Ruochen Lu is an Assistant Professor in the Chandra Family Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin.

His research primarily focuses on developing chip-scale acoustic and electromagnetic components and microsystems for RF applications. His works aim to demonstrate RF MEMS platforms, toward higher operating frequencies and more efficient transduction between the EM and acoustics. In addition, he works on ultrasonic transducers and multi-physics hybrid microsystems for signal processing, sensing, and computing applications.

He received IEEE MTT-S Microwave Award in 2022, NSF Career Award in 2024, and IEEE Ultrasonics Early Career Investigator Award in 2024. Along with his students, he received Best Student Paper Awards at IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium (IFCS) 2017 and 2023, IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS) 2018 and 2022, IEEE International Conference on Microwave Acoustics & Mechanics (IC-MAM) 2022, and third place Best Student Paper Award at IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS) 2024. He received the Junior Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award in 2024 from University of Texas at Austin.

He received the B.E. degree with honors in microelectronics from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 2014, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA, in 2017 and 2019, respectively.