Tzyy-Yuang Shiang received his PhD degree from Pennsylvania State University in Mechanical Engineering (majoring in Biomechanics) in 1993. His research interests are mainly dedicated to various aspects of Sports biomechanics, Biomedical engineering and Sports equipment design. He has been a research scientist and faculty member in the sports biomechanics field in Taiwan since 1995. He presently serves on the faculty of the Graduate Institute of Exercise & Sports Science and is the president of the Taiwanese Society of Biomechanics. He joined the ISB as an active member in 1997 when the ISB conference was held in Asia (Tokyo) for the first time. He also served as chair for the ISB 2007 conference in Taipei.

He was first elected to the ISB Board in 2007 and current serving on the Board of ISB. An ISB council member in South Asia will be helpful to attract more researchers from this area in joining the ISB and connect to more “growth” groups within clinics and colleges in the field of biomechanics.