Hydrodynamics & Ocean Technology Laboratory
海洋科技及水動力研究室 (HOTLAB)
Dept of Marine Environment & Engineering
National Sun Yat-sen University
Wei-Liang CHUANG, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Marine Environment and Engineering
National Sun Yat-sen University
Education
2012-2017, PhD in Civil & Environmental Engineering
Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA
Dissertation: Extreme Wave Impacts on Offshore and Coastal Structures
2008-2010, MSc in Coastal & Ocean Engineering
National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
MS Thesis: Numerical Study on Pump Sump Flows
2004-2008, BSc in Hydraulic & Ocean Engineering
National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
Professional Experiences
2024/08-Present, Associate Professor
Dept of Marine Environment & Engineering
National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2019/08-2024/07, Assistant Professor
Dept of Marine Environment & Engineering
National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2018/03-2019/07, Postdoctoral Researcher
Dept of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA
2017/09-2017/12, Teaching Assistant
Dept of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA
2017/01-2017/05, Teaching Assistant
Dept of Ocean Engineering
Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA
2012/08-2017/12, Research Assistant
Dept of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA
2011/08-2012/07, Research Assistant
Tainan Hydraulics Laboratory
National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
Honors
2024 Distinguished Young Scholar (特聘年輕學者)
2023 產學激勵 - 新秀類產學合作
2022 團隊績優教師 - 校內合作「水際裝置於潮間帶之漂移量控制技術開發」
2020 Coastal Engineering Journal Reviewer Award
2020-2025 MOST Young Scholar Fellowship (科技部愛因斯坦培植計畫)
2019-2021 New Faculty Award (新進教師獎勵)
Services
2023-Present 監事, 社團法人台灣海洋污染防治協會
2021-2023 顧問, 高雄海洋科技專區軟硬體建置及營運委託計畫
2021-2023 Topic Editor of Water
Reviewer for the following journals
Archives of Mechanics
Coastal Engineering Journal
Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science
Flow Measurement and Instrumentation
Fluids
International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Journal of Earthquake and Tsunami
Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
Ocean Engineering
Remote Sensing
The European Physical Journal Plus
Water