Engineering Electrical

OBJECTIVE

To obtain a full-time position in the fields of RF communication systems,

wireless sensor networks, signal processing, microwave components, and

antenna design.

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Candidate in Electrical Engineering. Graduation expected in August

2010

The Pennsylvania State University, University Park

GPA: 3.82/4.0

B.S. in Electronic Engineering. July 2006

Tsinghua University, Beijing, P. R. China

ACADEMIA EXPERIENCE

The Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania USA

Communications and Space Sciences Lab, Dept. of Electrical Engineering.

May 2007 - Present

Advisor: Prof. Ram, Narayanan.

. Research Assistant

. Thesis Project - Original RF Tag System Design

. Designed a communication system between RF tags and radar using UWB

random noise signals, where the RF tags assist radar to recognize

friendly assets, and send simple messages about the assets to the

radar.

. Designed the architecture of an RF tag and achieved greatly improved

simplicity and energy efficiency.

. Proposed a mechanism to combat multipath signals'

interference for the system.

. Developed algorithms for target detection and localization using RF

tags, and information routing within the RF tag network.

. Achieved major improvements in protection of data signals from

detection and analysis by undesired parties.

Electromagnetic Communication Lab, Dept. of Electrical Engineering. Sept.

2006 - April 2007

Advisor: Prof. Raj, Mittra.

. Analysis of FSS designed for dual frequency applications

. Analyzed the scattering characteristics of finite periodic FSS

using the method of FDTD.

Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Spring 2009

. Taught senior/graduate level RF/Microwave Engineering course in a

laboratory setting to a class of 42 students.

. Aided students on the class project - Balanced Amplifier. Helped them

in the balanced amplifier design, simulation and fabrication.

. Extensive hands-on hardware experience including: installed and trouble

shot laboratory equipments such as network analyzers, spectrum

analyzers.

. Graded homework and held office hours.

Relevant Coursework

Digital Communication; Topics in Digital Signal Processing; Wavelets,

filterbanks and multi-resolution analysis; Stochastic Process and

Estimation; Detection and Estimation Theory; Information Theory; Graph

Theory; UHF-Microwave Engineering; Antenna CAD Design; Conformal

Antennas; Antenna Engineering; Engineering Electromagnetics.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Summer Intern, Beijing Command-E Technology CO. LTD, P. R. China. July

2005 - August 2005

. Developed a web-based Project Information Management System for the

company, programming using VC++.net.

. Helped the company to manage their project information more effectively

and efficiently by this system.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Hardware and software experience in electronics and communication systems

Specialties: Product research and development; Wireless and RFID system,

application and engineering; Standards deployment: 3G/LTE, CDMA, OFDM,

GSM, Wi-Fi, RFID; Analytical and programming skills.

Programming: C, C++, MATLAB, SQL, VHDL.

Software: Microwave Office, HFSS, XFDTD, FEKO, GNEC, Pspice, Multisim.

PUBLICATIONS

. Qihe Pan and R.M. Narayanan, "Design and Performance of an RF Tag

System Using Ultrawideband Noise Waveforms", IEEE Transactions on

Aerospace & Electronic Systems, under review.

. Qihe Pan and R.M. Narayanan, "An RF tag communication system model for

noise radar," Proc. SPIE Conference on Wireless Sensing and Processing

III, Orlando, FL, vol. 6980, pp. 698***-*-******-**,

doi:10.1117/12.777394, March 2008.

. A third journal paper in progress on target detection and localization

using RF tags, and information routing within the RF tag network.

REFERENCES

Available Upon Request.

ACTIVITIES

. Attended the GE Technology and Innovation Day 2008, recommended by the

Electrical Engineering Department of the Penn State University.

. Member of the EGSC (Engineering Graduate Student Council) of the Penn

State University.

121 Electrical Engineering East

The Pennsylvania State University

University Park, PA 16802

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Qihe Pan

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