Prof. Ping-Hei Chen received bachelor degree in mechanical engineering from National Taiwan University in 1980. After completing his military service, he went to U. of Minnesota for his graduate study. He received his master and Ph. D. degree in mechanical engineering from U. of Minnesota in 1984 and 1988, respectively.

In 1988, he joined the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering of National Taiwan University as an associate professor. He was promoted to full professor in 1996. After his promotion, he is then chosen to serve as the vice-chairman of the Department of Mechanical Engineering of National Taiwan University. Then, he had served as the chairman of the Department of Mechanical Engineering of National Taiwan University from 1998 to 2001. Due to his excellent achievement in sensors-related researches, he was awarded as a distinguished professor by the National Taiwan University in 2008. He is serving as the program director of thermal, fluid, and energy division of NSC. His major research areas are in MEMS, Biomedical devices, nanotechnology, energy harvesting chips, highly efficient energy systems, and sensors. 

Prof. Ping-Hei Chen is a member of ASME, CSME, CIE, CSNM, CSAAE, and CSAT. He was awarded with the excellent engineering professor award by CSME in 2002, the excellent engineering professor award by CIE in 2006, the distinguished research award by NSC in 2008, ASME fellow in 2009. He has published more than 100 journal papers, 130 conference papers, two books, and 14 patents.

Research Area: MEMS, Biochips, Nanotechnology, Sensors, Biomedical Devices.