Research Topics

  • Artificial intelligence
  • Command and control
  • Data analytics
  • Photonics/optical sensors
  • Robotics
  • Signal processing
  • Wireless communication

Systems and Sensors News

Selmer Case

Patrick Selmer: Backscatter Lidar Retrieval Improvement with Machine Learning

Tuesday, December 6, 2022
Jacob Sindt

UI electrical engineering undergraduate pursuing research that stands out

Friday, August 12, 2022
Xi Chen

ITI postdoc Xi Chen presents new machine-learning based approach to predict light scattering properties

Friday, May 6, 2022
Jun Wang adjusting an atmospheric sensor

Earth Month: University of Iowa lab developing sensors to help farmers plan irrigation

Thursday, March 31, 2022
Jun Wang and AER Lab

UI professor collaborates with NOAA to measure air pollution

Thursday, February 10, 2022
GEO XO

Wang’s NOAA grant to support “next leap forward” in estimating surface PM2.5

Monday, January 24, 2022
NASA Sage III

UI convenes international team of experts to update NASA’s SAGE III mission

Monday, December 6, 2021
Wang Presentation

Jun Wang: Environmental sensing from space and in agricultural fields

Monday, October 4, 2021
Bernice Kubicek

ITI graduate research assistant awarded Department of Defense fellowship

Tuesday, August 24, 2021
Infrared Sensor Diagram

ITI researching infrared sensors to help farmers apply fertilizer more efficiently

Monday, August 16, 2021
Jun Wang soil emissions

Iowa researchers develop new model using satellite data to measure air pollution from soil

Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Meng Zhou AMS

ITI researcher takes 1st place at American Meteorological Society annual meeting

Tuesday, March 9, 2021
Iowa Magazine Cover March 2021

ITI contributes to discovery through artificial intelligence at University of Iowa

Thursday, February 11, 2021
Signal Processing

Faculty Feature: Ananya Sen Gupta

Friday, January 22, 2021
Lujie Cai working in lab

Hands-on research brings education to life for ITI students honored on UI President's list

Wednesday, July 1, 2020

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
Jun Wang adjusting an atmospheric sensor

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: 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
Researchers wearing Smartgoggles

Director: Matthew McGill, professor of chemical and biochemical engineering
Email: matthew-mcgill@uiowa.edu
Website: Iowa Atmospheric Sensor Development Laboratory

IASDL group photo

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

Shaoping Xiao provides a Kuka robot demonstration

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
Researchers in Hangar with L29

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

Fatima Toor with student researchers

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

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