REGIS S. FAN
fanr@colorado.edu
http://spot.colorado.edu/~fanr/Home.html

Academic Background

• PhD Electrical Engineering (GPA 3.9) (May 1999)
  University of Colorado, Boulder.
  Research Advisor: Dr. R. Brian Hooker.
• MS, Electrical Engineering (GPA 3.8)
  University of Colorado, Boulder (Sept 1993 - Dec 1995)
  
• BS, Electrical Engineering (GPA 3.74)
  University of Wisconsin, Madison (September 1989 - May 1993)

Professional Experience

• UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO (May 1994 - present) Boulder, CO
  Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, RESEARCH ASSISTANT
  Thesis work in laser diode/waveguide-to-optical fiber coupling, tapered polymer waveguides and computer modeling. Process development of waveguide fabrication techniques, and clean room work.
  
• UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO (Sept 1993 - May 1994) Boulder, CO
  Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. TEACHING ASSISTANT
  Taught circuits II lab and discussion sessions, and graded homework and exams.
  
• IBM (May 1993 - Aug 1993) Rochester, MN
  AS/400 Processor Verification Department. ENGINEER (summer internship)
  Developed tests to verify the design of the new AS/400 microprocessor chip, and worked together with designers to debug the new chip design using several different simulation methods.
  
• IBM (May 1992 - Jan 1993) Rochester, MN
  AS/400 Processor Verification Department. CO-OP ENGINEER
  Wrote test descriptions to debug an IBM AS/400 microprocessor chip and learned the RISC Power PC computer architecture. Developed C code to be incorporated into a semi-random test generation program.
  
• 3M COMPANY (May 1991- Sept 1991) St. Paul, MN
  Data Storage Products Division. SUMMER INTERN STUDENT
  Designed, built and debugged an infrared light transmissivity tester, and installed it in a manufacturing plant. Wrote a technical report describing the work done on the transmissivity tester.
  
• 3M COMPANY (May 1990 - Sept 1990, May 1989 - Sept 1989) St. Paul, MN
  Pharmaceuticals Division. SUMMER INTERN STUDENT (2 summers)
  Set up computer automated dissolution testing equipment, and tested different of drugs for R&D.

Publications

• "Hybrid optical switch using polymer waveguides and semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs)", Regis Fan and R. Brian Hooker, submitted to Journal of Lightwave Technology, 1999.
• "Passive polymer waveguides for interconnecting lightwave components," Regis Fan and R. Brian Hooker. SPIE Proceedings Vol. 3631 , 1999.
• "Mode-transforming waveguides for optical interconnections" , Regis Fan and R. Brian Hooker,ASME INTERpack-99, Hawaii, June, 1999.
• "Tapered polymer single mode waveguides for mode transformation", Regis S. Fan, Dominic Goodwill, R. Brian Hooker, Journal of Lightwave Technology, March, 1999.
• "Hybrid optical switch using polymer waveguides and semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs)", Regis Fan and Brian Hooker. 48th ECTC Proceedings, May 1998.
• "Optical coupling with tapered polymer waveguides", R. Brian Hooker, Regis S. Fan, Dominic Goodwill and Brian McComas. ASME INTERpack-97, Kohala Coast, Hawaii, June 17, 1997.
• "Polymer tapered waveguides and flip-chip solder bonding as compatible technologies for efficient OEIC coupling", Dominic J. Goodwill, Regis S. Fan, R. Brian Hooker, Yung-Cheng Lee, Brian K. McComas, Alan R. Mickelson, Nina D. Morozova, Darja Tomic. 47th Electronic Components and Technology Conference (ECTC) proceedings, pp. 788-796, 1997.
• "Single mode tapered polymer waveguides for mode conversion", Regis Fan, D. Goodwill, R. B. Hooker, IEEE/LEOS '96 Conference Proc. Nov, 1996.
• "Laser-array to single-mode-fiber coupling module with increased tolerance budget using polymer waveguide tapers", D. J. Goodwill, Regis S. Fan, D. Tomic, N. Morozova, R. B. Hooker, A. R. Mickelson, Y. C. Lee, SPIE Proceedings Vol. 2844, Aug. ,1996.
• "Identifying requirements for end-face quality of polymer waveguides ", Nuri Delen,Regis Fan and Brian Hooker, SPIE Proceedings Volume 2527, pages 360-369, San Diego, California, pp. 11-13 July 1995.
• "End-face quality of optical waveguides", Brian Hooker, Nuri Delen, Regis Fan, ISHM/IEPS Advanced Technology Workshop on Optoelectronics,Ojai, California, 20-22 February, 1995.
• "Determining waveguide coupling efficiency by observing reflected light from the end-face", Regis Fan, Nuri Delen, Brian Hooker, IEEE /ECTC Proceedings, pages 431-433,,Las Vegas, Nevada, 21-24 May, 1995.

Computer Skills

• Languages: C, C++, Pascal, FORTRAN, BASIC, HTML, C-Shell
• Software: Matlab, Mathematica, IDL, SPICE
• Systems: Sun/UNIX, PC/DOS, Windows

Honors and Affiliations

• Peer Recognition Award (IBM)
• Graduate student travel grant
• Dean's Honor list- UW-Madison (every semester)
• Student member of Optical Computing Systems Center (OCSC).

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