Who is my adviser? - From the perspective of personal life and background

My adviser is Dr. Chao-Hsien Chu, Professor of Information Science and Technology and Affiliate Professor of Management Science and Information Systems in the Penn State University.

He was born and raised in Taiwan and earned his MBA degree from Tatung University and B.E. in Industrial Engineering from Chung Yuan University in Taiwan. After that, he came to the United States to pursue his Ph.D. study in 1980 majoring in Operations Management and Management Information System at Penn State. After graduation, Dr. Chu had been working in industry in New York and as a faculty in Iowa State University. However, he was tired of busy life in big cities and the tornados in Iowa were bothering. Finally, he came back to State College that he always looked forward to live for his life.   

Dr. Chu has a happy family also living in State College. His wife is a nice woman teaching music and prepares lunch for Dr. Chu every day. He has two daughters in colleges, one is studying Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT and the other is studying piano at John Hopkins. They occasionally come back to State College and sometimes Dr. Chu drives to their college to see them.

Dr. Chu does not have special hobbies but he enjoys walking a lot. He is very hard working, always staying in his office from 9am to 6pm and sometimes at weekends. Otherwise, he is probably in our lab.

I had a lot of email correspondences with Dr. Chu when I was in China applying for Penn State. He not only provided me with his research interests and papers but also offered much help for my application. After Zang and I came here, he taught us where to eat, how to live and what to do. For me, he is not only an advisor in my research but also a great advisor in life!