Dr. D. A. Wang

Dr. Wang received his Bachelor of Science degree with high honors in mechanical engineering from the National Sun-Yet Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, in 1992, a Master of Science in mechanical engineering from the National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, in 1996, and a Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, United States, in 2004.  

While pursuing a Ph.D., he specialized in MEMS, sheet metal forming, and plasticity, with a dissertation on plastic and fracture analysis of engineering materials and welded structures. Since 2005, he has been working at the National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, performing R&D on compliant mechanism design, novel ultrasonic horn design, steel leveling, micromachined energy harvesters, and CMOS MEMS sensors and actuators.  

He is currently serving as a distinguished professor at the National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan. Previously, he worked at Da-Yeh University, ChangHua, Taiwan, developing micromachined piezoelectric actuators and friction stir welding technologies. 

He has several patents to his credit and has authored or coauthored several papers and a book chapter about the failure mechanisms of advanced welding processes.