Industrial Technology Research Institute

Ta-Hsin Chou

General Director of Office of Strategy and R&D Planning

Education

• Ph.D., Engineering, Osaka University, Japan
• M.S., Department of Power Mechanical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
• B.S., Department of Power Mechanical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

Experience

• Deputy General Director, Office for ITRI Sustainable Development, ITRI (2022.08 to Present) 
• General Director, Office of Strategy and R&D Planning, ITRI (2022.04 to Present)
• Director, Taiwan Society for Precision Engineering (2020 to Present)
• Active Member, International Committee for Abrasive Technology (2017 to Present)
• President and Director, Taiwan Society of Abrasive Technology (2016 to Present)
• Board Member, Asian Society for Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology (2015 to Present)
• Acting General Director, Office of Strategy and R&D Planning, ITRI (2022.03 to 2022.04)
• Deputy General Director, Office of Strategy and R&D Planning, ITRI (2021.08-2022.03)
• Deputy General Director, Office of AI Application Strategy, ITRI (2018.10-2021.12)
• Deputy General Director, Mechanical and Mechatronics Systems Research Laboratories, ITRI (2018.08-2021.12)
• Senior Business Director, Business Development Center, ITRI (2020.01-2021.08)
• Division Director, Advanced Manufacturing Division, Mechanical and Mechatronics Systems Research Laboratories, ITRI (2010-2018)
• Associate Engineer, Engineer, Manager and Deputy Division Director, Mechanical and Systems Research Laboratories, ITRI (2001-2010)

Honors

• Technology Management Award, CSMOT (2015, 2019)
• Technology Achievement Award, DoIT/MOEA (2019)
• Technology Development Programs Contribution Award, DoIT/MOEA (2019)
• Innovative Trailblazer Team Award, National Industrial Innovation Award, MOEA (2017, 2019)
• Ten Outstanding Young Persons of R.O.C., JCI Taiwan (2016)
• Best Paper Award, International Conference of Asian Society for Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology (2009, 2015)
• Outstanding Young Engineers Award, CIE (2015)
• Innovative Elite Award, National Industrial Innovation Award, MOEA (2015)
• R&D 100 Awards (2012)
• Wall Street Journal Technology Innovation Awards (2012)
• Invited Young Researcher, International Conference of Asian Society for Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology (2011)
• Outstanding Young Engineers Award, CSME (2009)