Professor Jer-Ren Yang’s research interests include phase transformation of steels, crystal geometry and crystal defects. Professor Yang is a Distinguished Engineering Professor in National Taiwan University and has published some 230 international SCI journal papers in the areas of materials science and engineering. Since Nov. 2011, Professor Jer-Ren Yang has been appointed as Director of Advanced Steel Microstructure Control – Engineering Research Center at National Taiwan University, which was founded by CBMM, China Steel Corporation and National Taiwan University. He also has been elected as Fellow of Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (FIMMM), UK since 2014.