Educational Background
Prof. Han-Pang Huang graduated from Provincial Taipei Institute of Technology (now National Taipei University of Technology) in 1977. He earned his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 1982 and 1986, respectively.

Career at NTU
Prof. Huang has been a faculty member at National Taiwan University since 1986. He is currently a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Graduate Institute of Industrial Engineering, as well as the director of the NTU Robotics Laboratory. In 2006, he was appointed Distinguished Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, and since 2009, he has served as the TSUNG Cho-Chang Chair Professor at the NTU College of Engineering. Prof. Huang held various administrative roles, including Associate Chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering (Aug. 1992 - Jul. 1993), Director of the Semiconductor Industry Teaching Resource Center (2001), Director of the IBM-Taiwan & Ching-Ling Industrial Research Institute Computer-Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) Education Center (Aug. 1989 – Jul. 1996), and Director of the Manufacturing Automation Technology Research Center (MATRC) (Aug. 1996 – Jul. 1999). He also served as Associate Dean of the College of Engineering (Aug. 2000 - Aug. 2002) and Chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering (Aug. 2007 - Jul. 2008).

Research Interests and Fields
Prof. Huang's research interests include machine intelligence, internet-based manufacturing systems, automated manufacturing, intelligent robotic systems, humanoid robots, bio-inspired robots, artificial prosthetics, nano-manipulation, nonlinear systems, and Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID). In recent years, his research has focused on intelligent human-robot interaction, multilingual speech interaction (Mandarin, Taiwanese, English), brain-computer interfaces, cognitive robots, and robot behavior and personality. He has published over 380 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers and holds multiple patents related to robotic hands, real-time communication control, and semiconductor manufacturing.

Honors and Professional Activities
Prof. Huang is a member of Tau Beta Pi, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), and the Taiwan Fuzzy Systems Association (TFSA, formerly CFSA). He was elected as a Fellow of the Chinese Institute of Automation Engineers (CIAE) in 2010, the Chinese Society of Mechanical Engineers (CSME) in 2011, and the Robotics Society of Taiwan (RST) in 2018. He has served as Chapter Chair of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Taipei Chapter (1996-1998), Program Chair of the International Conference on Mechatronic Technology (ICMT'98), General Vice Chair of the Eighth International Fuzzy Systems Association World Congress (IFSA'99), and Organizing Committee Chair of the 2002 Asia-Pacific Conference on Industrial Engineering and Management Systems.

Additionally, he has held roles such as Publication Chair of the 2003 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Program Chair of the 2003 International Conference on Automation Technology, and Program Co-Chair of the 2004 IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control. From 2004 to 2008, he was a member of the IEEE/ASME journals' Publication Management Committee.

Prof. Huang has received numerous awards, including the Ford University Research Award (1996-1998), three National Science Council (NSC) Distinguished Research Awards (1996, 1998, 2000), the NSC Designated Research Fellow title (2002), the NSC Appointed Outstanding Research Award (2008), the EPCglobal Distinguished Education Award on RFID (2010), the 19th TECO Award for Mechanical/Energy/Environmental Technology (2012), and the CIAE Automation Engineering Medal (2018). He has also been listed in Who's Who in the World (2001, 2002) and Who's Who in the R.O.C. (2002).

Publications and Editorial Roles
Prof. Huang co-authored the book "Fuzzy Neural Intelligent Systems: Mathematical Foundation and the Applications in Engineering," published by CRC Press in 2001, and "Introduction to Nano Engineering," published by Princeton International Publishing Company in 2003. He has served as Guest Editor for IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics (2001), Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the Chinese Fuzzy Systems Association (1997-1999), Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Fuzzy Systems (1999-2002), Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (2003-2005), and Editorial Board Member of the International Journal of Advanced Robotics (2004-2008).

He has also served as Vice Editor of the Federation of International Sports Association (FIRA), Senior Editor of the International Journal of Electronic Business Management, and Guest Editor of the Journal of Healthcare Engineering. Currently, he is on the editorial boards of the International Journal of Fuzzy Systems, the International Journal of Electronic Business Management, the International Journal of Automation and Smart Technology (AUSMT), and the International Journal of iRobotics.