Rate My Professor Erwin Chan

Dr. Erwin Chan serves as Associate Professor of Engineering at Charles Darwin University (CDU), where he is Chair of the Electrical and Electronics Engineering discipline in the College of Engineering, IT and Environment, Faculty of Science and Technology. He also acts as Stream Leader for Electrical and Electronics Engineering. Associate Professor Chan leads research in fibre optics and photonics, focusing on microwave photonic signal processing for high-bandwidth signals modulated on optical carriers. His expertise encompasses optical communications, nonlinear fibre optics, optically-controlled phased arrays, gigahertz/terahertz photonics in communication and radar systems, optical telecommunications, optical signal processing, and photonic and microwave technologies. Previously, he held positions as Senior Research Fellow and External Lecturer at the University of Sydney. A senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), he supervises postgraduate research in these areas and engages in industry consulting.

Chan has authored over 150 research outputs, including 152 journal articles, 32 conference papers, and other contributions published in international refereed venues. Notable publications include "Microwave Photonic System for Generating and De-Hopping a Frequency Hopping Signal" (Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2026), "Photonics-Based Frequency and Angle of Arrival Measurement System for Multi-Antenna Long-Baseline Direction Finding" (Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2026), "Photonics-based RF Signal Amplitude, Frequency and Phase Controller for Frequency Diverse Array Radar Systems" (Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2026), "Optoelectronic Oscillator Based Microwave Frequency Downconverter with Low Phase Noise and High Conversion Efficiency" (Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2025), "Parity Time Symmetric Optoelectronic Oscillator with Low Phase Noise and High Sidemode Suppression Ratio" (Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2025), "Photonic Implementation of Remote Phased Array Receiver System" (Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2025), and "Photonic technique for unambiguous AOA measurement without knowing incoming RF signal power" (Optics and Laser Technology, 2025). His achievements include the University of Sydney Early Career Development Award and the Australian Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Australian Research Council. Chan's projects support UN Sustainable Development Goal 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy), featuring initiatives like a fibre-optic sensor and monitoring system for mining applications (2022 Rainmaker Start-up), proof-of-concept for an alternating-current solar cell (2024 Rainmaker Start-up), water quality testing systems, and collaborations with Hebei University.