Hocheng Hong
Taiwanese academic and politician
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Hocheng Hong (Chinese: 賀陳弘; pinyin: Hèchén Hóng) is a Taiwanese academic and mechanical engineer. He served as the Deputy Minister of the National Science Council of the Executive Yuan from 2012 to 2014[1] and is the current president of National Tsing Hua University.[2] He is the younger brother of Hochen Tan.
Hocheng Hong | |
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| 賀陳弘 | |
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| Deputy Minister of Science | |
| In office February 2012 – 2014 | |
| Minister | Cyrus Chu |
| Succeeded by | Lin Yi-bing |
| Personal details | |
| Relatives | Hochen Tan (brother) |
| Education | National Taiwan University (BS) RWTH Aachen (Diplom) University of California, Berkeley (PhD) |
Education
Hong graduated from National Taiwan University with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and earned a diplom in the subject from RWTH Aachen University in Germany. He then went to the United States and earned a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1988.[3] His doctoral dissertation, completed under professor C. K. H. Dharan, was titled, "An analysis of drilling of composite materials".[4]
