Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Moncef B. Tayahi, Associate Professor of Practice

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Moncef B. Tayahi

Associate Professor of Practice, Electrical Engineering

Contact Information:

Education:

  • B.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, Champaign IL, 1995
  • Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs CT, 2000
  • Postdoctoral Research, Electrical Engineering, Bell Labs Lucent Technologies, 2001

Research Interests:

  • High speed electronic & photonic devices
  • Circuits and systems

Honors and Awards

  • IEEE Senior Member 2004 
  • OSA/SPIE Member 2005 
  • Higher Education Academy (HEA) Fellow 2013-Present American Society for Engineering Education 2006 
  • NASA_JPL Summer Faculty Fellow 2004 and 2005 
  • Liberty Science Center Technical Committee Advisor Board Jersey City, NJ 2000- Present 
  • New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) Graduate Fellowship, UCONN (1995-2008) Award for Academic Achievement in Electrical and Computer Engineering UIUC (1995) 
 

Classes Frequently Taught

  • ENGR 100A: Introduction to Engineering (287 Students)  
  • EE 220: Electric Circuit Analysis (92 Students) 
  • EE 320 and EE 320L: Digital Electronics I and Digital Electronics Laboratory I (120 Students)  
  • EE 465: Sensors, Transducers and Data Acquisition (45 Students) 
  • EE 665: Sensor Applications and Sensor Networks (18 Students)  
  • EE 741: Fiber Optics Communication Systems (11 Graduate Students)  
  • EE 791S: Photonics Devices and Systems (8 Graduate Students)  
  • ECE 465: Physical Electronics (42 Students)  
  • ECE 366: Digital Electronics (175)  
  • ECE 368: Digital Electronics Laboratory (175 Students)  
  • ECE 468: Capstone Design in Sensor Devices and Systems (28 Students)  
  • ECE 330: Analog Electronics (31 Students)  
  • ECE 540: Wireless Devices and Systems (38 Graduate Students) 
  • EEE 105: Microelectronics I (399 Students)  
  • EEE 210: Microelectronics II (110 Students)  
  • EEE 520: Solid-State Electronics (13 Graduate Students) 
  • EEE 525 Nanophotonic (10 Graduate Students) 
  • EEE 230: Mechatronics and Measurement Systems (74 Students) 
 

Recent Publications 

1. Moncef B Tayahi, Ka Lok Man, Yujia Zhai, and Tiew On Ting, “Optical Voltage Sensor for Harsh Environment Applications,” 5th International Conference on Advances in Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics (ICAESAM'2016) May 16-17, (2016) Hong Kong. 
2. Yu-Jia Zhai, Sanghyuk Lee and Moncef Tayahi, “A Fault Accommodation Control for Fuel Injection System of Internal Combustion Engines,” International Symposium on Advanced Engineering (ISAE), Pukyong National University, South Korea., 22-24 October (2015). 
3. Ka Lok Man, Wei Wang, Dawei Liu and Moncef Tayahi, “GSM Network Positioning: Towards an Experimental Analysis of Android Phones,” International Conference on Information, System and Convergence Applications, July 2-5 2015, Manilla Philippines. 
4. M.B. Tayahi, W. Warrick, and R. Kappera, “Passive Voltage Sensor Based on Carbon Nanotube Bundle and Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser,” Applied Optics Letters (2016). 
5. M.B. Tayahi, Hisato Yamaguchi, “Photoactivated Switch Based on Nanodiamond Coated Carbon Nanotube Devices, Silicon Carbide Thyristor, and a Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser,” Submitted to Photonics Letters (2016). 
6. M.B. Tayahi, M. Nayel and C. Zhao, “Load Measurement Sensor System for Wind Turbine Blades,” IEEE Sensors Journal Vol.5 No. 3, (20140. 
7. M.B. Tayahi, W. Warrick, and R. Kappera, “Passive Voltage and Frequency Sensor Based on Carbon Nanotube Bundle and a Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser,” IEEE PELS Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo, ITEC 15-18 June, 2014, Dearborn, Michigan (2014). 
8. M.B. Tayahi, Hisato Yamaguchi, “Photoactivated Switch Based on Nanodiamond Coated Carbon Nanotube Devices, Silicon Carbide Thyristor, and a Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser,” IEEE PELS Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo, ITEC 15-18 June, (2014), Dearborn, Michigan (2014). 
9. M.B. Tayahi, “Photonics in Energy Generation, Distribution, and Storage,” Invited Paper, First International Conference in Photonics, Langkawi, Malaysia (2012). 
10. Kappera, R., Warrick, W., Tayahi, M.B.; "Nanohole structures for efficiency enhancement in thin film photovoltaics," IEEE Explore vol.1, no.1, pp.1-5, July (2010). 
 

Recent Projects

  • Photoactivated Switch Based on Diamond Coated Carbon Nanotube Device, SiC Thyristor and a GaAs VCSEL (PI) 
  • The Institute for Sustainability (PI) 
  • EFRI-RESTOR: Transformative Solutions for Chemical Energy Storage to Couple with Intermittent Renewable Electricity Generation Co-PI)