Cullen College of Engineering

Electrical and Computer Engineering

ECE Speaker Series

2020
Jose 'Pepe' Contreras-Vidal Neuroengineering the Creative Brain: Challenges and Opportunities at the Nexus of Art and Science Date: 04/20/2020 - 9:55am Location: Zoom Meeting
Hadi Ghasemi Material Paradigms for Full-Spectrum Solar Energy Harvesting and Storage Date: 03/30/2020 - 9:55am Location: Zoom Meeting
Constance Johnson Aging in Place Using Smart and Assistive Technology (CANCELLED) Date: 03/16/2020 - 9:55am Location: CBB Rm. 106
Christy F. Landes Towards Quantitative Protein Separations: Imaging Protein Dynamics at Nanoscale Interfaces Date: 03/02/2020 - 9:55am Location: CBB Rm. 106
Tony Jun Huang Acoustofluidics: Merging Acoustics and Microfluidics for Biomedical Applications Date: 02/24/2020 - 9:55am Location: CBB Rm. 106
Mark Everett Theory and Application of Controlled-Source Electromagnetic Geophysics Date: 02/03/2020 - 9:55am Location: CBB Rm. 106
Albert M. K. Cheng Implementing Next-Generation Embedded Systems with Functional Reactive Programming and Real-Time Virtual Resources Date: 01/27/2020 - 9:55am Location: CBB Rm. 106

2019
Amanda Haes Nanoparticles and SERS – To Stability and Beyond! Date: 11/18/2019 - 9:55am Location: Room 106, Arnold Hall
Mubarak Shah Video Capsule Networks: Human Action Detection, Video Object Segmentation and Video Segmentation Conditioned on Text Date: 11/11/2019 - 9:55am Location: Room AH106, Agnes Arnold Hall
Costas Sarris Electromagnetic Field Based Wireless Channel Propagation Models: Fundamental Advances and Integration with Network Protocol Design Date: 11/04/2019 - 9:55am Location: Room AH106, Agnes Arnold Hall
Gustavo Rohde Transport and Other Lagrangian Transforms for Signal Processing and Machine Learning Date: 10/28/2019 - 9:55am Location: Room 106, Arnold Hall
Marzia Cescon Toward Medically Inspired Internet-of-Things Automated Glucose Control Systems for People with Diabetes Date: 10/14/2019 - 9:55am Location: Room 106, Arnold Hall
Ali Adibi Resonance-based Integrated Nanophotonic Structures for Lab-on-chip Sensing and Spectroscopy Date: 09/16/2019 - 9:55am Location: Room 106, Arnold Hall
Jin-Oh Hahn Model-Based Development and Evaluation of Physiological Monitoring and Closed-Loop Control Systems Date: 04/22/2019 - 9:55am Location: Engr Bldg 2, Rm W122
Minh Hoai Nguyen Attentive Human Action Recognition Date: 04/19/2019 - 1:00pm Location: Room 102D, Engineering Building 1
Babak Fahimi Optimal Design, Control and Condition Monitoring of IPMSM and Induction Motor Drives Date: 04/15/2019 - 9:55am Location: Engr Bldg 2, Rm D3-W122
Gerard L. Coté Point of Care Biomedical Sensing and Imaging for Enhancing Health in Underserved Communities Date: 04/08/2019 - 9:55am Location: Engr Bldg 2, Rm W122
Tianhong Dai Antibiotic Resistance: Is There a (Blue) Light at the End of the Tunnel? Date: 04/01/2019 - 9:55am Location: Engr Bldg 2, Rm W122
Rui He Raman Spectroscopy of 2D Materials Date: 03/25/2019 - 9:55am Location: Engr Bldg 2, Rm W122
Feng Pan Large-Scale Optimization in Energy Applications Date: 03/18/2019 - 9:55am Location: Engr Bldg 2, Rm D3-W122
Huilin Tu Degradable Materials for Multi-Stage Stimulation Date: 03/04/2019 - 9:55am Location: Room W122, Engineering Building 2
Amanda Lazar The Role of Technology in Understanding Perspectives on Aging and Health Date: 02/18/2019 - 9:55am Location: Room W122, Engineering Building 2
Jinyang Yang Advances in Optical Coded-aperture Imaging: Ultrafast Visualization and Ultra-precise Modulation of Laser Beam/Pulses Date: 02/11/2019 - 9:55am Location: Room W122, Engineering Building 2
Cosmin Safta Workflows for Quantifying Uncertainty in Computational Model Predictions Date: 02/04/2019 - 9:55am Location: Room W122, Engineering Building 2

2018
Sabato Santaniello Temporal Evolution and Diagnostic Utility of High Frequency Oscillations in Drug-Resistant Epilepsy Date: 11/19/2018 - 9:55am Location: Engr Bldg 2, Rm W122
Peter Bajcsy Multi-faceted Software-Based Measurements from Large Microscopy Images Date: 11/12/2018 - 9:55am Location: Engr Bldg 2, Rm W122
Palash Bharadwaj Antenna-Coupled Optoelectronics With Two- Dimensional Materials Date: 11/05/2018 - 9:55am Location: Engr Bldg 2, Rm W122
Reza Shadmehr The Cerebellum as a Supervised Learning Machine Date: 10/22/2018 - 9:55am Location: Engr Bldg 2, Rm W122
Steve Jiang Artificial Intelligence in Cancer Research Date: 10/15/2018 - 12:00pm Location: ECE Large Conference Room (D N328)
Filippo Capolino Interesting Electromagnetic Phenomena in Metamaterials and Some Applications Date: 10/15/2018 - 9:55am Location: Engr Bldg 2, Rm W122
Gabriel Popescu 3D Imaging of Thick Specimens Using Gradient Light Interference Microscopy (GLIM) Date: 10/08/2018 - 9:55am Location: Engr Bldg 2, Rm W122
Zeynep Çelik-Butler Flexible, Self-Packaged MEMS Sensors and Nano Energy Harvesters Date: 10/01/2018 - 9:55am Location: Engr Bldg 2, Rm W122
Trac D. Tran Entropy Minimization for Sparse Recovery, Low-rank Approximation and Representative Selection Date: 09/24/2018 - 9:55am Location: Engr Bldg 2, Rm W122
Kristen Maitland Internal Excitation in Whole Animal Fluorescence Imaging for Enhanced Detection of Tuberculosis Date: 09/17/2018 - 9:55am Location: Engr Bldg 2, Rm W122
Chia-Hung Chen Ultrafast Single-Cell Level Enzymatic Tumor Profiling Date: 09/10/2018 - 9:55am Location: Engr Bldg 2, Rm W122
Peter So High Throughput, High Content Neurobiological Imaging Date: 05/16/2018 - 11:00am Location: Engr Bldg 2, Rm E-220
Shanlin Pan Photoelectrochemical Investigations of Semiconductor Surfaces and Catalyst Interfaces for Clean Energy Date: 04/30/2018 - 9:55am Location: Engr Bldg 2, Rm W122
Keith Roper Nanoantenna-induced Carriers and Nonlinear Susceptibility in 2D Materials Date: 04/23/2018 - 9:55am Location: Engr Bldg 2, Rm W122
Irina Larina Exploring Reproduction and Development through Functional Optical Imaging Date: 02/26/2018 - 10:00am Location: Engr Bldg 2, Rm W122
Albert Hoefel System Architecture, Practical Grounding and Signal Distribution Date: 02/19/2018 - 9:55am Location: Engr Bldg 2, Rm W122
Ronald Summers The Impact of Deep Learning on Radiology Date: 02/12/2018 - 9:45am Location: Engr Bldg 2, Rm W122
Won Park Principles and Biomedical Applications of Plasmon Enhanced Luminescence Upconversion Date: 02/05/2018 - 9:55am Location: Engr Bldg 2, Rm W122

2017
Pei-Yu Chiou Light-Controlled Cellular Surgery Date: 11/20/2017 - 9:55am Location: Engr Bldg 2, Rm W122
Vladislav V. Yakovlev Per Aspera Ad Astra: Channeling Light Through Opaque Medium Date: 11/13/2017 - 9:55am Location: Engr Bldg 2, Rm W122
Jeff Wang Discerning Rare Disease Biomarkers by Micro- and Nanotechnologies Date: 11/06/2017 - 9:55am Location: Engr Bldg 2, Rm W122
Huikai Xie MEMS Scanning Mirrors and Their Sensing and Imaging Applications Date: 10/23/2017 - 9:50am Location: Engr Bldg 2, Rm W122
Jin Z. Zhang Novel Optical Properties of Plasmonic Metal Nanostructures: A Case Study of Hollow Gold Nanospheres (HGNs) and Their Applications in Sensing and Cancer Therapy Date: 09/18/2017 - 10:00am Location: Engr Bldg 2, Rm W122
Nianqiang Wu Plasmon-Enhanced Solar Energy Conversion in Semiconductor-Metal heterojunctions Date: 04/24/2017 - 10:00am Location: Engr Bldg 2, Rm W122
B. Shanker Challenges and Opportunities in High Fidelity Computational Electromagnetic simulation Date: 04/17/2017 - 10:00am Location: Engr Bldg 2, Rm W122
Richard Levenson Microscopic Evaluation of Tissue: The Definitive Diagnostic Procedure Date: 04/10/2017 - 10:00am Location: Engr Bldg 2, Rm W122
Alexandre Brolo Golden Times for Nanotechnology: Plasmonic Materials and their applications Date: 03/20/2017 - 10:00am Location: Engr Bldg 2, Rm W122
Robert Magnusson Guided-mode resonance nanophonics: Fundamentals and applications Date: 02/13/2017 - 10:00am Location: Egr Bldg 2, Rm W122

2016
Syed Mubeen Engineering Nanomaterials for Solar Fuel and Chemical Production Date: 11/21/2016 - 10:00am Location: Egr Bldg 2, Rm W122
Steven Gao Low-cost Small Smart Antennas for Wireless Communications Date: 10/31/2016 - 10:00am Location: Egr Bldg 2, Rm W122
Kai Zhu Perovskite Solar Cells: Materials Synthesis, Device Operation and Charge Carrier Dynamics Date: 10/28/2016 - 12:30pm Location: Egr Bldg 2, Rm W122
Dr. Jiming Song Efficient Modeling of Electromagnetic and Ultrasonic Wave Propagation and Applications in Nondestructive Evaluation Date: 10/18/2016 - 4:00pm Location: Egr Bldg 2, Rm W122
Dr. Yung-Hsian Lu Opportunities and Challenges in Global Network Cameras Date: 10/03/2016 - 10:00am Location: Egr Bldg 2, Rm W122
Dr. Jingyu Lin Hexagonal boron nitride: Epitaxial growth, optical properties, and exploration of active devices Date: 09/26/2016 - 10:00am Location: Egr Bldg 2, Rm W122
Dr. Joel Kubby Adaptive Optical Microscopy using Direct Wavefront Sensing Date: 09/12/2016 - 10:00am Location: Egr Bldg 2, Rm W122
Dr. Teri Odom Follow the Nano Brick Road Date: 04/29/2016 - 2:30pm Location: UH Hilton
Dr. Mark Arnold Noninvasive Spectroscopy for Analytical Measurements of Glucose in People and Polarizability in Novel Organic Co-Crystaline Materials Date: 04/22/2016 - 12:00pm Location: Egr Bldg 2 Rm W122
Dr. Frederico Rosei Multifunctional Material for Electronics and Photonics Date: 04/11/2016 - 10:00am Location: Egr Bldg 2 Rm W122
Dr. Scott Carney Lens vs Algorithm: Optical Imaging in the Age of Computers Date: 04/04/2016 - 10:00am Location: Egr Bldg 2 Rm W122
Dr. Mike McShane Implantable Optical Biosensors: Materials for Next-Generation Monitoring Date: 03/28/2016 - 10:00am Location: Egr Bldg 2 Rm W122
Dr. Rajakkannu Mutharasan Biosensors for genes, pathogens, parasites, biomarkers and toxins Date: 03/21/2016 - 10:00am Location: Egr Bldg 2 Rm W122
Dr. Shuaiwen Leon Song Exploring Performance, Energy, Reliability and Accuracy Optimizations for Future Exascale Systems Date: 03/07/2016 - 10:00am Location: Egr Bldg 2 Rm W122
Dr. David Cappelleri, Assistant Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University Multi-Scale Robotics Automation Date: 02/22/2016 - 10:00am Location: Egr Bldg 2 Rm W122
Dr. Xiong Gong, Associate Professor, Department of Polymer Engineering, University of Akron Bulk Heterojunction Perovskite Hybrid Solar Cells with Large Fill-Factor Date: 02/19/2016 - 12:30pm Location: Egr Bldg 2 Rm W122
Dr. Sang-Hyun Oh, Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota Ultra-flat and Ultra-small: New Approaches to Nanofabrication for Plasmonics and Metamaterials Date: 02/08/2016 - 10:00am Location: Egr Bldg 2 Rm W122
Dr. P.R. Kumar, Professor of Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University On Architectures, Strategies and Theories for Integrating Renewable Energy Sources Date: 01/29/2016 - 11:00am Location: Egr Bldg 2, Rm W122

2015
John H. Slater Manipulation of Cell Behavior via Regulation of Cellular Adhesive States Using Nano- and Micropatterned Substrates Date: 12/23/2015 - 10:00am Location: University of Houston TX
Xin Zhang MEMS and Metamaterials: A Perfect Marriage at Terahertz Frequencies Date: 11/20/2015 - 12:30pm Location: Engr Bldg 2, Rm W122 TX
Oliver C. Mullins New Asphaltene Nanoscience and Its Impact on Reservoir Characterization Date: 11/13/2015 - 12:00pm Location: University of Houston, W122-D3
Matthew Sheldon Plasmonic Nanomaterials for Optical-To-Electrical Energy Conversion Date: 11/06/2015 - 12:30pm Location: W122, Engineering Building 1
Valentin Dragoi, Ph.D., Levit Family Professor of Neuroscience, Dept. of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Univ. of Texas-Houston Medical School Population Coding in Visual Cortical Networks Date: 04/24/2015 - 4:00pm Location: CBB Room 104
Behnaam Aazhang On Real-Time Network Modulation for Intractable Epilepsy Date: 03/27/2015 - 4:00pm Location: CBB Room 104, University of Houston
Cameron Buckner, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, UH Philosophical Issues in Comparative Cognition Research Date: 02/13/2015 - 4:00pm Location: CBB Room 106

2014
Shivakumar Vaithyanathan, Senior Manager, Cognitive Computing, IBM Declarative Big Data Analytics: Applications and Tools Date: 10/24/2014 - 4:00pm Location: CBB Room 106, University of Houston
Pawan Sinha, Ph.D., Professor of Vision and Computational Neuroscience, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT Learning to see late in life Date: 04/18/2014 - 9:30am Location: CBB Room 106, University of Houston
Matthew A. Wilson, Ph. D., Sherman Fairchild Professor of Neuroscience, Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, Departments of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, and Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sequential Event Memory Formation and Reactivation in the Hippocampus and Beyond Speaker Biosketch Date: 03/31/2014 - 11:00am Location: SEC 104
Professor Antonio Facchetti, Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University and Polyera Corporation New Materials for Printed Opto-Electronic Devices: Synthesis, Charge Transport, and Process Engineering Speaker Biosketch Date: 02/10/2014 - 11:00am Location: SEC 104
Professor Brian T. Cunningham, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Photonic Crystal Enhanced Microscopy: A New Tool for Imaging Cell-Surface Interactions and High Sensitivity Biomolecule Detection Speaker Biosketch Date: 02/03/2014 - 11:00am Location: SEC 104