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Wei Wu

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Education

  • Doctoral Degree, Electrical Engineering, Princeton University
  • Master's Degree, Electrical Engineering, Princeton University
  • Bachelor's Degree, Physics, Peking University

Biography

Wei Wu graduated from Peking University with a BS in Physics in 1996 and received a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Princeton University in 2003. He is a Professor at the Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Southern California. Before joining USC in 2012, he had worked as a research associate, scientist, and senior scientist at HP Labs. His work includes nanoimprint lithography and applications in nano-electronics, nano-photonics, plasmonics, chemical sensing, and nano-electrochemical cells. He co-authored 127 peer-reviewed scientific journal papers with 12489 citations, 2 book chapters, and more than 150 conference presentations, including 16 keynote and invited presentations. He has 121 granted US patents. Half of them were also filed internationally. His H-index is 54. He is a co-editor of Applied Physics A, an associate editor of IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, and an associate editor of Nanomaterials. He was also an IEEE Nanotechnology Council 2015 and 2016 distinguished lecturer, and a recipient of the USC Stevens Center for Innovation Commercialization Award 2020. He is a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).

Research Summary

Nano-fabrication, energy harvesting, energy efficient lighting, oxide electronics (i.e. memristor), optical meta-materials, and surface enhanced Raman sensors

Awards

  • 2016 IEEE Nanotechnology council Distinguished Lecturer
  • 2015 IEEE Nanotechnology council Distinguished Lecturer
  • 2001 IEEE LEOS Best Student Paper Award
  • 2000 Physics Dept., Peking University, P.R. China “Scholarship of excellent study"
Appointments
  • Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Office
  • PHE 632
  • Charles Lee Powell Hall
  • 3737 Watt Way, Los Angeles, CA 90089
  • USC Mail Code: 271
Contact Information
  • (213) 740-3085
  • wu.w@usc.edu
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