Dr. Chengli Wei

Associate Professor
College of Humanities and Sciences

cwei@umhb.edu
Davidson 107
同城快约 Box 8008
(254) 295-5035

Chengli Wei received his Ph.D. degree in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Baylor University. Currently, he is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science, Engineering, and Physics at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor.

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Subjects Taught
ENGR 1310: Introduction to Engineering; ENGR 1320: Introduction to Engineering Fundamentals; ENGR 2301: The Effects of Climate Change; ENGR 3137: Digital Logic Design Laboratory; ENGR 3337: Digital Logic Design;ENGR 4320: System Dynamics and Control; ENGR 4330: Engineering Electromagnetics; ENGR 4380: Capstone Design I; ENGR 4381: Capstone Design II.
Degrees Earned
Ph.D. Baylor University, M.E. Nankai University (China), B.E. Tianjin University (China)
Research Interests

Specialty fibers, negative curvature optical fibers, chalcogenide glass optical fibers, photonic crystal fibers, mid-IR supercontinuum generation, nanophotonics, surface plasmon, 2-D materials, simulation, and modeling

Awards & Honors

  • 同城快约 faculty development grants (2019)
  • 同城快约 summer research award (2019)
  • Chinese government award for outstanding self-financed student study abroad (2018)
  • Second place in student competition during Optical Society of America (OSA) annual meeting (2017)
  • Who鈥檚 Who among Students in American Universities and Colleges (2017)
  • Travel award in IEEE Photonics Society Summer Topicals Meeting Series (2015)
  • Baylor travel award to professional meetings (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)

ARCHIVAL JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

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  1. C. Wei, J. T. Young, C. R. Menyuk, and J. Hu, 鈥淭emperature sensor based on liquid-filled negative curvature optical fibers,鈥� OSA Continuum 2, 2123鈥�2130 (2019).
  2. J. O. White, J. T. Young, C. Wei, J. Hu, and C. R. Menyuk, "Seeding fiber amplifiers with piecewise parabolic phase modulation for high SBS thresholds and compact spectra," Opt. Express 27, 2962-2974 (2019)
  3. C. Wei, C. R. Menyuk, and J. Hu, 鈥淕eometry of chalcogenide negative curvature fibers for CO2 laser transmission,鈥� Fibers 6, 74 (2018).
  4. C. Wei, C. R. Menyuk, and J. Hu, 鈥淧olarization-filtering and polarization-maintaining low-loss negative curvature fibers,鈥� Opt. Express 26, 9528鈥�9540 (2018).
  5. C. Wei, J. Weiblen, C. R. Menyuk, and J. Hu, 鈥淣egative curvature fibers,鈥� Adv. Opt. Photonics 9, 504鈥�561 (2017). (Impact factor: 21.3)
  6. C. Wei, C. R. Menyuk, and J. Hu, 鈥淐omparison of loss in silica and chalcogenide negative curvature fibers as the wavelength varies鈥�, Front. Phys. 4, 30 (2016).
  7. C. Wei, C. R. Menyuk, and J. Hu, 鈥淚mpact of cladding tubes in chalcogenide negative curvature fibers鈥�, IEEE Photon. J. 8, 2200509 (2016).
  8. C. Wei, C. R. Menyuk, and J. Hu, 鈥淏ending-induced mode non-degeneracy and coupling in chalcogenide negative curvature fibers,鈥� Opt. Express 24, 12228鈥�12239 (2016).
  9. Z. Zhu, J. Yuan, H. Zhou, J. Hu, J. Zhang, C. Wei, F. Yu, S. Chen, Y. Lan, Y. Yang, Y. Wang, C. Niu, Z. Ren, J. Lou, Z. Wang, and J. Bao, 鈥淓xcitonic resonant emission absorption of surface plasmon in transition metal dichalcogenides for chip-level electronic photonic integrated circuits,鈥� ACS Photonics 3, 869鈥�874 (2016).
  10. J. Hu, C. R. Menyuk, C. Wei, L. B. Shaw, J. S. Sanghera, and I. D. Aggarwal, 鈥淗ighly efficient cascaded amplification using Pr3+-doped mid-infrared chalcogenide fiber amplifiers,鈥� Opt. Lett. 40, 3687鈥�3690 (2015).
  11. C. Wei, R. A. Kuis, F. Chenard, C. R. Menyuk, and J. Hu, 鈥淗igher-order mode suppression in chalcogenide negative curvature fibers,鈥� Opt. Express 23, 15824鈥�15832 (2015).
  12. S. Li, Z. Wang, Y. Liu, T. Han, Z. Wu, C. Wei, H. Wei, J. Li, and W. Tong, 鈥淏ending sensor based on intermodal interference properties of two-dimensional waveguide array fiber,鈥� Opt. Lett. 37, 1610鈥�1612 (2012).
  13. X. Zheng, Y. Liu, Z. Wang, T. Han, C. Wei, and J. Chen, 鈥淭ransmission and temperature sensing characteristics of a selectively liquid-filled photonic-bandgap-fiber-based Sagnac interferometer,鈥� Appl. Phys. Lett. 100, 141104 (2012).

CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS

  1. C. Wei, F. Chenard, C. R. Menyuk, and J. Hu, 鈥淣egative curvature fibers for gas-filled fiber lasers鈥�, in Sixth International Workshop on Specialty Optical Fibers and Their Applications (WSOF 2019), Vol. 11206 112060Q-1.
  2. C. Wei, J. T. Young, C. R. Menyuk, and J. Hu, "Impact of the Glass Thickness in Fluid-Filled Negative Curvature Fibers for Temperature Sensing," in Frontiers in Optics + Laser Science APS/DLS, The Optical Society (Optical Society of America, 2019), paper JW4A.5.
  3. C. Wei, C. R. Menyuk, and J. Hu, "Optimization of chalcogenide negative curvature fibers for CO2 Laser Transmission," in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, OSA Technical Digest (Optical Society of America, 2019), paper JW2A.122.
  4. C. Wei, C. R. Menyuk, and J. Hu, 鈥淧olarization-Filtering Negative Curvature Fibers,鈥� in Frontiers in Optics / Laser Science, OSA Technical Digest (Optical Society of America, 2018), paper JTu3A.1.
  5. J. Hu, C. Wei, R. J. Weiblen, C. R. Menyuk, R. R. Gattass, L. B. Shaw, J. S. Sanghera, and F. Chenard, 鈥淩ecent progress on chalcogenide negative curvature fibers,鈥� 2018 10th International Conference on Advanced Infocomm Technology (ICAIT), Stockholm, Sweden, 2018, pp. 209鈥�213.
  6. F. Han, J. Shi, C. Wei, J. Hu, and X. Feng, 鈥淓fficient Visible Femtosecond Supercontinuum from an Air-Suspended-Core Microstructured Optical Fiber,鈥� in CLEO Pacific Rim Conference 2018, OSA Technical Digest (Optical Society of America, 2018), paper Tu3B.3.
  7. C. Wei, J. Young, C. R. Menyuk, and J. Hu, 鈥淭emperature sensor using fluid-filled negative curvature fibers,鈥� in Proc. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), San Jose, CA, paper JW2A.179 (2018).
  8. C. R. Menyuk, C. Wei, J. Weiblen, J. Hu, R. Gattass, L. B. Shaw, and J. S Sanghera, 鈥淐halcogenide negative curvature fibers,鈥� in Proc. SPIE 10435, Technologies for Optical Countermeasures XIV, 104350I (2017).
  9. C. Wei, C. Menyuk, and J. Hu, 鈥淏ent negative curvature fibers using circular or elliptical cladding tubes,鈥� in Frontiers in Optics (Optical Society of America, 2017), paper JW4A.9.
  10. C. Wei, C. Menyuk, and J. Hu, 鈥淗igher-order mode suppression in chalcogenide negative curvature fibers with gaps between cladding tubes,鈥� in Advanced Photonics 2016 (IPR, NOMA, Sensors, Networks, SPPCom, SOF), OSA Technical Digest (online) (Optical Society of America, 2016), paper JTu4A.32.
  11. J. Hu, C. R. Menyuk, C. Wei, B. Shaw, J. S. Sanghera, and I. Aggarwal, 鈥淧r3+-doped mid-infrared chalcogenide fiber amplifiers using cascaded Amplification,鈥� in Proc. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), San Jose, CA, paper STh1O.7 (2016).
  12. C. Wei, R. A. Kuis, F. Chenard, C. R. Menyuk, and J. Hu, 鈥淢ode coupling in chalcogenide negative curvature fibers,鈥� in Proc. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), San Jose, CA, paper JTu5A.93 (2016).
  13. C. Wei, O. Alvarez, F. Chenard, and J. Hu, 鈥淓mpirical glass thickness for chalcogenide negative curvature fibers,鈥� in Proc. 2015 IEEE Photonics Society Summer Topicals Meeting Series, Mid Infrared Photonics, Nassau, Bahamas, paper TuE3.3 (2015).
  14. C. Wei, J. Hu, and C. Menyuk, 鈥淏ending-induced mode coupling in chalcogenide negative curvature fibers,鈥� in Proc. Advanced Photonics, Boston, MA, paper NT2C.5 (2015).
  15. C. Wei, R. Kuis, F. Chenard, and J. Hu, 鈥淐halcogenide negative curvature hollow-core photonic crystal fibers with low loss and low power ratio in the glass,鈥� in Proc. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), San Jose, CA, paper SM1N.5 (2014).
  16. C. Wei, Z. Wang, Y. Liu, B. Liu, H. Zhang, and Y. Liu, 鈥淐oupling characteristics of a fluid-filled dual-core photonic crystal fiber based on temperature tuning鈥�, in SPIE/OSA/IEEE Asia Communications and Photonics, pp. 83071R-83071R. International Society for Optics and Photonics (2011).

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

  • Membership in IEEE
  • Membership in IEEE Photonics Society
  • Membership in Optical Society of America (OSA)
  • Membership in ASEE

REVIEWER

  • OSA: Optics Letters, Optics Express, Journal of Optical Society of America B, Applied Optics
  • IEEE: IEEE Photonics Journal, IEEE Access, Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, Journal of Lightwave Technology (IEEE/OSA)
  • MDPI: Applied Sciences, Photonics, Micromachines, Chemosensors
  • Walter De Gruyter: Nanophotonics
  • Elsevier: Optics Communications, Optical Fiber Technology
  • Springer: Indian Journal of Physics