CHAN, Chi-Hou
B.Sc., M.S. Ohio State, Ph.D. Illinois, FCIE, FIEEE, FIET, Fellow of Electromagnetics Academy, CEng

Chair Professor of Electronic Engineering
Acting Provost

Room: CYC6218 Tel: (852) 3442-8080 Fax: (852) 3442-0388 Email: eechic@cityu.edu.hk

Chi H. Chan was born in Macao and received his early education in HK. He received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, in 1981 and 1982, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, in 1987. From 1987 to 1989, he was a Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Illinois, associated with the Electromagnetic Communication Laboratory. He joined the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, in 1989 as an Assistant Professor. He was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in 1993. He joined the Department of Electronic Engineering (EE), City University of Hong Kong as a Professor in April 1996. He was promoted to Professor (Chair) of Electronic Engineering in July 1998.

Professor Chan's research interests have been on computational electromagnetics, antennas, and wireless communications components and subsystems. He has published 7 book chapters, 193 journal papers and 169 conference papers and abstracts. He graduated 19 M.S. and 17 Ph.D. students. Professor Chan received the US National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator Award in 1991 and the Intel Summer Visiting Faculty Award in 1993. In 2004, he was awarded the Joint Research Fund for Hong Kong and Macao Young Scholars under the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars Scheme, National Natural Science Foundation of China. He has been first a member then a fellow of the Electromagnetics Academy since 1995, a fellow of the Chinese Institute of Electronics (CIE) since 1999, the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE), now renamed Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), since 1998 and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) since 2002. Professor Chan is an Adjunct Professor of the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. He also held guest or honorary appointments with Peking University, Zhejiang University, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, and Southeast University at different times. He has 4 Chinese and 1 US patents granted and 2 US patents pending on antennas and power amplifiers.

While broadening his research spectrum through learning from and collaborating with EE colleagues such as Professors K. M. Luk, Q. Xue and K. F. Man, Professor Chan has not lost his fervor for teaching. He received the outstanding teacher awards in the Bachelor of Electronic Engineering (full-time) Program in 1998, 1999 and 2000. In 2008, he was voted the first runner-up of the outstanding teacher award by the graduating class of Bachelor of Electronic and Communication Engineering (part-time) Program for a course that he taught in 2006.  In recent years, his final-year project and graduate students received numerous awards in local, national and international paper competitions. His graduate students received one of the 22 Special Awards selected from over 1000 entries in the 2003 Challenger Cup, the most prestigious university student competition in China, the Third and First Prizes in the IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS) 2003 and 2004 Student Paper Contests, respectively, the First Prize in 2004 IEEE Region 10 (Postgraduate Level) Student Paper Contest and the 2004 IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society Graduate Fellowship. His undergraduate FYP students received IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society Undergraduate/Pre-Graduate Fellowship in 2006, 2007 and 2008. His FYP student, Mr. Chen Jia Shu received the first ever Fulbright Science and Technology Fellowship in 2007, one of the 27 awardees worldwide. The award is administered by the Institute of International Education on behalf of the US Department of State. Mr. Chen is currently a PhD student at UC Berkeley working on RFIC, the same topic as his FYP.

In the past decade at CityU, Professor Chan has taken up considerable administrative duties, including Group Leader, Assistant Head, and Director of Applied Electromagnetics Laboratory in EE, Deputy Director of the Wireless Communications Research Center, Director of Co-operative Education Center and Associate Dean of Faculty of Science and Engineering (FSE). In September 2004, he assumed his Deanship of FSE, now renamed as College of Science and Engineering, leading the college's efforts in teaching, linkage with industry and research.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

SELECTED RECENT PUBLICATIONS

• K. M. Shum, W. T. Luk, C. H. Chan, and Q. Xue, "A UWB bandpass filter with two transmission zeros using a single stub with CMRC," IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 43-45, Jan. 2007.

• C. Y. Chiu, K. M. Shum, and C. H. Chan, "A tunable via-patch loaded PIFA with size reduction," IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. 55, no. 1, pp. 65-71, Jan. 2007.

• T. T. Mo, Q. Xue and C. H. Chan, "A broadband compact microstrip rat-race hybrid using a novel CPW inverter," IEEE Microwave Theory Tech., vol. 55, no. 1, pp. 161-167, Jan. 2007.

• G. M. Gavaza, Z. X. Yu, L. Tsang, C. H. Chan, S. Y. Tong, M. A. Van Hove, "Theory of low-energy electron diffraction for detailed structural determination of nanomaterials: Ordered structures," Physical Review B, vol. 75, 014114(11), Jan. 2007.

• Y. F. Lau, Q. Xue, C. H. Chan and M. Y. Xia, "Negative-resistance, reflection-type bipolar frequency doubler," Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, vol. 49, no. 2, pp. 434-436, Feb. 2007.

• K. W. Lau, Q. Xue and C. H. Chan, "A novel self-adaptive biasing technique for microwave bipolar amplifier linearization," Electronics Letters, vol. 43, no. 3, pp. 166-167, Feb. 2007.

• S. H. Yeung, W. T. Luk, H. K. Ng, K. F. Man, and C. H. Chan, "A jumping genes paradigm for the design of wide-band patch antenna with double shorting wall," Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, vol. 49, no. 3, pp. 706-709, March 2007.

• C. Y. Chiu, H. Wong and C. H. Chan, "Study of small wideband folded-patch feed antennas," IET Proc.-Microw. Antennas Propag., vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 501-505, April 2007.

• Y. Lou, Q. Xue and C. H. Chan, "A broadband waveguide-to-microstrip transition/power splitter using finline arrays," IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 310-312, April 2007.

• H. G. Wang and C. H. Chan, "The implementation of multilevel Green's function interpolation method for full-wave electromagnetic problems," IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. 55, no. 5, pp. 1348-1358, May 2007.

• L. Li, C. H. Liang, and C. H. Chan, "Waveguide end-slot phased array antenna integrated with electromagnetic bandgap structures," Journal of Electromagnetic Wave and Applications, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 161-174, 2007.

• G. M. Gavaza, Z. X. Yu, L. Tsang, C. H. Chan, S. Y. Tong and M. A. Van Hove, "Theory of low-energy electron diffraction for detailed structural determination of nanomaterials: Finite-size and disordered structures," Physical Review B, 75 (23), 235407 (9), May 2007.

• M. Y. Xia, G. H. Zhang, G. L. Dai and C. H. Chan, "Stable solution of time domain integral equation methods using quadratic B-spline temporal basis functions," Journal of Computational Mathematics, 25(3) pp. 374-384, May 2007.

• K. K. Tse, L. Tsang, C. H. Chan, K. H. Ding and K. W. Leung, "Multiple scattering of waves by dense random distributions of sticky particles for applications in microwave scattering by terrestrial snow," Radio Science, 42(5), Art. No. RS5001, Sept. 6, 2007.

• Y. Lai, Z. Q. Zhang, C. H. Chan, L. Tsang, "Anomalous properties of the band-edge states in large-sized two-dimensional photonic quasicrystals," Physical Review B, 76 (16), Art. No. 165132, Oct. 2007.

• S. H. Yeung, K. F. Man, K. M. Luk and C. H. Chan, "A trapeizform U-slot folded patch feed antenna design optimized with jumping genes evolutionary algorithm," IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagat., vol. 56, no. 2, pp. 571-577, Feb. 2008.

• L. Li, H. G. Wang and C. H. Chan, "An improved multilevel Green's function interpolation method with adaptive phase compensation," IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagat., vol. 56, no. 5, pp.1381-1393, May 2008.

• Y. Lou, C. H. Chan and Q. Xue, "An in-line waveguide-to-microstrip transition using radial-shaped probe," IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, vol. 18, no. 5, pp. 311-313, May 2008.

• J.-X. Chen, K. W. Lau, K. Y. Chan, C. H. K. Chin, Q. Xue and C. H. Chan, "A double-sided parallel-strip line push-pull oscillator," IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, vol. 18, no. 5, pp. 335-337, May 2008.

• S. W. Qu, J. L. Li, Q. Xue and C. H. Chan, "Wideband periodic endfire antenna with bowtie dipoles," IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, pp. 314-317, July 2008.

• L. Chiu, Q. Xue and C. H. Chan, "Phase conjugated arrays using low conversion-loss resistive phase conjugating mixers and stub-loaded patch antennas," IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech., vol. 56, no. 8, pp. 1764-1773, August 2008.

• K. W. Lau, K. Y. Chan, Q. Xue and C. H. Chan, "Self-biased distributed amplifier: linearity improvement and efficiency enhancement," Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, vol. 50, no. 10, pp. 2493-2497, Oct., 2008.

• Y. Shi, H. G. Wang, L. Long and C. H. Chan, "Multilevel Green's function interpolation method for scattering from composite metallic and dielectric objects," J. Opt. Soc. Am A, vol. 25, no. 10, pp. 2535-2548, Oct. 2008.

• S. W. Qu, J. L. Li, Q. Xue and C. H. Chan, "Wideband cavity-backed bowtie antenna with pattern improvement," IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagat., vol. 56, no. 12, pp. 3850-3854, Dec. 2008.

• G. H. Zhang, M. Y. Xia, and C. H. Chan, "Time domain integral equation approach for analysis of transient responses by metallic-dielectric composite bodies," Progress in Electromagnetics Research, PIER 87, pp. 1-14, 2008.

• S. W. Qu, J. L. Li, C. H. Chan, and Q. Xue, "Cavity-backed circularly polarized dual-loop antenna with wide tunable range," IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol. 7, pp. 761-763, 2008.

• S. W. Qu, J. L. Li, Q. Xue, and C. H. Chan, "Novel unidirectional slot antenna with a vertical wall," Progress in Electromagnetics Research, vol. 84, pp. 239-251, 2008.

• L. Chiu, Q. Xue and C. H. Chan, "A compact wideband parallelstrip 180^o hybrid coupler," Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 50(12), pp. 3271-3274.
  S. W. Qu, C. H. Chan, and Q. Xue, "Ultrawideband composite cavity-backed rounded triangular bowtie antenna with stable patterns," Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications, vol. 23, pp. 685-695, 2009.

• S. W. Qu, J. L. Li, Q. Xue and C. H. Chan, "Wideband and unidirectional cavity-backed folded triangular bowtie antenna," IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagat., to appear in April 2009.

• S. W. Qu, C. H. Chan, and Q. Xue, "Ultrawideband composite cavity-backed folded sectorial bowtie antenna with stable pattern and high gain," IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., accepted in March 2009.

• S. W. Qu, C. H. Chan, and Q. Xue, "Wideband circularly-polarized cavity-backed crossed loop antenna," Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, accepted.

 MAJOR COLLABORATORS

Professor Q Xue, Professor K M Luk, Professor K F Man and Professor E Y B Pun

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