Biography
Bevan Wu's Experience*
- Thirty-three years worldwide IBM experience in manufacturing engineering, product development and applied research, of which twenty-six years were in management
- Managed projects of semiconductor product development, pilot production of logic and Programmable Logic Array Integrated Circuits for IBM 360, 370 generation computers worldwide
- Implemented IBM's first automated semiconductor manufacturing system in East Fishkill, New York
- Managed IBM programs in Stanford University for the establishment of an interdisciplinary Master Degree - MSE (Manufacturing System Engineering) and the Establishment of Stanford Institute for Manufacturing Automation (SIMA)
- Introduced Expert System technology for manufacturing and field engineering applications to IBM locations world-wide
- Managed advanced process control and computer integrated manufacturing (CIM) projects in IBM Yorktown Research Center and IBM Tokyo Research Center
- Started Bevan Wu & Associates after retirement from IBM Research Center in 1992
- Managed ITRI project of Philips color monitor tube plant automation in Hsinchu. The plant went into full production 16 months after ground breaking
- Initiated and managed ITRI's New IC Fabricator Architecture Design Program proving the feasibility of his patented Modular Fabricator concept
Education
- Stanford University, Ph.D. Electrical Engineering
- Ohio State University, MS Electrical Engineering
- National Taiwan University, BS Electrical Engineering
*Other Associate Members' Background and Experience - per request
