Li Jiang, Ph.D.

Professor

Office: 315 Luther Foster Hall

Phone: (334) 727-8048

Email: ljiang@tuskegee.edu

SHORT BIO

Dr. Jiang鈥檚 research interests are in developing microelectronic fabrication techniques, flexible/wearable electronics, bio/chemical sensors, energy devices, and micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS). She is the recipient of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Fellowship, Henry C. McBay Faculty Research Fellowship, and 欧美高清 Faculty Achievement Award. Dr. Jiang is the principal/co-principal investigator of multiple federally funded research projects sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF), Department of Defense (DoD), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and NASA with a total amount of funding of $11 million. Her research has resulted in over 40 papers, 60 conference presentations, and 9 patent applications. Dr. Jiang's research work has been featured in Electronics Letters, Diverse Issues in Higher Education, and cited by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and researchers affiliated with MIT, Caltech, and IIT. She has advised 23 master's students and 1 doctoral student at 欧美高清 as a major advisor or advisory committee member. Some of her former students are currently working at Intel Corp., SIEMENS Corp., and Microsoft Corp., while others are pursuing Ph.D. degrees at Stanford University, and Georgia Tech among others.

EDUCATION

2006 聽 聽Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, US

2004 聽 聽M.S. Electrical Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, US

2000 聽 聽B.S. Electrical Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

APPOINTMENTS/EXPERIENCE

May. 2016聽鈥� present聽聽聽聽聽 Professor of Electrical Engineering, TU, Tuskegee, Alabama

Jul. 2017 鈥� Nov. 2019聽 聽 Associate Head of Department of Electrical Engineering, 欧美高清 (TU), Tuskegee, Alabama聽

Jun. 2012 鈥� Apr. 2016 聽 Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, TU

Aug. 2006 鈥� May. 2012 聽Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, TU 聽

Jun. 2007 鈥� Aug. 2007 聽Senior Scientist, Excellatron Solid State LLC, Atlanta, Georgia聽

Jul. 2006 鈥� Aug. 2006聽聽 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Electronic Materials and Devices Laboratory (EMDL), Louisiana State University聽

TEACHING

Developed and taught undergraduate and graduate courses in circuits, electronics, solid-state devices, and Micro & Nanotechnology.

(1) EENG 0260: Introduction to Logic Circuits (freshman level);

(2) EENG 0322: Linear Networks and Circuits II (sophomore level);

(3) EENG 322L: Linear Networks and Circuits II Lab (sophomore level);

(4) EENG 0325: Electronics I (junior level);聽

(5) EENG 325L: Electronics I Lab (junior level);聽

(6) EENG 0330: Electronics II (junior level);聽

(7) EENG 330L: Electronics II Lab (junior level);聽

(8) EENG 0380: Principles of Electrical Engineering (for non-ECE major);

(9) EENG 380L: Principles of Electrical Engineering Lab (for non-ECE major);

(10) EENG 0441: EIT Review (senior level):

(11) EENG 0400: Microelectronics (senior level);

(12) EENG 424L: Senior Electric Lab (senior level);

(13) EENG 493O/590Y: Fundamentals of Microsystems and Nanotechnology (senior and graduate level);聽

(14) EENG 590J: Advanced Solid State Physics (senior and graduate level).聽

RESEARCH

Served as the PI or Co-PI of 21 research projects totaling 11 million US dollars.

Research Interests:

Developing microelectronics fabrication techniques, flexible/wearable electronics, bio/chemical sensors, energy devices, and micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS).

Selected Projects:

National Science Foundation (NSF) Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI) 2010

Project: MRI: Acquisition of Instruments for Thin Film Processing and Characterization

Principal Investigator (PI), 09/15/2010-08/31/2012; Amount: $234,336.

NASA STEM Faculty and Students Fellowship

Project: Transmission Light Valve Arrays with Comb Drive Microshutters

PI, 09/23/2010 鈥�05/30/2011; Amount: $130,000.

NASA Science and Technology Institute (NSTI) Research Clusters

Project: Analog Synthesis of Mixed-Signal Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs) for the Application of Flight Electronics in NASA

PI, 10/01/2011-09/30/2014; TU Amount: $300,000.

The Department of Defense (DoD) Research and Education Program for Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority-Serving Institutions (HBCU/MSI)

Project: High-Efficiency Flexible Solar Cells and Energy Storage Device Integrated to Army Uniform

PI, 05/20/2011-05/19/2015; Amount: $556,376.

Intel Increasing Diversity in Semiconductor Science and Engineering Higher Education Program

Project: Semiconductor Manufacturing Education and Research Experience for Undergraduates

PI, 09/01/2023 鈥� 08/31/2026; Amount: $351,429.

2012 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Scientific Leadership Awards for Minority Serving Institutions (MSI) Granting Bachelor Degrees (PHASE I)

Project: Portable Smart Platforms for Detection of Biological Pathogens and Chemicals

Co-PI, 09/01/2012-09/01/2014; Amount: $650,000.

2013 DHS Scientific Leadership Awards for Minority Serving Institutions (MSI) Granting Bachelor Degrees (PHASE II)

Project: Portable Smart Platforms for Detection of Biological Pathogens and Chemicals

Co-PI, 09/01/2014-08/31/2019; Amount: $579,130.

NSF MRI 2016

Project: MRI: Acquisition of optical interferometric surface profilometer to enhance capabilities in micro- and nano-scale engineering

Co-PI, 09/01/2016-08/31/2018; Amount: $138,044.

NSF Scholarship for Service (SFS) Program

Project: SFS Program: Strengthening the National Cyber Security Workforce

Co-PI, 1/1/2017-12/31/2023; TU Amount: $1,776,056.

NSF Scholarship for Service (SFS) Program

Project: Collaborative Research: Renewal: Strengthening the National Cybersecurity Workforce

Co-PI, 8/1/2023-7/31/2028, TU Amount: $2,568,522.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

L. Jiang and N. S. Korivi, 鈥淢icrofluidics: technologies and applications,鈥� Nanolithography The art of fabricating nanoelectronic, nanophotonic, and nanobiology devices and systems, Woodhead Publishing Ltd, 2014 (BOOK CHAPTER)

B. Adewumi, M. Feldman, D. Biswas, D. Cao, L. Jiang, and N. Korivi, 鈥淟ow-Cost Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering for Bio-Probes,鈥� Solids 2022, 3, 188鈥�202. https://doi.org/10.3390/solids3020013

N.S. Korivi, N. Nujhat, S. Ahmed, L. Jiang and K. Das, 鈥淟ow Temperature Deposition of Polycrystalline Germanium on Silicon by Magnetron Sputtering,鈥� Electronics Letters, Vol. 54, No. 17, August 2018, pp. 1043 鈥� 1045, doi:10.1049/el.2018.1291 (FEATURED ARTICLE)

N.S. Korivi, L. Jiang, S. Ahmed, N. Nujhat, M. Idrees, V. Rangari, 鈥淣anotextured Thin Films for Detection of Chemicals by Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering,鈥� Materials Research Express Vol. 4, No. 11 2017, 116401, https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1591/aa9395

L. Jiang, M. Vangari, T. Pryor, Z. Xiao and N.S. Korivi, 鈥淢iniature Supercapacitors based on Nanocomposite Thin Films,鈥� Microelectronic Engineering, pp. 52-57, July 2013, DOI: 10.1016/j.mee.2013.01.030 (ScienceDirect TOP 25 LIST OF MOST DOWNLOADED ARTICLES JULY TO SEPTEMBER 2013)

M. Vangari, T. Pryor, and L. Jiang*, 鈥淪upercapacitors: Review of Materials and Fabrication Methods,鈥� Journal of Energy Engineering, Vol. 139, No. 2, pp. 72-79, June 2013, DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)EY.1943-7897.0000102 (*corresponding author)

M. Hines, J. Lenhardt, L. Ming, L. Jiang, and Z. Xiao, 鈥淐ooling effects of nanoscale Bi2Te3/Sb2Te3 multilayered thermoelectric thin films,鈥� Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A, 30(4), Jul/Aug 2012, DOI: 10.1116/1.4725483

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SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES/PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

• Session Chair and Program Committee of International Conferences
• Proposal reviewer for NSF and DHS
• Invited reviewer for Nature Communications, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B, Microelectronic Engineering, Journal of Engineering, International Journal of Energy Research, Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry, International Materials Reviews, Materials Research Bulletin, and AIMS Materials Science, 2008- present
• Invited seminar speaker at Purdue University; University of Arizona; University of Alabama; Beijing University, China; Hua Zhong University of Science and Technology, China; etc. 2010- present
• Faculty Senator at TU, 2012-2015
• Advisor of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Student Chapter at TU