ECE Faculty

  Christopher Iannello Professor of Practice Email Phone Office HEC Room 427 Phone E-mail Christopher.Iannello@ucf.edu Home Page Biography Christopher Iannello brings an unparalleled depth of experience in spacecraft and launch vehicle electrical and power systems, forged through 35 years of technical leadership across NASA, industry and academia. Prior to joining UCF in 2025 as a…

  Saikat Dey Assistant Professor Ph.D. Arizona State University Email Phone Office Research-1 362B Phone 602-491-7890 E-mail Saikat.Dey@ucf.edu Home Page https://www.ece.ucf.edu/dpel (forthcoming) Biography Saikat Dey earned his doctoral degree from Arizona State University in 2025 and his B.Tech. degree in electrical engineering from Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology. From 2018 to 2020, he…

  Sreeram Sundaresh Lecturer Ph.D., Electrical Engineering University of Central Florida Email Phone Office ENG1-241 Phone E-mail sreeram.sundaresh@ucf.edu Home Page Biography Sreeram Sundaresh previously worked as a module development engineer at Intel Corporation, where his work was focused on development of etch stop materials. He received his doctoral degree in electrical engineering from the University…

  Paulo Eduardo de Faria Jr. Assistant Professor Ph.D., Computational Physics University of São Paulo Email Phone Office Physical Sciences Building, Room 436 Phone E-mail Paulo@ucf.edu Web site Personal web site Biography Paulo Eduardo de Faria Jr. received his bachelor’s degree in 2009, master’s degree in 2012, and doctorate degree in 2016 in computational physics…

  Wayesh Qarony Siyuan Niu Assistant Professor Ph.D., Quantum Computing University of Montpellier Email Phone Office HEC Room 414 Phone E-mail siyuan.niu@ucf.edu Web site Biography Siyuan Niu comes to UCF from the Computational Research Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, where she served as a postdoctoral fellow. She received her doctoral degree from the Department…

  Wayesh Qarony Assistant Professor Ph.D., Applied Physics Hong Kong Polytechnic University Email Phone Office Research 1 Room 255 Phone 407-823-1212 E-mail wayesh@ucf.edu Web site Q-Lab Biography Wayesh Qarony is an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering with a joint appointment in the Department of Physics. Prior to UCF, he was…

  Truong Nghiem Associate Professor Ph.D., Electrical and Systems Engineering University of Pennsylvania Email Phone Office HEC-443 Phone (407) 823-1438 E-mail truong.nghiem@ucf.edu Web site https://nxtlab.org Biography Truong X. Nghiem received his doctoral degree in electrical and systems engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. He was an assistant professor, then an associate professor at Northern Arizona…

  Qichen Yang Assistant Professor Ph.D., Power Electronics Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018 Email Phone Office RS1-378 Phone E-mail qichen.yang@ucf.edu Web site Power electronics and Insulation Technology Lab (in development) Biography Qichen Yang received his bachelor’s degree from Xi’an Jiaotong University in 2013, and his doctoral degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2018.…

  Masoumeh Kalantari-Khandani Lecturer Ph.D., Computer Engineering University of Central Florida, 2021 Email Phone Office HEC-416 Phone (407) 823-1458 E-mail masoumeh.kalantari-khandani@ucf.edu Web site Biography Kalantari received her doctoral degree in computer engineering from UCF in 2021, focusing on enhancing learning in deep neural networks through sparse representation in transform domains. She received her master’s degree…

  Tong Wu Assistant Professor Ph.D., Information Engineering Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2021 Email Phone Office HEC 432 Phone (407) 823-1446 E-mail tong.wu@ucf.edu Web site Intelligent Control and Sustainable Energy Systems (ICSES) Lab Biography Tong Wu received his doctoral degree in information engineering from The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2021. From September…