Curriculum Vitae

Education

Stanford University, Stanford, CA September, 1997-2003
Received Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering, September 2003
Thesis:"Feedback linearization of RF Power Amplifiers."
Thesis research carried out under the guidance of Prof. Thomas H. Lee.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA; 1992-1997
Graduated Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, June 1997
Thesis:"An Adaptive Antenna Integrated with Automatic Gain Control for a Receiver Front End."
Thesis research carried out under the guidance of Prof. James K. Roberge at MIT and Dr. Jenshan Lin at Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies.

Graduated Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Minor in Music, June 1996

Honors/Awards

NSF Fellow; Stanford Graduate Fellow; Hertz Foundation Finalist; Bell Laboratories CRFP fellow; 2nd Place in student paper contest, 1997
IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium; private study scholarship for viola, 1992-1996; Burchard Scholar (for achievement in the humanities) 1995; BNR Undergraduate Laboratory Prize, 1994.

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Work Experience

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
September 2004-Present
Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

Aspendos Communications, San Jose, CA
July, 2003-July, 2004
Co-founder and design engineer.

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Books

J. L. Dawson, T. H. Lee, Feedback Linearization of RF Power Amplifiers. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Norwell,
Massachusetts, 2004.

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Publications/Presentations

Listed on separate page

Patents

"Low-Complexity Adaptive Controller," U.S. Patent \#5,940,291

Patent pending: "Local Oscillator Phase Alignment System for Cartesian Feedback Power Amplifiers." Filed September 6, 2001.

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Activities

Viola and violin private study, chamber music performance, swimming, motorcycling.

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