Yuandong Gu, Ph.D.
Biography
Prof. Alex Gu is a Vice President of the National Innovation Center par Excellence (NICE) . Prior to his current post, Prof. Gu was the founding Dean of the School of Microelectronics at Shanghai University, the Deputy Executive Director of the Institute of Microelectronics (IME) Singapore, and a Principal Scientist at Honeywell International, Inc. (Minnesota, USA). Prof. Gu brings 20+ years of experience in R&D, Education, Management and Commercialization. Prof. Gu’s research interest is in the field of MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS), primarily in Aluminum Nitride (AlN)-based functional thin films and related MEMS sensors. Prof. Gu is a class 1998 PhD alumni of the University of Minnesota.
Company Profile
National Innovation Center par Excellence
The National Innovation Center par Excellence (NICE) is a comprehensive innovation center approved by the Ministry of Science & Technology of PRC, jointly built by Shanghai municipality and Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui provinces. Shanghai Yangtze Delta Innovation Institute is the headquarter of NICE.
NICE is driven to be responsive to technical demands from industry, thereby bridging the “valley of funding death” that lies between applied research and commercialization.As a top non-profit, application-oriented research organization and a high-tech investor in China, NICE advances the utilisation and commercialisation of technology research and scientific results in commerce and society.
NICE brings together universities, business, talents, science and technology to build a global innovation network and ecosystem to support the sustainable development of the Yangtze Delta industry.