Professor Cheng recevied his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. His research interests include Wireless Communications, Intelligent Transportation Systems, Biomedical Imaging, and RF systems. His research on Mobile-to-mobile vehicular networks aims to equip the vehicles with inexpensive wireless on-board units to allow peer-to-peer dedicated short range information exchange between high-speed vehicle nodes in rapidly changing environments. He constructed ubiquitous systems consisting of wirelessly-enabled collaborating devices for on-board chipset/radio development. He has also conducted research to make coherence Tomography imaging systems compatible with fluorescence and to achieve multi-spectral imaging with high resolution. He developed novel CT/MRI imaging techniques that improve the quality of images reconstructed under constrained acquisition (low-dosage, noisy, incomplete, etc).

Professor Cheng encourages students to examine a broad range of scientific problems and appropriate technologies to meet human needs. He is interested in engaging students to explore connections between various disciplines, and to link classroom learning with hands-on research experience.