Editing Charles K. Kao (section)

===Later work===
Kao joined the [[Chinese University of Hong Kong]] (CUHK) in 1970 to found the Department of Electronics, which later became the Department of Electronic Engineering. During this period, Kao was the [[Reader (academic rank)|reader]] and then the [[Chair (academic)|chair]] Professor of Electronics at CUHK; he built up both undergraduate and graduate study programs of electronics and oversaw the graduation of his first students. Under his leadership, the School of Education and other new research institutes were established. He returned to [[ITT Corporation]] in 1974 (the parent corporation of STC at that time) in the United States and worked in [[Roanoke, Virginia]], first as Chief Scientist and later as Director of Engineering. In 1982, he became the first ITT Executive Scientist and was stationed mainly at the Advanced Technology Center in [[Connecticut]].<ref name="networkchinese" /> While there, he served as an adjunct professor and Fellow of Trumbull College at [[Yale University]]. In 1985, Kao spent one year in [[West Germany]], at the SEL Research Center. In 1986, Kao was the Corporate Director of Research at ITT.

He was one of the earliest to study the environmental effects of [[land reclamation in Hong Kong]], and presented one of his first related studies at the conference of the [[Association of Commonwealth Universities]] (ACU) in [[Edinburgh]] in 1972.<ref name="Kao cisoc">{{cite web |url = http://dl.comsoc.org/livepubs/ci1/public/2010/mar/pdf/cisoc.pdf |title = IEEE Communications Magazine SOCIETY NEWS |editor = Nim Cheung |publisher = CISOC |date = March 2010 |access-date = March 29, 2010 |archive-date = July 18, 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110718064202/http://dl.comsoc.org/livepubs/ci1/public/2010/mar/pdf/cisoc.pdf |url-status = live }}</ref>

Kao was the vice-chancellor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong from 1987 to 1996.<ref>[http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/adm/handbook/history.pdf CUHK Handbook] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081209122539/http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/adm/handbook/history.pdf |date=December 9, 2008 }}</ref> From 1991, Kao was an Independent Non-Executive Director and a member of the Audit Committee of the Varitronix International Limited in Hong Kong.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.varitronix.com/FinancialReportPDF/E_Varitronix%20%28AR02%29-1537.pdf |title=Annual Report 2002, Varitronix International Limited |publisher=Varitronix International Ltd. |date=April 3, 2003 |access-date=November 1, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717185328/http://www.varitronix.com/FinancialReportPDF/E_Varitronix%20(AR02)-1537.pdf |archive-date=July 17, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.varitronix.com/FinancialReportPDF/AR2004C.pdf |script-title=zh:精電國際有限公司 |publisher=精電國際有限公司 |year=2004 |access-date=November 1, 2009 |language=zh, en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717185336/http://www.varitronix.com/FinancialReportPDF/AR2004C.pdf |archive-date=July 17, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> From 1993 to 1994, he was the President of the Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning (ASAIHL).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.seameo.org/asaihl/ |title=President of ASAIHL |publisher=ASAIHL |access-date=November 1, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150704033005/http://www.seameo.org/asaihl/ |archive-date=July 4, 2015 |df=mdy }}</ref> In 1996, Kao donated to [[Yale University]], and the ''Charles Kao Fund Research Grants'' was established to support Yale's studies, research and creative projects in Asia.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.yale.edu/opa/arc-ybc/ybc/v24.n33.news.18.html |title=Kao Gift Will Help Build Ties Between Asia and Yale |publisher=Yale Bulletin and Calendar, News Stories |date=June 24 – July 22, 1996 |volume=24 |issue=33 |access-date=November 30, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090611132428/http://www.yale.edu/opa/arc-ybc/ybc/v24.n33.news.18.html |archive-date=June 11, 2009 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> The fund currently is managed by Yale University Councils on East Asian and Southeast Asian Studies.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eastasianstudies.research.yale.edu/fkao.php |title=Fellowships and research support |format=php |publisher=The Councils on East Asian and Southeast Asian Studies at [[Yale University]] |access-date=November 30, 2009 |archive-date=July 2, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100702232033/http://eastasianstudies.research.yale.edu/fkao.php |url-status=live }}</ref> After his retirement from CUHK in 1996, Kao spent his six-month sabbatical leave at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering of [[Imperial College London]]; from 1997 to 2002, he also served as visiting professor in the same department.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/electricalengineering/newsarchive/awards |title=Research Awards and Honours |publisher=Imperial College London Department of Electric and Electronic Engineering |year=2009 |access-date=December 24, 2009 |archive-date=November 25, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125050001/http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/electricalengineering/newsarchive/awards |url-status=live }}</ref>

Kao was chairman and member of the Energy Advisory Committee (EAC) of Hong Kong for two years, and retired from the position on July 15, 2000.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/200008/11/0811117.htm |title = Appointment of Chairman and Members of the Energy Advisory Committee |date = August 11, 2000 |publisher = Hong Kong Government |access-date = November 3, 2009 |archive-date = June 4, 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110604231947/http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/200008/11/0811117.htm |url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.epd.gov.hk/epd/english/boards/advisory_council/ace_meeting_mins53.html |title=EPD – Advisory Council on the Environment |date=April 28, 2006 |publisher=Environmental Protection Department, The Government of Hong Kong SAR |access-date=November 3, 2009 |archive-date=June 11, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611111525/http://www.epd.gov.hk/epd/english/boards/advisory_council/ace_meeting_mins53.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Kao was a member of the Council of Advisors on Innovation and Technology of Hong Kong, appointed on April 20, 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cedb.gov.hk/citb/ehtml/pdf/p_releases/Eng-008.pdf |title=The Council of Advisors on Innovation & Technology appointed |date=April 20, 2000 |publisher=The Government of Hong Kong SAR |access-date=November 3, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722072841/http://www.cedb.gov.hk/citb/ehtml/pdf/p_releases/Eng-008.pdf |archive-date=July 22, 2011 }}</ref> In 2000, Kao co-founded the [[Independent Schools Foundation Academy]], which is located in [[Cyberport]], Hong Kong.<ref name="ISF Kao">{{cite web |url=http://www.isf.edu.hk/eng/news.php?id=22 |title=Founding Chairman receives 2009 Nobel Prize for Physics |publisher=The ISF Academy |format=php |access-date=November 1, 2009 |archive-date=February 28, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110228011619/http://www.isf.edu.hk/eng/news.php?id=22 |url-status=live }}</ref> He was its founding chairman in 2000, and stepped down from the board of the ISF in December 2008.<ref name="ISF Kao"/> Kao was the [[keynote speaker]] at [[IEEE]] [[GLOBECOM]] 2002 in [[Taipei]], Taiwan.<ref name="Kao Taiwan">{{cite web |url=http://www.ntu.edu.tw/engv4/spotlight/2009/e091015_1.html |title=Charles K. Kao, NTU's former chair professor by special appointment, wins the Nobel Prize in Physics |publisher=[[National Taiwan University]] |access-date=November 1, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719022506/http://www.ntu.edu.tw/engv4/spotlight/2009/e091015_1.html |archive-date=July 19, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> In 2003, Kao was named a Chair Professor by special appointment at the Electronics Institute of the College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, [[National Taiwan University]].<ref name="Kao Taiwan" /> Kao then worked as the chairman and CEO of Transtech Services Ltd., a telecommunication consultancy in Hong Kong. He was the founder, chairman and CEO of ITX Services Limited. From 2003 to January 30, 2009, Kao was an independent [[non-executive director]] and member of the audit committee of [[Next Media]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://istock.jrj.com.cn/article,hk00282,1442926.html |script-title=zh:壹传媒(00282)高锟辞任独立非执董及审核委员,黄志雄接任 |publisher=jrj.com.cn |date=July 2, 2009<!-- 00:00:15 --> |access-date=November 1, 2009 |language=zh |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707020423/http://istock.jrj.com.cn/article,hk00282,1442926.html |archive-date=July 7, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://tw.nextmedia.com/applenews/article/art_id/31996422/IssueID/20091007 |script-title = zh:中研院士高錕 勇奪物理獎 |website = Apple Daily |location = Taiwan |date = October 7, 2009 |access-date = November 1, 2009 |language = zh |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091017045127/http://tw.nextmedia.com/applenews/article/art_id/31996422/IssueID/20091007 |archive-date = October 17, 2009 |url-status = dead }}</ref>