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Po T Wang

Academic Education

2000-2003	Diploma, Cypress Falls High School, Houston, Texas
2003-2007	B.S. Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston Texas
2007-2008	M.S. Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine
2008-current	Ph.D. student in Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine
2010-current	Ph.D. candidate in Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine

Work Experience

2001-2002	Laboratory Technician Chemistry, Cypress Falls High School, Houston, Texas Prepared materials for chemistry classes.
2007-2007	Laboratory Assistant Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas Led lab sessions of Electronic Circuits, assisting students in electronic and power audio amplifier designs.
2008-current	Graduate Student Researcher Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine Research in Brain Computer Interface.
2009-2009	Teaching Assistant - BME170-A EEG Lab Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine Supervised and led sessions of undergraduate electroencephalography labs
2011-2011	Teaching Assistant - BME140 Design of Biomedical Electronics Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine Supervised and led sessions of undergraduate biomedical instrumentation labs that led to student-designed of electrocardiography devices. Gave lectures on behalf of the course instructor.
2011-2011	Teaching Assistant - BME150 Bio-transport Phenomena Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine The class involved finite-difference models of heat and mass transport phenomena in biological systems.

Other Experience

2002	Receptionist and Technical Support (volunteer work) Bear Creek Assistance Ministries, Houston, TX Data entry for aid recipient (client) information, answering phone, providing support and minor repair for office equipment, and improving operating procedures of client services.
2008	Webmaster (school) BME240, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine Design and maintenance of a student-run informational website on clinical and medical breakthroughs.
2008-current	System Administrator (school) Center for BioMedical Signal Processing and Computing, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine Maintainence of Linux servers and Windows laboratory computers.

Skills

Human languages:	Fluent in American English and Mandarin Chinese
Computer languages:	MATLAB; TCL; C++; HTML; PHP; Regular Expressions (RegExp); Visual Csharp (C#); LaTeX; Bash scripting; "MS-DOS" scripting
Computer software:	MATLAB and SimuLink; mIRC; Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint; GIMP; IronCAD; Adobe DreamWeaver, PhotoShop, and Premier; Windows XP and 7; Linux (Debian based)
Computer skills:	System and network administration (SOHO scale); malware and virus removal; system and data recovery
Laboratory and technical:	Tissue culture sterile technique; EEG cap mounting; electronic soldering (non-SMD); circuit design and layout (analog electronics)

Awards and Recognitions

2002	First Place Winner, State Level, Science Olympiad
2003	Certificate of Distinction, American Invitational Mathematics Examination
2003	Scholar Award, University Interscholastic League Competition, Texas
2003	College Board AP Scholar with Distinction Award
2003-2004	Helping Hand Award, Disability Support Services, Rice University, Houston, Texas
2006-2007	W. L. Moody, Jr., Scholarships in Engineering
2007-2008	Full financial support and stipend for graduate study, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine
2009-2010	Federal Work Study formula grant
2011-2012	Federal Work Study grant

Memberships

2003	Mu Alpha Theta, National High School Mathematics Club
2009-current	IEEE Student Member IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society

Certifications

2005	Adult CPR / AED, American Red Cross
2008	HIPAA for Healthcare Providers, IRB Human Research protocol, IRB Animal Research protocol, University of California, Irvine

Publications and Conferences

2009 CONF	O. Kuchaiev, P. T. Wang, Z. Nenadic and N. Przulj. Structure of Brain Functional Networks. 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC'09), Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, September 2-6, 2009.
2010 CONF	P. T. Wang, C. E. King, L. Chui, A. Do, and Z. Nenadic. BCI controlled walking simulator for a BCI driven FES device. RESNA 2010 Annual Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, June 26-30, 2010.
2010 CONF	P. T. Wang, C. E. King, L. Chui, A. Do, and Z. Nenadic. Asynchronous brain computer interface control of a walking simulator. Fourth International BCI Meeting, Pacific Grove, California, USA, May 31 - June 4, 2010.
2010 CONF	S.-C. Wu, A.L. Swindlehurst, P.T. Wang, and Z. Nenadic. Mitigating Interference and Highly Correlated Sources in EEG Localization. Proc. of the 33rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
2010 JOURNAL	P.T. Wang, C.E. King, A.H. Do, and Z. Nenadic A durable, low-cost electrogoniometer for dynamic measurement of joint trajectories Med. Eng. Phys. (accepted, DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2010.12.008).
2011 JOURNAL	A.H. Do, P.T. Wang, C.E. King, A. Abiri, and Z. Nenadic Brain-computer interface controlled functional electrical stimulation system for ankle movement J. NeuroEng. Rehabil (accepted)
2011 JOURNAL	S.-C. Wu, A.L. Swindlehurst, P.T. Wang, and Z. Nenadic Mitigating interference and highly correlated sources in EEG localization. (under revision)
2011 JOURNAL	An H Do, Po T Wang, Christine E King, Ahmad Abiri and Zoran Nenadic Brain Computer Interface Controlled Functional Electrical Stimulation System for Ankle Movement Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2011, 8:49 doi:10.1186/1743-0003-8-49
2011 CONF	C.E. King, P.T. Wang, M. Mizuta, D. Reinkensmeyer, A.H. Do, S. Moromugi, and Z. Nenadic Noninvasive brain-computer interface driven hand orthosis Proc. of the 33rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, pp. 5786-5789