Yu Hong Ja

Background

Ja, Yu Hong was born on November 10, 1937 in Kaiping, China. Son of Kew Yuen and Oi Wah (Kwan) Ja. arrived in Australia, 1966.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering, Beijing U., 1960; PhDEE, U. Sydney, Australia, 1971.

Career

Teaching and research assistant department physics, Shantung Institute Oceanography, Tsingtao, China, 1961-1964; research engineer, Telecom Australia Research laboratories, Clayton, Victoria., 1971-1979; senior research engineer, Telecom Australia Research laboratories, Clayton, Victoria., 1979-1982; principal research engineer, Telecom Australia Research laboratories, Clayton, Victoria., since 1982. Visiting professor Beijing U. Aeronautics an Astronautics, 1988, Zhongshan U., Guangzhou, China, 1988. Reviewer numerous international research journals, since 1976.

Achievements

• Yu Hong Ja has been listed as a noteworthy Research electrical engineer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Optical Society American, Society Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, Australian Optical Society.

Interests

• Avocations: composing music, writing Chinese poems, table tennis, tennis.

Connections

Married Pey Yuen Lee, August 10, 1976 (divorced February 1986). Children: Rita, Crystal. Married Pey Yuen Lee, July 1, 1991.

Father:

Kew Yuen Ja

Mother:

Oi Wah (Kwan) Ja

Spouse:

Pey Yuen Lee

child:

Crystal Ja

child:

Rita Ja