Tsai Mi-ching
Tsai Mi-ching | |
|---|---|
| 蔡明祺 | |
| Deputy Minister of Science and Technology | |
| Assumed office 20 May 2016 | |
| Minister | Yang Hung-duen |
| Vice | Chen Ter-shing |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1955 (age 69–70) Taiwan |
| Education | National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (BS, MS) University of Oxford (DPhil) |
Tsai Mi-ching (Chinese: 蔡明祺; pinyin: Cài Míngqí; born 1955) is a Taiwanese physicist and engineer. He is currently the Deputy Minister of Science and Technology since 20 May 2016.[1][2] Now is the temple host of the Motor Temple in National Cheng Kung University.
Education
[edit]Tsai graduated from National Taiwan University of Science and Technology with a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in electrical engineering in 1981 and 1983, respectively. He then completed doctoral studies in England, where he earned his Doctor of Philosophy (D.Phil.) in engineering science from the University of Oxford in 1989.[3] His doctoral dissertation, completed under professor Ian Postlethwaite, was titled, "Super-optimal control system design for multivariable plants".[4]
Career
[edit]In August 1990, Tsai was appointed Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), and was promoted to full Professor in August 1995. From November 1998 to July 2003, he served as Head of the Research and Development Department at NCKU. Concurrently, he was Director of the Motor Technology Research Center at the NCKU Research Center from April 1999 to July 2007. Between January 2001 and December 2003, he also served as Director of Control Science in the Engineering Technology Development Division of the National Science Council, Executive Yuan. In August 2002, he was named Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering at NCKU. From August 2003 to August 2004, he was a Visiting Professor in the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge in the UK. He later directed the Metal Processing Technology Center at the NCKU Research Center from August 2005 to July 2007. From September 2007 to July 2010, he was Director of the Engineering Department of the National Science Council, Executive Yuan.
In August 2008, he became Chair Professor of Mechanical Engineering at NCKU, a position he continues to hold. He returned as Director of the Motor Technology Research Center from August 2010 to June 2011 and again from February 2015 to the present. From February 2011 to January 2015, he served as Director of the National Cheng Kung University Research Center. Additionally, he directed the Technology Transfer and Incubation Center of NCKU from August 2012 to March 2013. From January 2014 to December 2015, he was President of the IEEE Tainan Chapter. Between July 2015 and June 2016, he served as Chairman of the Metal Industry Research and Development Center. From May 2016 to February 2017, he held the position of Deputy Minister of Science and Technology for the Republic of China.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "MOST-Executives". Archived from the original on 2016-08-13. Retrieved 2016-06-16.
- ^ Chao, Stephanie (4 May 2016). "Six deputies added to Lin's Cabinet lineup amid protest". The China Post. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
- ^ "Mi-Ching Tsai". Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
- ^ "Dissertations/Theses: Super-optimal control system design for multivariable plants". Oxford SOLO (University of Oxford). 1989. Retrieved 2025-07-22.
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