Dr. Yin-Jung Chang was born and raised in Hualien City, Taiwan, Republic of China. He received a Ph.D. in electrical engineering and computer science from Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA in 2006.

From 1998 to 2000 he served in the R.O.C. Army as a platoon leader/communication officer in a mobilized infantry brigade in the southern part of Taiwan. From 2000 to 2002 he was a research engineer in Applied Electromagnetic Lab, Microelectronics and Information System Research Center at National Chiao-Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C. During his Ph.D. study, Dr. Chang worked on board-level optical interconnects covering both theoretical analyses based on rigorous electromagnetics and the development of an experimental prototype for 1-by-4 high-speed transmission at 10 Gb/s/channel. From May to August 2006, he was a summer intern at IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA, focusing on the optoelectronic packaging for the 160-Gb/s bidirectional parallel optical transceiver module in IBM/DARPA “Terabus” project. After a short postdoctoral research at Georgia Tech, Dr. Chang joined Portland Technology Development, Intel Corp. in Hillsboro, OR, USA, in early 2007 as a senior yield engineer working on the 22-nm technology node. In August 2008, he joined the Dept. of Optics and Photonics (DOP) at National Central University, Taiwan, R.O.C., and is currently a professor.

Dr. Chang was instrumental in the funding and development of the optoelectronic/photonics educational program at DOP. This includes the development of Semiconductor Physics in Optoelectronics, Physical Foundations of Semiconductor Optoelectronics, and Electromagnetic Principles of Photonics courses. His current research interests are integrated optics based on surface plasmon polaritons, nano-optics, nano-metallic optoelectronic physics and devices, photon energy conversion, electromagnetic problems in optics/photonics, and optical interconnects. Dr. Chang has been publishing his work mostly in top-notched optics/electrical engineering journals.

Ph.D., School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA, 2006

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Referee 2022, 2023

Secondary Review Committee of the Photonics Program, Ministry of Science and Technology, R.O.C.

Committee Member Jan. 2022 –

Taiwan Stock Exchange Corp., Taiwan, Republic of China (R.O.C.)

Case Reviewer Jul. 2018 – Aug. 2018

Appeals Committee of the Photonics Program, Ministry of Science and Technology, R.O.C.

Committee Member Aug. 2018 – Jul. 2021

Silicon and Photonic Integrated Circuits Research Program, Minister of Science and Technology, R.O.C.

Co-PI Aug. 2018 – Now

Dept. of Optics and Photonics, Nat. Central Univ., Chungli, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Professor Aug. 2018 – Now

Dept. of Optics and Photonics, Nat. Central Univ., Chungli, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Associate Professor Aug. 2012 – Jul. 2018

Dept. of Optics and Photonics, Nat. Central Univ., Chungli, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Assistant Professor                                                                                          Aug. 2008 – Jul. 2012

Portland Technology Development, Intel Corp., Hillsboro, OR, USA

Yield Engineer                                                                                                Apr. 2007 – Jun. 2008

School of ECE, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA

Post Doctoral Fellow Jan. 2007 – Mar. 2007

IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA

Summer Intern                                                                                             May. 2006 – Aug. 2006

School of ECE, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA

Graduate Research Assistant                                                                          Aug. 2002 – Dec. 2006

Applied EM Research Lab, Nat. Chiao-Tung Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Research Engineer                                                                                         Aug. 2000 – Jun. 2002

Military Service, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Platoon Leader/Communication Officer                                                              Oct. 1998 – Jul. 2000

Nanostructured Photonic Physics and Devices, Nanoplasmonics, Electromagnetic Problems in Optics/Photonics, Short-Reach Optical Interconnects, Microwave Engineering, and Antennas

• Nanophotonics
• Nano-Optics
• Hot-Carrier-Based Photon Energy Conversion - Physics and Devices
• Optical Nanocircuitry based on Surface Plasmon Polaritons
• Diffractive Optics
  
• Silicon Photonics

• 2021 Outstanding Lecturer Award, National Central University, Taiwan, Republic of China (R.O.C.).
• 2020 Outstanding Lecturer Award of College of Sciences, National Central University, Taiwan, R.O.C.
• 2019 Outstanding Lecturer Award of College of Sciences, National Central University, Taiwan, R.O.C.
• 2018 Outstanding Lecturer Award of College of Sciences, National Central University, Taiwan, R.O.C.
• Invited speaker, BIT's 2nd World Congress of Smart Materials, Singapore, Mar. 03-06, 2016.
• 2014 Outstanding Lecturer Award of College of Sciences, National Central University, Taiwan, R.O.C.
• 2011 Outstanding Research Award, National Central University, Taiwan, R.O.C.
• 2011 Outstanding Lecturer Award of College of Sciences, National Central University, Taiwan, R.O.C.
• 2006 IAB Outstanding Student Poster Award, Packaging Research Center, Georgia Institute of Technology, GA, USA.