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Dr. Yihong Chen

  • Professor - Ingram School of Engineering
  • Program Faculty - Ingram School of Engineering
Portrait of Dr. Yihong Chen
  • Haque, Ariful, Droopad, Ravindranath, Holtz, Mark W, Piner, Edwin L, Geerts, Wilhelmus J, Chen, Yihong, Hudnall, Todd W, Wistey, Mark A, Miyahara, Yoichi, Smith, Casey Eben, Mahato, Dip Narayan, Rastogi, Shiva Kumar, Kim, Namwon. Acquisition of a state-of-the-art Photoluminescence Spectrometer for Materials Characterization in Research and Education, Department of Defense, Federal, $434519. (Submitted: September 2023, Funded: 2024 - 2025). Grant.
  • Miyahara, Yoichi (Principal), Satchell, Nathan David (Co-Principal), Holtz, Mark W (Co-Principal), Kim, Namwon (Co-Principal), Martin, Benjamin (Co-Principal), Chen, Yihong (Supporting), Theodoropoulou, Nikoleta (Supporting), Geerts, Wilhelmus J (Supporting), Piner, Edwin L (Supporting), Haque, Ariful (Supporting), Droopad, Ravindranath (Supporting), Mahato, Dip Narayan (Supporting), Smith, Casey Eben (Supporting). MRI: Track 1 Acquisition of state-of-the-art lithography system for micro/nanometer scale device fabrication in research and education, National Science Foundation, Federal, $569780. (Submitted: November 14, 2023, Funded: September 1, 2024 - August 31, 2027). Grant.
  • Geerts, Wilhelmus J (Principal), Percent Contribution: %40, Tate, Jitendra S (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %25, Chen, Yihong (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %25, Droopad, Ravindranath (Other), Percent Contribution: %5, Rhodes, Christopher Peter (Other), Percent Contribution: %5. MRI: Development of triaxial Vibrating Sample Magnetometry for Research and Education, NSF, Federal, $119461. (Submitted: January 19, 2022, Funded: September 2022 - August 30, 2025). Grant.
  • Shi, Xijun (Principal), Percent Contribution: %50, Chen, Yihong (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %50. Multidisciplinary Internal Research Grant Program: Nondestructive Assessment of Additive Dispersion Quality in Conductive Concrete using Electromagnetic Waves, Multi-disciplinary Internal Research Grant (MIRG), Texas State University, $29834. (Funded: 2021 - 2022). Grant.
  • Holtz, Mark W (Principal), Percent Contribution: %15, Chen, Yihong (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %11, Geerts, Wilhelmus J (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %15, Droopad, Ravindranath (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %8, Li, Jian (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %5, Myers, Thomas H (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %8, Piner, Edwin L (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %8, Theodoropoulou, Nikoleta (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %15, Zakhidov, Alexander (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %15. System of Integrated Characterization of Electronic Devices and Materials, U.S. AFOSR, Federal, $332086. (Funded: August 15, 2017 - August 14, 2018). Grant.
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  • Henderson, L., Zamora, S., Ahmed, T. N., Belduque Correa, M. C., Tate, J. S., Chen, Y., & Geerts, W. J. (2021). Altering Magnetic Properties of Iron Filament PLA Using Magnetic Field Assisted Additive Manufacturing (MFAAM). Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 538. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2021.168320
  • Rashid, A., Dutta, A. K., & Chen, Y. (2026). Prediction and Optimization of S11 (Reflection Coefficient) in Log-Periodic Toothed Antennas on Flexible Kapton Substrate Using Machine Learning. In IEEE SouthEast Con 2026. https://doi.org/10.1109/SoutheastCon63549.2026.11475983
  • Mangira, S., Ahmed, Z., Haque, A., & Chen, Y. (2026). Optimization of Printed Tungsten Disulfide (WS₂) Thin Films for Flexible Electronics Using Inkjet Technology. SPIE.
  • Ahmed, Z., Mangira, S., Stephan, K., & Chen, Y. (2026). Analysis of frequency response of completely aerosol jet printed CNTFET as a switch (p. 138950U). SPIE.
  • Karmakar, S., Azmain, M. A., Alaga, A. A., Manikanthababu, N., Emu, I. H., Droopad, R., … Haque, A. (2025). Charge carrier trapping and current conduction mechanisms in ZnGa2O4/n-SrTiO3 MOS capacitors. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 36(18), 1–15. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-025-15163-6
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  • Award / Honor Recipient: Teaching Award of Honor, Texas State Alumni Association. June 2020
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Patent Application Initial Award, NASA. January 2011
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Tech Brief Initial Award, NASA. May 2010
  1. Member

    IEEE EDS Technical Committee on Electron Materials

  2. Other

    Frontiers in Electronics

  3. Other

    AAAFM-Material Communications Journal

  4. Other

    International Journal of Antennas and Propagation

  5. Serve on all assignments based on service matrix

  6. Serve on searching committee of EE assistant professor

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