753. Prof. Wentai Liu 劉文泰教授

English Name Prof. Wentai Liu  

Hanji Name 劉文泰教授
Birth Year 1948
Birth Place Tainan, Taiwan
First year / First city / State in U.S. -/-/-
Address CA
Family 1. Wife: —
2. Daughter: —
3. Son: —
Education School Name Year – Year Degree and major
1. National Chiao Tung Univ.

B.S.
2. National Taiwan Univ.

M.S.
3. Univ. of Michigan

1983

Ph.D.
Employment Company Name Year – Year Position or title
1. UCLA

2011-

Professor, Department of Bioengineering
2. National Science Society (NSF) Bionic Microelectronic System Engineering Research

2011

Director of UC Santa Cruz Branch
3. Univ. of California, Santa Cruz

2003-2011

Professor of Electronic Engineering
Accomplishment 1. Inventor of the Artificial Retina for Blind People, One of the Greatest Technical Breakthroughs of the 21 Century

2. Father of Bionic Eye

3. Distinguished Professor of The Bioengineering Dept. of UCLA

4. IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Fellow, 2016

5. Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Award, 2010

6. Associate Editor, IEEE Trans. on Biomedical Engineering

7. Chair Professorship and Founder/Honorary Director of Biomimetic Systems Research Center, National Chiao-Tung Univ./Taiwan

8. Outstanding Taiwanese American Elected by T.A. Archives in 04/2019

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