Dr Xiaochuan Fang
- Research Associate in Green RF Sensors (Electronic & Nanoscale Engineering)
email:
Xiaochuan.Fang@glasgow.ac.uk
James Watt Building, Glasgow, Glasgow city, scotland, United Kingdom, G12 8QQ
Biography
Xiaochuan Fang is a Postdoctoral Research Associate working in the Green RF-enabled Electronics Lab under the supervision of Dr. Mahmoud Wagih. Currently, he is involved in the EPSRC-funded EDIBLS project and the UKRI-funded REACT project. His main research interests include fully circular RF circuits design and verification using liquid metals and other recyclable or biodegradable metals or materials.
He is also an expert in antenna design, with over 8 years of experience.
He received his B.E. and M.Eng. degrees from the School of Information and Communication Engineering at the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu, China, and his Ph.D. degree from the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science at Queen Mary University of London, U.K.
He is a member of IEEE and the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society. He was awarded the IEEE APS Fellowship in 2024. He serves as a reviewer for many journals, including IEEE AWPL, IEEE OJAP, Scientific Reports, IEEE Transactions on vehicle technology.
Research interests
Implementing fully circular RF circuits systems with recyclable and degradable components Based on fully recyclable and biodegradable metals and materials, including:
1. Circular transmission lines, VCO circuits, power amplifiers, antennas, ensuring IC and metal fully recovery.
2. Sustainable and reprogrammable resonators enabling sensing and identification.
3. Sustainable and low waste sensor based on 2D materials and liquid metal interconnects.
4. Sustainable, multifunctional, high power handling devices for wireless power transforming and wireless communication.
5. Scalable RFID tags and sensors based on injection moulding.
6. RF transmission and sensing components based on biodegradable PCB.
7. Chipless RFID based on biodegradable conductors.
Supervision
Master thesis: Mr. SAGNIK KUNDU. Thesis title:Liquid Metal-based Wireless Wearable Antennas and Sensors.
