Ng, Wai Tung
Professor

Biography

Wai Tung Ng is a Professor at The Edward S. Rogers. Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Toronto. Prof. Ng received his BASc, MASc and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Toronto, in 1983, 1985 and 1990, respectively. In 1990, Dr. Ng joined the Semiconductor Process and Development Center of Texas Instruments, Dallas TX, to work on power devices for automotive applications. His academic career started in 1992 with the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, at the University of Hong Kong. Dr. Ng returned to the University of Toronto in 1993. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 1998 and full Professor in 2008. His research interests cover a wide spectrum, ranging from smart power ICs, power management ICs, integrated DC-DC converters, smart gate driver ICs, silicon and GaN power semiconductor devices, advanced CMOS and RF BJTs. Prof. Ng serves as the director of the Toronto Nanofabrication Centre at the University of Toronto since 2014. He is also an associate editor for IEEE Electron Device Letters since 2009. Prof. Ng is also the chair for the Technical Committee in Power Devices and ICs for the IEEE Electron Devices Society (since 2018).

Memberships/Awards

• Member, IEEE (since 1990), Senior Member, IEEE (since 08/2004)
• Member, Professional Engineer Ontario (since 1997)
• Member, SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) International (since 2008)