Service
Service activities spanning institutional roles, professional community contribution, and research-related leadership aligned with Illinois State University annual review categories (Teaching, Research/Creative Activity, and Service).
Institutional Service
Judge, 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: Lead and coordinate outreach visits to middle schools and high schools to promote engineering education, STEM awareness, and pathways into the College of Engineering.
Activities: Organizing and conducting school visits, coordinating faculty and student participation, and supporting the development and deployment of hands-on STEM engagement kits for interactive demonstrations.
Focus: Pre-college STEM exposure, recruitment pipeline development, and community engagement.
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.
OngoingResearch 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 (Fall 2023 – Fall 2024)
Focus: Represented graduate student interests, participated in university governance discussions, and supported student-focused academic initiatives.
CompletedProfessional Service
Invited 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 (TPC) 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.
CompletedResearch Service and Leadership
Lightweight and Hardware-Aware RF Signal Classification
Focus: Energy-efficient RF classification algorithms, hardware-aware design, and edge-deployable intelligence.
Active Research ServiceHardware-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 ApprovedEnergy 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.
Pending Submission