Jin Wu

Distinguished Professor of Engineering
National Cheng Kung University

Dr. Wu was born in Nanjing, China, and received his high school and college education in Taiwan and graduate studies in the United States.

His major field of interest is in environmental and geophysical fluid dynamics. His earlier work at Hydronautics, Incorporated covered a variety of fundamental and applied researches. There, he established Divisions of Fluid Motions and of Geophysical Fluid Dynamics. Subsequently, he was appointed as the H. Fletcher Brown Professor of Civil Engineering and Marine Studies at the University of Delaware; and established the Air-Sea Interaction Laboratory. Research in the laboratory consisted of analytical and experimental studies on all phases of interaction processes between the atmosphere and oceans. Dr. Wu has earned many honors, including memberships of both the Academia Sinica and the National Academy of Engineering (United States) and National Ocean Science Educator Awards (United States).

In l994, Dr. Wu was called back by his alma mater to serve as the president of National Cheng Kung University. Despite a short tenure of less than two years, he was selected as the most respected and praised university president in Taiwan. Subsequently, he served as the Minister of Education for nearly two years, and carried out many breakthroughs in education reforms. He was the cabinet member with the highest approval rating, and was selected as the most influential person on education in Taiwan for the past decade. Dr. Wu is now a professor at the National Cheng Kung University, and has established two research centers: water resources and public policy.