Instructors

Joel B. Harley: Lead Instructor

Education

BS, Electrical Engineering, Tufts University
MA, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University

Bio

Joel B. Harley is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT. His interests include the integration of complex wave propagation models with novel signal processing, machine learning, and big data methods for applications in cyber-physical systems, structural health monitoring, nondestructive evaluation, and other fields.

Dr. Harley is a recipient of the 2014 Carnegie Mellon A. G. Jordan Award (for academic excellence and exceptional service to the community), the 2009 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship, the 2009 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship, the 2009 Department of Homeland Security Graduate Fellowship (declined), and the 2008 Lamme/Westinghouse Electrical and Computer Engineering Graduate Fellowship. He has published more than 40 technical journal and conference papers, including four best student papers. He is a student advisor for the IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control Society, the treasurer of the Salt Lake City chapter of the IEEE Signal Processing Society, a member of the IEEE Signal Processing Society, and a member of the Acoustical Society of America.

Responsibilities

Prof. Harley is responsible for designing the course, teaching lectures, generating lecture notes, holding office hours, writing homework, and grading. If you have any questions about the course, feel free to contact him.