Vitae

VITAE

Jian-Ming Jin joined the faculty of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) in 1993, after serving as a Senior Scientist at Otsuka Electronics (USA), Inc., Fort Collins, CO. Currently, he is a Full Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Associate Director of the Center for Computational Electromagnetics at UIUC. He is also an affiliate member of the Magnetic Resonance Engineering Laboratory in the Beckman Institute of UIUC. He serves as an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, Radio Science, Electromagnetics Journal, Microwave and Optical Technology Letters. His name is listed in the university's List of Excellent Instructors. He has published over 150 articles in refereed journals and several book chapters, authored the first comprehensive textbook on the finite element method for electromagnetic analysis, The Finite Element Method in Electromagnetics (New York: Wiley, 1993; 2002), a book on modern magnetic resonance imaging systems, Electromagnetic Analysis and Design in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Boca Raton, FL: CRC, 1998), co-authored a book on applied mathematics, Computation of Special Functions (New York: Wiley, 1996), and co-edited Fast and Efficient Algorithms in Computational Electromagnetics (Boston: Artech, 2001). His current research interests include computational electromagnetics, magnetic resonance imaging, gradient and RF coil design, bioelectromagnetics, scattering and antenna analysis, and electromagnetic compatibility.

Dr. Jin is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and a member of the U.S. National Committee of the International Radio Science Union, Tau Beta Pi, Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society, and International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. He served as the Symposium Co-Chairman and Technical Program Chairman of the 1997 and 1998 International Symposium on Applied Computational Electromagnetics, respectively. He is a recipient of a 1994 National Science Foundation Young Investigator Award and 1995 Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award. He also received the 1997 and 2000 Xerox Research Awards from UIUC College of Engineering. In 1998, he is appointed as the Henry Magnuski Scholar in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Dr. Jin received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in applied physics from Nanjing University, Nanjing, China, in 1982 and 1984, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 1989.

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, 1989. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

EXPERIENCE

University of Illinois, Urbana, IL.
- Full Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2001-present
- Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 1997-2001
- Associate Director, Center for Computational Electromagnetics, 1995-present
- Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 1993-1997
  Teach graduate and undergraduate courses in electrical engineering. Conduct research in the areas of computational electromagnetics and its applications to antennas, radar scattering, microwave circuits, and biomedical technology.
OTSUKA ELECTRONICS (USA), INC. Fort Collins, CO
- Senior Scientist/Mathematical Modeler, 1992-1993
  Responsible for mathematical modeling of electronic devices such as RF and gradient coils. Designed and analyzed birdcage and open coils for head, spine and shoulder imaging. Co-invented unicoils, a coil that unifies both transmitter and receiver and possesses unique features not shared with other existing coils.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
- Assistant Research Scientist, 1990-1992
  Developed three-dimensional finite element methods for analysis of a variety of scattering and radiation problems including those of conformal microstrip patch antennas and arrays. Developed a computer program based on the biconjugate gradient and fast Fourier transform method for scattering by planar targets. Advised graduate students and served on Ph.D. committees.
- Research Fellow, 1989-1990
  Developed a finite element method for analysis of scattering by two- and three-dimensional cavities and slots. Advised graduate students.
- Research Assistant, 1985-1989
  Developed a conjugate gradient and fast Fourier transform method and computer program for analysis of conducting patch arrays supported by a dielectric slab. Developed and implemented a new integral equation that allows a substantial reduction in number of unknowns and kernel singularity. Developed a hybrid finite element method for scattering by general two-dimensional structures. Developed a finite element program for optimization study of degaussing process. Worked on electromagnetic interference, electromagnetic emission and various other measurements.
SUMMITEC CORPORATION, Oak Ridge , TN
- Research Engineer, Oct. 1991-Mar. 1992
  Developed a finite element method for simulating conformal microstrip patch antennas and arrays.
NANJING UNIVERSITY, Nanjing, China
- Faculty Member, 1984-1985
  Developed a finite element method and a computer program for analysis of microstrip transmission lines and optical dielectric waveguides.
- Research Assistant, 1982-1984
  Developed a finite element method and a computer program for analysis of waveguides filled with inhomogeneous and anisotropic materials. Derived dyadic Green's functions for rectangular and cylindrical cavities and coaxial waveguides filled with a moving medium.

PROFESSIONAL AWARDS

National Science Foundation Young Investigator (NYI) Award, 1994
Office of Naval Research (ONR) Young Investigator Award, 1995
University of Illinois Incomplete List of Excellent Teacher, 1996
University of Illinois Junior Xerox Award for Faculty Research, 1997
University of Illinois Henry Magnuski Scholar Award, 1998
University of Illinois Incomplete List of Excellent Teacher, 1998
ACES 1999 Valued Service Award, 1999
Distinguished Visiting Professor, Air Force Research Laboratory, 1999
University of Illinois Incomplete List of Excellent Teacher, 1999
University of Illinois Senior Xerox Award for Faculty Research, 2000
University of Illinois Incomplete List of Excellent Teacher, 2001
Elected to IEEE Fellow “For contributions to computational electromagnetics and its applications to antennas, radar scattering, microwave circuits, and biomedical technology” in 2001
Visiting Professor, City University of Hong Kong, 2000-2001
Adjunct Professor, Anhui University, Hefei, China, 2001
UIUC Incomplete List of Excellent Teachers, Spring 2002
UIUC Incomplete List of Excellent Teachers, Spring 2002
Elected to the category of the Highly Cited Authors (top 0.5%) by ISI (www.isihighlycited.com), 2002
UIUC Incomplete List of Excellent Teachers, Spring 2003
Adjunct Professor, Peking University, Beijing, China, 2003
Guest Professor, Southeast University, Nanjing, China, 2004
Adjunct Professor, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China, 2004
UIUC Incomplete List of Excellent Teachers, Spring 2004
UIUC Incomplete List of Excellent Teachers, Fall 2004
Sony Faculty Scholar Award, 2005-2009
UIUC Incomplete List of Excellent Teachers, Fall 2005
UIUC Incomplete List of Excellent Teachers, Spring 2006

SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP

Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
IEEE Antennas and Propagation (AP) Society
IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques (MTT) Society
USNC/URSI Commission B
Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society
International Society of Magnetic Resonance
Tau Beta Pi, National Engineering Honor Society

FORMER MS AND PHD STUDENTS

S. S. Ni, “Hybridization of the Finite-Element Method and the Shooting-and-Bouncing-Ray Method for Scattering and Radiation from Large and Complex Targets,” Ph.D. Thesis, 1995. (Joined SAIC and then Northrop.)
N. L. Lu, “Application of Adaptive Absorbing Conditions and Fast Multipole Method to Finite Element Solution of Three-Dimensional Scattering,” M.S. Thesis, 1995. (Continued at UI and then joined Intel.)
S. T. Carolan, “Hybridization of the Method of Moments and the Shooting-and-Bouncing-Ray Method for Scattering from Large Geometries with Small Protrusions,” M.S. Thesis, 1997. (Joined OpenPort.)
Z. M. Feng, “Analysis of Shielded RF Coils Using Moment Methods,” M.S. Thesis, 1997. (Continued at UI.)
K. C. Donepudi, “Spectral Lanczos Decomposition Method for Time- and Frequency-Domain Analysis of Maxwell’s Equations using FEM,” M.S. Thesis, 1997. (Continued at UI.)
W. C. Gibbson, “Incremental Length Diffraction Coefficients in XPATCH,” M.S. Thesis, 1998. (Joined Diagnetics.) J. Chen, “Simulations of Electromagnetic Effect in Magnetic Resonance Imaging,” Ph.D. Thesis, 1998. (Joined Motorola and then University of Houston.)
A. D. Greenwood, “Finite Element Method for Electromagnetic Scattering and Radiation from Complex Axisymmetric Structures,” Ph.D. Thesis, 1998. (Joined Air Force Research Lab.)
M. E. Kowalski, “Modeling, Optimization, and Control of Electromagnetic Oncological Hyperthermia,” M.S. Thesis, 1999. (Continued at UI.)
F. Ling, “Fast Electromagnetic Modeling of Multilayer Microstrip Antennas and Circuits,” Ph.D. Thesis, 2000. (Joined Motorola.)
E. Dunn, “Iterative Solvers and Preconditioners for Finite Element Analysis of Indoor Wave Propagation,” M.S. Thesis, 2000. (Continued at UI.)
A. E. Yilmaz, “FFT-Based Algorithms for Fast Analysis of Transient Electromagnetic Scattering,” M.S. Thesis, 2000. (Continued at UI.)
E. D. Branch, “A Higher-Order Finite Element Method for Computing the Radar Cross Section of Bodies of Revolution,” Ph.D. Thesis, 2000. (Joined Air Force Research Lab.)
D. Jiao, “Advanced Time-Domain Finite Element Method for Electromagnetic Analysis,” Ph.D. Thesis, 2001. (Joined Intel.)
J. Liu, “Higher-Order Finite Element–Boundary Integral Methods for Electromagnetic Scattering and Radiation Analysis,” Ph.D. Thesis, 2002 (presently at Ansoft).
M. E. Kowalski, “Analysis and Optimization of Electromagnetic Phased-Arrays for Hyperthermia,” Ph.D. Thesis, 2002 (presently at SLAC, Stanford University).
K. Donepudi, “Fast Higher-Order Solutions for Electromagnetic Scattering from Three-Dimensional Bodies,” Ph.D. Thesis, 2002 (presently at Intel Corporation).
Z. Lou, “High-Order Finite Element Analysis of Periodic Structures,” M.S. Thesis, 2003 (presently a Ph.D. student at UI).
A. R. Siripuram, “Finite Element Modeling of Microwave Breakdown in Air-Filled Waveguide Devices,” M.S. Thesis, 2004.
Y. Zhong, “The Domain Decomposition Method for Finite Element Analysis of Deep Cavities,” M.S. Thesis, 2004.
R. Hu, “Higher-Order Finite Element Analysis of Anisotropic, Lossy, and Inhomogeneous Waveguides,” M.S. Thesis, 2004.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Journal Editorship:

Associate Editor for Radio Science since 1999.
Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation 1996-1998.
Member of Editorial Board for Microwave and Optical Technology Letters since 1998.
Member of Editorial Board for Electromagnetics since 1997.
Member of Editorial Board for IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques since 1994.
Guest editor of a special issue for Electromagnetics, 1996.

Short Courses:

Organized a short course “Computational Electromagnetics: Current Status and Capabilities” at Air Force Research Laboratory, Dayton, OH, December 2003.
Organized a short course on “Recent Advances in Finite Element Method for Computational Electromagnetics” for the 2003 Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Annual Review Conference, Monterey, California, March 2003.
Organized a short course on “Recent Advances in Finite Element Method for Computational Electromagnetics” for the 2002 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, San Antonio, Texas, June 2002.
Organized (with W. Chew, E. Michielssen, and J. M. Song) a short course on ``Recent Advances in Fast Algorithms for Computational Electromagnetics'' for the 2000 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, Salt Lake City, Utah, July 2000.
Organized (with W. Chew, E. Michielssen, and J. M. Song) a short course on ``Recent Advances in Fast Algorithms for Computational Electromagnetics'' for the 2000 Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Annual Review Conference, Monterey, California, March 2000.
Organized (with W. Chew, E. Michielssen, and J. M. Song) a short course on ``ecent Advances in Fast Algorithms for Computational Electromagnetics'' for the 1998 Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Annual Review Conference, Monterey, California, March 1998.
Organized (with A. Cangellaris) a short course on ``High-Speed Interconnect and Package Modeling Using Finite-Difference and Finite-Element Methods'' in the IEEE 6th Topical Meeting on Electrical Performance of Electronic Packaging, San Jose, Oct. 1997.
Organized (with W. C. Chew and E. Michielssen) a short course on ``Computational Electromagnetic and Its Applications,'' University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, July 1996.
Organized (with W. Chew) a short course on ``Advanced Finite Element Methods for Electromagnetics'' in the 1994 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, Seattle, Washington, June 1994.

Invited Talks:

“RF Coil/Field Analysis for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI),” The 6th Annual Little Rock Workshop on Advances in MR Engineering, Robert Allerton Conference Center, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, June 2, 1997.
“New Developments of Hybrid Finite Element Methods for Scattering and Radiation by Complex Targets,” National Radio Science Meeting, Boulder, CO, Jan. 9-13, 1996.
“Hybridization in Computational Electromagnetics,” Annual Conference of Electro-magnetic Code Consortium (EMCC), May 1998.
“Hybridization in Computational Electromagnetics,” H-Infinity Meeting of the Defense Research Initiative Program, San Diego, CA, June 1998.
“Hybridization in Computational Electromagnetics,” Southwest Jiaotong University, China, Aug. 1998.
“Hybridization in Computational Electromagnetics,” (Plenary talk) International Conference on Microwave and Millimeter Wave Technology, Beijing, China, Aug. 1998.
“The Finite Element Method for Electromagnetic Field Computation,” Workshop on Computational Electromagnetics in Magnetic Resonance, College Station, TX, June 1998.
“Finite Element Method and FFT Based Methods in CEM,” 1998 Antenna Applications Symposium, Allerton Park, Monticello, IL, Sept. 1998.
“On the IE-AP Method,” Mission Research Corporation, Dayton, OH, April 1999.
“Computational Electromagnetics for Antenna Modeling,” Second H-Infinity Workshop of the Defense Research Initiative Program, Arlington, VA, June 1999.
“Computational Electromagnetics: A Brief Overview,” Air Force Research Laboratory, Dayton, OH, Sept. 8, 1999.
“Higher-Order Methods for Computational Electromagnetics,” Annual Conference of Electromagnetic Code Consortium (EMCC), St. Louis, MO, May 2000.
“Electromagnetic Analysis and Design in Magnetic Resonance Imaging,’’ Medtronic, Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 2000.
“Fast Algorithms for Electromagnetic Modeling of Microstrip Problems,” International Microwave Conference, Boston, June 2000.
“Fast Electromagnetic Modeling of Multilayer Microstrip Antennas and Circuits,’’ (Plenary talk) 5th International Symposium on Antennas, Propagation, and EM Theory, Beijing, China, Aug. 2000.
“Fast Electromagnetic Modeling of Multilayer Microstrip Antennas and Circuits,” Department of Electronic Engineering, City University of Hong Kong & MTT/AP/LEO Chapter, IEEE HK Section, Oct. 2000.
“Fast Algorithms for Electromagnetic Modeling of Microstrip Problems,” Third H-Infinity Workshop of the Defense Research Initiative Program, Annapolis, VA, Oct. 2000.
“Higher-Order Methods for Computational Electromagnetics,” Department of Electronic Engineering, City University of Hong Kong & MTT/AP/LEO Chapter, IEEE HK Section, March 28, 2001.
“Fast Electromagnetic Modeling of Multilayer Microstrip Antennas and Circuits,” Department of Electronic Engineering, Chinese University of Hong Kong, May 2, 2001.
“Higher-Order Methods for Computational Electromagnetics,” Anhui University, Hefei, China, May 10, 2001.
“Fast Electromagnetic Modeling of Multilayer Microstrip Antennas and Circuits,” University of Science and Technology of China, May 11, 2001.
“A Novel Hybridization of Higher-Order Finite Element and Boundary Integral Methods for Electromagnetic Scattering and Radiation Problems,” Annual Conference of Electromagnetic Code Consortium (EMCC), Kauai, Hawaii, May 28 – June 1, 2001.
“A Novel Hybridization of Higher-Order Finite Element and Boundary Integral Methods for Electromagnetic Scattering Problems,” Air Force Institute of Technology, Dayton, Ohio, November 8, 2001.
“A Novel Hybridization of Higher-Order Finite Element and Boundary Integral Methods for Electromagnetic Scattering Problems,” AFOSR Electromagnetics Workshop, San Antonio, TX, January 2002.
“Prediction of Radar Cross Section of Jet Engine Inlets,” Annual Conference of Electromagnetic Code Consortium (EMCC), Albuquerque, New Mexico, May 2002.
“Finite Element Analysis of Electromagnetic Scattering and Radiation Problems in the Time Domain,” Annual Conference of Electromagnetic Code Consortium (EMCC), Albuquerque, New Mexico, May 2002.
“The Fascinating World of Computational Electromagnetics,” ECE Undergraduate seminar, University of Illinois, October 2002.
“The Finite Element Method for Computational Electromagnetics: Recent Progress, Current Status, and Future Directions,” SIP/CEA/CEN Joint Forum--Use of High Performance Computing in Interdisciplinary Engineering, College Park, MD, November 6, 2002.
“Recent Advances in the Finite Element Method for Computational Electromagnetics,” Institute of Mathematical Science, National University of Singapore, February 25, 2003.
“The Finite Element Method for Computational Electromagnetics: Recent Progress, Current Status, and Future Directions,” Institute of Mathematical Science, National University of Singapore, February 27, 2003.
“Scattering Analysis of a Large Body with Deep Cavities,” Annual Conference of Electromagnetic Code Consortium (EMCC), Hampton, Virginia, May 2003.
“A Fully High-Order Finite-Element Simulation of Scattering by Deep Cavities,” Annual Conference of Electromagnetic Code Consortium (EMCC), Hampton, Virginia, May 2003.
“The Finite Element Method for Computational Electromagnetics: Recent Progress, Current Status, and Future Directions,” Stanford University, September 2003.
“Finite Element Analysis of Electromagnetic Scattering and Radiation Problems in the Time Domain,” AFRL, Kirtland AFB, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Feb. 2004.
“Computational Electromagnetics and Acoustics,” PET Annual Tech Review, Austin, TX, March 2004.
“The Finite Element Method for Computational Electromagnetics: Recent Progress, Current Status, and Future Directions,” Michigan State University, April 8, 2004.
“The Finite Element Method for Computational Electromagnetics: Recent Progress, Current Status, and Future Directions,” Ohio State University, April 22, 2004.
“CEA PET Annual Technical Review: Accomplishments and Future Vision,” Annual Conference of Electromagnetic Code Consortium (EMCC), Seattle, WA, May 2004.
“The Finite Element Method for Computational Electromagnetics: Recent Progress, Current Status, and Future Directions,” Southeast University, August 27, 2004.
“The Fascinating World of Computational Electromagnetics,” Nanjing University, August 31, 2004.

Conference Committees:

Member of Technical Program Committee, 2004 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, Monterey, California, June 2004.
Member of Technical Program Committee, 2000 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, Salt Lake City, Utah, July 2000.
Member of Technical Program Committee, 5th International Symposium on Antennas, Propagation, and EM Theory, Beijing, August 2000.
Member of Scientific Committee, 5th International Workshop on Finite Elements for Microwave Engineering, Boston, June 2000.
Technical Program Chairman, 1998 Applied Computational Electromagnetics conference, Monterey, California, March 1998.
Program Committee Member, Workshop on Computational Electromagnetics in Magnetic Resonance, College Station, TX, May 30 June 1, 1998.
Conference Co-Chairman, 1997 Applied Computational Electromagnetics conference.
Member of Technical Program Committee, 1993 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, Ann Arbor, Michigan, June 1993.
Chaired many sessions for IEEE AP-S International Symposia and URSI Radio Science Meetings since 1992.
Chaired many sessions for the Applied Computational Electromagnetics conference since 1996.
Lectured at several universities and companies in U.S. and Canada.

Journal and Proposal Review:

NSF CAREER Award panelist, 1996.
Proposal reviewer for NSF, 1995.
Book reviewer for John Wiley and Sons.
Served as a reviewer for
IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering
IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques
IEEE Transactions on Education
Proceedings of IEEE
Proceedings of IEE, Part H
Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications
Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

COURSE EVALUATION

Fall 1993, ECE 309, 3.9/5.0 (Top 40%)
Spring 1994, ECE 420, 4.5/5.0 (Top 20%)
Fall 1994, ECE 309, 4.5/5.0 (Top 25%)
Fall 1994, ECE 497 MRI, 4.5/5.0 (Top 13%)
Spring 1995, ECE 371 CJ, 4.3/5.0 (Top 24%)
Spring 1995, ECE 497 JC, 4.6/5.0 (Top 10%)
Fall 1995, ECE 309, 4.7/5.0 (Top 10%)
Spring 1996, ECE 309, 4.7/5.0 (Top 13%)
Fall 1996, ECE 497 CEM, (Listed as Excellent Teacher)
Fall 1997, ECE 420, 4.7/5.0 (Top 10%)
Spring 1998, ECE 497 CEM, 5.0/5.0 (Top 3%), (Listed as Excellent Teacher)
Fall 1998, ECE 420, 4.6/5.0 (Top 20%)
Spring 1999, ECE 497 CEM, (Listed as Excellent Teacher)
Fall 2001, ECE 497 CEM, (Listed as Excellent Teacher)
Spring 2002, ECE 420, (Listed as Excellent Teacher)
Fall 2002, ECE 420, (Listed as Excellent Teacher)
Spring 2003, ECE 440, (Listed as Excellent Teacher)
Spring 2004, ECE 420, (Listed as Excellent Teacher)