Ruochen Lu

Ruochen Lu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, specializing in chip-scale acoustic and electromagnetic microsystems for RF applications. His work focuses on reconfigurable/tunable RF functions through novel MEMS platforms and ultrasonic transducers for multi-physics hybrid systems in signal processing, sensing, and computing.

His educational background includes a B.E. with honors in microelectronics from Tsinghua University (2014) and M.S./Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2017/2019).

Lu's research spans critical domains in modern electrical engineering:

• Microwave Acoustics
• Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS)
• Microwave Devices and Circuits
• Reconfigurable RF and Microwave Systems
• Ultrasound Transducers

His technical approach emphasizes higher operating frequencies and efficient electromagnetic-acoustic domain transduction within integrated microsystems.