Tin-Man Lau originally from Hong Kong, received his B.S. in Industrial Design from the National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Taiwan, Republic of China, and his M.A. in Industrial Design from the Ohio State University studied under Professor Reinhart Butter. He worked for the Taiwan Kolin Co., Ltd. (a corporation branch of Mitsubishi, Japan) as an assistant engineer before his graduate study. He joined the faculty at the Auburn University, Alabama in 1986. He is now a professor teaching both undergraduate and graduate design courses in the Department of Industrial Design. He is an independent design consultant specialized in developing consumer products. During his tenure in Auburn, he has directed numerous design projects funded by NASA, Brother International, DOE, Frigidaire, PlayCore, Windsted, etc. He has participated in design research projects funded by IBM, SeikoMead, and NASA. He has visited People's Republic of China for paper presentation and lectures at various Industrial Design programs. He has been a visiting professor at NCKU and Shu-Te University in Taiwan. Since 2004 he directs an annual study abroad program bringing Auburn students to Taiwan for two months of exchange activities. Recently, he was named by the Design Intelligence Magazine nationally as one of the four Industrial Design Educators of the Year in 2007. Both in 2008 and 2009, by the same magazine, he was named one of the most Admired Educators of the year. (The disciplines of interior design, interior architecture, architecture, design, architectural engineering, industrial design, and landscape architecture were included.) He was also awarded the Ulm Endowed Professorship in 2009 (2 year term), and Alumni Professorship (5 year term) by Auburn University.