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Haihan Sun

Haihan Sun

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Haihan Sun is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Her research focuses on antennas, ground-penetrating radar, microwave sensing, and nondestructive testing technologies.

Department

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Contact

3441, Engineering Hall
1415 Engineering Dr
Madison, WI

Featured news

With NSF CAREER Award, Sun is advancing AI-powered ground-penetrating radar

April 28, 2026

  • antennas
  • ground penetrating radar
  • microwave sensing
  • non-destructive testing

  • 2026 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Gerald Holdridge Excellence in Teaching Award
  • 2026 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, IEEE Donald G. Dudley Jr. Undergraduate Teaching Award
  • 2026 National Science Foundation, NSF CAREER Award
  • 2025 IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, Outstanding Associate Editor
  • 2025 IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation, Outstanding Associate Editor
  • 2023 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Young Professional Ambassador
  • 2022 International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (ISAP), Young Professional Paper Honorable Mention
  • 2021 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, Mojgan Daneshmand Grant
  • 2019 Australasian Symposium on Antennas, Best Oral Presentation
  • 2018 Australian Microwave Symposium, Best Student Paper Award (First Prize)
  • 2018 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and. Propagation (APS), Honorable Mention in Student Paper Competition

  • Chen, T., Gao, Y., Wang, Y., & Sun, H. (2025). Estimation of Specific Gravity of Potato Tubers Using Dielectric Properties. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement.
  • Haldes, T., Sun, H., & Hagness, S. (2025). Temperature-and Volume-Fraction-Dependent Debye Model for the Dielectric Properties of Binary Mixtures of Water and Methanol at Microwave Frequencies. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques.
  • Gu, Y., Sun, H., & Van Der Weide, D. (2025). A Near-Field Super-Resolution Network for Accelerating Antenna Characterization. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation.
  • Cheng, W., Sun, H., & Fan, Z. (2024). Monitoring Early-Stage Corrosion Damage Using a MIMO GPR Array. In 2024 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (pp. 6508–6510).
  • Sun, H. (2024). MPA-Net: A Deep Learning Model for Estimating Rebar Parameters Based on GPR Data. In 2024 IEEE INC-USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting (Joint with AP-S Symposium) (pp. 82–83).
  • Sun, H., & Vipiana, F. (2024). Advancing Women in Engineering: What Early-Career Researchers Have to Say [Women in Engineering]. IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, 66(2), 76-79.
  • Cheng, W., Sun, H., Tan, K. H., & Fan, Z. (2024). Early Detection of Corrosion Damage in Reinforced Concrete Using GPR Array Imaging Method. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement.
  • Sun, H. (2024). MAPD-Net: A GPR-Based Method for Estimating Rebar Parameters and Concrete Moisture Content. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters.
  • Sun, H., Cheng, W., & Fan, Z. (2023). Dual-Polarized Ground-Penetrating Radar Method for Sizing Cylindrical Metal Bars. In 2023 12th International Workshop on Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar (IWAGPR) (pp. 1–4).
  • Dai, Q., Lee, Y. H., Sun, H., Ow, G., Yusof, M. L., & Yucel, A. C. (2023). 3DInvNet: A Deep Learning-Based 3D Ground-Penetrating Radar Data Inversion. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 61, 1-16.

  • ECE 222 - Electrodynamics I (Fall 2026)
  • ECE 699 - Advanced Independent Study (Fall 2026)
  • ECE 790 - Master's Research (Fall 2026)
  • ECE 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Fall 2026)
  • ECE 990 - Dissertator's Research (Fall 2026)
  • ECE 999 - Advanced Independent Study (Fall 2026)
  • ECE 699 - Advanced Independent Study (Summer 2026)
  • ECE 790 - Master's Research (Summer 2026)
  • ECE 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Summer 2026)
  • ECE 990 - Dissertator's Research (Summer 2026)
  • ECE 399 - Independent Study (Spring 2026)
  • ECE 420 - Electromagnetic Wave Transmission (Spring 2026)
  • ECE 699 - Advanced Independent Study (Spring 2026)
  • ECE 790 - Master's Research (Spring 2026)
  • ECE 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Spring 2026)
  • ECE 990 - Dissertator's Research (Spring 2026)
  • ECE 999 - Advanced Independent Study (Spring 2026)
  • ECE 320 - Electrodynamics II (Fall 2025)
  • ECE 699 - Advanced Independent Study (Fall 2025)
  • ECE 790 - Master's Research (Fall 2025)
  • ECE 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Fall 2025)
  • ECE 990 - Dissertator's Research (Fall 2025)
  • ECE 999 - Advanced Independent Study (Fall 2025)
  • ECE 699 - Advanced Independent Study (Summer 2025)
  • ECE 790 - Master's Research (Summer 2025)
  • ECE 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Summer 2025)
  • ECE 990 - Dissertator's Research (Summer 2025)
  • ECE 399 - Independent Study (Spring 2025)
  • ECE 841 - Antennas (Spring 2025)
  • ECE 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Spring 2025)
  • ECE 990 - Dissertator's Research (Spring 2025)
  • ECE 320 - Electrodynamics II (Fall 2024)
  • ECE 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Fall 2024)