Background
Cheah, Kok Wai was born on May 18, 1952 in Penang, Malaysia. Son of Chow See and Kwai Ying (Chan) Cheah.
Cheah, Kok Wai was born on May 18, 1952 in Penang, Malaysia. Son of Chow See and Kwai Ying (Chan) Cheah.
Bachelor of Science with honors, Imperial College, London, 1973. Master of Science, Imperial College, London, 1975. Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation, Imperial College, London, 1975.
Doctor of Philosophy, Imperial College, London, 1979.
Design engineer Elf Audio Visual, Reading, England, 1979-1980. Technical director Spectrum Detector, London, 1980-1982. Principal engineer Marconi Space Systems, Portsmouth, England, 1982-1990.
Associate professor physics Hong Kong Baptist University, since 1990.
Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York Academy of Sciences, Hong Kong Physical Society (council since 1995).
Married Ho Fun Tsui, December 26, 1990. Children: Yung Nam, Yung Wing.