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Office Hours - Spring 2012
Wednesday and Thursday 12:30 - 2:30 p.m.
Friday 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Other by appointment
Education
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of New Mexico, 1992
M.S., Electrical Engineering, University of New Mexico, 1989
Courses Taught
- ECE 38200 Feedback System Analysis and Design
- ECE 30800 System Simulation and Control Laboratory
- ECET 20700 AC Circuit Analysis
- ECET 21300 Survey of Electricity and Electronics
- ECET 25700 Power and RF Electronics
- ECET 30400 Communication Systems
- ECET 30700 Analog Network Signal Processing
- ECET 35700 Real-time Digital Signal Processing
- ECET 49900 Computer Game Hardware and Software
- ECET 49900 Computer Game and Multimedia Programming
- ECET 49900 Advanced Digital Signal Processing with Multimedia Applications
- ECET 49900 Communication Systems II
- ECET 49900 Senior Design Phase I
- ECET 49900 Senior Design Phase II
Academic Experience
- Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology, Purdue University North Central, 2008-present
- Senior Professor, Professor and Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering, DeVry University, Atlanta, GA, 1997-2008
- Research Associate, New Mexico University, 1992-1993
Non-Academic Experience
- Principle Engineer, Iterated System, Atlanta, FL, 1994-1997
- Developed speech and video coders and co-invented a US patent
- Conducted various research projects on speech/audio, image and video data compression using fractal and wavelet transforms, and subband coding method
- Involved in video compression product development
- Senior Software Engineer, American Laser Games, Inc., Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1993-1994
- Developed video compression algorithms and software
- Developed three software CD titles as a leading software engineer
- Worked as a team member for other projects including embedded arcade game systems and 3DO (3 dimensional object) game systems
Professional Activities
Senior Member of IEEE; Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) and International Association of Journals and Conferences (IAJC)
Honors and Awards
- Summer Faculty Grant, Purdue Research Foundation, 2010
- International Travel Grant, Purdue Research Foundation, 2010
Service Activities
- Editorial board member for the International Journal of Applied Research and Innovation (IJME)
- Editorial board member for the International Journal of Modern Engineering (IJERI)
- Editorial board member for the Technology Interface International Journal (TIIJ)
- Developed several new courses in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology program including a textbook development
- Involved with ABET visit preparation for engineering technology programs
- Served as a member of PNC faculty senate, curriculum committee and library committee at the campus level
- Served as a member of curriculum committee and ME faculty search committee at the college level
- Served as division co-chair, program committee member and moderator in several international conferences
- Offered several workshops in Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, China
- Served as reviewer for IEEE transaction journals and international conferences
- DeVry University
- Curriculum Development Committee member for MSEE program
- Development of syllabus and guide for MSEE course
- Served as co-curriculum coordinator for the ECET program including class scheduling for the ECET department and mentoring new faculty and adjunct faculty members
- Served as chair of communications and signal processing sequence for coordinating the textbook selections, issues of course objectives, and course delivery and improvement across the DeVry system
- Served as the IEEE Atlanta Student Chapter Counselor
- University of New Mexico
- Conducted research and real-time implementations of digital and adaptive signal processing algorithms
Publications/Presentations
Served as the author or co-author on over 40 refereed journal and conference publications, a granted US patent, and three textbooks:
- Tan, Li-Zhe, Digital Signal Processing: Fundamentals and Applications, Reprint version, Elsevier/Academic Press, 2011.
- Tan, Li-Zhe and J. Jiang, Analog Signal Processing and Filter Design, Linus Publications, 2009.
- Tan, Li-Zhe and J. Jiang, Fundamentals of Analog and Digital Signal Processing, AuthorHouse, 2008.
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