Franklin Bien, Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Dean of Public Relations at UNIST, has been selected as the 2017 IEIE Awards recipient for his exceptional contributions to the development and growth of electronics engineering and technology.
The IEIE Awards are granted annually by the Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers (IEIE) to members who have made outstanding achievements in the areas of electronic, information, and communication.
Professor Franklin Bien is a prominent scientist in the field of integrated circuits, such as wireless power transmission and communication technology. Beside publishing over 51 SCI papers and 56 international conference papers, he has been contributing greatly to the academic vitality of the electrical and electronics engineering field. Professor Bien has registered over 64 domestic patents in collaboration with Hyundai Motor Company, Hyundai Heavy Industries, Samsung Display, LG Electronics and other companies. He also has over 18 international patents registered in Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), the United States.
In the June of this year, the Self-powered Mobile Tracker Research Center (SMTRC), led by Professor Bine has been selected as the University ICT Research Center (ITRC). Under his direction, the center aims to develop fundamental technologies to build a nationwide self-powered location tracking system that can carry out virus detection and information delivery, simultaneously. This technology has attracted attention worldwide as a technology to be applied to various GPS tracking systems.
