Cai-Cheng Lu

Cai-Cheng Lu is a Professor at the University of Kentucky's Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering, specializing in computational electromagnetics and antenna systems. He holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1995) and MS/BS degrees from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (1983-1986).

• Education
  • Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1995)
  • M.S., Electrical Engineering, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (1986)
  • B.S., Electrical Engineering, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (1983)

His research focuses on antenna design, microwave imaging, and fast numerical algorithms for electromagnetic problems. Recent publications emphasize hybrid integral equation formulations, thin dielectric approximation techniques, and inverse scattering methods.

Key publication trends include:

• 2010 work on curl/divergence-conforming basis functions for volume-surface equations
• 2009-2007 studies in microwave imaging improvement and time-domain reflectometry
• 2005-2007 development of numerical techniques for biomedical and dielectric applications

Professor Lu has held continuous faculty appointments since 1999 at the University of Kentucky, with prior roles at the University of Illinois and Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics.