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Yan Hong-sen (Chinese: 顏鴻森; pinyin: Yán Hóngsēn; born 12 February 1951) is a Taiwanese academic and politician. He was a Minister without Portfolio in the Executive Yuan from 2015 to 2016.

Education

Yan obtained his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) in 1973. He then obtained his master's and doctoral degrees in mechanical engineering from University of Kentucky in 1977 and Purdue University in 1980, respectively.

In order to understand the contents of ancient literature and the development of ancient machinery, he enrolled in the Chinese Department of Tunghai University at the age of seventy.

Academic career

Upon the end of his studies in the United States, Yan returned to the Department of Mechanical Engineering of NCKU as associate professor from 1980 to 1984, department head from 1986 to 1987 and Vice President from 2011 to 2015. Yan received ASME's Engineer-Historian Award in 2021.

Political career

Yan was appointed as a Minister without Portfolio on 5 February 2015.

References

1. "行政院全球資訊網".
2. "Ma appoints Simon Chang as premier". Archived from the original on 2016-01-29. Retrieved 2023-09-03.
3. ^ "NCKU professor Hong-Sen Yan named minister of the Executive Yuan". Archived from the original on 2015-02-22. Retrieved 2023-09-03.
4. "行政院全球資訊網". www.ey.gov.tw.
5. "前大葉校長顏鴻森圓夢讀東海中文系 七十二歲高齡獲書卷獎成典範 | 中央社訊息平台". www.cna.com.tw (in Chinese). Retrieved 16 January 2024.

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