K. C. Aw was born in Georgetown, Malaysia and is a Professor at the Department of Mechanical & Mechatronics Engineering at the University of Auckland. He joined the university in 2004. Prior to this academic position, he worked at Intel, Delta Prisma, Altera and Navman for a total of 15 years. He earned his undergraduate degree in Electrical & Electronics Engineering, M.Sc in Advanced Manufacturing Systems and PhD in Applied Physics (Semiconductor Physics). His main interests are in micro-systems and deployment of smart/functional materials and structures such as conducting polymers, metallic oxides, etc., which act as sensors and actuators in various applications such as bio-sensors, medical/rehabilitation robots, micro-pumps, micro-manipulators, MEMS, energy harvesters, etc.
Prof. Yin-Tien Wang
Tamkang University, Taiwan
Professor Yin-Tien Wang received the B.S. degree from Tamkang University (TKU), New Taipei City, Taiwan, in 1983, the M.S. degree from the Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, USA, in 1988, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA, in 1992, all in mechanical engineering. He joined the Department of Mechanical and Electro-Mechanical Engineering, TKU, as an Associate Professor, in 1992, and was appointed as Full Professor in 2013. He served as the Chairperson of the Department of Mechanical and Electro-Mechanical Engineering, TKU, from 2016 to 2020, where he is currently a Professor and the Chairperson of the Department of Artificial Intelligence, and also in charge of robotics and machine vision courses. His current interests include computer vision research and the transference of this technology to robotic and nonrobotic application domains.
