Chih-Wei Peng

Personal profile

Education

2007 PhD, Biomedical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University
2006 Predoctoral fellow, Biomedical Engineering, Duke University USA
2002 MS, Biomedical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University
2000 BS, Physical Therapy, Chang Gung University

Experience

2019.08- Director, School of Biomedical Engineering, Taipei Medical University
2017.08- Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Taipei Medical University
2018.12- Supervisor, Board of Supervisors, Taiwanese Society of Biomedical Engineering
2018.02- Deputy Director, Research Center of Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology, Taipei Medical University
2014.03- Secretariat Secretary-General, Taiwan Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society
2007-2019 Physiotherapist, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Taipei Medical University Hospital
2017-2018 Deputy Director, He-Yi Assistive Devices Center
2009-2017 Chief of Division of Rehabilitation Engineering, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Taipei Medical University Hospital
2016-2017 Associate Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Taipei Medical University
2013-2016 Associate Professor, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Taipei Medical University
2012-2014 Chief of Cooperation of Industry-Government, Department of Secretariat, Taiwan Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society
2008-2013 Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Taipei Medical University
2007-2008 Platoon leader of a second lieutenant, Marine Corps, Ministry of National Defense, R.O.C.
2006-2007 Visiting Scholar, Biomedical Engineering, Duke University
2003-2006 Research Assistant, Department of Medical Research and Education, Taichung Veterans General Hospital
2000-2003 Adjunct Research Assistant, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Cheng Kung University

Awards

Awards

2019 Master student (Roger Hong), won the third prize in the field of Public Health, Nursing and Medical Technology, 2019 Teacher and Student Joint Academic Research Symposium (Topic: Design and Development of an Intelligent Wearable Drop Foot Electrical Stimulator).
2019 Bachelor student team (Ivy Cheng, Joseph Hung, Peter Pei and Peter Chang), won the first prize in Design Category, the Global Student Innovation Challenge - Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology (GSIC-REAT).
2018 Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering-Outstanding Paper Awards
2018 B Bachelor student team (Yu-Jin Zhu and Yu-Zhang Zhu) won the first prize in Creative competition group, Future Finance and Healthcare Hackathon.
2016 Superior Award, University System of Taipei Joint Academic Presentation. (Topic: Intelligent foot-foot electric stimulator with timely adaptive feedback control)
2016 Teaching Excellence Awards at College level, College of Biomedical Engineering, Taipei Medical University
2015 Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering-Outstanding Paper Awards
2014 Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering-Outstanding Paper Awards
2012 Master student – (Chih-Cheng Hsu), won the Outstanding Paper Awards in 2012 Congress on Taiwanese Society of Biomedical Engineering

Honors

2013-now Editorial committee, International Journal of Physiatry
2020 Chief Executive Officer, International Conference on Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology
2019 Scientific committee member, Conference of Association for the Advancement of Assistive Technology in Europe (AAATE conference; Italy)
2019 Chairperson of Biomedical Assistive Technology of Cross-Discipline Micro Courses, College of Interdisciplinary Studies, Taipei Medical University
2019 Chief Executive Officer, 2019 Global Student Innovation Challenge - Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology (GSIC-REAT)
2019 Member of Review Committee, Assistive Technology Research Project, Department of Engineering and Technologies, Ministry of Science and Technology
2019 Member of Review Committee, Department of Rehabilitation, Department of Life Sciences, Ministry of Science and Technology
2016-2019 Scientific program committee member, International Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology (i-CREATe; 2016 Thailand, 2017 Japan, 2018 Shanghaim, 2019 Australia),
2018 Plenary speaker, 12th International Conference of RESKO (Topic: Robotic Rehabilitation Device for Gait Training)
2018 Member of Agenda committee, Symposium on Engineering, Medicine and Biology Applications (SEMBA)
2017-2019 Member of Review Committee, South Taiwan Smart Manufacturing Industrial Clusters, Southern Taiwan Science Park
2016-2019 Member of Policy Committee, the White Paper for Assistive Technology field, Ministry of Science and Technology
2016-2019 Member of Scientific Program Committee, International Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology
2015-2019 Paper reviewers in more than 10 international journals, which covering neuroscience, medical engineering, and rehabilitation science
2015-2019 Member of Review Committee, College Student Research Project, Ministry of Science and Technology
2016 Secretary-general and Chairman, International Conference of Gerontechnology for Smart Living
2015 Secretary-general, Taiwan Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society
2012 Member of Agenda committee, Symposium on Engineering, Medicine and Biology Applications (SEMBA)
2009 Visiting scholar to Israel Institute of Technology (IIT), Israel-Taiwan Scientific Research Cooperation, sponsored by Israel Ministry of Science (MOST-IL) and Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan (MOST-Taiwan)
2007 Honor member, The Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor Society
2006 Exchange student, scholarship to Duke University, sponsored by Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan
2000 License of Physical therapist, Taiwan

Research Interests

Neural engineering
Assistive technology
Implantable neural prostheses
Brain electrical stimulation, Functional electrical stimulation, Neuromuscular electrical stimulation
Medical equipment development
Tissue regeneration, Regeneration medicine
Physical therapy
Medical engineering
Translational animal model
Rehabilitation engineering
Urinary rehabilitation
Biomechanics
Gait analysis
Biological signal process, Biomaterials
Neuromodulation, Electrical physiology, Electromyograms
Urinary incontinence, Spinal cord injury, Urodynamics