Walter E. Masing Book Prize for 2013, IAQ (2014)Chao-Ton Su received the PhD degree in industrial engineering from the University of Missouri, Columbia. He is a chair professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, R.O.C. From 1985 to 2004, he was a faculty member in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan. His research activities include quality engineering and management, operation management, and data mining and its applications. He is a member of the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE), Chinese Institute of Industrial Engineers (CIIE), and Chinese Society for Quality (CSQ) and a senior member of the American Society for Quality (ASQ). He is also an Academician of the International Academy for Quality (IAQ) . He is a two-time recipient (2000-2001 and 2002-2005) of the Distinguished Research Award from the National Science Council, Taiwan. In 2001, he also obtained the Individual Award of the National Quality Awards of the Republic of China.

<<Honors and Awards>>

• Fulbright Senior Scholar Award (J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, USA, 2012)
• Distinguished Alumnus Award (Dept. of Industrial & System Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan, 2011) 
• Outstanding Industrial Engineer Award, Chinese Institute of Industrial Engineers (2010)
• An Academician of the International Academy for Quality (IAQ) (2008)
• Individual Award of the National Quality Awards of the Republic of China (2001)
• Special Talent Award, National Science Council, Taiwan (2010-2013)
• Excellent Scholar Research Project, National Science Council, Taiwan (2009/8-2012/7)
• National Science Council Tier 1 Principal Investigator (2005/8-2008/7)
• Outstanding Research Award, National Science Council, Taiwan (2000, 2002 and 2012)
• Individual Quality Award, Chinese Society for Quality, Taiwan (2000) 
• Best Paper Award, 2008, Bangkok (ANQ Congress 2008)
• Best Paper Award, Chinese Institute of Industrial Engineers, Taiwan (2007)
• Meritorious Paper Award, 2006, Singapore (ANQ Congress 2006) 
• Best Paper Award, Chinese Society for Quality, Taiwan (2000, 2010, 2012)
• Outstanding Teaching Award, College of Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan (2008)