Dr. Chen has been teaching at various colleges since 1980 in fields such as electrical drafting, electrical engineering, electronics engineering, electrical material science, and electrical technology. He was an Electrical Communications Officer at the Chinese Air Force; Design Engineer at Control Systems Inc.; and CAD Design Engineer at an Advanced (Semiconductor) Technology Center in San Jose. He received his doctoral degree in Industrial Technology (DIT) from University of Northern Iowa in 1988. He has presented 23 professional papers at 8 different international conferences in the past 8 years. He also earned a certificate of IC packaging design and submitted 3 patent applications while serving as a consultant. Currently he was working on Online Wireless Learning Solutions (OWLS), a US Department of Education research project. He was also serving in Academic Senator at SF State 1993-1999; Academic Program Review Committee (APRC) 2002-2006; CRAC for 6 years; FAC 2004-2005; LWP Committee at the College of Creative Arts 2003-4; and DAI departmental committees. He is a professor teaching CAD and all the electronics courses in the Design and Industry Department at San Francisco State University.
Education
DIT – University of Northern Iowa
