Chi Zhou

Chi Zhou is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology's Armour College of Engineering. She joined the department in 2006 and specializes in wireless communications and mobile networks with a focus on power control, heterogeneous network integration, and reliable transmission in OFDM/MIMO systems. Her work bridges theoretical analysis and practical network design.

• Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), Northwestern University, 2002
• M.S. in ECE, Northwestern University, 2000
• B.S. in Business Administration and Automation, Tsinghua University, China, 1997

Research emphasizes energy-efficient protocols, cooperative diversity, and cross-layer optimization in wireless systems. Recent publications explore network coding, multistage cooperation in sensor networks, and hybrid EPON-WiMax architectures. Her work spans smart grid communication systems and multi-radio channel capacity optimization.

Publications focus on improving wireless network performance through innovative resource allocation and interference management strategies. Collaborations include projects on outage performance modeling and distributed computing in heterogeneous environments.

Contact: zhou@iit.edu | 312.567.7998 | Siegel Hall 130, Illinois Tech