Bor-Uei Chen Memorial Scholarship

Bor-Uei Chen Memorial Scholarship (In History Part)

“The purpose of this scholarship is 1) to honor Dr. Bor-Uei Chen for his contributions in photonics and his services to the photonics community; 2) to recognize outstanding graduate students in the field of optical communications and photonic devices.”

Winners

1995: Lih-Yuan Lin (UCLA) Jerry Chen (MIT) Yan Sun (Standford)

1996: Li-Ping Chen (UCLA) Yongan Wu (Standford) Wei-Chao Fand (UIUC)

1997: Wenhua Lin (UMBC)

1998: Xiaonong Shen (UCSB) Jianhua Zhao (UCSB)

1999: Ming Li (Rensselaer) Alan Yuan-Chun Hsu (UIUC)

2000: (No Recipients Selected)

2001: Xiaomin Jin (UIUC) Sheng-Kwang Hwang (UCLA)

2002: Shuo Tang (UCLA)

2003: How-Foo Chen (UCLA) Chih-Hao Chang (UC Berkeley)

2004: Fan-Yi Lin (UCLA) Shun-Der Wu (Georgia Tech)

2005: Hsu-Feng Chou (UCSB) Chao-Yuan Chen (NCTU, Taiwan)

2006: Dongliang Yin (UCSC) Chia-Lung Hsieh (NTU, Taiwan)

2007: Sze-Chun Chan (UCLA) Michael Chung-Yi Huang (UC Berkeley) Yi Zhang (UC Santa Cruz)

2008: Bo Zhang (USC) Zhensheng Jia (Georgia Tech) Xiaoxue Zhao(UC Berkeley)

2009: (No Recipients Selected)

2010: Xiankai Sun (Caltech) Yu-Ting Hsueh (Georgia Tech) Li-Min Chen(UCLA) Songnan Wu (Arizona State)

2011: Ludan Huang (UW Seattle) Chien-Yao Lu (UIUC)

2012: (No Recipients Selected)

2013: Huang Hao* (USC); Cheng Liu (Georgia Tech)

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Photonics Society Chinese-Americans

PSC Scholarship Winner 2021 Mr. Chao Xiang (UCSB)

Mr. Chao Xiang (UCSB)

PSC Scholarship Winner 2021

Mr. Runzhou Zhang (USC) PSC Scholarship Winner 2021

Mr. Runzhou Zhang (USC)

PSC Scholarship Winner 2021

PSC Scholarship Winner 2020 Ms. Cong Liu

Ms. Cong Liu (USC)

PSC Scholarship Winner 2020

Mr. Derek Kita (MIT) 2020 PSC Scholar Winner

Mr. Derek Kita (MIT)

PSC Scholarship Winner 2020

Photonics Society of Chinese Heritage announces the winners of the second Tingye Li Memorial Scholarship Award 2021

MEDICA CONTACT: 

OFC, June 8, 2021 The Photonics Society of Chinese Heritage (PSC), a non-profit organization for promoting professional exchange among Chinese Americans in the field of photonics, is proud to announce the winners of the second Tingye Li Memorial Scholarship Award: Mr. Chao Xiang, a Ph.D. student from the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB) for his exceptional contributions to silicon nitride photonics integrated circuit (PIC), and Mr. Runzhou Zhang, a Ph.D. student from the University of Southern California (USC), for his excellent research achievement in high-capacity free-space optical communications using structured light.

The winners were selected from many applicants in top photonics-related Ph.D programs around the world by the Scholarship Selection Committee, which is comprised of renowned scientists and business leaders in the field, including Prof. Alan Willner (USC), Prof. John Bowers (UCSB), Prof. Vincent Chan (MIT), Dr. Hong Hou (Intel), and Dr. Xiang Zhou (Google). 

“Tingye was a great role model for many Chinese American scientists and engineers in the field of photonics. Tingye Li Memorial Scholarship Awards is a PSC commitment in the community to continuously encourage the younger generation to study and develop their career in photonics field”, said Dr. Samuel Liu, the president of PSC.