Fan Zhai
333 Melrose Dr, #20B
Richardson, TX 75080, USA
E-mail: fzhai@ti.com
Home Page:http://www.ece.northwestern.edu/~fzhai

Education

Ph.D, August 1999-May 2004,

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

Main courses:

Sept, 1998-August, 1999

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

Main courses:

Master of Science, Acoustics, 1998

Department of Electronic Science and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, P.R. China

Concentration in High-Frequency Surface Acoustic Waves (SAW) Interdigital Tranducers, SAW Filters Design

Main courses:

MSc. Thesis: Implementation of Gigahertz SAW Filters Using Harmonic Interdigital Transducers

Bachelor of Science, Electronics and Information System, 1996

Department of Electronic Science and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, P.R. China
Concentration on Signal Processing, Analog & Digital Circuits Design, Computer Interfacing

Main courses:

BSc. Thesis:Theory and Application of Digital Phase-Locked Loop(PLL) dealing with Video Scrambling and Descrambling System

Research

Signal Processing, Digital Phase-Locked Loop(DPLL), High-Precision Power Supply System, Computer Interfacing

Gigahertz Surface Acoustic Waves (SAW) Filters Design, Theoretical and Experimental Transduction,

Experience

Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA, Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Teaching Assistant, Sept 1999-June 2002
Research Assistant  Sept. 2002-present
Image/Video Compression, Video Transmission, Streaming Video

Texas Instrument, Dallas, TX, USA, Department of HPA, Digital Video & Imaging
Co-op,  June, 2002-Sept, 2002
Deinterlacing algorithms study, C++ model of video decoder and deinterlacing, motion detection, noise reduction in 3DYC.

Texas Instrument, Dallas, TX, USA, Department of HPA, Digital Video & Imaging
Co-op,  June, 2001-Sept, 2001
The work was on 3-dimensional luma/chroma separation technique (3DYC), which is the key for next-generation video decoder. I mainly studied the feasibility and performance of 3DYC separation using motion estimation, and was responsible for its system design, algorithm research, and simulation. The efficiency and complexity of motion estimation had been studied, motion estimation had been implemented in the simulation, and the corresponding 3D comb filter had been designed. It turned out in both theory and simulation that 3DYC separation using motion estimation is able to provide a better performance than only using motion detection.

Nanjing University, Nanjing, P.R.China, Dept of Electronic Science and Engineering.
Research Assistant, September 1996-June, 1998
Teaching Assistant, September 1997-Januarary 1998

Purple Mountain Observatory, Academia Sinica, Nanjing, P.R. of China
Co-op, June 1995-August 1996

Publications Honors
 
09/1998-06/1999 Walter P. Murphy Fellowship, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
10/1997 Excellent graduate student Fellowship, Nanjing University
09/1997 The Best Paper Reward , National Piezoelectric Crystal Technique Conference, Beijing, P.R.China, Sept. 1997.
06/1996 1st class Best Thesis Award, "5.20" Student Academic Conference, Dpt ESE, NJU
11/1995 1st class Guang Hua Scholarship, Nanjing University
11/1995, 5/1995, 11/1994 1st class People's Scholarship, Nanjing University

Computer Skills

Last updated Nov. 14, 2004