Industrial Technology Research Institute

Chih-Kung Lee

Chairman

Education

• Advanced Management Program, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA
• Ph.D., Theoretical & Applied Mechanics with Physics Minor, Cornell University, USA
• M.S., Theoretical & Applied Mechanics, Cornell University, USA
• B.S., Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

Experience

• Chairman, Industrial Technology Research Institute (2017 to Present)
• Distinguished Professor, Graduate School of Advanced Technology, NTU (2022.01 to Present)
• Distinguished Professor, Institute of Applied Mechanics, NTU (2007 to Present)
• Distinguished Professor, Department of Engineering Science & Ocean Engineering, NTU (2007 to Present)
• Distinguished Professor, Graduate Institute of Electronics Engineering, NTU (2016.08-2023.07)
• Minister, Ministry of Economic Affairs (2016-2017)
• Co-Chair, University-Industry Advisory Committee, Ministry of Science & Technology (2014-2016)
• CEO & Co-PI, Taiwan National Energy Program, Phase II (2014-2016)
• Adjunct Research Fellow, Research Center for Applied Sciences, Academia Sinica (2013-2016)
• President, Institute for Information Industry (2010-2012)
• Consultant, Taiwan Intellectual Property Training Academy (2007-2015)
• Executive Vice President, Industrial Technology Research Institute (2007-2010)
• Director-General, Engineering & Applied Sciences, National Science Council (2004-2007)
• Director, Biomedical Research & Development, Hsinchu Biomedical Science Park, NTU (2003-2006)
• Director, Division of Strategic Planning Office, Research & Development, NTU (2002-2004)
• Research Staff Member, IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose, CA, USA (1987-1994)

Honors

• Fellow, Chinese Institute of Engineers, Taiwan (2020)
• 2019 Engineering Medal, Chinese Institute of Engineers, Taiwan (2019)
• First Class Merit Medal, Taiwan Executive Yuan (2017)
• 2015 CIE-USA Distinguished Service Award, Chinese Institute of Engineers-USA (CIE-USA) /Greater New York Chapter (2015)
• Industry Contribution Award, SEMI Taiwan (2010, 2011, 2012)
• Optical Engineering Award, Taiwan Photonics Society (2009)
• Technology Transfer of Electret Technology to ITRI, developed jointly with the Electronic and Optoelectronic System Research Laboratories for the FleXspeaker, which won 2009 Wall Street Journal Technology Innovation Award: Consumer Electronics; Jointly designed Flexio, won Red Dot Award: Design Concept (2009)
• 15th TECO Science & Technology Award, Taiwan (2008)
• 2007 TWAS Prize in Engineering Sciences (2007)
• Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (2006)
• First Y.Z. Hsu Scientific Chair Professor (Nano Science Category), Far Eastern Y.Z. Hsu Science and Technology Memorial Foundation (2002)
• Fellow, UK Institute of Physics (FInstP ) (2004)
• 1998 Circle of Excellence Award, Photonics Spectra, USA (award for AVID, an advanced vibrometer/interferometer device which was technology transferred to AHEAD Optoelectronics, Inc.)
• IBM Invention Achievement Award (1992 & 1994)
• IBM Outstanding Technical Achievement Award (1991)