Hanxiang Zhang
- Charles Kummeth Professor, Research Assistant Professor, CEM Research Institute
Contact Info
- Email: hanxiang.zhang@UND.edu
- Office: 701.777.2180
Office Address
CEM Research Institute
Collaborative Energy Complex
2844 Campus Road Stop 8153
Grand Forks, ND 58202-8153
Biography
Dr. Hanxiang Zhang is currently a Research Assistant Professor in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at University of North Dakota (UND). He received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering with the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA in 2025, a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana, USA in 2021.
Before joining UND, he served as a postdoctoral scholar with Florida A&M University-Florida State University (FAMU-FSU) joint College of Engineering, where he worked on the wideband beamforming phased array system for next generation FR3 satellite communication (SATCOM).
- EE435/535 Microwave Circuits Design I (Fall 2026)
- RF/microwave, mmWave circuits, RF antennas
- Beamforming techniques for phased array/radar
- Wideband RF transceiver (TXCVR) module
- Applied electromagnetic components/device
- RF signal processing-based (RFSP) microwave circuits
- Ph.D. - Electrical Engineering, Florida State University, 2025
- M.S. - Electrical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, 2021
- M.S. - Electrical Engineering, Washington State University, 2019
- B.S. - Electronics and Information Science, Huaiyin Normal University, 2016
- Research Assistant Professor, University of North Dakota, Aug. 2026 - Present
- Postdoctoral Scholar, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, July 2025 - July 2026
- Sr. Electrical Engineer, Scotts Miracle-Gro, Dec. 2024 - Jun. 2025
- Graduate Research Assistant, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, Aug. 2021 - Dec. 2024
- Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Notre Dame, Aug. 2019 - May 2021
(Journal Article):
- H. Zhang, H. Yan, H. Tong, et al., "A Fully Reconfigurable RF Vector Modulator based Wideband Phase Shifter for NextG Beamforming Phased Array in Satellite Communications (SATCOM)," arXiv preprint arXiv: 2608.23376, Aug. 2026.
- H. Zhang, S. Z. Pour, et al., "A Low-Cost Monopulse Radar Receiver With Relaxed Angular Ambiguity Estimation via Deep Neural Network Learning Method," in IEEE Transactions on Radar Systems, vol. 4, pp. 956-968, May 2026.
- S. Z. Pour, H. Zhang, P. Liu, et al. "Inverse design and 3D printing of a multiport microwave power splitter: a scalable electromagnetic design framework," in Communications Engineering, vol.5, 53, Feb. 2026.
- M. Uzair, H. Zhang, A. Naseem, B. Arigong, "RF Signal Processing True Time-Delay Beamforming Phased Array," in IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 74, no. 1, pp. 995-1004, Jan. 2026.
- H. Zhang, H. Yan, P. Liu, S. Zolfaghary Pour, B. Arigong, "Real-Time Flexible Temporal Sequence RF Spectrum Sniffer With RF Processing Group Delay Network," in IEEE Microwave and Wireless Technology Letters, vol. 35, no. 8, pp. 1166-1169, Aug. 2025.
- H. Yan, H. Zhang, P. Liu, B. Arigong, "A Switchable Band RF/Analog Processing Single-Sideband Mixer for Distributed Array Phase Synchronization," in IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 73, no. 1, pp. 277-285, Jan. 2025.
- H. Zhang, H. Yan, P. Liu, S. Zolfaghary Pour, B. Arigong. "High-Capacity Multiple-Input Multiple-Output Communication for Internet-of-Things Applications Using 3D Steering Nolen Beamforming Array". Electronics 2024, 13, 2452.
- H. Zhang, H. Ren, P. Liu, H. Yan, B. Arigong, "Tunable 3 × 3 Nolen Matrix Network for Power-Saving Phased Array," in IEEE Microwave and Wireless Technology Letters, vol. 34, no. 8, pp. 995-998, Aug. 2024.
- H. Zhang, H. Ren, Y. Gu, B. Arigong, "A Fully Symmetrical Uni-Planar Microstrip Line Comparator Network for Monopulse Antenna," in IEEE Microwave and Wireless Technology Letters, vol. 33, no. 5, pp. 611-614, May 2023.
- H. Zhang and B. Arigong, "A Novel Frequency Reconfigurable RF Hilbert Transformer for Real-Time Analog Signal Processing," in IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs, vol. 70, no. 4, pp. 1361-1365, April 2023.
- H. Ren, H. Zhang, Y. Jin, Y. Gu, B. Arigong, "A Novel 2-D 3×3 Nolen Matrix for 2-D Beamforming Applications," in IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 67, no. 11, pp. 4622-4631, Nov. 2019.
(Conference Article):
- H. Zhang et al., "A 18:1 Bandwidth 180° Coupler with Wideband Common-Mode Rejection Balun," 2026 IEEE MTT-S Radio Frequency Technology and Techniques Symposium (IMS RFTT), Boston, MA, USA, 2026, pp. 501-504.
- H. Zhang, H. Yan, P. Liu, S. Z. Pour, J. Casamayor and B. Arigong, "A Dual-Band 3 × 3 Nolen Matrix Network with Distinct Progressive Phase Difference," 2025 IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS), San Juan, PR, USA, 2025, pp. 56-59.
- H. Zhang, P. Liu, J. Casamayor, S. Z. Pour, M. Plaisir and B. Arigong, "A Planar Monopulse Comparator Network Design from Port-Transformation Rat-Race Coupler," 2024 IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS), San Antonio, TX, USA, 2024, pp. 64-67.
- H. Zhang and B. Arigong, "A Novel Frequency Reconfigurable Real-Time RF Edge Detector," 2023 IEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium - IMS 2023, San Diego, CA, USA, 2023, pp. 1148-1151.
- H. Zhang, R. Bahr, B. Arigong, "3D-Printed Low-Profile X-Band Tunable Phase Shifter," 2023 IEEE Wireless and Microwave Technology Conference (WAMICON), Melbourne, FL, USA, 2023, pp. 29-32.
- H. Zhang and B. Arigong, "Full 3D Coverage Beamforming Phased Array with Reduced Phase Shifters and Control 2D Tunable 3 × 3 Nolen Matrix," 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Phased Array Systems & Technology (PAST), Waltham, MA, USA, 2022, pp. 1-6.
- H. Zhang et al., "A Microstrip Line Reflection-Type Phase Shifter for 60 GHz Phased Array," 2019 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS), Boston, MA, USA, 2019, pp. 826-829.
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