FACULTY IN THE DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING

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FACULTY IN THE DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND
COMPUTER ENGINEERING

• Presented to the
• ECE 1001
• Introduction to Electrical and Computer
  Engineering Class
• by
• Stan Burns
• Professor and Department Head
• Fall Semester 2003

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• Stan Burns
• Professor and Head (Since 1998)
• B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in E.E. Univ. of Wisconsin
  Madison
• Expertise in microelectronics, semiconductor
  device processing, analog circuit design
• Northland Advanced Transportation Systems
  Research Laboratories (NATSRL)-Principal
  Investigator
• Senior member IEEE, Member ASEE, ECS
• Registered Professional Engineer in Minnesota and
  Iowa

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• Chris Carroll
• Associate Professor and Assistant Department Head
• At UMD Since 1988
• B.S. from Ga Tech, M.S.E.E. and Ph.D. in C.S.
  California Institute of Technology
• Expertise in digital systems and microprocessor
  and
• microcontroller applications
• Member ASEE

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• Rocio Alba Flores
• Assistant Professor
• M.S.E.E. and Ph. D. in E.E. Tulane University
  December 99
• Joined ECE Fall 2000
• Expertise in control systems, embedded systems,
  digital and image processing, digital and analog
  circuit design, mobile robots

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• Mohammed Hasan
• Associate Professor
• At UMD since 1997
• M.S.E.E. And Ph.D. in E.E. and Applied
  Mathematics, Colorado State Univ.
• Expertise in signal processing, modeling and
  estimation of random processes, and
  electromagnetic fields

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• Taek Mu Kwon
• Professor
• At UMD since 1988
• M.S. and Ph.D. in E.E. from Florida State
  University
• Expertise in neural networks and fuzzy
  controllers, digital signal processing, computer
  networks, Mn/DOT related instrumentation and data
  analysis
• NATSRL Co-Principal Investigator

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• Scott Norr
• Adjunct Faculty Instructor
• Industrial experience in power systems and power
  electronics
• Teaches a lecture and laboratory course in power
  systems and lecture and laboratory courses in
  digital circuit design
• Registered Professional Engineer

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• Fernando Rios Gutierrez
• Assistant Professor
• M.S.E.E. and Ph.D. in E.E. from Tulane University
  Fall 2000
• Joined ECE Fall 2000
• Expertise in digital systems and microprocessor
  design and applications, instrumentation,
  adaptive control systems, neural networks and
  applications to plant control

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• Bassam Shaer
• Assistant Professor
• At UMD since 1996
• B.S.E.E. Univ. of Florida, M.S.E.E. and Ph.D. in
  E.E. Univ. of South Florida
• Expertise in digital design, VLSI, communications
  systems, and digital signal processing

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• Marian Stachowicz
• Professor and Jack Rowe Chair
• At UMD since 1991
• M.S. in Control and Computer Engineering
  Leningrad Electrical Institute, Ph.D. and D.Sc in
  Digital Electronics and Computer Control Systems
  Univ. of Cracow, Poland
• Expertise in control systems, soft computing and
  fuzzy logic, applications of advanced software
  to control of industrial processes

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• Jiann-Shiou Yang
• Professor
• At UMD since 1988
• M.S. and Ph.D. in E.E. Univ. of Maryland College
  Park
• Expertise in robust and automatic control, system
  theory, computer-aided control system design and
  biped locomotion
• Senior Member IEEE

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• Tom Ferguson
• Adjunct Faculty Instructor
• Vice-President Minnesota Power
• Chair ECE External Advisory Committee
• Teaches an advanced course in telecommunications
• Registered Professional Engineer

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• Lee Zimmerman
• Adjunct Assistant Professor
• Ph. D. in E.E. University of Minnesota, 1989
• Experience as an Assistant Professor Tulane
  University
• Teaching in the areas of microcomputer-based
  fuzzy logic systems, psychology of human vision,
  mobile robots to support senior design and
  digital circuit design