Faculty Innovation Ambassadors program appoints Xin

Tech Launch Arizona, the UA office that supports inventions stemming from university research, launched the Faculty Innovation Ambassadors program in 2024 to increase commercialization activity. ECE professor Hao Xin will serve as program ambassador by providing information about inventions, licensing and startups for their colleagues and students. TLA has planned a series of fall events to introduce the ambassadors to their college communities.

Xin is an expert in high-frequency technologies. He has published over 340 papers and has 20 issued patents. He is an IEEE fellow and a distinguished lecturer of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society. In 2017, Xin co-founded the startup Lunewave Inc. to commercialize a 3D-printed Luneburg lens antenna for automotive radar sensors. The company has raised approximately $20 million and has won several awards, including the Arizona Governor’s Innovator of the Year Award in 2020.