Research

Dr. Engel’s primary research interests are in the area of integrated circuit design. He has worked on a wide variety of projects. For graduate students interested in specializing in IC design, please click here.

This work is carried out in the VLSI Design Research Laboratory (EB 3036). The lab is well equipped with five workstations, a large HP plotter, and a wide assortment of test equipment.

Cadence EDA tools are used extensively in all of Dr. Engel’s research. Dr. Engel works closely with the Nuclear Reactions Group at Washington University and is also a member of the engineering school’s robotics research group.

Current IC Development of ASICs for the Detection and Monitoring of Radiation is funded by a NSF-MRI grant #1625499. The grant period is Feb. 1, 2017 – Feb 1, 2020). Read a summary article.

Past projects include:

Development of Globally Asynchronous Locally Synchronous (GALS) Design Strategies

Development of ASIC for a Brain Computer Interface (BCI)