In 1980, Professor Cheng-Neng Kuan earned a master’s degree in Industrial Design (MID) from the Pratt Institute in New York. He is currently a professor and served as the vice president of Shih Chien University, Taipei, Taiwan, from 2008 to 2017. With the aim of developing a more advanced design curriculum in Taiwan, he founded the Department of Industrial Design in 1992. He served as department chair until 1999. Moreover, Cheng-Neng Kuan founded the School of Design in 1997 and served as its dean from 1997 to 2004 and also as founding director of the Graduate Institute of Industrial Design from 1998 to 2007. He also held the position of the 16th chairman of the board of the China Industrial Designers Association (CIDA), Taiwan.

His fields of expertise include design strategy and management as well as design theory and creation. Having published various books on design and over 190 research papers and articles, he is an active member of design juries in his home country and internationally. He is a consultant on product development and design strategy to major enterprises.