The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is pleased to welcome three new faculty members, whose dynamic and innovative research spans high-performance computing, advanced algorithms and machine learning, robust semiconductor devices, and complex network models. Their pioneering work will contribute to faster, smarter, and more resilient technologies, in line with ECE’s crosscutting research efforts which span the grand scale of biomedical imaging down to semiconductor nanowires and quantum dots.
Meet the new Grainger Engineers
Daniel Alabi
Assistant Professor
Daniel Alabi’s research interests include algorithms, privacy, databases, quantum information, and machine learning. Alabi received his Ph.D. in Computer Science in 2022 from Harvard University and conducted postdoctoral research at Columbia University. He is also the president and co-founder of NaijaCoder, Inc.
Rongming Chu
Professor
Rongming Chu studies semiconductor devices and integration with an emphasis on applications in high-speed, high-power, and harsh-environment electronics. His research group explores GaN devices and integration technology. In 2008, Chu obtained his Ph.D. in Electrical & Computer Engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Prior to joining Illinois, Chu was a professor at Pennsylvania State University.
Rainer Engelken
Assistant Professor
Rainer Engelken specializes in computational models with complex biological and engineering systems; stability and structure in network architectures; and nonlinear network dynamics. His research group seeks to bridge learning theories in neuroscience with the design of robust and adaptive computational systems. Engelken holds a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Göttingen in Germany.