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Electrical and Computer Engineering
ENGR 3.214B
Email: ece@utrgv.edu
Phone: (956) 665-2609
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Dr. Mounir Ben Ghalia

Dr. Mounir Ben Ghalia

Professor
Edinburg: ENGR 3.286
Phone: (956) 665-2402
Email: mounir.benghalia@utrgv.edu

Research Areas:
Modeling and control of nonlinear systems; Evolutionary computation with applications; Engineering education research.

Dr. Yoonsu (Paul) Choi

Dr. Yoonsu (Paul) Choi

Assistant Professor
Edinburg: ENGR 3.251
Phone: (956) 665-7822
Email: yoonsu.choi@utrgv.edu

Research Areas:
BioMEMS; Neural Interface with combining microfluidics and microelectrodes; Applied cell therapy for blood cancers

Research Facilities:
TDT Electrophysiology Recording/Stimulation system. TBSI Wireless Recording system. Panlab Rat Double Lane Treadmill. KinemaScan Video Analysis System with Gait Analysis Treadmill
Dr. Mark Yul Chu

Dr. Mark Yul Chu

Associate Professor
Edinburg: ENGR 3.290
Phone: (956) 665-2923
Email: mark.chu@utrgv.edu

Research Areas:
High Performance Computing System; Embedded Systems; Digital systems; Microprocessor processor design and Cache memory architecture

Research Facilities:
High Performance PC Cluster
Dr. Wenjie Dong

Dr. Wenjie Dong

Associate Professor
ENGR 3.242
Phone: (956) 665-2200
Email: wenjie.dong@utrgv.edu

Research Areas:
Controls and Robotics Robot control; adaptive control; cooperative control of multiple systems; control and navigation of autonomous systems; sensor networks

Dr. Heinrich D. Foltz

Dr. Heinrich D. Foltz

Professor
Edinburg: ENGR 3.214B
Phone: (956) 665-5016
Email: heinrich.foltz@utrgv.edu

Research Areas:
Microwave, radio frequency, and electromagnetic applications. Antennas and wireless communications. 

Research Facilities:
Electromagnetics laboratory.
Mr. Edgar Gil

Mr. Edgar Gil

Lecturer
Brownsville: SETB 1.232
Phone: (956) 882-6605
Email: edgar.gil@utrgv.edu


Dr. Hasina Huq

Dr. Hasina Huq

Professor
Edinburg: ENGR 3.278
Phone: (956) 665-5017
Email: Hasina.huq@utrgv.edu
Website
Research Areas:
Wide Bandgap Semiconductors (III-V) based biosensor design; VLSI/ IC design; Electronics devices

Research Facilities:
Sputtering system research Lab. ENGR 2.474: DC probe station; RF Probe station, SILVACO simulation tool. CADENCE Simulation tool for IC design
Dr. Samir Iqbal

Dr. Samir Iqbal

Professor
Edinburg: ENGR 3.214
Phone: (956) 665-8079
Email: sm.iqbal@utrgv.edu


Dr. Nazmul Islam

Dr. Nazmul Islam

Associate Professor
ENGR 3.277
Phone: (956) 665-7228
Email: nazmul.islam@utrgv.edu

Research Areas:
Micro/nano-fluidics and its application in biomedical devices. Bio-Sensors, Electrokinetics, MEMS/NEMS

Research Facilities:
Micro-PIV system; Spin coater; Contact angle meter.
Dr. Weidong Kuang

Dr. Weidong Kuang

Associate Professor
ENGR 3.270
Phone: (956) 665-7133
Email: weidong.kuang@utrgv.edu
Website
Research Areas:
Digital integrated circuits; Signal processing,

Research Facilities:
Semiconductor probe station; Oscilloscope, logic analyzer (NSF funded)
Dr. Sanjeev Kumar

Dr. Sanjeev Kumar

Professor
ENGR 3.298
Phone: (956) 665-2401
Email: Sj.kumar@utrgv.edu

Research Areas:
Cyber Security, Critical Infrastructure, Computer Networks, Internet Switching Routing Architecture, Wireless Sensor Networks, Biomedical applications, IoT, Cloud Computing, Big Data

Dr. Junfei Li

Dr. Junfei Li

Senior Lecturer
Edinburg: ENGR 3.274
Phone: (956) 665-7148
Email: junfei.li@utrgv.edu


Mr. Andres Medina

Mr. Andres Medina

Lecturer
Edinburg: ENGR 3.247
Phone: (956) 665-3727
Email: andres.medina@utrgv.edu


Dr. Jun Peng

Dr. Jun Peng

Associate Professor
ENGR 3.232
Phone: (956) 665-2688
Email: Jun.peng@utrgv.edu

Research Areas:
Computer communication networks; Wireless networks; Protocol design and analysis, and Medium access control.

Dr. Jaime Ramos

Dr. Jaime Ramos

Associate Professor
ENGR 3.236
Phone: (956) 665-3542
Email: jaime.ramos@utrgv.edu

Research Areas:
Renewable Energy; Photovoltaic Systems; Electric Power Systems; Microgrids

Research Facilities:
Power System Lab (ENGR 2.242): Solar PV Array; TXU Sun Tracking Arrays.
Dr. Jae Sok Son

Dr. Jae Sok Son

Associate Professor
ENGR 3.282
Phone: (956) 665-2186
Email: jae.son@utrgv.edu

Research Areas:
Radar technique; Radar imaging.

Dr. Nantakan Wongkasem

Dr. Nantakan Wongkasem

Associate Professor
Edinburg: ENGR 3.240
Phone: (956) 665-3681
Email: nantakan.wongkasem@utrgv.edu

Research Areas:
Control and Application of Electromagnetic Waves; Theory and Practice of Metamaterials; Applied Electromagnetics

Dr. Yong Zhou

Dr. Yong Zhou

Associate Professor
Edinburg : ENGR 3.214B
Phone: (956) 665-6758
Brownsville: LHSB 2.704
Phone: (956) 882-6758
Email: yong.zhou@utrgv.edu

Research Areas:
Microwave imaging; Microwave Antennas; Computational Electromagnetics; Scattering and inverse scattering; Engineering Optimization

Research Facilities:
Applied Microwave and Electromagnetic Lab (AMEL Lab, SETB 1.240, Brownsville): 10M-50GHz vector Network Analyzer, 1.8-26.5 GHz horn antennas; COMSOL, Ansys HFSS, XFDTD
Dr. Laura Benitez

Dr. Laura Benitez

Lecturer
ENGR 3.287
Phone: (956) 665-2582
Email: laura.benitez@utrgv.edu


Dr. Jia Chen

Dr. Jia Chen

Assistant Professor
BSETB
Phone: (956) 665-2609
Email: jia.chen@utrgv.edu


Abby Tovar

Abby Tovar

Administrative Assistant II
Edinburg: ENGR 3.214
Phone: (956) 665-2609
Email: abby.tovar@utrgv.edu


Omar Castelan

Omar Castelan

Engineering Technician III
Edinburg: ENGR 3.284
Phone: (956) 665-7018
Email: omar.castelan@utrgv.edu


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