Professor Woei-Shyan Lee

Present Post:

President of National United University

Address: 2,  Lienda, Miaoli 360302, Taiwan

Tel: 886-37-381011

Fax: 886-37-381019

E-mail: wslee@nuu.edu.tw

Education:

BS    Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan Institute of Technology, Taiwan, 1982.

MS   Graduate School of Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan Institute of Technology, Taiwan, 1984.

PhD  Graduate School of Mechanical Engineering, Ecole Centrale de Nantes, France, 1990.

Experience:

Board Chairman, Chinese Society of Mechanical Engineers, Taiwan (2021-present)
Dean of College of Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan ( 2016/8~2020/07t)

Secretary General, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan ( 2007/2~2011/1)

Chairman, Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan (2002/08~2005/07)

Director of Machine Shop, College of Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan (1999/08~2002/07)

Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan (1997/08~present)

Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan (1990/08~1997/07)

Visiting Lecture, Ecole Centrale de Nantes, France (1988/08~1990/07)

Lecture, Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Cheng  Kung University, Taiwan (1987/08~1990/07)

Panel, Curriculum Improvement of Industrial Vocational High School, Ministry of Education, Taiwan (1994/06~1998/06)

Reviewer, Intellectual Property Office, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Taiwan (1999/01~2003/12)

Shareholder Delegation, Managing Committee for National Development Found, Executive Yuan, Taiwan (2005/01~present; Board Member of China Engine Co. Ltd.)

Examiner, Rank Promotion Examination for Civil Service, The Examination Yuan, Taiwan (1997/04~present)

Technical Reviewer, Southern Taiwan Science Park, Taiwan (2001/01~2003/02)

Consultant, Southern Business Unit, National Center for High-Performance Computing, Taiwan (2001/06~2002/06)

Board Member, Lien-Ho Educational Foundation, Taiwan (1997/01~present)

Vice  Chairman, Cheng Kung Mechanical Educational Foundation, Taiwan (2002/08~2005/07)

Editor, Journal of the Chinese Society of Mechanical Engineers, Taiwan（1999/1~present）

Editor, Journal of Professional Mechanical Engineers, Taiwan（2008/1~present）

Secondary Reviewer, Mechanical and Solid Division, National Science Council, Taiwan（2004~2006）

Board Chairman, Chinese Society of Mechanical Engineers, Kaohsiung chapter, Taiwan（2004~2006）

Board Directors, Chinese Society of Mechanical Engineers, Taiwan（2003~present）

Board Directors, Chinese Institute of Engineers, Taiwan（2004~ present）

Board Directors, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Taipei chapter, Taiwan (2009~present）

Board Directors, Chinese Institute of Engineers, Kaohsiung chapter, Taiwan (2002~present）

Board Directors, Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Taiwan（2004~ present）

Honors and Awards

Mechanical Academic Award, CTCI Foundation, Taiwan (2022/12)

Listed in World Top 2% Scientists list by Stanford University (2021/10)

Listed in World Top 2% Scientists list by Stanford University (2020/10)

Mechanical Engineering medal, Chinese Society of Mechanical Engineers, Taiwan (2018/11)

Fellow, Chinese Society of Mechanical Engineers, Taiwan (2008/11)

Distinguished Professor, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan（2004/8~2007/07）

Distinguished Professor, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan（2007/08~2010/7）

Distinguished Professor, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan（2010/08~2013/7）

Outstanding Engineering Professor Award, Chinese Institute of Engineers, Taiwan (2004/06)

Outstanding Engineering Professor Award, Chinese Society of Mechanical Engineers, Taiwan（2004/12）

Excellent Research Award, College of Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan（2007/05）

Outstanding  Alumnus Award, National United University, Taiwan（2003/11）

Outstanding Alumnus Award, Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan（2005/11）

Outstanding Alumnus Award, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan（2007/9）

Outstanding Alumnus Award, National Kagshan Agricultural and Industrial Senior High School, Taiwan (2005/11）

Excellent Research Award, National Science Council, Taiwan（1992/01）

Research Award, National Science Council, Taiwan（1991~2001）

Principal Investigators Award, National Science Council, Taiwan（2002~present）

Who's who in the world（2003/03）

Taiwan who is who (2006/07)

Research Interests:

High Velocity Impact and Deformation

Impact Fracture Mechanics and Plasticity Instability

Modeling and Numerical Simulation in Practice of Impact Engineering

Microstructural Analysis of Materials (TEM/SEM)

Nanoindentation and Microstructural Evolution of Thin Films

Curriculum Vitae

Professor Woei-Shyan Lee was appointed as the President of National United University, in 2020 and continues in this position until today. He received his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from École Nationale Supérieure de Mécanique, Nantes (renamed as École Centrale de Nantes), France in 1990 and his Master and Bachelor degrees in Mechanical Engineering from National Taiwan Institute of Technology (renamed as National Taiwan University of Science and Technology) in 1982 and 1984, respectively. Professor Lee served as the Head of Department, Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, from 2002 to 2005 and as the Secretary General of National Cheng Kung University from 2007 to 2011. He has been a Distinguished Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, since 1997 and was appointed as the Dean of the College of Engineering, National Cheng Kung University from 2016 to 2020. His research interests include the high strain rate deformation behavior of materials, impact fracture mechanics, and the nanoindentation behavior and microstructure evolution of thin films. He has published 186 research papers (h-index 28) to date and in excess of 165 conference proceedings. Professor Lee has been a Fellow of the Chinese Society of Mechanical Engineers since 2008. He was the recipient of the Outstanding Engineering Professor Award from the Institute of Engineers and Chinese Society of Mechanical Engineers, Taiwan, in 2004, and received the Mechanical Engineering Medal from the Chinese Society of Mechanical Engineers, Taiwan, in 2018.