Assistant
Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
Memorial University of Newfoundland
St. John's, NL, A1B 3X5, Canada
Office: EN-3031
Tel: (709) 737-4638
Fax: (709) 737-4042
Email: lzhang(at)mun(dot)ca
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Research Interests:
- VLSI design automation
- analog and mixed-signal integrated circuit design
- digital system and circuit design
- computer-based instrumentation
- microelectronics and computer applications in biomedical engineering
- computer peripheral
Teaching:
- ENGI 4862: Microprocessors (Spring, 2012)
- ENGI 8863/9868: Introduction to LSI / ASIC Design (Spring, 2012)
- ENGI 1020: Introduction to Programming (Fall, 2011)
- ENGI 3891: Advanced Programming (Fall, 2011)
- ENGI 5891: Design and Analysis of Algorithms (Winter, 2009)
- ENGI 8800: EE and CoE Design Project II (Winter, 2009)
- ENGI 9801: Computer Engineering Design Project (Winter, 2009)
- ENGI 2420: Structured Programming (Winter, 2008)
- ENGI 7893: Software Engineering (Spring, 2007)
Selected Publications:
- L. Zhang, R. Raut, Y. Jiang, and U. Kleine, "Placement algorithm in analog-layout designs," IEEE Trans. on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, vol. 25, pp. 1889-1903, Oct. 2006.
- N. Jangkrajarng, L. Zhang, S. Bhattacharya, N. Kohagen, and C.-J. R. Shi, "Template-based parasitic-aware optimization and retargeting of analog and RF integrated circuit layouts," Proc. IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design, Nov. 2006, pp. 342-348.
I am always looking for good graduate students to work with. If you have the related background (i.e., software design OR circuit design) and would like to pursue a Master's or Ph.D. degree, please feel free to contact me. Financial support is available.