Student’s Awards

• 22/23 Distinguished PhD Dissertation Award in Physical & Wave Electronics (2023)

• 21-22 Graduate Division Dissertation Year Fellowship (2021)

• 3rd Place - Antenna Measurement Techniques Association (AMTA) Symposium Student Paper Competition (2021)

• 20-21 UCLA ECE Department Henry Samueli Excellence in Teaching Award (2021)

• Ernest K. Smith USNC-URSI Student Paper Competition - First Place (2021)

• Outstanding M.S. Thesis in Physical and Wave Electronics (2020)

• Elected academician by Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) (2019)

• Young Scientist Award - Electromagnetic Theory Symposium (2019)

• Young Scientist Award - Electromagnetic Theory Symposium (2019)

• UCLA ECE Department Henry Samueli Excellence in Teaching Award (2019)

• Ellis Island Medal of Honor (2019)

• Ernst K Smith USNC-URSI student paper competition - First Place (2019)

• UCLA ECE Department Henry Samueli Excellence in Teaching Award (2018)

• IEEE Antennas and Propagation International Symposium Student Paper Competition - Honorable Mention (2018)

• 2018 FEKO student competition (Honorable Mention) (2018)

• 2017 FEKO Student Competition (Honorable Mention) (2017)

• 2017 IEEE AP-S Schelkunoff Transactions Best Paper (2017)

• Outstanding M.S. Thesis in Physical and Wave Electronics (2017)

• 2017 ACES Computational Electromagnetics Award (2017)

• 1st Place - 2017 Ernest K. Smith USNC-URSI Student Paper Competition (2017)

• NASA Group Achievement Award for SMAP flight mission (2016)

• Elected as Fellow of URSI (2016)

• IEEE AP-S John Kraus Antenna Award (2016)

• Outstanding M.S. Thesis in Physical and Wave Electronics (2016)

• 2nd Place - IEEE Antennas and Propagation International Symposium Student Paper Competition (2015)

• Student Paper Finalist, IEEE Antennas and Propagation International Symposium (2015)

• First Place 1st Annual UCLA Grad Slam: Masters and Postdoctoral Research Showcase (2015)

• Department of Defense SMART Fellowship (2014)

• UCLA EE Department Henry Samueli Excellence in Teaching Award (2014)

• Distinguished PhD Dissertation in Physical Waves and Electronics Award (2014)

• Elected an ACES Fellow by the Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society (2013)

• UCLA EE Department Henry Samueli Excellence in Teaching Award (2013)

• Edward K. Rice Outstanding Masters Student for the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science (2012)

• Distinguished M.S. Thesis in Physical and Wave Electronics (2012)

• NDSEG Three-Year Fellowship Award Winner (2012)

• 1st Place - UCLA PhD Preliminary Exam within Physical & Wave Electronics Area (2012)

• 2nd Place - Student Paper Award, 2012 North America Radio Science Meeting (URSI), Boulder, CO (2012)

• UCLA Distinguished Teaching Award (2011)

• IEEE Electromagnetics Award (2011)

• Young Scientist Award, URSI General Assembly, Istanbul, Turkey (2011)

• Outstanding PhD Student Award (2011)

• UCLA School of Engineering and Applied Science Lockheed Martin Excellence in Teaching Award (2010)

• Student Paper Finalist, IEEE Antennas and Propagation International Symposium (2010)

• IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Distinguished Achievement Award (2009)

• Best Student Paper Award, Antenna Measurement Techniques Association (AMTA) Symposium, Salt Lake City, UT (2009)

• Best MS Thesis in Electrical Engineering Dept, UCLA (2009)

• First Place Student Poster Award, UCLA Engineering Tech Forum (2009)

• 1st Place -Student Paper Award, 2008 North America Radio Science Meeting (URSI), Boulder, CO (2008)

• Elected to the National Academy of Engineering (2008)

• Student Paper Award, Antenna Measurement Techniques Association (AMTA) Symposium, St. Louis MO (2007)

• The IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Chen-To Tai Distinguished Educator Award (2007)

• Student Paper Award, Antenna Measurement Techniques Association (AMTA) Symposium, Austin, TX (2006)

• NASA Board Award (2006)

• Student Paper Award, Antenna Measurement Techniques Association (AMTA) Symposium, New port, RI (2005)

• Student Paper Finalist, IEEE Antennas and Propagation International Symposium, Washington DC (2005)

• International Union of Radio Science (URSI) Booker Gold Medal (2005)

• Student Paper Finalist, IEEE Antennas and Propagation International Symposium (2002)

• Student Paper Finalist, IEEE Antennas and Propagation International Symposium (2002)

• Travel Grant for Young Investigators from Spike Broadband Systems, Inc. (2002)

• Graduate Division Travel Award (2002)

• JPL/NASA Award of Exceptional Technical Excellence (2002)

• Membership of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and Arts (2001)

• Honorary Doctorate in Physics from U of Santiago de Compostela, Spain (2001)

• Best MS Thesis in Electrical Engineering Dept, UCLA (2000)

• Outstanding Master Student (2000)

• The AMTA (Antenna Measurement Techniques Association) Distinguished Achievement Award (2000)

• The IEEE Third Millennium Medal (2000)

• ECE (Electrical and Computer Engineering/ University of Illinois Urbana-Urbana) Distinguished Alumnus Award (1999)

• 2nd Place – Student Paper Award, North America Radio Science Meeting (URSI), Boulder, CO (1998)

• 1st Place – Student Paper Award, North America Radio Science Meeting (URSI), Boulder, CO (1996)

• 2nd Place – Student Paper Award, North America Radio Science Meeting (URSI), Boulder, CO (1995)

• IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society H.A. Wheeler Applications Prize Paper Award (1995)

• First Place - IEEE AP-S Symposium Student Paper Competition (1994)

• Best PhD Thesis in Electrical Engineering Dept, UCLA (1994)

• Best PhD Thesis in Electrical Engineering Dept, UCLA (1992)

• IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society H.A. Wheeler Applications Prize Paper Award (1991)

• Elected Fellow of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (1985)