Dr. Yi-Chi Wang is an Associate Professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Systems Management at Feng Chia University. He joined the faculty of IESM of FCU in 2005. He received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Tatung Institute of Technology, Taiwan, 1993, M.S. in Manufacturing Engineering from Syracuse University, New York, and his Ph.D. degree in Industrial Engineering from Mississippi State University in 2003.

Dr. Wang was the co-founder of the Society of Lean Enterprise Systems of Taiwan (SLEST). He currently serves as the secretary of SLEST. He successfully organized the Annual conference of CIIE (CIIE 2009) in 2009 and co-chaired the 21st International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing (FAIM 2011).

His research interests are in agent-based manufacturing systems, joint replenishment problems, supply chain system simulation, and optimization of metal cutting conditions. His research has been funded by National Science Council of Taiwan. He published over 25 articles in refereed journals and conference proceedings. He is a member of SME, IIE, CIIE, and SLEST.