Mo-Yuen Chow earned his degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (B.S., 1982); and Cornell University (M. Eng., 1983; Ph.D., 1987). Dr. Chow has been a Professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University since 2022. He is an Emeritus Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at North Carolina State University. 

Dr. Mo-Yuen Chow is the founder and the director of the Advanced Diagnosis, Automation and Control (ADAC) Laboratory. His recent research focuses on distributed control and management, smart micro-grids, batteries management, and mechatronics systems. He has served as a Principal Investigator in projects supported by various federal agencies and private companies. He has published one book, eleven book chapters, and over three hundred journal and conference articles. Dr. Chow is an IEEE Fellow, the co-Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics 2014-2018, was the Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics 2010-2012, a co-Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, a past Technical Editor of IEEE Transactions on Mechatronics, a past Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics and IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics. He was the Vice President for Publication of IEEE Industrial Electronics Society in 2006-2007, and the Vice President for Membership of IEEE Industrial Electronics Society in 2000-2001.

He has been the General Chair or Co-General Chair for many international conferences. He was a Senior Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science in 2003. He has received the IEEE Eastern North Carolina Section Outstanding Engineering Educator Award in 2004, the IEEE Region-3 Joseph M. Biedenbach Outstanding Engineering Educator Award in 2005, the IEEE Eastern North Carolina Section Outstanding Service Award in 2007, the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society Anthony J Hornfeck Service Award in 2013. Dr. Chow received the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society Dr.-Ing. Eugene Mittelmann Achievement Award in 2020. He is a Distinguished Lecturer of IEEE Industrial Electronics Society.