Computational anatomy, tools for segmentation and shape analysis in medical images, high-performance computation methods in medical imaging.
Statistical signal processing, system performance analysis, underwater acoustics and optics, radar, sonar and communications applications.
Mobile communications, signal processing, network protocols.
Microelectronics (fabrication, defect avoidance techniques, device physics, laser processing of materials, VLSI/wafer scale integration, computer aided engineering).
Development of a semi-active Hydraulic engine mount using Magnetorheological (MR) fluids for Automotive applications, in collaboration with General Motors, Michigan, USA
Microfluidics, microassembly, biomedical microdevices and instrumentation, high-aspect ratio microfabrication techniques, micro total analysis systems.
Computational robotics, in particular motion and manipulation planning, geometric reasoning, 3D vision for robotic tasks.
Research interests are in wireless and digital communications at the coding and modulation level. Involved in the study of the recently developed error correcting coding scheme, Turbo-codes, and their application in wireless personal communication systems.
Wireless communication networks, protocols and performance, access control and management of multimedia networks, wide area wireless and ad hoc networks.
Modulation techniques, signal processing, communication theory, adaptive error control techniques.
VLSI systems including VLSI circuits (embedded processors, memories, arithmetic units, etc.), module generators, cell libraries, and CAD support
Applications of artificial intelligence to engineering design, design for manufacturing, finite-element analysis, heat transfer and thermodynamics.
Wireless sensor networks, micro-medical devices, biosensors, wearable electronics, physiological, behavioral, and environmental monitoring. Microelectronic design, test, and fault-tolerance, design and test automation algorithms.
Microelectronic circuit, device and process development for medical imaging applications and large area electronics. Medical imaging using crystalline silicon CMOS technology, large area diagnostic X-ray imaging, X-ray detectors, and active pixel sensors for crystalline and amorphous silicon technology.
Spread-spectrum communications, wireless communications, and packet radio networks.
Computer and communication networks, wireless communications, multimedia transport, and sensor networks.
Microelectronics, integrated circuit technology, integrated sensors.
Electronic systems and computer engineering.
Electronic music, quantum field theories, Einstein-Yang-Mills Theory and power processing circuits.
Image/video compression, image/video processing, filter bank, wavelets, multimedia communications, wireless communications.
Robotics and Biomimetics. My interdisciplinary research involves several disciplines including Mechatronics, Dynamics, Control, MEMS. Targeted applications are mostly in space and biomedical fields.
Silicon micromachining, integrated microelectronics and micromechanical sensors and actuators, commercial IC process compatible sensor and actuators design, IC design microelectronic processing, process and device simulation.
Robot mechanics and control, kinematics of mechanisms, grasping and manipulation, knowledge-based approaches in robotics.
Biomedical transducers (sensors and actuators), optical engineering and biophotonics, vision sensors, reliability of biomedical devices.
Dynamics and control of human movement, postural stability and balance; osteoporosis and hip fracture prevention, orthopedic biomechanics; rehabilitation engineering.
Computer vision, machine learning in computer vision, motion/trajectory tracking, object recognition using vision, structure from motion, and automatic 3D map generation.
Control theory, large scale systems, optimization theory and application to engineering systems.
Biomedical imaging, optical coherence tomography (OCT), microscopy, low-coherence interferometry, micro-opto-electro-mechanical systems, BioMEMS.
Software engineering, real-time and embedded systems.
Software engineering, real-time and embedded systems.
Areas of interest include, Computing System Design, including architectures, design methodologies, and programming models, and Embedded and Real-Time Computing Systems.
Passive RF/microwave circuits, GaAs monolithic microwave integrated circuits, nonlinear RF/microwave devices, active RF/microwave circuits.
Technical and engineering communication, social implications of technology, engineering ethics, professional engineering practice, curriculum development, language and culture, English as a Second Language, equity issues.
Microelectronics, semiconductor devices, digital and analog VLSI design, integrated circuit technology, integrated sensors, IC fabrication defects, yield and reliability of VLSI IC's.
Communication Networks (performance analysis, simulation of protocols and scheduling algorithms, traffic collection, characterization, and modeling, intelligent control of communication systems); nonlinear circuits and systems (simulation tools, homotopy methods, theory of nonlinear circuits.
Personal and mobile communications, compact antennas, diversity antennas, propagation, signal theory, signal processing, DSP techniques wireless systems, microwave techniques, multiport and MIMO systems.
Technical writing processes, project documents and writing in industry, writing with computers, instructional methods and psychology, advanced composition, and information processing in relation to style and format.
Information Visualization, Visual Analytics, Human-computer Interfaces.
Intelligent distributed systems, manufacturing automation, robotic systems, vision and sensing.
Research into the understanding of the integration of neural information in the mammalian spinal cord using both experimental and modelling studies.
Materials Science: surfaces and interfaces, nanostructured materials, and layered solids.
Neurophysiological mechanisms involved in the control of normal and abnormal movements. Pioneering new approaches for the restoration of voluntary movement in people who are paralyzed or impaired by spinal cord injury or stroke - www.neurocuffs.com.
Adaptive and distributed decision systems, holonic manufacturing systems, multi-criteria optimization and manufacturing of defect sensitive products.
Low-voltage CMOS VLSI circuits, Compact modeling of semiconductor devices.
Intelligent sensing, wireless microsensor systems, pattern recognition and image analysis, computer and machine vision, control and robotics, neural networks and fuzzy systems, 3-D vision and image visualization, and sensor fusion technology.