Curriculum Vitae - Aiguo Han, PhD
Education
- Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2014
- M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2011
- B.S. in Acoustics, Nanjing University, 2008
Academic Appointments
- Current Appointments
- Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2023 - Present
- Affiliate Faculty, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2023 - Present
- Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UIUC, 2023 - Present
- Past Appointments
- Research Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UIUC, 2019 - 2023
- Research Assistant Professor, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, UIUC, 2021 - 2023
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UIUC, 2017 - 2019
- Visiting Scholar, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UIUC, 2015 - 2016
Honors and Awards
- Outstanding New Assistant Professor Award, Virginia Tech College of Engineering, 2026
- UFFC Outstanding Reviewer Award (one of three recipients), 2025
- AIUM Basic Science & Instrumentation Rising Star Webinar Speaker, 2025
- Radiology Editor’s Recognition Award for Reviewing with Distinction, 2024
- Radiology Editor’s Recognition Award for Reviewing with Special Distinction, 2023
- IEEE TMI Distinguished Reviewer (Bronze Level), 2023
- IEEE TMI Distinguished Reviewer (Gold Level), 2022
- NIH NIBIB Trailblazer Award, 2022
- Illinois Delta Allocation Award, 2022
- Fellow, American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM), 2021
- Faculty Fellow, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, 2021
- Young Investigator Travel Grant, 175th Meeting of Acoustical Society of America, Minneapolis, 2018
- AIUM New Investigator Award in Basic Science (Finalist), 2017
- Financial Support, Gordon Research Conference on Image Science, 2016
- AIUM New Investigator Award in Basic Science (First place), 2016
- Student Travel Award for the 8th ICUBM meeting, 2012
- Outstanding Graduate Award from Nanjing University, 2008
- Provincial First Prize in China Undergraduate Mathematical Contest in Modeling (CUMCM), 2006
- Tianran Enterprise Scholarship, 2006
- Plantronics Enterprise Scholarship, 2006
- People Scholarship, 2005, 2006, 2007
Professional Activities and External Service
- Editorial Board:
- European Radiology, Scientific Editorial Board (Ultrasound Section), 2020 – 2026
- Conference Organization and Service:
- Track Lead, Medical Tissue Characterization (MTC), IEEE UFFC IUS Medical Ultrasonics Technical Program Committee, 2025–present (committee member, 2022–present)
- Co-organizer, technical challenge: Quantitative Ultrasound Estimation of Attenuation and Speed of Sound (QUASOS), 2026 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Raleigh, NC, 10/2026
- Co-organizer and Session Chair, special session: Artificial Intelligence for Imaging, 23rd Annual NeuroTech Convention of the Society for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics (SBMT), Los Angeles, CA, 04/2026
- Co-organizer and Session Chair, special session: Deep Learning in Ultrasound Imaging and Tissue Characterization, 183rd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Nashville, TN, 12/2022
- Conference Session Chair:
- IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, 2017; 2020–2022; 2026
- International Symposium on Ultrasonic Imaging and Tissue Characterization (UITC), 2024
- Sixth Joint Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America and the Acoustical Society of Japan, 2025
- Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Annual Meeting, 2026
- Grant Reviewer:
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Translational Imaging Science (CTIS) Study Section, 10/2021, 06/2022, 02/2024, 02/2026
- NIH Neuromodulation and Imaging of Neuronal Circuits (NINC) Study Section, 07/2026
- NIH ZRG1 ISB-T (03) SEP (Imaging, Surgery, and Bioengineering) Study Section, 12/2025
- NIH ZRG1 NV P 81 (Vision Imaging, Bioengineering and Low Vision Technology Development) Study Section, 05/2023
- National Science Foundation (NSF), 2023
- Florida Department of Health Rare Pediatric Diseases Research Grant Program Review 24-25, 2025
- Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) Ralph E Powe Junior Faculty Award, 2023, 2024
- Professional Committees:
- AIUM Bioeffects Committee, 2022–2028
- Acoustical Society of America Computational Acoustics Technical Specialty Group, 2021–2028
- Acoustical Society of America Biomedical Acoustics Technical Committee, 2022–2028
- RSNA Quantitative Imaging Biomarkers Alliance (QIBA)/Quantitative Medical Imaging Coalition (QMIC) Committee, 2020–present
- AIUM/RSNA Pulse-Echo Quantitative Ultrasound (PEQUS) Biomarker Committee, 2020–present
- Co-chair, Backscatter Working Group, 2020–present
- Professional Memberships:
- Fellow, American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM)
- Full Member, Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
- Member, IEEE; IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control Society (UFFC); IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS); IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS)
- Member, Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)
- Member, Society for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics (SBMT)
- Founding Member, International Focused Ultrasound Society (IFUS)
Internal Service and Outreach Activities
- Virginia Tech (Since 2023):
- Member, BME Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, 08/2025–present
- Oral session chair and poster judge, 2026 Virginia Tech-Wake Forest School of Biomedical Engineering and Science Graduate Student Research Symposium, Winston-Salem, NC, 04/21/2026
- Faculty Mentor, TEAM (Technology, Education, Advocacy, Medicine) Malawi (a collaborative initiative that tackles health and development challenges in resource-limited settings), Virginia Tech Center for International Research, Education, and Development, 08/2025–present
- Faculty Participant, Summer Residential Governor’s School for Medicine and Health Sciences, Radford University and the Blue Ridge Partnership for Health Science Careers, 2025, 2026
- Faculty Participant/Host, Center for Engineering Excellence and Discovery (CEED) outreach programs (Imagination, Pathways, STEP), 2023–2024
- Faculty Participant, Black Engineering Excellence at Virginia Tech (BEE VT), 2023
- Invited lecture, BMES 2014 (BME Professional Practice), 2023
Judge, Biomedical Engineering Senior Design Expo, 2023
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Prior to 2023):
- Mentor, Health Maker Lab, Carle Illinois College of Medicine, 2020–2023
- Undergraduate Mentor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2021–2022
- Member, ECE Ph.D. Qualifying Examination Committee, Spring 2021
- Course Proposal Review Ad Hoc Subcommittee, 2021
- Reviewer, Campus Research Board, 2021