Welcome to My Personal Webpage (Dr. Yuan Ding)
Dr. Yuan Ding is Associate Professor in the Microwave and Antenna Engineering Group at the Institute of Sensors, Signals and Systems (ISSS), Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK from Jan. 2018, working with Prof. George Goussetis. Before this, he was a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow working with Prof. Vincent Fusco, Dr. Neil Buchanan, and Dr. Alexey Shitvov at the Institute of Electronics, Communications and Information Technology (ECIT), Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, UK. He received his Master degree and PhD degree in electronics and electrical engineering, respectively, from Tsinghua University (China) in Jun. 2007, and Queen’s University Belfast (UK) in Oct. 2014.
Research Interest
- Backscattering communications (FM Ambient Backscatter Field Demo: Here; WiFi Ambient Backscatter Lab Demo: Here)
- Physical layer wireless security
- Radio frequency (RF) energy harvesting
- Antenna design
- RF and microwave systems
- Retrodirective arrays
- Smart and adaptive antenna systems