Chen S. Tsai 蔡振水

Dr. Tsai was born in Tongshiao, in 1935. He graduated from National Taiwan University, later he received his M.S. in Electric Engineering from Utah State University, and Ph.D. from Stanford University. He was a research fellow at Lockhead Palo Alto Research Center, a professor at Carnegie-Mellon University, and later became a distinguished professor and Above Scale Professor of Electrical Engineering at University of California, Irvine. 

Special Achievement

Dr. Tsai is an expert in "Integrated Optics" and "Acoustic Microscopy". He has invented and patented many integrated electro-optics devices such as: the waveguide, switch photodetector and amplifier. He became a fellow of IEEE, OSA, and SPIE and won the IEEE Distinguished Lecturer Award. His academic and research accomplishments have become internationally known, and he has been invited to lecture in many countries. His book "Guided-wave Acousto-Optics" has been widely recognized. Dr. Tsai has inspired many young researchers to follow his footsteps into scientific research.