Yen has won financial support for his ideas from Chang Chien-chun, President of Taiwan's Leadwell Machinery Company, and Professor Li Ke-jang of the Junming Foundation, which enables him to carry out research unhampered by other demands.
他的興趣得到台灣麗偉機械公司董事長張堅濬和俊銘基金會李克讓教授的支持，並提供研發經費，讓他可以在沒有交差的壓力下，天馬行空地去做。