1945
Born in Quindao, China to Lin and Yan Wang Shih.
1970
Receives a Bachelor of Science in chemistry from Peking University in China.
1970
Becomes a heat treat engineer at Electric Power and Machinery Factory in Xian, China.
1973
Promoted to analytical chemistry engineer at Electric Power and Machinery Factory.
1976
Marries Shaoping Chen.
1978
Becomes research engineer at Academia Sinica in Xian, China.
1981
Receives a Master of Science in electrochemistry from Academia Sinica, Electric Power Institute.
1981
Becomes a research assistant at Pennsylvania State University.
1986
Receives a Doctor of Philosophy in metallurgy from Pennsylvania State University.
1986
Begins a postdoctoral fellowship as a senior research assistant at the University of Southern California.
1988
Becomes a research assistant professor at the University of Southern California.
1990
Becomes a senior scientist in the Physical Chemistry Department of the GM Research Lab in Warren, Michigan.
1991
Becomes Member of Technical Staff at FMC Corporation Technical Center in San Jose, California.
1993
Receives the Wesley W. Founder Award.
1994
Becomes president and chief research scientist at Cortech Corporation Company in Los Angeles, California.
2002
Becomes senior technology director at Lam Research Corporation in Freemont, California.
2004
Receives the McFarland Award from Pennsylvania State University.
2012
Authors “Corrosion Resistance.”
2014
Becomes a Fellow of Etch Products Group of Lam Research Corporation.
2017
Receives the Recognition of Outstanding Technical Achievement at the Lam Research Corporation ET Conference.