Songbin Gong

Songbin Gong
Songbin Gong

Administrative Titles

  • Intel Alumni Fellow in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Associate Professor
(217) 244-6564
2264 Micro & Nanotechnology Lab

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Education

  • Bachelor, Electrical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
  • PhD, Electrical Engineering, University of Virginia, May 2010  

Academic Positions

  • Graduate Research Assistant, ECE Department, University of Virginia, May, 2005- April, 2010.
  • Postdoctoral Researcher , ESE Department, University of Pennsylvania, April, 2010-Aug, 2012.
  • Research Scientist, ECE Department, Carnegie Mellon University, Aug, 2012- Aug, 2013.
  • Assistant Professor, Micro and Nano Technology Lab, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Aug, 2013-Now
  • Assistant Professor, ECE Department, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Aug, 2013-July 2019
  • Intel Alumni Fellow, ECE Department, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, April, 2017-Now
  • Associate Professor, ECE Department, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Aug, 2019-Now

Resident Instruction

  • ECE447 Fall 2018
  • ECE350 Spring 2018
  • ECE447 Fall 2017
  • ECE457 Spring 2017
  • ECE447 Fall 2016
  • ECE457 Spring 2016
  • ECE457 Spring 2015
  • ECE 329 Fall 2014
  • ECE329 Spring 2014
  • ECE329 Fall 2013

Post-Doctoral Research Opportunities

We are currently looking for qualified postdoctoral researchers in the area of RF-MEMS devices and components. Please contact Prof. Songbin Gong with your CV for more detailed information.

Graduate Research Opportunities

We are currently seeking self-motivated, creative and hard-working students to join the integrated RF micro-systems research group. Please contact Prof. Gong with your CV.

Undergraduate Research Opportunities

Prof. Gong welcomes undergraduates to work in his research group.

Research Interests

  • RF and microwave photonics
  • Antennas for communication and wireless sensing
  • Microwave acoustics
  • Millimeter wave integrated circuits
  • Microwave devices and circuits
  • Reconfigurable RF and microwave systems
  • Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems

Research Areas

  • Acoustics
  • Circuits
  • Electromagnetic theory
  • Electromagnetics and Optics
  • Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)
  • Microwave devices and circuits
  • Millimeter wave integrated circuits
  • Nano-electro mechanical systems (NEMS)
  • Wireless communication systems

Research Topics

  • Micro & nanoelectromechanical M/NEMS integrated systems
  • Photonics: optical engineering and systems
  • RF and microwave engineering

Books Authored or Co-Authored (Original Editions)

Chapters in Books

Selected Articles in Journals

Articles in Conference Proceedings

Journal Editorships

  • Associate Editor, Journal of Microwaves (2019-Now)
  • Associate Editor, Journal of MicroElectroMechanical Systems (JMEMS) (2019- Now)
  • Associate Editor, Transactions of the Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control (T-UFFC). (Feb 2019- Jan 2023)
  • Guest editor for 2018 IFCS Special Issue of the Transactions of the Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control (T-UFFC).
  • Guest editor for the special issue of "RF-MEMS" in the Journal of Micromechanics and Micro-engineering.

Professional Societies

  • OSA Member
  • Technical Committee Member of IEEE MTT-6 Microwave Acoustics and MEMS
  • IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control Society
  • IEEE Electron Devices Society
  • IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society
  • IEEE Senior Member

Teaching Honors

  • List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students - ECE 447 Active Microwave Circuits (2017)
  • List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students - ECE 457 Microwave Devices and Circuits (2015)
  • List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students - ECE 329 Fields and Waves (2014)

Research Honors

  • 3rd Place Best Paper Competition at 2018 International Microwave Symposium (6/15/2020)
  • Best Paper Award at 2020 International Ultrasonic Symposium (9/15/2020)
  • Best Paper Award at 2019 International Ultrasonic Symposium (10/1/2019)
  • IEEE Ultrasonics Early Career Investigator Award (10/1/2019)
  • DARPA Young Faculty Award 2014 (9/13/2014)
  • Intel Alumni Fellow 2017-now (4/1/2017)
  • NASA Early Career Faculty Award 2017 (3/5/2017)
  • Best Paper Award at 2017 International Frequency Control Symposium (7/1/2017)
  • 2nd Place Best Paper Competition at 2018 International Microwave Symposium (6/5/2018)
  • Best Paper Award at 2018 International Ultrasonic Symposium (10/15/2018)
  • Best Paper Award at 2019 International Frequency Control Symposium (4/16/2019)
  • Dean's Award for Excellence in Research, College of Engineering, UIUC (4/29/2019)

Recent Courses Taught

  • ECE 210 - Analog Signal Processing
  • ECE 211 - Analog Circuits & Systems
  • ECE 313 (MATH 362) - Probability with Engrg Applic
  • ECE 314 - Probability in Engineering Lab
  • ECE 447 - Active Microwave Ckt Design
  • ECE 453 - Wireless Communication Systems
  • ECE 457 - Microwave Devices & Circuits