Chunxiao (Tricia) Chigan Associate Professor of Computer Engineering Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Michigan Tech    712 EERC, 1400 Townsend Drive Houghton, MI 49931-1295    Phone:    906 487 2494    Fax:        906 487 2949    Email:cchigan@mtu.edu

Dr. Chunxiao (Tricia) Chigan is presently an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Michigan Tech. Her research interests include Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks, Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks, Wireless Network Security, Adaptive Network Protocol Design for Cognitive Radio Networks, Dependable Computing and Communication Systems, and Network Resource Allocation and Management. Prior to joining Michigan Tech, Dr. Chigan was a visiting scholar with the department of High Performance Communications System at Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies (Holmdel, NJ). She received the MS and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering from the State University of New York, Stony Brook, in 2000 and 2002 respectively. Dr. Chigan is a recipient of Michigan Tech Research Excellent Fund (REF) Award (2004), and the National Science Foundation CAREER Award (2007).

Research Interests	Courses Taught
Vehicular Ad Hoc Networking (VANET) Wireless Ad Hoc Networks & Sensor Networks Cross-layer Network Design Wireless Network Security Dependable Computing & Communication Systems Network Resource Allocation & Management	EE3170: Microcontroller Applications, Fall 2008 EE4272/EE5722: Computer Networks, Spring 2003/Spring 2004/Fall 2004/Fall 2005/Fall2006/Fall2007/Fall2008 EE5723/EE4723: Computer & Network Security, Fall 2003/Spring 2005/Spring 2006/Spring 2007/Spring 2008 EE5970: Computer Engineering Seminar, Spring 2005 EE 5570: Communication Networks, Fall 2002/Fall 2004
New! Graduate Research Assistantships (GRA) available for 3 PhD students for (Fall, 2007) in the areas of Wireless Ad Hoc Networks and Security (Last updated on 1/10/2007)