Academic background
About Ruopeng Jia
I’m an electrical engineer interested in the path from a physical signal to a useful measurement. Astronomy first drew me to weak signals; graduate work in photonics brought me closer to the devices that make those measurements possible.
Research interests
- Integrated photonics: Coupled resonators, spectral response, and compact optical systems.
- Optical measurement: Photon counting, calibration, and background characterization.
- Scientific inference: Weak-signal analysis, quantization, and hardware validation.
I want to design instruments that extract more information from limited light by considering device response, detector noise, calibration, and computation together.
Education
- Northeastern University · Boston, MA
M.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering · 2024
Electromagnetics, Plasma, and Optics - Northern Arizona University · Flagstaff, AZ
B.S., Electrical Engineering · 2022
Research experience
Northeastern University · 2023–2024
Modeled coupled resonator arrays and studied how to control their optical spectra.
AMPLFI collaboration · 2024–2025
Contributed to gravitational-wave parameter estimation workflows.
QuantumCTek · 2023
Helped align and calibrate a photon-counting optical link and characterize its field performance.
Teaching & engineering
At Northeastern, I supported electrical engineering laboratory and electromagnetics instruction. I also teach mathematics and engineering through worked examples and structured problem sets.
My engineering work includes product setup, functional validation, and turning field issues into reproducible tests.