2012 MCASTA Annual Symposium - Keynote & Award

Keynote and Plenary Speakers:

Dr. Yin is a founding fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering and a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He has recently served as president of the Biomedical Engineering Society, editor-in-chief of the ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, and a member of the national advisory council of the National Institute of Biological Imaging and Bioengineering. Additionally, he is a member of numerous academic and industrial advisory boards.

Dr.Yin came to Washington University from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine to lead the biomedical engineering department in 1997. From 1978-1997 at Johns Hopkins, he had appointments in medicine (cardiology), physiology and biomedical engineering departments.

Dr. Yin's research interests encompass soft tissue biomechanics, cell mechanics and hemodynamics. Currently, his research work involves determining how cells respond morphologically, functionally and genetically to various mechanical stimuli. Dr. Yin also utilizes nanoindentation with atomic force microscopy to determine the dynamic mechanical properties of cell and sub cellular constituents. This research has applications to cancer, as well as tissue healing and remodeling.

Tse-Ying (Jason) Lin is the commissioner of Taipei City Department of Transportation and director of EasyCard Corporation. He has been devoted to develop green transportation and improve environment of public transit. The policies include “Last Mile” transportation service, low-floor bus and senior citizen & handicapped taxi service, and renewal of bus shelters, etc. The “Last Mile” transportation service provides direct service from communities to MRT and bus transfer stations which includes city mini-bus and public bicycle rental system. In order to provide convenient service to elderly and disabled people. The elderly and disabled people can have discount fare when using senior citizen & handicapped taxi service.

Commissioner Lin has also launched many strategies related to intelligent transportation including in-vehicle LED stop display, bus arrival information system, smartphone apps- Fun travel in Taipei, and 5284 bus information system(it sounds like I love bus in Chinese).

Commissioner Lin worked as a general manager of EasyCard Corporation from 2006 to 2010. During that time, he had developed many strategies include expansion of service coverage, small-value purchase function, and strategic alliance with convenience stores, etc.

Commissioner Lin was one of the founders of Taiwan Taxi which is the first taxi fleet providing GPS dispatch service and 24-hour satellite monitoring service of Taiwan.

Dr. Jaw-Lin Wang is a professor and director in the Institute of Biomedical Engineering, and adjunct professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan. He received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the National Taiwan University in 1986, his M.A. from National Taiwan University of Science and Technology in 1991, his PhD in Engineering Mechanics from The Ohio State University in 1996. He finished his postdoctoral training in the Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation from Yale University in 1999.

Dr. Wang’s research in the area of spine biomechanics, disc regeneration and computer assisted surgery. Dr. Wang has published more than 70 research papers in the elite journals, such as Spine, Journal of Biomechanics, etc., and hundreds of international conference papers.His current research topics include; to study the effects of natural cross-linker, platelet rich plasma, and mesenchymal stem cells on the degenerated disc, and the assessment of surgical and physical strategies for cervical radiculomyelopathy. In addition to the academic research, funded by the Ministry of Economics (Taiwan), he also developed a miniature navigation system for spinal surgery. A computer assisted dental implantation system and a surgery planning system of atlantoaxial transarticular screw fixation developed by Dr. Wang have been used for clinical practice. As the medical expense kept rising, Dr. Wang also devotes his research in developing cost-effective diagnosis and treatment methods for clinical needs, for example, he developed a new safety method for vertebroplasty without expensive equipment.

Dr. Wang is currently a board member of the Taiwan Orthopedic Research Society, Taiwan Society of Biomechanics, and Taiwan Society of Biomedical Engineering, and the member of Orthopedic Research Society (America). He served as a reviewing member for National Science Council, Ministry of Economics, etc. He hosted the Conference of Asian Pacific Biomechanics held in Taipei (2005), and gave lectures in many international conferences. He is currently serving as an editor-in-chief for "Biomedical Engineering, Application, Basis, and Communications".

Awards:

2012 MCASTA Outstanding Scholar

Dr. Ping Wang is presently Seigle Family Distinguished Professor at Washington University in St. Louis and Research Associate at the NBER and the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. He received his B.S. in Ocean Transportation from the National Chao Tung University (Taiwan), his M.A. in Economics from National Chengchi University (Taiwan) and the University of Rochester, and his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Rochester in 1987.

Dr. Wang began his academic career at Pennsylvania State University, joined Vanderbilt University in 1999 as Full Professor of Economics and accepted an endowed chair professorship at Washington University in St. Louis in 2005. He previously served as Department Chair at Vanderbilt University (2002-05) and Washington University in St. Louis (2005-08), where major buildups have been initiated and carried out. He has held visiting positions at the CORE, Fujen Catholic University, Kobe University, Kyoto University, National Chengchi University, National Donghua University, Purdue University, Tamkang University, Tilburg University (Netherlands), the University of Rochester, the University of Washington, and Wuhan University, as well as the Research Departments of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, the International Monetary Funds Institute, and the Institute of Economics of Academia Sinica.

Dr. Wang’s major research areas include Growth and Development, Economic Theory, Money/Macroeconomics, and Spatial/Health Economics. He has published over 70 research articles in refereed journals, including American Economic Review, Review of Economic Studies, Journal of Economic Theory, Journal of Monetary Economics and International Economic Review. He has supervised or co-supervised over 20 Ph.D. students throughout his two and a half decades of university career.

Dr. Wang was President of the Chinese Economic Association in North America in 2001 and is currently President of the Midwest Economic Association and Vice President of Development and Planning of the East Asian Institute. He is a frequently-sought presenter at both conferences and workshops in his discipline and is active in organizing conferences and in editing several academic journals. He holds honorary distinguished professorship at National Central University, National Chengchi University and National Hsinghua University. He was elected as member of the Phi Tau Phi Honorary Society in 2005 and as National Academy Fellow of Taiwan (Academician) in 2008.

2012 MCASTA Outstanding Scholar

Dr. Fu-Hung Hsieh is a professor and director of graduate studies in the biological engineering department at the University of Missouri, Columbia. He is also co-leader of the university’s Bioprocessing and Biosensing Center, Food for the 21st Century Eminence Research Program.

Dr. Hsieh has been an extraordinary leader in education, research and development. He is highly regarded as an educator who has had significant impact on his students. He has been voted by graduating seniors as an Outstanding Teaching Professor in College of Engineering six times and was a recipient of the Gold Chalk Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching. Additionally, he is recognized worldwide for his engineering expertise in solving industrial problems involving the production of high-quality and nutritious food products.

Dr. Hsieh’s research in the area of food and high-moisture extrusion, with emphasis on modeling and in providing new understanding of protein-protein interactions, is recognized by both academic and industry scientists for its innovative and practical applications. His unique vision in creating and developing a fundamental and applied knowledge base has provided the framework for establishing the nationally and internationally renowned Food Extrusion Laboratory, of which he is in charge.

Beyond Meat, a private company based in Cumberland, Md., is rolling out the chicken alternative developed in Dr. Hsieh’s lab nationwide. This product has been featured in Time, The New York Times, Discovery Channel, NPR and many other international news media. A factory will be opened this year in Columbia, thereby translating MU research into a commercial product that brings jobs to mid-Missouri.

Dr. Hsieh has secured more than $5 million in research grants for his students, for the development of new courses in food and bioprocess engineering, and for creation of new inventions. He holds 6 patents and has authored nearly 150 refereed research papers and book chapters in leading food science and engineering journals. He was a recipient of Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Faculty Research and Creative Activity in the Physical and Mathematical Sciences from University of Missouri and Professional Achievement Award from Chinese American Food Society.

Dr. Hsieh is a Fellow of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers and is currently serving as associate editor for Transactions of the ASABE. He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), for whom he served as associate editor for the Journal of Food Science.

2012 MCASTA Service Award

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