New Mexico State University => College of Engineering

Klipsch School of Electrical & Computer Engineering Faculty

Paul M. Furth

Associate Professor

Contact Information
Office:	Thomas & Brown Hall, Room 313
Phone:	(575) 646-1659
Fax:	(575) 646-1435
E-mail:	pfurth@nmsu.edu
Personal Webpage:	http://www.ece.nmsu.edu/~pfurth
Fall 2008 Office Hours:	1:30pm – 2:30pm MWF

 

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Education

• BA, French, Grinnell College, 1984
• BS, Engineering (Electrical), California Institute of Technology, 1985
• MS, Electrical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 1992
• PhD, Electrical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 1996
  • Advised by Dr. Andreas Andreou, "On the Design of Optimal Continuous-Time Filter Banks in Subthreshold CMOS"

Experience

• Project Engineer, TRW Technar, Irwindale, CA, 1985-1898
• Member of Associate Staff, JHU Applied Physics Laboratory, Columbia, MD, 1992-1995
• Consulting IC Designer, JTA Research, Seal Beach, Summer 2000 CA
• Consulting IC Designer, Motorola, Chandler, AZ, Summers 2001-2003
• Associate Department Head, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 2002-2006
• Visiting Faculty, Micron, Boise, ID, Summer 2007
• University Summer Faculty, Sandia National Labs, Albuquerque, NM, Summer 2008
• Assistant/Associate Professor, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 1995-present

Professional Affiliations

• Member, NMSU Teaching Academy
• Member, IEEE

Journal Publications

• Journal Publications

 

Conference Publications

• Conference Publications

 

Other Publications, Presentations, and Workshops

• Presentations

 

Major Grant Awards

• Major competed awards last 5 years (e.g., NSF)
• Major development awards

 

Courses Taught

• EE 109 The Engineering of How Things Work
• EE 161 Computer-Aided Problem Solving (C-Programming)
• EE 201 Networks
• EE 321 (formerly EE 221) Electronics I
• EE 324 Introduction to VLSI Design
• EE 486/524 Digital VLSI Design
• EE 485/523 Analog VLSI Design
• EE 498/499 Capstone: Integrated Electro-Optics
• EE 590 Special Topics:  CMOS Image Sensors

 

Major Service Work

• Member, ECE Undergraduate Studies Committee
• ECE Representative, BS in Engineering Physics Committee

 

Advisees, including Dissertations, Theses, and Technical Reports

• PhD Advisees
  • Gerardo Gonzales, May, 1999, "Analog Building Blocks Using Multiple Input Floating Gate Devices for Implementing the Fast Wavelet Transform"
  • Ivan Padilla, May, 2007, "Quiescent Current Control Circuit for Class AB Amplifiers"
  • Wudyalew Wondmagegn, August, 2007, "Electrical Transport and the Schottky Effect in Organic Nanoelectronic Materials and Devices"
  • Annajirao Garimilla (current)
• MSEE Thesis Advisees
  • Henry A. Om'mani, 1997, "A Two-Dimensional Passive Cochlear Model: Analysis, Simulation, and Analog VLSI Design"
  • Alushulla J. Ambundo, June, 2001, "Fully-Integrated Current-Mode Subaperature Centroid Circuits and Phase Reconstructor Implemented in Analog VLSI"
  • Carlos Nieva (co-advisor), October, 2002, "Low voltage, class AB op-amps and OTAs"
  • Ananth Bashyam, September, 2003, "High-Speed Image Centroid Computation Circuits Implemented in Analog VLSI"
  • Haifeng Li, November, 2003, "CMOS Current Mode Analog Viterbi Decoder"
  • Sriram Venkataraman, April, 2004, "A Novel Error-Correction Scheme for False-Code Elimination in a Parallel Successive-Approximation A/D Converter"
  • Avinash Gupta, August, 2005, "Wavefront Quality Sensor Using Programmable Field of Interest Implemented in Analog VLSI"
  • Sreeker Dundigal, September, 2005, "Integrated Optical Phase Sensor"
  • Vijay Chaphekar, September, 2005
  • Aditya Rayankula, August, 2006, "CMOS Active Pixel Image Sharpness Sensor"
  • Vamsy Ponnapurreddy, February, 2007, "Integrated CMOS Optical Phase Sensor"
  • Karthik Kothapalli, March, 2007, "A Stable and High Speed CMOS Image Centroid Computation Circuit"
  • John Holguin, November, 2007, "Integrated Polarization Imager"
  • Kameshwar Kaushik Chavali, April, 2009, "A Low-Voltage, High-Bandwidth, Adaptive Centroid Computing CMOS Image Sensor"
  • Muhammed Rashid (current)
• MSEE Technical Report Advisees
  • Tom Briones, July 2001, "A Precision Analog VLSI Poisson Equation Solver Using Linear Resistors"
  • Pavan Kalidindi, August, 2004, "Wide-Range, Low Jitter and Low Latency Delay Locked Loop"
  • Camilo Gomez, December, 2004, "On the Application of Genetic Algorithms for the Design of Analog and Digital VLSI Circuits"
  • Avinash Ajane, September, 2005, "LFSR Based Counters"
  • Vishnu Kulkarni, October, 2005, "Low-Voltage CMOS Comparators with Programmable Hysteresis"
  • Nitin Velundindi, August, 2006, "CMOS Active Pixel Sensor"
  • Yen-Chun Tsen, February, 2007, "Low-Power CMOS Clocked Comparator with Programmable Hysteresis"
  • Pulla-Reddy Ailuri, December, 2008
  • Vickram Selvakumar, December, 2008, "A Radiation Tolerant Counting A/D Converter"
  • Praneeth Devabhaktuni (current)

• MSEE Coursework Advisees
  • Roberto Ladwig, September 2007

 

Research Philosophy

I maintain a broad interest in solving problems in the fields of analog and mixed-signal information processing and electro-optic sensing using CMOS technology. I am applying low-power analog and mixed-signal VLSI techniques for the solution of adaptive optics problems in real-time. In particular, we have developed three sensor systems:  a high-speed image centroid sensor, an active-pixel image sharpness sensor, and a wavefront phase sensor that uses an interferometric approach. All of this research has been conducted in collaboration with the Electro-Optics Group at NMSU.

• Laboratory facilities
  • VLSI Laboratory
  • RF Microelectronics Laboratory

 

Teaching Philosophy

For undergraduate courses, I strive to develop strong critical thinking skills in students through lecture, collaborative learning, teamwork in lab, and challenging homework assignments and exams. In an effort to decrease, I have adopted all aspects of cooperative learning in all required undergraduate courses: Positive interdependence,  face-to-face interaction, group and individual accountability, small group leadership and interpersonal skills, and reflecting on the group.  The effect has been tremendous, as I've witnessed D,F,W rates drop from 35% to 20%, students "enjoy" the course more, and exam scores increase.   For graduate-level and undergraduate elective courses, in addition to developing strong critical thinking skills, it is my goal to bring state-of-the-art topics and CAD tools to the classroom and lab, so that graduating students are prepared to face tomorrow’s challenges in electrical engineering.

 

Administrative Philosophy

I am helping lead the NMSU College of Engineering, in general, and the Klipsch School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, in particular, toward a position of long-term strength, significance, and financial viability. I work to maintain openness and trust with faculty, staff, students, and interested alumni. I am committed to helping develop faculty and staff toward fruitful careers. I listen well to opposing viewpoints. I seek counsel when I see that difficult decisions must be made. I generally admit when I make mistakes. Finally, I like to work hard and am glad to spend my career contributing to the faculty, staff, and students of New Mexico State University and the people of the state of New Mexico.

 

Personal Information

• My wife, Carol, and I have four children, Aria, Cadey, Canon, and Anthem.
• I serve as a Home Group Leader and Worship Leader at Heart for the World Church in Las Cruces, NM.
• I help coach the Jornada United, a competitive U-12 boys soccer team.