<p>Dr. Wu received the BS degree in electrical engineering from National Tsing Hua University (NTHU) in 1996, and the PhD degree in electronics engineering from National Chiao Tung University (NCTU) in 2000, both in Taiwan. During 2000-2005, he was with ProMOS Technologies (茂德科技, DRAM manufacturers) where he was engaged in advanced process development and earned the individual IP award in 2002 and 2003 for the contribution in patent proposal. </p>
<p>In 2005, he joined NTHU as an Assistant Professor. He was promoted to Associate Professor and Professor in 2009 and 2012 respectively. He received many awards including the “Young Faculty Research Award (新進人員研究獎)”, “Excellent Teaching Award (傑出教學獎)” and “Outstanding Mentor Award (傑出導師獎)” granted by NTHU. In 2015, he was conferred with the title of “NTHU Distinguished Professor (清華特聘教授)” for his outstanding contribution in teaching and mentoring young talents. He was awarded \"Outstanding Young Scholar Research Grant\" twice by National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) in 2012 and 2019 (2次國科會優秀年輕學者計畫). He was also bestowed “Lifetime Achievement Award (國際傑出發明家發明終身成就獎)” by Taiwan International Invention Award Winners Association in 2016. He was the recipient of “Excellent Electrical Engineer Professor Award (中國電機工程學會傑出電機工程教授獎)” in 2021 by Chinese Institute of Electrical Engineering. In addition, he was bestowed “Excellent Project Award (優良計畫獎)” by Atomic Energy Council (原子能委員會) in 2022 and 2023. Currently, he is an IET Fellow (Institution of Engineering and Technology, 國際工程技術學會會士) and IEEE Senior member (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers).</p>
<p>He is committed to exploring the boundaries of next-generation ferroelectric memory devices and VLSI technologies by developing novel materials and innovative structures. He has published 65 SCI papers, several prestigious conference papers including IEDM and Symp. VLI Technology in the past 10 years (the 2nd highest-ranked team in Taiwan in terms of publishing papers in renowned IEEE Electron Device Letters). He also holds 42 patents (Taiwan, US, German, Korea, China) and has authored 1 book chapter. Furthermore, the students he mentored have won many national-wide research-based awards including “Technology Scholarship (中技社科技獎學金) ” from China Technical Consultants Inc. (CTCI) Foundation in consecutive 5 years (2018-2022), “Semiconductor Award (台灣半導體產業協會半導體獎)” from Taiwan Semiconductor Industry Association (TSIA) in 2019/2020/2023, “College Student Research Creativity Award (國科會大專學生研究創作獎)” from NSTC in 2019, “TSMC PhD student fellowship (台積電獎學金)” and “Scholarship for Outstanding PhD Students (國科會優秀博士生獎學金)” from NSTC (one of highest student scholarships provided by the government and industry in Taiwan), both in 2020.</p>
<p>In addition, he has held some administrative positions at Office of Academic Affairs in NTHU including Division Chief of Center for Teaching and Learning Development, Director of Chinese Language Center, Director of Center for Continuing Education during 2010-2016. From 2015- 2021, he served as the Chairman of Interdisciplinary Program (undergraduate department) of College of Nuclear Science, Associate Vice President for Student Affairs, Chairman of Department of Engineering and System Science. From 2020-2022, he also served as the Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs. Since 2022, he has been the Vice President for Academic Affairs of NTHU.</p>