Two professors from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Distinguished Professor and Chairman C. Robert Kao and Distinguished Professor Chun-hway Hsueh, received the honor of being named a fellow of ASM International. ASM International is one of the leading professional organizations of the international materials science and engineering academic community.

Chairman Kao’s research interests include 3D integrated circuit integration, microelectronic and nanoelectronic packaging, and optoelectronic packaging. He is the editor of two prestigious international journals and has an impressive h-index of 29.

Prof. Hsueh’s research is focused primarily on analytical modeling. He is a fellow of the American Ceramic Society and World Innovation Foundation as well as an ISI Highly Cited Researcher in Materials Science.