Faculty and Staff
Department Chair: Dr. Nelson Publicover
Faculty
- Batchman, Ted
– Microwave and Optical Engineering
- Chatterjee, Indira
– RF & Microwave Engineering, Electromagnetics, Biomedical Engineering
- Etezadi-Amoli, Mehdi
– Power Systems, Signal Processing, Renewable Energy
- Evrenosoglu, Cansin Yaman
– Power System Design, Operation and Analysis, Renewable Energy Systems
- Fadali, Sami
– Control Systems
- Henson, James
– Signal and Image Processing, Radar System Simulation - Publicover, Nelson
– Electrophysiology, Imagine and Biosensors
- Rawat, Banmali
– Optical Communications, Microwave Engineering, Optical Sensors - Shen, Yantao
– Bioinstrumentation, Smart Sensors and Actuators for Bio-systems, Sensorized Micro/Nano Systems
- Trzynadlowski, Andrezej
– Power Electronics, Electric Machines and Drives, Renewable Energy - Zhu, Xiaoshan
– Biochemical Sensors, BioMENS/NEMS, Microsystems
Biomedical Engineering Faculty
TED
E. BATCHMAN
Director, Renewable Energy Center
Professor, EBME
(775) 682-6443
batch_t@unr.edu
website: www.redfieldcampus.nevada.edu
Ph.D. 1966, MS 1963, BS 1962, University of Kansas
Research/outreach areas: Optical communication and signal processing devices; submillimeter microwave measurement devices and fabrication, fiber optic sensors and devices and Engineering education and teaching methods.
Relevant past experience: Principal Investigator on NSF
research grants for submillimeter electric and magnetic field measurement
devices; NASA integrated optical signal processing research grants; U.S.
Army optical image processing research grants; corporate funded fiber optic
sensor grant; RF field focusing surgical tools; semiconductor circuit modeling
and simulation; consultant on electromagnetic interference, illumination,
optical alignment procedures and microwave radiation effects, organized
several national and international meetings on K-12 science, math, engineering
and technology education.
INDIRA
CHATTERJEE
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.
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.
CANSIN
Assistant Professor, EBME
(775) 784-6103
cevrenosoglu@unr.edu
website: wolfweb.unr.edu/~cevrenosoglu
Ph.D. 2006, Texas A&M University
MS 2001, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
BS 1998, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
Research/outreach areas: Electric power system analysis,
operation and design; renewable energy systems (distributed generation);
power system dynamic/static state estimation; fault location along power
system transmission and distribution lines; optimal power flow studies;
power system visualization.
Relevant past experience: Research and Teaching Assistant
at Istanbul Technical University Electrical Engineering Dept. specializing
in electric power systems generation, transmission, distribution; applications
engineer in Siemens; Research and Teaching Assistant at Texas A&M University
Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept. specializing in power system operations,
analysis, control, electromagnetic transients and visualization; Senior
Consultant at Nexant, Inc. Software &
Information Systems specializing in electric energy markets,
electric power system operation/design and software development.
M.
SAMI FADALI
Professor, EBME
(775) 784-6951
fadali@engr.unr.edu
website: www.unr.nevada.edu/~fadali/fadali.html
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.
JAMES
M. HENSON
Associate Professor, EBME
(775) 784-6929
jmh@engr.unr.edu
Ph.D. 1991, MS 1988, BS 1984, University of Arkansas
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
NELSON
PUBLICOVER
Professor, and Chair, EBME
Director, Graduate Program in Biomedical Engineering
(775) 784-4952
nelson@unr.edu
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
BANMALI
S. RAWAT
Professor, EBME
(775) 784-1457
rawat@engr.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.
Yantao
Shen
Assistant Professor, EBME
(775) 784-6918
ytshen@unr.edu
Ph.D. 2002, Chinese University of Hong Kong
MS, BS Beijing Institute of Technology
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.
ANDRZEJ
M. TRZYNADLOWSKI
Professor, EBME
(775) 784-1490
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.
XIAOSHAN "SEAN" ZHU
Assistant Professor, EBME
(775) 682-6298
xzhu@unr.edu
website: www.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.
ADJUNCT FACULTY
Avery, William
Adjunct Professor
drbill@soaringaudio.com
phone: (775) 425-8000
Craviso, Gale
Professor
gcraviso@medicine.nevada.edu
phone: (775) 784-4118
EMERITUS FACULTY
Kleppe, John
Professor
kleppe@ee.unr.edu
Phone: (775) 784-6944
Johnson, Bruce
Professor
johnson@ee.unr.edu
Phone (775) 784-4211
STAFF
Jitloff, Pam
Department Administrative Assistant
Jitloff@unr.edu
Phone: (775) 784-6927
Mcpherson, Dana
Research Engineer
Dana@engr.unr.edu
Phone: (775) 784-6919