Hanwei is selected for the 2022-2023 Mavis Future Faculty Fellows Program!
Congratulations to our Ph.D. student, Hanwei Wang, for being selected as one of the 2022-2023 Mavis fellows.
“The Mavis Future Faculty Fellows (MF3) Academy in The Grainger College of Engineering was developed to facilitate the training of the next generation of great engineering faculty. The Grainger College of Engineering is internationally recognized for the impact of our research and the strength of our graduate education. The doctoral programs that produce this reputation are primarily research-focused and may not provide students interested in academic careers with the opportunity to gain the knowledge of how to become a highly productive faculty member.”
Hanwei receives the Yee Fellowship!
Congratulations to our Ph.D. student Hanwei Wang on winning the prestigious Yee Memorial Fund Fellowship from Grainger College of Engineering! This Fellowship has been made possible by a generous bequest of Drs. Warren and Ming Ting Yee. Dr. Warren Yee received his Ph.D. degree in civil engineering from the University of Illinois in 1943. Dr. Warren Yee was a partner in the Detroit firm of Harley, Ellington, Pierce & Yee Associates and later was the founder of Bio-Tech Research Laboratory, Inc. in Washington, D.C.
Hanwei, well deserved!
Our research is highlighted in media!
Our recent paper in the New Journal of Physics on wearable metasurface has been highlighted in HMNTL news, Spot on Illinois, Bioengineering news, and Grainger Engineering News; the news release can be found here:
https://mntl.illinois.edu/news/45807
Yang receives the Jump ARCHES award!
We thank the Jump ARCHES endowment for supporting our research!
Check out all the funded awards here: https://www.osfhealthcare.org/innovation/how/academic-incubator/jump-arches/
New paper published in New Journal of Physics!
Congratulations to Hanwei Wang on a paper “A wearable metasurface for high efficiency, free-positioning omnidirectional wireless power transfer,” which is published in New Journal of Physics!
New paper published in Journal of Physics D!
Congratulations to Jason Pan and his coauthors (Tommy Kmieciak, Yen-Ting (Andy) Liu, Matthew Wildenradt) on a review paper, “Quantifying molecular- to cellular-level forces in living cells,” which is published in Journal of Physics D!
Invited Talk
Yang gives an invited seminar for the Electrical and System Engineering Department at Washington University in St Louis! Thank you Mark Lawrence for the invitation!
Invited Talk
Yang gives an invited seminar for the Photonics Research Centre at Macquarie University! Thank you Mikolaj Schmidt for the invitation!
Invited Talk
Yang gives an invited talk at MRS Spring 2021! Thank you Howard Lee for the invitation!
Congratulations on Hanwei’s Fellowship!
Congratulations to Hanwei on winning the Hong, McCully and Allen Fellowship from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign! Well deserved, Hanwei, keep up the good work!
We are hiring!
Prospective lab members should email a CV that summarizes their research skills and interests to Prof. Yang Zhao
Postdoctoral Fellows:
We currently have one position opening for postdocs. Candidates in the fields of optics, nanophotonics, biophysics, and atomic force microscopy are preferred.
Graduate Students:
We are actively looking for exceptionally qualified graduate students with a background in Electrical Engineering, Bioengineering/Biology, Materials Science, and Physics/Applied Physics to join our lab.
Undergraduate Students:
We welcome UIUC undergraduates who are interested in gaining research experience in the areas of biophotonic devices, microscopy, nano-optics and nanophotonics. Please note that we generally discourage short term projects (single semester) since there is a significant amount of training required prior to participating in one of our research programs. Students, who are interested in long-term (two semesters or longer) intensive research projects, are highly encouraged to contact Prof. Zhao.
