A Brief Personal Profile of Arthur Chiou

Date and Place of Birth: January 16, 1947; Burma (Myanma)

Marital/Family Status: Married (one daughter)

Current Position: Professor and Chairman, Electrical Engineering Department

National Dong Hwa University, Shoufeng, Hualien, Taiwan

Education:

B.Sc. in Physics, Rangoon Arts & Science University, Burma, 1968

MS in Physics, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, 1972

Ph.D. in Applied Physics, California Institute of Technology, USA, 1983.

Professional Experiences:

    •Lecturer, Fu-Jen Catholic University, Taiwan (09/72 to 06/74)

    • Part-time Engineer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena (10/80 to 09/82)

    • Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, IBM San Jose Research Laboratory (10/82 to 09/84)

    • Member of Technical Staff, Program Manager, and Senior Scientist,

             Rockwell International Science Center (09/84 to 01/97)

     • National Science Council (NSC) Research Chair Professor, Institute of Electro-Optical

             Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan (02/97 to 09/97)

Technical Interest:

  optical trapping (optical tweezers), photorefractive nonlinear optics,

  volume holographic optical storage, optical interconnection, image processing,

  optical sensing, inspection, and metrology,

  biochip and associated optical diagnosis systems, optical pattern recognition,

   optical properties of multiple quantum wells and superlattices,

  technical presentation and technical writing

Professional Recognition/Awards

•NASA’s "Recognition for Innovative Technical Achievement" Award, 1982, for the invention of a quasi-optical ring resonator diplexer

• SPIE’s 1989 Rudolph Kingslake Medal & Award, 1990, for the best paper published in the 1989 issues of “Optical Engineering” Technical Journal.

• Senior Member, The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (IEEE)

• Fellow, The International Society of Optical Engineering (SPIE), in recognition of distinguished and valuable contributions to the field of optical engineering.

• Fellow, The Optical Society of America (OSA), in recognition of distinguished service in the advancement of optics.

• Fellow, The Photonic Society of Chinese America (PSC), in recognition of pioneering contributions in photorefractive devices and applications.

Hobby: Swimming, Basketball, Ballroom Dancing, Public Speaking

                                                                                                                       11.24.1999