Bulletin Spring‧Summer 2003

Prof. Woo is chairman of the Examination Committee and council member of the Hong Kong College of Cardiology, committee member of the Council on Clinical Cardiology of the Wo r ld Heart Federation, chairman of the Specialty Board in Cardiology of the Hong Kong College of Physicians, and editorial board member of many professional journals on cardiology. Professor of Surgery Prof. Anthony Y im Ping- chuen has been appointed professor of surgery from 1st October 2002. Prof. Y i m undertook the natural sciences tripos path to medicine at the University of Cambridge and obtained his B.M. Ch.B. and doctor of medicine from Oxford University in 1984 and 1999 respectively. He is a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Glasgow, of England, and of Edinburgh. He has undergone postgraduate training in general medicine, general and vascular surgery, and cardiac surgery in the UK and the US. He is a member or fellow of many learned societies including the American Association for Thoracic Surgery, the European Association for Cardio- Tho r ac ic Surgery, the Ame r i c an Heart Association, the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine, the International Association for Cardiac Biological Implants, and the Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgeons of Asia. He joined the University in 1992 and founded the Cardiothoraciac Training Scheme, from which approximately 30 mainland doctors have benefited so far. Professor of Photonics Prof. Chinlon Lin has been appointed professor of photonics from 7th January 2003. Prof. L in obtained his BSEE from Taiwan University in 1967, his MS from the University of Illinois in 1970, and his Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley in 1973. Prof. Lin joined AT&T Bell Laboratories as a member of its technical s t a f f i n 1 9 74 a n d subsequently served as director o f Broadband L i g h t w a v e S y s t ems Research, Bellcore, New J e r s e y ; d i r e c t o r o f Lightwave Technologies and technical director of Forward-Looking Work Tyco Telecom Labs, New Jersey; and chairman, president and CEO, and chief technical officer at Jedai Broadband Networks, New Jersey. Before j o i n i ng the University, he was president, CEO, and chief technical officer of BeLight Inc. Prof. Lin has been a fellow of IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society since 1991 and the Optical Society of America since 1983. Emeritus Professor of Electronic Engineering Prof. Ian H. Wilson was awa r ded the t i t l e o f Emeritus Professor of Electronic Engineering f r om 11th December 2002. P r o f . W i l s o n g r a d u a t ed f r om the University of Reading in UK with a B.Sc. in physics in 1962 and a Ph.D. in physics in 1965. Before joining The Chinese University, Prof. Wilson had been the head and chief metallurgist of Engelhard Industries Limited for two years and had taught in the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at the University of Surrey for more than 19 years. Prof. Wilson served CUHK as professor of electronic engineering from January 1991 until his retirement in July 2002. He was also chairman of the Department of Electronic Engineering from March 1991 to July 1995 and from January 1998 to July 2002. The department benefited greatly from his distinguished services, excellent leadership, and clear direction. Under his guidance, the Materials Science and Technology Chinese University Bulletin Spring • Summer 2003 34