院士簡歷
Division of Engineering Sciences
Tze-chiang (T.C.) Chen 陳自強
Election Year 2022
1101 Kitchawan Road
Yorktown Heights, NY 10598
Tel: (914)945-1228 / Fax: (914)945-4044
Election Year 2022
1101 Kitchawan Road
Yorktown Heights, NY 10598
Tel: (914)945-1228 / Fax: (914)945-4044
Current Positions
- IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, IBM Fellow, Vice President of Strategy, Science and Technology, IBM Research
- National Cheng-Kung University, Physics Department, B.S. (1970-1974) and M.S. (1974-1976).
- Yale University, Engineering and Applied Science, M.S. (1978-1979) and Ph.D. (1979-1984)
- Professional Experiences:
- IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center - Research Staff Member and Manager (1984-1989); IBM Microelectronics Division - Bipolar Manufacturing Manager (1989-1991); IBM Semiconductor Research & Development Center - Program Manager of IBM/Siemens/Toshiba 64Mb/256Mb & IBM/Infineon/Nanya 1Gb DRAM Development Alliances (1991-1999), Director of Advanced CMOS Logic Tech. Dev. (1999-2003); IBM T.J. Watson Research Center - IBM Fellow and Vice President of Sci. and Tech. (2003-2015); Designated Executive of the IBM/Samsung/Global Foundries 7nm/5nm CMOS joint development alliance (2015-2017); IBM Fellow & Vice President in Strategy, Science & Technology, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center (2015-present).
- Professional Activities and Services:
- Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) Board of Directors, member (2007-present) and Chair (2010-2011 & 2016-2017); Nanotechnology Research Institute Governing Council (2007-2010); Member of Advisory Board for Univ. of Tokyo Graduate School of Engineering (2009), NU-MRSEC Center, Northwestern Univ. (2006-2011), and MARCO-FENA Center, UCLA (2005-2008). Member of SEMATECH Advisory Board (1993-1998). Served on and/or chaired international conference committees for International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), VLSI Symposium, VLSI-TSA Symposium (Taiwan), CSTIC, and ICSICT.
- Professional Services for Taiwan:
- Member of Science and Technology Advisory Group (STAG), Executive Yuan, Taiwan (2006-2008);National Taiwan University International Advisory Board (2014-2016); Dr. Chen, since 1998, has continually initiated, sponsored, and personally led the joint R&D projects between IBM Research/ Microelectronics Divisions and the institution/industry in Taiwan on semiconductor and quantum computing: Nanya Technology on DRAM (1998-2003), UMC on CMOS logic tech. (1999-2002 & 2012-2014), Macronix on nonvolatile memory tech. (since 2004), MediaTeck on 60GHz mmWave tech. (2007-2009), GPM on PICA Technology (2016-present), PowerChip on MRAM tech.(2017- present). Ministry of Science and Technology sponsored National Taiwan Univ.- IBM Q Quantum computing Center – 20 qubits Q.C. system applications in science and commercial fields (2019-present)
- Semiconductor Technology Research and Development
- Recipient of 18 IBM Outstanding Innovation and Invention Achievement awards (1984-2017); Elected IBM Distinguished Engineer (1996) and IBM Fellow (1999); IEEE Fellow (1998); American Physical Society (APS) Fellow (2005); Asian American Engineer of the year by CIE/USA (2005); Yale Science and Engineering Award for distinguished services to industry, commerce, and education (2006); Distinguished Alumnus Award of National Cheng-Kung University (2007); Elected Fellow of the School of Engineering of University of Tokyo (2009).
- 2011 IEEE Ernest Weber Engineering Leadership Recognition, Citation: “For engineering and managerial leadership in driving world’s most advanced silicon chip technologies from research to development to manufacturing.”; 2017 APS George E. Pake Prize Recipient, Citation: “For Expert leadership in semiconductor technology development and deployment, as well as basic science stewardship.” Honored with first-time ever IBM Lifetime Achievement Award in 2019, Citation: “For outstanding and sustained technical leadership and innovation."