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Dr. Norman C. Tien
[Note: The following biography was provided at the time of the awards announcement and may not be current.] Dr. Norman C. Tien is the dean and Nord Professor of Engineering at Case Western Reserve University’s Case School of Engineering. He is also the Ohio Eminent Scholar in Condensed Matter Physics. Tien, a first-generation Chinese-American, joined the Case faculty in January 2006 as the Nord Professor of Engineering and chair of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS). Appointed dean in February 2007, Tien has already realized several key elements for his vision for the school with initiatives in energy and global outreach. He created the Great Lakes Institute for Energy Innovation to develop and advance sustainable energy generation through research, development, and education. The Institute also serves as a vehicle to drive cultural change in the school by promoting multi-disciplinary, collaborative, large-scale research. Tien has also created the San Diego Technology Application Center, the school’s first office outside of Ohio. The center’s mission is to raise the school’s national and international presence while connecting its science and technology capabilities with global innovation opportunities and resources. He has also developed new collaborative agreements with two Chinese universities. At the same time he has restructured his administration and faculty, including the appointments of the school’s first two female departmental chairs, to position its programs at the forefront of their disciplines. Tien’s research interests are in the area of micro and nanotechnology—including microelectromechanical (MEMS) systems—the fabrication of small structures, tools and instruments for use in wireless communications, biomedical systems and environmental monitoring. With over 90 publications in the field, he has had 12 Ph.D. students graduate under his supervision since he began teaching in 1996. He helped establish the International Networked Sensor Systems Conference, now in its fifth year, and served as editor for the leading MEMS publication, the IEEE/ASME Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems. Tien was also founder and chief technology officer of AIP Networks, an optical communication components company now part of Optoplex Corporation. Prior to to Case, Tien served as chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of California at Davis and held a joint appointment at the University of California at Berkeley. He also served as co-director of the Berkeley Sensor & Actuator Center. He previously held faculty positions in Cornell University’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Tien served as an adjunct research professor at Peking University and recently received the distinction of honorary professor of Tianjin University in Tianjin, China. He was also director of TCL Technology Innovation, Inc., an angel investment fund in Hong Kong. A National Science Foundation CAREER award recipient, Tien received his Ph.D. from the University of California at San Diego, his MS from the University of Illinois, and his BS from the University of California at Berkeley.
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