Background
Chin, Der-Tau was born on September 14, 1939 in Zhejiang, China. Came to the United States, 1963, naturalized, 1977. Son of Tsu-Kang and Shou-Chen (Chen) Chin.
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Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, Chungyuan College of Science & Engineering, 1962. Master of Science in Chemical Engineering, Tufts University, 1965. Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical Engineering, University Pennsylvania, 1969.
Career
Plant engineer Lungyen Sugar Factory, 1962-1963. Science programmer United States Air Force Cambridge (Massachusetts) Research Laboratory, Lexington, Massachusetts, 1965. Senior research engineer research laboratories General Motors Corporation, Warren, Michigan, 1969-1975.
Professor Clarkson University, Potsdam, New Jersey, 1975—2004, professor emeritus, since 2004. Visiting scientist Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, summers 1977, 80, United States Army Belvoir Research and Development Center, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, summer 1985, United States Army Electronics Technology and Devices Laboratory, Fort Mammouth, New Jersey, summer, 1986, Armstrong Laboratory Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, summer 1995. Visiting professor University California, Berkeley, 1981, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, 1981, National University Singapore, 1982, 87, National Tsing Hua University, 1989, King Fahd University Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 2000-2001.
Consultant Centro de Pesquisas do Energia Electrica, Rio de Janiero, Brazil, summer 1979.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow Electrochemical Society (Young Authors award 1971). Member American Institute of Chemical Engineers, American Electroplaters Society, American Chemical Society.
Connections
Married Lorna Fe Gencianeo, July 17, 1971. Children: Janet G., Lynn G. Plant engineer
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