ACTIVE RESEARCH

The research conducted by the faculty and students in the electrical engineering department cover a wide range of problems from power systems to optical communication networks. More than 40 active research projects are being pursued in the department which are sponsored by the university research funds, industry, and government agencies. These projects fall into one of the technical areas listed below.

 Communication:

Radar system analysis and design, Mobile communication systems, Communication networks, Modeling of nonlinear microwave devices, Optical communication switches, Electromagnetic radiowave propagation and scattering, Image processing.

 Electronics:

Analog integrated circuit design, Modeling of semiconductor devices, Integrated optics, Data acquisition and controller boards, Digital computer interfaces.

 Power:

Power distribution networks, Transient states in power systems, Reactive power control, Optimization of electric machines.

 Control:

Estimation theory, Dynamic system identification, Navigation, Robust control, Adaptive and model predictive control, Intelligent control and soft computing (neural networks and fuzzy systems, evolutionary algorithms, etc.), Large-scale systems.

 Biomedical Engineering:

Modeling of cardio-vascular systems, Biological signal and image processing, Radiation exposure effects.

Electrical Engineering department has extensive facilities devoted to experimental studies and research programs. They include

 Circuits and Measurement Lab
 Electronics and Pulse Circuits
 Industrial Electronics Lab


 Semi-Conductor and Microtechnology (*)
Computer Aided Design of Integrated Circuits
 Digital Circuits Lab
 Microprocessor/Microcomputer Lab


 Communication Circuits
 Microwaves and Antennas
 Image Processing
 Optics Lab (*)
 Computational Electromagnetics Lab


 Electric Machines
 High Voltage Lab (*)
 Power System Protection Lab
 Power System Simulation Lab


 Intelligent Systems Lab


 Biomedical Engineering Lab

(*) These Laboratories are being expanded and/or renovated.

Much of the work in engineering design and analysis requires extensive use of computing facilities. Sharif University of Technology and the electrical engineering staff have at their disposal one of the best academic computing facilities in Iran.
Most of the available computer systems in the department are located in the Electrical Engineering Computing Site. They include a number of personal computers and DEC Workstations.
The personal computers form a Local Area Network (LAN). A campus-wide network has been installed for the VAX computers which is maintained by the University Computer Center. The PC and VAX networks are linked via standard protocols throughout the campus.
SUT was among the first academic institutions in Iran to establish INTERNET connection via the national node at the Institute for Theoretical Physics and Mathematics.

Library: The electrical engineering library hosts some 12000 volumes of books and references in various related fields. The library subscribes to more than 100 periodicals and technical journals. The students also have access to the resources of the central library as well as other departmental libraries of the university. The central library has recently established an electronic information network which serves the departments through the existing computing facilities.