Dr. Yongji Wu is a Research Assistant Professor in the Holcombe Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Clemson University, USA. His research focuses on fiber-optic sensing, microwave photonics, intelligent and embedded sensor systems, and their applications in energy, infrastructure, and environmental monitoring. He received his Ph.D. in Photonic Science and Technology from Clemson University. Dr. Wu previously worked in China’s electronics and measurement industry, where he led and participated in more than fifty R&D and industrial projects. He holds over ten U.S. and Chinese patents and has extensive experience in electronic measurement systems and embedded instrumentation development. He has published in IEEE Sensors Journal, Optics Letters, and Sensors, contributed to Distributed Acoustic Sensing in Borehole Geophysics, and serves as a reviewer for multiple IEEE and optics journals.