Chang Yu-hern
Office 1Chairman of Aviation Safety Council of the Republic of China
1blankname 1Vice
1namedata 1Michael Gau
Term start 125 May 2010
Term end 131 July 2015
Predecessor 1Wu Jing-shown
Successor 1Shen Chi
Birth date25 January 1954 (age 72)
EducationNational Cheng Kung University (BS)
National Chiao Tung University (MS)
University of Pennsylvania (PhD)

Chang Yu-hern (; born 25 January 1954) is a Taiwanese engineer and educator. He served as Chairman of the Aviation Safety Council between 2010 and 2015.[1][2][3]

Education

Chang graduated from National Cheng Kung University with a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in mechanical engineering in 1976. He then earned a Master of Science (M.S.) in traffic and transportation from National Chiao Tung University in 1978 and completed doctoral studies in the United States, where he earned his Ph.D. in civil engineering from the University of Pennsylvania.[3][4] His doctoral dissertation, completed under Professor Edward K. Morlok, was titled, "Simultaneous optimization of the design and operations plan of scheduled mass transit lines".[5]

Aviation Safety Council Chairmanship

Aviation Safety Council Chairmanship appointment

Upon his appointment as Chairman of the Aviation Safety Council (ASC), Chang said that he had set a goal of zero aviation accidents. Having served as the Director-General of Civil Aeronautics Administration, he would continue to promote and elevate flight safety with his administrative experience and professional knowledge of flight safety management. His top priority would be to reorganized the ASC and make it an official, independent government organization in coordination with the Executive Yuan. His second priority would be to conduct investigations of aviation accidents that do not involve major affairs, airplane crashes and passenger mortality within one year and figure out the real cause.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Aviation Safety Council-About ASC-Organizations". Asc.gov.tw. Archived from the original on 2014-05-24. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  2. ^ "Executive Yuan ─ CHANG Yu-hern". Archives.ey.gov.tw. Archived from the original on 2013-04-19. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  3. ^ Chang, Y. H. & Yang, H. H. (2012-02-03). "Yu-Hern Chang, Professor". Accident Analysis and Prevention. 42 (2): 695–703. Eng.tcm.ncku.edu.tw. doi:10.1016/j.aap.2009.10.018. PMID 20159096. Archived from the original on 2013-11-05. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  4. ^ "Who's Who in the ROC". Executive Yuan. Archived from the original on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  5. ^ Proquest
  6. ^ "NCKU Prof. Yu-Hern Chang Appointed as Chairman of Aviation Safety Council | Reuters". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2017-06-30.