About
Twentieth-century inventor who taught electrical engineering at the University of Maryland. His numerous inventions include the wireless microphone and the lateral transistor.
Before Fame
He earned a master's degree from the University of Michigan and a doctoral degree from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn.
Trivia
He received the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers' 1978 JJ Ebers Award.
Family Life
He received his Bachelor of Science degree from China's Shanghai Jiaotong University.
Associated With
He and Nobel Prize-winning chemist Roger Tsien were both prominent Chinese-American scientists.
