Da-Jeng Yao

Jeffrey Da-Jeng Yao (Senior Member, IEEE) received the Ph.D. degree from the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA, in 2001. After joining National Tsing Hua University, his research focused on fertilization on a chip, intelligent gas sensing systems, EWOD and digital microfluidic systems, and Tera Hertz system development. He has been serving as the General Director of the Mechanical and Mechatronics System Lab, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan, since August 2021. The goal of the institute is to conduct and develop advanced research for several industries, including smart and green manufacturing, autonomous and electronic cars, robotics, drones, railway systems, and aerospace systems. Dr. Yao received the Wu-Da-Yu Memorial Award (Young Investigator) from National Science Council in 2009, the Shen-Yin Award in 2010, the Young Researcher Award from the Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics of the Republic of China in 2011, the National Innovation Award in 2012 and 2014, the 2nd Prize of Xprize (US10M award) by Qualcomm with HTC team in 2017, the MOST Excellent Research Award in 2020, the Excellent Engineering Professor Award from Chinese Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2021, and the 2022 Gold Medal of Excellent Research Award from ITRI. He was elected as an ASME Fellow in 2013 and an RSC Fellow in 2018.