Ugur Olgun Places Third in Hayes Graduate Research Forum Oral Division
Ugur Olgun, a doctoral student and graduate research assistant at the ElectroScience Laboratory, placed third in the engineering area of the 2012 Hayes Graduate Research Forum Oral Division. He was one of three electrical and computer engineering graduate students, along with Justin Ziniel and Xiaodong Wang, who swept the engineering area of the 2012 Hayes Graduate Research Forum Oral Division. A total of 40 students entered the engineering area of the forum.
Olgun’s presentation focuses on his research to equip wireless devices, including sensors, with novel, high efficiency circuitry to harvest and convert ambient RF power to direct current (DC). His group designed a novel RF power harvesting front-end whose conversion efficiency is significantly improved at low RF power levels (<-20 dBm), as compared to existing technologies. Thus, the new circuitry can harvest ambient and widely available RF energy, making a game-changing technology for powering mobile devices. Using this technology, Olgun’s group is able to power a commercially available temperature and humidity meter with an LCD display using nothing more than ambient WiFi signals in an office environment.
Olgun is advised by Chi-Chih Chen, research associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, and John L. Volakis, Chope Chair professor and director of the ElectroScience Laboratory. His research interests include wireless power harvesting, RFIDs and rectennas.
About the Edward F. Hayes Graduate Research Forum
Now in its 26th year, the Edward F. Hayes Graduate Research Forum is co-sponsored by the Council of Graduate Students, the Graduate School, and the Office of Research. The forum helps feature excellent research conducted by Ohio State graduate students; recognizes outstanding graduate student scholarship; encourages graduate students to share their research; and facilitates exchange between students, faculty, administration and the public.
