Dr. Yan Jin received his Ph.D. degree in Naval Engineering from The University of Tokyo and did his PostDoc research at Stanford University. Dr. Jin has done research on design theory & methodology, knowledge-based systems, distributed and multiagent systems, organization modeling, project management, and collaborative engineering. His current research interests include design cognition and methods, collaborative engineering, enterprise modeling, complex systems & complexity. Dr. Jin is a recipient of many awards including National Science Foundation CAREER Award (1998), TRW Excellence in Teaching Award (2001). Besides, he is also a Fellow of ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers).

Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) (2010)

Chair, Honors & Awards Committee, ASME Design Engineering Division (2011/7 – 2014/6)

Executive Committee Member, ASME Design Engineering Division (2011/7 – 2014/6)

Editor in Chief, International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing (AIEDAM), Cambridge University Press (2012/1 – 2017/1).

Associate Editor, ASME Transactions – Journal of Mechanical Design (2005/6 – 2012/1)

Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing (AIEDAM), Cambridge University Press (2003/1 – 2011/12)

Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Advanced Engineering Informatics, Elsevier. (2002/1 – Present)

Editorial Board Member, Recent Patents on Mechanical Engineering. Benthan Science Publishers (2007/6 – Present)

NSF CAREER Award, National Science Foundation (1998/4)

TRW Excellent Teaching Award, University of Southern California (2001/4)

Xerox Best Paper Award, ASME 14th International Conference on Design Theory and Methodology, Montreal, Canada (2002/9)

Best Paper in Human-Information Systems, 5th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (2001/7)

Most Viewed Paper, Journal of Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory (2005/10)

Youth Best Paper Award, Shanghai Academy of Science (1989/11)

Conference Chair, ASME 17th International Conference on Design Theory and Methodology (2005/9)

Program Chair, ASME 16th International Conference on Design Theory and Methodology (2004/9)

Vice-Chair: ASME Design Theory and Methodology Committee (2001/7 – 2003/6)

Selected for Inclusion, Marquis Who’s Who in America, since the 57th Edition (2002/11), and Who’s Who in the World, since 27th Edition (2002/11)

Invited Keynote, Development of Information Technologies for Future Enterprises, 1996 National Conference of Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) for Ship building, Japan (1996/6)

Monbusho Scholarship Award, Education Ministry of Japan (1983/3 – 1988/9)