Professor Yi Wang BSc, MSc, PhD

Dr Yi Wang

Department of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering
Professor of Microwave Engineering
Head of Emerging Device Technology (EDT) Research Lab
Academic Lead of Engineering Cleanroom, and THz VNA Facility

Contact details

Telephone
+44 (0) 121 414 7314
Email
y.wang.1@bham.ac.uk
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Address
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Dr Wang is Head of the Emerging Device Technology (EDT) Research Lab, and the Academic Lead of both the Engineering Cleanroom and the THz Vector Network Analyser Facility. He served as the TPC Chair of the 2021 European Microwave Conference. 

He teaches courses in electronics and electromagnetism. His research focuses on microwave and terahertz passive device technologies, with an emphasis on new manufacturing techniques, materials, and circuit design methods. His research has been primarily funded by UK EPSRC, the European Space Agency, the EU, and industry. 

He serves the Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques (2026).

Qualifications

  • Senior Member of IEEE (2012)
  • Fellow of HEA (2012)
  • PG Cert in Higher Education, 2012
  • PhD in Electronic Engineering, University of Birmingham, 2005
  • MSc in Condensed Matter Physics, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China, 2001
  • BSc (1st class with distinction) in Applied Physics (Non-destructive testing), University of Science and Technology Beijing, China, 1998

Teaching

  • Electronic Circuits, Devices and Electromagnetics (Year 2) (2018 - present)
  • Communication Systems (Year 2) (2021 - present)
  • Engineering Materials (Year 1) (2018 - 2021)
  • Integrated Design Project (2018 - 2022)
  • BEng/MEng/MSc project (2018 - present)

Postgraduate supervision

2021-: Programmable microwave devices (keywords: liquid metal, microfluidic, filters, multiplexer, switches, antennas, sensors, wearable, flexible) 2021-: 3D printed microwave and mm-wave devices (keywords: waveguide filters, antennas, space applications)

Other activities

  • 2021 European Microwave Conference, Technical Programme Committee (TPC) Chair (2019-22)
  • Host of European Microwave Association Funded Internship (2022 - present)
  • Member of EPSRC Peer Review College
  • Regular reviewer for IEEE Transactions on MTT, AP, TST, VT, IE / Proceedings of the IEEE / IEEE MWCL / IEEE AWPL / IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation / Electronics Letters / Journal of Micromechanics & Microengineering / Physica C / Superconductor Science & Technology / Sensors
  • Regularly serving on technical committees of international conferences: EUMC, EUCAP, IMFW,  LAPC, IEEE MTT-S IMWS-AMP, UCMMT, iWEM, ICMMT, CICMT, IWS, IMFW
  • External PhD examinations: UCL, Manchester, Sheffield, Liverpool, Surrey, Kent, Lancaster, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) Sweden
  • Member of the China Institute Board, UoB

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Bartlett, C, Höft, M, Wang, Y & Rosenberg, U 2026, 'A Novel Hybrid-Mode Technique for Multi-band Filter Design', IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology. https://doi.org/10.1109/TTHZ.2026.3659428

Lin, J-Y, Chen, X, Xie, J, Ren, Y, Wu, Y-W, Yang, Y & Wang, Y 2026, 'Compact On-Chip Bandpass Filters Based on 1/n Mode Short-Circuited Ring Patch in Through Glass Via Technology', IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques. https://doi.org/10.1109/TMTT.2026.3653976

Shao, Q, Liu, Y-T, Chen, R-S, Huang, G-L, Chen, F-C, Wang, Y & Taher Al-Nuaimi, MK 2026, 'Design of 2-D 180° Filtering Couplers Based on All-Resonator Structures', IEEE Microwave and Wireless Technology Letters. https://doi.org/10.1109/LMWT.2026.3657719

You, Q, Qian, L & Wang, Y 2025, '3D-Printed Wideband Dual-Polarized Hollow-Waveguide Antenna Array with Dual-Mode Back Cavity', IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. https://doi.org/10.1109/TAP.2025.3562915

Guo, Z-C, Li, W, Ye, W, Wang, X & Wang, Y 2025, 'A 6-4 Waveguide Bandpass Filter With Extremely Small Negative Couplings', IEEE Microwave and Wireless Technology Letters. https://doi.org/10.1109/LMWT.2025.3596175

Zhang, Y, Zheng, J, Bayinqiaoge, , Cole, T, Zhang, C, Wang, Y & Tang, SY 2025, 'An off-chip platform for on-demand, single-target encapsulation for ultrasensitive biomarker detection', Biosensors and Bioelectronics , vol. 272, 117134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2025.117134

Li, Z, Lin, JY, Xie, J, Wong, SW & Wang, Y 2025, 'Design of Single- and Dual-Band Waveguide Filters Using Quadruple-Mode Cavity Resonators', IEEE Microwave and Wireless Technology Letters. https://doi.org/10.1109/LMWT.2025.3584063

Shao, Q, Lu, Y, Chen, RS, Huang, GL, Chen, FC, Wang, Y, He, XH & Al‐Nuaimi, MKT 2025, 'Design of Two‐Dimensional 90° Filtering Couplers Based on Combined 90° and 180° Couplers', Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, vol. 67, no. 8, e70345. https://doi.org/10.1002/mop.70345

Nie, B, Liu, Y, Lu, H, Gao, Y, Wang, Y & Gao, S 2025, 'Fully Metallic Dual-Band-Multibeam Aperture-Shared Lens Antenna for N257 Millimeter-Wave and N79 Sub-6-GHz Applications', IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. https://doi.org/10.1109/TAP.2025.3580278

Mahmud, RH, Skaik, T, Shang, X & Wang, Y 2025, 'Highly Selective Circularly Polarized Filtering Slot Antenna Based on Stub-Loaded Resonators', IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters. https://doi.org/10.1109/LAWP.2025.3543757

Qian, J, Gao, S, Izquierdo, BS, Jiang, K, Huang, Y & Wang, Y 2025, 'High-Selectivity Compact Wideband Transversal Filtering Inverted-F Antennas for Out-of-Band Decoupling in Terminal Applications', IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. https://doi.org/10.1109/TAP.2025.3545654

Hu, Y, Lu, Y, Wang, K, Sun, L, Li, Y, You, Q & Wang, Y 2025, 'Metallic Dual-Polarized Cylindrical Conformal Phased Array Based on Magnetoelectric Dipoles', IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. https://doi.org/10.1109/TAP.2025.3572630

Conference contribution

Liu, XY, Chen, FC, Xiang, KR & Wang, Y 2025, High-Gain Slot Antenna Array Based on High-order Mode Cavity Resonators. in 2024 IEEE 12th Asia-Pacific Conference on Antennas and Propagation (APCAP). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 12th IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on Antennas and Propagation, APCAP 2024, Nanjing, China, 22/09/24. https://doi.org/10.1109/APCAP62011.2024.10881564

Wu, Y-W & Wang, Y 2025, Liquid Metal-Based Omnidirectional Scanning Array. in 2025 IEEE MTT-S International Wireless Symposium (IWS). IEEE International Wireless Symposium (IWS), IEEE, 2025 IEEE MTT-S International Wireless Symposium, Xi'an, China, 19/05/25. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMMT65948.2025.11187975

Wu, YW & Wang, Y 2025, Liquid-Metal-Enabled Multi-Polarization Reconfigurable Antenna. in 2025 19th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP)., 10999441, European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 19th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, Stockholm, Sweden, 30/03/25. https://doi.org/10.23919/EuCAP63536.2025.10999441

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