Meet the Faculty

Expertise Area: Signal Processing
Education: B.S. Electrical Engineering and Physics (2002), M.S. Electrical and Computer Engineering (2004), Portland State University; Dipl. Ing. Telecommunications Engineering (2003), M.Phil Telecommunications Engineering (2004), Ph.D. Electrical Engineering (2005), ETSIT University of Vigo (Spain); Exec. Cert. Technical Management & Leadership (2007), Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Prof. Cert. Sustainable Energy Conversion & Storage (2009), Stanford University; M.B.A. International Business (2011), University of London.
Licenses and Certifications: Registered US Patent Agent, USPTO (2009); Registered Professional Engineer, EU (2003); Certified Licensing Professional (CLP)

Expertise Area: Analog Electronics
Education: BS Electrical Engineering (1974), MS Electrical Engineering (1979), University of Illinois UC; PhD Electrical Engineering (2006), University of Idaho.

Expertise Area: Analog/Mixed-Signal Electronics & IC Test
Education:  B.S.Electrical Engineering and Physics (2002), M.S.Electrical & Computer Engineering (2004), Portland State University; M.Phil. Electrical Engineering (2009), Ph.D. Electrical Engineering (2010), ETSIT University of Vigo.
Licenses and Certifications: Registered US Patent Agent, USPTO (2011)

Expertise Area: Energy and Market Modeling
Education: B.S. Fundamental Sciences, Mechanical Engineering Concentration and German Minor (1996), Lehigh University; M.S. Civil Engineering, Renewable Energy/Building Systems (2005), University of Colorado, Boulder; M.S. Geography and Environmental Engineering (2010), PhD Geography and Environmental Engineering (ABD); The Johns Hopkins University
Licenses and Cerifications: EIT, Georgia (2001)

Expertise Area: Microocontrollers
Education: B.A. Physics (1974), MSEE (1976), University of Iowa;

Expertise Area: Building Energy Simulation
Education:

BSc Chemical Engineering (1995), Addis Ababa University (Ethiopia); MS Biosystems Engineering (2001), Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium); PhD Building Engineering (2006), Concordia University (Canada).

Expertise Area: Power Electronics and Power Systems
Education: BS Electrical Engineering (2003), MS Electrical Engineering (2005), University of Moratuwa; MS Mechanical Engineering (2008), Southern Methodist University; PhD Electrical Engineering (2012), Michigan Technological University.

Expertise Area: Electrochemistry, Energy Storage
Education: B.S. Physical Chemistry (1979), University of Belgrade; Ph.D. Chemistry (1984), Technical University of Dresden

Expertise Area: Optoelectronics and Laser Optics Education: BS Applied Physics (1982), California Institute of Technology; PhD Biomedical Engineering (1988), University of Texas, Austin.

Expertise Area: Instrumentation and Control Systems
Education: B.S.L. Physics and Mathematics (1998), Excelsior College; M.S. Electrical and Computer Engineering (2005), Portland State University.
Licenses and Certifications: Registered Professional Electrical Engineer, Oregon (2009).

Expertise Area: RF and Microwave Systems
Education: BS Electrical Engineering (2003), MS Electrical Engineering (2005), Texas A&M University; PhD Electrical Engineering (2008), University of Colorado, Boulder.

Expertise Area: Solar Energy
Education: B.S. Physics (1985), Northwest Normal University (China); M.S. Solar Engineering (1991), Yunnan Normal University (China); M.S. Electrical and Computer Engineering (2002), University of Rochester; Ph.D. Physics (2008), University of Toledo

Expertise Area: Instrumentation and Controls, Ocean Energy
Education: B.S. Mechanical Engineering (2000), George Fox University; Ph.D. Electrical and Computer Engineering (2011), Oregon State University.

Expertise Area: Fuel Cells
Education: B.S. Electrical and Industrial Engineering (1996), Chihuahua Technological Institute; M.S. Materials Science (2000), Advanced Materials Research Center (CIMAV); Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering (2007), University of Texas at Austin.

Expertise Area: Computational Intelligence
Education: B.A. Mathematics-Physics (1993), Whitman College; M.S. Electrical & Computer Engineering (1999), Ph.D Electrical and Computer Engineering (2011), Portland State University.

Expertise Area: Dynamical Systems and Automatic Control
Education: B.S. Electrical and Telecommunications Engineering (2006), Taiyuan University of Technology; M.S. Electrical and Computer Engineering (2008), Ph.D. Electrical and Computer Engineering (2011), Marquette University.

Expertise Area: Energy Systems, RF and Wireless
Education: B.S. Biology (1975), SUNY at Cortland; AAS Electronics Technology (1983), Broome Community College; BS Electrical Engineering (1987), University of New Mexico/SUNY; MS Electrical Engineering (1992), University of New Mexico.