Yeh Shin-cheng explained

Yeh Shin-cheng
Native Name Lang:zh-tw
Nationality:Republic of China
Office1:Minister without Portfolio of the Executive Yuan
Term Start1:8 December 2014[1]
Term End1:19 May 2016
Office2:Deputy Minister of Environmental Protection Administration of the Republic of China
Minister2:Stephen Shen
Term Start2:20 February 2012
Term End2:2014
Alma Mater:National Taiwan University
Cornell University

Yeh Shin-cheng is a Taiwanese politician. He served as Minister without Portfolio of the Executive Yuan from 2014 to 2016. He was Deputy Minister of the Environmental Protection Administration from 2012 to 2014.

Education

Yeh obtained his bachelor's degree in civil engineering and master's degree in environmental engineering from National Taiwan University (NTU) in 1987 and 1992, respectively. He obtained his doctorate in water resources and environmental systems at Cornell University in the United States in 1996.[2]

Early career

Yeh served as a postdoctoral research fellow at the Graduate Institute of Environmental Engineering of NTU in 1996-1997 and adjunct assistant professor in the same department in 1997–1998. Afterwards, he became an assistant professor of the Department of Civil Engineering at National Chi Nan University. In 2001–2006, he was an associate professor at the Graduate Institute of Environmental Education of National Kaohsiung Normal University, and was promoted to professor and director in 2006–2009. In 2009–2012, he was a professor of the Graduate Institute of Environmental Education of National Taiwan Normal University, where he was also promoted to be director in 2010.[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Taiwan retains most Cabinet members in reshuffle - Focus Taiwan.
  2. Web site: YEH Shin-cheng, Minister without Portfolio, Executive Yuan. Executive Yuan, Republic of China (Taiwan). 31 December 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924023319/http://www.ey.gov.tw/en/Member_Info.aspx?n=C9F41B76CE5FB05D&s=4BC425DE0F0EE934. 24 September 2015.
  3. Web site: Deputy Minister, Shin-Cheng Yeh, Ph.D.. Environmental Protection Administration, Executive Yuan, R.O.C. (Taiwan). 22 August 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140826234120/http://oldweb.epa.gov.tw/en/epashow.aspx?busin=15702&path=15702&guid=5db376fc-4c98-4469-85cb-4c1ad404f2b6&lang=en-us. 26 August 2014.
  4. http://oldweb.epa.gov.tw/en/epashow.aspx?busin=15702&path=15702&guid=5db376fc-4c98-4469-85cb-4c1ad404f2b6&lang=en-us