Faculty Contact: Jaeyoun Kim
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECpE) aims to be a leader in combining biology, physics, mathematics, and engineering concepts to make advancements at the intersection of these disciplines.
The department’s research in this area focuses on:
- Bioinformatics and systems biology
- Atomic Force Microscopy
- Genome sequencing and assembly
- Integrated modeling of metabolic networks
- BioMEMS and Bio-optics
- Bio-inspired devices and systems, particularly involving sensors and biomimetics
- Design, fabrication, and measurement of high-throughput microscale and nanoscale devices
- Lab-on-a-chip microsystems
- Bioimaging
- Diagnostic and therapeutic effectiveness of medical ultrasound technology for tissue engineering
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) signal processing
- Transcranial magnetic stimulation
This research has applications in the areas of agriculture, bioinformatics, genetics, medicine, and systems biology.
Highlights
- ECpE researchers are leading an interdisciplinary project to study the effects of gravity on pathogen resistance.
- Department researchers have partnered with the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and other organizations to develop new diagnostic and treatment techniques using transcranial magnetic stimulation.
- ECpE Researchers are developing an instrument with the scale, flexibility and resolution needed to study how genes and environmental conditions affect plant traits.
Associated Faculty
Timothy Bigelow
Ultrasound systems to treat cancer and infections, physical properties of tissue using backscattered ultrasound signals, bioeffects for ultrasound safety and therapy
Core Research Area: Communications and signal processing
Julie Dickerson
Systems biology, bioinformatics, pattern recognition, data visualization, real-time sensor networks
Core Research Area: Communications and signal processing; secure and reliable computing
Aleksandar Dogandzic
Statistical signal processing theory and applications
Core Research Area: Communications and signal processing;
Liang Dong
MEMS, lab on a chip, microfluidics, biomimetics and bioinspiration, biosensors, nanophotonics, cell/tissue engineering, solar cells
Core Research Area: Microelectronics and photonics Strategic Plan Area: Bioengineering
David C. Jiles
Nonlinear and hysteretic behavior of magnetic materials; magnetoelasticity, magnetostriction, and magnetomechanical effects; development of novel magnetic materials; and applications of magnetic measurements to nondestructive evaluation.
Jaeyoun Kim
Photonics, plasmonics, application of optical nanostructures for bioengineering, optical BioMEMS, bio-mimetic optics
Core Research Area: Microelectronics and photonics; bioengineering
Meng Lu
Optical sensors, Biomedical imaging, Sensors for molecular diagnostics, Photonic devices
Nathan Neihart
Radio-frequency analog and mixed-signal IC design, MIMO, cognitive radio Core Research Area: VLSI
Santosh Pandey
Microfluidics, bioelectronics, bioMEMS, behavioral neuroscience
Core Research Area: Microelectronics and photonics; Bioengineering
Long Que
Utilizing and synthesizing micro and nanoscale materials, developing novel micro and nanodevices, micro and nanosystems to advance the research in life science, biomedical engineering, renewable energy harvesting and storage.
Core Research Area: Microelectronics and photonics
Anwesha Sarkar
Measuring single molecule interaction forces and binding kinetics of protein-protein interaction or ligand-receptor interaction on live cells with Atomic Force microscopy (AFM), high resolution imaging and nanomechanical characterization of biomolecules, biosensors and live cells, developing high throughput artificial-intelligence-driven Atomic Force Microscopy (AI-AFM) approaches.
Namrata Vaswani
Statistical and sequential signal processing, recursive sparse reconstruction and compressive sensing, medical imaging
Bioengineering Research Centers, Institutes, and Laboratories
- Advanced Imaging and Noninvasive Operations (ADINO) Ultrasound Laboratory
- Ames National Laboratory
- Analog and Mixed-Signal VLSI Design Center
- Information Infrastructure Institute (iCUBE)
- Institute for Physical Research and Technology (IPRT) Centers
- Micro/Nano Systems Laboratory
- NEMS and LabChip Laboratory
- Plant Science Institute and L.H. Baker Center for Bioinformatics and Biological Statistics
- Plasmonics and Microphotonics (Biophotonics) Laboratory
- Virtual Reality Applications Center (VRAC)
Research Projects and Publications
For complete information on research projects and publications in this area, consult individual faculty members’ websites, our graduate student thesis archives, and individual research center and laboratory websites.
Graduate Student Research Areas
Bioengineering research at Iowa State encompasses the following core areas of graduate study in electrical and computer engineering: