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College of Engineering, Computer Science, & Technology
Benjamin L. Lee
Office: E&T A236
Dr. Benjamin Lee is a Professor and the Associate Dean of the College of Engineering, Computer Science, and Technology; and the Coordinator of Graphic Communications program at California State University, Los Angeles. He also is a Chair Professor of Wuhan University in China, a Fellow of Institute of Print-Media Professionals (IPP) in Hong Kong, and an IDEAL Scholar of Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET). He developed the new B.S. in Graphic Communications Degree Program with nineteen new courses and designed/initiated the Graphic Communications/Digital Document Management/Media Lab, which includes digital imaging, printing, electronic publishing, e-commerce, PDF workflow, and cross-media production based on the models that he developed and presented at national professional conferences. He earned his doctorate at University of Northern Iowa. He worked in the printing and publishing industry as a managing director and a manager for eight years and taught at Central Michigan University and Eastern Michigan University for five years before he began teaching at California State University, Los Angeles. He has been certified by National Association of Industrial Technology as a Certified Senior Industrial Technologist. Dr. Lee received the Education Award of Excellence from Printing Industries of America/Graphic Arts Technical Foundation in 2005, College Teacher of the Year Award from the Los Angeles County Industrial Technology Education Association in 2005, 2004-2005 Professor of the Year Award from the ECST Student Council, California State University, Los Angeles in 2005, the Exemplary Contributions Award from The National Association of Industrial Technology in 2004, the PIASC Educators of the Year 2003 Award from the Printing Industries Association of Southern California in 2003, Educator of the Year Award (one award recipient worldwide) from the Electronic Document Systems Foundation in 2002, the Outstanding Professor Award from The National Association of Industrial Technology in 2001, the International Man of the Year for 1997/1998 from International Biographical Center, Cambridge, England in 1998, has been included in the Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, Who’s Who in High Volume Transaction Output, 2000 Outstanding People, 2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century, Outstanding People of the 20th Century, Who’s Who in Engineering Education, Dictionary of International Biography, Who’s Who in the Midwest, and International Who’s Who of Intellectuals. To date, he has published nine books and 96 papers, major libraries such as the U.S. Congress Library, the Yale University Library, and the National Central Library of the Republic of China collect some of them; eight of those papers have been selected and published in the annual Selected Paper of the National Association of Industrial Technology. He served as the principal investigator for more than 30 grants and had acquired 15 equipment and major software donations. He has made 31 invited keynote speeches and 20 presentations at the national and international level, participated in international researches such as The Global Future Study, The Global Impact of JDF on the Graphic Communications Industry, and serves as a Round Table Scholar of Round Table Group. Dr. Lee served as the President of the Graphic Communications Division of The National Association of Industrial Technology, a Selection Committee member of 2006 Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Conference (HENAAC), the Chair of the Keynote Session of The 1st International Conference on Graphic Communications, the Co-Chair of the Planning Committee of The 1st International Conference on Graphic Communications, the Consultant of the Hong Kong Printing Specifications (HKPS) project, an Advisory Panel member of eWEEK Magazine, an Academic Council member of Electronic Document Systems Foundation, an Advisory Board member of Application Development Trends Magazine, an Advisory Board member and guest editor of DOCUMENT Magazine, a member of the Los Angeles County Regional Occupational Program Advisory Committee, a Director of the Executive Board of The National Association of Industrial Technology, a reviewer for grant proposals for the California Governor’s Office on Service and Volunteerism, a Judge of the Printing Industries Association, Inc. of Southern California Student Assembly and Academic Decathlon, a member of the California Industrial and Technology Education Association Annual Conference Planning Committee, the Region Six Director of The National Association of Industrial Technology, a Judge of the Los Angeles County Fair Education EXPO, a member of the Advisory Committee of Inner-City Graphic Communications Academy and Pasadena Graphic Communications Academy, a reviewer for Grant Competition for the Office of Postsecondary Education, United States Department of Education, a Director of the Executive Board for Chinese Association of Graphics Science and Technology, a reviewer of Delmar Publishers Inc., a Director of the Printing Industries Association, Inc. of Southern California Education Committee and initiated a 2+4+Career program which allows high school students to take a full year of graphic communications courses at California State University, Los Angeles. Special Recognitions Based on Dr. Lee’s professional achievement, he was elected to receive the following awards and special recognitions: Education Award of Excellence (one award recipient nationwide in 2005), Printing Industries of America/Graphic Arts Technical Foundation, 2005. College Teacher of the Year Award 2005, The Los Angeles County Industrial Technology Education Association, 2005. 2004-2005 Professor of the Year Award, The ECST Student Council, California State University, Los Angeles, 2005. The PIASC Educator of the Year 2003 Award, The Printing Industries Association of Southern California, 2003. The Educator of the Year Award (one award recipient worldwide in 2002), The Electronic Document Systems Foundation, 2002. Outstanding Professor Award, The National Association of Industrial Technology, 2001. International Man of the Year for 1997/1998, International Biographical Center, Cambridge, England, 1998. Faculty Fellow of Academic Service-Learning, Eastern Michigan University, 1996. He was included in the: Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, 10th Annual Edition, published by Educational Communications, 2006. Who’s Who in High Volume Transaction Output, published by OutputLinks, 2005. 2000 Outstanding People, First Edition, published by International Biographical Center, Cambridge, England, 2003. Who’s Who in Engineering Education, 2002 Edition, published by AcademicKeys, 2002. 2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century, First Edition, published by International Biographical Center, Cambridge, England, 2002. Outstanding People of the 20th Century, 1st Edition & 2nd Edition, published by International Biographical Center, Cambridge, England, 1999 & 2000. Dictionary of International Biography, 27th Edition, 28th Edition, 29th Edition, 30th Anniversary Edition, & 32nd Edition, published by International Biographical Center, Cambridge, England, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, & 2005. International Who’s Who of Intellectuals-Thirteenth Edition, published by International Biographical Center, Cambridge, England, 1998. The Silver 25th Edition & 26th Edition of Who’s Who in the Midwest, published by Marquis Who’s Who, 1996 & 1998. He was nominated and inducted into the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi and Epsilon Pi Tau in 2004 and served as the Hegemon in the International EPT’s 75th Anniversary Exemplary Initiation in Louisville, Kentucky. Publications Books: To date, Dr. Lee has published nine books. Major libraries such as the U.S. Congress Library, the Yale University Library, and the National Central Library of the Republic of China collect some of them. Prepress and Print Techniques (2006). Wuhan: Wuhan Institute of Technology Press. English-Chinese Dictionary of Printing and Packaging Industry (2004). Beijing: Chemical Industry Press. Modern Printing Technology and Management (1990, 2nd ed., 1987, 1st ed.). Taipei: World Publishing Co. The Successful Editor (1994, 3rd ed., 1990, 2nd ed., 1988, 1st ed.). Taipei: World Publishing Co. Printing Paper (1990). Taipei: World Publishing Co. Binding (1989). Taipei: China Graphic Arts Association. Printing Ink (1992, 2nd ed., 1988, 1st ed.). Taipei: World Publishing Co. To Turn Paper Into Gold by Printing (1988). Taipei: Highlight Publishing Co. International Trade of Printing (1987). Taipei: China Graphic Arts Association. Professional Journals: As of May 2006, Dr. Lee has published 96 papers for professional journals; eight of those papers have been selected and published in the annual Selected Paper of the National Association of Industrial Technology 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004. A paper titled “The Strategy for Selection and Implementation of Computerized Training in the Printing Industry” which was published in the Journal of CAGST in February 1992, has been awarded as the ‘Outstanding Paper of 1991” by CAGST. Since January 1996, he has published 32 papers: Lee, B. (2006). Utilizing JDF for Global Document Production, Proceedings of International Conference on Graphic Communications, 363-366. Lee, B., Santos, J., Acevedo, H., Diaz, S., Khan, H., Medina, A., Vasharasuksilpa, A., Wan, X., Wei, X., Wei, X., Yin, L. (2005). The Global Impact of JDF on the Graphic Communications Industry, Electronic Document System Foundation, www.edsf.org .
Lee, B. (2004). Wireless Internet: The
Infrastructure for Mobile Cross-Media Communications, Selected Papers, 37th
Annual Lee, B. (2004). What is Job Definition Format (JDF)? Document, 12(5), 16-17.
Lee, B. (2003). Winning Strategies for the
Printing Industry in the E-World, Taiwan Printer’s Club 2003 Convention
Proceeding, CD-
Lee, B. (2003). The Graphic Communications
Education-to-Career Pathway for High-Risk Students, Selected Papers, 36th
Annual Lee, B. & Santos, J. (2003). The New 2+4+Career Model for Education, 2003 Visual Communications Journal, 114-125.
Lee, B (2003). On-Demand Printing, Desidoc
Bulletin of Information Technology, Defence Scientific Information &
Documentation Lee, B (2003). Variable Printing, Desidoc Bulletin of Information Technology, Defence Scientific Information & Documentation Centre, Ministry of Defence, India, 23(1), 37-42. Lee, B. (2002). Technology Integration and Media Diversification for Global On-Demand Graphic Communications Service, Selected Papers, 35th Annual Convention of the National Association of Industrial Technology, 161-165. Lee, B. (2002). The Trend for the Graphic Communications Technology, 2001 Annual Report of Printing Industry in Taiwan ROC, 144-157. Lee, B. (2001, November). Variable Printing and Micro Communication -- The Trend for the 21st Century, Hong Kong Graphic Arts Association Bulletin, pp. 41-45. Lee, B (2001). Program Assessment – The Powerful Tool for Improving a Graphic Communications Program, Selected Papers, 34th Annual Convention of the National Association of Industrial Technology, 136-141. Lee, B (2000). Media Diversification and PDF Workflow, Selected Papers, 33rd Annual Convention of the National Association of Industrial Technology, 111-113. Lee, B. (2000). The Successful Printer in the 21st Century, Hong Kong Graphic Arts Association Bulletin Special 200 Edition, 46-51. Lee, B. (2000, March). Gutenberg Effect, Hong Kong Graphic Arts Association Bulletin, pp. 23-24. Lee, B. (1999). Micro-Communication: The Trend for the 21st Century, Selected Papers, 32nd Annual Convention of the National Association of Industrial Technology, 53-57. Lee, B. (1999). Developing A Distributed Object-Oriented Database System For Personalized Printing, Chinese Graphic Arts Net, WWW.CGAN.NET. Lee, B. (1998). Instruction-On-Demand –The New Era of Computerized Instruction, 1998 Visual Communications Journal, 18-20. Lee, B. (1998). The Printing Industry in the 21st Century, Graphic Arts Association Bulletin, (15)7, 42-44. Lee, B. (1997). A Graphic Communications Curriculum:
Developing a Workforce for Global Competitiveness, Lee, B. (1996). On-Line Print-On-Demand – The New Printing Industry, Visual Communications Journal 1996, 13-16. Lee, B. (1996), The Printing and Publishing Industry Participating In The World Wide Web, Selected Papers, 29th Annual Convention of the National Association of Industrial Technology, 59-64. Lee, B. (1996, October). The Technology Development and Trend of Multimedia and Telecommunications (part 2), Taiwan Telecom, pp. 112-117. Lee, B. (1996, October). Intelligent Media, Graphic Communications Monthly, pp. 26-27. Lee, B. (1996, September). The Technology Development and Trend of Multimedia and Telecommunications (part 1), Taiwan Telecom, pp. 131-136. Lee, B. (1996, August). Fractal Image, Graphic Communications Monthly, pp. 26-27. Lee, B. (1996, August). The Trend of the Printing Industry, Graphic Communications Monthly, pp. 76-78. Lee, B. (1996). The Implementation of EDI System in the Printing Industry, Journal of CAGST 1996, 247-261. Lee, B. (1996, July). Planning Backward from the Goal, Graphic Communications Monthly, pp. 42-43. Lee, B. (1996, May). The Transformation of the Printing Industry into the Information Industry, Graphic Communications Monthly, pp. 26-27. Lee, B. (1996, January). Emerging Technologies in Communication in the 21st Century, Graphic Communications Monthly, pp. 34-35. He is interested in the research of new media applications, micro communications, and creative media, such as On-Line Print-On-Demand and Distributed Training as well as the relationships between new media technology and user habits.
Ph.D., Industry Technology, 1992
M.S., 1981
B.S., 1980
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University of Northern Iowa