Siu-Tung Yau, Professor

People at Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Siu-Tung Yau

Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

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Education:

  • B.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California, 1983
  • M.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1986
  • Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1991

Research Interests:

  • Biosensors/Bioelectronics
  • Renewable Energy
  • Nanotechnology

Honors and Awards

  • 2013 Distinguished Faculty Award for Research

Classes Frequently Taught

  • EEC 313 Electronics I
  • EEC 514 Intro to Nanotech
  • EEC 693 / 793 Nano Technology

Recent Publications (List of publications)

  • Y. Choi, G. Wang, M. Nayfeh and S.-T. Yau, "Electrooxidation of organic fuels using ultrasmall silicon nanoparticles",Applied Physics Letters, 93, 164103 (2008).
  • Gang Wang and Siu-Tung Yau “Spatial confinement induced enzyme stability for bioelectronic applications”, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 111, 11921-11926 (2007).
  • Y. Choi, G. Wang and S.-T. Yau, "An electronic composite material with room temperature negative differential resistance", Applied Physics Letters, 89, 233116 (2006).
  • G.Wang, K. Manty, M. Nayfeh and S.-T. Yau, "Amperometric Detection of Bio-Medically Important Substances Using Si29 Particles", Applied Physics Letters, 89, 243901 (2006).
  • G. Wang and S.-T. Yau, "Preserved enzymatic activity of glucose oxidase immobilized on unmodified electrodes for glucose detection", Biosensors and Bioelectronics, accepted.
  • G. Wang and S.-T. Yau, "Preserved enzymatic activity of glucose oxidase immobilized on an unmodified electrode", Electrochemistry Communications, 8, 987-992 (2006).
  • S.-T. Yau, Iris Thai, Ela Strauss, Narender Rana and Gang Wang., "Inlaying nanoscale surface recess structures with nanoscale objects", Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 6, 796-801 (2006).
  • G. Wang and S.-T. Yau, "Enzyme-immobilized Si-SiO2 electrode: fast electron transfer with preserved enzymatic activity", Applied Physics Letters 87, 253901 (2005).
  • S.-T. Yau and G. Qian, "A prototype Protein Field-Effect Transistor", Applied Physics Letters 86, 103508 (2005).
  • E. Strauss, B. Thomas and S.-T. Yau, "Enhancing electron transfer at the cytochrome c-immobilized microelectrode and macroelectrode", Langmuir 20, 8768-8772 (2004).

Projects

  • Electrochemical devices for ultrasensitive detection and renewable energy applications
    • Ultrasensitive biosensing – the enzymatic field-effect transistor
    • Nanoparticle-based (enzymeless) sensors
    • Supercapacitors