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Dr. Changzhi Li
(CV in PDF)
Assistant Professor
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering (Room 211)
Texas Tech University
Box 43102, Lubbock, TX 79409-3102
Ph: 806-742-3533 ext. 239
Fax:806-742-1245
e-mail:changzhi.li(at)ttu(dot)edu

Biography

    Dr. Changzhi Li received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, in 2004, the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, in 2007 and 2009, respectively.
    In the summers of 2007 and 2008, he worked at Alereon Inc., Austin, TX, on ultrawideband (UWB) transceiver. In the summer of 2009, he worked at Coherent Logix Inc., Austin, TX, on software-defined radio. His research interests include analog integrated circuits, microwave/millimeter-wave circuits, wireless sensor, frequency synthesizers, and biomedical applications of microwave/RF.
    Dr. Li received the NSF CAREER Award in 2013, the Texas Tech Alumni Association New Faculty Award in 2012, and the IEEE MTT-S Graduate Fellowship Award in 2008. He is the advisor/author/co-author of several best paper awards.
 

Publications

As of Feb 2013, 41 journal papers, 62 conference papers, 1 book chapter, 4 workshop presentations. Please refer to the publication list for details.

 

Awards Received by Students Supervised

bullet IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S) Graduate Fellowship in Medical Applications, 2013.
bulletBest Student Paper Award in 1st place, IEEE Topical Conference on Bio-medical Wireless Technologies, Networks, and Sensing Systems (BioWireleSS), Austin, Jan 2013.
bulletBest Conference Paper Award, 13th Annual IEEE Wireless and Microwave Technology Conference, Cocoa Beach, FL, April 2012.
bulletBest Student Paper Award in 2nd place, IEEE Radio and Wireless Week, Santa Clara, Jan 2012
bullet Finalist of Student Paper Competition, IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), Soul Korea, 2012.
bulletBest Student Paper Award in 4th place, IEEE Radio and Wireless Week, Phoenix, AZ, Jan 2011
bullet Best Paper in Poster Session Award, 11th Annual IEEE Wireless and Microwave Technology Conference, Melbourne, FL, April 2010

 

Patents

  1. US Patent Awarded (7,848,896) on Dec 7, 2010: Non-Contact Measurement System for Accurate Measurement of Frequency and Amplitude of Mechanical Vibration. International Patent Application Publication WO2008/151141, published on Dec. 11, 2008.
  2. USPTO Provisional Patent Application: Method and System of Canceling Random Body Movement Effect for Non-Contact Vital Sign Detection, filed on July 12, 2007. UF Invention Disclosure #12495, March 22, 2007.
  3. USPTO Provisional Patent Application US60/948,749: Wavelength Division Sensing Technique for Doppler Radar Vital Sign Monitoring and Mechanical Vibration Monitoring, filed on July 10, 2007. UF Invention Disclosure #12477, Feb. 27, 2007.
  4. USPTO Provisional Patent Application 61/005,782: Complex Signal Demodulation and Angular Demodulation for Non-contact Vital Sign Detection, filed on Dec. 7, 2007. UF Invention Disclosure #12734.
  5. Invention Disclosure: Software-Defined Radar Respiration monitor for Gated Lung Cancer Radiotherapy, Office of Technology Commercialization D-827, Texas Tech University.

News Release

Smart Radar Sensor for Accurate Tumor Tracking in Motion Adaptive Cancer Radiotherapy

IEEE Life Sciences Newsletter, Feb. 2013: http://lifesciences.ieee.org/publications/newsletter/contributors/285-changzhi-li

“Wireless Crib Monitor Keeps Tabs On Baby's Breathing”

Science Update (AAAS): http://www.scienceupdate.com/2008/12/doppler-baby-monitor/
Science Daily: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081202170826.htm
University of Florida News: http://news.ufl.edu/2008/12/02/baby-monitor/
Medical News Today: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/131620.php
Science:Physics:Tech:Nano:News: http://www.physorg.com/news147463589.html
The A to Z of Materials: http://www.azom.com/news.asp?newsID=14804

“New Radar Better Treats Mobile Tumors”

TEXAS TECH Today: http://today.ttu.edu/2011/11/new-radar-better-treats-mobile-tumors/
DailyToReader: http://www.dailytoreador.com/news/article_a03d3272-0a81-11e1-977b-001a4bcf6878.html

“Texas Tech Research Targets Floating Tumors”

Texas Business: http://www.texasbusiness.com/texas-tech-research-targets-floating-tumors--cms-6285

Useful Links
bulletcli group Wiki: https://sites.google.com/site/clilabsite/ 
bullet dBm-to-Watt conversion table  
bulletADS simulation file for Doppler radar vital sign detection: PolarDemodulation_prj.zip
bulletIf you are interested in using our radar sensor for your research, please contact us from: http://www.webpages.ttu.edu/chgu/resource.html
bulletSome papers: Papers.zip
bulletCo-sensor reference: Reference.pdf

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