Ji Chen received his Bachelor degree from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 1989, the Master degree from McMaster University (Canada) in 1994, and the Ph.D. degree from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1998, all in electrical engineering.

He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Houston. Before he joined University Of Houston, he worked as a staff engineer at Motorola Personal Communication Research Labs in Chicago from 1998-2001. He also received a Motorola Engineering Award in 2000.

In 2006, he was awarded the ORISE Fellowship.

 
-• Research and Academics

• Microprocessor full chip-level interconnect extraction
• Wireless communication system on chip (SOC) interconnect characterization
• Computer system EMC/EMI modeling
• Signal integrity analysis
• Bioelectromagnetics with applications to MRI systems
• Computational electromagnetics

 
-• Selected Publications

D. Wu, S. Shmsi, J. Chen, R. Liu, and W. Kainz, “ Evaluations of Specific Absorption Rate and Temperature Rise Within Pregnant Woman Models in Magnetic Resonance Imaging Birdcage Coils,” IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, Volume 54,  Issue 12,  Part 2, pp. 4472 – 4478, Dec. 2006.

R. Qiang, J. Chen, T. Zhao, K. Han, A. Ruiz, P. Ruchhoeft, and M. Morgan, “Effects of Manufacturing Artifacts on Infrared Filter Performance" Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, Volume 48, Issue 9, pp. 1749 – 1754, June 2006.

R. Barton, J. , J. Chen, K. Huang, D. Wu, and H.C. Wu, “Performance of cooperative time-reversal communication in a mobile wireless environment,” Special issue on sensor and ad hoc networks for International journal of distributed sensor network, Volume 3, Issue1, pp. 59 – 68, Apr. 2006

R. Qiang, D. Wu, J. Chen, S. Wang,  D. Wilton, and W. Kainz,“An Efficient Two-Dimensional FDTD Method for Bio-electromagnetic Applications,” IEEE Trans. on Magnetics, Volume 42,  Issue 4, pp. 1391 – 1394, April 2006.

H.C. Wu, J. Chen, A. Durresi and H. Zhou, "Automatic Geometry-driven OFDM Quality-of-Service Analysis for Indoor Environments" Journal of Interconnection Networks ,Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 147-162, March 2006.

S. Wang, J. Chen, “A Multigrid ADI Method for Two-Dimensional Electromagnetic Simulations,” IEEE Trans. Antenna and Propagations, Volume 54, Issue 2, Part 2, pp. 715 - 720, Feb. 2006.

S. Wang and J. Chen, “A Performance Study on the Iterative ADI-FDTD Method,” IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 53, No. 10, pp. 3413–3417, October 2005.

R. Qiang,  J. Chen, T. Zhao, S. Wang, P. Ruchhoeft, and M. Morgan, “Modeling of Infrared Bandpass Filters using a Three-dimensional FDTD Method,” IEE Electronics Letters, Vol. 41, No. 16, pp. 43–44, August 2005.

S. Wang, J. Chen and P. Ruchhoeft, “An ADI-FDTD Method for Periodic Structures,” IEEE Transactions on Antenna and Propagation, Vol. 53, No. 7, pp. 2343–2346, July 2005.

S. Wang and J. Chen, “Pre-iterative ADI FDTD Method for Conductive Medium,” IEEE Transaction on Microwave Theory and Techniques, Vol. 53, No. 6, Part 1, pp. 1913–1918, June 2005.

J. Chen, “Grid Computing for Electromagnetics: Parallel Computing and Beyond,” Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society News Letter, pp. 17–19, March 2005.

F. Liu, Jose E. Schutt-Aine, and J. Chen, "Full wave analysis and modeling of multiconductor transmission lines", IEEE Trans. on MTT, 2002.

M. Kowalski, J. M. Jin, and J. Chen, "Computation of the signal-to-noise ratio of high-frequency magnetic resonance imagers", IEEE Trans. on Biomedical Engineering, 1999.

J. Chen, J. M. Jin, "B1 and SAR distribution within the human head excited by birdcage coil during MRI", IEEE Trans. on Bio. Med. Eng., 1998.

J. Chen, C. Wu, K.-L. Wu and J. Litva, "Using linear and nonlinear predictor to improve the computational efficiency of FDTD algorithm", IEEE Tans on MTT 1994.

F. Liu, J. Schutt-Ain, and J. Chen, "Full wave Analysis of Lossy Transmission lines via 2D-FDTD and Signal Processing Techniques", IEEE APS-2001, Boston, MA.

F. Liu, J. Schutt-Ain, and J. Chen, "Printed circuit modeling using cluster computing", IEEE APS-2001, Boston, MA.

Ji Chen, Mark Kowalaski, J. M. Jin and L. Latour " Numerical Evlauation of the Signal-to-Noise Ratio of MR Surface Coils using FD-TD and Reciprocity", ISMRM-1999, April, Philadelpha.

J. Chen, C. Wu, K.-L. Wu and J. Litva ,"Combining an autoregressive (AR) model with the FD-TD algorithm for improved computational efficiency" IEEE International Microwave Symposium, pp.749-752, June, 1993.