Aviation Safety Council *
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Organizations

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I. Responsibilities
 

ASC’s duties are as the following:

1.Manage notification, investigation, cause identification and investigation reports of aviation occurrence and issue flight safety recommendations.

2.Coordinate and communicate with aviation occurrence investigation organizations and flight safety organizations in the nation and abroad.

3.Analyze the trend of the aviation occurrences, follow up the execution of the flight safety recommendations, research the latest developments in the investigation work and projects of significant flight safety events.

4.Establish the capability of the investigation technique of the aviation occurrence, read out flight recorders and analyze aircraft performance.

5.Study, establish, revise and abolish regulations related to the aviation occurrence investigation.

6.Other matters related to the aviation occurrence investigation.

 
 
II. Organization
 

Following ‘Articles of Organization of Aviation Safety Council’ published on March 23, 1998, the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China (R.O.C.) established ‘Aviation Safety Council’.

In order to fully function as an independent investigation organization with credibility and to cooperate in government reorganization plans, ‘Aviation Safety Council’ became officially an independent organization on May 20, 2012 after ‘Organization Act of Aviation Safety Council’ went through the third reading by the Legislative Yuan on October 28, 2011 and was promulgated by Presidential Decree No. 10000252521 on November 14, 2011.

ASC consists of five to seven Board members, appointed by the Premier, to serve a three-year term; including one of them as Chairman to be in charge of overall management, to lead and supervise subordinates and to be the external representative of the ASC; one Board member as vice Chairman to assist Chairman with the ASC’s management.

The structure of the ASC’s organization comprises Occurrence Investigation Division, Flight Safety Division, Investigation laboratory and Secretariat.

 

Organization Chart

 
III. Board Members
 

Dr. Yu-Hern Chang

Chairman
Dr. Yu-Hern Chang
Education:
  • Ph.D., Civil Engineering,University of Pennsylvania
  • M.S., National Chiao Tung University
  • B.S., Mechanical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University
Career Experiences:
  • Dean, College of Management, National Cheng Kung University
  • Professor, Department of Transportation and Communications Management Science, National Cheng Kung University
  • Distinguished Professor, Department of Transportation and Communications Management Science, National Cheng Kung University
  • Deputy Superintendent, National Cheng Kung University Hospital
  • Director General, Civil Aeronautics Administration, Ministry of Transportation and Communications
  • Director General, Institute of Transportation, Ministry of Transportation and Communications
  • Chair, Department of Transportation and Communications Management Science
 

Dr. Michael Gau

Vice Chairman
Dr. Michael Gau
Education:
  • Ph.D., Public International Law, Leiden University, The Netherland
  • LL.M., Public International Law, King’s College London, England
  • LL.M., Public International Law, University of Cambridge, England
  • LL.B., Law, National Taiwan University
Career Experiences:
  • Professor, Institute of Law of the Sea, National Taiwan Ocean University
  • Associate Professor, College of Law, Soochow University, Taipei
  • Associate Professor, Department of Government and Law, National University of Kaohsiung
  • Chief, Administrative and Legal Section, Aviation Safety Council, Executive Yuan
  • Researcher, Corporate and Planning Division, China Airlines
  • Specialist, Legal, Planning and International Affairs Division, Civil Aeronautics Administration, Ministry of Communication and Transportation
 

Prof. Pei-Ling Liu

Board Member
Prof. Pei-Ling Liu
Education:
  • Ph.D., Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
  • M.S & B.S, Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University
Career Experiences:
  • Director, Center of Innovation and Synergy for Intelligent Home and Living Technology, National Taiwan University
  • Distinguished Professor, Institute of Applied Mechanics, National Taiwan University
  • Director, Institute of Applied Mechanics, National Taiwan University
  • Director, Institute of Applied Mechanics, National Taiwan University
  • Board Member, Consultant Committee to Nuclear Facilities Safety, the Atomic Energy Council
  • Member, Economic Development Commission, Taipei Government
  • Member, Strategic Development Commission on Smart Living Space, Ministry of the Interior
  • Managing Director, the Republic of China’s Society of Nondestructive Testing
 

Hung-Ti Fan

Board Member
Hung-Ti Fan
Education:
  • Air Force Academy
Career Experiences:
  • Consultant, Civil Aeronautics Administration, Ministry of Transportation and Communications
  • Principal Operation Inspector, Civil Aeronautics Administration, Ministry of Transportation and Communications
  • Eva Airways B747-400 Standard Check Airman
  • China Airlines B767 Chief Pilot
  • China Airlines B707, B767, B747-400 Captain
 

Tyh-Ming Lin

Board Member
Tyh-Ming Lin
Education:
  • Master in Civil Engineering Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
  • Master in Transportation and Geotechnical Engineering Department, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
  • BA in Civil Engineering Department, National Taiwan University
Career Experiences:
  • Director-General, Institute of Transportation, MOTC
  • Engineering Superintendent & Executive Secretary, Supervision of major projects, MOTC
  • Director-General, Directorate General of Highways, MOTC
  • Director, Department of Aviation and Navigation, MOTC
  • Engineering Superintendent & Director, Office of Science and Technology Advisors, MOTC
  • Director, Department of Railways and Highways & Executive Secretary, Traffic Safety Committee, MOTC
  • Deputy Director-General, Institute of Transportation, MOTC
 

Dr. Kai-Chieh Chia

Board Member
Dr. Kai-Chieh Chia
Education:
  • Ph.D., National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
Career Experiences:
  • Chair, Department of Business Administration, Soochow University
  • Science and Technology Advisor to the Minister of Transportation and Communications
  • Secretary General of Secretariat, Soochow University
  • Dean of Development, Soochow University
  • Director, Program of Science and Technology Management, Soochow University
  • Senior Research Specialist, Institute of Transportation, Ministry of Transportation and Communications
 

Hung-I Liu

Board Member
Hung-I Liu
Education:
  • M.S., Asian Institute of Technology
  • B.S., Marine Engineering, National Taiwan Ocean University
Career Experiences:
  • Deputy Director, Air Navigation & Weather Services, CAA, MOTC
  • Chief, Air Traffic Services Management Office, Air Navigation & Weather Services, CAA, MOTC
  • Section Chief, Air Traffic Services Division, CAA, MOTC
  • Air Traffic Controller, CAA, MOTC
 
IV. Managing Director
 

Thomas Wang

Managing Director
Thomas Wang
Education:
  • Embry Riddle Aeronautical University; Master of Aeronautical Science
  • National Chiao Tung University; Master of Control Engineering
  • National Chiao Tung University; Bachelor of Control Engineering
Career Experiences:
  • Director of Flight Safety Division, Aviation Safety Council
  • Member of Patient Safety Working Group, Taiwan Joint Commission on Hospital Accreditation
  • Project Researcher of the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, National Cheng Kung University
  • Training Analyst, Flight Safety International U.S.
  • First Officer, China Airlines
 

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