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I am honored to be selected as a 2024 IEEE AP-S Young Professional Ambassador from Antennas and Propagation Society!
I received the “Young Antenna Scientist Award” from AP-S president Prof. Stefano Maci at 2023 Singapore Workshop on Antennas, Singapore!

I received the “TICRA Foundation Grant” at 2023 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, Portland, Oregon, USA.

I served as a “Young Antenna Expert under age 30” for selection of Top Ten Antenna Hot Papers in 2022 for Chinese Antenna Academy.

Professional Activities

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Journal Editorial Board

  • Guest Editor, Electronics, Special Issue “Advanced Wireless Technologies for Next-G Networks: Antennas, Circuits, and Systems”. [Website]

Technical Program Committee

  • 2023 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Workshop Series on
    Advanced Materials and Processes for RF and THz Applications, Chengdu, China.

Session Chair

  • Topic: Advanced Reconfigurable Antennas and Intelligent Surfaces for Future Wireless Systems, 2023 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Workshop Series on
    Advanced Materials and Processes for RF and THz Applications, Chengdu, China. [Website]

Reviewer

  • IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
  • IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
  • IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
  • IEEE Internet of Things Journal
  • IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters
  • IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
  • IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation
  • IEEE Access

Teaching Assistant

  • HKUST  “ELEC1200: A System View of Communications: from Signals to Packet”, 2018 Fall.
  • HKUST “SISP 1303: Intelligent Sensing Technologies”, 2018 Summer.

Publications

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Journal Papers

  1. Zhang, Z. Han, S. Tang, S. Shen, C. Y. Chiu and R. Murch, “A Highly Pattern-Reconfigurable Planar Antenna with 360° Single- and Multi- Beam Steering,” IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 2022. DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2022.3161514.
  2. Zhang, S. Tang, Z. Han, J. Rao, S. Shen, M. Li, C. Y. Chiu and R. Murch, “A Low-Profile Microstrip Vertically Polarized Endfire Antenna With 360° Beam-Scanning and High Beam-Shaping Capability,” (Special Issue) IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 2022. DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2022.3171342.
  3. Zhang, S. Shen, Z. Han, C. Y. Chiu and R. Murch, “Compact MIMO Systems Utilizing a Pixelated Surface: Capacity Maximization,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 70, no. 9, pp. 8453-8467, Sep. 2021. DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2021.3101687.
  4. Zhang, S. Shen, C. Y. Chiu and R. Murch, “Hybrid RF-Solar Energy Harvesting Systems Utilizing Transparent Multiport Micromeshed Antennas,” IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 67, no. 11, pp. 4534-4546, Nov. 2019. DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2019.2930507.
  5. Zhang, Z. Han, S. Shen, C. Chiu and R. Murch, “Polarization Enhancement of Microstrip Antennas by Asymmetric and Symmetric Grid Defected Ground Structures,” IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation, vol. 1, pp. 215-223, 2020. DOI: 10.1109/OJAP.2020.2995460.
  6. Rao, Y. Zhang*, S. Tang, Z. Li, C. Y. Chiu and R. Murch, “An Active Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface Utilizing Phase-Reconfigurable Reflection Amplifiers,” IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, 2023, Doi: 10.1109/TMTT.2023.3237029. (Corresponding author)
  7. Tang, Y. Zhang*, J. Rao, Z. Han, C. -Y. Chiu and R. Murch, “Beamforming Network Design Utilizing Node Microstrip Architectures for Dual-Polarized Endfire Millimeter-Wave Antenna Arrays,” IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 2023, Doi: 10.1109/TAP.2023.3269142. (Corresponding author)
  8. Li, Y. Zhang*, F. Jiang, D. Wu, L. Yeung, L. Jiang and R. Murch, “Improvement for MIMO Systems by Increasing Antenna Isolation and Shaping Radiation Pattern Using Hybrid Network,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 2021. DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2021.3128914. (Corresponding author)
  9. Tang, Y. Zhang*, Z. Han, C. Y. Chiu and R. Murch, “A Pattern-Reconfigurable Antenna for Single-RF 5G Millimeter-Wave Communications,” IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol. 20, no. 12, pp. 2344-2348, Dec. 2021. DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2021.3110656. (Corresponding author)
  10. Li, Y. Zhang*, Z. Han, S. Tang, L. Jing, C. Y. Chiu and R. Murch, “Analog Precoding Using Highly Reconfigurable Antennas,” IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 9, no. 5, pp. 648-652, May 2020. DOI: 10.1109/LWC.2020.2964535. (Corresponding author)
  11. Rao, Y. Zhang, S. Tang, Z. Li, S. Shen, C. Y. Chiu, R. Murch, “A Novel Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface for Wide-Angle Passive Beamforming,” IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, 2022. DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2022.3195224.
  12. Li, Y. Zhang, D. Wu, K. L. Yeung, L. Jiang and R. Murch, “Decoupling and Matching Network for Dual-Band MIMO Antennas,” IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 70, no. 3, pp. 1764-1775, March 2022. DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2021.3118791.
  13. Zhou, Y. Zhang, Q. Zhang, M. Yu, H. Wang and R. Murch, “Design of Coupled-Resonator Array Antenna for Steering Beam with Extremely High Scanning Rate,” IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 2022. DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2022.3146442.
  14. Han, Y. Zhang, S. Shen, Y. Li, C. Y. Chiu and R. Murch, “Characteristic Mode Analysis of ESPAR for Single-RF MIMO Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 2353-2367, April 2021. DOI: 10.1109/TWC.2020.3041449.
  15. Shen, Y. Zhang, C. Y. Chiu and R. Murch, “A Triple-Band High-Gain Multibeam Ambient RF Energy Harvesting System Utilizing Hybrid Combining,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 67, no. 11, pp. 9215-9226, Nov. 2020. DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2019.2952819.
  16. Shen, Y. Zhang, C. Y. Chiu and R. Murch, “An Ambient RF Energy Harvesting System Where the Number of Antenna Ports is Dependent on Frequency,” IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 67, no. 9, pp. 3821-3832, Sept. 2019. DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2019.2906598.
  17. Shen, Y. Zhang, C. Y. Chiu and R. Murch, “Directional Multiport Ambient RF Energy-Harvesting System for the Internet of Things,” IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 8, no. 7, pp. 5850-5865, April1, 2021. DOI: 10.1109/JIOT.2020.3032435.
  18. Han, S. Shen, Y. Zhang, S. Tang, C. -Y. Chiu and R. Murch, “Using Loaded N-port Structures to Achieve the Continuous-Space Electromagnetic Channel Capacity Bound,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Doi: 10.1109/TWC.2023.3253576.
  19. Han, S. Shen, Y. Zhang, S. Tang, C. -Y. Chiu and R. Murch, “Spectrally Efficient Pulse Shaping for Beamspace Space Shift Keying in Single-RF ESPAR Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Doi: 10.1109/TVT.2023.3262143.
  20. Han, S. Shen, Y. Zhang, C. Y. Chiu and R. Murch, “A Pattern Correlation Decomposition Method for Analysis of ESPAR in Single-RF MIMO Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2021. DOI: 10.1109/TWC.2021.3131612.
  21. Han, S. Shen, Y. Zhang, S. Tang, C. Y. Chiu and R. Murch, “Single-RF MIMO-OFDM Using ESPAR,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Doi: 10.1109/TVT.2022.3230723.
  22. Ge, Q. Zhang, A. K. Rashid, Y. Zhang, H. Wang and R. Murch, “General Design Technique for High-Gain Traveling-Wave Endfire Antennas Using Periodic Arbitrary-Phase Loading Technique,” IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 69, no. 6, pp. 3094-3105, June 2021. DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2020.3037646.
  23. Ge, Q. Zhang, A. K. Rashid, Y. Zhang, H. Wang and R. Murch, “A Compact Full-Space Scanning Leaky-Wave Antenna With Stable Peak Gain,” IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 69, no. 10, pp. 6924-6929, Oct. 2021. DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2021.3078242.
  24. Ge, Q. Zhang, A. K. Rashid, Y. Zhang, M. Yu and R. Murch, “Low-Profile High-Gain Endfire Antenna with Circular Polarization,” IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 2022. DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2022.3164216.
  25. Jiang, S. Shen, C. Y. Chiu, Z. Zhang, Y. Zhang, Q. S. Cheng and R. Murch, “Pixel Antenna Optimization Based on Perturbation Sensitivity Analysis,” IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 70, no. 1, pp. 472-486, Jan. 2022. DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2021.3097104.
  26. Jiang, Z. Zhang, M. Li, S. Shen, C. Y. Chiu, Y. Zhang, Q. S. Cheng and R. Murch, “Multi-port Pixel Antenna Optimization using Characteristic Mode Analysis and Sequential Feeding Port Search,” IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 2022. DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2022.3184489.

Conference Papers

  1. Zhang, S. Shen, C. Y. Chiu and R. Murch, “A Broadband Transparent Antenna Integrated with an Indoor Solar Cell for WLAN Applications,” 2020 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting (APS/URSI), 2020, pp. 437-438. DOI: 10.1109/IEEECONF35879.2020.9329530.
  2. Zhang, S. Shen, C. Y. Chiu and R. Murch, “A Dual-band Transparent Coplanar Patch Antenna for WLAN Systems,” 2018 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation & USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting (APS/URSI), 2018, pp. 465-466. DOI: 10.1109/APUSNCURSINRSM.2018.8609416.
  3. Zhang, S. Tang, J. Rao, C. Y Chiu and R. Murch, ” A Dual-Polarized Beam-Steerable Antenna Utilizing Complementary Reconfigurable Parasitic Elements,” 2023 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation & USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting (APS/URSI), accepted.
  4. Rao, Y. Zhang and R. Murch, ” A Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface for Arbitrary mm-Wave Polarization Using Parasitic Enhancing Structures,” 2023 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation & USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting (APS/URSI), accepted.
  5. Yang, Y. Zhang, C. Y. Chiu, S. Shen and R. Murch, “Investigation of a Flexible Reconfigurable Antenna using Liquid Crystal,” 2019 8th Asia-Pacific Conference on Antennas and Propagation (APCAP), 2019, pp. 430-431. DOI: 10.1109/APCAP47827.2019.9472120.
  6. Shen, Y. Zhang, C. Y. Chiu and R. Murch, “Multiport Rectennas for Ambient RF Energy Harvesting,” 2019 IEEE MTT-S International Wireless Symposium (IWS), 2019, pp. 1-3. DOI: 10.1109/IEEE-IWS.2019.8803963.
  7. Chiu, Y. Zhang, S. Shen and R. Murch, “Co-design of Antenna and Illumination Systems,” 2018 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation & USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting (APS/URSI), 2018, pp. 1675-1676. DOI: 10.1109/APUSNCURSINRSM.2018.8608554.
  8. Shen, Y. Zhang, C. Y. Chiu and R. Murch, “A compact quad-port dual-polarized dipole rectenna for ambient RF energy harvesting,” 12th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2018), 2018, pp. 1-4. DOI: 10.1049/cp.2018.1059.

 

US Patent

  1. Murch, C. Y. Chiu, W. Xie, Y. Zhang, S. Shen, Multi-port endfire beam-steerable planar antenna, US Patent Granted, 14 February 2023 (11581648)

Awards

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  • 2024 IEEE AP-S Young Professional Ambassador.
  • Young Antenna Scientist Award, Best Paper Award, 2023 Singapore Workshop on Antennas.
  • IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society 2023 Fellowship Program Award.
  • IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society 2023 TICRA Foundation Grant
  • HKTIIT Post-Graduate Excellence Scholarship, Hong Kong Telecom Institute of Information
    Technology (HKTIIT), 2020.
  • Full Postgraduate Studentship, HKUST, 2017-2021.
  • Research Travel Grant, HKUST, 2018, 2020.
  • National Scholarship, HUST, Ministry of Education of China, 2017.