Dr. Xinrong Li

Professor

University of North Texas

Department of Electrical Engineering

(940) 891-6875

Email: xinrong.li@unt.edu

Education

PhD, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 2003

Major: Electrical Engineering
MS, National University of Singapore, 1999

Major: Electrical Engineering
BE, University of Science and Technology of China, 1995

Major: Automatic Control

Professional Positions

Academic - Post-Secondary

Professor, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2024 - Present).
Associate Department Chair, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2023 - Present).
Associate Professor, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2010 - 2024).
Interim Department Chair, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2022 - 2023).
Associate Department Chair, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2014 - 2022).
Assistant Professor, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2004 - 2010).
Post-doc Research Fellow, Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Worcester Polytechnic Institute. (2003 - 2004).

Professional Memberships

IEEE. (2004 - Present).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

University of North Texas

CSCE 5934 - Directed Study, 3 courses.
CSCE 5950 - Master's Thesis, 3 courses.
CSCE 6940 - Individual Research, 3 courses.
CSCE 6950 - Doctoral Dissertation, 3 courses.
CSCI 2980 - Experimental Course, 1 course.
EENG 2610 - Circuit Analysis, 14 courses.
EENG 2910 - Project III (Circuit Design and Analysis Using SPICE), 1 course.
EENG 2920 - Project IV (CAD Tools and Design), 1 course.
EENG 3910 - Embedded System Design Project, 28 courses.
EENG 3920 - Project VI : Modern Communication System Design, 1 course.
EENG 4900 - Special Problems in Electrical Engineering, 1 course.
EENG 4920 - Cooperative Education in Electrical Engineering, 2 courses.
EENG 5610 - Digital Signal Processing, 17 courses.
EENG 5620 - Statistical Signal Processing, 6 courses.
EENG 5890 - Directed Study, 26 courses.
EENG 5900 - Special Problems, 2 courses.
EENG 5932 - Internship, 18 courses.
EENG 5950 - Master's Thesis, 24 courses.
EENG 6900 - Special Problems, 1 course.
EENG 6940 - Individual Research, 9 courses.
EENG 6950 - Doctoral Dissertation, 19 courses.

Directed Student Learning

Postdoctoral Research Supervision, Electrical Engineering. (November 2023).
Doctoral Advisory Committee Chair, Electrical Engineering. (August 2023).
Other (Undergraduate Research), Electrical Engineering. (August 2023).
Doctoral Advisory Committee Chair, Electrical Engineering. (June 2023).
Doctoral Advisory Committee Chair, Electrical Engineering. (September 2022).
Doctoral Advisory Committee Member, Electrical Engineering. (September 2022).
Doctoral Advisory Committee Chair, Electrical Engineering. (January 2021).
Doctoral Advisory Committee Chair, Electrical Engineering. (September 2019).
Doctoral Advisory Committee Member, Mechanical and Energy Engineering. (September 2018).
Doctoral Advisory Committee Chair, Electrical Engineering. (September 2016).
Other (Senior Design Faculty Advisor), Electrical Engineering. (January 2023 - December 2023).
Major Professor, Electrical Engineering. (September 2022 - December 2023).
Doctoral Advisory Committee Chair, Electrical Engineering. (January 2021 - May 2023).
Other (Senior Design Faculty Advisor), Electrical Engineering. (January 2022 - December 2022).
Doctoral Advisory Committee Chair, Electrical Engineering. (September 2017 - December 2022).
Doctoral Advisory Committee Member, Electrical Engineering. (September 2016 - August 2022).
Doctoral Advisory Committee Member, Electrical Engineering. (September 2018 - May 2022).
Doctoral Advisory Committee Member, Electrical Engineering. (September 2016 - May 2022).
Other (Senior Design Faculty Advisor), Electrical Engineering. (January 2021 - December 2021).
Doctoral Advisory Committee Member, Mechanical and Energy Engineering. (2018 - 2021).
Doctoral Advisory Committee Member, Electrical Engineering. (September 2017 - December 2021).
Master's Thesis Committee Member, Electrical Engineering. (2019 - August 2021).
Other (Senior Design Faculty Advisor), Electrical Engineering. (September 2020 - May 2021).
Master's Thesis Committee Member, Electrical Engineering. (2017 - May 2021).
Doctoral Advisory Committee Member, Electrical Engineering. (September 2018 - December 2020).
Doctoral Advisory Committee Member, Electrical Engineering. (January 2018 - December 2020).
Other (Senior Design Faculty Advisor), Electrical Engineering. (September 2019 - May 2020).
Other (Senior Design Faculty Advisor), Electrical Engineering. (September 2019 - May 2020).
Doctoral Advisory Committee Member, Electrical Engineering. (September 2018 - May 2020).
Master's Thesis Committee Member, Electrical Engineering. (September 2018 - May 2020).
Doctoral Advisory Committee Member, Electrical Engineering. (September 2016 - May 2020).
Doctoral Advisory Committee Member, Electrical Engineering. (January 2016 - May 2020).
Doctoral Advisory Committee Member, Electrical Engineering. (September 2015 - May 2020).
Doctoral Advisory Committee Chair, Electrical Engineering. (September 2015 - December 2019).
Other (Senior Design Faculty Advisor), Electrical Engineering. (September 2018 - May 2019).
Other (Senior Design Faculty Advisor), Electrical Engineering. (September 2018 - May 2019).
Other (Senior Design Faculty Advisor), Electrical Engineering. (January 2018 - December 2018).
Major Professor, Electrical Engineering. (September 2016 - December 2018).
Major Professor, Electrical Engineering. (September 2016 - December 2018).
Master's Thesis Committee Member, Electrical Engineering. (September 2016 - December 2018).
Doctoral Advisory Committee Chair, Electrical Engineering. (September 2015 - December 2018).
Doctoral Advisory Committee Member, Electrical Engineering. (January 2012 - December 2018).
Master's Thesis Committee Member, Electrical Engineering. (September 2016 - August 2018).
Other (Senior Design Faculty Advisor), Electrical Engineering. (September 2017 - May 2018).
Major Professor, Electrical Engineering. (January 2017 - May 2018).
Doctoral Advisory Committee Member, Electrical Engineering. (January 2015 - December 2017).
Major Professor, Electrical Engineering. (September 2015 - August 2017).
Other (Senior Design Faculty Advisor), Electrical Engineering. (September 2016 - May 2017).
Other (Senior Design Faculty Advisor), Electrical Engineering. (September 2016 - May 2017).
Other (Senior Design Faculty Advisor), Electrical Engineering. (September 2016 - May 2017).
Major Professor, Electrical Engineering. (September 2015 - May 2017).
Major Professor, Electrical Engineering. (2015 - 2016).
Other (Senior Design Faculty Advisor), Electrical Engineering. (January 2016 - August 2016).
Other (Senior Design Faculty Advisor), Electrical Engineering. (September 2015 - May 2016).
Other (Senior Design Faculty Advisor), Electrical Engineering. (September 2015 - May 2016).
Other (Senior Design Faculty Advisor), Electrical Engineering. (September 2015 - May 2016).
Major Professor, Electrical Engineering. (January 2014 - May 2016).
Other (Senior Design Faculty Advisor), Electrical Engineering. (January 2015 - December 2015).
Other (Senior Design Faculty Advisor), Electrical Engineering. (January 2015 - August 2015).
Major Professor, Electrical Engineering. (September 2013 - May 2015).
Other (Co-Major Professor), "Thesis," Electrical Engineering. (2009 - 2011).
Major Professor, "Thesis," Electrical Engineering. (2009 - 2011).
Master's Thesis Committee Co-Chair, "Thesis," Electrical Engineering. (2009 - 2010).
Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "Thesis," Electrical Engineering. (2007 - 2010).
Doctoral Advisory Committee Chair, "Dissertation," Computer Science and Engineering. (2005 - 2010).
Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "Project," Electrical Engineering. (2008 - 2009).
Major Professor, "Project," Electrical Engineering. (2007 - 2009).
Major Professor, "Project," Electrical Engineering. (2006 - 2007).
Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "Thesis," Electrical Engineering. (2005 - 2006).

Awards and Honors

First Place Best Paper Award, IEEE International Conference on Internet of Things and Intelligence Systems. (November 2022).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

Book Chapter

Li, H., Luo, H., Zhao, F., Li, X. (2015). TACO: A traceback algorithm based on ant colony optimization for geomagnetic positioning. Advances in Wireless Sensor Networks. Springer.
Yang, J., Li, X. (2007). Bayesian indoor positioning methods. Encyclopedia of Geographical Information Science. Springer.
Pahlavan, K., Beneat, J., Li, X. (2003). Trends in wireless indoor networks. Wiley Encyclopedia of Telecommunications. John Wiley & Sons.
Pahlavan, K., Li, X., Ylianttila, M., Latva-aho, M. (2000). Wireless data communication systems. Wireless Communication Technologies - New Multimedia Systems. Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Conference Proceeding

Yadav, S., Le, T., Dong, S., Fan, H., Yang, Q., Qiu, C., Li, X., Huang, Y. A New Simulation Platform For Learning-Empowered Distributed Sensing. SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing 2024.
Locke, W., Lokhmachev, N., Huang, Y., Li, X. (2023). Radio map estimation with deep dual path autoencoders and skip connection learning. IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC).
Chidurala, V., Wang, X., Li, X., Hamner, J. (2022). IoT based Sensor System Design for Real-Time Non-Intrusive Occupancy Monitoring. IEEE International Conference on Internet of Things and Intelligence Systems (IoTaIS).
Zhou, M., Gu, Y., Li, X., Fu, S., Arigong, B. (2018). A symmetrical two-way power divider with impedance transforming property. IEEE Texas Symposium on Wireless and Microwave Circuits and Systems (WMCS).
Grabner, M., Li, X., Fu, S. (2018). Low complexity dynamic soft-output sphere decoding based on LLR clipping and scaled Euclidean distances. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC).
Grabner, M., Li, X., Fu, S. (2018). Performance of perfect space-time codes under linear MMSE equalization and BLAST based decoding for large data rates. IEEE Texas Symposium on Wireless and Microwave Circuits and Systems (WMCS)).
Du, W., Yao, L., Wu, D., Li, X., Liu, G., Yang, T. (2018). Accelerated distributed energy management for microgrids. IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting.
Grabner, M.J., Li, X., Fu, S. (2017). A novel soft-output decoding method for integer space-time block codes. IEEE Texas Symposium on Wireless and Microwave Circuits and Systems (WMCS).
Ying, J., Pahlavan, K., Li, X. (2017). Precision of RSS-based indoor geolocation in IoT applications. IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC).
Smith, J., Li, X. (2016). AirSniffer: A smartphone-based sensor system for body area climate and air quality monitoring. IEEE International Symposium on Medical Information and Communication Technology (ISMICT).
Abraham, S., Li, X. (2014). A cost-effective wireless sensor network system for indoor air quality monitoring applications. International Conference on Future Networks and Communications (FNC).
Ayeh, E., Namuduri, K., Li, X. (2014). Performance evaluation of eigenvalue-based detection strategies in a sensor network. IEEE ICC - Signal Processing for Communications Symposium.
Ferdoush, S., Li, X. (2014). Wireless sensor network system design using Raspberry Pi and Arduino for environmental monitoring applications. International Conference on Future Networks and Communications (FNC).
Ayeh, E., Namuduri, K., Li, X. (2013). Statistical ranking of sensor observations for centralized detection with distributed sensors. IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP).
Katragadda, V., Bokshi, M., Wan, Y., Li, X. (2012). An interactive tool to investigate the inference performance of network dynamics from data. AIAA Infotech Conference.
Li, X. (2012). Collaborative localization and tracking in wireless sensor networks. Invitational Workshop on Opportunistic RF Localization for Next Generation Wireless Devices.
Kamineni, N., Li, X. (2010). Analysis of anti-collision multi-tag identification algorithms in passive RFID systems. International Conference on Computing, Communication and Networking Technologies (ICCCNT).
Yang, J., Li, X. (2010). Design and implementation of low-power wireless sensor networks for environmental monitoring. IEEE International Conference on Wireless Communications, Networking and Information Security (WCNIS).
Subbu, K., Li, X. (2010). SFRP: A selective flooding-based routing protocol for clustered wireless sensor networks. IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS).

Journal Article

Smith, L.M., Cao, Y., Shi, S.Q., Li, X., Zhao, W. (2023). Modeling of gas production during pyrolysis of biomass with triple gaussian function. Industrial Crops and Products. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S092666902301453X?dgcid=coauthor
Smith, L.M., Cao, Y., Shi, S.Q., Li, X., Zhao, W. (2023). Modeling of gas production during pyrolysis of biomass with triple gaussian function. Industrial Crops and Products. 206 117688. Elsevier.
Chavez-Tolentino, C., Li, X., Siller Carrillo, H.R., Sadat, H. (2023). Aerodynamic behavior and acoustic signature of propellers fabricated by additive manufacturing. International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. 129 3403-3412. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00170-023-12529-0
Kim, G., Lee, H., Li, X., Chae, S. (2023). Secrecy Outage Probability and Secrecy Diversity Order of Alamouti STBC With Decision Feedback Detection Over Time-Selective Fading Channels. IEICE Electronics Express.
Smith, L.M., Mandal, S., Cao, Y., Hu, J., Xia, C., Shi, S.Q., Li, X., Zhang, H., Calderon, J. (2022). Impact of gas concentrations on the self-activation of southern yellow pine during the pyrolysis process. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery.
Chidurala, V., Li, X. (2022). Detection of Moving Objects Using Thermal Imaging Sensors for Occupancy Estimation. Internet of Things. Elsevier.
Li, X., Wang, X., Yang, Q., Fu, S. (2021). Signal Processing for TDM MIMO FMCW Millimeter-Wave Radar Sensors. IEEE Access. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3137387
Cao, Y., Kandula, H., Li, X. (2021). Measurement and Analysis of RSS Using Bluetooth Mesh Network for Localization Applications. Network. 1 (3) MDPI. https://www.mdpi.com/2673-8732/1/3/18
Chidurala, V., Li, X. (2021). Occupancy estimation using thermal imaging sensors and machine learning algorithms. IEEE Sensors. 21 (6) IEEE. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9314180
Charania, I., Li, X. (2020). Smart Farming: Agriculture's Shift from a Labor Intensive to Technology Native Industry. Internet of Things. 9 Elsevier. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2542660519302471
Ruprecht, N.A., Li, X. (2019). Implementation of compressive sampling for wireless sensor network applications. International Journal of Sensor Networks. 31 (4) Inderscience Enterprises Ltd..
Abraham, S., Li, X. (2016). Design of a low-cost wireless indoor air quality sensor network system. International Journal of Wireless Information Networks.
Yang, J., Li, X. (2014). Time synchronization algorithms in low-cost wireless sensor network systems. International Journal of Wireless Information Networks.
Kim, S., Kim, Y., Li, X., Kang, J. (2013). Orthogonal pulse design in consideration of FCC and IEEE 802.15.4a constraints. IEEE Communications Letters.
Zhu, H., Li, X., Xu, Y., Li, X. (2012). An energy-efficient link quality monitoring scheme for wireless networks. Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing.
An, Z., Zhu, H., Li, X., Xu, C., Xu, Y., Li, X. (2011). Non-identical linear pulse-coupled oscillators model with application to time synchronization in wireless sensor networks. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics.
Li, X. (2010). Collaborative multi-sensor tracking in mobile wireless sensor networks. International Journal of Sensor Networks.
Yang, J., Zhang, C., Li, X., Huang, Y., Fu, S., Acevedo, M.F. (2010). Integration of wireless sensor networks in environmental monitoring cyber infrastructure. Wireless Networks. 16 (4) 1091--1108. Springer US.
Li, X., Yang, J. (2010). Posterior Cramer-Rao bound for collaborative multi-sensor tracking in wireless sensor networks.
Harrington, B., Huang, Y., Yang, J., Li, X. (2009). Energy efficient map interpolation for sensor fields using Kriging. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing.
Li, X. (2007). Collaborative localization with received signal strength in wireless sensor networks. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology.
Alsindi, N., Pahlavan, K., Li, X. (2007). Analysis of time of arrival estimation using wideband measurements of indoor radio propagations. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement.
Li, X. (2006). RSS-based location estimation with unknown pathloss model. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications.
Alavi, B., Pahlavan, K., Alsindi, N., Li, X. (2006). Using UWB measurements for statistical analysis of the ranging error in indoor multipath environment.
Ghazizahedi, A., Li, X., Pahlavan, K. (2005). Trends in IEEE 802.11 WLANs.
Li, X., Pahlavan, K. (2004). Super-resolution TOA estimation with diversity for indoor geolocation. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications.
Tang, X., Thng, I.L., Li, X. (2003). A new digital approach to design 3D CAP waveforms. IEEE Transactions on Communications.
Pahlavan, K., Li, X., Makela, J. (2002). Indoor geolocation science and technology. IEEE Communications Magazine.
Zhu, M., Wang, J., Li, X. (1997). Complex system modeling using BP neural networks. Computer Simulation.

Special Issue Editorial

Jin, Y., Gao, H., Hu, T., Li, X. (2020). Special Issue on AI-Driven Smart Networking and Communication for Personal Internet of Things: Part II. International Journal of Wireless Information Networks. 27 Springer.
Jin, Y., Gao, H., Hu, T., Li, X. (2019). Special Issue on AI-Driven Smart Networking and Communication for Personal Internet of Things: Part I. International Journal of Wireless Information Networks. 26 Springer.
Xu, Z., Liu, Y., Li, X. (2018). Special Issue on Selected Technologies and Applications in Wireless Communications for Smart City Computing. International Journal of Wireless Information Networks. 25 Springer.
Hamalainen, M., Li, X. (2017). Recent advances in body area network technology and applications. International Journal of Wireless Information Networks. Springer.
Li, X., Alsindi, N. (2013). Recent advances in indoor geolocation techniques. International Journal of Wireless Information Networks. 20 Springer.
Xu, C., Xu, Y., Li, X., Zhu, H., Han, G. (2013). Distributed Middleware of Large-Scale Wireless Networks. International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks. 9 SAGE Publications.
Valaee, S., Li, X. (2012). Recent advances in wireless localization technologies. International Journal of Wireless Information Networks. 19 Springer.

Presentations Given

Oral Presentation

Emadi, C. (Author & Presenter), Dos Santos Neto, F. (Author & Presenter), Mager, E.M. (Author), Smithers, B. (Author), Li, X. (Author), Acevedo, M.F. (Author), Water Innovations and Networking Workshop, Desalination Concentrate as a Potential Resource for Inland Aquaculture, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Alamogordo, NM, United States of America. (2023 - 2023).
Li, X. (Author), IEEE Symposium on Unmanned Air Transportation, Versatile Platform for Measuring UAS Aerodynamics and Aeroacoustics Characteristics, United States of America. (2019 - 2019).

Poster

Acevedo, M.F. (Author & Presenter), Li, X. (Author), Mager, E.M. (Author & Presenter), Smithers, B. (Author & Presenter), 2024 NSF Cyber-Physical Systems Principal Investigators' Meeting, Integrating sensors, controls, and ecotoxicology with decoupled aquaponics using brackish groundwater and desalination concentrate for sustainable food production, National Science Foundation, Nashville, TN, United States of America. (2024).
Cao, Y. (Author), Li, X. (Author), IEEE Symposium on Unmanned Air Transportation, BLE mesh network for swarm robotics, United States of America. (2019 - 2019).
Chidurala, V. (Author), Li, X. (Author), IEEE Symposium on Unmanned Air Transportation, Occupancy estimation with IR array sensors and ML algorithms for smart building applications, United States of America. (2019 - 2019).

Media Contributions

Internet

"UNT experts ranked among world’s most cited for 2023," UNT Research and Innovation. (January 2024).
"Engineering team advancing cognitive distributed sensing with U.S. Army grant," UNT Research and Innovation. (September 13, 2023).
"UNT part of national NSF-funded effort to develop new vehicle technologies," UNT News. (May 18, 2023).
"UNT researchers studying sustainable food production methods," UNT Research and Innovation. (April 10, 2023).
"UNT and COMSovereign to Collaborate on 5G Edge-Centric Research Platform for Advanced Air Mobility and More," Dallas Innovates. (February 21, 2023).
"COMSovereign and the University of North Texas Collaborate on 5G Edge-Centric Hosted Infrastructure Test Platform Under Newly Issued State Research Grant," PR Newswire. (February 21, 2023).
"UNT faculty named among the world’s most cited researchers," UNT Research News. (November 2022).
"Safer Air, Safer Streets: North Texas Center for Mobility Technologies Announces First Two Fundings," Dallas Innovates. (July 2021).
"UNT researchers among world’s top 2% of scientists on Stanford University list," UNT News. (April 2021).
"LaunchPad unleashes UNT student creativity," Texas Instruments E2E Blogs. (December 2014).

Contracts, Grants, Sponsored Research

Contract

Li, X. (Principal), Namuduri, K. (Co-Principal), "CMT 2-2021, Research and Development of Edge-Centric Hosted 5G Infrastructure Test Platform," sponsored by NCTCOG & COMSovereign Holdings, LLC, National, $375000 Funded. (2022 - 2024).

Grant - Research

Li, X. (Co-Principal), Fu, S. (Principal), Yang, Q. (Co-Principal), Ding, J. (Co-Principal), "IUCRC Phase I: Center for Electric, Connected and Autonomous Technologies for Mobility (eCAT)," sponsored by NSF, Federal, $750000 Funded. (2023 - 2028).
Acevedo, M.F. (Principal), Mager, E.M. (Co-Principal), Li, X. (Co-Principal), "CPS: Medium: Integrating sensors, controls, and ecotoxicology with decoupled aquaponics using brackish groundwater and desalination concentrate for sustainable food production," sponsored by United States Department of Agriculture, Federal, $1000000 Funded. (2023 - 2025).
Huang, Y. (Principal), Li, X. (Co-Principal), Yang, Q. (Co-Principal), Fan, H. (Co-Principal), Qiu, C. (Co-Principal), Wei, Y. (Co-Principal), Baba, A.I. (Supporting), "Intelligent Distributed Sensing," sponsored by Army Research Lab/Northeastern University, Federal, $902266 Funded. (2024 - 2025).
Li, X. (Principal), Luyen, H.T. (Co-Principal), Huang, Y. (Co-Principal), Derryberry, R.T. (Supporting), "Novel Beamforming and Directional Communication Development," sponsored by Army Research Lab/Northeastern University, Federal, $397734 Funded. (2024 - 2025).
Li, X. (Principal), Luyen, H.T. (Co-Principal), Huang, Y. (Co-Principal), Derryberry, R.T. (Supporting), "Empowering Directional Communications with Hybrid Beamforming and Deep Learning," sponsored by Army Research Lab/Northeastern University, Federal, $1694437 Funded. (2023 - 2024).
Huang, Y. (Principal), Li, X. (Co-Principal), Yang, Q. (Co-Principal), Fan, H. (Co-Principal), Qiu, C. (Co-Principal), Wei, Y. (Co-Principal), Baba, A.I. (Supporting), "Learning Empowered Distributed Sensing," sponsored by Army Research Lab/Northeastern University, Federal, $2069324 Funded. (2023 - 2024).
Fu, S. (Principal), Yang, Q. (Co-Principal), Li, X. (Co-Principal), "IUCRC Planning Grant University of North Texas: Center for Electric, Connected and Autonomous Technologies for Mobility (eCAT)," sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $20000 Funded. (2021 - 2022).
Li, X. (Other), "RET Site: Research Experiences for Teachers in Sensor Networks," sponsored by NSF, Federal, $492043 Funded. (2011 - 2015).
Li, X. (Principal), "Modeling, Simulation, and Design of Automotive Control Systems," sponsored by Peterbilt Inc., Local, $5519 Funded. (2014 - 2014).
Yang, Q. (Co-Principal), Fu, S. (Principal), Li, X. (Co-Principal), "IUCRC Planning Grant University of North Texas: Center for Electric, Connected and Autonomous Technologies for Mobility (eCAT)," sponsored by National Science Foundation, FED, Funded. (2021 - 2022).
Fu, S. (Principal), Yang, Q. (Co-Principal), Li, X. (Co-Principal), "IUCRC Preliminary Proposal Planning Grant University of North Texas: Center for Electric, Connected and Autonomous Technologies for Mobility (eCAT)," sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, Funded. (2020 - 2021).

Grant - Teaching

Li, X. (Principal), "Integration of TI Robotics Systems Learning Kit in EE Courses," sponsored by Texas Instrument, Private, $40000 Funded. (2019 - 2020).
Li, X. (Principal), "Integration of TI Robotics Systems Learning Kit in EE Courses," sponsored by Texas Instrument, Private, Funded. (2019 - 2020).

Service

University Service

Committee Chair, Grade Appeal Committee. (September 2023 - Present).
Other (Associate Department Chair), Department of Electrical Engineering. (June 2023 - Present).
Committee Member, EE Personnel Affairs Committee. (June 2023 - Present).
Faculty Mentor, Mentor of Junior Faculty. (September 2021 - Present).
Director, EE Grad-Track Pathway program. (September 2014 - Present).
Chairperson, Department of Electrical Engineering. (July 2022 - June 2023).
Committee Chair, EE Faculty Search Committee. (September 2021 - August 2022).
Committee Member, Digital Systems Track Committee. (January 2021 - July 2022).
Committee Member, EE Graduate Program Committee. (September 2019 - July 2022).
Committee Member, EE Laboratories Committee. (September 2019 - July 2022).
Director, EE Ph.D. Program. (September 2015 - July 2022).
Other (Associate Chair), Department of Electrical Engineering. (September 2014 - July 2022).
Committee Member, EE Personnel Affairs Committee. (September 2010 - July 2022).
Committee Member, CENG Graduate Curriculum Committee. (September 2016 - August 2019).
Committee Chair, EE Graduate Program Committee. (September 2016 - August 2019).
Committee Chair, EE Faculty Search Committee. (September 2015 - August 2017).
Committee Member, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee. (September 2014 - August 2017).
Committee Member, University Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (UUCC). (September 2011 - August 2017).
Committee Member, EE ABET committee. (September 2007 - August 2017).
Committee Member, EE Graduate Program Committee. (September 2007 - August 2016).
Committee Member, CENG Graduate Curriculum Committee. (September 2014 - August 2015).
Committee Member, EE Faculty Search Committee. (September 2004 - August 2015).

Professional Service

Editor, Journal Editor, MDPI Network Journal. (November 2020 - Present).
Editor, Associate Editor, International Journal of Wireless Information Networks (IJWIN). (2013 - Present).
Other (Technical Program Committee), IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC). (September 2023 - June 2024).
Editor, Guest Editor, MDPI Network Journal. (2022 - January 2024).
Other (Technical Program Committee), IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM). (May 2023 - November 2023).
Other (Technical Program Committee), IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Wireless and Mobile. (January 2023 - October 2023).
Reviewer, Grant Proposal, National Research, Development and Innovation Office of Hungary. (June 2023 - July 2023).
Other (Technical Program Committee member), IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Wireless and Mobile. (2022 - 2022).
Other (Technical Program Committee member), IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM). (2022 - 2022).
Reviewer, Journal Article, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. (2022 - 2022).
Reviewer, Journal Article, International Journal of Wireless Information Networks (IJWIN). (2022 - 2022).
Reviewer, Grant Proposal, Science Foundation Ireland (SFI). (2021 - 2022).
Other (Technical Program Committee member), The 17th International Conference on Future Networks and Communications (FNC). (2021 - 2022).
Other (Review Committee member), The 35th International Conference on VLSI Design & The 21st International Conference on Embedded Systems. (2021 - 2022).
Other (Technical Program Committee member), IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Wireless and Mobile. (2021 - 2021).
Other (Technical Program Committee member), IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM). (2021 - 2021).
Reviewer, Journal Article, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. (2021 - 2021).
Other (Technical Program Committee Member), International Conference on Telecommunications. (2021 - 2021).
Other (Technical Program Committee member), International Conference on Telecommunications (ICT). (2021 - 2021).
Reviewer, Journal Article, International Journal of Wireless Information Networks (IJWIN). (2021 - 2021).
Other (Technical Program Committee member), International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference. (2021 - 2021).
Other (Technical Consultant for DOE SBIR/STTR Program), U.S. Department of Energy. (2021 - 2021).
Other (Technical Program Committee), IEEE 5G World Forum. (2020 - 2020).
Other (Technical Program Committee Member), International Conference on Telecommunications (ICT). (2020 - 2020).
Reviewer, Grant Proposal, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. (January 2020 - February 2020).
Other (Technical Program Committee), IEEE GLOBECOM. (2019 - 2019).
Other (Technical Program Committee), IEEE Int’l Conf. on Communications (ICC). (2019 - 2019).
Other (Technical Program Committee), IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM). (2019 - 2019).
Reviewer, Journal Article, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. (2019 - 2019).
Other (Technical Program Committee), IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC). (2019 - 2019).
Other (Technical Program Committee), International Conference on Future Networks and Communications. (2019 - 2019).
Other (Technical Program Committee), International Conference on Signals and Systems. (2019 - 2019).
Other (Technical Program Committee), Int’l Symposium on Medical Information and Communication Technology (ISMICT). (2019 - 2019).
Other (Technical Program Committee), IEEE 5G World Forum. (2018 - 2018).
Other (Technical Program Committees Member), IEEE GLOBECOM. (2018 - 2018).
Other (Technical Program Committee), IEEE Int’l Conf. on Communications (ICC). (2018 - 2018).
Reviewer, Journal Article, IEEE Trans. on Mobile Computing. (2018 - 2018).
Other (Technical Program Committee), Int’l Symposium on Medical Information and Communication Technology (ISMICT). (2018 - 2018).
Other (Technical Program Committees Member), Int’l Symposium on Ubiquitous Networking (UNet). (2018 - 2018).
Reviewer, Grant Proposal, Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). (2018 - 2018).
Other (Technical Program Committees Member), IEEE GLOBECOM. (2017 - 2017).
Other (Technical Program Committees Member), IEEE Int’l Conf. on Communication, Networks and Satellite (COMNETSAT), 2017. (2017 - 2017).
Other (Technical Program Committee), IEEE Int’l Conf. on Communications (ICC). (2017 - 2017).
Reviewer, Journal Article, IEEE Trans. on Signal Processing. (2017 - 2017).
Other (Technical Program Committees Member), Int’l Conf. on Control, Electronics, Renewable Energy, and Communications (ICCEREC). (2017 - 2017).
Other (Technical Program Committees), Int’l Conf. on Telecommunications (ICT). (2017 - 2017).
Other (Technical Program Committees Member), Int’l Conf. on Wireless Networks and Mobile Communications (WINCOM). (2017 - 2017).
Other (Technical Program Committees Member), Int’l Symposium on Ubiquitous Networking (UNet). (2017 - 2017).
Other (Technical Program Committees), Asia-Pacific Conference on Communications (APCC). (2016 - 2016).
Other (Technical Program Committees Member), IEEE GLOBECOM. (2016 - 2016).
Other (Technical Program Committee), IEEE Int’l Conf. on Communications (ICC). (2016 - 2016).
Other (Technical Program Committees Member), Int’l Conf. on Connected Vehicles & Expo (ICCVE). (2016 - 2016).
Other (Technical Program Committees), Int’l Conf. on Telecommunications (ICT). (2016 - 2016).
Other (Technical Program Committees Member), Int’l Conf. on Wireless Networks and Mobile Communications (WINCOM). (2016 - 2016).
Other (Technical Program Committees), Int’l Symposium on Medical Information and Communication Technology (ISMICT). (2016 - 2016).
Editor, Associate Editor, IEEE Communication Letters. (2015 - 2015).
Other (Technical Program Committee), IEEE Int’l Conf. on Communications (ICC). (2015 - 2015).
Other (Technical Program Committees Member), Int’l Conf. on Connected Vehicles & Expo (ICCVE). (2015 - 2015).
Other (Technical Program Committees), Int’l Conf. on Telecommunications (ICT). (2015 - 2015).

Consulting

Government, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), United States of America. (2021 - 2021).