Bing-Jean Lee

Bing-Jean Lee is a Taiwanese civil engineer. He was the president of Feng Chia University from 2013 to 2022.

Early life and education

Born in Taiwan, Lee graduated from National Cheng Kung University with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering in 1982. He then earned a master's degree in civil engineering from National Taiwan University in 1984 and earned his Ph.D. in aerospace and engineering mechanics from the University of Texas at Austin in 1991.

Career

After his Ph.D., he was a postdoc at M.I.T. and UC San Diego. In 1994, he returned to Taiwan to join Feng Chia University, Taichung City, Taiwan as a faculty member. He then held
several leadership posts at FCU: as department chairman, dean of college, and vice president of the university.
Since 2013, he has been President of FCU. He has published work related to structural engineering, and
disaster mitigation,

Awards

In 2018, he received the outstanding university president award from the Taiwan Culture and Education
Association.