Chih-Kung Lee | |
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李世光 | |
Minister of Economic Affairs of the Republic of China | |
In office 20 May 2016 – 15 August 2017 | |
Deputy | Shen Jong-chin |
Vice | Yang Wei-fuu Wang Mei-hua, Yang Wei-fuu |
Preceded by | John Deng |
Succeeded by | Shen Jong-chin |
Personal details | |
Born | October 1959 | (age 64)
Nationality | Republic of China |
Alma mater | National Taiwan University Cornell University |
Occupation | Distinguished Professor, Institute of Applied Mechanics, National Taiwan University |
Chih-Kung Lee (C.K. Lee; Chinese: 李世光; pinyin: Lǐ Shìguāng; born October 1959 in Taipei) is a Taiwanese mechanical engineer. He received his B.S. degree in civil engineering from National Taiwan University and then obtained his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Cornell University, majoring in theoretical & applied mechanics, with a minor in physics. He is known as the inventor of modal sensors and actuators. In the past, he has been an advisor to the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Economic Affairs and various other governmental agencies, as well as the director general of engineering & applied sciences at Taiwan's National Science Council (NSC). Currently, he is the chairman of Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) and Institute for Information Industry (III). He is also a distinguished professor of the Graduate Institute of Electronics Engineering, the Institute of Applied Mechanics (IAM) and the Dept. of Engineering Science & Ocean Engineering at National Taiwan University.
Lee received his B.S. degree in civil engineering from National Taiwan University in 1981. After serving his two years mandatory military service in Taiwan's Air Force, he continued his graduate studies with a fellowship at Cornell University in New York, where he received a M.S. and Ph.D., majoring in theoretical & applied mechanics, with a minor in physics. During his PhD studies at Cornell, he developed piezoelectric modal sensors and actuators.[1][2][3] This innovation was important in the control of flexible structures as it resolved modal spillover.
In 1987, Lee joined IBM's Almaden Research Center in San Jose, California, as a research staff member and later as a staff to the IBM ARC Laboratory Director. His research work at IBM was primarily on the interdisciplinary areas related to magnetic disk drives, optoelectronic systems, metrology systems and piezoelectric systems. He was awarded an IBM Outstanding Technical Achievement Award for his work on reducing the thermal track mis-registration of the 3.5 inch, 320 MB, IBM 0661 hard disk file, a highly profitable commercial product at that time. He received two distinguished Invention Awards for his inventions and patents on laser encoders, nanometer fly height measurement systems, piezoelectric strain rate gages, and acceleration rate sensors for early shock arrival.
His younger brother is Howard Lee.[4]
In 1994, he joined the faculty of National Taiwan University’s Institute of Applied Mechanics where he co-founded the Nano-Bio-MEMS research group. He is a well-recognized expert in the areas of flexible structure control, shock sensing, and sensor development due to his research work on distributed piezoelectric sensors and actuators. He has directed many research projects in the areas of ultra-high performance laser Doppler interferometers, laser encoders, sphere ellipsometry analyzers, curved distributed piezoelectric sensors/actuators, dot matrix writers, diffractive optical elements/systems, and laser writers. His specialty lies in systems integration which combines mechanics, optics, electronics, semiconductors, mechanisms, metrology, and interface systems to create new innovative systems. He has many research papers in various fields and has over 110 patents, including various technology transfers to industry. He has teamed up with other departments and research teams at other Universities, to focus on topics in medical care, chemical research, electronic engineering and biotechnology. Some results of their research efforts include the Sparkle[5] holographic mastering system, AVID[6][7] interferometer/vibrometer, an ellipsometer, an ultrasonic sensor with anisotropic beam pattern, SARS No. 1 antivirus[8][9] compound, a flexible electret speaker,[10][11] etc., all of which have been technology transferred to industry. The AVID interferometer/vibrometer won Photonic Spectra's Circle of Excellence Award in 1998 for one of the top 25 optoelectronic systems worldwide, the first time a Taiwan company won the award.
Optoelectronic and Piezoelectric Systems, MEMS & Nano-Systems, Optoelectronic Systems Design, Precision Metrology, Automation Technology, Biochip Systems, Technology Management.