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SHIYAN HU
Shiyan Hu joins the faculty of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering as an assistant professor. He comes to Michigan Tech from Texas A&M University.
Hu holds a PhD in Computer Engineering from Texas A&M University, an MS in Computer Science from Polytechnic University and a BS in Computer Science and Engineering from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
He is interested in research involving circuit design, multimedia security and artificial intelligence. He conducted research as a graduate research assistant at both Texas A&M University and Polytechnic University.
He has published numerous articles in publications such as the Journal of Global Optimization, Information Processing Letters, Computational Geometry: Theory and Application, the International Journal of Energy Technology and Policy and Informatica: An International Journal of Computing and Informatics.
He received the Deborah Rosenthal Award from Polytechnic University for outstanding academic performance.
He has taught Introduction to Digital Design and assisted in Design Analysis at Polytechnic University.
DAVID G. VOELZ
David G. Voelz joins the faculty of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering as a research associate professor. He comes to Michigan Tech from New Mexico State University.
Voelz holds PhD and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois and a BS in Electrical Engineering from New Mexico State University.
He has conducted funded research projects for the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, NSF, Sandia National Laboratories, the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency and the Physical Sciences Lab and Army Research Lab.
He received the Bromilow Award from NMS College of Engineering for research excellence, the Logicon Golden Quill Award for co-authoring the best technical paper for Logicon Inc., the Engineering Excellence Award from the Optical Society of America and the Giller Award.
He is a member of the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, the Optical Society of America and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
In the past, he worked at the Air Force Research Laboratory on laser imaging, beam projection and wave front sensing applications. He taught courses at NMSU, including Lasers and Applications; Optical Sources, Detectors and Radiometry; Fourier Optics; Optical System Design; and AC Circuits.
WAYNE W. WEAVER
Wayne W. Weaver joins the faculty of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering as an assistant professor. He comes to Michigan Tech from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Weaver holds PhD and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and BS degrees in both Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering from Kettering University.
His research interests include analysis, control and design of power electronics systems, power system stability, utility grid interfaces, energy conversion, game theory and electric drives and machinery.
He has written articles published in the International Journal of Critical Infrastructures, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics and the IEEE Communications Magazine. He has also presented at numerous conferences.
He is a member of Tau Beta Pi (Engineering Honor Society), Eta Kappa Nu (Electrical Engineering Honor Society), Pi Tau Sigma (Mechanical Engineering Honor Society), the Society of Automotive Engineers, the American Society for Engineering Education, the IEEE Power Electronics Society, the IEEE Industry Applications Society and the IEEE Control Systems Society.
He was a graduate research and teaching assistant at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He researched the effects of power electronics in distributed power systems and the effects of Hurricane Katrina on the power and telecommunication infrastructure. He was also a graduate student researcher for the US Army Corps of Engineers. While there, he conducted research on micro-grids for installations and forward base camps and distributed and renewable energy resources and evaluated high-power inverter technologies. Prior to these research positions, he was a research and design engineer at Caterpillar Inc., where he worked in both the electronics and technical services divisions.
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