The communications research focus area includes the wireless communications program, applied electromagnetics, computer networks, and digital signal processing (radar signal processing, speech signal processing, and image processing).

Computer systems architecture represents the primary research interests of the computer engineering faculty and includes computer architecture, software standards, and remote data retrieval and processing.

Electronics

The electronics group has active research projects in the areas of semiconductor device reliability, metal organic chemical vapor deposition of electronic materials, power electronics and integrated circuit design. Research in this area also involves metalization, dielectrics, and the development of computer aided design tools which aid design engineers in designing VLSI integrated circuits.

(Mechatronics, Power, and Artificial Intelligence)

Our faculty in these areas are excited about this new organization and are currently involved in collaborative work involving the integration of vision with robotics. In addition, they continue to explore other possibilities for joint activities. Since Mechatronics includes controls and robotics, many obvious linkages to power and artificial intelligence exist. Another factor that glues these technologies together is the trend for applying neural network, genetic and fuzzy systems-based solutions to problems in these subareas.