Grant Proposal Reviewer and Panel
2012 NSF- CMMI grant proposal review panel.
2010 NSF grant proposal review panel, "CMMI – Sensors and Sensing Systems", Dec. 2010.
2007 NSF grant proposal review panel, "ECCS – Nanoscale: Exploratory Rsrch", Feb. 2007.

Journal Editor
Journal Instruments editoral board member. 2018
Editorial Board Member of Instruments
A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X)
A special Issue on "Optical Fiber Sensing" in Journal of Sensors
IEEE IoT Journal Editor
Guest editor for Micromachines (Micromachines is an open access journal on the technology and science of micro-scale machines and micromachinery, published monthly online by MDPI.)
Guest editor for ISFA (International symposium on flexible automation) since 2012.

Journal Paper Reviewer
Journal: ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
Nanoscience
Journal of Lightwave Technology
Optical Fiber Technology
Photonics Journal

Conference Paper Reviewer
Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems, 4-8 March 2018, Denver, Colorado, United States

Conference program committee member
- Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems, 4-8 March 2018, Denver, Colorado, United States
- Co-Chair of Symposium - Optical Sensors and Systems (J10), CLEO PR, OECC and PGC, 31 July - 4 August 2017 at Sands Expo and Convention Centre
- Fiber Optic Sensors and Applications XIV, 11 April 2017, Anaheim, California, United States
- Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems, 26 March 2017, Portland, Oregon, United States
- Fiber Optic Sensors and Applications XIII, 18 April 2016, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
- Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems, 21 March 2016, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
- Nondestructive Characterization and Monitoring of Advanced Materials, Aerospace, and Civil Infrastructure X, 21 March 2016, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
- Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems, 9 March 2015, San Diego, California, United States
- Structural Health Monitoring and Inspection of Advanced Materials, Aerospace, and Civil Infrastructure IX, 9 March 2015, San Diego, California, United States
- Fiber Optic Sensors and Applications XI, 8 May 2014, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
- Nondestructive Characterization for Composite Materials, Aerospace Engineering, Civil Infrastructure, and Homeland Security VIII, 10 March 2014, San Diego, California, United States
- Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems, 10 March 2014, San Diego, California, United States
- Fiber Optic Sensors and Applications X, 29 April 2013, Baltimore，Maryland, USA.
- Fiber Optic Sensors and Applications X, 23 April 2012, Baltimore，Maryland, USA.
- Fiber Optic Sensors and Applications III, Part of SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing, 25 - 29 April 2011, Orlando, Florida, USA.
- Fiber Optic Sensors and Applications III, Part of SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing, 5 - 9 April 2010, Orlando, Florida, USA.

Conference session chair
2016 SPIE Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems
20 March 2016, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
2013 SPIE Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems, Session 4: Fiber Optic Sensors in NDE/SHM, Mar. 19, 2013, San Diego, CA.
2013 SPIE Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems, Session 7: NDE/SHM for Aerospace Materials, Mar. 20, 2013, San Diego, CA.
2013 BIT's 2nd Annual Conference and EXPO of AnalytiX-2013，Session 4-2: Biosensor and Application", Mar. 23, 2013, Suzhou, CHN.
2011 SPIE Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems "Session Title: Finite Element Updating for SHM", Mar. 09, 2011, San Diego, CA.
2010 Nanotechnology for energy, healthcare and industry: session III. Oct. 21, 8am - 12am, 2010, Houston, TX.
2010 Nanotechnology for energy, healthcare and industry: session I. Oct. 20, 8am - 12am, 2010, Houston, TX.

Conference Paper Associate Editor
Associate Editor for ISFA 2016

Service to the university
2017 Drs. Zhiyong Gu, Christopher Hansen and Xingwei Wang have been named "Making Waves Equity Leaders" to foster a broad-based community of support for equity. They will work with the Wave team on bystander training which is being designed to help reduce microaggressions in the workplace.
2013 Serve as the member in UML CVIP Faculty Advisory Board.
2013 Member of the department's personnel committee.
2011 Serving on the Research and Commercialization Committee, one of the seven committees formed to help with this next phase, UMass Lowell 2020: A Strategic Plan for the Next Decade.
2010 Participated in developing the University's strategic plan, UMass Lowell 2020: A Strategic Plan for the Next Decade.

Community service
11/01/2014, 8:30 am - 4 pm, Summit to Teach State’s Girls about Careers in Science, Technology
120 girls in eighth through 12th grade participated in hands-on workshops that would teach them about careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics during Girls STEM Summit-North. Massachusetts. (Students Jingcheng Zhou and Poojitha Putchala also worked for this).
02/07/13 - 02/28/13 Hosted 3 two-hour engineering workshops in partnership with Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts (Students Yang Zhang, Steve Tang, and Tyler Schmitt also worked for this).

Committee member
Xiaotian Zou, Ph.D. dissertation proposal, "All Optical Acoustic Nondestructive Characterization Mechanism for Biomedical Applications", 1/23/2013.
Ye Tian, Ph.D. dissertation proposal, "A Fiber-optic ultrasound generator using patterned gold nanostructures", 1/23/2013.
Nan Wu, Ph. D. dissertation defense, "Study of a fiber optic ultrasound transducer based on photoacoustic enhanced by nanocomposite", 8/5/2012.
Nan Wu, Ph.D. dissertation proposal, "Study of a fiber optic ultrasound transducer based on photoacoustic enhanced by nanocomposite", 1/16/2012.
Leslie R. Farris, Ph.D. dissertation defense,"Interferometric Sensor For Detection Of Influenza A Subtype",  April, 2011.
Sebahattin Eker, Ph.D. thesis, "Wave Propagation of a whistler wave in a switched time-varying medium: Stability and accuracy of the FDTD exponential-time stephing algorithm", 10/11/2010.
Robert K. Lade, Ph.D. Thesis proposal, "Advanced Study of Amplitude Calculations of the Fields of Waves in a Switched Magnetoplasma Medium", 10/8/2010.
Xiaodong Ma, Ph. D. dissertation defense. "Research and Development of a Drug-Eluting Stent--PowerStent", July, 30, 2010.
Malavika Vashist, M.S. defense,"Quartz crystal microbalance-lever oscilloator", ECE department, 4/20/2010.
Jennifer Mckenzie, Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology Doctoral Program (BME&BT); Proposal defense "Biotechnology Methods For Airborne Environmental Exposures And Respiratory Health Effects", June, 2009.
Sebahattin Eker, Electrical & Computer Engineering Department, Proposal defense, "Wave Propagation Of A Whistler Wave In A Switched Time-Varying Medium: Stability And Accuracy Of The FDTD Exponential-Time-Stepping Algorithm", June, 2009. 
Leslie R. Farris, Chemistry department, Proposal defense "Interferometric Sensor For Detection Of Influenza A Subtype", June, 2009.
Xiaodong Ma, Ph.D. proposal defense, " Research And Development Of Drug Eluting Stent--Powerstent ", March, 2009.  

Invited Speech/Seminar
03/23/2013 Invited speech "In-vivo blood pressure measurements using a miniature fiber optic sensor with special packaging for diagnosis of coronary artery disease", BIT's 2nd Annual Conference and EXPO of AnalytiX-2013, Suzhou, CHN.
04/07/2011 Invited speech "Optical Fiber Sensors for Biomedical Applications", IEEE joint meeting of the Instrumentation and Measurement and Engineering in Medicine and Biology Societies, Teradyne, Inc., North Reading, MA (http://www.ieeeboston.org/org/subgroups/i_and_m.html#apr7).
04/04/2011 – 04/05/2011 Invited speech "Path to My CAREER Goal - for NSF CAREER Proposal Writing Workshop", NSF CAREER Proposal Writing Workshop, UConn, CT.
10/27/2010 Invited speech in 25.550 Introduction to Nanotechnology.
10/20/2010 Invited speech "Nanomaterials on fiber optic sensors in healthcare and industry applications", Kai Sun, Nan Wu, Xingwei Wang, session: Nanotechnology for energy, healthcare and industry: session II., Houston, TX.
09/29/2010 Invited speech in BMBET class ( IB 500 - 201 Introduction to Biomed Eng & Biotech; Southwick 424).
05/05/2010 Invited speech in seminar in UML, chemistry department.
04/27/2010 Invited speech, Student research symposium, UMass Lowell.
03/12/2010 Invited speech in BMBET seminar in UMass Dartmouth.
10/24/2009 Invited speech and poster at M2D2 Medical Device Inventor Showcase Event Worcester.
10/20/2009 "Optical Fiber Sensors for Bioapplications", invited lecture, US-Ireland-Emerging technologies Conference.
09/17/2009 Gave a speech in 25.550 Introduction to Nanotechnology.
09/16/2009 Gave a speech in BMBET class.
09/09/2009 Gave a speech in UMassBoston, Physics department.
03/08/2008 "Label-free Optical Biosensors", invited lecture, NECINA Optical Special Interest Group (SIG) Seminar, Finisar Corporation, Wilmington, MA.

School Summer Camp
Jingcheng Zhou and Xu Guo helped 5 high school students to make a “Smart T-shirt” which has strain and temperature sensor (FBG) to protect athletics in the Summer Sports Camp of UMass Lowell, 07/09/2017.
Jingcheng Zhou and Xu Guo helped 5 high school students to make a “Smart helmet” which has strain and temperature sensor (FBG) to protect athletics in the Summer Sports Camp of UMass Lowell, 07/15/2016.
Nan Wu and Siwen Bi helped 4 students in high schools to make a “Smart T-shirt” which has strain and temperature sensor (FBG) to protect athletics in the Summer Sports Camp of UMass Lowell, 07/24/2015.