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Dr. Lee is Ohio Eminent Scholar, L.W. Scott Alter Chair Professor, and Distinguished Univ. Professor at the Univ. of Cincinnati and is founding director of National Science Foundation (NSF) Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) on Intelligent Maintenance Systems (IMS www.imscenter.net ) which is a multi-campus NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Center which consists of the Univ. of Cincinnati (lead institution), the Univ. of Michigan, Missouri Univ. of S&T, and the Univ. of Texas- Austin.

Since its inception in 2001, the Center has been supported by over 80 global companies in 15 countries.In addition to serving as honorary and visiting Professor at several universities in China, Sweden, and the U.K., Dr. Lee also serves as advisor to a number of global organizations including Alstom and SIMTech. He has over 20 patents and trademarks. He is a frequently invited speaker and has delivered over 180 invited keynote and plenary speeches at major international conferences.

He is a Fellow of ASME, SME, as well as a founding fellow of International Society of Engineering Asset Management (ISEAM) and has received a number of awards including NSF Alex Schwarzkopf Technological Innovation Prize.Dr. Lee received a D. Sc. from George Washington University in Mechanical Engineering and his two M. S. degrees are in Industrial Management from SUNY, Stony Brook and in Mechanical Engineering from UW Madison.