Professor Kuan is currently a full professor and the vice president of Shih-Chien University, Taipei, Taiwan. He founded the Department of Industrial Design, the first of its kind, at Shih-Chien University in 1992 and served as department chair until 1999. Moreover, Prof. Kuan founded the School of Design in 1997 and served as the dean from 1997 to 2004 and as the founding director of the Graduate Institute of Industrial Design (Master of Arts in Design) from 1998 to 2007.
Prof. Kuan had also held the position of 16th chairman of the Board of China Industrial Designers Association (CIDA), Taiwan.
Prof. Kuan’s fields of expertise include design strategy and management, design theory, and design creation. Having published various books on design and over 180 research papers and design articles, he is an active member of design juries homeland and international as well as a consultant to major enterprises on product development and design strategy. 

 
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