People

Research Director of CSI and Lab Director (Principle Investigator) of Intelligent Optoelectronics Chip Laboratory :

Dr. Alex Y. Yi (Fellow of National Academy of Inventors (NAI) & Fellow of Optical Society of America (Optica) and Full Professor)

Dr. Yi is currently Fellow of NAI (National Academy of Inventors) & Optica (Optical Society of America), a Full Professor of Electrical Engineering and Director of Research at Connected System Institute, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. He received the Ph.D. degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA, and was a Post-Doctoral Associate with the MicroPhotonics Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA, where he was involved in research on integrated nano optoelectronic devices and systems. He had extensive research experiences with the Los Alamos National Laboratory, and the 3M Corporate Research Laboratory. He is also a Professor Affiliate with the Microsystems Technology Laboratory at MIT. He has authored more than hundreds of top journal papers, edited four book/book chapters, and holds 34 issued patents (18 U.S. patents and 16 international patent). He has led several government/industry-funded projects, has been at review panel for NSF, DOE and DOD, and has been a reviewer for leading journals. His research interests are  Integrated/Intelligent chips, Renewable energy, Smart micro sensors; Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality, Solid state on-chip Lidar for autonomous driving/UAVs/Robotics; Telecommunications; and Solid state lighting. 

Graduate Students (PhDs):

M. Ostrowski 

P. Pignalosa 

Sajin Shrestha 

P. Birar 

L. Chen 

Postdoctoral Associate:

Dr. Y. Shi 

Dr. L. Yan

Visiting Professor and Scholar:

Research Staff:

Dr. X. Duan (also with MIT Materials Science and Engineering)

Mr. R. Bicchieri (also with MIT Microsystems Technology Laboratory)

Dr. S. Wang