NewsOpen positions(2024/12 updated)
- We are currently looking for one Postdoctoral researcher (starting 2025/08). Some Ph.D. positions are also available. If you are interested, please email Prof. Tian (hktian@gs.ncku.edu.tw) with your CV.
Upcoming scheduled conferences and seminars
- (Invited), 2025, 04/16-04/17, 2025 International Seminar of Advanced Lithium-ion Battery and Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electrochemical Energy Storage (國際先進鋰離子電池與氫能燃料電池電化學儲能研討會) @Tainan.
- 2025, 04/25-04/26, Symposium on Thermodynamics and Process Systems Engineering (熱力學暨程序系統工程研討會) @Sun Moon Lake(日月潭), Nantou.
- (Invited) 2025, 05/09, 工業觸媒工作坊 @CPC, Kaohsiung
- (Invited) 2025, 05/12-05/16, TW-DN Battery Project Annual Meeting (台德電池計畫雙邊會議) @Nantou
- (Invited) 2025, 06/01-06/03, The 11th General Conference of the Asian Consortium on Computational Materials Science (ACCMS-11) @Yokohama, Japan
- (Invited and chair) 2025, 06/18-06/20, Taiwan International Conference on Catalysis (TICC-2025, 台灣國際觸媒年會) @NTHU, Hsinchu.
- (Invited) 2025, 07/25-07/26, Annual Meeting of Taiwan Nanomedicine Society (TNS2025, 台灣奈米生醫年會) @Taichung.
- (Invited) 2025, 08/04-08/06, Sustainable Energy and Environment (SEE) Symposium @NCKU
- (Invited) 2025, 09/24-09/26, International Workshop on Multiscale, Multiphysics, and Multidisciplinary Research on Materials and Structures (m3MS) @National University of Singapore, Singapore
- 2025, 10/12-10/16, ECS Fall Meeting @Chicago, USA
Publication News
- News2025/04 – Congratulations to Yu-Cheng Kuo (郭祐丞, D1 student) and Ming-Yuan Hung (洪名遠, D2 student) on the successful collaboration with Prof. Chen-Sheng Yeh @NCKU, Prof. Wei-Peng Li @KMU, and Prof. Yi-Hsin Chien @FCU now published in the Advanced Materials (IF: 27.4), titled “Utilizing Electron-Sink-Enhanced Nanoshells for Amplified Nanoplasmonic SERS-Based In Situ Detection of Cancer Cells, Linking Signal Enhancement with Cellular Damage”
- News 2025/1 – Congratulations to Feye-Feng Lu (陸飛鳳) on her 1st-author work and successful collaboration with Prof. Yoshitaka Tateyama @Science Tokyo, now published in the Journal of Power Sources (IF: 8.1). The publication, titled “Dual Influence of Protonation on Li-ion Transport in Garnet Solid Electrolytes: A First-Principles Study,” showcases their remarkable research achievements.
Award and Grant News
- News 2025/04 – We are pleased to announce that our proposal, titled “Application of Machine Learning Interatomic Potential Models to the Study of Grain Boundary Structural Evolution and Mechanical Properties in All-Solid-State Batteries,” (應用機器學習原子間勢能模型於全固態電池的晶界結構演變與機械性質研究) has been awarded by Miin Wu School of Computing, NCKU. The project will be conducted from 2025/04 to 2026/03.
- News 2025/04 – We are delighted to share that our international collaboration proposal with Prof. Ken Sakaushi from NIMS and the University of Tsukuba, Japan, titled “Combining Machine Learning and First-Principles Calculations to Elucidate the Influence of High-Entropy Alloy and Ruthenium Dioxide Interfaces on Oxygen Evolution Reaction Activity” (結合機器學習與第一原理計算解析高熵合金與二氧化釕界面相對氧氣析出反應活性的影響), has been selected for funding by NCKU. As part of this collaboration, we will be hosting postdoctoral researchers from Prof. Sakaushi’s group in June 2025.
- News 2025/03 – Congratulations to Ming-Yuan Hung (洪名遠, D2 student) for getting the fully funded internship position at the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS, 日本國立物質材料研究機構), Japan. He will be working with Dr. Yen-Ju Wu’s group for our collaborative projects for 3 months from 2025 Nov. to 2026 Jan.
- News 2025/02 – Congratulations to Yu-Ting Tai (戴郁庭, D1 student) for being awarded the NSTC PhD Fellowship (國科會博士生研究獎學金), which provides NT$40,000 per month to support her doctoral studies.
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- 2025/01 – We are pleased to announce that our proposal for the Joint Development Project (JDP) with TSMC (台積電), titled “Numerical Simulations of Wet Chemical Cleaning and Lateral Etching Behavior for Small Trenches and Nano-Sheets,” has been awarded. The project will be conducted from 2025/03 to 2026/02.
- 2025/01 – We are excited to announce that our two-year NSTC international collaboration proposal (2025/04–2027/03) with Dr. Yen-Ju Wu at the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS, 日本國立物質材料研究機構) has been awarded! The project, titled “利用資料驅動的機器學習模型和第一原理計算進行能源材料的策略性逆向設計,” sets the stage for impactful collaborations and student exchanges over the next two years. We look forward to productive outcomes!
- 2025/01 – Congrats to Yu-Ting Tai (戴郁庭, D1 student) for the Ministry of Education (MOE) Doctoral Scholarship, which provides 30,000 NTD/month.
Activity News
- News2025/04 – Welcome a new undergraduate student, Li-Chen Lin (林立宸, B3 student), to join our group.
- News2025/01 – We were delighted to welcome Prof. Yoshitaka Tateyama (Prof. Tian’s former postdoc advisor at NIMS) from Science Tokyo to our group and NCKU! Prof. Tateyama gave two outstanding talks—one at the NCKU ChemE department and another at the AGEM conference. We also had a fantastic time exploring Tainan City together, capped off with great conversations over beer. Looking forward to our next reunion!
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- 2025/01 – Welcome a new undergraduate student, Hong-Lin Chen (陳泓霖, B3 student), to join our group.
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