Education
B.S., Electronic Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, 1971
M.S., Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University, 1973
Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Michigan, 1983
Professional Experience
1983-1990, Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, North Carolina State University (NCSU)
1990-1996, Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, North Carolina State University (NCSU)
1996-2006, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, North Carolina State University (NCSU)
2001-2006, Alcoa Chair Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, North Carolina State University (NCSU)
2003-2011, Professor, Electrical Engineering and Campus Director of NSF Engineering Research Center on Biomimetic Microelectronic Systems, University of California, Santa Cruz
2007-present, Chair Professor and Honorary Director of Biomimetic Systems Research Center, National Chiao Tung University
2011-present Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems (BioCAS)
2011-present, Distinguished Professor, Bioengineering, Electrical Engineering, and California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI), University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
2012-present, Director, Chan Soon-Shiong Endowment Bionic Engineering Research Center, CNSI, UCLA
2016-present, Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering (BME)
2016-present, Co-founder, Niche Biomedical, Los Angeles, CA
Awards and honors
- Ranked #1, Government Scholarship Exam for Overseas Study – Information Science, Ministry of Education, Taiwan (1975)
- Northern Telecomm Outstanding Young Faculty Award (1983)
- IEEE Outstanding Paper Award in Computer Vision Conference (1986)
- Semiconductor Research Corporation Invention Award (2000), (2003)
- Alcoa Chair Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, North Carolina State Univ. (2001-2006)
- Chair Professor, National Chiao Tung University (2006-2008)
- National Chiao Tung University Outstanding Alumni Award (2006)
- Best Evening Session Award, IEEE International Solid State Circuit Conference (ISSCC) (2007)
- NASA Achievement Award on Low Power SOI Transceiver for Mars Exploration (2007)
- Best Paper Award (Honorable Mention), Asia Conference on Computer Vision (2009)
- RD-100 Award (top editor choice) for the Artificial Retina Project (2009)
- Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Award in Retinal Implant (2010)
- Honorary Doctorate Degree, National Chiao Tung University (2013)
- Guest Editor for the 50th Special Issue of IEEE Journal of Solid State Circuits (JSSC) (Nov 2016)
- Fellow, IEEE (Engineering in Biology and Medicine), 2017
- Fellow, American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), 2018
Dr Wentai Liu’s selected publications
Dr Wentai Liu’s full list of publications