EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, University of California, Riverside, California, 2007
 

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, 1987
 

Bachelor of Science in Electronics Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan, R.O.C.
 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• Florida International University, Assistant Professor, current
  
  A tenure-track faculty position in department of electrical and computer engineering. Responsibilities include teaching, performing research and professional services. Courses offered:
  
          o EEL-6167: VLSI Design (3 units), Fall 2008
          o EEL-4747C: Microcomputers - II (4 units), Fall 2007, Spring 2008

CONFERENCE AND INSTITUTIONAL COMMITTEES

• Workshop Chair, IEEE 6th International Conference on Embedded software and Systems (ICESS'09), Hangzhou, China, 2009
   

• Steering committee member, IEEE 40th Southeastern Symposium on System Theory (SSST), 2008
   

• Chair, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) Undergraduate Program Assessment Committee (UPAC) computer engineering program, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Florida International University, 2007-2008
   

• Faculty search and screen committee member, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Florida International  University, 2008
   

• Technical Program Committee (TPC) member, IEEE International Conference on Embedded Software and Systems (ICESS), 2008
   

• Technical Program Committee (TPC) member, IEEE International Workshop on Computer Aided Modeling, Analysis and Design of Communication Links and Networks (CAMAD), 2008

• Technical Program Committee (TPC) member, International Symposium on Quality Electronics Design (ISQED) Conference, 2007-2008
   

• Technical Program Committee (TPC) member, IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS) Conference, 2007-2008
   

• Faculty search committee member, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, West Virginia University Institute of Technology, 2007
   

AWARDS AND FUNDING

• Augusta Systems, Inc (contractor of Department of Defense), project title: “Continuation of sensor optimization – basic research”, Co-PI (PI in FIU), (Award no: 07-592-FIU, ASI-NAVAI-SYSOP-WVU-2007A), 2008-2009
   

• Department of Homeland Security (DHS), program name: Scientific leadership awards for minority serving institutions, project title “Track2: Secure and trusted context aware adaptable sensor networks”, Co-PI, (Award no: 2008-ST-062-000012), 2008-2011

• Augusta Systems, Inc (contractor of Department of Defense), project title: “Sensor optimization – basic research”, Co-PI (PI in FIU), (Award no: 07-592-FIU, ASI-NAVAI-SYSOP-WVU-2007A), 2007-2008
   

• Alion Science and Technology Corporation (contractor of Department of Defense), project title: “Development of intelligent control system for SWARM UAV”, Co-PI, (Award no: SUB1166497RB, WVU OSP# 05-354A), 2007
   

• West Virginia University Institute of Technology, faculty development fund award, 2007
   

• National Science Foundation (NSF), East Asia and Pacific Summer Institute (EAPSI) award (NSF 05-617), PI, 2006
   

• IEEE International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD) award (CADathlon), 2005
   

TUTORIALS, SPEAKERS AND TECHNICAL SESSIONS

• Chair, technical session, IEEE 5th International Conference on Embedded Software and Systems (ICESS'08), Chengdu, China, July 2008.
   

• Invited speaker, Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), entitled: "Adaptive resource configuration in wireless sensor networks ", Hsinchu, Taiwan, May 2008.
   

• Chair, technical session, IEEE 40th Southeastern Symposium on System Theory (SSST'08), New Orleans, LA, Mar. 2008
   

• Invited speaker, St John’s University, entitled: “Interconnects and process induced variations in VLSI design”, Taipei, Taiwan, Dec. 2007
   

• Invited speaker, St John’s University, entitled: “Statistical spectrum model order reduction”, Taipei, Taiwan, Dec. 2007
   

• Invited speaker, St John’s University, entitled: “On-chip decoupling capacitor optimization in nanometer VLSI design", Taipei, Taiwan, Dec. 2007
   

• Invited speaker, Chang Gung University, entitled: “Interconnect in nanometer VLSI design", Taoyuan, Taiwan, Dec. 2007
   

• Invited speaker of undergraduate recruiting program in computer engineering for College of Engineering and Computing, Florida International University, Nov. 2007
   

• Invited tutorial speaker and co-organizer for IEEE/CIE 7th International Conference on ASIC (ASICON’07), entitled: "Inductance extraction and compact modeling of inductively coupled interconnects in the presence of process variations", Guilin, China, Oct. 2007
   

• Chair, technical session, IEEE/CIE 7th International Conference on ASIC (ASICON’07), Guilin, China, Oct. 2007
   

• Speaker, IEEE 25th International Conference on Computer Design (ICCD'07), entitled: "Voltage drop reduction for on-chip power delivery considering leakage current variations”, Lake Tahoe, California, Oct. 2007
   

• Co-chair, technical session, Proc. 8th International Symposium on Quality Electronics Design (ISQED), San Jose, California, March 2007
   

• Speaker, Proc. 8th International Symposium on Quality Electronics Design (ISQED), entitled: "General block structure preserving reduced order modeling of linear dynamic circuits ", San Jose, California, March 2007

• Invited speaker, Tsinghua University, entitled: “Localized on-chip power delivery network optimization via sequence of linear programming”, Beijing, China, July 2006
   

INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE

• Vivavr Technology Inc, Vice President, 2003-2004
  
  A senior management position to oversee the operations and development of new products.
  
  Products include Virtual Reality (VR) 3D-animated digital contents in application to cartoons in theaters, as well as system integration of DLP and LCD type of industrial projectors.
   

• Western Digital Corporation, Sr. Principal Engineer, 2000-2002
  
  A lead project management position for the development of hard disks across servo/controller firmware, ASIC/PCB hardware, and design verification/test groups.
  
  Tasks include the architect of ST-10 based controller firmware under embedded controller Real Time Operating Systems (RTOS), (a version of VxWorks) environment, generation of test patterns, development of error recovery algorithm, and ECC error correction schemes in order to achieve better production yield in hard disk manufacturing.
   

• Musica Technologies Co Ltd, Co-founder/General Manager, 1999-2000
  
  A business partner and lead developer to launch CD-based MP3 players using Intel 8051 microprocessor-based architecture and SONY laser servo lens pickup modules
   

• Emulex Corporation Principal Engineer, 1998-1999
  
  An engineering position to develop RISC StrongARM-based embedded controller firmware for fibre channel communications.
  
  Responsibilities include the implementation and enhancement of Loop Initialization Protocol (LIP) as well as to maintain fibre channel protocol integrity during and after system integration.
   

• Adaptec Inc, Senior Software Engineer, 1993-1998
  
  A software engineering position to design and develop a series of Adaptec products
  
  Projects include the implementation of device drivers for various SCSI host adapters, RAID, ATAPI/IDE and CD-ROM drives under different operating systems platforms (MS-DOS, Window 95/98/NT, Novell, AIX Unix).
  
  Responsibilities also include the development of application software, including RAID configuration manager, ASIC chip-level diagnostic and quality assurance software
   

• Toshiba America Info System Inc, Senior Design Engineer, 1988-1992

  A hardware circuitry and ASIC design engineer to develop Toshiba laptop and notebook computers and laser printers.
  
  Projects include the development of SCSI plug-and-play converter, multiple printer switching box, laser printer controller board and ASIC chip, specifically tailored for Toshiba foundries for Postscript and HPGL application
   

THESIS AND DISSERTATION COMMITTEES

• Major advisor, Arjun Mullaguru, “Model order reduction using eigenmode analysis and rational transfer function fitting", M.S. thesis, July 2008
   

• Major advisor, Ramakoti Kalli, “Nonlinear modeling of radio frequency circuits to estimate third-order nonlinear distortions", M.S. thesis, July 2008
   

• Major advisor, Charles Castello, M.S. thesis, "Path Planning and Optimization techniques for Unmanned Vehicles"
   

• Committee member, Tao Liu, Ph.D. dissertation, "Periodic polymer photonic band gap structures for on-chip optical cavaties", date of defense: Nov 13, 2008
   

• Committee member, Amit Bhanushali, M.S. thesis, "Micro-Opto Mechanical Systems"
   

• Committee member, German Vargas, Ph.D. dissertation committee
   

• Committee member, Kiar Holland, M.S. thesis committee
   

MEMBERSHIP AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES

• Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), current
   

• Graduate faculty, Florida International University, 2007-current
   

• Faculty summer research, Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), Taiwan, Summer 2008
   

• Faculty advisor, Eta Kappa Nu (HKN) Honor Society, West Virginia University Institute of Technology, 2007
   

• Graduate faculty member, West Virginia University, 2007
   

• THCA (Taipei Hsien Computer Association), 2003-2004
   

• Association of Chain and Franchise Promotion, Taiwan (ACFP), 2003-2004
   

• Rotary Club of Fei Tsui (Rotary International District 3480), 2003-2004
   

• National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), Series-7, 24, 63 licensee, 1999-2002
   

• California Department of Real Estate (DRE), Realtor, 1999-2000
   

REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST