Education/ Professional Experiences

1982 B.S. National Taiwan University, in Physics.

1986 M.S. University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, in Physics.

1992 Ph.D Princeton University, in Electrical Engineering.

Advisor: Prof. Daniel C. Tsui, 1998 Nobel Laureate in Physics (Tel: 609-258-4621).

1992 Post-doctor Fellow, IBM TJ Watson Research Center, New York, NY

1994 Distinguished Member-of-Technical-Staff, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM

2000 Research Professor, Iowa State University, Department of Physics, Ames, IA

2001 Adjunct Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Material Science and Engineering, Atlanta, GA

2003 Visiting Scientist, Princeton University, Department of Electrical Engineering, Princeton, NJ

2004 Chair Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Dept.of Physics, New York

Achievement

Pioneer the experimental development of photonic-crystals for communication, energy and defense applications.

Awards and Honors

2003 “Fellow”, Optical Society of America

2002 “Fellow”, American Physical Society

2002 “Asia-American Engineer-of-the-Year Award” – Chinese Institute of Engineering/ USA.

1999 “R&D 100 award” - R&D Magazine.

1999 “NOVA award” – Sandia National Laboratories.

1998 “Technology of the Year Award” - Industry Week Magazine.

Sandia News Release (www.sandia.gov/media/whatnew.htm)

1. “Revolutionary tungsten lattice could provide more power for electrical devices” (July 7, 2003)

2. “Tungsten photonic lattice changes heat to light” (May 01, 2002).

3. “Cheesecloth-like device bends light with little loss” (Oct. 27, 2000).

3. “Sandia research listed among Science’s “Top Ten” breakthroughs for 1999” (Jan. 20, 2000).

4. “Sandia photonic crystal confines optical light” (Jan. 06, 1999).

5. “Sandia photonic crystal bends microwaves around sharp corner” (Oct. 08 1998).

6. “Lincoln log-like structure to improve infrared and optical communications, optical computers”(Sep. 15, ‘98).

Experimental Research Expertise

- Quantum transport measurement of electrons, resonant tunneling and Josephson-junction device testing under high magnetic field environment and at temperatures range from 300K-0.3K.

- Laser and broadband optical spectroscopy of semiconductor devices for a broad wavelength range from visible, infrared (l=1-10mm) to far infrared (l>100mm).

- Guided-wave optical devices and micro-optics testing at near infrared and optical wavelengths.

- Silicon and III-V semiconductor material processing for device feature size of 100-200 nanometer

Society Services

Chairman Photonic-crystal subcommittee at Photonic-West conference, 2000-2004, San Jose CA.

Committee CLEO/QELS conference on “random and periodic media”, since 2001-2003.

Chairman PECS (photonic and electromagnetic crystal structures) International Workshop, October 2002,

Los Angeles 2002.

Advisor Committee Member of TAC 2002 and National Nano-Science Center, ITRI/ Hsinchu, Taiwan, 2003.

Affiliations

Member of the American Physical Society (APS), Optical Society of America (OSA), and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), SPIE International Optical Engineering Society