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Professional Preparation

Ph.D.               Engineering Mechanics, The University of Texas at Austin, 1987.

M.S.                 Engineering Mechanics, The University of Texas at Austin, 1984.

B.S.                  Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University, 1979.

Appointments

July, 2002 – Present          Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Kentucky

July, 1994 – June, 2002    Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Kentucky

Aug., 1989 – June, 1994    Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Kentucky

July, 1987 – Aug., 1989     Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Kentucky

May, 1986 – May, 1987     Assistant Instructor, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, The University of Texas at Austin