Real World Optical Design Course

March 15-16, 2007

Biography – Dr. Ting Mei

Dr. Ting Mei received his B.S. and M.S degrees in Optical Engineering from Zhejiang University, China, in 1988 and 1991, respectively, and Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from National University of Singapore, Singapore in 2000. He was an Assistant Research Professor in Optical Engineering Department, Zhejiang University in 1991-1995, and worked as a Research Engineer in the Institute of Microelectronics, Singapore in 1997-2000. He joined the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore in 2000, and is currently an Associate Professor. His lecture courses include Optical-Electronic Devices (Postgraduate), Optical Design (undergraduate), IC Yield and Reliability, etc. and also tutors subjects of Analog Electronics, Integrated Electronics, etc.

 Dr. Mei’s research has been in the area of semiconductor optoelectronics and novel optoelectronic devices, semiconductor microfabrication, and infrared imaging technologies including QWIP, QDIP and microbolometer.  His current research interest focuses on photonic integrated circuits, band gap engineering technology, low dimensional devices, and nanoscale semiconductor materials. He has published more than 100 papers in refereed international journals and conference. He is a senior member of IEEE/IEEE-LEOS and was vice chairman of IEEE-LEOS Chapter, Singapore Section for 2004 and 2005.

Biography – Dr. Chen MingSong

Chen MingSong received B.Eng in Optoelectronics and M.Eng in Optical Instrumentation from TianJin University in 1989 and 1992, respectively, and the PhD degree in Physics from the National University of Singapore in 2001. In 1992 – 1997 he was a lecturer in the University of Science and Technology of China, involved in teaching and research in laser, optics and physics. In 2000 he joined the Innovation Department of Philips Optical Storage Singapore, and has been optoelectronic engineer / senior / chief optical engineer to design and develop optical pickup unit. In 2005 he joined R&D department of a US MNC as principal optical engineer to design and develop illumination product.