This division spans a wide range of research involving emerging solid-state devices, integrated micro/nanosystems, advanced materials, nanotechnology, electromagnetic fields and waves, and their applications.
The division includes the following active topics and themes:
- Electromagnetic (EM) fields – from fundamentals to applications
- Electrical power generation, distribution/transmission, and utilization
- EM waves – wave guiding, propagation, and interactions
- Optical fibers and applications
- Photonics – materials, devices, and photonic integrated circuits
- Optoelectronics (lasers, solar cells, detectors)
- Transistors (SiGe, MIS, III-V) and beyond-CMOS devices
- Micro/nanoelectromechanical systems (MEMS & NEMS) – mechanical, electrical, magnetic, optical, thermal, and biological transducers
- RF/microwave devices and systems
- Sensors and actuators, sensors for Internet of Things (IoT)
- Nanotechnology
- Biotechnology – BioMEMS, biomedical materials, devices, and microsystems, wearable and implantable devices
- Advanced materials – wide-bandgap semiconductors, ferroelectric, piezoelectric materials, metamaterials
- Quantum devices and quantum technologies
FACULTY
Area Chair: Navid Asadi
Yingying Wu
Malachowsky Family Rising Star Endowed Assistant Professor
Biography
Primary Research Area
Electrophysics
Research Interests
Quantum materials, quantum devices, nanoelectronics, magnetism and spintronics, nonvolatile memory, unconventional computing (e.g. quantum and neuromorphic computing).
Honors and Awards
NSF CAREER Award, 2025
Research Opportunity Seed Fund, 2024
IBM Pat Goldberg Memorial Best Paper Award, 2023
UCLA Outstanding Student Award Finalist
Physics Research Award
Editorial Board of Nanotechnology, member since 2024
IEEE EDS Young Professional Committee, member since 2024
Editorial Board of NPJ Spintronics, part of the Nature Partner Journals series, member since 2023
Education
Postdoc, Center for Integrated Quantum Materials, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2023
PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, 2020