News & Updates

2025/5 Asst. Prof. Ho gave an Award Lecture at the 64th Assembly of Advanced Materials Congress in Stockholm, Sweden, and received the IAAM Scientist Medal from the International Association of Advanced Materials. 

2025/4 Published Article, [Journal of Water Process Engineering] :"Total resource circulation in chemical mechanical polishing wastewater treatment from semiconductor manufacturing industry: A review".
2025/4 News Coverage, Researcher introduction of GESE, Tohoku University 2025 [Link]
2025/3 Published Article, [ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering ] :"Chemical-Free Pressure-Swing Carbonation of Blast Furnace Slag for CO2 Utilization and Sequestration".

2025/1 Asst. Prof. Ho gave an invited speech at the international conference (2025 Advanced Green-Energy Materials Conference)at the National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan. [Detail]

2025/1 Published Article, [Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research] :"A Comparative Study of Mineral Carbonation Using Seawater for CO2 Utilization: Magnesium-based System Versus Calcium-based System with Low Energy Input".

2025/1 Published Article, [Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy] :"Direct mineral carbonation of fly ash under high pressure using acid mine drainage: Effects of solid-to-liquid ratio, stirring speed and CO2 pressure".

2024/11 Asst. Prof. Ho gave an invited speech at the workshop of the National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan. [Detail]

2024/10 Asst. Prof. Ho gave an invited keynote speech at the 113th Annual Meeting of Chinese Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers at the National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan. [Detail]

2024/8 Honored to be a member of the Early Career Editorial Board in Carbon Capture Science & Technology (CCST), Elsevier.

2024/7 Published Book (Chapter), [Circular Economy and Sustainable Energy Materials: Net-zero Emission Approach] : "Mineral Carbonation of Alkaline Industrial Waste and Byproducts for CO2 Sequestration and Utilization".

2024/7 Published Book (Chapter), [Advances in Greenhouse Gases: Greenhouse Gases Emissions and Climate Change] : "Applications of CO2 mineralization for carbon capture utilization and storage".

2024/5 Research Activity, Visit by Researchers from Taiwan's Ministry of Agriculture.

2024/4 News Coverage, Lab Introduction- Activity Report 2023  [Link]

2024/4 Published Article, [ET&I] :"A CO2 removal technology based on mineral carbonation and the stability of product carbon storage in a cement matrix".

2024/3 Published Article, [ADSU] :"Total Resource Circulation of Desalination Brine: A Review".

2024/1 News Coverage, Interviewed by the Department of Resources Engineering of National Cheng Kung University's Newsletter. [Interview in Chinese; Podcast in Spotify] 

2023/9 Invited Speech, Japan - Taiwan 2023 Next Generation Young Talent Science and Technology Workshop - Future Emerging Technology and Talent, hosted by Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (TECRO) in Japan. [Press release in Chinese; Japanese]

2023/8 Published Article, [Chemosphere] :"Simultaneous removal of fluoride and phosphate from semiconductor wastewater via chemical precipitation of calcium fluoride and hydroxyapatite using byproduct of recycled aggregate".

2023/8       Promotion News, Hsing-Jung Ho has been promoted to Assistant Professor in Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University!!

2023/7 Published Article, [Chemosphere] :"Investigation of performance and mechanism of zinc removal from polluted water by concrete fines derived from aggregate recycling: From problematic byproducts to effective adsorbent".

2023/6       News Coverage, South African researcher visited and students trained in Japan through the SATREPS program was reported in the Geoclips published by Council for Geoscience (CGS) . [Geoclips, vol. 69; Link]

2023/4 Published Article, [ISIJ INT] :"Simultaneous separation and recovery of phosphorus from aqueous solution by bipolar membrane electrodialysis".

2023/3 Received Award, "Best Presentation Award", ICGEA 2023, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

2022/12 Published Article, [ET&I] :"Potential investigation of concrete fines as an alternative material: a novel neutralizer for acid mine drainage treatment".

2022/12 Published Article, [SEPPUR] :"Mineral carbonation using seawater for CO2 sequestration and utilization: a review".

2022/10 Published Article, [ECLE] :"Mineral carbonation using alkaline waste to reduce CO2 emissions in Taiwan".

2022/9 Published Article, [ET&I] :"Direct aqueous carbonation of dephosphorization slag under mild conditions for CO2 sequestration and utilization: exploration of new dephosphorization slag utilization".

2022/8 Published Article, [MINENG] :"Comparative Study of Acid Mine Drainage Neutralization by Calcium Hydroxide and Concrete Sludge-Derived Material".

2022/7 Published Article, [JECE] :"Circular indirect carbonation of coal fly ash for carbon dioxide capture and utilization".

2022/6 Published Book (Chapter), [CO2の分離回収・有効利用技術] :"CO2の炭酸塩鉱物化による有効利用技術". 

2022/3 Published Article, [PLoS ONE] :"Removal of fluoride ions from aqueous solution by metaettringite".

2022/3 Hsing-Jung Ho has successfully completed 東北大学 大学教員準備プログラム (Preparing Future Faculty Program, (Tohoku U. PFFP)), 2022

2022/1 Hsing-Jung Ho is selected as a presenter in Young Scientist Presentation sessions for the Global Young Scientists Summit (GYSS) 2022 on 17-21 Jan 2022. 

2021/6 Published Article, [JCLP] :"Utilization of CO2 in direct aqueous carbonation of concrete fines generated from aggregate recycling: Influences of the solid–liquid ratio and CO2 concentration".

2021/5 Published Article, [JCLP] :"Calculation of greenhouse gas emissions for a carbon recycling system using mineral carbon capture and utilization technology in the cement industry".

2021/4      Published Article, [JEMA] :"Utilization of low-calcium fly ash via direct aqueous carbonation with a low-energy input: determination of carbonation reaction and evaluation of the potential for CO2 sequestration and utilization".

2021/2 Published Review Article, [JCLP] :"Chemical recycling and use of various types of concrete waste: a review".

2020/9 Hsing-Jung Ho is granted and starts to work with Research Fellow from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) (日本学術振興会 特別研究員 DC ) from 2021.

2020/6 Published Article, [ACS Omega] :"CO2 utilization via direct aqueous carbonation of synthesized concrete fines under atmospheric pressure".

2020/6 Published Patent, [Taiwanese invention patent] :"由廢棄鋰電池中製備並純化碳酸鋰之方法".