Background
Chan, Ching Chuen was born on January 14, 1937 in Magelang, Indonesia. Son of Sing Dijiang Tan and Kiok Hua Lee.
Chan, Ching Chuen was born on January 14, 1937 in Magelang, Indonesia. Son of Sing Dijiang Tan and Kiok Hua Lee.
Bachelor of Science, China University Mining & Technology, Beijing, 1957. Master of Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 1959. Doctor of Philosophy, University Hong Kong, 1980.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Odessa Institute of Technology, Ukraine, 1992.
Lecturer China University Mining & Technology, Beijing, 1959-1965. Chief design engineer Electric Machine works, Shanghai, 1966-1976. From lecturer to senior lecturer Hong Kong Polytechnic, 1977-1980.
From lecturer to professor and department head University Hong Kong, since 1980. By-fellow Churchill College, Cambridge (England) University. Visiting professor University California, Berkeley, 1989, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1995.
Board directors International Research Center for Electric Vehicles, Hong Kong. Consultant Ford Research Laboratory, Dearborn, Michigan, since 1992, Sumitomo Corporation, Tokyo, 1995, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, Suwon, Korea, 1995.
Fellow: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (guest editor 1995, Best Paper award 1988), International Institute for Advanced Study (founding president), Hong Kong Academy Engineering Sciences, Ukraine Academy Engineering Sciences, Chinese Academy Engineering, Royal Academy Engineering United Kingdom, National Institute for Environmental Studies (Distinguished fellow), Hong Kong Institution Engineers (president), World Electric Vehicle Association, Institute Electrical Engineers (International Lecturer medal 2000).
Married Ru Wei Yu.