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ELEDIA@UIC - ECE, University of Illinois Chicago

Contact Information

Email: pychen[at]uic.edu, pai-yen.chen[at]eledia.org

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Research Interests

  • Applied Electromagnetics
  • Metamaterials
  • Microwave devices and system design
  • Millimeter-wave antennas and circuits
  • Nanoelectromagnetism in plasmonics and nanophotonics
  • RF antennas and circuits
  • Wireless sensors and integrated systems

CHEN Pai-Yen

Associate Professor

ELEDIA @ UIC - ECE, University of Illinois Chicago

CHEN Pai-Yen (S’09, M’ 13, SM’ 17) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois, Chicago (UIC). He received the Ph.D. degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 2013. He received M.S. and B.S. degrees from National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan in 2006 and 2004. He previously served as an Assistant Professor at the Wayne State University (WSU) during 2014-2018, a Research Scientist at Intellectual Ventures’ Metamaterial Commercialization Center during 2013-2014, and a Research Staff in the National Nano Device Laboratory in Taiwan during 2006-2009. He has been involved in multidisciplinary research on applied electromagnetics, RF, microwave, millimeter-wave antennas and circuits, metamaterials, metasurfaces, wireless sensors and integrated systems, as well as nanoelectromagnetism in plasmonics and nanophotonics.

He has received quite a few prestigious awards, including National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award, IEEE Sensors Council Young Professional Award, IEEE Raj Mittra Travel Grant (RMTG) Award, SPIE Rising Researcher Award, ACES Early Career Award, PIERS Young Scientist Award, Young Scientist Awards from URSI General Assembly and URSI Commission B: Electromagnetics, IOP Measurement Science and Technology Emerging Leader, Air Force Research Laboratory Faculty Fellowship, UIC College of Engineering Faculty Research Award, WSU College of Engineering Faculty Research Excellence Award, Donald Harrington Fellowship, Taiwan Ministry of Education Study Abroad Award, United Microelectronics Corporation Scholarship, and quite a few best paper awards and travel grants from major IEEE conferences, including IEEE Antennas and Propagation Symposium (2011, 2013, 2016 and 2021), IEEE International Microwave Symposium (2015), IEEE Sensors Conference (2016), IEEE Wireless Power Transfer Conference (2021), and USNC-URSI Ernest K. Smith Student Paper Award (2012). He currently serves as Associate Editor of IEEE Sensors Journal, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Journal of Radio Frequency Identification (IEEE JRFID), IEEE Journal of Electromagnetics, RF and Microwaves in Medicine and Biology (IEEE-JERM), and Guest Editor of several international journals including IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. He was a former Associate Editor of Applied Electromagnetics. He was founder and chair of IEEE Sensors Council Chicago Chapter (2019-2021). He serves on the ACES Board of Directors (2021-2024).