Mansun

CHAN

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PhD, Univ of California, Berkeley
Fellow, IEEE
IEEE Distinguished Lecturer

Prof. Mansun Chan earned his Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of California, San Diego, in 1991, and subsequently obtained his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1995. He is a recognized expert in emerging semiconductor devices, having authored over 300 journal articles and 500 conference papers on the topic. Prof. Chan is particularly noted for his pivotal contributions to the development of the unified BSIM model for SPICE, which has been adopted as the first industrial standard MOSFET model by numerous U.S. companies and the Compact Model Council (CMC). He also led the research group that successfully demonstrated the first Stacked CFET technology, regarded as the most promising solution for extending CMOS scaling beyond the 2nm technology node.

In addition to his academic pursuits, Prof. Chan has been actively involved in professional service and leadership within the IEEE Electron Device Society. His roles have included serving on the Board of Governors, as Vice-President, Chairperson of the Education Committee, Chairperson of the Subcommittee on Regions and Chapters, and Chairperson of the Student Fellowship Committee. He has also played significant roles in organizing international conferences, including serving as General Chair of the IEEE International Conference on Electron Devices and Solid-State Circuits (EDSSC) and as Technical Committee Chair of the Electron Device Technology and Manufacturing (EDTM) conference.

Prof. Chan is also committed to entrepreneurship and educational initiatives. He has co-founded and invested in over 20 companies, three of which have successfully completed initial public offerings (IPOs). In response to the increasing demand for online education, he launched an animation-based MOOC on semiconductor devices, which has garnered over 25,000 enrollments from learners worldwide. Additionally, he initiated a series of electronic circuit construction training modules and competitions for primary and secondary school students, which have become a key outreach program for the IEEE Electron Device Society in fostering interest among young engineers.

His dedication to education has been recognized with multiple accolades, including four teaching awards from the Engineering School of HKUST and the Michael Gale Medal for Teaching Excellence from HKUST. He has also received the IEEE Simon Min Sze Education Award for his innovative contributions to electronic engineering education. Prof. Chan is a Distinguished Lecturer and a Fellow of IEEE.

Multi-disciplinary Themes

Bio-Systems and Bio-information Technologies (BBT)
Display and Sensors Everywhere (DSE)