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Kai Ren

Engineering · The Ohio State University

OpenAlex ORCID
Mid career · publishing since 2001
Microwave Imaging and Scattering AnalysisRemote-Sensing Image ClassificationAdvanced Image Fusion TechniquesGeophysical Methods and ApplicationsDrilling and Well Engineering

Publications

144

Citations

2,774

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

26

Publishing since 2001

Research summary
AI-generated

The publication record attributed to this name spans a wide and disconnected mix of subjects, including semiconductor device physics (electron scattering simulations in transistors), remote sensing and hyperspectral imaging, medical topics (heart valve surgery outcomes, cancer biology, hydrogel materials), and computer vision applications (gait recognition, polyp detection, lane detection). This breadth suggests the bibliographic data likely aggregates work from multiple different researchers who share the same name rather than a single coherent research program. Prospective students should independently verify which specific publications and topics belong to the individual PI they are considering.

Computational electromagnetics and semiconductor device simulationRemote sensing and hyperspectral image processingComputer vision (gait recognition, object detection)Materials science and biomedical materialsMedical and health-related studies

Publication counts rose from 3 in 2017 to a peak of around 15-16 per year in 2019 and 2022, and have remained fairly steady at 12-14 per year through 2024-2025.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 11.6/year recently
2017: 3 publications172018: 10 publications182019: 16 publications16192020: 10 publications202021: 10 publications212022: 15 publications222023: 14 publications232024: 14 publications242025: 12 publications252026: 3 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing×7
  • arXiv (Cornell University)×6
  • IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation×5
  • Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering×4
  • IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters×4
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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