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Leung Tsang


Leung Tsang
Professor and Chair
Department of Electrical Engineering
M310 EE/CSE
Box 352500
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195

Phone: (206) 685-7537
E-mail: leung@ee.washington.edu

Massachusetts Institute of Technology PhD 1976
Massachusetts Institute of Technology MS 1973
Massachusetts Institute of Technology BS 1971

[ Biosketch ] [Honors ] [Research Interests ] [Books ] [Publications ] [Recent Conference Papers ] [Active Grants ] [Recent Grad Students ] [Current Grad Students ] [Current and Past Research Staff Supervised by Prof. Tsang ] [Editorships and Major Professional Activities ]

Biosketch

Leung Tsang received the SB degree in 1971, the SM, EE degrees in 1973 and the Ph.D. degree in 1976, all from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has been a Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Washington since 1986. He was the President of IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society for the 2-year term 2006-2007. Since April 2008, he has been the President of the Electromagnetics Academy. Between 2001-2004, he was on leave from University of Washington and was with the Department of Electronic Engineering of the City University of Hong Kong. His current research interests are in remote sensing, wave scattering and propagation in random media, high frequency interconnects, and computational electromagnetics.
Detailed biography

Honors

Fellow, Optical Society of America, 1996
Fellow, IEEE, 1990
Outstanding Service Award, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society, 2000
IEEE Third Millennium Medal, 2000
Distinguished Achievement Award, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensng Society, 2008
Honorary Professor, Department of Electronic Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, 2004-present
Adjunct Professor, Electromagnetics Academy, Zhejiang University, 2004-present

Editorships and Major Professional Activities

  1. President, Electromagnetics Academy, April 2008 to present.

  2. Chairman, IEEE TAB Periodicals Committee, January 2008 to present.

  3. Member, Editorial Board of Proceeding of IEEE, January 2007 to present.

  4. Member, IEEE Technical Activities Board (TAB), January 2006 to present.

  5. Member, IEEE Technical Activities Board (TAB) Periodicals Committee, January 2007 to present.

  6. Member, IEEE Publication Services and Products Board (PSPB), January 2008-present.

  7. Member, IEEE TAB Finance Committee, January 2008-present.

  8. Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, January 1996 to 2001.

  9. Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 1987-1995 and 2001 to present.

  10. Associate Editor, Radio Science, 1988-1993.

  11. President, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society, January 2006 to December 2007.

  12. AdCom Member, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society, January 2002 to present.

  13. General Chair, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGASS98), 1998, Seattle, WA.

  14. Technical Chair, Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS), 1995, Seattle, WA.

  15. Technical Chair, IEEE Antennas and Propagation Symposium and URSI Radio Science Meeting, 1994, Seattle, WA.

Research Interests

http://www.ee.washington.edu/research/laceo/index2.html

Books

  1. L. Tsang, J. A. Kong, and R. Shin, Theory of Microwave Remote Sensing, Wiley-Interscience, New York, 1985.
  2. L. Tsang, J.A. Kong, and K.H. Ding, Scattering of Electromagnetic Waves, Vol. 1:Theory and Applications , Wiley Interscience, 2000, 426 pages.
  3. L. Tsang, J.A. Kong, K.H. Ding and C.O. Ao, Scattering of Electromagnetic Waves, Vol. 2: Numerical Simulations, Wiley Interscience, 2001, 705 pages.
  4. L. Tsang and J.A. Kong, Scattering of Electromagnetic Waves, Vol. 3: Advanced Topics, Wiley Interscience, 2001, 413 pages.

Edited books

  1. M. Tateiba and L. Tsang (ed). Electromagnetic Theory and Network Methods, Progress in Electromagnetic Research, vol. 13, EMW Publishers, 362 pages Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1996.
  2. M. Tateiba and L. Tsang (ed), Electromagnetic Scattering by Rough Surfaces and random Media, Progress in Electromagnetic Research, vol. 14, EMW Publishers, 361 pages,  Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1996.

Book Chapters

  1. K. H. Ding and L. Tsang, "Effective propagation constants in media with densely distributed dielectric particles of multiple sizes and permittivities," Progress in Electromagnetic Research, vol. 1, Edited by J. A. Kong, Chp. 3, 241-295, Elsevier, New York, 1989.
     
  2. L. Tsang, K. H. Ding, and B. Wen, "Polarimetric signature of random discrete scatterers based on vector radiative transfer theory. Part I. Nonspherical particles and Part II. Dense media," Progress in Electromagnetic Research, vol. 3, Polarimetric Remote Sensing, Edited by J. A. Kong, Chp. 2, 75-142, Elsevier, New York, 1990.
     
  3. L. Tsang, "Dense media radiative transfer theory for dense discrete random media with spherical particles of multiple sizes and permittivities," Progress in Electromagnetics Research, vol. 6, Dielectric Properties of Heterogeneous Materials,, Chapter 5, 181-230, Edited by A. Priou, Elsevier, New York, 1992.
     
  4. L. Tsang, J. A. Kong, Z. Chen, K. Pak, and C. Hsu, "Theory of microwave scattering from vegetation on the collective scattering effects of discrete scatterers," Passive Microwave Remote Sensing of Land-Atmosphere Interaction, Edited by B.J. Choudhury, Y.H. Kerr, E.G. Njoku, and P. Pampaloni, pp117-154, VSP Press, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 1995.
     
  5. L. Tsang, D. Davis, R. West, Z. Chen., J.-N. Hwang, and D. Winebrenner, "Passive microwave remote sensing of snow: Scattering in snow based on dense media theory and parametric inversion of snow parameters with an artificial neural network,"Passive Microwave Remote Sensing of Land-Atmosphere Interaction, Edited by B.J. Choudhury, Y.H. Kerr, E.G. Njoku, and P. Pampaloni, pp295-314, VSP Press, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 1995.
     
  6. W. C. Au, L. Tsang, R. T. Shin, and J. A. Kong, "Collective scattering and absorption in microwave interaction with vegetation canopies," Progress in Electromagnetics Research, vol. 14, EMW Publishers, pp 182-231, Cambridge, Massachusetts 1996.
     
  7. Z. Chen, L. Tsang, and G. Zhang, "Application of stochastic Lindenmayer systems to study collective and cluster scattering in microwave remote sensing of vegetation," Progress in Electromagnetics Research, vol. 14, EMW Publishers, pp 233-277, Cambridge, Massachusetts 1996.
     
  8. L. Tsang and Qin Li, "Microwave Remote Sensing Theory", Wiley Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering,Edited by John Webster, Wiley, 1999.
     
  9. Q. Li, M. Y. Xia, L. Tsang, L. Zhou, C. H. Chan and Z. X. Li, "Rough Surface Scattering: Numerical Simulations and Applications in Microwave Remote Sensing", Wiley Encyclopedia on RFME, Edited by K. Chang, in press, 2004.
     
  10. K.-H. Ding, L. Tsang, and Q. Li, "Computational Electromagnetic Scattering Models for Microwave Remote Sensing", Wiley Encyclopedia on RFME, Edited by K. Chang, 2004.
     
  11. K. K. Tse, L. Tsang, C. H. Chan and K. H. Ding, "Multiple Scattering of Waves by Random Distribution of Particles for Applications in Light Scattering by Metal Nanoparticles", Light Scattering and Nanoscale Surface Roughness, Edited by Alexei A. Maradudin, Springer, New York, 2007.
     

Publications

http://www.ee.washington.edu/research/laceo/pub.html

Recent Conference Papers

http://www.ee.washington.edu/research/laceo/conference.htm

Active Grants

http://www.ee.washington.edu/research/laceo/project.html

Ph.D. Graduates

  1. Boheng Wen (Ph.D. 1989)
    Radar Polarimetric Models of Geophysical Media
    2.  
  2. Kung-Hau Ding (Ph.D. 1989)
    Electromagnetic Wave Propagation and Scattering in Dense Media
    3.  
  3. Shu-Hsiang Lou (Ph.D. 1991)
    Application of Numerical Methods to Monte Carlo Simulations of Scattering of Waves by Random Rough Surfaces
    4.  
  4. Charles E. Mandt (Ph.D. 1992)
    Multiple Scattering in Random Media: Backscattering Enhancement in a Sparse Distribution of Large Scatterers and Monte Carlo Simulations of the Extinction Rate in Dense Media
    5.  
  5. Richard D. West (Ph.D. 1994)
    Microwave Emission from polar Firn
     
  6. Zhengxiao Chen (Ph.D. 1994)
    Microwave Remote Sensing of Vegetation: Stochastic Lindenmayer System, Collective Scattering Effects, and Neural Network Inversions
     
  7. Chaiyuth Chansungsan (Ph.D. 1994)
    Ultrafast and Terahertz-Frequency Semiconductor Quantum-Well Optoelectronics
     
  8. Lisa M. Zurk (Ph.D. 1995)
    Electromagnetic Wave Propagation and Scattering in Dense, Discrete Random Media with Application to Remote Sensing of Snow
     
  9. Adriaan Jan. Sengers (Ph.D. 1996)
    Nonlinear Optical properties of Semiconductor Quantum Wells with Opto-Electronic Applications
     
  10. Kyung Pak (Ph.D. 1996)
    Studies of Large-Scale Random Rough Surface Scattering Problems Based on Monte Carlo Simulations with Efficient Computation Integral Equations Methods
     
  11. Guifu Zhang (Ph.D. 1998)
    Detection and Imaging of Targets in The Presence of Clutter Based on Angular Correlation Function
     
  12. Qin Li (Ph.D. 2000)
    Numerical Simulation of Interactions of Electromagnetic Waves with Lossy Dielectric Surfaces Using Fast Computational Methods
     
  13. Carrie Cornish (Ph.D., August 2000)
    Highly Efficient Photon Echo Generation and a Study of the Energy Sources of Photon Echos
     
  14. Houfei Chen (Ph.D, August 2002 )
    Fast electromagnetic simulation for interconnects on high speed circuits
     
  15. Jianjun Guo (Ph.D, December 2002 )
    Electromagnetic wave propagation and scattering in dense media with application to passive microwave remote sensing of snow and foam-covered ocean
     
  16. Chung-Chi Huang (Ph.D, May 2003)
    Full-wave modeling and characterization of high frequency interconnect in layered medium
     
  17. Lin Zhou (Ph.D, August 2003)
    Simulations of emissivity in passive microwave remote sensing with 3-dimensional numerical solutions of Maxwell equations and fast algorithm
     
  18. Xiaoxiong(Kevin) (Ph.D, December 2006)
    Modeling effects of random rough surface on conductor loss at microwave frequencies
     
  19. Chong-Jin Ong (Ph.D, February 2007)
    Fast electromagnetic methods for analyzing interconnects on packages and printed circuit boards
     

Current Graduate Students

  1. Ding, Liang

  2. Boping, Wu

  3. Ruihua, Ding

  4. Xiaolan, Xu

  5. Bagley, Jeremy Quinn

  6. Ka Ki, Tse(City University of Hong Kong)

Current and Past Research Staff Supervised by Prof. Tsang

  1. Larry Wilson (University of Washington)

  2. Dong Chen (City University of Hong Kong)

  3. Qin Li (University of Washington)

  4. Eric King Wai Lam (City University of Hong Kong)

  5. Kin Lun Lai(City University of Hong Kong)

  6. Peng Xu (City University of Hong Kong)

  7. Yunhua Tan (City University of Hong Kong)

  8. Zhongxi Li (City University of Hong Kong)

  9. Yerong Zhang (City University of Hong Kong)

  10. Jin Pan (University of Washington)

  11. Chi Te Chen (University of Washington)

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