Background
Yang, Sung Mo was born on September 16, 1954 in Kwangju, Chonnam, Republic of Korea. Son of Seung Hyo Yang and Ouk Gi Chong.
Yang, Sung Mo was born on September 16, 1954 in Kwangju, Chonnam, Republic of Korea. Son of Seung Hyo Yang and Ouk Gi Chong.
Bachelor of Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, 1978. Master of Engineering, Chonnam National University, Kwangju, Korea, 1981. Doctor of Philosophy, Chonnam National University, Kwangju, 1984.
Senior researcher Agency for Defense Development, Daejeon, Republic of Korea, 1978—1985. Professor Chonbuk National University, Chonju, Republic of Korea, since 1986. Executive director Nationally Accredited High-Tech Center, 1995—1998, director, since 1999.
Director Technology Innovation Center, Chonju, since 2001, Automobile High-Technology Research Institute, Chonju, since 2000. Visiting professor University Kansas, Lawrence, 1989—1990.
Member of committee Agency for Defense Development, Daejeon, 1998, Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy, Seoul, 1998, Small and Medium Business Administration, Seoul, 1998, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology Evaluation and Planning, Seoul, 2000, Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 2001, Korean Intellectual Property Office, Daejeon, 2001. Fellow: Korean Society of Automotive Engineers (director 2001-2004), Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers. Member: Korean Council on Systems Engineering 2002-2003, Korean Society of Machine Tool Engineers 1998.
Married Yoon Yee Chong, February 20, 1983. Children: Hee Seung, Hee Wang.