Sensing & Imaging

Computational tools and advanced sensing techniques are giving us unmatched insights into the world around us. We’re developing novel approaches to gathering and analyzing information to make our world safer and more secure, and healthcare applications faster and more efficient.

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Research Areas

  • Computational and compressive sensing and measurement
  • Optical physics
  • Smart cameras
  • Inverse problems
  • Diagnostic imaging
  • On-chip sensing and lab-on-a-chip systems
  • Printed and thin-film electronics
  • Biosensing
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Centers & Partners

CAMMS

Coded Aperture Miniature Mass Spectrometer

Meta-Imaging MURI

Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative

WaSH-AID

Center for Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Infectious Disease

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7/17 Podcast

Lightning Talks

Take a deep dive into the flashiest secrets of this common but little understood natural phenomenon with leading researcher Steve Cummer.

Associated Faculty

Martin A. Brooke Profile Photo
Martin A. Brooke Profile Photo

Martin A. Brooke

Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Tingjun Chen Profile Photo
Tingjun Chen Profile Photo

Tingjun Chen

Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Richard B. Fair Profile Photo
Richard B. Fair Profile Photo

Richard B. Fair

Lord-Chandran Distinguished Professor of Engineering

Aaron D. Franklin Profile Photo
Aaron D. Franklin Profile Photo

Aaron D. Franklin

Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, Addy Professor of ECE

Michael E. Gehm Profile Photo
Michael E. Gehm Profile Photo

Michael E. Gehm

Director of Graduate Studies, Professor of ECE

Jeffrey Glass Profile Photo
Jeffrey Glass Profile Photo

Jeffrey Glass

Hogg Family Director of Engineering Management & Entrepreneurship, Professor of ECE

Nan Marie Jokerst Profile Photo
Nan Marie Jokerst Profile Photo

Nan Marie Jokerst

J. A. Jones Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Douglas Nowacek Profile Photo
Douglas Nowacek Profile Photo

Douglas Nowacek

Randolph K. Repass and Sally-Christine Rodgers University Distinguished Professor of Conservation Technology in Environment and Engineering

Tania Roy Profile Photo
Tania Roy Profile Photo

Tania Roy

Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Other Research Specialties

Explore additional specialty research areas in Duke ECE and throughout the Pratt School of Engineering.