Chih-Kung Lee | |
|---|---|
| 李世光 | |
| Minister of Economic Affairs of the Republic of China | |
| In office 20 May 2016 – 15 August 2017 | |
| Deputy | Shen Jong-chin |
| Vice | Yang Wei-fuu Wang Mei-hua, Yang Wei-fuu |
| Preceded by | John Deng |
| Succeeded by | Shen Jong-chin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 1959 (age 64) |
| Nationality | Republic of China |
| Alma mater | National Taiwan University Cornell University |
| Occupation | Distinguished Professor, Institute of Applied Mechanics, National Taiwan University |
Chih-Kung Lee (C.K. Lee; Chinese: 李世光; pinyin: Lǐ Shìguāng; born October 1959 in Taipei) is a Taiwanese mechanical engineer. He received his B.S. degree in civil engineering from National Taiwan University and then obtained his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Cornell University, majoring in theoretical & applied mechanics, with a minor in physics. He is known as the inventor of modal sensors and actuators. In the past, he has been an advisor to the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Economic Affairs and various other governmental agencies, as well as the director general of engineering & applied sciences at Taiwan's National Science Council (NSC). Currently, he is the chairman of Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) and Institute for Information Industry (III). He is also a distinguished professor of the Graduate Institute of Electronics Engineering, the Institute of Applied Mechanics (IAM) and the Dept. of Engineering Science & Ocean Engineering at National Taiwan University.