Department Overview Richard Campbell Richard Campbell Research Associate Professor (2004) Cascade Microtech, Inc. Ph.D. 1984, University of Washington John Carruthers John Carruthers Distinguished Professor of ECE and Physics Nanoelectronics and Nanometrology Ph.D. 1967, University of Toronto Lee Casperson Lee Casperson Professor Emeritus (1983), IEEE Fellow (1995) Optics and Lasers Ph.D. 1971, California Institute of Technology Malgorzata Chrzanowska-Jeske Malgorzata Chrzanowska-Jeske Professor (1989) & Department Chair (2004) Design Automation Ph.D. 1988, Auburn University W. Robert Daasch W. Robert Daasch Professor (1986) IC Design & Test Ph.D. 1982, University of Washington Mark Faust Mark Faust Assistant Professor (2004) Computer Architecture M.S.E.E. 1981, Carnegie-Mellon University Garrison Greenwood Garrison Greenwood Associate Professor (2000) Computational Intelligence Ph.D. 1992, University of Washington Douglas V. Hall Douglas V. Hall Associate Professor (Emeritus) (1995) Computer Architecture Ph.D. 1995, Portland State University Dan Hammerstrom Dan Hammerstrom Professor (2004), Associate Dean for Research (2005) Biologically Inspired Nanoelectronics Ph.D. 1977, University of Illinois, Urbana-ChampaignAssociate Dean for Research Melinda Holtzman Melinda Holtzman Instructor (2005) Electromagnetics Ph.D. 2002, University of Nevada, Reno Y. C. Jenq Y. C. Jenq Professor (1990), IEEE Fellow (1993) Digital Signal Processing Ph.D. 1976, Princeton University Jun Jiao Jun Jiao Professor (1999) Nanotechnology Ph.D. 1997, University of Arizona George G. Lendaris George G. Lendaris Professor (1983), IEEE Fellow (1983) Computational Intelligence Ph.D. 1961, University of California, Berkeley Fu Li Fu Li Professor (1990) Communications Ph.D. 1990, University of Rhode Island James McNames James McNames Associate Professor (1999) Signal Processing Ph.D. 1999, Stanford University Melanie Mitchell Melanie Mitchell Professor of ECE and Computer Science Intelligent Systems and Machine Learning Ph.D. 1990, University of Michigan James E. Morris James E. Morris Professor (2001), IEEE Fellow (2000) Nanoelectronics Packaging Ph.D. 1971, University of Saskatchewan, Canada Siva Narendra Siva Narendra Research Associate Professor (2006) Tyfone, Inc. Ph.D. 2002, Massachusettes Institute of Technology Betsy Natter Betsy Natter Instructor (2004) Microelectronics M.S. 1998, Oregon Graduate Institute Branimir Pejcinovic Branimir Pejcinovic Associate Professor (1992) Microelectronics Ph.D. 1990, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Marek A. Perkowski Marek A. Perkowski Professor (1983) Intelligent Robotics Ph.D. 1980, Technical University of Warsaw, Poland Shalini Prasad Shalini Prasad Assistant Professor (2004) Bio-Nanotechnology Ph.D. 2004, University of California, Riverside Jack C. Riley Jack C. Riley Associate Professor Emeritus (1962) Erik Sanchez Erik Sanchez Assistant Professor of ECE and Physics Ph.D. 1999, Portland State University Rolf Schaumann Rolf Schaumann Professor Emeritus (1988), IEEE Fellow (1986) Analog Circuit Design Ph.D. 1970, University of Minnesota Gerald B. Sheblé Gerald B. Sheblé Maseeh Professor (2006), IEEE Fellow (1988) Energy Systems Ph.D. 1985, Virginia Polytechnical Institute Raj Solanki Raj Solanki Professor of ECE and Physics Nanotechnology Ph.D. 1982, Colorado State University Xiaoyu Song Xiaoyu Song Professor (1998) Formal Verification Ph.D. 1991, University of Pisa, Italy Allen Taylor Allen Taylor Instructor (2003) Network Architecture M.S.E.E. 1970, San Diego State University Richard Tymerski Richard Tymerski Associate Professor (1988) Power Electronics Ph.D. 1988, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Paul Van Halen Paul Van Halen Associate Professor (1985) Analog Circuit Design Ph.D. 1981, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium Lisa M. Zurk Lisa M. Zurk Associate Professor (2004) Electromagnetics & Acoustics Ph.D. 1995, University of Washington Visiting Faculty Bruce Lusignan, Stanford University Communications Engineering, International Development Ph.D. 1963, Stanford University Bruce Lusignan Adjunct Alan Coppola VLSI Synthesis Ph.D./M.A. 1979, SUNY at Binghamton, New York Alan Coppola Christopher Pan Christopher Pan Circuit Design Ph.D. 2002, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Tom Waters Tom Waters Energy Systems B.S. 1970, Oregon State University Heng Xiao Heng Xiao Image Processing Ph.D. 1999, Portland State University The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Portland State University, established in 1982, offers bachelor's, master's, and PhD degrees. The department's facilities are located on the PSU campus in downtown Portland, Oregon. The department's graduates have gone on to successful careers in education, research, and local and nationwide industry. The department's strong ties with local industry allow graduate students to interact with practicing engineers in the classroom and laboratory. Over the past three years, the department has graduated 161 master's and doctoral students. The local chapters of the IEEE and of several honor societies are very active in departmental and university affairs. The Graduate Students in this Electrical Engineering organization maintain a departmental research library and provide a forum for discussing issues of interest. Portland State University is in the midst of a transformation from a local, educational institution to a first-class research university. The Department of Electrical Engineering is a leader in this transformation. Areas of graduate research specialization in the department include: communications, control systems, and robotics; power electronics; computer architecture and systems; VLSI design; analog and digital circuit design; solid-state devices, integrated circuit device modeling and processing; computer-aided design; signal processing, image processing and computer vision; design methods for application specific integrated circuits; electromagnetics and acoustics; neural networks; and parallel processing. The size of the department allows faculty and students to work side-by-side in the department's laboratories. Graduate students and faculty have the opportunity to make a difference in the success and direction of the department and its research programs. This opportunity demands dedication and hard work from all members of the department. The cooperation created by this atmosphere is bringing the Department of Electrical Engineering to the forefront of graduate research and education.