Chih-Hsing Chu  attended National Taiwan University and received his B.S. and M.S. from Department of Mechanical Engineering. He received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering at the Laboratory for Manufacturing Automation, University of California at Berkeley, USA. His past work experiences include Web Applications Engineer at RedSpark, an Autodesk Venture, USA, Research Intern at DaimlerBenz AG, Germany, and Visiting Researcher at the Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL), RWTH Aachen, Germany. Prior to joining National Tsing Hua University, he was on the faculty of Industrial and Systems Engineering Department, Virginia Tech, USA. He was an invited scholar at CREDITS Center, Sungkunkwan University, Korea, during the summer of 2005. In 2007, Dr. Chu became the first IE faculty member in Taiwan to win Dr. Ta-You Wu Memorial Award, National Science Council. He has published more than 130 research papers and presently on the editorial board of IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (IEEE-TASE), International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing (IJPEM). He is also serving as the Editor-in-Chief of Asian Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering (formerly Journal of the Chinese Institute of Industrial Engineers, JCIIE). His research interests include collaborative engineering, human-centric design, sustainable design, and CAD/CAM/PLM. He is a Member of the ASME, IEEE and PDMA.