School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
College of Engineering
Cornell University
325 Phillips Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853-5401
email: kan at ece dot cornell dot edu
Biography
Professor Edwin Kan received his B.S. in 1984 from the National Taiwan University. He received his Ph.D. from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1992. He was a Senior CAD Engineer at Dawn Technology from 1992-1994. From 1994-1997 he was a Research Associate at Stanford University. He joined the faculty of Electrical Engineering at Cornell in 1997 as an assistant professor. Professor Kan is now a full professor.
Selected Awards and Honors
Cornell Inventor Award(Cornell University)2006
Robert ’55 and Vanne ’57 Cowie Excellence in Teaching Award(Cornell College of Engineering)2003
Cornell Inventor Award(Cornell University)2003
Best Chapter Chair Award(IEEE)2002
PECASE (Presidential Early-Career Award for Scientists and Engineers) Award(US Government)2000
Education
BS(Electrical Engineering),National Taiwan University
MS(ELectrical and Computer Engineering),University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ph D(Electrical and Computer Engineering),University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign