Service
My service activities span institutional leadership, student engagement, K-12 outreach, professional community contribution, and research-related proposal development. These activities align with Illinois State University annual review categories, including teaching, research and creative activity, and service.
Institutional Engagement
Service includes committee participation, student project evaluation, continuity planning, curriculum development, and university recruitment events.
Outreach and Community
K-12 STEM outreach supports engineering awareness, school engagement, pre-college recruitment, and hands-on learning activities.
Research and Proposal Service
Research service includes proposal development, grant leadership, reviewer activity, and externally engaged research planning.
📂 Service Activities
Service activities are organized into institutional service, professional service, and research service/leadership. Use the tabs below to view each category.
Faculty Media Representative - New Engineering Building Opening 2026
Media Outlets:The Pantagraph
Role: Represented the Department of Electrical Engineering during media interviews covering the move into the university’s new engineering building.
Focus: Discussed the impact of the new offices, classrooms, and laboratory spaces on instruction, hands-on learning, student projects, and early engineering design experiences.
CompletedAcademic Department & Student Services Fair - Summer Open House 2026
Location: Brown Ballroom
Focus: Represented the College of Engineering during the Summer Open House for prospective freshman and transfer students and their families. Engaged with attendees, provided information about Electrical Engineering programs, and supported student recruitment and admissions outreach.
CompletedElectric Circuits I Laboratory Manual Development
Focus: Development of laboratory manuals, experiment procedures, data tables, safety guidelines, and instructional materials for Electric Circuits I, supporting hands-on learning in DC circuits, Ohm’s law, resistor measurements, series and parallel circuits, nodal analysis, and mesh current methods.
OngoingJudge, Student Project Expo - Spring 2026
Focus: Evaluation of student engineering design projects, feedback on technical presentations, and support for project-based learning across the College of Engineering.
CompletedFaculty Search Committee - Spring 2026
Focus: Faculty recruitment, candidate evaluation, and participation in departmental hiring decisions.
CompletedUniversity Continuity Program - Faculty Representative
Focus: Departmental continuity planning, preparedness initiatives, and coordination with university-level continuity efforts.
ActiveK-12 STEM Outreach and School Engagement Coordinator
Role: Coordinate and lead K-12 outreach visits to local schools to promote engineering education, STEM awareness, and student engagement with the College of Engineering.
Activities: Preparing outreach materials, student handouts, presentation slides, and hands-on demonstration kits; organizing school visits; coordinating outreach activities; and conducting interactive engineering sessions for students.
Recent Outreach Visits: Chiddix Junior High School, Bloomington, Illinois - June 8, 2026; continuing Monday visits through June 2026.
Focus: Pre-college STEM exposure, electrical engineering awareness, community engagement, and student recruitment pathways.
ActiveRedbird Day 2026 - Faculty Representative
Role: Represented the Electrical Engineering Department during Redbird Day 2026.
Activities: Interacted with prospective students and families during the university recruitment event.
CompletedMSEE Curriculum Development
Focus: Proposed new courses and contributed to structuring and formatting the MSEE curriculum, with alignment toward communication systems, signal processing, and AI-related topics.
OngoingIndustry Advisory Board Presentation on K-12 STEM Outreach Preparation
Contribution: Presented the preparation and planned delivery of hands-on K-12 electrical engineering outreach activities using low-cost STEM kits to support school engagement, recruitment, and College of Engineering visibility.
CompletedResearch Lab Demonstration and Outreach
Focus: Showcased research lab work during engineering open house events, engaging with prospective students and communicating technical concepts to a broader audience.
CompletedSenator, Student Government Association
Focus: Represented graduate student interests, participated in university governance discussions, and supported student-focused academic initiatives.
CompletedInvited Lecture - IEEE
Title: From RTL to GDSII: Hardware Design Flow, EDA Toolchain, and VLSI Industry Roles
Venue: Williams Hall, Room 113, Illinois State University
Date: April 06, 2026 | Time: 1:00-2:00 PM
ActiveTechnical Program Committee Reviewer
Focus: Peer review of technical manuscripts and evaluation of scholarly contributions.
OngoingPhilanthropic Proposal Development
Focus: Coordination and development of philanthropic proposals supporting strategic initiatives and external engagement.
CompletedLightweight and Hardware-Aware RF Signal Classification
Focus: Energy-efficient RF classification algorithms, hardware-aware design, and edge-deployable intelligence.
Active Research ServiceNVIDIA Academic Grant Proposal
Focus: GPU-accelerated scientific simulation and adaptive computational modeling.
Pending SubmissionAI-Enhanced Undergraduate Engineering Education
Sponsor: NSF IUSE Program
Focus: Enhancing undergraduate engineering education through innovative AI-enabled learning strategies, active learning, and computational reasoning.
Under ReviewHardware-Aware Characterization of RF Transmission Lines and Antenna Arrays
Focus: Analytical modeling, numerical analysis, and experimental RF measurement, emphasizing hardware-aware characterization and undergraduate research mentoring.
Proposal ApprovedEngineering Innovation Open Lab
Focus: Development of an open, hands-on engineering learning environment that supports student innovation, experiential learning, interdisciplinary collaboration, and expanded access to technical resources beyond regular class and lab hours.
Proposal SubmittedEnergy and Compute-Aware Edge Systems: A Pilot Framework
Focus: Pilot-scale research on energy and compute-aware edge systems, emphasizing lightweight intelligence, hardware-aware design, student involvement, and applied edge deployment.
Not Funded