Dan Jiao

Prof. Dan Jiao is the Synopsys Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University's Elmore Family School. She leads the Rapid-Heterogeneous Integration (Rapid-HI) Design Institute and serves as Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Journal on Multiscale and Multiphysics Computational Techniques. Her research focuses on computational electromagnetics, multiphysics modeling, and AI-driven design automation for advanced integrated circuits and quantum systems. She has held academic positions since 2005, progressing from Assistant to Full Professor, and has extensive industry experience at Intel Corporation (2001–2005).

Education:

• PhD in Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2001)
• Senior Staff Engineer at Intel Corporation (2001–2005)

Research Interests:

• Fast numerical methods for large-scale electromagnetic analysis
• AI/ML integration in design automation (EDA/MDA)
• Quantum circuits and spin qubit systems
• Heterogeneous integration and advanced packaging
• Multiphysics co-simulation for nano-scale devices
• Signal/power integrity in high-speed systems

Key Projects: Leads the NSTC AIDRFIC program (first NSTC R&D Jump Start project), the DARPA NGMM Rapid-HI Design Institute, and the GENIE-RFIC generative design tool initiative. Also directs the Consortium for Electromagnetic Science and Technology.

Awards & Honors:

• 2022 ACES Computational Electromagnetics Award
• IEEE Fellow (2016)
• Intel Outstanding Researcher Award (2019)
• MTT-S Distinguished Microwave Lecturer (2020–2023)
• 2013 Schelkunoff Prize Paper Award

Advising & Grants: Advised over 30 PhD/master's students and led projects funded by NSF, DARPA, Intel, SRC, and industry partnerships. Key grants include NSF CAREER (2008), ONR Young Investigator (2006), and multiple industry-sponsored initiatives.

Labs & Teams:

• Rapid-HI Design Institute (DARPA NGMM)
• Quantum device co-design group
• Multiphysics modeling team