UCLA Electrical Engineering Department

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.