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Mailing address: Prof. Zhaoran (Rena) Huang CII 6207 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
Biography
Zhaoran
(Rena) Huang joined the faculty of the department of Electrical, Computer and
Systems Engineering (ECSE) as an Assistant Professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute in October 2004. She earned her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering in Georgia Institute of
Technology in December 2003. During her Ph.D. study, she focused on integration
of high speed optical interconnection using thin film semiconductor devices and
polymer waveguides. She worked for Microsystem Packaging Research Center (PRC) from
January 2004 to September 2004 as a postdoc fellow.
She explored the design and integration of end-to-end Optical Interconnection
on SOP while she worked for PRC.
Teaching
and Advising:
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ECSE2210:
Microelectronics Technology (Fall-04, Spring-05,06,
Fall-07,08,09)
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ECSE-6964:
Optoelectronics: Device, Integration and Packaging (Fall-05)
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ECSE/PHYS-4630: Lasers and Optical Systems (Spring-07,08,09)
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ECSE -6270:
Optoelectronics (spring-10) a graduate level course
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ECSE-4964:
Optoelectronics (spring-11) an undergraduate level course
Undergraduate advising information
Office hour: open door policy or by appointment
Research
Interests and Current Research Efforts:
1.
Optoelectronic
devices Click
here for publications
Left to right:
(1) a single metal-semiconductor-metal (MSM) photodetector. The detector is of
~ 1μm thick; (2) a hexagonal array of MSM PDs for free space optical
communication; (3) a design of a SiGe based heterojunction
transistor electro-optic modulator; (4) mode profile of the EO modulator.
2.
Optical
waveguides
Left to right:
(1) a SEM photo of a photonic crystal waveguide; (2) photonic crystal lattice
of 300nm; and (3) a multi-mode waveguide on SOI waveguide for biological
sensing.
3.
Electronic/Optoelectronic/RF
Packaging
We developed a new
packaging scheme in which the optical elements are placed along the RF antenna
radiation path. Miniaturized dual mode RF and free space optical communication
node is developed.
From left to
right: (1) transmitter board including both RF/FSO channels; (2) receiver board
including both RF/FSO channels; (3) experimental setup for simultaneous RF and
FSO communication; (4) eye diagram for optical receiver at 2.5 Gbps when
antenna is fed by 0 dBm and 7 dBm power.
We have invented
double-sided fluidic microchannel cooling structure
for miniaturized on-chip heat dissipation. Left figure: an embedded micro air
channel in polymer overcoat fabricated using sacrificial polymer. Right figure:
an array of micro channels on a chip.
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Selective
Publications:
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· Zhaoran Rena Huang, Daniel Guidotti, Lixi Wan, Yin-Jung Chang, Jianjun
Yu,
· Zhaoran Huang, Yuriko Ueno, Katsuhiro Kaneko, Nan M. Jokerst, and Shigeo Tanahashi,
“Embedded optical interconnections using thin film InGaAs
MSM photodetectors”, Electronics Letters, Vol. 38, pp1708-1709, 2002
Click
here for complete publication list
Patents:
Pending: “Integrated Thin Film MSM Photodetector/Gratings for WDM” (#US20070041679)
Awards
and Highlights:
2010 Professor Rena Huang received NSF RAMP-Up career campaign award
2010 The article by J Liao et. al., “Packaging of dual-mode wireless communication module using RF/optoelectronic devices with shared functional components” at IEEE Transactions on Advanced Packaging, Vol. 33, pp. 323-332, May (2010) was listed among the top downloaded articles according to CPMT Society Newsletter in September 2010.
2004 IEEE Transactions on Advanced Packaging Commendable Paper Award
2003 Outstanding Poster Paper Award of the 53th Electronic Components Technology Conference (ECTC)
2000 Georgia Tech PRC Outstanding Poster Award
Research
Grants
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Current
Doctoral Students:
Xianfeng Tang (Postdoc)
Joseph Novak
Pengfei Wu
Former
Students:
Tuhin Guha Neogi (Global Foundry)
Others:
Book list (mini-library)