Yan Hong-sen
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Succeeded byChung Char-dir
Born12 February 1951
Changhua, Taiwan
Yan Hong-sen | |
|---|---|
| 顏鴻森 | |
| Minister without Portfolio | |
| In office 5 February 2015[1] – 1 February 2016[2] | |
| Succeeded by | Chung Char-dir |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 February 1951 Changhua, Taiwan |
| Education | National Cheng Kung University (BS) University of Kentucky (MS) Purdue University (PhD) Tunghai University |
Yan Hong-sen (Chinese: 顏鴻森; pinyin: Yán Hóngsēn; born 12 February 1951) is a Taiwanese engineering professor and politician. He was a Minister without Portfolio in the Executive Yuan from 2015 to 2016.[3]
Yan graduated from National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering in 1973. He then earned a Master of Science (M.S.) in mechanical engineering from the University of Kentucky in 1977 and his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Purdue University in 1980.[4]
In order to understand the contents of ancient literature and the development of ancient machinery, he later enrolled in the Chinese Department of Tunghai University at the age of seventy.[5]
