Liu Chao-han
Liu Chao-han | |
|---|---|
劉兆漢 | |
 Liu Chao-han in 2007 | |
| President of National Central University | |
| In office June 1990 – February 2003 | |
| Preceded by | Yu Chuantao |
| Succeeded by | Liu Yusheng |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 January 1939 Hengyang, Hunan, Republic of China |
| Spouse | Meng Cuizhu |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent(s) | Liu Guoyun Zhong Wanfang |
| Alma mater | National Taiwan University Brown University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Electrical engineering |
| Institutions | Academia Sinica |
Liu Chao-han (simplified Chinese: 刘兆汉; traditional Chinese: 劉兆漢; pinyin: Liú Zhàohàn; born 3 January 1939) is a Taiwanese physicist and educator who served as President of National Central University from June 1990 to February 2003. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, an Academician of the Academia Sinica and a Member of the National Academy of Engineering.[1]
Biography
Liu was born in Hengyang, Hunan, on January 3, 1939, to Liu Guoyun (Chinese: 劉國運), a general in the Republic of China Armed Forces, and Zhong Wanfang (Chinese: 鍾畹芳). He has five brothers, Liu Chaoning (Chinese: 劉兆寧), Liu Chaohua (Chinese: 劉兆華), Liu Chaoli (Chinese: 劉兆藜), Liu Chao-shiuan, and Liu Chaokai (Chinese: 劉兆凱).
He received his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from National Taiwan University in 1960 and earned his Doctor's degree in Electrical engineering from Brown University in 1965.
He joined the faculty of the University of Illinois system in 1965 and was promoted to full professor in 1974 and became professor emeritus in 1993.
In 1981, he was elected a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
He was President of National Central University in 1990, and held that office until 2003.[2] He then served as President of University System of Taiwan until 2006.
He was the chairman of the Chinese Geoscience Union from 1994 to 1996. In 1998, he was elected an Academician of the Academia Sinica. In 2004, he was elected a fellow of The World Academy of Sciences. In 2006 he was appointed Vice-President of Academia Sinica, a position he held until 2011.
In 2012, he was elected a foreign associate of the National Academy of Engineering for contributions to ionospheric research and international leadership in atmospheric remote sensing.[3]
In 2019, National Central University named the No. 207603 asteroid discovered by the Lulin Observatory as "Liuchaohan" in his honor.
Personal life
Liu married Meng Cuizhu (Chinese: 孟粹珠). They have a daughter, Alice C.Y. Liu, and a son, Robert C.B. Liu.
References
- ^ Gu Mingfang. 謙和開勝境 璀璨出清暾－劉兆漢. ncu.edu.tw (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2009-12-15. Retrieved 2015-05-17.
- ^ 本報專訪諾貝爾化學獎羅倫博士及中央大學劉兆漢校長. ncu.edu.tw (in Chinese). 2000-11-01.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Professor Chao-Han Liu". NAE. Retrieved 2019-08-21.
- 1939 births
- Living people
- People from Hengyang
- Presidents of National Central University
- Members of Academia Sinica
- National Taiwan University faculty
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign faculty
- National Central University faculty
- National Taiwan University alumni
- Brown University School of Engineering alumni
- Fellow Members of the IEEE
- Foreign associates of the National Academy of Engineering
- Taiwanese people from Hunan
- TWAS fellows
- Scientists from Hunan