April 8, 2026 Haihan Sun selected for IEEE AP-S Donald G. Dudley Jr. Undergraduate Teaching Award Written By: Jason Daley Departments: Electrical & Computer Engineering Categories: Awards|Faculty|Teaching|Undergraduate Haihan Sun, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is the recipient of the 2026 Donald G. Dudley Jr. Undergraduate Teaching Award from the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society. Sun was recognized by the society for her passionate and impactful teaching and mentorship of undergraduate students in electromagnetics, and for fostering engagement at the local, national, and international levels. Sun’s research interests include antennas, ground-penetrating radar, microwave sensing and nondestructive testing. She received her bachelor’s degree in electrical engineer from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China, in 2015, and her PhD in applied electromagnetics from the University of Technology Sydney, Australia, in 2019. She worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, from 2019 to 2023. Sun was named an IEEE AP-S Young Professional Ambassador in 2024, and was recognized as an Outstanding Associate Editor for both IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters and IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation in 2025. She received a National Science Foundation-funded CAREER Award in 2026. Sun currently serves as an associate editor for IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters and IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. The society will officially present the award at the 2026 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting (AP-S/URSI) in Detroit, Michigan, in July 2026.