otto chui chau lin chinese was born on august 8 1938 in shantou kwangdong chinahe is senior advisor to the president of the hong kong polytechnic university senior advisor to industrial technology research institute and adjunct professor of the hong kong university of science and technology hkust he served hkust as vice president for research and development from 1997 to 2003 and as senior advisor to the president from 2003 to 2007in 2005 he served as ceo of china nansha technology enterprises ltd in hong kong which managed the development of the nansha it park dedicated as a center of technology and innovation for the pearl river delta he spearheaded this collaborative program of hkust the fok ying tung foundation and the guangzhou city government from its start in 1999lin was president of industrial technology research institute itri in taiwan 198894 prior to that he served as founding director of itris materials research lab 19831988 itris innovative work in the research development and transfer of industrial technology is widely acknowledged as providing the foundation for taiwans hightech economy during lins presidency itri successfully developed and transferred technologies for microelectronics ulsi notebook pcs automobile engines carbon fiber composite bicycles hbled specialty chemicals and othershe received his bs chem eng from the national taiwan university 1960 and ma and phd from columbia university physical chem 1963 67 he completed the advanced management program of the harvard university graduate school of business amp 101 1987his industrial experience in the usa totals 17 years with the e i du pont company wilmington in many rd capacities and laterwith the westlake group houston as senior vice president and ctohe was dean of engineering 197779 professor of polymer sciences 197778 and professor industrial engineering and engineering management 199495 of the national tsing hua university hsinchu he has held visitingadvisoryhonorary professorships at national university of singapore tsinghua university beijing university of science and technologychina hefei beijing institute of technology shanghai jiaotong university xian jiaotong university and southwest jiaotong university chengdu he has lectured and chaired several core sessions of the salzburg global seminar on subjects related to national innovation systems and entrepreneurship during 1995 to 2008he was elected to the royal swedish academy of engineering sciences stockholm hong kong academy of engineering science and asia pacific academy of materials his honors included the twnso award in technology of the third world academy of sciences trieste cieusa outstanding achievement award medal of chemical engineering cichetaipei distinguished leadership award of drexel university usa lu zhihon medals of materials sciences and othershe served as president of asia pacific confederation of chemical engineering apcche 199396 and president of the chinese society of material sciences and was on the board of directors of many public corporations and universitieshis research interests include management of technology and innovation national innovation systems science and technology policy knowledge transfer science parks and polymers for electronic applicationslin has authored many technical papers keynote presentations plenary speeches and book chapters in both chinese and english his two most recent books are written in chinese china on the risecompetition of soft power in the globalization era hong kong university press 2010 hong kong 2010 isbn 978 988 8028 95 5 the technology innovation quartet secrets of successful entrepreneurship commerce culture press 2013 taipei 2013 isbn 978 986 5812 02 7a 2010 oral history otto c c lin promoting education innovation and chinese culture in the era of globalization is housed at the university of californiaberkeley httpbancroftberkeleyedurohocollectionssubjectareascitechengineeringhtml