About the speaker

Dr. Su-Seng Pang was born in Macau in 1958. Upon completing his elementary/middle/high school education in Macau, he went to Taiwan and received his B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from National Taiwan University in 1980. He received his M.S. degree in Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics from the University of Minnesota (U.S.A.) in 1982 and his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley (U.S.A.) in 1987. Currently, Dr. Pang is the Associate Vice Chancellor for Strategic Initiatives and Jack Holmes Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Louisiana State University (LSU) in the United States. He is a Fellow of two professional societies: American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE). Dr. Pang is a recognized expert in the composite materials research field. He has published over 160 journal papers/conference proceedings in the areas of composite materials and structures, pressure vessel and piping, and various joining technologies. He has been the Principal Investigator (PI)/Co-PI/Key Investigator of over 90 research and educational projects funded by U.S. National Science Foundation, NASA, Navy, Army, Air Force, and various industries. Since 1996, he has received 28 U.S. national/regional awards in research and education, including: 2005 LSU for Faculty Excellence; 2003 LSU Making the Difference Award; 2002 ACAP Distinguished Achievement Award (Association of Chinese-American Professionals); 1999 Carnegie/CASE Louisiana Professor of the Year; 1998 AAAS National Mentor Award (American Association for the Advancement of Science); 1998 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring (NSF/ White House ); 1998 LSU Distinguished Faculty Award; 1997 Tibbetts Award for SBIR Model of Excellence (U.S. Small Business Administration/ White House ), 1996 ASEE National Minorities in Engineering Award (American Society for Engineering Education).