Prof. Liao, Chun-Chung

Laboratory：Advanced Powder Technology Laboratory  (工EN4079-2)

Office Position：EN3027-1

Tel：07-5252000  #4234(office)  #4246(lab)

E-mail：liao0910@mail.nsysu.edu.tw 

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, National Central University, Taiwan (2010)

M.S., Mechanical Engineering, National Central University, Taiwan (2006)

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

• Professor, Department of Mechanical and Electromechanical Engineering, National Sun Yat-sen University (2026. 08-)
• SCI Journal Advanced Powder Technology EDITOR 2025-
• SCI Journal Processes EDITOR 2025-
• Visiting Scholar, California Institute of Technology, Mechanical Engineering (2023.08 – 2024.06)
• Professor, Department of Mold and Die Engineering, NKUST (2021.02 – 2026.07)
• Associate Professor, NKUST (2017.08 – 2021.01)
• Assistant Professor, NKUST (2015.02 – 2017.07)
• Postdoctoral Researcher, Caltech (2013 – 2014)
• Postdoctoral Researcher, National Central University (2011 – 2012)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Granular flow and mixing/segregation
• Powder technology and particle dampers
• Fluid dynamics
• CO2 capture using cement materials (Caltech collaboration)
• Thermal-fluid analysis in semiconductor reactors

PUBLICATION SUMMARY

50 peer-reviewed SCI journal papers (15 as first or corresponding author in past 5 years)
H-index: 24 (Google Scholar), Total citations: ~1200

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=QRxQRDMAAAAJ&hl=en

Journals include: Physics of Fluids, Powder Technology, Nonlinear Dynamics, IJMS, IJMF, Advanced Powder Technology, Granular Matter etc.

RESEARCH GRANTS & PROJECTS (NSTC, MOST, INDUSTRY, INTERNATIONAL)

• Young Scholar Fellowship Program, NSTC, MOST (Taiwan)
• Multiple NSTC, MOST research grants (individual and industry-collaborative)
• Collaboration with Caltech on CO₂ capture via cement
• MOE Teaching Practice Research Program

HONORS AND AWARDS

• 2025: NSTC Cross-Generation Young Scholars Program (Taiwan)
• 2025 Distinguished Young Scholar Award, Society of Fluid Dynamics, Taiwan
• 2021: MOST Cross-Generation Young Scholars Program (Taiwan)
• 2023: Distinguished Young Scholar Award, Taiwan Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
• 2024: Editor’s Pick, Physics of Fluids
• 2023獲得國科會補助科學與技術人員國外短期研究計畫至Caltech進行研究訪問一年
• 2017: APT Distinguished Paper Award (Tokyo, Invited Talk)
• 2014, a paper was selected as a Research Highlight by the leading international fluid mechanics journal Physics of Fluids (Physics of Fluids, 26, 073302, 2014).
• 2020, Paper entitled “Density-driven sinking dynamics of a granular ring in sheared granular flows”Selected as 30th Anniversary Collection Special Issue, Advanced Powder Technology
• 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023擔任中油股份有限公司雇員考試-複試口試委員
• 2017, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer Outstanding Contribution Reviewer Award
• 2017, Advanced Powder Technology Outstanding Contribution Reviewer Award
• 2016, Powder Technology Outstanding Contribution Reviewer Award
• 9-times NKUST Outstanding Research Award recipient
• 2013: NSTC Postdoctoral Research Publication Award
• 2015年研究論文獲得第二十二屆全國計算流體力學學術研討會大會論文競賽佳作獎
• 2014年獲得科技部研究學者暨執行專題研究計畫補助獎勵
• 斐陶斐榮譽學會會員
• 中央大學 校長獎學金 (工學院唯一獲獎)
• 中央大學 研究生研究傑出獎學金

EDITORIAL & REVIEW SERVICE

• Editor, Advanced Powder Technology
• Editor, Processes
• Guest Editor, Processes
• Topical Advisory Panel, Processes
• Reviewer for 20+ SCI journals including Physics of Fluids, International Journal of Multiphase Flow, iScience, Scientific Reports, Journal of Sound and Vibration, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Powder Technology, Advanced Powder Technology, Separation and Purification Technology, Extreme Mechanics Letters, Construction & Building Materials, Colloid and Polymer Science, Measurement, Environmental Earth Sciences, Chemical Engineering Science, Results in Physics, Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, Engineering Structures, Granular Matter, Journal of the Chinese Institute of Engineers, Canadian Journal of Physics, Journal of Mechanics, Results in Engineering, Surface and Coatings Technology, Journal of Ocean Engineering and Science, Chemical Engineering Research and Design, Heat Transfer Research, etc. Complete review over 180 times
• 3 Outstanding Reviewer Awards: APT, Powder Technology, IJHMT

INVITED TALKS & CONFERENCE ROLES

• Invited Speaker, APT 2024 (Sydney)
• Invited Speaker, TSFD 2025
• Session Chair or Committee Member for multiple international conferences (APT 2017, 2024; PSFVIP; GTSD, GCEAS, ACENS)
• 協助籌辦2025年台灣流體力學學會學術研討會，擔任籌備委員
• 籌辦2022中華民國力學學會年會暨第四十六屆全國力學會議，並擔任籌備會總幹事
• 協助籌辦2021，2022及2023年再生能源與國家安全學術研討會，擔任籌備委員

TEACHING & MENTORSHIP

Courses: Fluid Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer, Energy Engineering, Powder Technology
2-times Teaching Award, NKUST
Mentored students winning national research awards