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2025/10/24

I am excited to give an oral presentation at the ACS Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting in Albuquerque. The title of my talk is "Small Steps, Big Impact: Implementing Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences in Online Introductory Chemistry Labs." This is the first oral presentation at ACS meetings as an independent faculty, representing Northland Pioneer College!

2025/10/01

I am excited to announce that my most recent publication, Determination of the Diffusion Coefficients of Binary CH4 and C2H6 in a Supercritical CO2 Environment (500–2000 K and 100–1000 atm) by Molecular Dynamics Simulations, is one of the articles of the Special Issue "Advanced Research in Combustion Energy: Optimization, Applications, and Analysis" in mdpi.com. Thank you, Zekai Hong, for the hard work to put all the articles and reviews together. The book can be found at https://www.mdpi.com/books/reprint/11546-advanced-research-in-combustion-energy

2025/08/28

I am excited to announce that my open educational resource (OER) of General Chemistry II is officially released: https://oercommons.org/courses/chm-152-general-chemistry-ii-3 You can see the contents through "View Resource" and find the resource https://lor.instructure.com/resources/3466a6349e284a4697d4cd11aeab02ad 

2025/05/30

I am excited to announce that my oral presentation "Small Steps, Big Impact: Implementing CUREs in Online Introductory Chemistry Labs" in 2YC3 Annual Conference in Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, KS is a big success! Great to show people the work in Northland Pioneer College!

2025/03/26

I am excited to announce that my open educational resource (OER) of General Chemistry I is officially released: https://oercommons.org/courses/chem-151-general-chemistry-i You can see the contents through "View Resource" and find the resource https://lor.instructure.com/resources/99fbb0f489a34bd8ac984049e43b562b?shared

2024/08/18

I'm excited to share that my recent work from my time at the University of Central Florida (UCF) has been published! Despite the challenges of transition roles, I found the time to contribute to this manuscript on the Allam Cycle. Grateful to my previous advisors at UCF for their support throughout this project! https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/17/16/4028 #allamcycle #diffusioncoefficient #supercriticalenvironment #moleculardynamics

2024/07/29

I am pleased to announce that my poster presentation in BCCE 2024, titled "Enhancing Native American Student Engagement in Chemistry: A Systems Thinking Approach Integrating Their Tribal Knowledge" is a blast! I got a great discussion with peers and it seems a great inspiration to chemical educators!

2023/12/29

I am pleased to announce that my first chemical education journal is published in Chemistry Education in Taiwan: http://chemed.chemistry.org.tw/?p=43554&fbclid=IwAR2NRSFmykCk3I7joB0YAUJYy2ujAtYzsmMjuXkLzLSk1Fh8a_hP1ghwV0w Thanks for my former advisor Prof. Ito Chao in Academia Sinica to invite me. This article is written in Chinese. There will be an English version later. Stay tuned!

2023/11/3

Website updates: https://oercommons.org/courses/chemistry-130-fundamental-chemistry

I am pleased to announce that my first open educational resource for allied-health chemistry course is published: https://oercommons.org/courseware/lesson/109834  https://rise.articulate.com/share/QN8z9Xplv0Mpc6o6dgAelVxTcBQTPqhf#/ Check this out!

2023/10/2

I participated in the promotion of OER in the Rural AZ project. Our school recorded a video for this project: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1a8jNufCreaBI_gjFHhaPmWn9ubBi2nuj/view?fbclid=IwAR2GEaQsvUSVpMHaknJR86LtfO5GcM439cE2-dbsw4XtdpY8t4hsWsgUkAs Check it out!

2023/5/11

I am pleased to announce that I won Dorothy and Moss Passer Education Grant to attend Two-Year Faculty Workshop at the headquarter of ACS in Washington, DC. https://www.divched.org/ I will learn to work with other 19 participants to learn how to improve Active Learning in my classroom. Stay tuned!

2023/2/21

My Special Issue in Energies "Combustion and Flame: Latest Research" is open for submission. I am pleased to work with Prof. Suhyeon Park in Korea Aerospace University as Guest Editors. Check this out: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/energies/special_issues/NUKA5WCCA1

2022/11/30

I am pleased to give a virtual presentation to students in Undergraduate Program of Vehicle and Energy Engineering in National Taiwan Normal University. The video is open to public now: https://youtu.be/6vmXCasBoDs