Lawrence Tzuang

About Lawrence Tzuang

Technology innovator and hands-on engineer specializing in LiDAR and radar imaging systems, with a strong foundation in photonics, optics, RF, and semiconductors. A critical thinker and practical problem solver with end-to-end experience in R&D, system integration, rapid prototyping. My expertise spans- System architecture, deign, and integration- Photonic IC design, modeling, and verification- Wafer-scale testing and data analysis- Electro-optics control systems- Test automation- System troubleshoot and debugging

Experience

1. Principal Engineer

   Voyant Photonics

   Jun 2019 — Present · New York, NY, US

   We are building the next generation lidar technology on a chip so widespread applications such as self-driving cars, robots, remote sensing, etc. become realities.My responsibilities include:* Lead product integration, calibration, and characterization.* System architecture design and hardware specification* Full end-to-end system modeling, simulation, and link budgeting.* Lead range design for high throughput lidar calibration and characterization.* Lead integration of complete system dev-kit and development, debug, and demo.* System level demonstration of a working FMCW lidar prototype enabled by our proprietary silicon photonics chip interfaced with custom electronics.* Direct photonics testing and component characterization efforts both on the wafer-level and the die-level.* Exploring different photonics integrated circuit technologies to reduce the size and cost of our lidar system to 1/10 of that of competing systems.* System level demonstration of a working FMCW lidar empowered by in-house developed silicon photonics chip.* Demonstrating novel software-based narrow-linewidth laser control architectures for FMCW lidar that reduce its complexity in hardware by more than 80%.* Played a key role in defining the company’s technical direction and product vision. Spearheaded the development of multiple foundational technologies and contributed to core intellectual property

Education

• Cornell University

  PhD, Electrical & Computer Engineering

  2010 — 2015

• National Taiwan University

  MS, Electronics Engineering

  2007 — 2009

• National Tsing Hua University

  BS, Materials Science & Engineering

  2003 — 2007

Skills

• Fiber Optic Technology
• Semiconductors
• Semiconductor Device
• Illustrator
• Solid State Physics
• Semiconductor Fabrication
• Nanophotonics
• Optical Communications
• Nanotechnology
• Optoelectronics
• Comsol
• Zemax Opticstudio
• Photolithography
• Python
• Optical Microscopy
• Latex
• Matlab
• Data Analysis
• Microfabrication
• Clean Room Fabrication
• Mathematica
• Lithography
• Photoshop
• Profilometer
• Optics
• Photonics
• Device Characterization
• Simulations
• Laser
• Materials Science
• Qt
• Surface Plasmon Resonance
• Afm
• Optical Engineering
• Rsoft
• Zemax
• Optical Physics
• Quasi-Optics Design
• Etching
• Dwdm