Robert Caiming Qiu is a Chair Professor at

Tennessee Technological University Tennessee Technological University (commonly referred to as Tennessee Tech) is a Public university, public research university in Cookeville, Tennessee. It was formerly known as Tennessee Polytechnic Institute, and before that as University of D ...

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. He was named a

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(IEEE) in 2015 for his contributions to

ultra-wideband Ultra-wideband (UWB, ultra wideband, ultra-wide band and ultraband) is a radio technology that can use a very low energy level for short-range, high-bandwidth communications over a large portion of the radio spectrum. UWB has traditional applicat ...

wireless communications Wireless communication (or just wireless, when the context allows) is the transfer of information (''telecommunication'') between two or more points without the use of an electrical conductor, optical fiber or other continuous guided mediu ...

Education and career

Qiu got his B.S. degree in

electrical engineering Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems that use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. It emerged as an identifiable occupation in the l ...

Xidian University Xidian University () is a public university in Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education, and co-funded by the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, SASTIND, and China Electro ...

in 1987. From 1987 to 1990, he studied for his M.S. at the

University of Electronic Science and Technology of China A university () is an institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". Uni ...

, and, after obtaining it, enrolled into a Ph.D. program at

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private university, private research university in New York City, New York, United States. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded in 1832 by Albert Gallatin as a Nondenominational ...

, where he remained until 1995. After graduation, Qiu began working at GTE Labs and by 1997 joined

Bell Labs Nokia Bell Labs, commonly referred to as ''Bell Labs'', is an American industrial research and development company owned by Finnish technology company Nokia. With headquarters located in Murray Hill, New Jersey, Murray Hill, New Jersey, the compa ...

. In 2000, he became a founder and CEO of Wiscom Technologies, before becoming a professor at Tennessee Technological University in 2003. As of 2014, Qui serves as endowed chair professor at

Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) is a public university in Shanghai, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Ministry of Education of China. The university is part of Project 211, Project 98 ...

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* 20th-century births Living people Chinese electrical engineers Xidian University alumni University of Electronic Science and Technology of China alumni New York University alumni Academic staff of Shanghai Jiao Tong University Tennessee Technological University faculty Fellows of the IEEE Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) {{China-engineer-stub