Faculty Research and Areas of Expertise

West Lafayette Faculty

Dr. Ken Burbank

Professor and Department Head

  • Thin film sensors

Dr. John P. Denton

Associate Professor

  • Nanotechnology
  • Electronic materials
  • Electronic communications
  • Analog electronics

 

Dr. Jeffrey J. Evans
Assistant Professor

  • Adaptive computing systems
  • Embedded systems and sensor networks
  • High performance and parallel pomputing
  • Computer architecture
  • Data communications

Professor Theodore E. Fahlsing

Assistant Professor

  • Instructional methods
  • Analog electronics

Professor Robert J. Herrick
Robert A. Hoffer Distinguished Professor of EET

  • Navigational aid & communication systems
  • Electronic switching systems
  • Analog circuits and electronics
  • The art and technology of teaching - workshops

Professor Davin Huston

Continuing Lecturer

  • Motion capture
  • Audio/video transport networks
  • Hearing assistance systems

Professor J. Michael Jacob

George W. MacNelly Professor of Technology

  • Audio electronics
  • Analog electronic circuit design
  • The art and technology of teaching

Dr. N. Athula Kulatunga 
Associate Professor

  • Energy management
  • Process controls
  • Building controls
  • Motor controllers
  • Analog electronics
  • Alternative energy systems

Dr. Helen McNally

Associate Professor

  • Development and integration of scanning probe microscopy for biological and medical applications
  • Nanotechnology education

Professor Anthony J. A. Oxtoby
Associate Professor

  • Digital signal processing (DSP)
  • Instrumentation and transducers

Dr. Suranjan Panigrahi

Professor

  • Integrated sensors and systems for biological and healthcare applications
  • Novel intelligent sensors using micro and nanostructured components
  • Portable field scale sensors
  • Biomimetic systems for sensing applications
  • Non-destructive imaging and sensing
  • Pattern recognition
  • Innovation and informal learning

Professor Jefferey J. Richardson
Assistant Professor

  • Design and application of embedded Microcontroller Systems
  • Design and application of virtual microcontroller laboratories

Dr. Rajeswari Sundararajan

Professor

  • Electrical and laser pulse-mediated chemo drug/gene (DNA) delivery (to cancer cells, organs and humans)
  • Electrical and electronics applications to medicine, health care, and home health gadgets
  • Power and high voltage engineering
  • Energy technologies and applications
  • Modeling and simulation of biological systems

 

To find out more on how to become involved in a sponsored project, contact Dr. Ken Burbank, ECET department head, or contact Edie Schmidt, Ph.D., interim associate dean for research.