Shengjian Chen

Shengjian Chen

School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering

Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.


He was awarded his PhD degree in the School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, the University of Adelaide, under the supervision of Prof. Christophe Fumeaux, Dr Damith Ranasinghe and Dr Thomas Kaufmann in 2017. His research interests include wearable and reconfigurable electromagnetic structure development based on novel materials such as conductive polymers, conductive fabrics and graphene, RFID-based wearable applications, and leaky wave antennas.

He received a number of scholarships including the Australian Postgraduate Award (2013) and the Simon Rockliff Scholarship for outstanding postgraduate mentorship from DSTG (2015). Also, He was the recipient of a number of awards including the Young Scientist Best Paper Award at the International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA) 2015, the Young Scientist Best Paper Award and Travel Bursary Award at the International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA) 2016, and the Honorable Mention at IEEE AP-S Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting (APS/URSI) 2017. 

Since June 2017, he has been working as a postdoctoral researcher and a lecturer in the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Adelaide.

  • Appointments

    Date Position Institution name
    2017 - ongoing Postdoctoral Researcher and Lecturer University of Adelaide, Adelaide
  • Language Competencies

    Language Competency
    Chinese (Cantonese) Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review
    Chinese (Mandarin) Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review
    English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review
  • Education

    Date Institution name Country Title
    2013 - 2017 University of Adelaide, Adelaide Australia PhD in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
    2011 - 2013 University of Adelaide, Adelaide Australia Master in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
    1999 - 2003 Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou China Bachelor of Information Engineering
  • Research Interests

Subject teaching:

Engineering Electromagnetics

Antenna and Propagation

RF Engineering

 

  • Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2024 Principal Supervisor Reconfigurable filtering antenna for wireless communication Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Tianchang Ma
    2023 Principal Supervisor RF energy harvesting systems collecting radiated power in the 5G spectrum for IoT Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Junyi Chen
  • Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2019 - 2023 Co-Supervisor Advanced Design Techniques and Materials for Miniaturization, Efficiency
    Enhancement, and Multi-Functional Operation in Wearable Antennas
    Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Purna Bdr. Samal
    2019 - 2023 Co-Supervisor Reconfigurable Varactor-Based Microwave Components for Low-Cost Antenna Array Design: Phase Shifters, Attenuators and Diplexers Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mrs Grace Yuan
    2018 - 2023 Co-Supervisor Wearable Antennas for Diverse Body-Centric Communications Modalities: On-Body, Off-body & In-Body Channels Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Xiaoyang Yin
    2018 - 2022 Co-Supervisor Reconfigurable Wearable Antennas for Body-Centric Communications Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Quoc Hung Dang

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