Presentation title: Overview of the striking features of microstructure in steels

Professor Jer-Ren Yang received Ph.D. degree (Materials Science and Metallurgy) from University of Cambridge, England, UK in 1987.  In February 1988, he joined the faculty of Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University (NTU), where he has been a full Professor since August 1993. He is a Distinguished Engineering Professor in NTU, and was the head of the Department in 2007-2010. His research interests include phase transformation of steels, crystal geometry and crystal defects and has published some 260 international SCI journal papers in the areas of materials science and metallurgy. He is Director of Advanced Steel Microstructure Control – Engineering Research Center at National Taiwan University. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (FIMMM), UK.