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Teaching & Supervision & Adminstration

Dr. Chu have been taking teaching the modules in the field of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Computing since 2012. He has been supervising UG, MSc, MRes and PhD students since 2016. He is also taking personal tutor of UG students and administrative roles in the department and university since 2024.

    Teaching Modules @ UNNC

    • EEEE3102 Analogue Electronics, Module Convenor, Fall 2023, Fall 2024 & Fall 2025. (2 two-hour lectures and one-hour seminar per week)

      • Part 1: Amplifier Design.

      • Part 2: RF Engineering.

      • Assessment: 2-hour exam (60 %) and two courseworks (20 % + 20 %).

    • EEEE2068 Contemporary Engineering Theme B (CET-B) Theme 3: Future Wireless Networks, Fall 2023, Spring 2025 & Spring 2026.

      • Deliver 8-hour lecture sessions regarding cutting-edge research to Year-3 UG students.

      • Assessment: One coursework with five questions (20 % each).

    • EEEE2075 Electronic Systen Group Design Projects, Module Lecturer, Fall 2023 & Fall 2024.

      • Deliver a 3-hour lecture session for FPGA programming and supervising students' progression in project week.

    Teaching Assistant/Lab Demonstrator @ NCL & MDX

    • UG Modules: Electrical Engineering (Digital Electronics), and Digital Transmission Systems.

    • PG Modules: Digital Signal Processing/Signal processing and estimation (MATLAB), and Advanced modulation and coding techniques (MATLAB).

    • Coursework: Simulation of wireless communications (MATLAB), Implementation of wireless receiver algorithms, and Sensor Network Group Project.

    Supervision

    • PhD Supervision/Co-supervision (2021 - 2026) (1 PhD Graduate and 4 PhD Candidates)

      1. Mr. Dankao Chen (2026 - 2029 @ UNNC, Main supervision) Topic: Agent AI.

      2. Miss Ruotong Zhu (2026 - 2029 @ UNNC, Main supervision) Topic: Secure ISAC system.

      3. Mr. Yixiao Wang (2026 - 2029 @ UNNC, Co-supervision with Dr. John Xu) Topic: AI-empowered electrical machine.

      4. Mr. Junzhe Ding (2025 - 2028 @ UNNC, Co-supervision with Dr. David Chieng) Topic: Passive Sensing for Smart Mobility.

      5. Dr. Wanniang Du (2021 - 2023 @ Surrey, Co-supervision with Prof. Pei Xiao) Topic: Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) (Graduated in 2023, supported by CSC, now Lecturer with Nanjing Police University).

        6. Research Outcomes: 3 IEEE Top-tier peer-review journal papers have been published in one year, i.e., IEEE Trans. Communications (IEEE TCOM), IEEE Trans. Vehicular Technology (IEEE TVT), and IEEE Wireless Communications Letters (IEEE WCL).

    • MRes Supervision (2024 - 2026) (3 Graduates and 5 MRes Candidates @ UNNC)

      1. Miss Qiaoqiong Chen (2026 - 2027 @ UNNC, Main supervision working with Dr. Xiaoyu Song) Topic: TBD

      2. Mr. Junding Fu (2026 - 2027 @ UNNC, Main supervision working with Dr. Xiaoyu Song) Topic: TBD

      3. Miss Zhengyi Su (2026 - 2027 @ UNNC, Main supervision working with Dr. Xinan Chen) Topic: TBD

      4. Mr. Ninghui Feng (2025 - 2026 @ UNNC, Main supervision) Topic: LLM for Semantic communications.

        5. Research Outcomes: 1 conference paper was presented in IEEE ICASSP 2026, Barcelona, Spain, and 1 journal paper is under preparation for IEEE Top-tier journal.

      5. Miss Xinya Shen (2025 - 2026 @ UNNC, Co-supervision with Dr. David Chieng) Topic: Rydberg Atomic Quantum Receiver for NGMA.

        6. Research Outcomes: 1 conference paper is under review by IEEE GLOBECOM 2026, and 1 journal paper is under review by IEEE TWC.

      6. Mr. Yixiao Wang (2024 - 2025 @ UNNC, Main supervision) Topic: Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Empowered Energy Storage (Graduated, now PhD with UNNC).

        7. Research Outcomes: His research work has been awarded by Li Dak Sum Innovation Fellowship, 2025 - 2026.

      7. Mr. Xu Guan (2024 - 2025 @ UNNC, Main supervision) Topic: RIS-Wireless Powered Communication Networks (WPCN) (Graduated).

      8. Miss Ruotong Zhu (2024 - 2025 @ UNNC, Co-supervision with Dr. Chiew Foong Kwoong) Topic: RIS-IoT-Integrated Communication and Sensing (Graduated, now PhD with UNNC).

        9. Research Outcomes: 1 conference paper was presented in IEEE/CIC UCom, Hangzhou, China, Sept. 2025.

    • MSc Supervision (2019 - 2023) (7 Graduates @ Surrey)

      1. Mr. Jin Dai, MSc (2022 - 2023 @ Surrey, Co-supervision with Prof. Pei Xiao) Topic: Joint Communications and Computing of RIS-Assisted Wireless Networks (Graduated).

      2. Mr. Di Wu, MSc (2022 - 2023 @ Surrey, Co-supervision with Prof. Pei Xiao) Topic: Intelligent Transmissive Surface (ITS)-Assisted Wireless Networks (Graduated).

      3. Mr. Ye Tian, MSc (2021 - 2022 @ Surrey, Co-supervision with Prof. Pei Xiao) Topic: Self-Sustainable IRS-Assisted Wireless Powered IoT Networks (Graduated).

      4. Mr. Jianping Chen, MSc (2021 - 2022 @ Surrey, Co-supervision with Prof. Pei Xiao) Topic: IRS-Assisted Wireless Networks for Integrated Communications and Computing (Graduated).

      5. Mr. Mingzhao Liu, MSc (2020 - 2021 @ Surrey, Co-supervision with Prof. Pei Xiao) Topic: Self-Sustainability of Intelligent Reflecting Surface Empowered Future Internet of Things (IoT) Networks (Graduated).

      6. Mr. Yan Shi, MSc (2020 - 2021 @ Surrey, Co-supervision with Prof. Pei Xiao) Topic: Resource Allocations for Intelligent Reflecting Surface Empowered Future Wireless Networks (Graduated).

      7. Mr. Weizhao Yu, MSc (2019 - 2020 @ Surrey, Co-supervision with Prof. Pei Xiao) Topic: Intelligent Reflecting Surface Enabled Future Wireless Network (Graduated).

    • UG Year-4 FYP Supervision (2023 - 2026) (7 Graduates and 3 Candidates @ UNNC)

      1. Mr Wentao Cai (2025 - 2026 @ UNNC) Topic: Hierarchical Framework of Wireless Powered Massive Connectivity.

      2. Mr Xiaoyu Li (2025 - 2026 @ UNNC) Topic: Exploiting Throughput-Fairness Trade-off of RIS-assisted Energy-Efficient IoT Networks.

      3. Miss Lingxi Li (2025 - 2026 @ UNNC) Topic: Edge Intelligence of Smart Home Application.

      4. Mr. Junxian Wang (2024 - 2025 @ UNNC) Topic: Large Language Model (LLM)-based Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) in Next Generation Internet of Things (NG-loT) Networks (Graduated, MSc: Michigan Ann Arbor, USA).

      5. Mr. Yitong Wu (2024 - 2025 @ UNNC) Topic: RIS-Assisted Net Zero-Energy IoT Networks (Graduated with First-Class BEng Degree, MSc: UCL, UK).

      6. Mr. Yizheng Ma (2024 - 2025 @ UNNC) Topic: Resource Scheduling for Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-Empowered Self-Sustainable IoT Networks with Hybrid Multiple Access Scheme (Graduated, MSc: Manchester University, UK).

      7. Mr. Bingzhe Wang (2023 - 2024 @ UNNC) Topic: Exploiting Self-Sustainability of Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS) in Next-Generation Internet of Things (NG-IoT) Networks (Graduated, MSc: HKUST, Hong Kong, China).

      8. Mr. Tiancheng Chen (2023 - 2024 @ UNNC) Topic: Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS)-assisted Beyond 5G (B5G) Networks (Graduated with First-Class BEng Degree, MSc: UCSD, USA).

      9. Mr. Zhehao Guo (2023 - 2024 @ UNNC) Topic: Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS)-Assisted Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC) (Graduated, now Beijing Urban Construction Intelligent Control Co.,Ltd., Beijing, China).

      10. Mr. Dankao Chen (2023 - 2024 @ UNNC) Topic: Joint Communications and Computing of RIS-Assisted Next-Generation Internet of Things (NG-IoT) Network (Graduated, MSc: UCL, UK (2024-2026), now PhD with UNNC).

    • UG Personal Tutor (10 Year-2 3 & 4 UG students @ UNNC)

      1. Three Personal Tutorial meeting per semester for pastore care

      2. EEEE1039 Construction Project Report and Logbook Marking

    Administration

    • Exange Officer@Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, UNNC.

    • University Information/Open Day Events.

    • Module exam invigilator.

    • TUST invigilator (Special recruitment of Chinese university entrance exam for high school students “Gaokao” in Zhejaing Province).