Introducing new faculty members
to ece
We are thrilled to welcome four new faculty members to the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science at The University of Texas at Dallas. These talented educators and researchers bring a wide range of expertise from intelligent sensing to energy storage and AI that will elevate the department’s research, teaching, and innovation.
Amneh Akour, PhD
Assistant Professor of Instruction
PhD, The Ohio State University
MS, Iowa State University | BS, University of Jordan
Dr. Amneh Akour brings over 15 years of experience from Texas Instruments Inc., where she led IP design for Multichip Buck Converters and wireless systems, including MIMO FDD/TDD transceivers. She also contributed to solar application systems as a member of the SunSpec Committee. Previously, Akour taught at the University of Sharjah, University of Qatar and University of Jordan. She is a senior member of IEEE and has published in microwave and RFIC design.
Research Interests:
Circuits, RFIC, wireless systems, power electronics, converter and drivers, VLSI design
Minah Lee, PhD
Assistant Professor
PhD and MS, Georgia Institute of Technology
BS, POSTECH, South Korea
Dr. Minah Lee joins UT Dallas from Georgia Tech, where she was served as a postdoctoral researcher. Her research lies at the intersection of embedded machine learning and intelligent sensing. She designs adaptive and energy-efficient sensor systems for real-time edge computing, with applications in autonomous platforms.
Research Interests:
Adaptive and active sensor systems, energy-efficient edge intelligence, hardware-software co-design, System-in-Package (SiP), heterogeneous integrationducing heatmaps that highlight the most probable areas the user could be in, essentially reversing the navigation process.
Jie Zhou, PhD
Assistant Professor
PhD, University of Wisconsin–Madison
MS, Peking University | BEng, Southwest Jiaotong University
Dr. Jie Zhou specializes in ultrawide bandgap (UWBG) semiconductor devices. His research includes pioneering work on integrating lattice-mismatched materials for next-generation electronics and optoelectronics. Zhou has held research roles at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Northwestern University.
Research Interests:
Design, fabrication, and characterization of novel semiconductor electronic and optoelectronic devices (e.g., diodes, transistors and lasers); Ultrawide bandgap (UWBG) semiconductors (e.g., oxide, nitride, and diamond), semiconductor nanomembrane devices for bioelectronic applications.
Mohamed Ibrahim, PhD
Assistant Professor
PhD and MSc, Duke University
MSc and BSc, Ain Shams University, Egypt
Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim blends inspiration from biology with VLSI design to create energy-efficient AI systems. With experience at University of California Berkeley, Georgia Tech and in the semiconductor industry, he focuses on embodied intelligence and cyber-physical integration. Ibrahim is the recipient of the ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award and multiple Best Paper honors.
Research Interests:
Brain-inspired computing, embodied intelligence, embedded systems and cyber-physical integration, domain-specific architectures, energy-efficient VLSI AI hardware.