Stevens Prof Kevin Lu Drives Standards Forward

This child would grow to publish pioneering studies in optical networks, telecommunication would have a long career in RES, and give students information about the Internet of objects.

Lu, a senior member of IEEE Life, has also played an important role in IEEE’s Global Standards Development Program. Honored last year IEEE Standards Board Selected Service Award Üstün IEEE SA Standards Board Supervisory Committee and IEEE SA Industry Connection Committee Chairman Üstün IEEE SA Governance Leadership ”.

Now approaching retirement, Lu reflects his career that comes together in an elegant way without a sign of slowdown in engineering, teaching and volunteering.

Transition from interest to mechanism to electronics

Born in Taipei City, Lu was the youngest of the four brothers. He says he is impressed by his family and conditions. His father is an administrative staff without a boat Chunghwa telekomThe country’s telephone company kept the house full of Telekom bulletins. Lu says that his brother sometimes conducted brave chemistry experiments that end with songs or small explosions. Kevin finally turned to mechanical projects such as scale models of cranes before embracing electronics.

“My family encouraged a career in the field of engineering because they thought it would provide a good life, or he says.

He received a bachelor’s degree in control engineering.National Chiao Tung University In 1979 in Hsinchu. Then joined University of Washington Louis in the field of system science and mathematics in 1981 and 1984 in 1981 and 1984.

Kevin Lu [center] The 2024 IEEE Standards Board of Service Award is honored with a plaque. James E. Matthews, President of the IEEE Standards Association, and Yatin Trivedi, a member of the Board of Directors of the IEEE Standards Association.Kevin Lu

A long career with Bellcore

A chance meeting in the campus placement office led to a job interview with Bell Communications Research, Life (Part of Bell Labs, formerly known as Bell Labs, now Nokia Bell Labs). He was hired and worked at the company’s Facility in Piscatway, NJ.

The timing could not be better. In 1984, the US telecommunication industry was undergoing a major structural change, new assets, including AT & T Bellcore, emerged. He said, “Nobel Laureates kept the same title in Bell Labs,” he said.

For the next 28 years, he contributed to the projects that shape the landscape of modern communication. He wrote the seminal article in 1990 ”System and Cost Analysis of Wide Band Fiber Cycle Architecture“Magazine in Ieee Communication in areas selected. Defended Passive optical nets– A concept at the center of Blobal Fiber Distribution.

Lu says the path from the idea to practice is long.

“Not until 2009 Vertexon He set up a unit in my house, ”he says.

Bellcore finally became Ericsson’s Telcordia Acquired in 2012. Although Lu, although Telcordia has risen on the ranks to become a chief scientist, Ericsson left and joined during the purchase Broadcom. There he worked on mobile phone chips and contributed to mobile standards. 3. Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Consortium of global telecommunication standards organizations that create and maintain specifications for mobile systems.

After leaving the Broadcom cellular basic band chip, Lu reserved for a job at the academy in 2013.

An academic career in Stevens

Lu joined in 2015 Stevens Institute of TechnologyHoboKen is an assistant professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department in NJ. In 2018, he became a full -time professor.

Now, the academy is not the work of his life – not a separation – he continues.

“I have spent in that world for decades in the world give me information that students cannot get from textbooks, or he says.

“When the students told me that they discovered their ways… This is the most rewarding thing.”

In May 2019, Stevens honored him. Morton Seçkin Professor Award.

It encourages students to embrace learning for life and develop soft skills as well as technical knowledge. He doesn’t just teach engineering, he says; “To help students discover who they are and where they can develop”.

Although he recently announced his intention to retire, the school convinced him to formally announced a new role before the next period.

“I will continue at least three more years, or he says.

Participation in standard development

During his career, Ieee remained fixed. In 1980, he participated as a student member who was issued with the comparation of dues and publishing opportunities.

Early IEEE participation was based on power systems – a echo of your thesis. His career in the telecom industry, IEEE Communication Association And IEEE Standards Association. In 2012 and 2013, he served as the Standard Development Director of the Society. He chaired this role. Standards Development Board. Also, the society Standardization Programs Development Board A few years.

Lu Now Presidency of the IEEE Standards BoardNDUSTRİ CONNECTION COMMITTEEThe proposed industrial connections ensure that the activities of IEEE are within the scope and purpose of IEEE. “A well -oiled machine,” he says. Although he has managed the group since 2018, and although he thought of turning the reins into a successor, he remained a chair to ensure his continuity.

It also served control– patent– proceduresAnd New Standards Committees.

Even after decades of professional achievements, he says that he focuses on building learning, mentoring and bridges among engineers among generations.

“Students told me that they have discovered career ways,” he says.

“This is the most rewarding thing, or he says. “That’s when I know that I did my job. I am proud to see that they embrace my philosophy of making life -long learning into a daily habit.”