Featuring: ECE HQ Relocates | Less Noisy XRays | Distributed Wireless Brain Implants | Florida Semiconductor Institute
Mark M. Tehranipoor, Ph.D.
Sachio Semmoto Department Chair of ECE
Intel Charles E. Young Preeminence Endowed Chair Professor in Cybersecurity
Fellow of IEEE/ACM/NAI
Greetings from the Chair
What can we say about 2023? Amazing and outstanding are the words that come to mind. So many new initiatives have come to fruition this year. The newly created Florida Semiconductor Institute promises to open a new era of collaboration and leadership in the critical semiconductor research & manufacturing sector. Having just hired four new faculty members, we are determined to hire eight more in the coming year. 2024 will see ECE Florida pushing hard into the realm of quantum computing as we begin the Florida Quantum Initiative. All the while, our amazing faculty continue their cutting-edge research and collaborations. Some highlights are below.
On behalf of everyone at ECE Florida, happy holidays to you and your loved ones.
ECE Florida has completed the move of its headquarters to the recently completed Malachowsky Hall for Data Science and Information Technology. Named for ECE alumnus Chris Malachowsky (BSEE ’80), co-founder of NVIDIA, the 263,000-square-foot facility is a “collaborative and collision space” housing departments from three colleges. Learn more about this breathtaking and innovative building at the link.
Nature Electronics recently highlighted work on extremely energy-efficient broadband communication in distributed wireless brain implants, spearheaded by Dr. Baibhab Chatterjee.
Dr. Navid Asadi recently received $2.6M in funding from the NSF for “Track 2 Acquisition of a Novel Performance-Driven 3D Imaging System for Extremely Noisy Objects (NPIX).” The NPIX system will be able to capture images of objects with complex geometries while doing so with minimal noise.
The University of Florida’s Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering recently announced the establishment of the Florida Semiconductor Institute, a campus- and state-wide coordinating hub to provide intellectual and technological leadership for semiconductors in the 21st Century. The institute is to be led by Dr. Volker Sorger.
Dr. Farimah Farahmandi has received $290k in funding from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research in support of her efforts to equip the Silicon Design & Assurance lab with the ZeBu Emulator framework, manufactured by Synopsys.
Dr. Navid Asadi will offer EEL 4930: Introduction to Semiconductor Packaging for the spring semester, marking the first-ever course at UF in the area of advanced semiconductor packaging.
Dr. David Arnold is leading a project funded by the Florida DoE aimed at developing a pre-baccalaureate workforce strategic plan to support the growing semiconductor industry in the state of Florida.
ECE Assistant Professor Elham Heidari has received a $300k grant from AFWERX, a program of the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force, in support of her project “Emerging Trends in High-Capacity Optical Transceivers: A Focus on Monolithic Integration.”
Dr. Shuo Wang received an Invention of the Year award from UF Innovation | Tech Licensing for his work in reducing electromagnetic interference in power electronics, allowing for smaller, more effective electronic devices.
