Bio Sketch
After receiving his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University, Dr. Chih-Ming Ho started his career at the University of Southern California and rose to the rank of full professor. In 1991, he moved to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to lead the university's establishment of the micro-electro-mechanical-system (MEMS) field, while serving as the founding Director of the Center for Micro Systems. Currently, He is the Ben Rich-Lockheed Martin Professor Emeritus. Dr. Ho was the Director of the NASA supported Institute for Cell Mimetic Space Exploration (CMISE) and the NIH supported Center for Cell Control (CCC). He served as UCLA Associate Vice Chancellor for Research from 2001 to 2005.
His research interests include phenotypic personalized medicine (PPM), micro/nano fluidics, molecular sensors and turbulence. He was ranked by ISI as one of the top 250 most cited researchers in all engineering categories (2001-2014). In 1997, Dr. Ho was inducted as a member of the National Academy of Engineering. In the next year, he was elected as an Academician of Academia Sinica. He has received a Doctor of Engineering Honoris Causa from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Dr. Ho holds ten honorary professorships, including the Einstein Professor from the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Dr. Ho was elected a Fellow of APS, AAAS, AIMBE, AIAA and 3M-Nano Society.
In addition to his academic accomplishments, he has made extensive contributions to many professional societies around the world. He has chaired the Division of Fluid Dynamics (DFD) for the American Physical Society, which is the leading platform in the United States for scientists interested in fundamental fluid dynamics. He was on the advisory board for the AIAA Journal and is a member of the IEEE/ASME JMEMS coordinating Committee. He was an Associate Editor of the ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering and an Associate Editor of the AIAA Journal. He also has served as a Guest Editor for the Annual Review of Fluid Dynamics.
On the international level, he has served on advisory panels to provide assistance to many countries and regions, including China, France, Hong Kong, Israel, Japan, Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, and the United Kingdom on the developments of nano/micro technologies. Dr. Ho also has chaired or served on numerous organizing committees of international conferences on high technology topics.
Honors
Member: US National Academy of Engineering
Citation: For contributions to the understanding and control of turbulent flows.
Academician: Academia Sinica
Doctor of Engineering Honoris Causa: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Fellow: The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Citation: For pioneering contributions in phenotypic personalized medicine, microfluidics, bio-molecular sensing and control of turbulent flows
Fellow: American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)
Citation: Chih-Ming Ho has been elected a distinguished Fellow of the Institute for his seminal impacts made in the microfluidic system technology for applications in medical diagnosis and biological research
Fellow: American Physical Society (APS)
Citation: For contributions in understanding the sensitivity of free shear layer under perturbations or geometrical variations in initial conditions. His pioneering works have been served as bases for controlling the evolutions of turbulent free shear layers.
Fellow: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
Citation: For seminal contributions to the basic understanding and control of turbulent shear flows and for pioneering contributions to applying microtransducers to aerospace science.
Fellow: International Society for Nano Manipulation, Manufacturing and Measurement (3M-Nano)
Citation: For outstanding professional achievement in nano science and engineering
Awards
Distinguished Alumnus of National Taiwan University
Global Achievement Award: The Johns Hopkins University
The Johns Hopkins University Society of Scholars
UCLA-Allied Signal Faculty Research Award
Honorary Professorship
Ben Rich - Lockheed Martin Professor
Einstein Professor, Chinese Academy of Sciences
K. T. Lee Honorary Chair Professor of National Cheng Kung University
Honorary Research Professor of National Taiwan University
Kuo-Nien Honorary Professor of National Tsinghua University
Honorary Chair Professor of National Chao-Tung University
Honorary Chair Professor of National Tsinghua University
Honorary Professor of Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Honorary Professor of Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics