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Lichuan Liu

Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering
Engineering Building Room 342
Email: liu@niu.edu
Tel: 815-753-9937

Education

Ph.D. (2006) in Electrical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology
B.S. (1995) and M.S. (1998) in Electrical Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

Research Interests

Digital signal processing, real-time signal processing, adaptive noise control, wireless communications, wireless sensor networks

Work Experience

Department of Electrical Engineering, NIU (2007-present)
SeekTech Company (2006-2007)
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology (2001-2006)

Professional Associations and Honors

Faculty of the Year for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching," College of Engineering and Engineering Technology, NIU (2012)
Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers, (IEEE), Senior Member (2011)
Sigma Xi, Full Member
NSF Fellowship for Summer Institute (2008)
IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, Best Conference Paper Finalist, Washington, DC (August 2008)
NSF Fellowship for WISE (2008)
Who's Who in American Education (2007)
IEEE Sarnoff Symposium Best Student Poster (2005)
IEEE WOCC Best Student Paper Award (2005)
IEEE ISCNC Best Student Paper Finalist (2005)
Graduate Student Achievement Award, NJIT (2003)
CIE Presentation Contest Award (2002)

Selected Publications

L. Liu, "An Efficient Non-stationary Jammer Filtering Method for Spread Spectrum Conditioning," accepted for publication in the International Journal of Intelligent Control and Systems.
L. Liu and M. E, "Improve the positioning Accuracy for Wireless Sensor Nodes by Data Fusion," International Journal of Intelligent Control and Systems, Vol 16, No. 3, pp. 181-189, September 2011.
L. Liu, S. Kuo and K. Raghuathan, "An Audio Integrated Motorcycle Helmet," Low Frequency Noise, Vibration and Active Control Journal, Vol 29, No 3, pp. 161-170, September 2010.
L. Liu and H. Ge, "Differential Space-Time Block Coding Scheme and its Performance Study for Cooperative Relays in Wireless Sensor Networks," accepted for publication in EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing.
L. Liu, S. Kuo and K. Raghuathan, "Active Noise Control for Motorcycle Helmet," International Journal on Signal Processing, No. 2, pp. 103-108, June 2010.
S. Kuo, L. Liu and S. Gujjula, "Development and Application of Audio-Integrated ANC System for Infant Incubators," Noise Control Engineering Journal, Vol. 58, No. 2, pp. 163-175, Mar-April 2010.
L. Liu, Z. Wang and M. Zhou, "Space-Time-Block-Code Based Cooperative Routing for Wireless Sensor Networks," International Journal of Intelligent Control and Systems, Vol. 14, No. 3, pp. 213-220, September 2009.
L. Liu S. Gujjula, P. Thanigai and S. Kuo, ``Still in Womb: Intrauterine Acoustic Embedded Active Noise Control for Infant Incubators,'' in Advances in Acoustics and Vibration, Special Issue on Active Noise Control, June, 2008, Article ID 495317.
Z. Wang, L. Liu, M. Zhou and N. Ansari, ``A Position-Based Clustering Technique for Ad-hoc Inter-vehicle Communication,'' IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics--Part C: Applications and Reviews, Vol. 38 No. 2, pp. 201--208, March 2008.
L. Liu, K. Beemanpally and S. Kuo, "Real-time experiments of ANC systems for infant incubator," Noise Control Engineering Journal, Vol. 60, No. 1, Jan-Feb, 2012.
Z. Wang, L. Liu and M. Zhou, “Space and Network Diversity Combination for Masked Node Collision Resolution in Wireless Adhoc Network," IEEE Trans. on Wireless Communications, Vol. 6. No. 2. pp. 478--485, February 2007.
L. Liu, Z. Wang and M. Zhou, "Energy-efficient Cooperative Routing for Wireless Sensor Networks Using Space-time Block Code," accepted to IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Montreal, Canada, October 2007.
Z. Wang, L. Liu, M. Zhou and N. Ansari,”A Position-Based Clustering Technique for Ad-hoc Inter-vehicle Communication," to be appeared in the IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, andCyberneticsPart C: Applications and Reviews.
L. Liu and Z. Wang, “The Performance of Cooperative Relay Sensor Network Under the Equivalent Network Resources Requirement(invited)," in the International Workshop on Wireless Ad-Hoc and Sensor Networks 2006, New York City, NY, June, 2006.
L. Liu, H. Ge and T. J. Ott, “Differential STBC Scheme for Cooperative Relays in Multi-hop Sensor Networks," in the IEEE Military Communication Conference 2005, Atlantic City, pp. 1-6, October 2005.
L. Liu and H. Ge, “Space-time Coding for Wireless Sensor Networks with Cooperative Routing Diversity," IEEE. Proc. Asilomar Conf. on Signal, System and Computers, Pacific Grove, pp. 1271-1275, Nov. 2004.

Research contracts and Grants

Lichuan Liu (PI), Sen M. Kuo (Co-PI) (Northern Illinois University). A "New Hearing Impairment Prevention and Monitoring System for Incubator Newborns," Gerber Foundation, July 2011 to June 2012.
Lichuan Liu (PI), "Designing the Female-Friendly 'Introduction to Engineering Course' for Expanding Women's Opportunities in Engineering," Engineering Information Foundation, July 2011 to June 2012.
Lichuan Liu (PI), "Designing the Algorithm for SRC Motors," LuStone Tech. Inc., April 2011 to December 2011.
Lichuan Liu (PI), "Virtual Sensing Techniques and Its Application," NIU Summer Research and Artistry Grant. May 2010 to Aug 2010.
Lichuan Liu (PI), "Virtual Sensing Techniques for Active Noise Control," NIU Summer Research and Artistry Grant, May 2009 to Aug 2009.

Patent

Lichuan, Liu, "Method and system for wireless positioning and location determination," USSN Provisional 61/060,897-Filed 6-12-08 (Pending)

Other Significant Projects/Interests