astronomy

Xiuling Li

Xiuling Li is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Xiuling Li rather than just read about it. In short: Xiuling Li is a distinguished electrical and computer engineering professor in the field of nanostructured semiconductor devices. She is currently the Temple Foundation Endowed Professorship No. 3 in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Fellow of the Dow Professor in Chemistry at the University of Texas at Austin.

Key takeaways

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Reproduce the core statement of Xiuling Li from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Xiuling Li is a distinguished electrical and computer engineering professor in the field of nanostructured semiconductor devices. She is currently the Temple Foundation Endowed Professorship No. 3 in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Fellow of the Dow Professor in Chemistry at the University of Texas at Austin. Previously, she was a Donald Biggar Willet Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Interim Director of the Nick Holonyak Jr. Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Education Li attended Peking University and graduated with her B.S in Physical Chemistry in 1986. She attended the University of California, Los Angeles from 1989 to 1993, where she completed her PhD research under the supervision of Nathan S. Lewis.

Career After completing her PhD, Li worked as a postdoctoral research associate at California Institute of Technology from 1994 to 1998 under the supervision of Nathan S. Lewis. In 1994, she began a postdoctoral research position at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign under the supervision of James S. Coleman of the Semiconductor Laser Laboratory at the Nick Holonyak Jr. Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory. At the time, she was the only female engineer working in the MNTL cleanrooms. Li was promoted to research assistant professor at UIUC in 1998, where she remained until 2001.

EpiWorks Inc. In 2001, Li left the university to work as senior engineer at EpiWorks, a semiconductor manufacturing startup in Champaign-Urbana that focuses on developing novel high-performance III-V epitaxial semiconductor materials and devices. In 2003 she was promoted to R&D Manager, where she remained until 2007.

University of Illinois Li returned to the University of Illinois faculty in 2007 with dual appointments as a faculty affiliate in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and assistant professor in electrical and computer engineering. In 2015, she was promoted to full professor and Willet Faculty Scholar; in 2020 she was named the Donald Bigger Willet Professor in Engineering. During her time at UIUC, she was the recipient of numerous faculty and research honors, including Fellow, National Academy of Inventors (2021), Fellow, Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) Academic Leadership Program (2020), fellow, Optical Society of America (2019), fellow, American Physical Society (2018), fellow, IEEE (2017), deputy editor, Applied Physics Letters (2015- ), board of governors, IEEE Photonics Society (2014–2016), Faculty Entrepreneurial Fellow, Inaugural, College of Engineering, UIUC (2015-2016), Campus Excellent Teacher ranked by students, UIUC (2015, 2020), A. T. Yang Research Award, ECE, UIUC (2013), Dean's Award for Excellence in Research, College of Engineering, UIUC (2012), ONR Young Investigator Program Award (2011, 2014), DARPA Young Faculty Award (2009-2011), and NSF Career Award (2008-2013).

University of Texas at Austin In 2021, Li left the University of Illinois and joined the faculty at the University of Texas at Austin with dual appointments as Temple Foundation Endowed Professor #3 in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Fellow of the Dow Professorship in Chemistry.

Research Li's research focuses on novel fabrication and processing for nanostructured semiconductor materials and devices. Some of her notable research innovations include metal assisted chemical etching (MacEtch) and Strain-Induced Self-rolled-up Membranes (S-RuM), in addition to novel techniques in epitaxial growth and metalorganic chemical vapor deposition of III-N materials. Her work with S-RuM has been shown to have many applications for miniaturization of passive components for RF and power applications. She has also contributed to efforts to develop DNA-based data storage devices. Li holds over 20 patents related to MacEtch, S-RuM, and novel semiconductor nanowires. She has published over 160 per-reviewed journal publications, and has written 4 chapters in books. She has also served as editor for numerous journals, including Associate Editor for IEEE Photonics Journal, Guest editor for Journal of Electronic Materials, Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, and Deputy Editor for Applied Physics Letters. She has advised over 18 Ph.D. students and numerous M.S. students and undergraduates.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Xiuling Li

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Xiuling Li claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Xiuling Li before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Xiuling Li ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Xiuling Li

In research: Xiuling Li appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Xiuling Li in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Xiuling Li is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1964 births, American electrical engineers, Fellows of Optica (society), so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Xiuling Li outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Xiuling Li in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
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Frequently asked questions

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Why does Xiuling Li matter?

Because it connects several astronomy ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Xiuling Li?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Xiuling Li.