Dr. An-Yu Kuo co-founded Optimal Corporation to provide electrical and thermomechanical simulation services to local electronics and semiconductor equipment companies, and was integral to the development of Optimal’s flagship products O-Wave, PakSi-E and PakSi-TM. From 1984 to 1995, An-Yu served as an Associate of Structural Integrity Associates in San Jose, California where he performed thermal, mechanical and electrical simulation services for various electronics companies. The company honored An-Yu’s value by granting him its first ever Innovation of the Year award for applying a break-through numerical algorithm to a real-time fatigue usage monitoring system of power plant components. An-Yu published more than 50 technical papers during his 11 year tenure. Prior to joining Structural Integrity, An-Yu developed and maintained finite element code for stress analysis of power plant components for Nutech in San Jose, California. An-Yu received a BS in Mechanical Engineering from national Tsing-Hua University in Hsinchu , Taiwan and a MS in Mechanical Engineering from National Taiwan University in Taipei, Taiwan. An-Yu also received a Ph.D. in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.