Educational Background

• Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey, 2001
• M.S., Computer Engineering, Northeastern University, Shengyang, China, June 1998
• B.S., Electrical Engineering, Northeastern University, Shengyang, China, June 1996.

Experience

• Sept. 2002-present, Assistant Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering Program College of Engineering, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ
• Sept. 2001-Aug. 2002, Assistant Professor, Computer Science & Computer Engineering National Science Division, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA
• 2000- 2001, Research Assistant New Jersey Institute of Technology, Multi-lifecycle Engineering Research Center, Newark
• May 2000 - Sept 2000, Research Associate Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc.
• 1998-1999, Teaching Assistant New Jersey Institute of Technology, Multi-lifecycle Engineering Research Center, Newark
• 1997-1998, System Developer Shanghai Baosteel Group Corporation, P. R. China

Honors and Awards

• 2006 Lindbergh Foundation Award
• 2004 ExcEEd Fellowship
• Faculty advisor of the First Place of student posters in 2002 Consortium for Computing in Small Colleges Northwestern Regional conference, "Simulation of a disassembly-to-order system," by Ludivig J. Ungewitter and Tobi Mann
• Regency Advancement Award for 2002-2003 in Pacific Lutheran University
• "Best Student Paper" Award for "Design of Virtual Production Lines in Back-end Semiconductor Manufacturing Systems," in 2000 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Nashville, TN, Oct. 8-11, 2000.
• First Place of 2001 North New Jersey IEEE Section Graduate Category Student Paper Presentation Contest for "A systematic approach to disassembly line balancing".
• Teaching Fellowship in New Jersey Institute of Technology
• Research Fellowship in New Jersey Institute of Technology

Research and Instrumenatation Grants

• "A Sustainable Solution for Discarded Electronics," PI, Non-salary Support Grant, Rowan University, 2005-2006.
• "ANALYSIS OF JAVA CODE PROTECTOR," PI, Lockheed Martin Corporation, 2005-2006
• "Virtual production line for reconfigurable manufacturing systems, PI, KLCSIS-IA-CAS, Open Research Project Grant, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Science, 2005-2006
• "Interactive Mobile Aqua Probing & Surveillance," Co-PI, NSF, 2005-2007
• "Java obfuscation," Lockheed Martin Corporation, PI, 2004-2005
• "REU in Pollution Prevention and Sustainability," Co-PI, NSF-REU, 2004-2006
• "Real-time programming with Java and C++," PI, Lockheed Martin Corporation, 2003-2004
• "Development of an Advanced Visualization Protocol for Simulating Ship-Board Fuel Cell Systems," Co-PI, Naval Surface Warfare center, 2003-2004.
• Separately Budgeted Research program grant, PI, Rowan University, 2003.
• "Research Opportunities in Pollution Prevention," Co-PI, NSF, 2001-2003
• M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust College Science Research Program grant, PI, 2002.

Students

• Optimal and Intelligent Decision Making in Sustainable Development of Electronic Products, Meimei Gao, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, May 2003.
• Ad hoc network security and modeling using Petri nets,
• Congzhe Zhang, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, January 2004.
• Resource Allocation and Modeling in Wireless Sensor Networks,
• Jin Zhu, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, May 2005

Professional Affiliations

• Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineering (IEEE)
• Sigma Xi
• American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE)

Professional Service

• Associate Editor, International Journal of Intelligent Control and Systems (IJICS), 2005-present
• Special Session Chair, IEEE International Conference on Service Operations, Logistics, and Informatics, June 20-23, 2006, Shanghai, China
• Finance Chair, IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensor, and Control, April 23-25, 2006, Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
• Publication Chair, 2005 IEEE International Conference on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics, Aug. 10-12, 2005, Beijing, China.
• Student Activity Chair, 2005 IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control, March 19-22, 2005, Tucson, AZ
• NSF panel review: Manufacturing Enterprise Systems, 2003
• Reviewer for IEEE Trans. on Rob. & Auto., IEEE Trans. on Systems, Man, & Cybernetics, IEEE Trans. on Mechatronics, IEEE Trans. on Control Systems, Int. Journal of Production Research, Journal of Manufacturing Systems etc.
• Award Committee Chair, 2003 International Conference on Information Technology: Research and Education, Newark, NJ, Aug. 2003
• Technical Program Committee, 2003-2006 IEEE Int. Conf. On Systems, Man, and Cybernetics
• Technical Program Committee, the 4th ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications, March 8-11, 2006, Dubai/Sharjah, UAE
• Member, IEEE membership development committee for Education Society
• Member, 2004 ASEE nomination committee for Electrical & Computer Division
• Chair, Session "Emerging Science and Technologies in Sustainable Development," 2005 IEEE Int. Conf. On Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Big Island, Hawaii..
• Chair, Session "Sustainable Development", 2003 IEEE Int. Conf. On Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Hyatt Regency, Washington, D.C.
• Chair, Session "Data Mining II", 2003 IEEE Int. Conf. On Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Hyatt Regency, Washington, D.C.
• Co-Chair, Session "Manufacturing Systems Control", 2000 IEEE Int. Conf. on Systems, Man & Cybernetics, Nashville, TN.