Visiting address
YEUNG-P6312
Phone: +852 34428407

Author IDs

Willing to take PhD students: yes

Qualifications/Experiences

Education

  • B.S., Nuclear Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, 1979
  • M.S., Nuclear Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1983
  • Ph.D., Nuclear Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1986

Current position

  • Chair Professor of Nuclear Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, The City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong. 2018-
  • Emeritus Professor, Institute of Nuclear Engineering and Science/Department of Engineering and System Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan. 2018-

Professional Experience  

Aug 2011

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Jan 2018

 

Tsing Hua Distinguished Professor, Institute of Nuclear Engineering
and Science/Department of Engineering and System Science, National
Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

Aug 1990

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Jan 2018

 

Professor, Department of Engineering and System Science, (formerly
Department of Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics, Aug
1995 – Jul 1997; Department of Nuclear Engineering, Aug 1990 -
Jul 1995), National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

Apr 2011

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Dec 2017

 

Chief Principal Investigator (Director), Low Carbon Energy Research
Center (A Center of Excellence sponsored by the Ministry of Education,
Taiwan), National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

Jul 2012

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Jan 2018

 

Executive Secretary, Board of Trustees, National Synchrotron Radiation
Research Center

Jan 2012

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Jan 2018

 

Chairman, Chung-Hwa Nuclear Society

Jan 2014

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Dec 2016

 

Convener, Energy Program, Department of Engineering and Technologies,
Ministry of Science and Technology

Nov 2009

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Dec 2013

 

Convener, Strategic Planning for Nuclear Technology Master Project and
Nuclear Engineering Sub-Projects of National Science and Technology
Program-Energy, National Science Council, Taiwan

Aug 2005 

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Jul 2011

 

Dean, College of Nuclear Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu,
Taiwan

Dec 2003

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Jul 2008

 

Founding Director, Energy and Environmental Research Center, National
Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

Jan 2001

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Dec 2005

 

Convener for the academic committee, Mutual fund of National Science
Council and Atomic Energy Council, Applied Science Section, National
Science Council, Taiwan

Feb 2001

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Jan 2004

 

Chairman, Department of Engineering and System Science, National
Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

Jun 1999

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Aug 1999

 

Visiting Scholar, Center for Multiphase Research, Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute, Troy, New York, USA

Jun 1998

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Aug 1998

 

Academic Visitor, Department of Engineering Science, Oxford University,
Oxford, England, UK

Aug 1992

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Aug 1993

 

Visiting Professor, Department of Nuclear Engineering University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA

Feb 1986

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Jul 1990

 

Associate Professor, Department of Nuclear Engineering, National Tsing
Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

Oct 1985

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Jan 1986   

 

Visiting Research Assistant Professor, Department of Nuclear Engineering,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA

 

Prizes/Honours

  • Outstanding Teaching Award, College of Nuclear Science, National Tsing Hua University, 2015
  • Excellent Teaching Award (優良教學獎勵), National Tsing Hua University, 2014
  • Excellent Teaching Award (優良教學獎勵), National Tsing Hua University, 2013
  • Excellent Project Report Award, NSC/AEC collaborative projects, 2003
  • Industry – Academy Collaboration Award, Ministry of Education, 2003
  • One of the most cited articles for the years 2002 to 2005 published in International Journal of Multiphase Flow: W. L. Chen, M. C. Twu and Chin Pan*, (2002), “Gas-liquid Two-phase Flow in Micro Channels, Int. J. Multiphase Flow, vol. 28, pp.1235-1247
  • Outstanding Research Award, National Science Council, 1998-1999
  • Visiting Research Fellowship, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research
  • Council, UK, 1998 (through the Department of Engineering Science, Oxford University)
  • Excellent Research Award (優良研究獎), National Science Council, 1994
  • Excellent Research Award (優良研究獎), National Science Council, 1992
  • Excellent Project Report Award, Atomic Energy Council, 1991
  • Excellent Research Award (優良研究獎), National Science Council, 1990

Editor or Editorial Membership

  • Annals of Nuclear Energy, 2013.12 - present

Research Interests/Areas

  • Two-Phase Flow & Boiling Heat Transfer
  • Reactor Thermal Hydraulics
  • Micro and Nano Scale Heat Transfer
  • Multiphase Flows for Energy Applications