Dr. Yan receives doctorate at KAIST

KAIST’s first international student’s dream has come true. Doctor Yan Long of the Department of Electrical Engineering will be working at Interuniversity Microelectronics Center (IMEC) in Belgium as a researcher starting August 1. A Chinese of Korean descent, Dr. Yan was born in Yanbian. He was selected as the first international student at KAIST in 2003 after graduating Yanbian high school, which is number one in China. He received his bachelor’s degree in 2007 then attained his master’s degree in 2009. Afterwards, he finished his doctorate course in two and a half years.

▲ Dr. Yan Long, KAIST's first international student

Working in Professor Hoi-Jun Yoo’s laboratory, Dr. Yan’s research was on wirelessly powered sensor system for wearable healthcare. In 2010, he developed a smart poultice with a reconfigurable sensor array for wearable cardiac healthcare. Dr. Yan’s papers on the device were published on International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Journal of Solid-State Circuits (IEEE JSSC). The papers attracted the media’s attention and the device heralded as the next generation’s core technology in healthcare system.

In addition, Anantha P. Chandrakasan, a world-renowned professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), impressed with Dr. Yan’s outstanding talent in low-power, high-sensitivity biosensor design, invited him to the Microsystems Technology Laboratories and conducted joint research in the fall of 2010.

IMEC, acknowledging Yan’s extraordinary achievements, hired him after only a phone interview. The recruitment was without precedent. IMEC performs world-leading research in nano-electronics and nano-technology. It delivers industry-relevant technology solutions and the members are committed to providing the building blocks for a better life in a sustainable society. IMEC’s research is applied in better healthcare, smart electronics, sustainable energy and safer transport. Its headquarters are located in Leuven, Belgium.

Dr. Yan’s research interests include energy-efficient body area networks and low-power vital signal readout front-end design. He said, “I was able to develop into a better researcher through valuable experience and knowledge I gained at KAIST. I will contribute to wearable healthcare field, studying in depth at IMEC. I will also try to be a good role model for Chinese students of Korean descent who dream of becoming engineers.”
 

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