Tunghai University-News--THU Tenure Distinguished Professor Chao-Tung Yang wins 2021 Chinese Institute of Engineers “Outstanding Engineering Professors Award”

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THU Tenure Distinguished Professor Chao-Tung Yang wins 2021 Chinese Institute of Engineers “Outstanding Engineering Professors Award”

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Date : 2021-12-26

The Chinese Institute of Engineers (CIE) announced the 2021 Outstanding Engineering Professor Award winners. Among the 10 winners across the country, THU Tenure Distinguished Professor Chao-Tung Yang is the only private university professor to receive the award in the past five years. As the current Director of the library and the Director of the Computer Center, Prof. Yang has a comprehensive professional experience with abundant R&D vitality. Professor Yang and another winner, National Yang Ming Chao Tung University Department of Computer Science Chair Professor Jyh-Cheng Chen, were classmates when studying at Tunghai University. Tunghai University celebrates the outstanding performance of the two alumni of the Computer Science Department. All the winners of the CIE 2021 awards were congratulated by President Tsai Ing-wen in person at the Presidential Office on November 16, and were subsequently granted the awards at the CIE annual assembly on November 22.

THU Tenure Distinguished Professor Chao-Tung Yang (left 3 on row 3)
among CIE award winners and President Tsai Ing-wen

The Chinese Institute of Engineers (CIE), a non-profit entity, is one of the oldest-established and largest multimodal professional organizations in Taiwan. It aims to bring together engineers from different disciplines to promote the interests of the engineering profession. CIE is also responsible for advancing engineering technology and techniques through sharing experiences, collecting information, and developing solutions and applications for the benefit of the society. The CIE Outstanding Engineering Professor Award was set up to recognize engineering professors with outstanding contribution to the engineering practice and/or education in Taiwan.

Tunghai University Tenure Distinguished Professor Chao-Tung Yang

National Yang Ming Chao Tung University Department of Computer Science Chair Professor Jyh-Cheng Chen (left)
and Tunghai University Tenure Distinguished Professor Chao-Tung Yang (right)

Professor Chao-Tung Yang has been serving at Tunghai University since 2001. He was granted lifetime distinguished professorship in 2019. He was the Director of Computer Center, Director of Academic Research and Assessment Section, Office of Research and Development, and Executive Secretary, the Committee of instrument and Equipment, Office of Research and Development. Before joining Tunghai University, Prof. Yang worked in National Space Organization of NARL as associate researcher.

Winners of 2021 Chinese Institute of Engineers Outstanding Engineering Professor Award

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