Intelligent Multi-Level Power-Aware Circuits and sysTems (IMPACT) Lab

About

Dr. Jinhui Wang is a Full Professor and Larry Drummond Endowed Chair in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Alabama (UA), Tuscaloosa. He is a Director of the Intelligent Multi-Level Power-Aware Circuits and sysTems (IMPACT) Lab. Throughout his academic career, Dr. Wang has secured a total of $16 million in federal grants including NSF, DOE, and NOAA, as a Principal Investigator (PI) or Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI). He has published 200+ refereed journal/conference papers and book chapters as well as 31 patents in emerging semiconductor technologies. His research interests include: (1) VLSI System, Digital and Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuit (IC) Design, 3D and 2.5D IC Design, and Emerging Memory; (2) AI Hardware Design, Post/Beyond CMOS Device, such as Memristors, Based Neuromorphic Computing System; and (3) Post/Beyond CMOS Devices Enabled Cybersecurity and Internet of Things (IoT) Systems.

Contact

Address (Office): 1018 North Engineering Research Center (NERC), 251 Shelby Lane, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487

Mailing: P. O. Box 870286, 251 Shelby Lane, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487

Phone: (205) 348-2823

Email: jwang231@ua.edu

Looking for highly-motivated Ph.D. students. All students admitted to IMPACT lab will receive financial support to cover tuition and stipend. TA/RA positions are available. If you are outstanding students (at least 3.6/4 = 90% GPA) with Bachelor or Master degree and interested, please send your CV, transcripts, and publications to jwang231@ua.edu.

Multiple positions are available for Postdoc Fellows who will have competitive pay and benefit. If you are qualified and interested, please send your CV and publications to jwang@southalabama.edu.

Multiple positions are available for Research Assistant Professor who will have competitive pay and benefit. If you are qualified and interested, please send your CV and publications to jwang@southalabama.edu.

News

[Aug. 2025: Grant] Our project is funded by NSF #2510192 for $2 million.
[Aug. 2025: Grant] Our project is funded by NSF #2450141 for $200,000.
[Jul. 2025: Grant] Our project is funded by NSF #2408064 for $800,000.
[Jul. 2025: Grant] Our project is funded by NSF #2502054 for $600,000.
[May 2025: Grant] Our project is funded by Alabama Commission on Higher Education for $42,456.
[May 2025: Award] Kyle Mooney received GRSP Fellowship for 2024-2025. Congratulations!
[Apr. 2025: Award] Dr. Wang received USA recognition of research and innovation for the 2024-2025 year.
[Apr. 2025: Award] Madeline Potter received NASA Space Grant Scholarship. Congratulations!
[Jan. 2025: Grant] Our project is funded by NSF #2428981 for $300,000.
[Sep. 2024: Grant] Our project is funded by DOE for $1 million.
[Aug. 2024: Grant] Our project is funded by NSF #2420994 for $275,000.
[Aug. 2024: Grant] Our project is funded by NSF #2427766 for $250,000.
[Jul. 2024: Grant] Our project is funded by NSF #2346905 for $850,000.
[Jul. 2024: Grant] Our project is funded by NSF #2348977 for $464,508.
[Jun. 2024: Award] Dr. Wang is selected for USA SYE Faculty Fellowship for 2024-2025.
[Jun. 2024: Award] Dr. Harshvardhan Uppaluru received Graduate Student Activities Enhancement Award. Congratulations!
[May 2024: Grant] Our project is funded by Alabama Commission on Higher Education for $37,456.
[May 2024: Award] Kyle Mooney received GRSP Fellowship for 2024-2025. Congratulations!
[Apr. 2024: Award] Kyle Mooney received Warren Nicholson Endowed Graduate Scholarship Award. Congratulations!
[Apr. 2024: Award] Sean Digman received the Student of The Year Award. Congratulations!
[Apr. 2024: Award] Madeline Potter received NASA Space Grant Scholarship. Congratulations!
[Apr. 2024: Award] Madeline Potter received support from 2024 SURF Program, advised by Dr. Wang.
[Mar. 2024: Award] Rafeeq Khan Mohammed received ECE Graduate Student Excellence Endowed Award. Congratulations!
[Aug. 2023: Award] Dr. Wang received Beth and Don Davis National Alumni Association Excellence in Advising Award.
[Jun. 2023: Grant] Our project is funded by NSF #2247343 for $320,000.
[Jun. 2023: Grant] Our project is funded by Alabama Commission on Higher Education for $37,168.
[Jun. 2023: Award] Kyle Mooney received GRSP Fellowship for 2023-2024. Congratulations!
[Jun. 2023: Award] Rafeeq Khan Mohammed received NSF-CISE MWSCAS Participation Award. Congratulations!
[May 2023: Grant] Our project is funded by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for $1,910,628.
[May 2023: Award] Dr. Wang is selected for USA SYE Faculty Fellowship for 2023-2024.
[May 2023: Award] Carly Ray received support from 2023 SURF Program, advised by Dr. Wang.
[Apr. 2023: Grant] Our project is funded by USA Research and Scholarly Development Grant (RSDG) Program for $25,000.
[Apr. 2023: Award] Carly Ray received the Student of The Year Award. Congratulations!
[Apr. 2023: Award] Dr. Wang received College of Engineering Annual Excellence in Teaching Award and Annual Excellence in Research Award, 2023. (Since such awards were created in 2004, it is the first time that one faculty received both in one year.)
[Apr. 2023: Award] Destinie Diggs and Carly Ray received NASA Space Grant Scholarship. Congratulations!
[Aug. 2022: Grant] Our project is funded by NSF #2218046 for $6 million.

Awards and Services

Dr. Wang received Best Paper Awards/Nominations in DATE 2021, ISVLSI 2019, ISLPED 2016, ISQED 2016, EIT 2016. He has served as the organizing committee chair, track chair, or technical program committee member for IEEE/ACM international conferences including:

ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC), 2024-2025.
IEEE International Conference on Physical Assurance and Inspection of Electronics (PAINE), 2023-2025.
ACM Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI (GLSVLSI), 2023-2025.
IEEE International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design (ISQED), 2020-2025.
IEEE Region 3 Southeast Conference 2025 (SoutheastCon), 2021-2025.
IEEE International Symposium on Embedded Multicore/Many-core Systems-on-Chip (MCSoC), 2015-2024.
IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA), 2021-2023.
IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI (ISVLSI), 2017-2022.
IEEE International Symposium on VLSI Design and Embedded Computing (VDEC), 2017-2020.
IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems (APCCAS), 2020-2021.
IEEE International SoC Conference (SoCC), 2012-2018.
IEEE International Conference on Solid-State and Integrated Circuit Technology (ICSICT), 2014, 2016.
IEEE International Conference on ASIC (ASICON), 2015, 2017.