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Award Recipients 2008
Dr. Norman C. Tien
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Tien Education Leadership Award RecipientsNote: The following biographies were prepared at the time the recipients accepted the award and may not be current.
2008
Dr. Norman C. Tien
Dean 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. He was appointed dean in February 2007. A National Science Foundation CAREER award recipient, Tien received his Ph.D. from the University of California, San Diego, his M.S. from the University of Illinois, and his B.S. from the University of California, Berkeley. Full Biography | Curriculum Vitae | Back to Top Frank H. Wu
Frank H. Wu is the author of Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White, and co-author of Race, Rights and Reparation: Law and the Japanese American Internment. In 2004, he returned to his hometown of Detroit to serve as the ninth Dean of Wayne State University Law School. From 1995 to 2004, he served on the law faculty of Howard University. He has been an adjunct professor at Columbia University, a visiting professor at University of Michigan, and a teaching fellow at Stanford University. Dean Wu serves as a Trustee of Gallaudet University. Prior to his academic career, Dean Wu held a clerkship with the late U.S. District Judge Frank J. Battisti and practiced law with the firm of Morrison & Foerster. He received a B.A. from the Johns Hopkins University and a J.D. from the University of Michigan. Full Biography | Curriculum Vitae | Back to Top 2007
Dr. Sung-Mo "Steve" Kang
During his tenure, Dr. Kang doubled the size of the faculty and increased research grants four-fold. He also helped strengthen university ties to NASA Ames Research Center, which led to the development of new research programs. Dr. Kang has co-authored 10 books on circuitry design and holds 14 patents, and he has lectured in the U.S., Asia and Europe. Dr. Kang was appointed chancellor of UC Merced in January 2007. Dr. Kang earned his Bachelor of Science at Fairleigh Dickinson University, his master’s degree at the State University of New York at Buffalo, and his doctorate in electrical engineering at UC Berkeley. Full Biography | Curriculum Vitae (long version)
Dr. Belle W. Y. Wei
Dr. Belle W. Y. Wei is the Don Beall Dean of Engineering at San Jose State University. She was appointed dean of the College of Engineering in 2002. She created an endowed program in 2003 to develop globally competitive technical talent for the 21st century. This initiative helps students understand engineering in a global context through study tours in the Asia-Pacific region. In addition, Dean Wei promotes interdisciplinary learning so students can integrate engineering with business and the humanities, arts and social sciences. Under her leadership, the College achieved a 133 percent increase in grants and contract awards. Dean Wei has published dozens of articles in professional journals and is a frequent lecturer. Dean Wei holds a Master of Science in engineering from Harvard University and a doctorate in electrical engineering from UC Berkeley. Her specialty area is VLSI circuit theory and special architectures. Full Biography | Curriculum Vitae | Back to Top Photo of Chang-Lin Tien by John Blaustein, courtesy UC Berkeley |
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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.
Dr. Sung-Mo “Steve” Kang served as dean of Baskin School of Engineering at the UC Santa Cruz from 2001 through 2007. He brought the school from infancy to its current standing as a well-regarded graduate school.
