[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

• 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