Prof. Dr. Dryver Huston is a Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Vermont (since 1999). He earned his B.S. from the University of Pennsylvania (1980), M.A. from Princeton University (1982), and Ph.D. at Princeton University (1986). He received the Kroepsch-Maurice Excellence in Teaching Award (2012). He is a member of the American Academy of Mechanics, American Concrete Institute, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, American Society of Civil Engineers, etc. His research interests include smart cities and structures, structural health monitoring, subsurface infrastructure sensing, and electromechanical systems.
Prof. Dr. Tian Xia received his B.S. in Electronics and Information Engineering from the Huazhong University of Science and Technology, his M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, and his Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from the University of Rhode Island. In 2003, he joined the University of Vermont and is currently a professor at the Department of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering. He received IBM Faculty Awards three times between 2005 and 2008. He also received the Best Paper Awards in the Journal of Applied Remote Sensing (2021), IEEE System on Chip Conference (2012), and IEEE North Atlantic Test Workshop (NATW) (2005). He is a recipient of the IEEE Green Mountain Section ‘Leadership Award’ (2011) and ‘Faculty of the Year Award’ (2017). In 2022, he received the ‘Excellence in Research Award’ from the College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences (CEMS), the University of Vermont. His research focuses on mixed-signal and radio-frequency (RF) circuits, embedded systems, and their applications for sensing and communications.
