Professor Jia-Yush Yen received his B.S. degree from National Tsing-Hwa University, Taiwan in 1980, his M.S. degree from the University of Minnesota, USA in 1983, and his Ph.D. degree from University of California, Berkeley in 1989, all in mechanical engineering. He then joined the Mechanical Engineering faculty of National Taiwan University, where he served as the Department Chair, the Director of Tjing-Ling Industrial Research Institute, and the Dean of the College of Engineering until 2017. In 2021, Prof. Yen became a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology. He is also the President of the University.

Prof. Yen also served as the Chair of Taiwan’s Automation Area for the Ministry of Science and Technologies. He was also the President of the Chinese Institute of Automation Engineers (CIAE), Taiwan, and the President of the Chinese Automatic Control Society, Taiwan. He also served in numerous academic positions, including the Director of the NTU Research and Development Center for Medical Devices, the NTU Research Center for Intelligent Machines. He is a fellow of the ASME, the CIAE, the Robotics Society of Taiwan, and the Chinese Society of Mechanical Engineering.

Dr. Yen received twice the Outstanding Research Award from the Ministry of Science and Technologies, Taiwan. He also received numerous compliments from the government for his public service. His research interests are in the areas of mechatronic systems, computer peripherals, and nano-manipulations.