EECS Professor Receives Distinguished Alumnus Award
Chen Tsai recognized by
Chen Tsai, Ph.D., chancellor's professor of electrical engineering and computer science, was recently awarded the 2007 Distinguished Alumnus Award for Research Achievement from the National Taiwan University (NTU). There were three awardees in the category of scholarly research achievement; Tsai was recognized in the area of Applied Science and Engineering for his seminal contributions in integrated optics and ultrasonics science and technology.
NTU, founded in 1928, is the most prestigious university in Taiwan. Located in
Tsai, a UC Irvine faculty member since 1980, served as the founding director and distinguished research fellow of the Institute for Applied Science and Engineering of Academia Sinica since January 1999, and returned to full-time teaching and research at UC Irvine in 2002. His research group is currently engaged in projects on ultrasonic nozzles for biomedical applications, silicon-based nanophotonics, and magnetic microwave devices.
Tsai graduated from NTU in 1957 with a B.S. degree, and later earned an M.S. degree from