Young Hong-tsu (Chinese: 楊宏智; pinyin: Yáng Hóngzhì) is a Taiwanese mechanical engineer. Young Hong-tsu graduated from the National Taiwan University Department of Mechanical Engineering with a bachelor's of science degree prior to completing doctoral studies at the University of New South Wales School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering. Between his baccalaureate and doctoral studies, he was a teaching assistant at National Taiwan University. Young returned to teach at NTU as an associate professor in 1989, and was named a full professor in 1994. By 2005, Young attained distinguished professor status.