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 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

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