ELECTRICAL AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING FACULTY
Department Chair: Dr. Nelson Publicover
332 Scrugham Engineering Bldg. (SEM)
Mail Stop 0260
Phone: (775) 784-6927
Fax: (775) 784-6627
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
TED E. BATCHMAN
Professor, EBME
Curriculum Development Coordinator, Renewable Energy Center
(775) 682-6443
batch_t@unr.edu
website: www.unr.edu/energy/curriculum
PhD 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
Professor, EBME and Associate Dean
(775) 784-1346
indira@unr.edu
PhD Electrical Engineering, 1981 University of Utah
MS Physics 1977, Case Western Reserve University, Ohio
MS 1975, BS 1973, Physics, Bangalore University, India
Research/outreach areas: Numerical and experimental
bioelectromagnetics; RF/microwave dosimetry; RF sensors; electrical
properties of materials; therapeutic applications of electromagnetic
fields.
Relevant past and current experience: Principal Investigator or co-
Investigator on research grants from Johns Hopkins University, National Institutes of Health, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Defense, and Department of Energy; currently member of Biomedical Engineering faculty.
MEHDI ETEZADI-AMOLI
Professor, EBME
(775) 784-6066
etezadi@engr.unr.edu
PhD 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 YAMAN EVRENOSOGLU
Assistant Professor, EBME
(775) 784-6103
cevrenosoglu@unr.edu
website: wolfweb.unr.edu/~cevrenosoglu
PhD 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
PhD 1980, University of Wyoming
MS 1977, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
BS 1974, Cairo University
Research/outreach areas: Control systems; fault detection;
physiological modeling; engineering education
Relevant past experience: Consultant for Giza Systems; Engineer at
National Research Center, Cairo; Assistant Professor, King Abdul Aziz
University; Visiting Professor, GM Research and Development Labs.
JAMES M. HENSON
Associate Professor, EBME
(775) 784-6929
jmh@engr.unr.edu
PhD 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
PhD 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
PhD 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
PhD 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
PhD 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.