[Curriculum Vitae in PDF]
Education
Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin, USA (2009-2013)
M.S. National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan (2004-2006)
B.S. National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan (2000-2004)
Research and Work Experience
Associate Professor (2018 – present)
Dept. Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Assistant Professor (2014 – 2018)
Dept. Electrical and Computer Engineering, Wayne State University, USA
Research Scientist (2013 – 2014)
Metamaterial Commercialization Center, Intellectual Ventures Lab, USA
Research Staff (2006 -2009)
Taiwan Semiconductor Research Institute, Taiwan
Scientific Honors, Awards and Recognition
- Chair and Founder of IEEE Chicago Sensors Chapter (2019-2021)
- College of Engineering Faculty Research Award (2021)
- IOP Measurement Science and Technology Emerging Leader (2021)
- ACES Early Career Award (2019)
- PIERS Young Scientist Award (2019)
- NSF CAREER Award (2018)
- College of Engineering Research Excellence Award (2018)
- IEEE-APS Raj Mittra Travel Grant (RMTG) Award (2018)
- SPIE Rising Researcher Award (2018)
- IEEE Sensors Council Early Career Award (2017)
- Final 10, IOP Nanotechnology Young Researcher Award (2017)
- Young Scientist Award, URSI General Assembly (2017)
- Air Force Research Laboratory Summer Faculty Fellowship (2016)
- Young Scientist Award, URSI Commission B: Electromagnetic Theory (2016)
- Argonne National National Laboratory Director’s Fellowship (declined) (2014)
- UT Austin Professional Development Award (2013)
- Donald D. Harrington Fellowship (the highest graduate fellowship award given by The University of Texas at Austin) (2012)
- Ernest K. Smith Student Paper Prize, USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting (2012)
- USNC-URSI Travel Fellowship Awards (2012, 2013)
- Finalist (2011, 2013), Honorable Mention (2010), IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S) Student Paper Contest Award
- Best Student Paper Award, Metamaterials’ 2011: The 5th International Congress on Advanced Electromagnetic Materials in Microwaves and Optics (2011)
- Student Grant of European Physical Society (2010)
- Study Abroad Award, Taiwan Ministry of Education (2010)
- Honorary Member of Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor Society (2006)
- United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) Scholarship (2005)
- Nation Chiao Tung University Presidential Award (2004, 2005)
Mentored Student Awards
- Mingye Yang, Zhilu Ye, and Yichong Ren, Second Prize, IEEE Antennas and Propagation Symposium (AP-S), Student Design Contest Award (2021)
- Liang Zhu: Finalist, IEEE Antennas and Propagation Symposium (AP-S) Student Paper Contest Award (2021)
- Liang Zhu & Xuecong Nie: First Place, IEEE Wireless Power Transfer Conference (WPTC) Student Paper Contest Award (2021)
- Liang Zhu: URSI Young Scientist Award; for outstanding early career research on electromagnetics (2021)
- Maryam Sakhdari: Thomas C. Rumble Fellowship Award; for outstanding academic records and excellent research work at WSU (2017)
- Mehdi Hajizadegan: Olbrot Travel Award; for excellence in graduate student research at WSU (2017)
- Liang Zhu: Finalist, Wireless Integrated MicroSensing & Systems (WIMS2) Student Poster Contest (2017)
- Mehdi Hajizadegan: Honorable Mention, IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S) Student Paper Contest Award (2018)
- Maryam Sakhdari: Honorable Mention, IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S) Student Paper Contest Award (2017)
- Mehdi Hajizadegan: Honorable Mention, IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S) Student Contest Award (2017)
- Mehdi Hajizadegan & Maryam Sakhdari: Best Paper Award, IEEE Sensors Conference (2016)
- Maryam Sakhdar: Finalist, IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S) Student Paper Contest Award (2016)
- Mehdi Hajizadegan: Finalist, IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S) Student Paper Contest Award (2016)
- Haiyu Huang: Finalist (co-advised with Dr. Deji Akinwande), IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS) Student Paper Contest Award (2016)
- 1st Prize, National Institute Award & IET Award, UT Austin ECE Senior Design Project Competitions (2011 Spring)
- 2nd Prize, UT Austin ECE Senior Design Project Competitions (2010 Fall)
Teaching
- ECE 5550: Solid-State Electronics
- ECE 4570: Introduction to Microelectronic Devices
- ECE 9997: ECE Graduate Seminar
- ECE 7990: Antenna Practice and Wireless Systems
- ECE 322: Introduction to Electromagnetics and Applications
- ECE 421: Introduction to Antennas and Wireless Propagation
- ECE 520: Electromagnetic Field Theory
- ECE 523: Advanced Antenna Theory
- ECE 424: RF and Microwave Guided Propagation
Editorships
- Associate Editor, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation (2023-)
- Associated Editor, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation (2021- )
- Associated Editor, IEEE Journal of Electromagnetics, RF, and Microwaves in Medicine and Biology (IEEE J-ERM) (2018-)
- Associated Editor, IEEE Sensors Journal (2017-2023)
- Associated Editor, IEEE Journal or Radio Frequency Identification (IEEE JFRID) (2017- 2023)
- Associate Editor, Advanced Electromagnetics (2016-2019)
- Guest Editor, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
- Guest Editor, Sensors
- Guest Editor, International Journal of Antennas and Propagation
- Guest Editor, International Journal of Optics
- Guest Editor, Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing