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Rf/Microwave/Antenna Engineer – Chengzhi Zhou
Chengzhi Zhou 946, W 31st PL, Apt.2E, Chicago, IL 60608
Phone: 773-501-5986 (c), 312-996-2509 (o) Email: czhou2@uic.edu
Homepage: http://www.ece.uic.edu/~czhou
Objective
Seeking for full time position on RF/Microwave designs based on my solid electromagnetism background and doctoral research/design capabilities.
Education
Ph.D., Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago. (8/03~9/07)
MSEE, Tsinghua University, China. (8/99 - 7/02)
BSEE, Tsinghua University, China. (9/95- 7/99)
Related Experience
RF/Antenna Designs (4+ year)
•Designed miniaturized antennas or RFID tags from 400MHz to 2.4GHz, with prototype verifications.
• Experienced on normal antenna designs with wire/loop antenna, patch antenna, slot antenna, IFA/PIFA, and phase array antennas.
•Passive RF circuit designs including filters, couplers, and impedance matching networks.
•Experienced on front-end LNA, Mixer, PA, Oscillator designs with software of AWR Microwave Office, with characterizations by Noise Figure, Gain, IP3, Efficiency, and 1-dB compression.
RF Simulation & Modeling (4+ year)
• Proficient on 3D and 2.5D electromagnetic simulation & modeling for RF component or circuit, with the S-parameters and field distribution analysis.
•Antenna Gain, Directivity, Efficiency, RCS and SAR simulation with HFSS.
• Circuit modeling for spiral on-chip inductors, inter-digital capacitors, and other passive circuits.
• Transmission line analysis by RLGC modeling.
• Even-/odd- mode analysis for coupled microstrip lines.
RF Layout & Measurement (4+ year)
•Design RF/microwave distributed circuit/antenna prototypes using Protel.
•Probe, and SMA measurement with Vector Network Analyzer, Spectrum Analyzer, and probe station.
•Antenna radiation pattern measurement in Anechoic Chamber.
Programming (7+ year)
•Strong programming ability due to previous job, working with C, VC, VB, Delphi and MatLab.
Skills
Software: Ansoft HFSS, Zeland IE3D, AWR Microwave Office, CST, Matlab, Protel, Cadence, Agilent ADS, AutoCAD, SPICE .
Programming: FORTRAN, C/C++, Visual C++, Visual Basic, Pascal, ASM.
Lab equipments: Network Analyzer, Probe Station, Power Meter, Anechoic Chamber, Digital Oscilloscope, Spectrum Analyzer, Vector Signal Generator.
Languages: Fluent in English, and Mandarin.
Working History
Research Assistant, Andrew Electromagnetic Laboratory, (8/03 - present),
University of Illinois at Chicago
• Designed microwave/RF circuit and antenna from 400MHz to 6GHz.
• Did researches on artificial metalized materials.
Electrical Engineer, Smart Card/COS R&D Group, (9/02 - 6/03)
Shanghai Fudan Microelectronics Co. Ltd. China
•In the team of Smart Card (CPU card) testing system designs.
•Participated in Shanghai Pre-paid Smart Card System designs, on software quality controls
Software Engineer (Intern), ITS & CE Group, (8/00 - 4/02)
Tsinghua Unisplendour Co. Ltd. China
• Participated in commercial Intelligent Highway Monitoring System designs, with the emphasis on database and user interface designs using MS SQL, Visual C++, and Delphi.
Publications
•C-Z. Zhou and H.Y. David Yang, “Design Considerations of Miniaturized Least- Dispersive Periodic Slow-Wave Structures,” IEEE Trans. on Microwave Theory and Techniques, April 2007, Submitted.
•C-Z. Zhou and H.Y. David Yang, “The Design of Ultra Small Printed Wire Antennas Using Vias Loaded Double-Layer Periodic Metallization,”IEEE antennas and wireless propag. Lett., vol. 6, 2007.
•C-Z. Zhou and H.Y. David Yang, “RFID Antenna Size Minimization Using Double-layer Periodic Structures,” to be presented in IEEE AP-S Int. Symposium, Honolulu, June 2007.
•H.Y.D. Yang and C-Z. Zhou, “The Reduction of electromagnetic interference in RF integrated circuits through the use of metalized substrates,” IEEE AP-S Int. Symp., pp. 65-68, Albuquerque, New Mexico, July 2006.
•C-Z. Zhou and H.Y.D. Yang, “External EMI reduction in high-frequency electronics systems using metamaterials,” 2006 IEEE AP-S Int. Symp., Albuquerque, New Mexico, July 2006.
• H.Y. David Yang and C-Z Zhou, “Characteristics of Microstrip Lines through a Metalized EBG Substrate,” IEEE Int. Microwave Symp. Digest, pp. 1655-1658, San Francisco, June 15, 2006.
•Zheng Pinghao, Zhou Chengzhi, Wang Jianru, and Ying Genyu,“ Implementation of Power Sources of Dynamic Automatic Focus for the Dual-beam Projection Tube Test Desk,” Science and Technology on Vacuum , June 2002
Awards and Professional Organizations
Aileen S. Andrew Foundation Fellowship (2006).
Student Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) (Since 2004).
References
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