Shun Lien Chuang
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Shun Lien Chuang (Chinese: 莊順連, September 10, 1954 – March 26, 2014) was a Taiwanese-American electrical engineer, optical engineer, and physicist. He was a Fellow of the IEEE, OSA, APS and JSPS, and professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.[1]
Career[edit]
Chuang received a B.S. in electrical engineering from the National Taiwan University (1976), and M.S. (1980), E.E. (1981), and Ph.D. (1983) degrees in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1983, he joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he remained until his retirement in 2012.[2]
He is the author of a leading textbook on the physical theories for lasers and allied devices, Physics of Photonic Devices (2009).[3]
Awards and honors[edit]
Elected member of the Board of Governors, IEEE Photonics Society, 2009–2011.
Humboldt Senior Research Award, Humboldt Foundation, Germany, 2008–2009.
William Streifer Scientific Achievement Award, "For contributions to the development of the fundamental theories of strained quantum-well lasers and the physics of optoelectronics devices." IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optical Society (LEOS), 2007.
Engineering Excellence Award, Optical Society of America, 2004.
Distinguished Lecturer Award, IEEE/LEOS Society, 2004–2005; and 2005–2006.
Honorable Mention/Graduate and Professional Teaching Award, UIUC, 2004.
Fellow, American Physical Society, 2003, "For the development of the fundamental theories of strained quantum-well lasers and terahertz generation from semiconductors."
EPSRC Fellow/Visiting Professor 2002 at Cavendish Laboratory, Dept. of Physics, Cambridge University. Sponsored by Engineering and Physical Science Research Council, UK.
Fellow Award, IEEE, 1997, "For contributions to the theory of strained quantum-well semiconductor lasers and the physics of optoelectronic devices."
Fellow, Optical Society of America, 1997, "For contributions to the theories of strained quantum-well lasers and terahertz generation from semiconductors."[4]
Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 1996.
Associate, The Center for Advanced Study at the University of Illinois, 1995–96
Andersen Consulting Award for Excellence in Advising, UIUC, 1994
References[edit]
- ^ "Remembering beloved faculty member Shun Lien Chuang ECE ILLINOIS". www.ece.illinois.edu. Retrieved 2017-05-30.
- ^ Damery, Jonathan (March 28, 2014). "Remembering beloved faculty member Shun Lien Chuang". University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Retrieved December 22, 2016.
- ^ Chuang, Shun Lien (2012-11-07). Physics of Photonic Devices. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781118585658.
- ^ "obituary Shun Lien Chuang". osa.org. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
- 1954 births
- 2014 deaths
- 20th-century American engineers
- 20th-century American physicists
- 20th-century Taiwanese engineers
- 20th-century Taiwanese physicists
- 21st-century American engineers
- 21st-century American physicists
- 21st-century Taiwanese engineers
- 21st-century Taiwanese physicists
- American electrical engineers
- Electrical engineering academics
- Fellow Members of the IEEE
- Fellows of the American Physical Society
- MIT School of Engineering alumni
- National Taiwan University alumni
- Optical engineers
- Taiwanese emigrants to the United States
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign faculty