Michigan Technological University

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Chunxiao (Tricia) Chigan

Chunxiao (Tricia) Chigan

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Associate Professor

  • PhD, Electrical Engineering, State University of New York
  • MS, Electrical Engineering, State University of New York
  • MS, Biomedical Engineering & Instrumentation, University of Science & Technology of China

Biography

Chunxiao (Tricia) Chigan is presently an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at Michigan Tech. Her research interests include vehicular ad hoc networks, wireless ad hoc and sensor networks, wireless network security, adaptive network protocol design for cognitive radio networks, dependable computing and communication systems, and network resource allocation and management. Chigan’s research is sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the US Army Communications-Electronics Research Development and Engineering Center (CERDEC), the US Army Research Lab (ARL), as well as the Innovation Center of EATON Corp. Prior to joining Michigan Tech’s faculty, Chigan was a visiting scholar with the department of High Performance Communications System at Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies, in Holmdel, New Jersey. She received her MS and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering from the State University of New York, Stony Brook, in 2000 and 2002, respectively. Chigan is a past recipient of the Michigan Tech Research Excellent Fund (REF) Award (2004) and the National Science Foundation CAREER Award (2007).

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Areas of Interest

  • Vehicular Ad Hoc Networking (VANET)
  • Wireless ad hoc networks and sensor networks
  • Cognitive radio networking and its security
  • Wireless network security
  • Dependable computing and communication systems
  • Network resource allocation and management

Recent Publications

  • Z. Li, Z. Wang, and C. Chigan, “Security of Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks in Intelligent Transportation Systems,” in Wireless Technologies for Intelligent Transportation Systems, Nova Science Publishers, 2009 (in press).
  • C. Zou, C. Chigan, Z. Tian, “Unified MAC Framework and Designs for Cognitive Radio Networks”, invited publication in the book of Cognitive Radio Networks, to be published by Auerbach Publications, CRC Press 2008.
  • Z. Li, C. Liu, C. Chigan, “GPAS: A General-Purpose Automatic Survey System Based on Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks”, IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine (accepted)
  • Z. Li, C. Chigan, “LEAPER: A Lightweight Reliable and Faithful Data Packet Relaying Framework for VANETs“, Elsevier Journal of Ad Hoc Networks (in press).
  • Z. Li, C. Chigan, “RAMV: Resource-Aware Message Verification in VANETs”, Wiley Journal of Security and Communication Networks (in press)
  • C. Zou, C. Chigan, "On Game Theoretic DSA-Driven MAC for Cognitive Radio Networks", Elsevier Journal of Computer Communications (in press).
  • C. Zou, C. Chigan, "On Anonymous On-Demand Source Routing in MANETs", Wiley’s Journal of Security and Communication Networks (in press).

Recent Funding

  • (Awarded & Current) National Science Foundation (NSF): “CNS-1017887: Security Provisioning for Cognitive Radio Networks” (PI: $472,267). July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2013.
  • (Awarded & Current) National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award: “CNS-0644056: Research on Real-time Robust and Secure Communications for Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks” (PI: $400,000). May 15, 2007 through April 30, 2012.
  • (Awarded & Completed) US Army Research Laboratory (ARL) Research Grant: “Improved Atmospheric Sensing, Laser Beam Control, and Novel Sensors for Communications, Logistics, and Surveillance” (Co-PI; Chigan’s portion: $113,224; w/ M. Roggemann, S. Zekavat, J. Tan, Z. Tian, and T. Schultz at Michigan Tech; Total budget: $1,595,000). July 2006 through June 2009.
  • (Awarded & Completed) US Army Communications-Electronics Research Development & Engineering Center (CERDEC) Research Grant: “Radio Frequency and Optical Networking of RFID Tags and Environmental Sensors, Research, and Laboratory Support” (Co-PI; Chigan’s portion: $94,603; w/ M. Roggemann, J. Tan, and Z. Tian at Michigan Tech; Total budget: $400,000). July 2006 through Aug. 2009.
  • (Awarded & Completed) Research Fund from the Innovation Center of Eaton Corporation: “Design and Simulation of Routing Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks” (PI: $19,432). April 2005 through March 2006.
  • (Awarded & Completed) Michigan Tech Research Excellence Fund (REF) Award: “Security Framework for Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks” (PI: $35,000). July 2004 through June 2006.
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