscopy, biosensors, biomedical instrument design
Relevant past experience: Consulting engineer for a number of biotech and instrument design companies
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Banmali RawatProfessor
Professor of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering
MS 0260, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557
Phone: 775-784-1457
Fax: 775-784-6627
E-mail: rawat@unr.edu
Ph.D. 1976, Sri Venkateswara University, India
MSEE 1970, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University
BSEE 1968, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University
Research/outreach areas: Analysis, design and fabrication of microstrip components; microstrip couplers on anisotropic substrates; microstrip couplers on DGS; development of optical fiber sensors for various applications; optical fiber communication; Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) and tunable MUX/DEMUX using acouso-optic cell arrays for DWDM applications; chaotic ring laser for secured optical communication.
Relevant past experience: Instrumentation Engineer at West Coast Paper Mills; Senior Scientist, Defense R&D Laboratories-Aeronautical Development Establishment; Defense Electronics Applications Laboratory, India-satellite communication, radar and avionic systems; Professor, University of North Dakota; NASA-ASEE Summer Faculty Fellow at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, summer 1997, 1999; Visiting Professor, ENIB-France, Kyushu University-Japan, Advanced Telecommunication Research Institute- Japan, University of New South Wales-Australia and Chemnitz University of Technology-Germany.
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Yantao ShenAssistant Professor
Assistant Professor of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering
MS 0260, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557
Phone: 775-784-6918
Fax: 775-784-6627
E-mail: ytshen@unr.edu
Ph.D. 2002, Chinese University of Hong Kong
MS, BS Beijing Institute of Technology
www.unr.edu/ebme/department/faculty/YtShen/index.html
Research/outreach areas: bioinstrumentation, smart sensors and actuators for bio-systems, sensorized micro/nano systems, visual servo systems, and haptic/tactile interfaces.
Relevant past experience: From 2002 to 2007, Yantao was a Research Associate in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Michigan State University. He led research in sensorized and network-enabled micro/bio systems and design. Dr. Shen is a member of the IEEE and Sigma Xi.
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Andrzej M. TrzynadlowskiProfessor
Professor of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering
MS 0260, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557
Phone: 775-784-1490
Fax: 775-784-6627
E-mail: chin@engr.unr.edu
Ph.D. 1974, Technical University of Wroclaw, Poland
MS 1969, Technical University of Wroclaw, Poland
MS 1964, Technical University of Wroclaw, Poland
Research/outreach areas: Power electronics, control of electric motors, pulse width modulation techniques, noise, vibration, and EMI mitigation in adjustable speed drives, fault diagnosis in electromachine systems, application of DSPs in power conversion schemes, renewable energy systems, novel structures of electric machines.
Relevant past experience: Fellow of IEEE; Summer Faculty Research Fellow – Naval Surface Warfare Center, 1998; Danfoss Visiting Professor Aalborg University, Denmark, 1997; COBASE and NATO Fellowships, 1996; Assistant Director – UNR Industrial Assessment Center, 1993-97; IEEE IAS Myron Zucker Grantee, 1992; faculty member – University of Wyoming, 1984-87; University of Texas at Arlington, 1983-84; University of Salahuddin, Iraq, 1980-82; Technical University of Wroclaw, Poland, 1966-79. Research funded by NSF, NRC, DOE, DOD, Texas Instruments, and General Motors; numerous projects for Polish industry.
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Xiaoshan ZhuAssistant Professor
Assistant Professor of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering
MS 0260, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557
Phone: 775-682-6298
Fax: 775-784-6627
E-mail: xzhu@unr.edu
http://wolfweb.unr.edu/~xzhu/
Ph.D. 2005, University of Cincinnati
MS 2000, Tsinghua University, China
BS 1997, Nankai University, China
Research/outreach areas: Electroanalytical chemistry; electrochemical/optical immunoassay; bio-separation; micro/nano biosensors; microfluidics; micro/nanofabrication; BioMEMS; integrated bio-analytical systems.
Relevant past experience: Research scientist at YSI, Inc. (2005-2008); Worked on various sensor systems for water nutrients (phosphate, nitrite, nitrate, etc.) monitoring; waterborne pathogens detection; and clinical blood diagnosis.
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Bill AveryAdjunct Professor
Adjunct Professor of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering
MS 0260, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557
Phone: 775-425-8000
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Gale CravisoProfessor
Professor Department of Pharmacology
Adjunct Professor of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering
MS 0260, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557
Phone: 775-784-4118
Fax: 775-784-1620
E-mail: gcraviso@medicine.nevada.edu
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Ted BatchmanEmeritus Professor/Dean
Batchman, Ted
Emeritus Dean, Professor
batch_t@unr.edu
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John KleppeEmeritus Professor
Kleppe, John
Emeritus Professor
kleppe@ee.unr.edu
Phone: (775) 784-6944
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Bruce JohnsonEmeritus Professor
Johnson, Bruce
Emeritus Professor
johnson@ee.unr.edu