Digital Electronics, Computer Engineering
Active research areas in the department include parallel DSP and FPGA-based computing, micro-controller design, and specialized data acquisition hardware.

Faculty: F. Cady, R. Maher, R. Snider

Micro-electrical Mechanical Systems
Work includes micro-mechanical tip-tilt mirrors, micro-machined pressure sensors, variable focus mirrors, and micro-machined millimeter wavelength systems.

Faculty: J. Becker, D. Dickensheets, T. Kaiser

Montana MicroFabrication Facility (MMF)
The MMF cleanroom comprises two separate laboratory facilities: the EPS cleanroom and the Cobleigh cleanroom. The EPS facility (opening in late 2006) is a 1500 sq. ft. lab consisting of a class 100 lithography area and a class 1000 general processing area. The Cobleigh facility is a 500 sq. ft. class 10,000 lab that presently is home to MMF’s fabrication equipment.

Faculty: D. Dickensheets, Phil Himmer, Facility Manager

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Optics and Optical Electronics
Research areas include optical remote sensing, electro-optic and magneto-optic sensors, electronics for optical systems, miniature confocal microscopes and MOEMS optical components and systems.

Faculty: D. Dickensheets, J. Shaw, F. Cady

Interdisciplinary optics research at MSU

Faculty: H. W. Gao, V. Gerez, M. H. Nehrir

Signal Processing
Analog and digital signal processing are active areas in the department. Projects include work in parameter estimation, optimal filtering, spectral envelope estimation, compression, biologically inspired signal processing, DSP hardware, and novel computational techniques.

Faculty: R. Gunderson, R. Maher, J. Peterson, R. Snider, J. Shaw, S.Shaw

Systems & Controls
Active research in this area includes controls of MOEMS devices, fuel cell system modeling and control strategies, robotics, instrumentation and mechatronics.

Faculty: R. Gunderson, M. H. Nehrir, J. Peterson, S.Shaw

Faculty

James P. Becker, Associate Professor
Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, University of Michigan

Areas of expertise: Silicon micro-machining for millimeter wave applications.
Contact: E-mail Dr. Becker

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Fredrick M. Cady, Professor
Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, University of Canterbury, NZ

Areas of expertise: Microcomputers, Image Processing, Electro-Optic Systems.
Contact: 640 Cobleigh Hall, 994-5976, E-mail Dr. Cady

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David Dickensheets, Associate Professor
Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, Stanford University

Areas of expertise: Optical microscopy and tissue imaging, silicon micro-machining and micro-opto-electro-mechanical systems (MOEMS), miniature imaging and spectroscopy instruments.
Contact: 530 Cobleigh Hall, 994-7874, E-mail Dr. Dickensheets

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Hongwei Gao, Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, Texas A&M University

Research Areas: Electric Motor Drive, Power Electronics, Electric Vehicle, Renewable Energy.
Contact: 635 Cobleigh Hall, 994-5973, E-mail Dr. Gao

Victor Gerez, Professor
Ph.D. Engineering, University of California-Berkeley

Areas of expertise: Power Systems, Energy Conversion, Alternate Energy
Contact: 630 Cobleigh Hall, 994-6942, E-mail Dr. Gerez

Robert Gunderson, Adjunct Professor
Ph.D. Applied Mathematics, University of Alabama

Areas of expertise: Controls, robotics systems, intelligent systems, and pattern recognition.
Contact: 619 Cobleigh Hall, 994-5960, E-mail Dr. Gunderson

Todd J. Kaiser, Associate Professor
Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

Areas of expertise: Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS), inertial sensors and fiber optic systems
Contact: 531 Cobleigh Hall, 994-7276, E-mail Dr. Kaiser

Brock J. LaMeres, Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, University of Colorado-Boulder

Areas of expertise: High Speed Digital Design, Programmable Logic, Interconnect Systems, Microprocessor & Microcontroller Based Systems
Contact: 533 Cobleigh Hall, +1 406-994-5987,  E-mail Dr. LaMeres

Robert C. Maher, Associate Professor
Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois-Urbana

Areas of expertise: Digital Signal Processing, Audio Engineering, and Acoustics
Contact: 529 Cobleigh Hall, 994-7759, E-mail Dr. Maher

M. Hashem Nehrir, Professor
Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, Oregon State University

Areas of expertise: Electric Power Systems and Electric Machines
Contact: 626 Cobleigh Hall, 994-4980, E-mail Dr. M. H. Nehrir

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James Peterson, Professor, Retired, Former Head of Department
Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, Iowa State University

Areas of expertise: Digital filtering, signal processing, estimation and control
Contact: 610 Cobleigh Hall, 994-2501

Joseph Shaw, Associate Professor
Ph.D. Optical Sciences, University of Arizona

Areas of expertise: Development and application of optical remote sensing systems, including radiometers, polarimeters, and lidars; photography and science of optical phenomena in nature
Contact: 518 Cobleigh Hall, 994-7261, E-mail Dr. J. Shaw

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Steven Shaw, Associate Professor
Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Areas of expertise: System identification, modeling, control and instrumentation.
Contact: 532 Cobleigh Hall, 994-5982, E-mail Dr. S. Shaw

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Ross Snider, Associate Professor
Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, Vanderbilt University

Areas of expertise: Signal Processing, Speech Recognition, Real-Time Systems, Auditory and Visual Neuroscience.
Contact: 538 Cobleigh Hall, 994-1645, E-mail Dr. R. Snider

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Richard Wolff, Professor, Gilhousen Telecommunications Chair
Ph.D. Physics, Columbia University

Areas of expertise: Optical Networks, Packet switching, Wireless systems, Satellite Communications, Ad hoc Networks, Telematics.
Contact: 509 Cobleigh Hall, 994-7172, E-mail Dr. R. Wolff

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