Tso-Ping Ma
{{Short description|Chinese-born Taiwanese-American electrical engineer (1945–2021)}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Tso-Ping Ma
| native_name = 馬佐平/马佐平
| native_name_lang = zh-Hans-CN
| birth_place = Lanzhou, Gansu, China
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1945|11|13}}
| death_place = New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2021|4|6|1945|11|13}}
| workplaces = Yale University
| alma_mater = National Taiwan University (BS)
Yale University (PhD)
| thesis_title = Surface States in Thick-Oxide MOS Tunnel Junctions
| thesis_url = https://www.proquest.com/openview/e2d8af5d6f8082fbc77eb0fe6f8528a4/1?cbl=18750&diss=y&pq-origsite=gscholar
| thesis_year = 1974
| doctoral_students = C. C. Wei
| field = Electrical engineering
Applied physics
}}
Tso-Ping Ma ({{zh|t=馬佐平|s=马佐平}}; November 13, 1945 – April 6, 2021) was a Chinese-born Taiwanese-American electronic engineer and professor of electrical engineering and applied physics at Yale University, USA.
Early life and education
Tso-Ping Ma was born in Lanzhou, China in 1945, but relocated to Taiwan to escape the Chinese Civil War.{{cite journal |last1=Xia |first1=Fengnian |last2=Wong |first2=H.-S. Philip |title=Tso-Ping Ma (1945−2021) |journal=Nature Electronics |date=18 March 2022 |volume=5 |issue=124 |page=124 |doi=10.1038/s41928-022-00737-7 |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/s41928-022-00737-7}} After graduating from National Taiwan University in 1968, he moved to live and study in the United States. He completed his Ph.D. degree from Yale University in 1974.{{cite web|url=http://www.yalescientific.org/2017/01/alumni-profile-tp-ma-phd-74-saving-satellites-one-semiconductor-at-a-time/|title=Alumni Profile: TP Ma, PhD '74 — Saving satellites, one semiconductor at a time, Yale Scientific, 2017}}{{cite journal |last1=FOSSUM |first1=ERIC R. |last2=MORSE |first2=A. STEPHEN |title=TSO-PING MA 1945-2021 |journal=Memorial Tributes |volume=25 |url=https://www.nae.edu/290474/TSOPING-MA-19452021 |publisher=National Academy of Engineering}} His doctoral dissertation was titled, "Surface States in Thick-Oxide MOS Tunnel Junctions."{{Cite web |title=SURFACE STATES IN THICK-OXIDE MOS TUNNEL JUNCTIONS. - ProQuest |url=https://www.proquest.com/openview/e2d8af5d6f8082fbc77eb0fe6f8528a4/1?cbl=18750&diss=y&pq-origsite=gscholar |access-date=2025-05-05 |website=www.proquest.com |language=en}}
Career
Ma joined IBM from 1975 to 1977.{{cite news |title=Professor T.P. Ma Named National Taiwan University’s 2014 Outstanding Alumnus |url=https://seas.yale.edu/news-events/news/professor-tp-ma-named-national-taiwan-university-s-2014-outstanding-alumnus |access-date=December 23, 2024 |publisher=Yale School of Engineering and Applied Science |date=October 1, 2014}} In 1977, he joined the Department of Electrical Engineering, Yale University as a faculty member.{{cite news |title=In Memoriam: Tso-Ping Ma, Professor of Electrical Engineering & Applied Physics |url=https://seas.yale.edu/news-events/news/memoriam-tso-ping-ma-professor-electrical-engineering-applied-physics |access-date=16 September 2023 |publisher=Yale School of Engineering and Applied Science |date=6 May 2021}} In 1985, he became a professor. His research focused on semiconductor devices, logic and memory technologies. At Yale, Ma held the Raymond John Wean Professorship of Electrical Engineering from 2002 and chaired the Electrical Engineering Department.{{cite news |title=T. P. Ma, Pioneer of Integrated Circuitry, Receives IEEE Award |url=https://news.yale.edu/2005/09/07/t-p-ma-pioneer-integrated-circuitry-receives-ieee-award |access-date=December 22, 2024 |publisher=Yale University |date=September 7, 2005}}{{cite news |title=Ma is named Raymond John Wean Professor |url=http://archives.news.yale.edu/v31.n1/story7.html |access-date=December 23, 2024 |work=Yale Bulletin and Calendar |date=August 30, 2002}}
Awards
Ma become an IEEE Fellow in 1994. He received the Paul Rapport Award of the IEEE Electronic Device Society in 1998. In 2003, he was elected to the US National Academy of Engineering.{{cite web|url=https://www.nae.edu/30540/Professor-TsoPing-Ma|title=TP Ma, National Academy of Engineering Members' Directory}} In 2005, he received the IEEE Andrew S. Grove Award.{{cite web|url=https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2004/10/06/ma-receives-ieee-award-for-research/|title=Ma receives IEEE award for research, Yale News, 2004|date=6 October 2004 }} In 2008, he received the Connecticut Medal of Technology award.{{cite news |title=Tso-Ping Ma |url=https://ctcase.org/member/tso-ping-ma/ |access-date=16 September 2023 |publisher=Connecticut Academy of Science and Technology}} In 2009, he was elected a foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. In 2012, he was elected a member of Taiwan's Academia Sinica.{{cite news |title=Tso-Ping Ma |url=https://academicians.sinica.edu.tw/index.php?r=academician-n%2Fshow&id=640 |access-date=16 September 2023 |publisher=Academia Sinica}} In 2016, he received an honorary doctorate from National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan.
Death
Ma died on April 6, 2021, at the age of 75, after a brief battle with cancer.{{cite news |last1=Hahamy |first1=Madison |title=Tso-Ping Ma, Raymond J. Wean Professor of Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics, dies at 75 |url=https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2021/05/07/tso-ping-ma-raymond-j-wean-professor-of-electrical-engineering-and-applied-physics-dies-at-75/ |access-date=September 17, 2023 |work=Yale Daily News |date=7 May 2021}}
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Category:Chinese Civil War refugees
Category:National Taiwan University alumni
Category:Yale University alumni
Category:Yale University faculty
Category:Members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Category:Members of the United States National Academy of Engineering
Category:Members of Academia Sinica
Category:Chinese electrical engineers