Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering

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Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering

• Computer and Systems Engineering
• Electric Power Engineering
• Electrical Engineering

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Research Highlights
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Research and Teaching Areas
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Control Systems Research
Theory

• Robust multivariable
• Nonlinear and adaptive
• Discrete event systems

Faculty Murat Arcak Joe Chow Alan
Desrochers John Wen
Funded Projects NSF, EPRI, NYPA, ESI, UTRC,
NYSTAR
Applications
Design Tools
Power systems, motion control, robotics, fuel
cells, network congestion, microsystems, factory
automation ...
Simulation and design toolboxes, real-time DSP
control, network based control
For further information www.ecse.rpi.edu/control
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Microelectronics Photonics Technology Group

• Design, modeling, processing and characterization
  of electronic and photonic devices in Si, narrow
  (GaSb) and/or wide bandgap semiconductors (SiC,
  GaN)
• IC interconnect technology and design, including
  3D integration, Cu/low-k and optical
• VLSI design and IC-CAD tool algorithms
• Bulk and epi growth of narrow and wide bandgap
  semiconductors

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Computer Hardware, Architecture, VLSI and
Mixed-Signal Design Group

• Ultra-high-speed SiGe HBT digital circuits
  design
• Gigahertz SiGe FPGA, High speed adder
• SiGe high speed processor core
• Wideband high frequency mixed-signal circuits
  design
• Serial/Deserial (SERDES) data link, A/D
  converter, Field Programmable Analog Array
  (FPAA), Wideband amplifier
• VLSI architecture design for communication and
  DSP systems
• VLSI architectures for channel coding,
  equalization, signal detection, image/video
  compression algorithms

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Image Analysis and Computer Vision
Real-time face tracking
Biomedical computer vision
Large-scale camera networks
Handwriting recognition
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Networks Grouphttp//networks.ecse.rpi.edu/

• Networks
• Internet
• Wireless
• Ad Hoc
• Free Space Optical
• LAN

• Protocols
• Routing
• Congestion Control
• Medium Access
• Multicast
• Traffic Engineering
• Network Management

• Faculty
• Ken Vastola
• Shiv Kalyanaraman
• Biplab Sikdar
• Alhussein Abouzeid
• Koushik Kar

• Techniques
• Queuing Theory
• Random Processes
• Optimization
• Search Methods
• Simulation
• Implementation

• Applications/Services
• Audio/Video
• Distributed Sensors
• Community Access
• Overlay QoS

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Electric Power, Power Electronics, Plasma
Engineering and Electromagnetics

• M.V.K. Chari
• J. Sun

• K.A. Connor
• P.M. Schoch

• R.C. Degeneff
• G.B. Kliman

• S.J. Salon
• J.K. Nelson

• J. Chow
• D.M. Demers

• MACHINES
• Noise and vibration in motors
• Condition monitoring of large utility generators
• Modeling of generators with a superconducting
  rotor
• Analytical tools for large machines
• SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND CONTROL 
• Load shedding in islanded power distribution
  networks
• Optimal control of a Microgrid with overlaid
  communications
• Controls for governor action on a Pelton turbine
• Protective relaying for islanding in distributed
  power systems
• POWER ELECTRONICS 
• Power Quality
• Power Electronic Circuitry

• TRANSFORMER TECHNOLOGIES 
• Evolution of gas-in-oil in power transformers
• Transient modeling of transformer structures
• PERIPHERAL ACTIVITIES
• The development of nanodielectric insulating
  materials
• Application of magnetic fields to cells
• Medical applications of piezo-electric motors 
• Transient quenching of superconductors
• DIAGNOSTICS FOR FUSION PLASMAS
• Heavy Ion Beam Probe on MST (Wisconsin)
• Heavy Ion Beam Probe on W7X (Germany)
• Spectroscopic Imaging Beam Diagnostic 

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Core Curriculum Overview
EducationResearch
ECSEResearch
StudioPedagogy
Next Generation Engineering Learning
Environments
Innovative
Interactive
Engaging
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Communications, Image and Signal Processing
L. A. Gerhardt G. Nagy
W. A Pearlman J. W. Woods
G. J. Saulnier Q. Ji
A. V. Mercado R. J. Radke
N. Xiang
Wireless Networks Secure Communications Adaptive
Modulation Coding
Image Compression Video Compression Data
Compression
Adaptive Pattern Recognition 3D Image
Segmentation Reconstruction
Watermarking Data Hiding Acoustic and Audio
Processing