Electrical Engineering Faculty

Name &Title

Credentials

Focus

At NAU

Elizabeth J. Brauer, Ph.D., Professor

(B.S.E.E., M.S.E.E., Ph.D., University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign 1994)

VLSI, mixed signal, and biomimetic circuits

 

NAU 1997  

 

Paul G. Flikkema, Ph.D.,  Professor

(B.S., Iowa State University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Maryland–College Park 1992)

 

Communication theory and systems; wireless communication and networking with application to wireless sensor networks; signal processing with applications to biological engineering; embedded computing systems

NAU 1999

 

Sheryl Howard, Ph.D.,

Assistant Professor

(B.S.E.E., M.E.E.E., University of Utah, Ph.D., University of Alberta, 2006)

Error-correcting codes, iterative decoding algorithms, integrated phase/timing estimation and decoding, digital communications systems

NAU 2006

Allison Kipple, Ph.D.,

Assistant Professor

(B.S., University of Colorado at Boulder; M.S., Ph.D. University of Arizona 2004)

Electromagnetics, antenna design and measurement techniques, electromagnetic properties of materials, engineering education

NAU 2006

J. Cathy Klock, Ph.D.,

Assistant Professor

(M.S.E.E., University of Orleans, M.S.E. in Biology and Medicine, Medical School of Angers, Ph.D., University of Rhode Island and University of Orleans, France 2007)

Hypothermia and cardiac arrest, rehabilitation engineering, biosensors, biomedical engineering

NAU 2007

Phillip A. Mlsna, Ph.D., Associate Professor

(B.S., Northern Arizona University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Arizona 2001)

Image processing, , image analysis and computer vision, microprocessors, digital hardware design, digital signal processing

NAU 1999  

 

David R. Scott, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Chair

(B.S.E.E., M.S.E.E., South Dakota State University; Ph.D., New Mexico State University 1990)

Digital signal and image processing, engineering education research, instructional technology, design, service and project learning

NAU 1990  

 

Niranjan Venkatraman, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

(B.E., Anna University (India); M.S., Ph.D., University of Florida 2004)

 

Mathematical control theory, nonlinear modeling and control, control applications in biological systems, estimation theory

 

NAU 2004

 

Faculty Emeriti

Peter Blakey, Ph.D., Professor

 

(B.A., University of Oxford; M.B.A., University of Michigan; Ph.D., University of London 1976)

 Solid-state electronics, semiconductor process and device simulation, characterization and modeling of semiconductor devices, design of nonlinear RF circuits, electromagnetics, numerical techniques

NAU 2002  

(retired 2006)

Jerry M. Hatfield, M.B.A., P.E., Associate Professor

(B.S.E.E., University of California–Berkeley; M.B.A., University of Southern California 1973)

Analog electronics, computer-aided education, undergraduate design projects

NAU 1984  

(retired 2006)

 

Walter G. Hopkins III, Ph.D., P.E., Professor

(B.S.E.E., M.S.E.E., University of Alabama; Ph.D., Auburn University 1970)

Control systems, system simulation, signal processing, undergraduate design projects

NAU 1983

(retired 2005)

George W. Hoyle, Ph.D., Professor

(B.S., M.S., Ph.D., North Carolina State University 1970)

 

Design of analog ICs and electronic products, product design for manufacturability, undergraduate design projects

NAU 1987 (retired 2000)  

 

Richard C. Neville, Ph.D., Professor

(B.S., M.S., Ph.D., California Institute of Technology 1971)

Solid state physics, solar cells, probability

 

NAU 1978 (retired 1999)

John A. Seeger, Ph.D., Professor

(B.A., Pomona College; M.S.E.E., University of California–Berkeley; Ph.D., Ohio State University 1966)

Microwave devices and circuits, antennas, microprocessors, history of technology

 

NAU 1982 (retired 1994)