Personal Profile:
Professor Huang Wen holds the prestigious position of Huangshan Scholar at Hefei University of Technology. He is a Ph.D. supervisor for both academic and engineering disciplines. Additionally, he serves as the Chief Scientist for the Key Special Project on Key Scientific Issues of Transformative Technologies under the National Key Research and Development Program. Professor Huang is a selected participant in provincial high-level talent programs and holds the position of Executive Director at the MEMS Engineering Technology Center in Anhui Province.His expertise extends to various roles such as an expert in the Internet of Things Subcommittee of the National Standardization Technical Committee for Beacons, part-time professor at Fudan University's International Research Institute for Smart Nanorobots and Nanosystems, and visiting professor at the School of Electronic and Information Engineering at Shenzhen University. He is also recognized as a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).Currently, within the university, he holds the position of Deputy Director of the Academic Committee of the National Exemplary Microelectronics Institute. Furthermore, he is a committee member of the Intelligent Interconnected Systems Laboratory Management Committee in Anhui Province and serves as the head of the Nanomaterials and Nanopower Technology Laboratory. Professor Huang graduated with a bachelor's degree in Electromagnetic Fields and Microwave Technology from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. He completed his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2017. Following his doctoral studies, he served as a postdoctoral researcher at the Holonyak Micro and Nanotechnology Lab at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
His notable academic contributions involve pioneering and systematic research on silicon nitride thin-film self-rolling nanotechnology and its applications in high-integration microwave and power electronic technologies. His works, published in renowned journals such as Science, Nature, and Cell, include cover articles and have received significant attention. Professor Huang has authored over 60 academic papers, with more than 20 published in top-tier journals indexed in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR), accumulating over 1600 citations.
In addition to his research publications, Professor Huang has applied for 11 U.S. patents (eight of which have been granted) and over 10 Chinese patents (three of which have been granted). His achievements have been featured in more than 10 leading global technology media outlets, including Eurekalert, eeNewsEurope, and Analog IC Tips.Currently, Professor Huang contributes his expertise as an expert reviewer and committee member for various national, provincial, and municipal projects.
In the realm of teaching, Professor Huang leads the provincial teaching team for Microelectronic Device Circuits and Processes. He has spearheaded the university-level project on the ideological and political education reform of the course Fundamentals of Microelectronic Devices and Processes. Furthermore, he has supervised undergraduate students in obtaining national-level innovation projects and has guided students to success in various competitions, receiving numerous awards at the national, provincial, and university levels.
Research Focus:
Advanced Micro and Nanotechnologies
Chip Process Technology
Single-chip RF/Microwave/Millimeter-wave/Terahertz Passive Devices
Chip Design for Microwave and Millimeter-wave Wireless Communication Front-ends
Courses Taught (Undergraduate and Graduate Levels):
Fundamentals of Microelectronic Devices and Processes (Undergraduate Course, University-level Course and Ideological Education Quality Course Construction Project)
Microwave and Millimeter-wave Circuits (Graduate Course)
Selected Research Projects:
Ministry of Science and Technology, Key Special Project on Key Scientific Issues of Transformative Technologies, 2021YFA0715300, Research on Single-chip High Integration Self-rolling Technology for Basic Three-dimensional Passive Components, Ongoing, Principal Investigator.
National Natural Science Foundation of China, General Project, 61974038, Research on On-chip Millimeter-wave Three-dimensional Helical Array Antenna Based on Intercalated Graphene Self-rolling Thin Film Nanotechnology, Ongoing, Principal Investigator.
Hefei University of Technology, Excellent Young Academic Promotion Plan B, JZ2020HGPB0116, Research on Single-chip Microwave and Power Components Based on Folding Thin Film Nanotechnology, Ongoing, Principal Investigator.
Corporate Commissioned Projects, Several, Ongoing, Principal Investigator.
Anhui Provincial Department of Education, Anhui Higher Education Collaborative Innovation Project, GXXT-2019-030, Research on Key Micro-nano Process Technology for DC/DC Power Conversion Chip, Completed, Principal Investigator.
National Natural Science Foundation of China, Young Scientists Fund, 61401143, Research on RF Modeling Technology of Flexible Substrate Graphene Thin Film Field Effect Transistor, Completed, Participant.
Representative Achievements (Publications, Papers, Patents, etc., limited to 10 items):
1. Lei Sang, Zhikun Zhou, Ji Xu, Xing Li, Wei He, Hong Yang, Xiaochen Chen, Tao Yuan, Yongfeng Mei, Wen Huang (2022). Redefinable Planar Microwave Passive Electronics Enabled by Thermal Controlled VO2/Cu Hybrid Matrix. iScience, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2022.105060.
2. Wen Huang; Zhendong Yang; Mark D. Kraman; Qingyi Wang; Zihao Ou; Miguel Munoz Rojo; … & Xiuling Li (2020). Monolithic mTesla Level Magnetic Induction by Self-Rolled-up Membrane Technology, Science Advances, 2020, 6.
3. Huang, W., Zhou, J., Froeter, P., Walsh K., Liu, S., … & Li, X. (2018). Monolithic RF/Microwave Air Core Microtube Transformers with Extreme Performance Scalability. Nature Electronics, 1(5), 305. (Website Cover)
4. Huang, W., & Li, X. (2018). Downscaling inductors with graphene. Nature Electronics, 1(1),6. (invited review)
5. Xu, S., Yan, Z., Jang, K. I., Huang, W., Fu, H., Kim, J., ... & Rogers, J. A. (2015). Assembly of micro/nanomaterials into complex, three-dimensional architectures by compressive buckling. Science, 347(6218), 154-159. (Cover Paper)
6. Fu, H., Nan, K., Bai, W., Huang, W., Bai, K., Lu, L., ... & Han, M. (2018). Morphable 3Dmesostructures and microelectronic devices by multistable buckling mechanics. Nature Materials,1. (Cover Paper)
7. Huang, W., Koric, S., Yu, X., Hsia, K. J., & Li, X. (2014). Precision structural engineering of self-rolled-up 3D nanomembranes guided by transient quasi-static FEM modeling. Nano Letters, 14(11),6293-6297.
8. Huang, W., Yu, X., Froeter, P., Xu, R., Ferreira, P., & Li, X. (2012). On-Chip Inductors with Self-Rolled-Up SiNx Nanomembrane Tubes: A Novel Design Platform for Extreme Miniaturization. Nano Letters, 12(12), 6283-6288.
9.Luo, Xiang; Yang, Zhendong; Kraman, Mark; Sang, Lei; Zhang, Yong; Li, Xiuling; Huang, Wen (2021). Physical Modeling of Monolithic Self-rolled-up Microtube Interdigital Capacitors. IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology, DOI: 10.1109/TCPMT.2021.3128884.
10. Sang, Lei; Guo, Xiaoxiao; Xu, Ji; Li, Xing; Kraman, Mark; Mei, Yongfeng; Huang, Wen (2020). Antenna-Filter-Splitter Function Reconfigurable Microwave Passive Device Based on VO2. IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, 2020, 19(10): 1654-1658.
Awards and Honors:
Fostering Virtue and Cultivating Talents Award, Hefei University of Technology, 2022.
Outstanding Communist Party Member for the Centennial of the Founding of the Communist Party of China, Hefei University of Technology, 2021.
John Barden Research Award in Commemoration, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2015.
Best Teaching Faculty Recognition, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2016.
Personal (Laboratory) Homepage:
Nano Microwave and Nano Power Laboratory
E-mail:huangw@hfut.edu.cn
