Vijay K. Varadan
HiDEC/CENNESS Director
Contact Info
Office Location: ENRC-1610Phone: 479-575-2873
Email: vjvesm@uark.edu
Biographical Information
Dr. Vijay K. Varadan is currently the Walton Endowed Chair and Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering (College of Engineering) and Neurosurgery (College of Medicine) with the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. In addition, he is also the Twenty-first Century Endowed Chair in Nano- and Bio-Technologies and Medicine, a Distinguished Professor in Electrical Engineering, a Distinguished Professor in Biomedical Engineering, and a Professor of Neurosurgery in the Univeristy of Arkansas Medical Sciences' College of Medicine.
In addition to the Director of HiDEC, Dr. Varadan is also the Director of the Institute for Nano-, Micro-, and Neuro-Electronics, Sensors and Systems and the Director of the High Density Electronics Center. He has concentrated on the design and development of various electronic, acoustic and structural composites, smart materials, structures, and devices including sensors, transducers, MEMS, synthesis and large-scale fabrication of carbon nanotubes, nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS), microwave, and acoustic and ultrasonic wave absorbers and filters.
Dr. Varadan has developed a neurostimulator and wireless microsensors and systems for sensing and control of Parkinson’s disease, epilepsy, glucose in the blood, and Alzhemier’s disease. He is also developing wireless sensor systems for human gait analysis and sleep disorders/disturbances.
Dr. Varadan is currently an Associate Editor for the Journal of Microlithography, Microfabrication and Microsystems and serves on the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Computational Methods.
Dr. Varadan has authored or coauthored over 500 Journal papers, 450 conference papers, and 11 books. He recently co-authored Neuroelectronics and Neurosurgery, which is soon to be published.
Dr. Vardan has 12 patents pertinent to conducting polymers, smart structures, smart antennas, phase shifters, carbon nanotubes, implantable devices and neurosurgery for Parkinson’s patients, as well as wireless MEMS accelerometers and gyroscopes.