
Ph.D Students
Missouri S&T

Aaron Harmon
Ph.D Student at Missouri S&T
Advisor: Dr. Daryl Beetner
Estimated Graduation Date: Dec 2023
Projects at Missouri S&T:
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Primary research interest: tmodeling and prediction of RF susceptibilities for components and complex systems.
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Secondary research interest: Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), Mixed material filters, and High-Power Electro-Magnetics (HPEM)
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Other lab focuses are on contract EMC testing for external customers and the repair / maintenance of test equipment.

Anfeng Huang
Ph.D Student at Missouri S&T
Advisor: Dr. Chulsoon Hwang
Estimated Graduation Date: Dec 2021
Projects at Missouri S&T:
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EMI in power converters
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Transient-simulation modeling technique for power converters
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Wireless power transmission.

Chaofeng Li
Ph.D Student at Missouri S&T
Advisor: Dr. DongHyun (Bill) Kim
Estimated Graduation Date: Dec 2023
Projects at Missouri S&T:
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TM-mode Resonator Method for Permittivity and Loss tangent Extraction of Inhomogeneous Dielectric
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Physic-Based Equivalent Modeling of Vias and Traces for High-Speed Link Simulation
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Crosstalk Simulation and Optimization of Package System and SI Design and Measurement for High-Speed Channels
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Chip-PDN Impedance Modeling based on PEEC and Layered Greens’ Function

Hanyu Zhang
Ph.D Student at Missouri S&T
Advisor: Dr. Chulsoon Hwang
Estimated Graduation Date: May 2025
Projects at Missouri S&T:
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Modeling and measurement of passive components.

Haran Manoharan
Ph.D Student at Missouri S&T
Advisor: Dr. Chulsoon Hwang
Estimated Graduation Date: May 2025
Projects at Missouri S&T:
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Study on the effect of Conformal Coating on Emission from PCB
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PRBS Based Comb Noise generator for Chamber Calibration

James Hunter
Ph.D Student at Missouri S&T
Advisor: Dr. Daryl Beetner
Estimated Graduation Date: Dec 2023
Projects at Missouri S&T:
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Statistical Characterization of Electromagnetic Coupling to Segmented Electronic Devices and Wire Harnesses
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Modeling and Simulation of Ultra-Wide-Band (UWB) Communication in Presence of Material and Obstructions
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Simulation Modeling and Design of UWB Circularly Polarized Antennas for Sensing Applications
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Prediction of System Level EMI due to Near Magnetic Field Radiation Interference

Jiahuan Huang
Ph.D Student at Missouri S&T
Advisor: Dr. Chulsoon Hwang
Estimated Graduation Date: May 2026
Projects at Missouri S&T:
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Modeling and measurement of passive components
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Power Integrity Optimization on Machine Learning

Junho Joo
Ph.D Student at Missouri S&T
Advisor: Dr. Chulsoon Hwang
Estimated Graduation Date: May 2023
Projects at Missouri S&T:
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Modeling and Analysis of DC-DC Converters for Power Distribution Network Design
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Extraction and Measurement of Complex Permittivity

Muqi Ouyang
Ph.D Student at Missouri S&T
Advisor: Dr. Chulsoon Hwang
Estimated Graduation Date: May 2022
Projects at Missouri S&T:
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USB Type-C cable design and high-speed signal channel optimization
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High-speed channel optimization on DDR and SerDes linkpath
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Study on EMI reduction and active EMI filter for automotive application
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Accuracy improvement on cable harness modeling for automotive application

Ruijie He
Ph.D Student at Missouri S&T
Advisor: Dr. Chulsoon Hwang
Estimated Graduation Date: Dec 2021
Projects at Missouri S&T:
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EMI filter design guided by 3D full wave modeling and material property extraction

Shengxuan Xia
Ph.D Student at Missouri S&T
Advisor: Dr. Chulsoon Hwang
Estimated Graduation Date: May 2023
Projects at Missouri S&T:
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Crosstalk mitigation in DDR routings.
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Digital mic Desense issue study in cellphone for RF interference control.
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Passive Inter-modulations modeling and practical applications.
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Reciprocity based Dipole-moment modeling for RF coupling quantifications and mitigations
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Intentional microwave injections for EM attacks to smart audio devices.
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RF susceptibility modeling and statistical analysis using 3-port cascading S-parameters segmentation method

Wei Zhang
Ph.D Student at Missouri S&T
Advisor: Dr. DongHyun (Bill) Kim
Estimated Graduation Date: Aug 2022
Projects at Missouri S&T:
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Analysis on Power and Signal Integrity of 2.5D and 3D IC Systems with Through-silicon Vias (TSVs) under Different Bias-voltage and Temperature.

Xiangrui Su
Ph.D Student at Missouri S&T
Advisor: Dr. Chulsoon Hwang
Estimated Graduation Date: May 2025
Projects at Missouri S&T:
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Antenna measurements using a hemispherical near field scanning
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Analysis of root-cause radiation structure for EM emission in SSD board

Xin Yan
Ph.D Student at Missouri S&T
Advisor: Dr. Daryl Beetner
Estimated Graduation Date: Dec 2022
Projects at Missouri S&T:
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EMI and desense

Xu Wang
Ph.D Student at Missouri S&T
Advisor: Dr. DongHyun (Bill) Kim
Estimated Graduation Date: May 2022
Projects at Missouri S&T:
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Chip PDN modeling for 2.5D/3D IC

Yifan Ding
Ph.D Student at Missouri S&T
Advisor: Dr. Chulsoon Hwang
Co-Advisor: Dr. James L. Drewniak
Estimated Graduation Date: Dec 2024
Projects at Missouri S&T:
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PDN modeling and analysis
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IBIS model simulation accuracy improvement
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Machine learning for stack up optimization

Yuandong Guo
Ph.D Student at Missouri S&T
Advisor: Dr. DongHyun (Bill) Kim
Estimated Graduation Date: Dec 2021
Projects at Missouri S&T:
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Material Characterization
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EMI Modeling and Debugging

Yuanzhuo Liu
Ph.D Student at Missouri S&T
Advisor: Dr. DongHyun (Bill) Kim
Estimated Graduation Date: Dec 2022
Projects at Missouri S&T:
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Dielectric dissipation factor and dielectric constant extraction for PCB material
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Far-end crosstalk and jitter analysis for SerDes output
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Noise interference analysis of near field scan and total radiated power
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Dipole moment modeling for radio frequency interference

Ze Sun
Ph.D Student at Missouri S&T
Advisor: Dr. DongHyun (Bill) Kim
Estimated Graduation Date: May 2023
Projects at Missouri S&T:
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Effect of PCB Material and Fabrication on SI Performance
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Extraction of dielectric factor, dielectric constant, foil surface roughness
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Radiated noise source modeling using equivalent dipole source
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Estimation of electromagnetic emissions from data center
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Dissertation title: Monte Carlo Particle simulation of semiconductor device behaviors under ESD attack

Zhekun Peng
Ph.D Student at Missouri S&T
Advisor: Dr. DongHyun (Bill) Kim
Estimated Graduation Date: Sep 2024
Projects at Missouri S&T:
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Measurement-based Characterization and Full-wave Modeling of ESD to Displays
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On-chip ESD Protection Structure Modeling
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Noise interference analysis of near field scan and total radiated power
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Radiated Emission Tests for High-frequency Router Systems
University of Houston

Ananya Nandikanti
Ph.D Student at University of Houston
Advisor: Dr. Ji Chen
Estimated Graduation Date: March 2027

Jiajun Chang
Ph.D Student at University of Houston
Advisor: Dr. Ji Chen
Estimated Graduation Date: May 2022
Projects at University of Houston:
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AIMD MRI safety evaluation
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Data-driven fast prediction of MRI RF-induced hazards

Lijian Yang
Ph.D Student at University of Houston
Advisor: Dr. Ji Chen
Estimated Graduation Date: May 2025
Projects at University of Houston:
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Clinical Implantable Medical Device modeling and development under MRI environment
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MRI safety evaluation of Active Implantable Medical Device

Mahir Foysal
Ph.D Student at University of Houston
Advisor: Dr. Ji Chen
Estimated Graduation Date: 2026
Projects at University of Houston:
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MRI safety , Machine Learning, Signal Processing

Md Zahidul Islam
Ph.D Student at University of Houston
Advisor: Dr. Ji Chen
Estimated Graduation Date: Dec 2024

Meiqi Xia
Ph.D Student at University of Houston
Advisor: Dr. Ji Chen
Estimated Graduation Date: May 2022
Projects at University of Houston:
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MRI safety
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RF-induced heating for passive device

Mir Khadiza Akter
Ph.D Student at University of Houston
Advisor: Dr. Ji Chen
Estimated Graduation Date: May 2027
Projects at University of Houston:
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MRI device safety
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Modeling & simulation

Nayan Das
Ph.D Student at University of Houston
Advisor: Dr. Ji Chen
Estimated Graduation Date: May 2027
Projects at University of Houston:
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MRI safety, simulation, modeling, and measurement
Projects at University of Houston:
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Active Implementable Medical Devices
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MRI Safety Assessment
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RF-Induced Heating

Wei Hu
Ph.D Student at University of Houston
Advisor: Dr. Ji Chen
Estimated Graduation Date: April 2022
Projects at University of Houston:
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Dual leads RF safety evaluation
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Broken leads and abandoned leads analysis

Xiaolin Yang
Ph.D Student at University of Houston
Advisor: Dr. Ji Chen
Estimated Graduation Date: May 2024
Projects at University of Houston:
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Radio frequency shimming for MRI
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Posture related MRI RF heating hazards