Wireless and Photonics Systems, Semiconductors, RF, and Devices
Wireless technology is one of the fastest growing technological areas. Commercial, military, and scientific wireless applications using the electromagnetic spectrum include communication (5G and 6G), radar, passive sensing, weather prediction, medical sensors, and radio astronomy. Baylor researchers explore circuits, photonics, semiconductor devices, and methods enabling adaptive energy efficient systems, better understanding of wave propagation, and advanced medical sensing.
Learn more about our faculty and their areas of expertise below.
Charles Baylis, Ph.D., Professor & Director of Smart Hub (ECE)
Expertise: High-efficiency power amplifier design for radar and communication systems, nonlinear microwave measurements, nonlinear transistor modeling techniques and approaches, related system applications
Liang Dong, Ph.D., Associate Professor (ECE)
Expertise: Signal processing and communications, Wireless communications and networking, Cyber-physical system and security, Artificial intelligence / machine learning applications
Jonathan Hu, Ph.D., Professor (ECE)
Expertise: Specialty optical fibers, High-power fiber lasers, Metamaterials, Nonlinear optics, Nanophotonics, Simulation and modeling
Seung Kim, Ph.D., Associate Professor (ECE)
Expertise: Photonic Biosensors, Micro- and nano- devices and systems, point-of-care diagnostics, and Integrated optics
Taeil Kim, Ph.D., Assistant Professor (ME)
Expertise: Integrated biosensor systems, Biomedical technologies, Wearable technologies, Sustainable technologies, Appropriate technologies
JB Lee, Ph.D., Department Chair and Professor (ECE)
Expertise: MEMS, Sensors, Liquid metals, Biomedical devices
Vincent Leung, Ph.D., Associate Professor (ECE)
Expertise: RF/ mixed-signal ICs, Ultra-low-power IoT circuits and systems, ICs for neurotechnology and biomedical applications, Wireless communication electronics for commercial and military applications
Yang Li, Ph.D., Professor (ECE)
Expertise: Antennas, Wireless propagations, Radar, Electromagnetics, Microwave
Robert (Bob) Marks, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor (ECE)
Expertise: Information Theory, Computational Intelligence, Radar and sonar waveform analysis and synthesis, AI
Stephen T. McClain, Ph.D., Professor & Graduate Program Director (ME)
Expertise: Gas turbine blade aerodynamics and cooling, Uncertainty analysis, experimental techniques in fluids and heat transfer
Linda Olafsen, Ph.D., Associate Professor (ECE)
Expertise: Photonics, Optoelectronics, Semiconductor lasers, Materials and Devices, Thermal management
Alan Wang, Ph.D., Mearse Chair in Biological & Biomedical Engineering (ECE)
Photonic integrated circuits, nanophotonic devices, silicon photonics, high-speed/RF photonics, optical spectroscopy, optical interconnects and optical computing for high-performance computers and artificial intelligence.