Michael Ruane

Michael RuaneProfessor
PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1980

Center for Space Physics
Biological Sensing and Imaging


(617) 353-3256
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office: PHO 727
office hours: Tues., 11:00 AM–12:00 PM / Wed., 1:00–2:00 PM / Fri., 10:00–11:00 AM

Honors, Awards, and Editorships

  • Senior Member, IEEE
  • 2004 ASEE New England Section Outstanding Teacher Award
  • 1999 ECE Award for Excellence in Teaching
  • 1991 College of Engineering Faculty Service Award

Classes Taught

  • EK121
  • EK122
  • EK130 Introduction to Engineering
  • EK131/132 Introduction to Engineering
  • EK215
  • EC311 Introduction to Logic Design
  • EC463 Senior Design Project I
  • EC464 Senior Design Project II
  • EC465
  • EC466
  • EC506
  • EC515 Digital Communication
  • EC560 Introduction to Photonics
  • EC562
  • EC563 Fiber Optic Communication System
  • EC570 Lasers

Research Interests

  • resonant cavity imaging systems
  • K–12 outreach and engineering education
  • optical systems
  • instrument design

Selected Publications

  • M. Ruane, “Vertically Integrated Research Experiences”, 9th International Conference on Engineering Education, San Juan, PR, July 2006.
  • D. A. Bergstein, I. E. Ozkumur, A. C. Wu, A. Yalcin, J. Needham, R. Irani, J. Gershoni, B. B. Goldberg, C. DeLisi, M. F. Ruane, and M. S. Ünlü, “Resonant Cavity Imaging: A Means Toward High-Throughput Label-Free Protein Detection,” IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, Vol. 14, No. 1, January/February 2008
  • R. P. Morrissey, M. Redjdal, M. F. Ruane, and F. B. Humphrey, “Effects of cross grooving on a domain wall in magnetic bubble garnet”, J. Appl. Phys. 91, 6946 (2002)
  • C. Worth, B. Goldberg, M. Ruane, S. Ünlü, “Surface desensitization of polarimetric waveguide interferometers”, IEEE J. Quan. Elec., 37, 11, (2001)
  • M. Redjdal, T. Trunk, M. Ruane, F. Humphrey, “Transitional domain wall structure in Permalloy magnetic films with decreasing thickness”, IEEE Trans. Mag., Vol. 36, No. 5, (2000).