James C.
Lin
EDUCATION:
- Whitworth College, Spokane,
Washington (1962-1964)
- University of Washington, Seattle,
Washington
B.S., Electrical
Engineering, 1966
M.S., Electrical
Engineering, 1968
Ph.D., Electrical
Engineering, 1971
PUBLICATIONS
AWARDS and
HONORS:
- Fellow of IEEE (1986)
- Fellow of AAAS (1989)
- Founding Fellow of AIMBE (1992)
- NSC Research Chair (1993-97)
- President's Committee on the National
Medal of Science (1992-93)
- IEEE Transactions Prize Paper
Award (1975)
- National Research Services Award
(1982)
- Special Recognition Award (1991)
- IEEE Committee on Man and Radiation
(COMAR)
- Distinguished Lecturer
- IEEE Engineering in Medicine and
Biology Society, (1991-present)
- Distinguished Service Award (1989)
- Outstanding Leadership Award (1993)
- Chinese Academic and Professional
Association in Mid-America
- Best Advisor Award, UIC Professional
Engineering Societies Council (1993)
- Golden Key National Honor Society
- Phi Tau Phi, Scholastic Honor Society
- Mid-America President (1985-90)
- National Vice President (1987-90)
- Sigma Xi, National Research Honor
Society
- Tau Beta Pi, National Engineering
Honor Society
- The Electromagnetics Academy
BIOGRAPHICAL
LISTINGS:
- American Men and Women of Science
- Who's Who in America
- Who's Who in the World
- Who's Who in the Midwest
- Who's Who in Engineering
- Who's Who in Science and Engineering
- Who's Who in Technology Today
- Who's Who in Technology
- Who's Who of Emerging Leaders in
America
- Who's Who Directory of Computer
Graphics
- Who's Who in Optical Science and
Engineering
- Who's Who in Frontiers of Science and
Technology
- Who's Who in American Education
- Who's Who Among Asian Americans
- International Men of Achievement
- International Who's Who in
Engineering
- Outstanding Young Men in America
RESEACH and
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
- 1966-1967 Electrical Engineer, Crown
Zellerbach Corporation, Camus and Seattle, Washington
- 1967-1971 Teaching and Research
Assistant, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle,
Washington
- 1971-1974 Assistant Professor,
Instructor and Research Associate, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, and Center for
Bioengineering
- 1974 Assistant Director,
Bioelectromagnetics Research Laboratory, University of Washington Seattle, Washington
- 1974-1980 Professor, Associate
Professor, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Wayne State University, Detroit,
Michigan
- 1980-1992 Professor and Head,
Department of Bioengineering
- 1982-1989 Director, Robotics and
Automation Laboratory, College of Engineering
- 1992-1994 Director of Special
Projects, College of Engineering, University of Illinois, Chicago
- 1980-Present Professor of Electrical
Engineering, Professor of Bioengineering, Professor of Physiology and Biophysics
University of Illinois, Chicago
VISITING
PROFESSORSHIPS:
- Universities in Beijing (1978, 88)
- Shangdong (1988)
- Shanghai (1988)
- Taiwan (1981, 88, 93-94)
- Rome (1985, 88 ,91, 97)
SHORT COURSE
DIRECTORS and/or LECTURES:
- Electrodiagnosis and
Electromyography, 1974
- Microwave Bioeffects and Radiation
Safety, 1978, 1979
- Microwave Hyperthermia for Cancer
Therapy, 1980
- Biological Implications and Medical
Applications ofMicrowave Energy, 1980, 1981
- Introduction to Robotics, 1983, 1984,
1985, 1986
- Medical Nonionizing Radiation,
Taiwan, 1988
- Interaction of Electromagnetic Fields
and Biological Systems, Italy, 1991
- Microwaves in Medicine, Taiwan, 1993
BOOKS,
MONOGRAPHS and PROCEEDINGS:
- MICROWAVE AUDITORY EFFECTS AND
APPLICATIONS, Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, Springfield, IL 1978, 221 pp.
- FRONTIERS OF ENGINEERING AND
COMPUTING IN HEALTH CARE, Editor with B. Feinberg, IEEE, New York 1985
- BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS AND HEALTH
IMPLICATIONS OF RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION with S. Michaelson, Plenum Press, New York
1987, 675 pp.
- ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERACTION WITH
BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS, Editor, Plenum Press, New York 1989, 300 pp.
- ADVANCES IN ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS
IN LIVING SYSTEMS, Volume 1, Editor, Plenum Press, New York, 1994, 204 pp.
- MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS SAFETY,
Edited with N. Kuster and Q. Balzano, Chapman and Hall, London, UK 1997, 294 pp.
- ADVANCES IN ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS
IN LIVING SYSTEMS, Volume 2, Editor, Plenum Press, New York, 1997, 300 pp.
MEMBERSHIPS
AND COMMITTEES:
- President's Committee on the National
Medal of Science (1992-93)
- National Academy of Sciences/National
Research Council, U.S. National Committee for URSI, (1980-82, 1991-99)
- USNC/URSI Commission K, Chairman
(1991-99)
- Commissions A, B & K, USNC for
URSI, (1978-)
- NRC Committee on ELF Monitoring
Program (1995-97)
- NRC/IEEE Task Force on Research Needs
in Bioengineering Systems, (1984-85)
- National Council on Radiation
Protection and Measurements, Scientific Committee on Nonionizing Radiation (1992-2002)
- Scienfic Committee on Radio Frequency
Radiation (Chairman, 1996-98)
- National Institutes of Health (NIH),
Diagnostic Radiology Study Section (1981-85)
- Special Study Section (Chairman,
1986-94)
- Chairman Project Site Visit Team
(1986)
- National Science Foundation (NSF),
Presidential Young Investigator Award Panel (1984, 89)
- Institute of Electrical and
Electronic Engineers-IEEE (Elected Fellow)
- IEEE Committee on Man and Radiation,
(1978-1993)
- Vice Chairman (1987-89), Chairman
(1990-1991)
- IEEE Robotics and Automation Council,
AdCom Member, (1983-1988)
- Tutorial and Workshop, Chairman,
(1990)
- IEEE/ACM Computer Curriculum
(CC-2001) Task Force, Math and Sciences Group Chairman (1999-)
- IEEE Engineering in Biology and
Medicine Society, Distinguished Lecturer, (1991-1999)
- Administrative Committee, (1986-1988)
- Region IV Council, (1975-1978)
- Committee on Robotics and Automation,
Chairman, (1983-1989)
- IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques
Society Technical Committee on Biological Effects and Medical Applications, Chairman,
(1983-1989)
- Awards (Fellow Award) Committee,
(1987)
- IEEE Southeast Michigan Section
Executive Committee, (1979-1980)
- Bioelectromagnetics Society - BEMS,
(President, 1994-95; President-Elect, 1993-94; Past President, 1995-96) (Board of
Directors, 1979-81; 86-88; 93-96) (Chairman, Intersocietal Relations Committee, 1979,
1990)
- International Union of Radio Science
(URSI), Commission (K) on Electromagnetics in Biology and Medicine, (Vice Chairman,
1993-96; Chairman, 1996-99)
- Long Range Planning Committee
(1999-present)
- Standing Committee on Young
Scientists (1999-present)
- Guglielmo Marconi Foundation,
Italian, Elettra 2000 (1998-present)
- ANSI C-95.4 Subcommittee on Radiation
Hazards with Respect to Personnel, American National Standards Institute, (Chairman of
Dosimetry Working Group, 1976-1982)
- (Chairman of Peak Power Limit Group,
1987-present)
- Whitaker Foundation, Fellows
Committee, 1992-present
- International Microwave Power
Institute, Board of Governors, 1980-1981
- Chinese Academic and Professional
Association in Mid-America, (Board of Directors, 1988-90, President, 1991-92)
- Chinese Institute of Engineers, USA
- National Society of Professional
Engineers
- American Society for Engineering
Education
- American Association for the
Advancement of Science (Fellow)
- North America Hyperthermia Society
(Charter Member)
- Biomedical Engineering Society
(Senior Member)
- Robotics International (Senior
Member)
- Chicago High Tech Association
- New York Academy of Sciences
- Governor William Milliken's Task
Force to Review Project Seafarer (Michigan), 1976-77
- Congressional Health Care Advisory
Committee, 13th District, Illinois, 1987-1999
- Hinsdale Central High School
Citizen's Advisory Council, 1988-1993
EDITORIAL
BOARDS:
- IEEE Transactions Microwave Theory
and Techniques (1976-)
- Guest Editor, Special Issue on
Phased Arrays for Hyperthermia, (1986)
- IEEE Transactions on Biomedical
Engineering,
- Associate Editor (1986-1993) and
Guest Editor, (1988)
- Special Issue on Biomedical Robotics
and Automation, (1988)
- IEEE Engineering in Medicine and
Biology Magazine, Guest Editor (1999)
- IEEE Antennas and Propagation
Magazine, Associate Editor (1999-present)
- Bioelectromagnetics (1979-83)
- Journal of Environmental Pathology
and Toxicology (1978-present)
- Microwave and Optical Technology
Letters (1988-present)
- Journal of Microwave Power
(1979-83)
- Journal of Microwave Power and
Electromagnetic Energy Associate Editor, (1988-90)
- The Microwave Journal (1991-present)
- Wireless Networks Journal,
Guest Editor (1997)
- Bioelectrochemistry and
Bioenergetics, Guest Editor (1998)
- ACM Mobile Computing and
Communications Review (MC2R), Feature Editor (1999 -)
RESEARCH
PROPOSAL REVIEWER:
- National Science Foundation
- National Research Council
- National Institutes of Health
- Air Force Office of Scientific
Research
- Army Research Office
- Veteran's Administration
- Natural Sciences and Engineering
Research Council, Canada
- Department of Health, ROC
- National Science Council, ROC
- The Whitaker Foundation
- World Health Organization
JOURNAL
PAPER REVIEWER:
- Annals of Biomedical Engineering
- Bioelectrochemistry and
Bioenergetics
- Bioelectromagnetics
- Bulletin of Mathematical Biology
- Chinese Journal of Medical and
Biological Engineering
- CRC Critical Reviews in Biomedical
Engineering
- Proceedings of IEEE
- IEEE Spectrum
- IEEE Transactions on Antennas and
Propagation
- IEEE Transactions on Biomedical
Engineering
- IEEE Transactions on Microwave
Theory and Techniques
- IEEE Transactions on Sonics and
Ultrasonics
- IEEE Transaction on Robotics and
Automation
- IEEE Transactions on Vehicular
Technology
- IEEE Engineering in Medicine and
Biology Magazine
- International Journal of
Hyperthermia
- International Journal of Radiation
Oncology
- Journal of American Medical
Association
- Journal of Microwave Power
- Medical and Biological Engineering
and Computing
- Microwave and Optical Technology
Letters
- Physics in Medicine and Biology
- Radiation and Environmental
Biophysics
- Radiation Research
- Radio Science
- Science
- Wireless Networks
MAJOR
CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES:
- Wave Energy Research Workshop,
Organizer, 1974
- Joint UIC-Argonne Workshop on
Robotics and Automation, Organizer, 1983
- IEEE/MTT Workshop on Phased Arrays
for Hyperthermia Treatment of Cancer, Chairman and Organizer, 1985
- IEEE Engineering in Medicine and
Biology Society Frontiers in Engineering and Computer Conference, Program Committee
Chairman, 1985
- Phi Tau Phi National Convocation,
Chicago, 1986; New York, 1988
- Member of Organizing Committee,
Chairman of Local Arrangement Committee 1986
- URSI General Assembly Joint Symposium
on Interaction of Electromagnetic Waves with Biological Systems, Tel Aviv, Israel,
Chairman and Organizer, 1987
- IEEE/MTT Workshop on Noninvasive
Microwave Sensing of Physiological Signatures, Chairman and Organizer, 1987
- Conference on Advanced Science and
Technology, Chicago, General Conference Chairman, 1989, 1991
- IEEE International Conf. Robotics and
Automation, Tutorial and Workshop Chairman, Cincinnati, 1990
- International Symp. Biomedical
Engineering in the 21st Century, Taipei, Advisor, 1990, 1992
- Chinese American Academic &
Professional Convention Science and Engineering Committee Chairman, New York, 1990
- Steering Committee Chairman, Chicago,
1993
- Electric and Magnetic Fields: Science
and Policy Symposium, Moderator and Co-Organizer, Commonwealth Edison, Chicago, 1993
- International Conf. on Biomedical
Engineering, Hong Kong, Advisor, 1994
- International Conference on
Computational Electromagnetics and Its Applications, Beijing, China, Advisor, 1994
- 16th Annual Meeting of the
Bioelectromagnetics Society, Chairman, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1994
- Electric and Magnetic Fields: Science
and Policy Symposium, Moderator and Co-Organizer, Commonwealth Edison, Chicago, 1995
- URSI General Assembly Commission on
Electromagnetics in Biology and Medicine, Convener, Lille, France, 1996
- 2nd World Congress on Electricity and
Magnetism in Biology and Medicine, Board of Directors, Italy, 1997
- 3rd International Scientific Meeting
on Electromagnetics in Medicine, Chairman, Chicago, 1997
- Wireless Technology Consortium
Workshop on Improving Personal Telecommunication, Chairman and Organizer, Chicago, 1998
- URSI General Assembly Commission on
Electromagnetics in Biology and Medicine, Program Chairman, Toronto, Canada, 1999
- World Congress on Medical Physics and
Biomedical Engineering, Track Co-Chair, Chicago, 2000
INVITED
LECTURES/ SEMINARS:
- Numerous universities in North
America, Europe and Asia, for example, UCLA, Tokyo,
- Tsinghua (Beijing), Taiwan, Rome, and
Manchester Universities, and International and National Professional and Scientific
Organizations.
RESEARCH
PROJECT SPONSORS:
- National Science Foundation
- National Institutes of Health
- US Office of Naval Research
- US Air Force
- US Army Medical Research and
Development Command
- US Veteran Administration
- University of Oklahoma
- University of Utah
- Detroit General Corporation
- Cook County Hospital
- Michigan Heart Association
- Chicago Heart Association
- American Heart Association
- American Cancer Society
- Emergency Medicine Foundation
- National Science Council, ROC
- TDK Electronics Corporation, Japan
- Magnetic Health Science Foundation,
Japan
TESTIMONIES
TO U.S. CONGRESS:
- "Health and Public Policy
Implication of Electric Power Lines," March 20, 1990 on behalf of IEEE COMAR
- "Federal Research on the
Potential Health Effects of Power Frequency Electromagnetic Radiation," July 25, 1990
INTERVIEWS:
- Wisconsin Public Radio, 1983
- WBBM-TV, "This is the University
of Illinois," 1983
- Radio Program "Science
Alive," Chicago Museum of Science and Industry, 1984
- WBBM-TV, Evening News Program on
Robotics, 1990
- WGN-TV, Evening News Program on
Police Radar, 1991
- WIBA-Radio, Madison, Wisconsin,
Cellular Telephone, 1993
- WEHS-TV, Chicago, Cellular Phone
Safety, 1995
- WMAQ-TV, Chicago, Electromagnetic
Fields and Breast Cancer, 1996
- ITV, London, UK, Mobile Phone Safety,
1996
- Discovery Channel, TV, Hearing
Microwaves, 1999
- BBC Radio, London, Mobile Phone
Safety, 1999
- Numerous Magazines and Newspapers
MAGAZINE
COLUMNS:
- ACM Mobile Computing and
Communications Review (MC2R) (1999 -)
- IEEE Antennas and Propagation
Magazine (1999-present)