Bing-Jean Lee

Bing-Jean Lee
Bing-Jean Lee
	李秉乾
President of Feng Chia University, Taiwan
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2013
Personal details
Nationality	Taiwanese
Residence	Taiwan
Alma mater	UT Austin, USA; NTU, Taiwan; NCKU, Taiwan

Bing-Jean Lee is currently President of Feng Chia University, Taiwan. He is a civil engineer specializing in disaster prevention and mitigation.[1]

Early life

Born in Taiwan, Lee graduated with a degree in civil engineering from NCKU, Taiwan in 1982. He then received a master's degree in civil engineering from NTU Taiwan in 1984. In 1991, he graduated with a Ph.D. degree in aerospace and engineering mechanics from UT Austin, USA.[2]

Career

After his Ph.D., he was a postdoc at M.I.T. and UC San Diego. In 1994, he returned to Taiwan to join Feng Chia University (FCU), Taichung City, Taiwan as a faculty member. He then held several leadership posts at FCU: as department chairman, dean of college, and vice president of the university.[3] Since 2013, he has been President of FCU. [4] He has published work related to structural engineering, and disaster mitigation, [5]

Awards

In 2018, he received the outstanding university president award from the Taiwan Culture and Education Association.[6]

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References

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[1] "President's Profile, Feng Chia University, Taiwan".

[2] "Speaker Profile of BJ Lee at CDIO Regional Meeting, Asia Pacific 2018".

[3] "Career Profile of BJ Lee, Feng Chia University".

[4] "Author information of Bing-Jean Lee, IEEE Explorer".

[5] "Research Profile of BJ Lee, Research Gate".

[6] "Outstanding President Award, Taiwan Culture & Education Association, 2018".