Zero-Power Wireless Micro-/Nano-Sensors for Internet-of-Things and Next-Generation Biomedical Applications
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Dr Pai-Yen Chen, Professor Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois, Chicago will present.
“Zero-Power Wireless Micro-/Nano-Sensors for Internet-of-Things and Next-Generation Biomedical Applications.”
Time/Date 20th April at 18.00 GMT.
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Abstract: With the rapid advent in micromachined and nanotechnological sensors, and the ever-advancing wireless communication technologies, the idea of internet of things (IoTs) has had a revolutionary impact on ubiquitous computing with a massive amount of data gathered from the 5G-connected smart objects. This new paradigm has become the driven force for many new technologies, such as smart city, smart home, industry 4.0, point of care (POC), to name a few. This lecture will give an overview of recent progress on 5G/B5G-connected IoT sensors and systems, as well as security primitives and protocols for ultralowpower sensor. In the first part of this lecture, I will discuss new types of lightweight, flexible, batteryless and wireless sensors based on nanomaterial-based devices, circuits, and antennas. I will present several application examples, including (1) all-graphene transparent smart contact lenses for real-time, continuous monitoring of glucose level, intraocular pressure, and/or viral/bacterial pathogens, and (2) flexible, breathable, and comfortable smart face masks for monitoring coughs, mask wearing, vital signs, airborne pathogens, and/or Infectious diseases. In the second part of this lecture, I will discuss how the concept of parity-time (PT)-symmetric non-Hermitian Hamiltonian, first discovered in quantum physics, can be implemented using electronic circuitries and applied to improve sensitivity and resolvability of wireless micro/nano-sensors, with in-vivo demonstrations. I will also show new nanomaterial-based RF/analog circuits that enable encryption key generation for identification and authorization, paving a new pathway towards RFID and IoT security primitives.
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The UK and Ireland Sensors Council is cooperating with the University of Dublin Trinity, the UK and Ireland AESS, EMBS, ComSoc, Electronic Packaging and Reliability Joint Chapters and Nanotechnology Council to organise this Distinguished Lecture and Webinar on 20th April 2026.
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- Starts 27 March 2026 12:00 AM UTC
- Ends 19 April 2026 11:00 PM UTC
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Pai-Yen
Biography:
Dr Pai-Yen Chen SMIEEE is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois, Chicago. He received the Ph.D. degree from the University of Texas, Austin in 2013. He received M.S. and B.S. degrees from National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan in 2006 and 2004. He previously served as an Assistant Professor at the Wayne State University during 2014-2018, a Research Scientist at Intellectual Ventures' Metamaterial Commercialization Center during 2013-2014, and a Research Staff in the Taiwan Semiconductor Research Institute (TSRI) during 2006-2009. He has been involved in multidisciplinary research on wireless sensors and integrated systems, micro- and nano-sensors, wearable and implantable sensors, biotelemetry, applied electromagnetics, RF and microwave antennas and circuits. He has received several prestigious awards, including National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award, IEEE Sensors Council Young Professional Award, IEEE Raj Mittra Travel Grant (RMTG) Award, SPIE Rising Researcher Award, IEEE Chicago Section Distinguished Senior R&D Award, ACES Early Career Award, PIERS Young Scientist Award, Young Scientist Awards from URSI General Assembly and URSI Commission B: Electromagnetics, IOP Measurement Science and Technology Emerging Leader, Air Force Research Laboratory Faculty Fellowship, Donald Harrington Fellowship, and quite a few best paper awards from major IEEE conferences. He currently serves as Associate Editor of IEEE Sensors Journal, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, and IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, and Lead Guest Editor of IEEE Journal of Selected Areas in Sensors. He was a former Associate Editor of Applied Electromagnetics, IEEE Journal of Radio Frequency Identification, and IEEE Journal of Electromagnetics, RF and Microwaves in Medicine and Biology (IEEE-JERM), and former Guest Editor of IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. He is the chair of Antennas & Propagation/Microwave Theory and Techniques Society, Chicago Chapter and was the founder and chair of IEEE Sensors Council Chicago Chapter (2019-2021).
Address:Chicago, United States, IL 60607
Agenda
18.00-18.05. Introduction by Paul Bermingham Vice-Chair IEEE UK and Ireland Sensors Council.
18.05-18.50. Dr Pai-Yen Chen presents“Zero-Power Wireless Micro-/Nano-Sensors for Internet-of-Things and Next-Generation Biomedical Applications.”
18.50-19.00 Q&A.