F. Dong Tan is Center
Staff Manager and Distinguished Engineer within Mixed-signal &
Power Center at NGAS. He is also product champion for both
control electronics and power converters with campus-wide
responsibilities for product strategy and cost reduction. Dong
has a unique combination of strong leadership and technical
skills.
As a department manager, he launch the
laser control electronics organization and was recognized for
"outstanding functional management performance" in 2003 by the
Division General Manager. As a deputy program manager for TS21,
he led the team delivered the power processing unit with tight
schedule and cost constrains . The propulsion subsystem earned
an outstanding achievement award at Joint Army navy NASA and Air
Force Propulsion Conference in 2007, for "exceptional on-orbit
performance for one of a kind, all- US made space propulsion
system."Dong is the Lead for the sector's Asian
Pacific American Professional Development Community of Practice
and among the first recipients of the company's inaugural Asian
American Achievement Award in the category of "Emerging Leader."
Dong is a campus-wide technical
resource for critical "tiger teams" to solve the company's most
difficult problems. His technologies have enabled the company's
standard product line power converters used for all major
programs across the campus. He as served as the principle
investigator for numerous IRAD/CARD programs. Most recently, his
team on the Government's Director Innovation Initiative on Near
Adiabatic Point-of-Load Converters achieved a world record
efficiency of 99% at 3.3V.
He was Chair of the Joint IEEE and
Department of Defense Working Group on Open Systems that
developed ANSI/IEEE Std 1515-2000 and ANSI/IEEE Std 1573-2003,
both of which are currently being used by the Environmental
Protection Agency as standard tests fir their Energy Star
Program. He frequently presents professional educational
seminars in leading conferences.
Don graduated with distinction from
Jiangxi Institute of Technology and holds a PHD from California
Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA. He teaches courses in
power electronics at University of California-Irvine both at the
undergraduate and graduate levels.
Dong lives in Irvine, CA, with his wife
and son. He enjoys hiking, tennis and visting national parks.
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