Dr. Lau received his B.Sc. degree (with highest distinction) in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, in 1995 and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Delaware, Newark, in 1999. Today, he is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Kentucky, Lexington. Prior, he was a DSP Engineer at Aware, Inc., and an Image and Signal Processing Engineer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. His research interests include 3-D imaging sensors, 3-D fingerprint scanning and identification, and multispectral color acquisition and display with funding from the Department of Defense, National Science Foundation, and the National Institutes of Health. Aside from his academic pursuits, Dr. Lau is also Chief Technology Officer for Seikowave Inc, a technology startup providing ruggedized scanning systems for the oil and gas services industry.
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering