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Yuan-Chieh Tseng

Yuan-Chieh Tseng
Distinguished Professor
Mobile. 886-983-707-515
Office. 886-3-5731898
Fax: 886-3-5724727
Address: Engineering building VI, 1001 Ta Hsueh Road, National Chiao Tung University (NCTU), Hsin-Chu, Taiwan 30010
  • Appointments/leadership
    • Chief Strategy Officer, Office of Semiconductor International Cooperation, NYCU, 2023
    • Associate Dean, International College of Semiconductor Technology, NYCU, 2023
    • Senior Fellow, Higher Education Academy (HEA), UK, 2021~present
    • Distinguished Professor, NYCU, 2020~present,2021~present.
    • Distinguished Research Fellow, Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), 2020~present
    • Associate Vice President, Office of International Affairs, NYCU, 2018~2022
    • Professor,Dept. Materials Science & Engineering, NYCU, 2016~present
    • Associate Professor, Dept. Materials Science & Engineering, NYCU, 2013~2016
    • Assistant Professor, Dept. Materials Science & Engineering, NYCU, 2009~2013

    Affiliated positions
    • Joint Professor, International College of Semiconductor Technology, NYCU
    • Joint Professor, Undergraduate Honors Program of Nano Science & Engineering, NYCU

    Education
    • Ph.D, Materials Science & Engineering, Northwestern University, 2004~2009
    • M.S., Materials Science & Engineering, National Tsing Hua University (NTHU), Taiwan, 2000~2002
    • B.S., Materials Science & Engineering, National Tsing Hua University (NTHU), Taiwan, 1996~2000

    Research interests

    Magneto-resistive random access memory (STT, SOT, VCMA), spintronics, multiferroic/ferroelectric devices, magneto-electrical devices, magnetic sensors, 2D materials, oxide-based devices, thin films, synchrotron x-ray characterizations.

  • Outreach/leadership/services
    1. Committee member, National Defense Advanced Science and Technology Research Committee, 2021~2023
    2. Senior lecturer, Advanced Higher Education program (held at NYCU), 2021
    3. Program committee, international conference on Asian union of magnetics societies (ICAUMS), 2020
    4. Session char, international conference on magnetism and magnetic materials (MM), 2019
    5. Session chair, IEEE International Magnetic Conference (InterMag), 2018
    6. Program committee, International Union of Materials Research Societies (IUMRS)-ICA, 2017
    7. Editorial board member, Scientific Reports (Nature Publish Group), 2016~present
    8. General chair, annual users meeting, NSRRC, 2016
    9. Panel committee, national synchrotron radiation research center (NSRRC), 2016
    10. Chairman, User Executive Committee, national synchrotron radiation research center (NSRRC), 2016
    11. Program Committee, international conference on magnetism and magnetic materials (MMM), 2016
    12. Program Committee, international conference on Asian union of magnetics societies (ICAUMS), 2016
    13. Organizer, magnetics summer school, 2016 (sponsored by Taiwan association for magnetic technology).
    14. Secretary General, Taiwan Association for Magnetic Technology, 2015 & 2016
    15. Council member, Taiwan Association for Magnetic Technology, 2015~ present
    16. Vice Chairman, User Executive Committee, national synchrotron radiation research center (NSRRC), 2015
    17. Organizer, magnetics summer school, 2015 (sponsored by Taiwan association for magnetic technology).
    18. Session chair, international conference on Asian union of magnetics societies (ICAUMS), 2014

    Achievements/Awards
    1. Excellence of teaching, NCTU (only 4 winners for the obligatory courses of the university), 2019.
    2. Honorable mention, award of novel materials development, Taiwan Materials Science Society, 2018.
    3. Principal investigator, national project, Ministry of Science & Technology, 2018~2022 (20 teams were selected in whole Taiwan). Project title “failure analysis and reliability testing of advanced magnetic random access memory”.
    4. Excellence of teaching, NCTU (only 4 winners for the obligatory courses of whole NCTU), 2015.
    5. Pioneering scientist fellowship, MOST, 2015~2017
    6. Excellence of teaching, college of engineering, 2014.
    7. Young scientist fellowship, NSRRC, 2011~2013.
    8. Dr. Joseph Chou Memorial Scholarship, North America Taiwanese Engineers’ Association, 2008.
    9. “Taiwan Research highlight: “Materials Development Towards an Energy-efficient Spintronic Logic Device” http://trh.gase.most.ntnu.edu.tw/en/article/content/99, 2020”

    Book chapter
    1. Magnetic materials, Chapter 7,” Introduction to Electronic Materials”, Gau-Lih publisher. (Chinese version)

    Patents
    1. J. Y. Liang, Y. C. Tseng. Y. C. Pai, Y. J. Chou, W. C. Lin and C. H. Lai, “Hydrogen sensing device”, ROC patent I632328 (2018).
    2. C. Chen, C. M. Liu, and Y. C. Tseng, “Photo sensor and method of fabricating the same, ROC patent I472048 (2015).
    3. Y. C. Tseng, C. H. Wang, and T. B. Wu, “Low voltage drive ferroelectric capacitor, US Patent App. 11/253,178 (2005).
    4. Y. C. Tseng, J. Y. Liang, C. W. Ying, and K. W. Chang, “gas-sensing devices”, ROC patent, I699529 (2020)