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Biographical
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Jung-Chih Chiao
received his B.S. degree in the Department of Electrical Engineering at
National Taiwan University in 1988. He served as a Communication (technical)
Officer in the Taiwan Air Force from 1988 to 1990. |
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Jung-Chih Chiao
received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the MMIC Group in the
Department of Electrical Engineering at California Institute of Technology in
1991 and 1995, respectively. His Ph.D. thesis topic is "Quasi-optical
components for millimeter and submillimeter
waves." He was the President of Caltech Chinese Culture Club (Taiwanese
Student Association) in 1993-1994. In 1994, he worked at University of
California – Santa Barbara Free Electron Laser Laboratory for measurement
of the THz frequency multiplers. |
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From Oct. 1995 to August 1997, he served as
a research scientist at Bell Communications Research (Bellcore
- SAIC) (now called Telcordia) in the Optical
Networking Systems and Testbeds group. His duty was
to integrate different wavelength-division-multiplexing (WDM) network
elements in the testbed of the Multiwavelength
Optical NETwork (MONET) Consortium. |
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He was an Assistant Professor, from 1997 to
2000, and now an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering,College of
Engineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa. His
research interests include monolithic microwave/millimeterwave integrated
circuits; quasi-optical millimeterwave/submillimeterwave
components; microelectromechanical system (MEMS) RF and optical devices for
wireless/high-speed systems as well as multiwavelength
WDM optical networks; and WDM reconfigurable network elements and network
architectures. |
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Jung-Chih Chiao
worked as a visiting professor in Dr. Mizuno's Laboratory at the Tohoku
University and Photodynamic Research Center of RIKEN (Institute of Physical
and Chemical Research), Sendai, Japan, from July 6th, 1998 to August 9th,
1998. The work was sponsored by the Venture
Business Laboratory, managed by Dr. Esashi,at the Tohoku University. |
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He joined Chorum Technologies as a
Product Line Manager and Senior Technology Advisor in December 1999. Chorum Technologies is an optical component start-up
company. His responsibility includes product management for liquid crystal
products - such as optical switches, optical variable attenuators, smart
switches, liquid crystal optical harmonic equalizers (OHE) and dynamic gain
tilters; technology evaluation and planning; business development; customer
interaction; technical consulting for Chorum's
investors; and technical marketing. |
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He joined the Department of Electrical
Engineering, University of Texas - Arlington as an Associate Professor in
September 2002. He became a professor in 2008, and Jenkins
Garrett Professor of electrical engineering in 2011. Dr. Chiao has been a
board member of IRB (Institutional Research Board) since 2006. |
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Dr. Chiao has also been a graduate
committee and professor in the joint Biomedical Engineering Program at UTA
and UTSW since 2003, and became an Adjunct Associate Professor of Internal
Medicine at the University of Texas – Southwestern Medical Center in
2009. |
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Dr.
Chiao received the 2011 Edith and Peter O'Donnell Award
in Engineering presented by The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science
of Texas (TAMEST) on Jan 6 2011. The annual award in
engineering was given to one Texas researcher chosen by a committee of Texas
Nobel Laureates who is addressing the essential role that science and
technology play in society, and whose work meets the highest standards of
exemplary professional performance, creativity and resourcefulness. |
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Dr. Chiao received the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company
Excellence in Engineering Teaching Award in 2011. This award is given to a
faculty dedicating time and energy in abundance to teaching undergraduate and
graduate students. |
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Dr. Chiao was mentioned in the US Senator Hutchison’s
Capitol Comment “Texas is a Global Leader in Scientific Innovation and
Research” on Jan. 21 2011, and Senator Hutchison’s Opinion
Editorials “Giving Texas a Scientific Advantage” published in
Dallas Morning News on Jan. 7 2011. |
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Dr. Chiao received Mentor Recognition by Siemens Foundation on
Jan. 21 2011. |
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Dr. Chiao received the Metroplex
Technology Business Council (MTBC),
Tech TITANS Technology Innovator Award on August 26 2011. |
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Dr.
Chiao has published 153 technical journal and conference papers. He is one of
the authors for the book "Active and Quasi-Optical Arrays" and
“Micro and Nano Manipulations for Biomedical Applications” |
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Created by
J.C. Chiao