Principal Investigator

Wei-hsin chen DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR

Education

Ph.D. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics,

National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, ROC

(1989 1993)

M.Sc. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics

National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, ROC

(1988 1989)

B.Sc. Department of Chemical Engineering

Tunghai University, Taiwan, ROC

(1984 1988)

Area of Experties

  1. Hydrogen Energy (Hydrogen production, separation, and purification)

  2. Bioenergy (torrefaction, gasification, pyrolysis, lignocellulosic biomass)

  3. Clean Energy (clean coal technology, pulverized coal injection, CO2 capture, thermoelectric system, ironmaking, wind power)

  4. Energy System (UAV energy application, system automation, thermoelectric system, system optimization, artificial intelligence and evolutionary computing, and big data analysis)

Professional Employment and Experiences

Distinguished Professor (August 2016~Present )

Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics

National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, ROC (Full-time)


Chair Professor (August 2019~Present)

Department of Mechanical Engineering

National Chin Yi University of Technology, Taiwan, ROC (Part-time)


Honorary Chair Professor (October 2019~Present)

School of Engineering

Private Tunghai University Taiwan, ROC (Part-time)


Inviting Chair Professor (2019, March~April ; July~August)

University of Lorraine Epinal, France


Visiting Professor (June 2017~June 2017)

Study and Research on Wood Material Laboratory (Lermab)

University of Lorraine, Epinal, France


Professor (August 2013~July 2016)

Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics

National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, ROC


Visiting Professor (July 2012~September 2013)

Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada


Professor (August 2007~July 2013)

Department of Greenergy

National University of Tainan, Taiwan, ROC


Visiting Professor (August 2009~August 2009)

Institute for Infrastructure and Environment

University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK


Visiting Professor (June 2007~September 2007)

School of Materials Science and Engineering

University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia


Professor (August 2005~July 2007)

Department of Marine Engineering

National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan, ROC


Visiting Professor (July 2004~June 2005)

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Princeton University, New Jersey, USA


Professor (July 2001~July 2005)

Associate Professor (Aug. 1995~June 2001)

Department of Environmental Engineering and Science

Fooyin University, Taiwan, ROC


Engineer (May 1994~July 1995)

An Feng Steel Corporation, Ltd., Taiwan, ROC

Other Professional Activities

  1. Editorial Board Member of Applied Energy (Elsevier, 2014~now, SCI journal)

  2. Editorial Board Member of International Journal of Energy Research (Wiley, 2014~now, SCI journal)

  3. Editorial Board Member of Energies (SCI, MDPI, 2015~now)

  4. Associate Editor of Energy, Ecology and Environment (Springer, 2013~now)

  5. Associate Editor of The Open Fuels and Energy Science Journal (Bentham Science Publisher, 2008~now)

  6. Associate Editor of Frontier in Energy Research (Frontier, 2013~now)

  7. Associate Editor of Frontier in Bioengineering and Biotechnology (Frontier, 2015~now)

  8. Senior Editor of International Journal of Alternative Energy, Environment and Ecology. (Cloud Publications, 2014~now)

  9. Editor of International Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computation (2008~now)

  10. Editorial Board Member of ISRN Mechanical Engineering (Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2010~now)

  11. Editorial Board Member of Journal of Renewable Energy (Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2012~now)

  12. Editorial Board Member of Energy Science and Technology (Canadian Research & Development Center of Sciences and Cultures, 2013~now)

  13. Editorial Board Member, Journal of Power and Energy Engineering (Scientific Research Publish, 2013~now)

  14. Editorial Board Member, Applied Bioenergy (De Gruyter, 2013~now)

  15. Editorial Board Member of Open Journal of Renewable Energy and Sustainable Development (Scientific Online Publishing, 2014~now)

  16. Editorial Board Member of Journal of New Science Biotechnology (Eagle Publishing Group, 2014~now)

  17. Editorial Board Member of American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences (Science Publications, 2014~now)

  18. Editorial Board Member of Energy Research Journal (Science Publications, 2015~now)

  19. Editorial Board Member of Journal of Oil and Gas Research (OMICS International, 2015~now)

  20. Editorial Board Member of Combustion Quarterly (Taiwan, 2009~2014)

  21. Lead Guest Editor, BioMed Research International (SCI, Hindawi Publishing Corporation), Special Issue: Biomass Conversion Technology for Bioenergy (2016)

  22. Guest Editor, Energy Conversion and Management (SCI, Elsevier), Special Issue: Sustainable Biofuels (2016)

  23. Guest Editor, Energies (SCI, MDPI), Special Issue: Hydrogen Production, Separation and Applications (2016)

  24. Member of Association for Aerosol Research (Europe)

  25. Member of the Combustion Institute of R.O.C. (Taiwan)

  26. Member of Chinese Association for Aerosol Research (Taiwan)

  27. Member of Taiwan Association for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell (Taiwan)

  28. Member of Chinese Institute of Engineers (Taiwan)

  29. Committee member of Institute for Liquid Atomization and Spray System - Asia (ILASS–Asia, 2012-)

  30. Vice-chairman of Institute for Liquid Atomization and Spray System - Taiwan (ILASS-Taiwan, 2012-)

  31. International Advisory Board of Renewable Energy and Sustainable Development (RESD) Group

  32. Conference section chair of 2003 European Aerosol Conference (Madrid, Spain)

  33. Conference section chair of 2006 International Conference on Parallel Computational Fluid Dynamics (Busan, South Korea)

  34. Conference section chair of 2008 The 9th Asia-Pacific International Symposium on Combustion and Energy Utilization (Beijing, China)

  35. Organizing Committee Member, Section chair, Opening Ceremony Chair of 2010 The 22nd International Conference on Parallel Computational Fluid Dynamics (Kaohsiung, Taiwan)

  36. Organizer and Section chair of 2010 The 21st International Symposium on Transport Phenomena: (Kaohsiung, Taiwan)

  37. International Advisory Board of 2012 6th International Congress on Science and Technology of Ironmaking - ICSTI 12 (Rio, Brazil)

  38. Organizing Committee Member 2012 4th International Conference on Applied Energy – ICAE2012 (Suzhou, China)

Honors

  1. Scholarship of Ministry of Defense, Taiwan, R.O.C. (1989-1993)

  2. Research Award of National Science Council, Taiwan, R.O.C. (1999)

  3. Outstanding Research Award, Fooyin University (2001, 2002)

  4. Research Award, Fooyin University (1999, 2000, 2003, 2004)

  5. Overseas Research Scholarship of National Science Council, Taiwan, R.O.C. (2004)

  6. Best Paper Award of 2005 International Conference on Aerosol Science and Technology (2005)

  7. Australian Endeavour Executive Award (2007)

  8. Outstanding Research Paper Award of the 3rd National Conference of Hydrogen Energy and Fuel Cell (2008)

  9. Distinguished Teaching Award of National University of Tainan (2009)

  10. Award of the Royal Society of Edinburg (2009)

  11. Best Paper Award of the 5th National Conference of Hydrogen Energy and Fuel Cell (2010)

  12. Special Talent Award of National Science Council, Taiwan, R.O.C. (2010, 2011, 2012)

  13. Overseas Research Scholarship of National Science Council, Taiwan, R.O.C. (2011)

  14. Award of a Fine Piece of Writing of the Conference of the Chinese Institute of Mining & Metallurgy (2012)

  15. Special Salary Scheme Award of the Ministry of Education, Taiwan, R.O.C. (2012-2014)

  16. Special Salary Scheme Award of National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, R.O.C. (2014, 2015, 2016)

  17. Best Paper Award of the 9th National Conference of Hydrogen Energy and Fuel Cell (2014)

  18. Award of a Fine Piece of Writing of 2015 International on Carbon Reduction Strategy Partnership for Low-Carbon Technologies Development (2015)

  19. Writing Chinese Professional Book Award of College of Engineering, NCKU (2015, 2016)

  20. Outstanding Research Award of Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (2015)

  21. Highly Cited Papers Award - Applied Energy 2015 (2015)

  22. Excellent Research Award of College of Engineering, NCKU (2016)

  23. Thomson Reuters 2016 Highly Cited Researcher (2016)

  24. Outstanding Engineering Professor Award (2017)

  25. Excellent Research Award of College of Engineering, NCKU (2017)

  26. Marquis Who's Who in Science and Engineering (2005、2007、2008)

  27. Marquis Who's Who in the World (2006、2007、2008、2009)

  28. Marquis Who's Who in Asia (2007, 2012)

  29. Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award (Marquis Who's Who) (2017)

  30. Outstanding Research Award of the Ministry of Science and Technology (2018)

  31. Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics) Highly Cited Researcher (2018)

  32. Li Guoding Gold Award (2018)

  33. International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Green Technology (SEGT 2018) Best Paper Award (2018)

  34. National Cheng Kung University College of Engineering Award for writing Chinese books (2018)

  35. Excellent Research Teacher, National Cheng Kung University College of Engineering (2018)

  36. National Cheng Kung University Flexible Salary Award (2018)

  37. Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award (Marquis Who's Who) (2018)

  38. Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics) Highly Cited Researcher (2019)

  39. Bioresource Technology Award for Highly Cited Review Article (2019)

  40. Aerosol and Air Quality Research (AAQR) Best Engineering Paper Award (2019)

  41. Excellent Research Teacher, National Cheng Kung University College of Engineering (2019)

  42. National Cheng Kung University Flexible Salary Award (2019)

  43. Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award (Marquis Who's Who) (2019)

  44. Li Guoding Honorary Scholar (2019)

  45. Top Download Paper Award (2018-2019) of International Journal of Energy Research

  46. Highly Cited Research Paper Award - Applied Energy (2020)

Journal Paper Review

  1. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (SCI)

  2. Advances in Mechanical Engineering (SCI)

  3. Aerosol and Air Quality Research (SCI)

  4. African Journal of Biotechnology (SCI)

  5. AIChE (SCI)

  6. American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences (EI)

  7. Applied Catalysis A: General (SCI)

  8. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental (SCI)

  9. Applied Energy (SCI)

  10. Applied Mathematical Modelling (SCI)

  11. Applied Thermal Engineering (SCI)

  12. Arabian Journal of Chemistry (SCI)

  13. Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering (SCI)

  14. Atmospheric Environment (SCI)

  15. Atmospheric Research (SCI)

  16. Biofuels, Bioproducts & Biorefining (SCI)

  17. Biomass and Bioenergy (SCI)

  18. BioMed Research International (SCI)

  19. Bioresources (SCI)

  20. Bioresource Technology (SCI)

  21. Biotechnology for Biofuels (SCI)

  22. Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering (SCI)

  23. Carbohydrate Polymers (SCI)

  24. Catalysis Today (SCI)

  25. Cellulose (SCI)

  26. Chemical Engineering & Technology (SCI)

  27. Chemical Engineering Communications (SCI)

  28. Chemical Engineering Journal (SCI)

  29. Chemical Engineering Research and Design (SCI)

  30. CLEAN – Soil, Air, Water (SCI)

  31. Combustion Science and Technology (SCI)

  32. Energies (SCI)

  33. Energy (SCI)

  34. Energy Conversion and Management (SCI)

  35. Energy and Fuels (SCI)

  36. Environments

  37. Environment Science & Technology (SCI)

  38. Environmental Engineering and Management Journal (SCI)

  39. Environmental Technology (SCI)

  40. European Polymer Journal (SCI)

  41. Express Polymer Letters (SCI)

  42. Fuel Processing Technology (SCI)

  43. Industrial Crops and Products (SCI)

  44. Industrial Lubrication and Tribology (SCI)

  45. International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering (SCI)

  46. International Journal of Energy Research (SCI)

  47. International Journal of Global Warming

  48. International Journal of Green Energy (SCI)

  49. International Journal of Industrial Chemistry

  50. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer (SCI)

  51. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (SCI)

  52. International Journal of Thermal Sciences (SCI)

  53. ISRN Mechanical Engineering

  54. Journal of Aeronautics, Astronautics and Aviation (EI)

  55. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis (SCI)

  56. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering (SCI)

  57. Journal of CO2 Utilization (SCI)

  58. Journal of Electronic Materials (SCI)

  59. Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A (SCI)

  60. Journal of Geophysical Research –Atmospheres (SCI)

  61. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry (SCI)

  62. Journal of International Cooperation

  63. Journal of Marine Science and Technology (SCI)

  64. Journal of Membrane Science (SCI)

  65. Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy (SCI)

  66. Journal of Saudi Chemical Society (SCI)

  67. Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association (SCI)

  68. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences (SCI)

  69. Journal of the Chinese Society of Mechanical Engineers (SCI)

  70. Journal of the Energy Institute (SCI)

  71. Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers (SCI)

  72. Mathematical Problems in Engineering (SCI)

  73. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B (SCI)

  74. Modelling and Simulation in Engineering

  75. Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Review (SCI)

  76. Open Journal of Renewable Energy and Sustainable Development

  77. Renewable Energy (SCI)

  78. Research on Chemical Intermediates (SCI)

  79. Particulate Science and Technology (SCI)

  80. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute (SCI)

  81. RSC Advances (SCI)

  82. Science China Technological Sciences (SCI)

  83. Science of the Total Environment (SCI)

  84. Separation and Purification Technology (SCI)

  85. Steel Research Internationl (SCI)

  86. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments (SCI)

  87. The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering (SCI)

  88. Thermal Science (SCI)

  89. Thermochimica Acta (SCI)

  90. Transactions of the Aeronautical and Astronautical Society of the Republic of China (EI)

  91. Transactions of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering (SCI)

  92. Waste and Biomass Valorization (SCI)

Books

  1. Chen, W.H., “Interphase Exchange Phenomena of a Convective Liquid Droplet (Canonical Droplet Theory),” Ph.D. thesis, National Cheng Kung University, 1993.

  2. Chen, W.H. and Lu, J.J., “Chapter 6: Major Air Components,” in Nollet, L. “Chromatographic Analysis of the Environment – 3rd Ed., Revised and Expanded,” Taylor & Francis Inc, New York, 2006. (ISBN: 0-8247-2629-4)

  3. Chen, W.H., “Chapter 10: Torrefaction,” in Pandey A, Negi S, Binod P, Larroche C. “Pretreatment of Biomass: Processes and Technologies,” Elsevier Inc, New York, 2015 (ISBN: 978-0-12-800080-9).

  4. Chen WH, Jiang CL. “Air Pollution and Its Control (14th Ed.),” Gau-Lih Books Co., Ltd., 2015. (ISBN: 9789864128600, in Chinese)

  5. Chen WH. Biomass and Bioenergy (4th Ed.),” Gau-Lih Books Co., Ltd., 2015. (ISBN: 9789863780281, in Chinese)

  6. Chen WH. An Introduction to Energy (9th Ed.),” Gau-Lih Books Co., Ltd., 2017. (ISBN: 9789863780137, in Chinese)

  7. Chen WH. Green Energy and Sustainable Development (2nd Ed.),” Gau-Lih Books Co., Ltd., 2015. (ISBN:9789863780168, in Chinese)