Hong Xiao is a Sr. process engineer in Motorola Semiconductor Production Sector. He was an associate professor of ACC in Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology (SMT) program, teaching semiconductor fabrication process, DC, AC circuits, and other courses.

He received his BS degree from the University of Science and Technology of China in 1982 and MS degree from Southwestern Institute of Physics in 1985. After four year theoretical and experimental researches in electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) plasma heating in China National Nuclear Corporation, he went to The University of Texas at Austin in 1989 to pursue the doctoral degree in Department of Physics.

After receiving the Ph.D. degree in plasma physics in 1995, Dr. Xiao worked in Applied Materials as senior technical instructor in Semiconductor Process Training Department, expertise in dielectric thin film deposition, semiconductor process integration and plasma physics. Since fall 1998, Dr. Xiao started to teach in ACC while writing the book under contract with Prentice Hall and developing the professional training and presentation materials on semiconductor processing technology.

Dr. Xiao is the author of about 20 academic papers and a book titled Introduction to Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology, published by Prentice Hall in Dec. 2000.