Sang Wu Kim

                                  Associate Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Iowa State University

Office:     3112 Coover Hall
Email:      swkim@iastate.edu
Phone:     (515) 294-2726
Fax:         (515) 294-8432
Mailing Address:
                Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
                Iowa State University
                Ames, Iowa 50011

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Research interests are primarily in the areas of wireless communications with emphasis in

• Cooperative Communications
• Network/Channel Coding
• Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) 
• MIMO Systems
• Multi-User Detection 
• Cross-Layer Design
• Wireless Security

EDUCATION

• PhD, Electrical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
• MS, Electrical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Taejon, Korea
• BS, Electronic Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea

PUBLICATIONS

• Journal publications
• Conference publications
• Book chapter

PATENTS

• Patents

TEACHING

• EE324 Signals and Systems II (Fall 2008)
• EE421 Communication Systems I (Fall 2007)
• EE520 Topics in Communications: Wireless Communications (Spring 2011)
• EE597 Seminar in Communication and Signal Processing (Fall 2005)
• EE621 Coding Theory (Spring 2009)

HONORS AND AWARDS

• Fulbright Graduate Study Award , US Dept. of States, September 1983
• Best Paper Award, IEEE International Symposium on Spread Spectrum Techniques & Applications (ISSSTA), New Jersey , September 2000
• Best Paper Award, IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Systems (MASS), Washington DC , November 2005
• Best Poster Award, IEEE Conf. on Sensor, Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks (SECON), San Diego, June 2007
• Marquis Who's Who in America, July 2008
• Warren B. Boast Undergraduate Teaching Award, 2009

MEMBERSHIP

• IEEE Senior Member, since May 1999.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

• Associate Editor, IEEE Communications Letters, July 2000 - 2006.