Sanjay Patel
Sanjay Patel

Administrative Titles

  • Sony Faculty Scholar
Professor
(217) 333-9219
211 Coordinated Science Lab

For More Information

Education

  • Ph.D. Computer Science & Engineering, University of Michigan, May 1999

Research Interests

  • Computer architecture, microarchitecture, high-performance and reliable computer systems, the implications of future generation applications and implementation technologies on systems design.

Research Areas

  • Compilers
  • Computer aided design
  • Computer architecture
  • Hardware verification and testing
  • Image, video, and multimedia processing and compression
  • Logic design and VLSI
  • Operating systems
  • Parallel processing

Honors

  • College of Engineering Willett Faculty Scholar, 2005-2009
  • College of Engineering Willett Faculty Scholar, 2002-2005

Teaching Honors

  • University of Illinois Incomplete List of Instructors Ranked as Excellent, Fall 2003
  • University of Illinois Incomplete List of Instructors Ranked as Excellent, Spring 2003
  • University of Illinois Incomplete List of Instructors Ranked as Excellent, Fall 2002
  • University of Illinois Incomplete List of Instructors Ranked as Excellent, Spring 2002
  • University of Illinois Incomplete List of Instructors Ranked as Excellent, Fall 2001
  • University of Illinois Incomplete List of Instructors Ranked as Excellent, Spring 2001
  • University of Illinois Incomplete List of Instructors Ranked as Excellent, Fall 2000
  • University of Illinois Incomplete List of Instructors Ranked As Excellent, Spring 2000
  • American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Outstanding Graduate Instructor Award, 1996
  • University of Michigan Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, 1992

Research Honors

  • IBM Faculty Partnership Award, 2003-2004, 2004-2005
  • National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2001
  • Intel Graduate Fellowship, 1998

Public Service Honors

  • Engineering Council Award for Excellence in Advising, 2002-2003, 2004-2005

Recent Courses Taught

  • ECE 220 - Computer Systems & Programming
  • ECE 408 (CS 483, CSE 408) - Applied Parallel Programming
  • ECE 498 SJP - Accelerator Architectures
  • ENG 573 - Capstone Project
  • TE 401 C - Develop Breakthrough Projects
  • TE 498 AL1 - Alchemy Project Laboratory 1