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Lin Zhang

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Assistant Professor

Also affiliated: Tongji University (2019–2025); City College of New York (2018); Beijing Institute of Technology (2023–2025); Southwest University (2024); Anhui University (2007); Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology (2024); Shenyang University of Technology (2025); Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (2025); Harbin Institute of Technology (2019); Purdue University West Lafayette (2017–2019); China University of Mining and Technology (2025); Dalian University of Technology (2020); Nanjing University of Science and Technology (2009); Anhui Sanlian University (2015); Dalian University (2020); Xi'an Honghui Hospital (2015); Shanghai Electric (China) (2025); Anhui Institute of Architectural Research and Design (2007); Shanghai Tongji Urban Planning and Design Institute (2025); Beijing Vaccum Electronic Research Institute (2017); Conway School of Landscape Design (2021–2023); Geely (China) (2025); University of Cincinnati (2020); Sichuan University of Science and Engineering (2020); Southeast University (2024); Shenyang Jianzhu University (2014–2023); Xi'an Jiaotong University (2015–2021); Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (2023); Northeastern University (2022)

13 h-index 51 pubs 584 cited

  • Equipment Design
  • Humans
  • Transducers
  • Refractometry
  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Models, Theoretical
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Silicon
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Biosensing Techniques
  • Optical Fibers
  • Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted
  • Light
  • Lasers

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Lin Zhang's research focuses on the development and analysis of optical devices and systems, particularly those utilizing fiber gratings and silicon photonics. His work has explored the sensitivity characteristics of long-period fiber gratings for measurement applications and investigated silicon waveguides for on-chip supercontinuum generation. Zhang has also contributed to the study of nonlinear photonics in Group IV materials, extending their applications from near-infrared to mid-infrared wavelengths.

His research interests also encompass advanced communication systems, including performance analysis and optimization in downlink NOMA systems with cooperative full-duplex relaying and the development of backscatter-NOMA systems for symbiotic cellular and IoT networks. Zhang's scholarship metrics include an h-index of 13, with 51 total publications and 584 total citations.

Metrics

  • h-index: 13
  • Publications: 51
  • Citations: 584

Positions

  • Assistant Professor 2021–present
    University of Central Arkansas Physics and Astronomy ORCID
  • Sr. Research Associate 2018–2021
    University of Cincinnati ORCID
  • Post-Doctoral Research Assistant 2017–2018
    Purdue University ORCID

Selected Publications

  • "Integrating Ethics and Engineering in Practice: Outcomes from the 2025 AI, Robotics, and Ethics Summer Camp" (2025)
  • Enabling Service Robots to Open Self-Closing Doors using Deep RL and Generative Models (2025)

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