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Kang Wang (4K)

Kang Wang, Raytheon Professor

Fellow, IEEE, 1992

Research Group: Device Research Laboratory

Office: 66-147B Engr. IV, Phone: 310.825.1609, Email


Biography
Kang L. Wang received the B.S.E.E. from the National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, in 1964. He earned both the M.S.E.E. and the Ph.D. in electrical engineering from M.I.T., in 1966 and 1970, respectively.

Prof. Wang has been with the Electrical Engineering Department at UCLA since 1979. He was Chair of the department from 1993 to 1996. He is a Fellow of the IEEE, and a member of the American Physical Society, the Materials Research Society, the Eta Kappa Nu Society, the Sigma Xi Society and the Phi Tau Phi Honor Society. He has chaired many international conferences and symposia.

Research Interests
Professor Wang's research focuses on nanoelectronics and optoelectronics, MBE and superlattices, micro-wave and millimeter electronics/optoelectronics, and quantum computing.

Awards and Recognitions

2006 Director of Western Institute of Nanoelectronics (WIN)

2003 Director of FENA Focus Center

1989-1994, 1996-1998: Semiconductor Research Corporation Inventor Award

1996 Semiconductor Research Corporation Technical Excellency Award

1992 Fellow, IEEE

1991 J.H. Ahlers Achievement Award

1987-88 Guggenheim Fellow Award, Max Planck Institute, Germany

Books

  • K. L. Wang and A. A. Balandin, editors, The Handbook of Semiconductor Nanostructures and Nanodevices, America Scientific Publishers, 2005.

 
 
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