Resume

• 1998

  Texas A&M University

  College Station

  TX

  - Thin Film Nano & Microelectronics Research Laboratory (http://yuekuo.tamu.edu) \n- Invented solid-state incandescent LED

  a breakthrough of the 140 year-old Edison-style light bulb \n- Thin Film Transistor technology with major impact to worldwide large-area array productions \n- ULSIC materials

  processes

  devices

  and applications \n- PECVD: large-area thin film material properties

  uniformity

  and device characteristics; critical gate dielectric properties for the optimized a-Si:H TFT

  etc. \n- Plasma etching and RIE: first selective etch of n+ to intrinsic a-Si:H

  first identification of plasma radiation damage to a-Si:H TFTs

  etc. \n- Low-k materials (<2) and processes\n- Invention of room temperature plasma-based copper etch process

  solved the 50 years old semiconductor manufacturing problem \n- Nanocrystals embedded high-k nonvolatile memories

  devices

  materials

  reliability

  etc. \n- Nano device and process reliability \n- Floating-gate a-Si:H TFT nonvolatile memories and imagers \n- Thin film solar cells \n- Authored >400 papers

  2 TFT textbooks and 3 lecture books; 11 patents

  40 inventions \n- Edited JES

  ECS JSS

  SSL

  JSS special issue

  and special issues of IEEE J. Display Technology

  MRS Bulletin

  IBM J. R&D\n- Edited 27 proceedings volumes (TFTs

  ULSIC

  plasma processing

  etc.) \n- 160 plenary

  keynote

  and invited speeches in international conferences

  universities

  R&D centers\n- Founder and lead organizer of world's longest continuously held TFT conference since 1992 \n- Founder and lead organizer of world's first ULSIC vs. TFT conference series since 2007\n- Chair

  co-chair

  co-organizer

  committee

  etc. of > 80 international conferences \n- Board

  panel

  advisory

  and review committees for governments

  US national academies

  professional societies

  universities

  and industry \n- Consulted for the ex-prime minister of Taiwan in reviewing and initiating the national TFT LCD project\n- Consulted for global semiconductors

  displays

  and electronics companies.

  Dow Professor

  Texas A&M University

• 1987

  IBM T. J. Watson Research Center

  Yorktown Heights

  NY

  IBM T. J. Watson Research Center

  Specially Appointed Professor

  Osaka University

  ECS Electronics and Photonics Division Award

  Research Innovation Award

  TAMU System

  Visiting Fellow

  Japan Society for Advancement of Science

  Gordon E. Moore Medal

  ECS

  Outstanding Achievement in Solid Science and Technology

  Fellow of American Vacuum Society (AVS)

  Distinguished Research Award

  TAMU Former Students Association (highest honor in its kind)

  Fellow of IEEE

  Fellow of Electrochemical Society (ECS)

  Honorary Chair Professor

  National Chiao Tung University

  Best Papers

  most downloaded papers

  top 10 most downloaded papers

  etc.

  Pan Wen Yuan Foundation Distinguished Research Achievement Award

  IBM Technology

  Research

  External Honor awards

  1989-1998

  Yushan Scholar

  Fellow

  Materials Research Society (MRS)

• 1984

  Yue

  Kuo

  Data General

  Semiconductor Division

  Data General

  Semiconductor Division

• 1982

  UC Berkeley

  ECS (Electrochemical Society) is a Solid State and Electrochemical Science and Technology professional society. It was founded in 1902 by science and technology pioneers such as Herbert Dow (Dow Chemical Founder)

  Edward Acheson (1st Graphite manufacturer)

  Hall (Hall Aluminum Process)

  Leo Bakeland (Father of Plastics Industry)

  Thomas Edison (Inventor)

  etc. In the past 5 years

  ECS members received Nobel Prizes in Physics (Prof. Akasaki

  etc.) and Chemistry (Prof. Gooodenought

  Prof. Whittingham

  etc.).

  ECS - The Electrochemical Society

  UC Berkeley

• 1980

  Mobay (Monsanto + Bayer)

  ECS - The Electrochemical Society

  Mobay (Monsanto + Bayer)

• 1978

  Dr. Engineering Science

  Columbia University in the City of New York

• 1976

  Master of Science (MS)

  Columbia University in the City of New York

• 1970

  Bachelor of Science (BS)

  National Taiwan University

• Embedded Systems

  Electronics

  Research and Development (R&D)

  Thin Films

  Microelectronics

  Solar Cells

  Characterization

  R&D

  Sensors

  Materials

  Materials Science

  Optics

  PECVD

  Patents

  homepage http://yuekuo.tamu.edu

  Nanotechnology

  Leadership

  Semiconductors

  Kuo