Academic Curriculum Vitae CONTACT DETAILS Nian X. Sun Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Northeastern University 360 Huntington Avenue, 409 Dana Boston, MA 02115, USA Phone: +1 (617) 373 3351; Fax: +1 (617) 373 8970; Cell: +1 (781) 775 8878 Email:
[email protected] URL: www.neu.edu/sunlab; www.northeastern.edu/kecklab. Director, W.M. Keck Laboratory of Integrated Ferroics Director, Advanced Materials and Microsystems Laboratory Director, Joint C+MS Program between Northeastern University and Huazhong U. of S&T Editor: IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, Journal of Sensors, Rare Metals FInstP, FIET EDUCATION Stanford University, California, USA Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering, 2002 M.S. Electrical Engineering, 2001 Dissertation: High saturation magnetization soft magnetic FeCoN thin films for GHz applications; Advisor: Professor Shan X. Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Institute of Metal Research, China M.S. Materials Science and Engineering, 1996 Thesis: Fabrication, characterization and properties of nanostructured and amorphous materials; Advisor: Professor Ke Lu Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), China B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, 1993 B.S. Minor Electrical Engineering, 1993 RESEARCH AREA OF INTEREST Our research interests include novel integrated magnetic, ferroelectric and multiferroic materials and microsystems for sensing, memory, power, RF and microwave electronics. Specifically, we work on materials and microsystems for biomagnetic sensing, micromagnetic neural stimulation, room-temperature electro-magneto-encephalography, different tunable RF/microwave components, including multiferroic antennas, tunable inductors, filters, phase shifters, isolators, circulators, etc., integrated thermoelectric 1 materials and devices, materials and devices for vibration energy harvesting applications, etc. HIGHLIGHTS OF RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP: • First Prize, 2018 Create the Future Design Contest: Electronics/Sensors/IOT Category, NASA Tech Briefs.