Chu Ma leads the Acoustic Sensing and Functional Materials (ASFM) Laboratory at UW-Madison. ASFM Laboratory explores systems and functional materials that solve fundamental challenges in acoustic sensing for biomedical imaging/treatment, non-destructive testing, and communication applications.

ASFM Laboratory is currently seeking undergraduate students, graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and visiting scholars. If interested, please contact chu.ma@wisc.edu.

Awards

2024 Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Dugald C. Jackson Assistant Professorship
2023 3M, 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award
2023 National Science Foundation, NSF CAREER Award
2023 Acoustical Society of America, Women in Acoustics Young Investigator Travel Award
2022 University of Wisconsin-Madison, Career Boost Provost Award
2022 College of Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Grainger Faculty Award
2021 Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, 2021 WARF Innovation Award finalist (Nominated)
2018 MIT Mechanical Engineering, Research Exhibition Best Poster Award
2017 MIT, Warren M. Rohsenow Fellowship
2016 MIT, Warren M. Rohsenow Fellowship

Recent publications

Zhang, D., Polamarasetty, A., Shahid, M. O., Krishnaswamy, B., & Ma, C. (2024). Metamaterial-based passive analog processor for wireless vibration sensing. Communications Engineering, 3(1), 44.
Lin, J., & Ma, C. (2024). Parametric study of blind-label acoustic subwavelength imaging. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 155(3_Supplement), A53--A53.
Yang, G. H., Lin, J., Cheung, H., Rui, G., Zhao, Y., Balachander, L., Joo, T., Lee, H., Smith, Z. P., Zhu, L., & others, (2024). Single Layer Silk and Cotton Woven Fabrics for Acoustic Emission and Active Sound Suppression. Advanced Materials, 2313328.
Evans, A. L., Liu, R. L., Ma, C., & Hagness, S. C. (2023). Experimental Monitoring of Microwave-Induced Thermoacoustic Signals Generated During Pulsed Microwave Ablation. In 2023 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting (USNC-URSI) (pp. 303–304).
Evans, A. L., Ma, C., & Hagness, S. C. (2023). Accurate prediction of measured microwave-induced thermoacoustic signals via multiphysics simulations augmented with an acoustic detection system transfer function. IEEE Journal on Multiscale and Multiphysics Computational Techniques.
Ma, C., & Lin, J. (2023). Blind-label acoustic subwavelength imaging. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 154(4_supplement), A140--A140.
Ma, C., Evans, A. L., & Zhang, D. (2023). Interaction of acoustic and electromagnetic waves for thermoacoustic imaging and vibration sensing. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 153(3_supplement), A152--A152.
Ma, C., Zhang, D., Polamarasetty, A., Shahid, M., & Krishnaswamy, B. (2023). Metamaterial-Based Passive Analog Processor for Wireless Vibration Sensing.
Zhang, D., Polamarasetty, A., Shahid, M. O., Krishnaswamy, B., & Ma, C. (2023). Passive mechanical vibration processor for wireless vibration sensing. arXiv preprint arXiv:2305.10687.
Mcghee, A., Evans, A., Hagness, S., Ma, C., & Franck, C. (2023). Spatial Variations in Porcine Liver Coefficient of Thermal Expansion.

Courses

E C E 203 - Signals, Information, and Computation (Spring 2025)
E C E 399 - Independent Study (Spring 2025)
E C E 790 - Master's Research (Spring 2025)
E C E 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Spring 2025)
E C E 990 - Dissertator's Research (Spring 2025)
E C E 399 - Independent Study (Fall 2024)
E C E 748 - Linear Waves (Fall 2024)
E C E 790 - Master's Research (Fall 2024)
E C E 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Fall 2024)
E C E 990 - Dissertator's Research (Fall 2024)
PHYSICS 748 - Linear Waves (Fall 2024)
E C E 790 - Master's Research (Summer 2024)
E C E 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Summer 2024)
E C E 990 - Dissertator's Research (Summer 2024)
E C E 399 - Independent Study (Spring 2024)
E C E 401 - Electro-Acoustical Engineering (Spring 2024)
E C E 790 - Master's Research (Spring 2024)
E C E 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Spring 2024)
E C E 990 - Dissertator's Research (Spring 2024)
E C E 790 - Master's Research (Fall 2023)
E C E 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Fall 2023)
E C E 990 - Dissertator's Research (Fall 2023)
E C E 790 - Master's Research (Summer 2023)
E C E 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Summer 2023)
E C E 990 - Dissertator's Research (Summer 2023)

Chu Ma

Department

Contact

Professor Chu Ma - Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UW-Madison