Song Ci (Click here for Chinese name) is an assistant professor of computer and electronics engineering at the College of Engineering of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He also affiliates the Advanced Telecommunications Engineering Laboratory (TEL) of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, located at the Peter Kiewit Institute, Omaha, NE. He received his B.E. from Shandong University of Technology (now Shandong University), Jinan, China, in 1992, M.E. from Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, in 1998, and Ph.D. from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2002, all in Electrical Engineering. He also worked with China Telecom, Shandong, as a telecommunication engineer from 1992 to 1995, and with Wireless Connectivity Division of 3COM Corporation, Santa Clara, CA, as a R&D co-op in 2001. From 2002 to 2005, he had been an assistant professor of computer science in the University of Michigan-Flint. From 2005 to 2006, he had been an assistant professor of computer science at the University of Massachusetts Boston. He is the recipient of the Alvin D. Loving Junior Faculty Award and Golden Apple Teaching Award (nominated by students) at the University of Michigan-Flint.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering, 2002
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE

Master of Engineering in Information and Signal Processing, 1998
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering, 1992
Shandong University, Jinan, China

Academic Employment

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln, NE, 2006-present
Department of Computer and Electronics Engineering
Assistant Professor

The University of Massachusetts Boston, MA, 2005-2006
Department of Computer Science
Assistant Professor

The University of Michigan-Flint, MI, 2002-2005
Computer Science
Assistant Professor

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, 2001-2002
Department of Computer and Electronics Engineering
Research and Teaching Assistant

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, 1998 – 2001
Department of Electrical Engineering
Research Assistant

Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China, 1995 – 1998
Engineering Research Center of DSP
Research Assistant

Research Affiliation

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, 2002-present
Advanced Telecommunications Engineering Laboratory

Industrial Employment

3COM Corporation, Santa Clara, CA, 2001
Wireless Connectivity Division
R&D Co-op

Microsoft Certified Technical Education Center, Beijing, China, 1997
Microsoft Certified System Engineer
MCSE Instructor (Part time)

China Telecom, Jinan, China, 1992 – 1995
Telecomm. Engineering Division
Telecommunication Engineer