Dayalan Kasilingam

Dr. Dayalan Kasilingam is a Professor and Chairperson of the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. He holds a BA in Electrical Sciences from the University of Cambridge (1981), and MSEE and PhD in Electrical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology (1982, 1987).

His research focuses on adaptive signal processing, applied electromagnetics, remote sensing, and wireless communications. He has secured over $476,926 in research funding from the Office of Naval Research for projects like Deep Learning-Enabled Detection and Classification of Acoustic Signals in Underwater Channels. Notable awards include the NSF Faculty Early Career Development Grant (1995).

• Teaches courses like ECE 201: Circuit Theory I and supervises graduate research through ECE 600 (Master's Thesis) and ECE 603 (Pre-Dissertation Research).
• Served as Department Chair from 2005 to 2014.
• Conducted sabbaticals at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory and the National University of Singapore’s Center for Remote Imaging, Sensing and Processing.

His work bridges theoretical advancements and practical applications in radar and ocean surface imaging analysis.