(2019) Best Poster Award won by my student Mohan Wang in 2019 IEEE Photonics Conference.
(2018) 2nd Prize ($15,000) Randall Family Big Idea Competition won by my students (Shuo Li, Aidong Yan, and Ran Zou).
(2018) 3rd Prize ($5,000) Randall Family Big Idea Competition won by my students (Mohan Wang and Jingyu Wu).
(2017) Carnegie Science Award for Energy Innovation.
(2017) 2017 Carnegie Science Award in Advanced Materials and Manufacturing (with National Energy Technology Lab).
(2015 - 2025) Paul E. Lego Chair Professor.
(2007) NSF CAREER Award.
(2004 - 2014) Paul E. Lego Faculty Fellow.
PhD, Electrical Engineering, University of Toronto, 2002
MS, Physics, University of British Columbia, 1998
BS, Control Science and Physics, Xiamen University, 1994
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