Der-Cherng Liaw

Der-Cherng Liaw (S'86–M'90–SM'02) received the B.S. degree in control engineering from National Chiao Tung University (NCTU), Hsinchu, Taiwan, in 1982, the M.S. degree in electrical engineering from National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, in 1985, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA, in 1990. During 1990–1991, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow with the Institute of Systems Research, University of Maryland. Since August 1991, he has been with the NCTU, Hsinchu, where he is currently a Professor of electrical and control engineering. During 1994–1995, he was the Director of the Institute of Control Engineering, National Chiao Tung University. His research interests include nonlinear control systems, bifurcation control, applications to jet engine control, flight control, electric power systems and power electronics, RFID, electric vehicle, network based distributive control, and implementation issues. During 1990–1992, Dr. Liaw served as a Designated Assistant to the Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. Dr. Liaw was also a Member of Editorial Board of 1993 American Control Conference.