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Yeh Shin-cheng

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Yeh Shin-cheng
葉欣誠
Minister without Portfolio of the Executive Yuan
In office
8 December 2014[1] – 19 May 2016
Deputy Minister of Environmental Protection Administration of the Republic of China
In office
20 February 2012 – 2014
MinisterStephen Shen
Personal details
Born1965 (1965) (age 60)
NationalityRepublic of China
EducationNational Taiwan University (BS, MS)
Cornell University (PhD)

Yeh Shin-cheng (Chinese: 葉欣誠; pinyin: Yè Xīnchéng; born 1965) is a Taiwanese environmental engineer. 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

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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 then earned his Ph.D. in environmental engineering specializing in water resources and environmental systems from Cornell University in the United States in 1996.[2] His doctoral dissertation was titled, "Grey programming and its applications to water resources management".[3]

Early career

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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.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ "Taiwan retains most Cabinet members in reshuffle - Focus Taiwan".
  2. ^ "YEH Shin-cheng, Minister without Portfolio, Executive Yuan". Executive Yuan, Republic of China (Taiwan). Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  3. ^ "Grey programming and its applications to water resources management" (PhD Thesis). Proquest. 1996. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  4. ^ "Deputy Minister, Shin-Cheng Yeh, Ph.D." Environmental Protection Administration, Executive Yuan, R.O.C. (Taiwan). Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-08-26. Retrieved 2014-12-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)