Name

Yi-Chun Du

Title

Professor

Office

No.1, University Road, East District, Tainan 701401, Taiwan (R.O.C)
Cheng Hsing Campus 2F - Room 5742A, National Cheng Kung University

Extension Number

63434

E-mail

terrydu@gs.ncku.edu.tw

Laboratory

Digital Health and Biorobotics Laboratory (DHB LAB)

Research Interesting

Integrated Biomedical Systems

Biomedical Signal Processing

Digital Health

Biorobotics

Education

Biography

Yi-Chun Du earned his BSc and MSc degrees in biomedical engineering (BME) from Chung Yuan Christian University (CYCU) in 2001 and 2003, respectively. He then pursued his Ph.D. in the Department of BME at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) and graduated in 2008. Following that, from 2009 to 2010, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of BME at NCKU. Later, he transitioned to the industry, serving as a research and development manager at Taiwan CareTech Corporation from 2011 to 2013. During this period, he invented Taiwan's first domestic dental CT system, the Cone Beam 3D Imaging System, which was honored with the National Quality Gold Award in Taiwan.

Returning to academia, Yi-Chun Du joined Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology (STUST) as an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering (EE) in 2013. He was subsequently promoted to associate professor in 2016 and then to full professor in 2019. Additionally, he held the position of director at the Allied Advanced and Intelligent Biomedical Research Center (A2IBRC) at STUST from 2017 to 2020. He later moved to NCKU as an associate professor in BME in 2020 and was promoted to full professor in 2023.

Currently, Professor Du leads the Digital Health and Biorobotics Laboratory (DHB Lab). His research interests encompass digital healthcare, wearable devices, IoT, medical biorobotics, and medical imaging systems, all aimed at enhancing health by offering improved evaluation and diagnosis solutions in the medical field. He also served as the director of the industrial team of the Medical Device Innovation Center (MDIC) at NCKU, where he effectively applied research findings to various successful industry-academia collaboration projects and technology transfers. Moreover, he actively engaged in collaborative efforts with international research units in countries such as Vietnam, Egypt, and Thailand, with the goal of commercializing research outcomes. Professor Du has mentored over 40 BSc, MSc, and PhD students, who, under his guidance, participated in numerous domestic and international competitions and garnered over 100 awards.

As of 2024, Professor Du has served as a principal investigator for more than 55 Taiwan government projects (total funding ~7.8M US), 49 industrial projects (total funding ~1.1M US), and 7 technology transfer cases (total funding~0.1M US). He has authored 68 publications in international peer-reviewed scientific journals, 2 book chapters, and 60 international conference proceedings. Additionally, he has been honored with multiple awards for his contributions to teaching and research efforts.

Work Experience

1. Professor of Department of Biomedical Engineering, NCKU, 2023 – Present

2. Director of the Industry-Academy Group in Medical Device Innovation Center, NCKU, 2023 – Present

3. Associate Professor of Department of Biomedical Engineering, NCKU, 2020 – 2023

4. Director of the Allied Advanced and Intelligent Biomedical Research Center (A2IBRC), STUST, 2017 – 2020

5. Professor of Department of Electrical Engineering, 2019 – 2020

6. Associate professor of Department of Electrical Engineering, STUST, 2016 – 2019

7. R&D Supervisor of Taiwan CareTech Corporation, 2011/08 – 2013/01

• R&D of computed tomography scan (CT) “Cone Beam 3D Imaging System”
• Obtained: CT system manufacturing and sales certificates: ISO9001, ISO13485, and GMP-0968
• Obtained: CE Certificate and TFDA Approval - DOH Medical Device Manufacturing No. 004201
• Obtained: National Quality Gold Award

8. Medical product manager of ICP DAS Corporation, 2010/08 – 2011/08

Professional Affiliations

1. 2020 – Present Director of the Industry – Academy Group – MDIC, NCKU

2. 2024 – Present Executive Director – The Alumni Association of BME, NCKU

3. 2024 – Present Executive Director – Taiwan Innovative Implant Association

4. 2024 – Present Executive Director – International Society of Mechatronic Engineering (ISME)

5. 2023 – Present Academy Director – International Society of Mechatronic Engineering (ISME)

6. 2021 – Present Director – Teacher Association, NCKU

7. 2024 – Present Consultant – Kaohsiung County Medical Instrument Commercial Association (KCMICA)

8. 2023 – Present E-paper Chief Editor – Taiwanese Society of Biomedical Engineering

9. 2022 – Present Accredited Committee – Institute of Engineering Education Taiwan (IEET)

10. 2021 – 2023 Secretary General – The Alumni Association of BME, NCKU

11. 2020 – 2023 Supervisor – International Society of Mechatronic Engineering (ISME)

12. 2021 – 2023 Director – Taiwan Innovative Implant Association

13. 2021 – Present Associate Editor, Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering (SCI)

14. 2022 – Present Associate Editor, International Institute of Knowledge Innovation and Invention (IIKII) 

15. IEEE Senior Member (95568370), Permanent Member (P0484) of Taiwanese Society of Biomedical Engineering, Permanent Member (CAC10186) of Chinese Automatic Control Society, Member of Tainan Education Union (STUST031), Member of Chinese Institute of Engineers (36002), Member of CVIEA, Member of Union of Private School Educators (10822237),World Association for Chinese Biomedical Engineers (WACBE) Regular Member, Hong Kong Chemical, Biological & Environmental Engineering Society (HKCBEES) (Member NO: 202422)

16. 2017 – 2020 Committee Member – The National Federation of Teachers Unions (NFTU)

Honors

1. 2017 – Present MOST Special Outstanding Talent Award

2. 2024 – From IP to IPO Program (FITI) Outstanding Entrepreneurship Award

3. 2024 – IEEE Tainan Section Outstanding Technical Achievement Award

4. 2024 21th National Innovation Award

5. 2024 Future Tech Award

6. 2024 The 5th Healthy Longevity Global Grand Challenge Catalyst Award for Academia Sinica

7. 2024 The Outstanding Research Teacher of the Biomedical Engineering Department, NCKU

8. 2024 National Academy of Medicine (NAM) Healthy Longevity Global Competition Catalyst Award

9. 2023 ISME Mechanical Engineering Technology Young Scholar Award

10. 2023 NSTC Outstanding Award for Industry – Academia Collaboration Project Presentation Group (Category A)

11. 2022 The 3rd Healthy Longevity Global Grand Challenge Catalyst Award for Academia Sinica

12. 2021 NSTC Outstanding Award for Industry – Academia Collaboration Pilot Development Project Poster Group

13. 2020 Outstanding Youth Award of Tainan, Taiwan

14. 2019 (108th Academic Year) Chinese Automatic Control Society (CACS) – Youth Automatic Control Engineering Award

15. 2019 IEET Distinguished Teaching Award

16. 2019 Jury Diamond Award, Best Advisor Award, and Best Creative Award of 19th Macronix Golden Silicon Award

17. 2019 First place of the 2nd LongTeng Cheers IoT Entrepreneurial Competition (Cyper-S)

18. 2019 Technology Category Bronze Award and LITE–ON Special Award of LITE-ON Award

19. 2019 Golden Award of Taiwan Innotech Expo

20. 2018 Jinduo Award of China Industrial Vocational Education Association – Teaching Award

21. 2018 The 13th Guoguang Academic Award of IIP (International Inventor Prize) (2018.03.06 Received by the President)

22. 2017 – 2019 (105th – 107th Academic Year) Outstanding Teacher Award of STUST