Professional Preparation

Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, Applied Physics, B.S. (1982)

University of Colorado, Boulder, USA, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. (1988)

Appointments

1988 – 1994: Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

1994 – 2000: Associate Professor with tenure, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering

2000 – 2004: Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

2006. 07 – 2010. 08: Chairman, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

1992 – 2022. 07: Graduate Faculty Member, Materials Science and Engineering

2004 – 2022. 07: Graduate Faculty Member, Biomedical Engineering

2004. 07 – 2022. 07: Distinguished Professor, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering

2008 – 2022. 07: Paul S. and Mary W. Monroe Faculty Scholar, The Endowed Professor

2022. 07 – Present: Honorary Distinguished Professor, Microelectronic Materials and Devices

Synergistic Activities

Professor Lu’s group has invented an MOCVD selective growth technique to integrate ZnO nanotips and epitaxial films on the same SOS substrate. 

Prof. Lu received the 1993 Warren I. Susman Award for Excellence in Teaching, the highest teaching award at Rutgers. In 1994 he received the Rutgers University Board of Trustees Research Fellowship award for Scholarly Excellence, and the IEEE Outstanding Student Counselor and Advisor Award in 1995. In 2002, Prof. Lu was one of the two recipients of the Rutgers Teacher-Scholar award.

Prof. Lu’s students have received awards, including Rhodes Scholar, NSF Graduate Fellowship, National Research Council Fellowship, USA-TODAY All-USA College First Academic Team, and Outstanding Student Paper awards in international conferences.

Leading chairman of the 5th International ZnO Workshop (Detroit, 2008); Co-organizer of the 2nd and 3rd International ZnO Workshops (Dayton, 2002, and Sendai, Japan, 2004); International Advisory Committee member of the 4th-7th International Workshops of ZnO and Related Materials (2006-2012); Organization Committee and Co-chairman in ZnO session of 2005 – 2012 Electronic Material Conference (EMC); Session Chairman of AFOSR ZnO conference (Hawaii, 2004).

Reviewer for NRC, NSF, DOD, and 14 journals.