As an administrator, Dr. Tien has risen through the ranks over the past two decades, from assistant professor to chairman of the mechanical engineering department, to vice chancellor of research, to executive vice chancellor at the University of California, Irvine.
在行政資歷上，田長霖自擔任柏克萊機械系熱學部主任開始，二十多年來歷任教學部主任、機械系主任、教育發展評議會副主席、研究副校長、加大爾灣分校執行副校長。