STEVE BLAIR

Professor

Electrical & Computer Engineering

  • Professor
    Electrical & Computer Engineering
  • Adjunct Professor
    Materials Science & Engineering
  • Adjunct Professor
    Physics & Astronomy

RESEARCH INTERESTS

My overall research focuses on the application of optics/photonics to problems in biology and medicine. My current research includes plasmonic antennas for enhancing light matter interactions, real-time DNA and protein microarrays, and neural photonics - using light to effect and/or record neural signals.

GRANTS

  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    WEARABLE IMU-BASED CLOSED-LOOP EXERCISE COACHING TECHNOLOGY
    1 Apr 2026 - 30 Jun 2027
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    MULTIMODAL INTERFACE
    1 Jul 2025 - 31 Dec 2026
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    HIGH ACCURACY CALIBRATION OF MOBILE ANTENNA POSITION USING SATELLITE TRACKING
    RAYTHEON APPLIED SIGNAL TECHNOLOGY INC16 May 2025 - 30 Jun 2026
    RAYTHEON APPLIED SIGNAL TECHNOLOGY INC
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    SIGNAL DETECTION USING MACHINE LEARNING
    RAYTHEON APPLIED SIGNAL TECHNOLOGY INC16 May 2025 - 30 Jun 2026
    RAYTHEON APPLIED SIGNAL TECHNOLOGY INC
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    STELLAR: SCALABLE LOW TEMPERATURE ULTRAFAST LASER MATERIALS MANUFACTURING
    1 Feb 2025 - 31 Jan 2028
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    2024-2025 L-3 CLINIC
    L-3 COMMUNICATIONS16 May 2024 - 30 Jun 2025
    L-3 COMMUNICATIONS
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    Clinic - Mobile Radiotriangulation System for WiFi Mapping
    Raytheon Applied Signal Technology Inc16 May 2024 - 30 Jun 2025
    Raytheon Applied Signal Technology Inc
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    Clinic - Signal Detection Using Machine Learning
    Raytheon Applied Signal Technology Inc16 May 2024 - 30 Jun 2025
    Raytheon Applied Signal Technology Inc
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    HIGH-DENSITY CHRONIC OPTOGENETIC INTERFACE FOR PRIMATE BRAINS
    BLACKROCK MICROSYSTEMS1 Aug 2023 - 31 Jul 2025
    BLACKROCK MICROSYSTEMS
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    2023-2024 VAREX ECE CLINIC
    1 Jul 2023 - 30 Jun 2024
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    DEEP NEURAL NETWORK FORWARD ERROR CORRECTION
    1 Jul 2023 - 30 Jun 2024
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    DISTRIBUTED LOW SWAP ML RF SURVEY
    1 Jul 2023 - 30 Jun 2024
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    2023-2024 L-3 ECE CLINIC
    16 May 2023 - 30 Jun 2024
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    ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER ECE CLINIC 2023-2024
    16 May 2023 - 30 Jun 2024
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    ENGINEERING A TRANSITION MICRO-ELECTRODE ARRAY FOR LARGE-SCALE BRAIN RECORDING AND MODULATION
    NIH NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE1 Sep 2021 - 31 Aug 2024
    NIH NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE
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    2021-2022 SANDIA CLINIC
    DOE SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORI7 Jan 2021 - 31 Dec 2022
    DOE SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORI
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    2021-2022 L3 CLINIC
    L-3 COMMUNICATIONS1 Jan 2021 - 31 Dec 2022
    L-3 COMMUNICATIONS
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    RMP CLINIC 2021-2022
    ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER1 Jan 2021 - 31 Dec 2022
    ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER
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    20-21 RIO TINTO CLINIC - DER
    RIO TINTO LTD1 Jan 2020 - 31 Dec 2021
    RIO TINTO LTD
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    20-21 RIO TINTO CLINIC - POWER
    RIO TINTO LTD1 Jan 2020 - 31 Dec 2021
    RIO TINTO LTD
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    2020-2020 RAYTHEON CLINIC 1
    RAYTHEON APPLIED SIGNAL TECHNO1 Jan 2020 - 31 Dec 2021
    RAYTHEON APPLIED SIGNAL TECHNO
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    2020-2020 RAYTHEON CLINIC 2
    RAYTHEON APPLIED SIGNAL TECHNO1 Jan 2020 - 31 Dec 2021
    RAYTHEON APPLIED SIGNAL TECHNO
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    2020-2021 CORNING ECE CLINIC
    CORNING INCORPORATED1 Jan 2020 - 31 Dec 2021
    CORNING INCORPORATED
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    2020-2021 L3 CLINIC
    L-3 COMMUNICATIONS1 Jan 2020 - 31 Dec 2021
    L-3 COMMUNICATIONS
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    2020-2021 SANDIA CLINIC
    DOE SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORI1 Jan 2020 - 31 Dec 2021
    DOE SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORI