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Cam Nguyen
Texas Instruments Endowed Professor
RF, Microwave and Millimeter-Wave ICs and Systems
IEEE Fellow
Office: 208B Zachry Engineering Center
Telephone: (979) 845-7469
Fax: (979) 845-6259
Email: cam@ee.tamu.edu

 

 

 


EDUCATION

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of Central Florida, 1987-1990
M.S., Electrical Engineering, California State University, Northridge, 1981-1983
B.S., Electrical Engineering, California State Polytechnic University, 1977-1980

EMPLOYMENT

1990-Present  Texas Instruments Endowed Professor, Professor, Associate                         Professor, Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University,CollegeStation
2003-2004 Program Director, National Science Foundation, Virginia
1989-1990 Senior Staff Engineer, TRW, Inc., California
1987-1989 Member Professional Staff, Martin Marietta Corp., Florida
1986-1987 Technical Specialist, Aerojet ElectroSystems Co., California
1983-1986 Member Technical Staff, TRW, Inc., California
1982-1983 Member Technical Staff, Hughes Aircraft Co., California
1979-1982 Design Engineer, ITT Gilfillan Co., California


Research Interests

RF, microwave and millimeter-weave integrated circuits and systems
CMOS RF ICs
Ultra-Wideband Components and Systems
Sensors

Awards and Honors

Texas A&M University’s TEES Fellow Award
Texas A&M University’s 3 M Faculty Fellow
IEEE Fellow (for Contributions to Microwave Circuits and Systems)

EDITORSHIP

Editor-in-Chief, Subsurface Sensing Technologies and Applications: An International Journal
Editor, Subsurface and Surface Sensing International Book Series
Member of Editorial Board, IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

PUBLICATIONS

Four books, 3 book chapters, more than 140 refereed papers, more than 75 conference presentations.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

C. Nguyen, "Analysis Methods for RF, Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Planar Transmission Line Structures", John-Wiley & Sons, 2000.

S.R. Kunasani and C. Nguyen, "Distortion of Pulsed Signals in Microstrip Transmission Lines Using Short-Time Fourier Transform," IEEE Microwave and Guided Wave Letters, Vol. 6, No. 1, Jan. 1996, pp. 1-3.

C. Nguyen, "Unsymmetrical Broadside-Coupled Coplanar Waveguides for Loose- and Tight-Coupling MIC and MMIC Applications," Int. Journal of Infrared and Millimeter-Waves, Vol. 17, No. 5, May 1996.

R.S. Schwindt and C. Nguyen, "Generalized Scattering Parameters for Two-Coupled Transmission Line Structures in an Inhomogeneous Medium," Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, Vol. 12, Aug. 1996, pp. 335-342.

K.M. Rahman and C. Nguyen, "Frequency-Dependent Modeling of Multiple Cascaded Step Discontinuities on a Shielded Asymmetric Coplanar Waveguide," Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, Vol. 16, No. 6, Dec. 1997, pp. 375-382.

P.C. Hsu, C. Nguyen and M. Kintis, "Uniplanar Broadband Push-Pull FET Amplifiers," IEEE Trans. on Microwave Theory and Techniques, Vol. MTT-45, No. 12, Dec. 1997, pp. 2150-2152.

R.S. Schwindt and C. Nguyen, "On the Variational Analysis of Three Parallel-Coupled Suspended Striplines and Microstrip Lines in an Inhomogeneous Isotropic Medium," Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, Vol. 16, No. 5, Dec. 1997, pp. 307-312.

P.C. Hsu, C. Nguyen and M. Kintis, "Uniplanar Broadband Push-Pull FET Amplifiers," IEEE Trans. on Microwave Theory and Techniques, Vol. MTT-45, No. 12, Dec. 1997, pp. 2150-2152.

P.C. Hsu, C. Nguyen, and M. Kintis, “A New Uniplanar Broad-Band Singly Balanced Diode Mixer, IEEE Trans. on Microwave Theory and Techniques, Vol. 46, No. 11, Nov. 1998, pp. 1782-1784.

P.C. Hsu, C. Nguyen and M. Kintis, "A New Uniplanar Broad-Band Singly Balanced Diode Mixer," IEEE Trans. on Microwave Theory and Techniques, Vol. MTT-46, No. 11, Nov. 1998, pp. 1782-1784.

P.C. Hsu, C. Nguyen, and M. Kintis, “Design and Performance of a New Uniplanar Diode Mixer,” IEEE Microwave and Guided Wave Letters, Vol. 10, No. 5, May 2000, pp.192-194.

J.S. Lee and C. Nguyen, “A Low-Cost Uniplanar Sampling Down-Converter with Internal Local Oscillator, Pulse Generator and IF Amplifier,” IEEE Trans. on Microwave Theory and Techniques, Vol. MTT-49, No. 2, Feb. 2001, pp. 390-392.

J.S. Lee, C. Nguyen, and T. Scullion, “New Uniplanar Subnano-Second Monocycle Pulse Generator and Transformer for Time-Domain Microwave Applications,” IEEE Trans. on Microwave Theory and Techniques, Vol. MTT-49, No. 6, June 2001, pp. 1126-1129.

J.S. Lee and C. Nguyen, “Uniplanar Pico-Second Pulse Generator Using Step-Recovery Diode,” IEE Electronics Letters, Vol. 37, No. 8, 12th April 2001, pp. 504-506.

J.S. Lee and C. Nguyen, “Novel Low-Cost Ultra-Wideband, Ultra-Short-Pulse Transmitter with MESFET Impulse-Shaping Circuitry for Reduced Distortion and Improved Pulse Repetition Rate,” IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, Vol. 11, No. 5, May 2001, pp. 208-210.

C. Nguyen, J.S. Lee, and J.S. Park, “Novel Ultra-Wideband Microstrip Quasi-Horn Antenna,” IEE Electronics Letters, Vol. 37, No. 12, 7th June 2001, pp. 731-732.

C. Nguyen, “Some Recent Developments of Subsurface and Surface Sensors for NDE of Pavements,” SPIE 6th International Symposium on NDE for Health Monitoring and Diagnostics, Newport Beach, California, Mar. 4-8, 2001.

J.S. Park and C. Nguyen, “A New Millimeter-Wave Step-Frequency Radar Sensor for Distance Measurement,” IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, Vol. 12, No. 6, June 2002, pp. 221-222.

J.W. Han and C. Nguyen, “A New Ultra-Wideband, Ultra-Short Monocycle Pulse Generator with Reduced Ringing,” IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, Vol. 12, No. 6, June 2002, pp. 206-208.

S.T. Kim and C. Nguyen, “A Displacemnet Measurement Technique Using Millimeter-Wave Interferometry,” IEEE Trans. on Microwave Theory and Techniques, Vol. MTT-51, No. 6, June 2003, pp. 1724-1728.

M. Miao and C. Nguyen, “An Ultra-Wideband Uniplanar Step-Recovery Diode Frequency Doubler,” Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, Vol. 39, No. 6, Dec. 20, 2003, pp. 470-472.

J.W. Han and C. Nguyen, “Ultra-Wideband Electronically Tunable Pulse Generators,” IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters Vol. 14, No. 3, Mar. 2004, pp. 112-114.

J.S. Lee, C. Nguyen, and T. Scullion, “A Novel Compact, Low-cost Impulse Ground Penetrating Radar for Nondestructive Evaluation of Pavements,” to Appear on IEEE Trans. on Instrumentation and Measurement, Dec. 2004.

J.W. Han and C. Nguyen, “Integrated Balanced Sampling Circuit for Ultra-Wideband Communications and Radar Systems,” IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, Oct. 2004.

S.T. Kim and C. Nguyen, “On the Development of a Multifunction Millimeter-Wave Sensor for Displacement Sensing and Low-velocity Measurement,” IEEE Trans. on Microwave Theory and Techniques, Nov. 2004, pp. 2503-2512.

J.S. Park and C. Nguyen, “An Ultra-Wideband Microwave Radar Sensor for Nondestructive Evaluation of Pavement Subsurface,” IEEE Sensors Journal, Dec. 2004.

J.W. Han and C. Nguyen, “Coupled-Slotline-Hybrid Sampling Mixer Integrated with Step-Recovery-Diode Pulse Generator for UWB Applications,” IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques.

C. Nguyen, “Distortion of pulses on a terminated microstrip line of finite length,” 1998 IEEE APS International Symp. , Atlanta, Georgia, June 1998. P.C. Hsu, C. Nguyen, and M. Kintis “Development of wide-band push-pull amplifiers using coplanar waveguide and slotline,” 1998 IEEE AP-S International Symp., Atlanta, Georgia, June 1998.

C. Nguyen, “Microstrip Spurline Band-Pass Filters,” 1999IEEE AP-S International Symposium, Orlando, Florida, July 11-16, 1999.

P.C. Hsu, C. Nguyen, and M. Kintis “A Wide-Band Uniplanar Mixer,” 1999IEEE AP-S International Symposium, Orlando, Florida, July 11-16, 1999.

S. Kunasani and C. Nguyen, “Distortion of Pulses in Cascaded Microstrip Lines,” 1999USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Orlando, Florida, July 11-16, 1999.

J.S. Park, C. Nguyen, and T. Scullion, “An Experimental Study of Pavement Macro exture Using Millimeter-Wave Step-Frequency Radar Technique,” 2000USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, July 16-21, 2000.

S.T. Kim and C. Nguyen, “An Theoretical Investigation of Pavement Surface Roughness Using Millimeter-Wave Interferometry Technique,” 2000USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, July 16-21, 2000.

J.S. Lee and C. Nguyen, “A Novel Integrated Pulse Generator and Balun,” 2000USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, July 16-21, 2000.

J.S. Lee and C. Nguyen, “A Sampling Receiver for Subsurface Sensor,” 2000USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, July 16-21, 2000.

C. Nguyen, “Some Recent Developments of Subsurface and Surface Sensors for NDE f Pavements,” SPIE 6 th International Symposium on NDE for Health Monitoring and Diagnostics, Newport Beach, California, Mar. 4-8, 2001.

C. Nguyen, J.S. Lee, and J.S. Park, “A New Microstrip Horn Antenna for Ultra-Wideband Applications,” 2001 USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Boston, Massachussettes, July 9-13, 2001.

J.S. Lee, C. Nguyen, and T. Scullion, “A New Subnano-Second Pulsed Oscillator for Ultra-Wideband Applications,” 2001 USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Boston, Massachussettes, July 9-13, 2001.

J.S. Lee and C. Nguyen, “A New Printed-Circuit Transmitter for Ultra-Wideband Ground Penetrating Radar,” 2002 IEEE AP-S Int. Symposium, San Antonio, Texas, June 2002. J.S. Park and C. Nguyen, “A Ka-Band Distance-Measurement Sensor” 2002 IEEE AP-S Int. Symposium, San Antonio, Texas, June 2002.

J.S. Lee and C. Nguyen, “Impulse Ground Penetrating Radar for Nodestructive Evaluation of Pavements,” 2002 IEEE MTT-S Int. Symposium, Seattle, Washington, June 2002.

A. I. Benavides, M.E. Everett, C. Pierce and C. Nguyen, “Fractal Properties of Background Noise and Target Signal Enhancement Using CSEM Data,” in Detection and Remediation Technologies for Mines and Minelike Targets VIII, Proc. SPIE, Vol. 5089, pp. 807-817, April 2003.

J.S. Park and C. Nguyen, “An Ultra-Wideband Microwave Radar Sensor for haracterizing Pavement Subsurface,” 2003 IEEE MTT-S Int. Symposium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 2003.

J.S. Park, J.S. Lee and C. Nguyen, “Recent Development of Ultra-Wideband Ground-Penetrating Radar Sensors for NDE of Civil Infrastructures,” 2003 Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS), Honolulu, Hawaii, Oct. 2003.

J.W. Han, M. Miao and C. Nguyen, “Recent Development of SRD- and FET-Based Sub-Nabosecond Pulse Generators for Ultra-Wideband Communications,” 2003 IEEE Topical Conference on Wireless Communication Technologies, Honolulu, Hawaii, Oct. 2003.

S.T. Kim and C. Nguyen, “Millimeter-Wave Interferometric Sensor for Surface Profiling,”IEEE Sensors 2003, Toronto, Canada, Oct. 2003.

J.S. Park and C. Nguyen, “Low-Cost Wideband Millimeter-Wave Antennas with Seamless Connection to Printed Circuits,” 2003 Asia Pacific Microwave Conference, Seoul, Korea, Nov. 2003.

M. Miao and C. Nguyen, “A Uniplanar Picosecond Impulse Generator Based on MESFET and SRD,” 2003 Asia Pacific Microwave Conference, Seoul, Korea, Nov. 2003.

J. Han and C. Nguyen, “Microstrip Impulse Generators with Tunable Pulse Duration for Ultra-Wideband Applications,” 2003 Asia Pacific Microwave Conference, Seoul, Korea, Nov. 2003.

M. Everett and C. Nguyen, “Multi-RX System for Buried UXO Discrimination,” Partners inEnvironmentalTechnology Symposium, Washington, D.C., December 2003.

X. Guan, Y. Jin, C. Nguyen and M. Everett, “Multi-Sensor EMI System Prototypes for UXO Detection and Classifcation,” 2004 UXO-Countermine Forum, St. Louis, Missouri, Mar. 2004.

J. S. Park and C. Nguyen, “Development of a Microwave Synthetic-Pulse Sensor for NDE of Civil Infrastructures,” SPIE 9 th Annual International Symposium on NDE for Health Monitoring and Diagnostics, San Diego, California, Mar. 2004.

S.T. Kim and C. Nguyen, “Millimeter-Wave Doppler Velocimetry for Low-Velocity Measurement,” 2004 IEEE MTT-S Int. Microwave Symposium, Dallas, Texas, June 2004.