周錫增特聘教授的簡傳 - Biography of Hsi-Tseng Chou

周錫增 Hsi-Tseng Chou

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Prof. Hsi-Tseng Chou (周錫增) received a B.S. degree in electrical engineering from National Taiwan University in 1988 and an M.S. and Ph. D. degree from the Ohio State University (OSU) in 1993 and 1996, respectively. After completing his military obligation, Prof. Chou joined ElectroScience Laboratory (ESL) at OSU as a graduate research associate from 1991 to 1996 and as a post-doctoral researcher from 1996 to 1998. He was with Yuan-Ze University (YZU), Taiwan from 1998-2015. He joined the Department of Electrical Engineering at National Taiwan University (NTU), Taiwan in 2015, where he is a distinguished professor. During his academic career, he has served in several administration positions, including the Dean of YZU R&D office, and the directors of NTU Graduate Institute of Communication Engineering and IoT Center.   

 

Prof. Chou's research interests focus on high-gain and intelligent antenna technologies (including antenna-in-package (AiP) and antenna-in-module (AiM)) and cover a wide range of RF technologies to realize them, including antenna electromagnetic theories, numerical simulation techniques, and measurement techniques of antenna characterization. His team is one of the key research teams in the world to develop asymptotic high-frequency techniques in real and complex spaces. It has produced numerous Uniform Geometrical Theory of Diffraction (UTD) solutions based on ray and beam techniques to interpret the radiation mechanisms of electrically large antennas. These techniques have been implemented in the antenna design codes and demonstrated to be highly efficient in designing high-gain antennas, including reflector, reflectarray, and phased antennas. After more than 30 years of technology development, his team is capable of developing end-to-end RF subsystems at millimeter-wave frequencies, incorporating RFIC and base-band DSP algorithms. 

 

Prof. Chou works closely with antenna industries to develop antenna technologies of great potentials in industrial applications. He has been a consultant to sixteen antenna-related companies in Taiwan. He has dedicated much effort to cultivating Taiwan’s new antenna industries, from satellite DTV reception antennas, point-to-point microwave link antennas, startups, and outdoor mobile base station antenna industries, where the collaborating companies have become the primary worldwide suppliers. His work has led to forming a “High-Gain and Smart Antenna Industrial Technologies Consortium” in Taiwan, in which an industrial cluster of high-gain antennas, especially the applications of mobile communication antennas, satellite and m has been formed. During his 30 years of academic career, he has collaborated with more than 60 antenna-related companies and research organizations in Taiwan, the most active companies worldwide. He has spined off two companies from his research teams, and serves as the members of the companies’ board of directors. In addition, he has helped three other Ph.D. students to establish their companies. In the society services, he served as a member of IEEE Fellow Committee and IEEE Teaching Award Committee. He served as the Chairs of the IEEE AP-S Taipei Chapter and IEEE EMC-S Taipei Chapter. He is currently the Associate Editors of IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, and IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters. He has been a member of Taiwan Microwave Association’s board directors. 

 

Prof. Chou holds the Fellow Positions to IEEE, IET, AAIA and AIIA. He is an elected member of URSI International Radio Science for his contributions to developing high-gain antennas. He currently serves as the executive secretary of URSI Taiwan member committee and is the delegate to URSI Commission B. 

 He has published over 206 international journal articles, 415 international conference papers, two EM book chapters, and one book. He has also filed more than 130 antenna patents. Domestic and international technical societies have recognized his works in education and technical research well by receiving numerous awards. In education, he received the IEEE Technical Field Award—Undergraduate Teaching Award in 2014 and the Outstanding Branch Counselor Awards from IEEE headquarters, R-10, and Taipei section in 2008, 2007, and 2008, respectively. The Taiwan Electromagnetic Industry-Academia Consortium 2013 appointed him as a Distinguished Lecturer to present technical lectures in universities and industries. His service as the chair of the IEEE AP-S Taipei chapter has made the chapter receive the Best Chapter Award in 2012. He received the IET Career Achievement Medal in Communication Engineering in 2021. From IEEE Xplore publication database, he was ranked as the top 1 author in the world in 2016-2022 to publish electromagnetic (EM) and antenna-related papers in terms of numbers in IEEE Transactions on Antenna and Propagation (The top journal in the EM area) as the first author. 

 

In the research, his works to promote industry-academia collaboration and cultivate the antenna industries in Taiwan has made him receive the Outstanding Industry-Academia Collaboration Award (2004) from the Ministry of Education (MoE), and University’s Contribution to the Industrial Economics Award (2008) and National Award for Industry Innovation—Industry-Academia Contribution Award (2017) from Ministry of Economic Affairs (MoEA), Taiwan, respectively. His distinguished work in high-gain antennas has made him receive the National Award for Industry Innovation—Key Technology Elite Award in 2011 from MoEA and the Science/Technology Management Award in 2014 from the Chinese Society for Management of Technology, Taiwan. He received the Best Paper Award of Journal Publication, Best Poster Paper Award, and Best Paper Award in 1998, 2014, and 2015 from OSU-ESL, PIERS, and IEEE MAPE, respectively. He received the Young Scientist Research Paper Award from Academic Sinica Taiwan in 2002. He has won 7 medals (2 Golds, 3 Silvers, and 2 Bronzes) for the Taipei International Invention Show and Technomart patent competitions from 2012 to 2015. He was elected as the Distinguished Professor by the Chinese Institute of Engineers (CIE), the Chinese Institute of Electrical Engineering (CIEE), and the Hsu Yo-Hsian Educational Foundation (2 times) in 2004, 2009, and (2005, 2008), respectively. He was elected as the Y-Z Chair Professor 3 times by the Hsu Yo-Hsian Educational Foundation in 2006, 2007, and 2011, respectively. He was elected the Nation’s Top 10 Rising Star in 2006 by the Central New Agency of Taiwan and the Nation’s Top Ten Young Person in 2004 by Junior Chamber International, Taiwan. He received the National Young Person Medal 2005 from China Youth Corps, Taiwan.

 

Summary of Honor and Awards:

A. Government Organizations:

 

  1. Distinguished Research Award from National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan (2021)
  2.   Tech Innovation Excellence Award ( or named "Taiwan Innovation Excellence Award")  from the Ministry of Science and Technology, 2022 
  3.  「National Award for Industry Innovation-Key Tech. Elite Award」 (2011) from the Ministry of Economic Affairs,
  4.  「National Award for Industry Innovation- Distinguished Industry-Academia Contribution Award」 (2017) from Ministry of Economic Affairs,
  5. 「Award of University’s Contribution to Industrial Economics」 (2008) from Ministry of Economic Affairs.
  6. 「Distinguished Academic-Industrial Cooperation Award」 (2003) from Ministry of Education
  7.   Product resulting from the inter-university and industries collaboration was elected as one of the year’s 11 most distinguished products in Hsin-Chu National Science Park of Taiwan (The largest and most crucial science park in Taiwan). (2002)
  8. 「Young Scientist Research Paper Award」 (2002) from Academia Sinica Taiwan

 

 

B. Non-profit Organizations:

  1.  IEEE Technical Field Award—Undergraduate Teaching Award (2014)
  2.  IET (Institute of Engineering and Technology, The world's largest multi-discipline technical society) Career Achievement Medal in Communication (2021). 
  3. Science/Technology Management Award」 (2014) from the Chinese Society for Management Of Technology, Taiwan
  4.   IEEE Antenna and Propagation Society, 「Best Chapter of 2012 Award」 (2012, Award to Prof. Chou as the Chair)
  5. 「Distinguished Electrical Engineering Professor Award」 (2009) from the Chinese Institute of Electrical Engineers.
  6. 「IEEE Outstanding Branch Counselor Award」 (2008) from IEEE headquarters.
  7. 「Outstanding Student Branch Award」 (2008) from IEEE Taipei Section.
  8. 「Outstanding Branch Counselor Award」 (2007) from IEEE Region-10
  9. 「Yuan-Ze Chair Professor Award」 (2006, 2007,2011) from Hsu Yo-Hsian Educational Foundation (operated under the supervision of NSC).
  10.  Elected as one of the 「Nation’s Top 10 Rising Stars」 for 2006 by The Central News Agency of Taiwan.
  11.  「National Young Person Medal」 (2005) from China Youth Corps of Taiwan
  12. 「Distinguished Professor Award」 (2005, 2008) from Hsu Yo-Hsian Educational Foundation (which is operated under the supervision of NSC).
  13. 「Award of the Ten Outstanding Young Persons of Taiwan」 (2004) from Junior Chamber International, Taiwan
  14.  「Distinguished Engineering Professor Award」 (2004) from Chinese Institute of Engineers.
  15. 「Distinguished Academic-Industrial Cooperation Award」 (2004, 2014) from the Chinese Institute of Engineers (Awarded to Yuan-Ze University due to successful cooperation conducted by Prof. Chou in the satellite antenna designs as the highlights).
  16. 「Distinguished Young Electrical Engineer Award」 (2003) from the Chinese Institute of Electrical Engineering.
  17. 「Best paper award」 (1999) from the OSU-ESL, USA.
  18.  「Young Scientist Award」 (1999) from URSI International Radio Science.
  19. 「Distinguished Service Award」 (2004) from Yuan-Ze University, Taiwan, seven times in the distinguished category during 2004-2014.
  20. 「Distinguished Research Award」 (2003,2006, Graduated afterward) from Yuan-Ze University, Taiwan
  21.  「Best Poster Paper Award」from PIERS, Guangzhou, 2014 (Paper: H-T Chou and S-C Tuan, ”Scattering Analysis of Reflectarray Antennas Illuminated by a Point Source for Near-Field Focus Applications")
  22.   「Best Paper Award」from 2015 IEEE MAPE (The 6th IEEE International Symposium on Microwave, Antenna, Propagation, and EMC Technologies (MAPE 2015), Shanghai, China, 2015 (Paper: A Novel Moving Average Method of Vehicle Detection in the FMCW Radar Using Antennas with Different Beamwidths at K-band)
  23.   "Second Place" in 2015 IWEM (~International Workshop on Electro-magnetics: Applications and Student Innovation Competition) Student Innovation Competition, Instructor of the team.

 

C. Medal for the Patents

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  2. Silver Medal for the Patent “Multi-layer, Planar Pole-type Antenna Array Structure ( 2011/04/7, Taiwan)” in 2012 Taipei International Invention Show and Technomart.
  3. Silver Medal for the Patent “Dual Band Reflectarray Antenna (2012/05, Taiwan)” in 2012 Taipei International Invention Show and Technomart.
  4.  Silver Medal for the Patent “Near-Field Focus Reflector Antenna Structure” in the 2013 Taipei International Invention Show and Technomart.
  5.  Bronze Medal for the Patent “Broadband Dual-Dipole Antenna Structure” in 2013 Taipei International Invention Show and Technomart.
  6.  Gold Medal for the Patent “Adaptive Phased Switching Antenna System” in 2014 Taipei International Invention Show and Technomart.
  7.  Bronze Medal for the Patent “Dual-Beam Phased Array Antenna” in 2014 Taipei International Invention Show and Technomart.
  8. Gold Medal for the Patent “Multi-Band and Multi-Satellite DTV Reflector Antenna and its Multi-Feed Components” in the 2015 Taipei International Invention Show and Technomart.