Research Topics
- Artificial intelligence
- Command and control
- Data analytics
- Photonics/optical sensors
- Robotics
- Signal processing
- Wireless communication
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Research Labs
Director: Ananya Sen Gupta, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering
Email: ananya-sengupta@uiowa.edu
Phone: (319) 335-5947
Website: Ananya Sen Gupta Research Group
Research topics:
- Signal processing
- Pattern recognition
- Geometric computational techniques
Director: Jun Wang, professor of chemical and biochemical engineering, James E. Ashton Professor in Engineering
Phone: (319) 353-4483
Email: jun-wang-1@uiowa.edu
Website: Atmospheric and Environmental Research Lab
Research topics:
- Artificial intelligence
- Autonomous systems
- Data analytics
- Earth system modeling
- Photonics/optical sensors
- Satellite remote sensing
- Sensors
- UAV research
- Wireless communication

Director: Er-Wei Bai, professor and departmental executive officer of electrical and computer engineering
Email: er-wei-bai@uiowa.edu
Phone: (319) 335-5949
Website: Er-Wei Bai Research Group
Director: Gary Christensen, professor of electrical and computer engineering
Email: gary-christensen@uiowa.edu
Phone: (319) 335-6055
Website: Gary Christensen Research Group
Director: Yang Liu, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering
Email: yang-liu-ece@uiowa.edu
Phone: (319) 467-0918
Website: Integrated Imaging and Cyberphysical System Laboratory
Research topics:
- Artificial intelligence
- Data analytics
- Photonics/optical sensors

Director: Shaoping Xiao, associate professor of mechanical engineering
Email: shaoping-xiao@uiowa.edu
Phone: (319) 335-6009
Website: Multiscale Computational Science and Engineering Laboratory

Director: Tom Schnell, Captain Jim "Max" Gross Chair in Engineering, professor of industrial and systems engineering, professor of occupational and environmental health, professor of electrical and computer engineering, professor of neurology
Phone: (319) 384-0811
Email: thomas-schnell@uiowa.edu
Website: Operator Performance Laboratory
Research topics:
- Artificial intelligence
- Command and control
- Data analytics
- Photonics/optical sensors
- Wireless communication

Director: Soura Dasgupta, professor of electrical and computer engineering
Email: soura-dasgupta@uiowa.edu
Phone: (319) 335-5200
Website: Soura Dasgupta Research Group
Director: Fatima Toor, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, assistant professor of physics and astronomy
Email: fatima-toor@uiowa.edu
Phone: (319) 335-6071
Website: Toor Lab
Research topic: Photonics/optical sensors

Director: Yong Chen, professor of industrial and systems engineering
Phone: (319)335-6106
Email: yong-chen@uiowa.edu
Website: Yong Chen Research Group