Expertise
Optical sensors and optical devices
Research Interest
Prof. Wang’s research interests are design, fabrication and characterization of optical sensors and devices.
Educational Background
B. S. Zhongshan (Sun Tat-sen) University, Guangzhou, China
M.S. Virginia Tech
Ph.D Electrical Engineering, Virginia Tech
Biosketch
Xingwei(Vivian) Wang received her Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech in 2006. Then she joined UMass Lowell as an Assistant Professor in 2006. She was promoted to Associate Professor in 2012 and then to Full Professor in 2016. She is the recipient of the 2010 NSF CAREER award and the 2008 Massachusetts Life Science Center New Investigator Research Award. Her research interests include optical bio-sensing and biomedical devices, optical sensors, optical imaging, MEMS technology and electromagnetic wave propagation. She has published over 80 papers in journals and conference proceedings on design, fabrication and characterization of optical sensors and devices.