President Yuan-Tseh Lee convened the "Applied Sciences Promotion Symposium" at Longtan, on the eve of the 21st Academician Conference. During this symposium, he proposed the establishment of an "Center of Applied Sciences" within the Academia Sinica.
Yuan-Tseh Lee, the 7th and 8th President of the Academia Sinica
December 8, 1994
The establishment of the "Institute for Applied Science and Engineering Research Preparatort Office"(IASER) was approved in the administrative meeting.
President Yuan-Tseh Lee appointed Academician Li-Gang Zhang from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology as the convener of the planning group for the establishment of IASER. From February to August of the same year, Academician Zhang actively returned to Taiwan to prepare and finalize the relevant matters for the establishment.
Leroy L. Chang, the Fellow of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
April 9, 1998
The administrative meeting approved the establishment of the IASER.
April 18, 1998
The Review Council approved the initial establishment of IASER Subsequently, it will be transformed into the "Research Center for Applied Sciences"(RCAS) once the new organizational law of the Academia Sinica is passed.
1999
January, 1999
President Yuan-Tseh Lee appointed Professor Chen-Shui Tsai from the University of California as a distinguished researcher at the Institute of Physics. Professor Tsai actively returned to Taiwan to assist in the establishment of the IASER, leading initiatives such as promoting short- and medium-term research and overseeing the construction of the center's main building.
Chen-Shui Tsai, was appointed as the Founding Director from April of the same year (1999-2003)
April 1, 1999
IASER is formally established. President Yuan-Tseh Lee appointed Professor Chen-Shui Tsai as the Founding Director of the IASER, which is temporarily located on 4F, the old building of "Institute of Physics".
Successively established the "Research Group of Nano BiomedicalScience" , "Thematic Center for Optoelectronics", "Thematic Center for Mechanics and Engineering Science" and the "Research Group of Advanced Computation and Modeling".
2012
April 1, 2012
Dr. Din-Ping Tsai was appointed as the Director of the RCAS.
Din-Ping Tsai, the Director of the RCAS (2012-2019)
2013
January 4, 2013
The Thematic Centers were reorganized into : "Thematic Center for Mechanics and Engineering", "Thematic Center for Green Technology" and the "Thematic Center for Bio & Medical Application".
2014
January 1, 2014
RCAS moved into Interdisciplinary Research Building of Science and Technology (IRBST)
A group photo was taken in front of IRBST
2019
February 1, 2019
Dr. Shang-ji Gwo was appointed as the Director of the RCAS.
Dr. Pei-Kuen Wei was appointed as the Director of RCAS.
Pei-Kuen Wei, the Director of the RCAS (2023-)
July 13, 2023
The administrative meeting approved the reorganization of the "Thematic Center for Bio & Medical Application" into the "Thematic Center for Intelligent Bioengineering".
