Yumin Zhang, Ph.D.

Education

• Ph.D. Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.
• M.S. Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou (China).
• B.S. Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing (China).

Academic Experience

• 2007 - Present
  Southeast Missouri State University
  Assistant/ Associate/ Professor
• 2001 – 2007
  Oklahoma State University, Stillwater
  Assistant Professor
• 2000 – 2001
  University of Wisconsin-Platteville
  Assistant Professor

Awards and Honors

• Teaching Award from College of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (2018-2019)

Books

• Yumin Zhang, Essential Microelectronic Circuits: A student's guide (Second Edition), Institute of Physics Publishing (2025), ISBN-13: 9780750355100
• Yumin Zhang, Essential Analog Electronics Circuits (2023 in Chinese). Tsinghua University Press, ISBN-13: 9787302632542.
• Yumin Zhang, Essential Engineering Thermodynamics: A Student's Guide. Morgan & Claypool (2018). ISBN-13: 978-1681734231.
• Yumin Zhang, The Tao of Microelectronics. IOP Concise Physics (2014). ISBN-13: 978-1627054522.
• Yumin Zhang, Roots and Branches: A Systematic Way of Learning Chinese Characters. Outskirts Press (2013). ISBN-13: 9781478710790

Book Chapters

• Yumin Zhang, “Theory, Experiments and Applications of Chiral Metamaterials”, Chapter 1 in Advances in Materials Science Research, Volume 28, edited by Maryann C. Wythers. Nova Science Publishers, 2017. ISBN-13: 978-1-53610-892-7.
• Yumin Zhang, “Dynamic Systems with Multiple Elements,” chapter 5 in Systems Thinking: Foundation, Uses and Challenges, edited by Moti Frank, Haim Shaked, Sigal Koral-Kordova. Nova Science Publishers, 2016. ISBN-13: 978-1634852234.
• Yumin Zhang, “Transport Process in Nanoscale Transistors,” chapter 10 in Doped Nanomaterials and Nanodevices, edited by Wei Chen. American Scientific Publishers, 2010. ISBN: 978-1588831101.

Best Advice for Students

Life and career are just like a game: they become boring without challenges and frustrating with too many. Enjoyment and fulfillment come from finding the optimal level of challenge. 

Quote

“It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble, it’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so. ”