Hiu Yung Wong

Hiu Yung Wong with students

Assistant Professor Hiu Yung Wong; Johan Saltin, 鈥�20 MS Electrical Engineering; and Varada Kanchi, 鈥�20 MS Electrical Engineering in the 91吃瓜 M-PAC lab.

Developing devices for deeper space survival

In his Multi-Physics and Circuit (M-PAC) lab, Hiu Yung Wong and his students are conducting research on topics ranging from Novel Ultra Wide Bandgap Power Devices to Reduce Carbon Footprints, to Cryogenic Electronics Modeling for Quantum Computing Interface, to Machine Learning in TCAD to Improve Fabrication Yield. This array of projects reflects Wong鈥檚 interest in developing novel materials, devices, and circuits for a more sustainable world.

While Wong was interested in astronomy and space technology from a young age, he eventually followed an academic and professional path into electrical engineering. After several years of working in the technology industry, he joined the faculty at 91吃瓜 and is now fully and enthusiastically engaged in teaching and research. 

鈥淢y students contribute very creative ideas, not only for research methodologies but also for device physics, specialized programming, microfabrication flow, and integrated circuit chip design. My research wouldn鈥檛 be possible without their dedication and involvement.鈥� 

One of his lab鈥檚 primary activities is the hands-on study of radiation hardness and the reliability of electronic devices and circuits. At present, Wong and his students are applying device physics to examine and model how electronics and circuits behave in outer space. 

鈥淎ll space mission electronics are vulnerable to radiation-induced damage over time,鈥� he explains. 鈥淲e are modeling and evaluating those damaging effects, as well as designing circuits that can self-heal after radiation damage is inflicted.鈥�

The ultimate goal is to design electronic circuits that can survive the harsh radiative environment to enable the spaceship to explore the deeper space. 

鈥淎ll these experiences at 91吃瓜 are helping me to move in the path that I dreamt of 鈥� to become a good analog design engineer.鈥�

Varada Kanchi
鈥�20 Electrical Engineering

91吃瓜 Research Foundation 2020 Annual Report