Field: 

Hyperspectral signal and image processing

Education: PhD, University of Maryland, College Park

Affiliation:  Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, 

University of Maryland Baltimore County, MD

EMPLOYMENT AND WORK EXPERIENCE

Aug 2014 – Jul 2017 Distinguished Chair Professor of Remote Sensing Technology, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan, ROC.

Aug 2006 – Jul 2014 Chair Professor of Remote Sensing Technology, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan, ROC.

Aug 2009 – Jul 2010 Distinguished Visiting Fellow/Fellow Professor, National Science Council in Taiwan, ROC.

Aug 2005 – Jul 2006 Distinguished Lecture Chair, Ministry of Education, Taiwan, ROC.

Jun 2002 – Sep 2003 Senior Research Associate, June 2002-September 2003, National Research Council (NRC) sponsored by the US Army Soldier and Biological Chemical Command, Edgewood Chemical and Biological Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.

Jul 1993 – Jun 2001 Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, MD

Aug 1994 - Jul 1995 Visiting Research Specialist, Institute of Information Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China

Aug 1987 – Jun 1993 Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland Baltimore County

HONORS

• Director, Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Engineering and Technology Center, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Taiwan, 2017-present.

• Director, Center for Hyperspectral Imaging in Remote Sensing, Dalian Maritime University, China, 2016-present.

• LIFE Fellow of IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), January 2017.

• Fellow of IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) elected for contributions to hyperspectral image processing, 2010.

• Fellow of SPIE (Society for Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers), International Society for Optical Engineering, elected for contributions to hyperspectral image processing, 2002.

• Chang Jiang Scholar Chair Professor (教育部長江學者講座教授), Ministry of Education, China, 4/2016-3/2019.

• Overseas Academic Master, “111 plan” project (funded by Ministray of Education and State

Adminsitration of Foreign Experts Affairs in China) in School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Xidian University, China,

(海外學術大師,教育部和国家外国专家局联合组织的2017年度“高等学校学科创新引智计划”(简称“111计 划”) 学科创新引智基地“复杂环境光电信息感知科学与技术学科创新引智基地＂,物理与光电工程学院), 1/2017-12/2021.

• Hua Shan Chair Professor (華山學者講座教授), Xidian University, China, 1/2016-12/2018.

• Adjunct Professor, Hunan University, China, 7/8/2016-7/7/2019.

• Distinguished Chair Professor of Remote Sensing Technology, National Chung Hsing University, sponsored by National Science Council in Taiwan, 8/1/2014-7/31/2017.

• Chair Professor, National Chung Hsing University sponosred by Ministry of Science and Technology in Taiwan, 5/24/2015-8/24/2015.

• Chair Professor, Taichung Vetearns General Hospital sponosred by Ministry of Science and Technology in Taiwan, Taichung, Taiwan, 5/23//2014-8/23/2014.

• Chair Professor of Remote Sensing Technology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, 2/1/2009-1/31/2015.

• International Chair Professor, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan, 8/2012-7/2015.

• Chair Professor, Providence University, Taichung, Taiwan, 8/1/2013-7/31/2017.

• Chair Professor, National Cheng Kung University sponsored by National Science Council in Taiwan, Tainan Taiwan, 6/1/2013-7/31/2013

• Distinguished Professor, Providence University, Taichung, Taiwan, 8/1/2011-7/31/2013.

• Distinguished Visiting Fellow/Fellow Professor, National Science Council in Taiwan, 8/1/2009-7/31/2010.

• Chair Professor of Disaster Reduction Technology, Environmental Restoration and Disaster Reduction Research Center, National Chung Hsing University, sponsored by Minitry of Education, Taiwan, 7/1/2006-6/30/2009.

• Distinguished Lecture Chair, Department of Electrical Engineering, National Chung Hsing University, sponsored by Ministry of Eduaction, Taiwan, 2005-2006.

• NRC (National Research Council) Senior Research Associateship Award by US Army Edgewood Research and Engineering Center, June 2002-September 2003.

• Honorable mention in the BFGoodrich Collegiate Inventors Program Competition in USA, 1993.