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Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

National University of Kaohsiung

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TaiwanTaiwan

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Background information

• Establish in 2001, one of the finest programs in Taiwan

• Approved by Institute of Engineering Education Taiwan Accreditation Council– Undergraduate program (200 students)– Graduate program for MS degree (30 students)– Faculty: 13 (All Ph.D. degree)– Degree offered by various universities worldwide:

Taiwan, Japan, USA, Germany• Professor: 1• Associate professors: 5• Assistant professors: 7

– Labs: 112

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Undergraduate Program

• Civil Engineering Program (BS-CEE)

• Environmental Engineering Program (BS-CEE)

Undergraduate Program Objective: Educate students in the principles and methods essential to the practice and advancement of civil and environmental engineering and become successful practitioners, innovators, and leaders for building a high quality society.

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Graduate Program

• Civil Engineering Program (MS-CE)– Structure– Geotech

• Environmental Engineering Program (MS-EE)– Water and wastewater engineering– Pollution prevention– Environmental system analysis

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Research Direction

• New Technologies for Natural Disaster Prevention

• Environmental Conservation

• Green Engineering

• System Engineering

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Development Direction

Related LaboratoryCivil Engineering

Environmental Engineering

New Technologies for Natural Disaster

Prevention

Automatic structural health monitoring and diagnosis, Seismic engineering, Vibration prevention technology

Noise prevention and control technology

Structural model testing laboratory, Structure analysis laboratory, Structural health monitoring and inspection laboratory

Environmental Conservation

Pollution control at construction sites

Pollution control, site remediation, ecological engineering, pollutant transport and fate, environmental impact assessment

Soil protection and remediation laboratory, Groundwater protection and remediation laboratory, Ecological engineering laboratory, Aerosol and air toxics laboratory

Green EngineeringNovel green material application

Application and innovation of renewable materials, waste management, pollution prevention

Engineering materials laboratory, Precision instruments laboratory, Energy and material recovery laboratory

System Engineering

Computer aided engineering and management (CMIS) development and applications

Environmental system analysis, 3S(GIS/GPS/RS) technology in environmental planning and application, environmental decision system

Virtual laboratory, Environmental and informatics laboratory

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Faculty and Research Interests Title Name Education Research interests

Associate Professor

DepartmentChair

Hsing-Lung Lien

Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering,

Lehigh University, USA.

Environmental nanotechnology, Groundwater

Remediation, Water and wastewater treatment

ProfessorChing Yuan

Ph.D. in Environmental and Hydraulic Engineering,

Purdue University, USA.

Soil and groundwater restoration and remediation, Inter-phase chemistry, Air quality management and

control technology, Monitoring and analysis,

Environmental impact assessment

Associate Professor

Chau-Cho Yu

Ph.D. in Civil Engineering,

Structural Mechanics,

Northwestern University, USA.

Structural fatigue, Structural stability, Elastic-plastic

analysis, CAE, Tribology

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Faculty and Research Interests

AssociateProfessor

Shu-Kuang Ning

Ph.D. in Environmental

Engineering, National Cheng-Kung

University, Taiwan.

Environmental system analysis, Water resources and water

quality management, remote sensing, geographic information system

AssociateProfessor

Chern-Hwa Chen

Ph.D., Department of Civil Engineering, National Taiwan

University, Taiwan.

Structural monitoring, Wind engineering, Non-destructive

testing, Earthquake engineering

AssistantProfessor

Shih-Heng Tung

Dr.-Ing. in Civil Engineering, Aachen

University of Technology(RWTH Aachen), Germany.

Measurement technique based on digital image correlation,

Soil structure interaction, Tunnel engineering, Reduction

of vibration, Computational mechanics

Assistant Professor

Tzung-Yuh Yeh

Ph.D., Department of Civil Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, USA.

Biological wastewater treatment processes, Natural

systems for water purification, Soil and aquifer remediation

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Faculty and Research Interests

Assistant Professor

Meng-Chia Weng

Ph.D., Department of Civil Engineering, National

Taiwan University, Taiwan.

Geotechnical engineering, Rock mechanics, Elastic-

plastic Analysis

Assistant Professor

Heui-Yung Chang

Ph. D., Department of Architecture, Graduate

School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo, Japan.

Computer Aided Engineering (CAE),

Earthquake engineering, Steel structures,

nondestructive testing

Assistant Professor

Chi-Chi Lin

Ph.D. in Environmental and Water Resources

Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, USA.

Indoor Air Quality, Air pollution control,

Aerosol technology, Transport and fate of

pollutants, Human exposure analysis

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Assistant Professor

Chiou-Liang Lin

Ph.D., Department of Environmental

Engineering, National Chung Hsing University,

Taiwan.

Hazardous waste treatment, Solid waste

treatment, Air pollution control

Assistant Professor

Min-Hao Wu

Ph.D., Department of Civil Engineering &

Engineering Mechanics, Columbia University,

USA.

Geotechnical engineering, Earthquake

engineering, Geo-environmental

engineering

Assistant Professor

Po-Jen Shih

Ph.D., Department of Civil Engineering, National

Taiwan University, Taiwan.

Theoretical and experimental solid

mechanics, Micromechanics,

dynamics, and chaotic contact related to micro-

electro-mechanical systems (MEMS).

Faculty and Research Interests

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Honors and Awards

• Recipient of National Science Council (NSC) Grant Awards:– Eleven professors received NSC grants in 2009.

• Professional Society Awards– H.L. Lien, Outstanding Young Engineer Award,

Chinese Institute of Environmental Engineering, 2009.

• Campus Awards– H.L. Lien, NUK Teaching Award, 2006– S.K. Ning, C.H. Chen, C. Yuan, NUK Teaching Award

of Engineering College, 2009, 2008, 2006.

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Research performance

Publication (2005~2009) #

Research papers

SCI* 71

EI* 13

others 38

Average (#/yr/p) 1.3

International conference papers

78

Domestic conference papers 158

Books 11

Total 369

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件數

989796959493

年度

國科會教育部其他

Research grants Research grants

*Science Citation Index **Engineering Index*Science Citation Index **Engineering Index

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Labs

• Civil Engineering– Structural model testing laboratory– Structure analysis laboratory– Structural health monitoring and inspection laboratory– Engineering materials laboratory

• Environmental Engineering– Soil protection and remediation laboratory– Groundwater protection and remediation laboratory– Ecological engineering laboratory– Aerosol and air toxics laboratory– Precision instruments laboratory– Energy and material recovery laboratory– Environmental and informatics laboratory

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Instruments

• MTS FlexTest SE• Ground Penetrating

Radar• GC/MS• ICP• Elemental Analyzer• BET surface area

analyzer• FTIR

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CEE Courses

• Undergraduates: Minimum credits of courses are 146 including 50 compulsory credits, 32 general education credits, and 64 elective credits. – In general, fundamental courses are for freshmen and

sophomores to extend their interests and depth. More advanced courses are offered to juniors and seniors.

• Graduate: Students have to complete 24 credits in elective courses and 6 credits in master thesis. – Seminars are required for graduate students with no

credits.

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Compulsory CoursesFreshman Sophomore Junior Senior Master

1. Calculus (I)2. Calculus (II)3. General

Chemistry4. General Physics5. Engineering

Statistics6. Introduction to

Civil and Environmental Engineering

7. Engineering Mechanics

8. Introduction to Computer and Programming

9. Computer Graphics

1. Engineering Mathematic (I)

2. Engineering Mathematic (II)

3. Fluid Mechanics4. Soil Mechanics5. Environmental

Analyses and Experiments (I)

6. Environmental Analyses and Experiments (II)

7. Civil Engineering Experiment (1)

8. Mechanics of Materials

9. Engineering Materials

1. Civil Engineering Experiment (II)

none none

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For more information

• Contact: Hsing-Lung (Sam) Lien, Dept. Chair– Email: line.sam@nuk.edu.tw– Tel: +886-75919221– Fax: +886-75919376– Website:

http://www.cee.nuk.edu.tw/En_Infor/Infor_EN.htm

• We do accept international students in all programs. We will have 4 students from Paraguay in this fall semester.