Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty
Joe Law, Ph.D., P.E.
Department Chair, Associate Professor
Yacine Chakhchoukh, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Professor
Gauss-Johnson 213
208-885-1550
Campus: Moscow
Courses: Introduction to Power Systems, Power Systems Analysis
Areas of Expertise: Cyber-security for the smart grid, Power transmission and distribution systems, Phasor Measurement Units (PMUs) integration in the power systems, Power state estimation
Jim Frenzel, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Professor
Gauss-Johnson 207
208-885-7532
Campus: Moscow
Courses: Digital Logic, Microcontrollers and lab, Background Study in Digital Computer Fundamentals, Digital Systems Engineering, Intro to VLSI Design
Areas of Expertise: Applications of genetic algorithms, VLSI testing and fault-tolerant computing, Algorithms, architectures and circuits for efficient solution of problems in communications, image processing and signal processing
Karen Frenzel, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Buchanan 210
208-885-7768
Campus: Moscow
Areas of Expertise: Signal processing and communications
Herbert Hess, Ph.D., P.E
Professor
Gauss-Johnson 205
208-885-4341
Campus: Moscow
Courses: Energy Systems I, Advanced Electronics
Areas of Expertise: Power electronics, Electric machines and drives, Power quality
Brian Johnson, Ph.D., P.E.
University Distinguished Professor, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Endowed Chair in Power Engineering, CSDS Director
Gauss-Johnson 201
208-885-6902
Campus: Moscow
Courses: Digital Logic, Logic Circuit Laboratory, Energy Systems I, Introduction to Power Systems, Power Systems Analysis, Power Electronic Circuits, Power Systems Planning and Resources, Symmetrical Components, Transients in Power Systems, Power System Protection and Relaying, Understanding Power Quality, Utility Applications of Power Electronics
Areas of Expertise: Power electronic applications for the control of power transmission and distribution systems, power system protection, power quality, superconductivity applications in transmission and distribution, energy storage systems, real time simulation of traffic systems and intelligent transportation systems
Hangtian Lei, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Professor
Gauss-Johnson 211
208-885-0952
Campus: Moscow
Courses: Energy Systems II, Protection of Power Systems II
Areas of Expertise: Power System Operation and Control, Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power System Reliability Evaluation, Substation Automation, Power System Protection
Feng Li, Ph.D., P.E.
Micron Endowed Chair in Microelectronics, NGeM Director, FIB/SEM Director
Gauss-Johnson 217
208-885-7571
Campus: Moscow
Classes: Microelectronics I, Microelectronics I Lab, Electromagnetic Theory, Electromagnetics Lab, Signals and Systems I, Signals and Systems I Lab, Introduction to Electronic Packaging, Introduction to VLSI Design, Semiconductor Devices, Introduction to Microelectronics Fabrication, Senior Design I, Senior Design II
Areas of Expertise: Semiconductor device and IC design, Micro/nanofabrication and electronic packaging, ML/AI in VLSI design and manufacturing
Bhaskar Rimal, Ph.D., P.E.
Affiliate Professor
Jannsen 235
Campus: Moscow
Courses: Network Security, IoT Security
Areas of Expertise: Internet of Things (IoT) Security, Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) Security, Wireless Communications Security, Hardware Security, Quantum Machine Learning
Robert Rinker, Ph.D.
Associate Professor; Associate Chair of Computer Science
Janssen 235
208-885-7378
Campus: Moscow
Courses: Computer Science I, Computer Organization and Architecture, System Software, Advanced Computer Architecture, Real-Time Operating Systems
Areas of Expertise: computer architecture, reconfigurable computing, embedded systems
Dakota Roberson, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Professor
CAES 278
208-533-8120
Campus: Idaho Falls
Areas of Expertise: Power System Control (Wide-area damping using active power modulation such as HVDC, energy storage, etc., Detection and correction of latency in closed-loop controllers, Variable loop gain strategies, Coupling of distributed systems, Energy storage controller technology for smoothing, arbitrage, AGC, etc.), Statistical Signal Processing (Estimation/Detection Theory, Cramer-Rao Lower Bound, Saddlepoint Approximations and other high-order approximation techniques)
Ting-Yen Shih, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Professor
Gauss-Johnson 214
208-885-0953
Campus: Moscow
Courses:
Electromagnetic Theory, Electromagnetics Laboratory, Antennas and RF circuits for 5G mobile communications, Antenna Principles and Design, Antenna Theory, Advanced Topics in Electromagnetics
Areas of Expertise:
Electrically-small antennas,
Ultra-Wideband Array Antennas,
Machine Learning Applications in RF Circuits and Antennas,
RF/Microwave/mmWave Circuits,
Non-Reciprocal Devices,
High Power Microwaves,
Biomedical Applications of RF/Microwaves,
In-Band Full-Duplex Radios
Dennis Sullivan, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor
Gauss-Johnson 215
208-885-5926
Campus: Moscow
Areas of Expertise: Electromagnetics and nonlinear optics, quantum Semiconductor simulation