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The Ministry of Education (MOE) established the National Chair Professorship and Academic Award for the purpose of encouraging academic research and to promote research standards, as well as improving the development of Taiwan's higher education. The Ministry of Education will present the 14th National Chair Professorship and 54th Academic Awardees List. The winners on our campus have demonstrated exceptional performance; Dr. Yun Chi from the Department of Chemistry and Dr. Sze-Bi Hsu from the Department of Mathematics won the National Chair Professorship; Dr. Sue-Lein Wang received the "Academic Award."
Dr. Yun Chi's research scope includes Chemistry Synthesis and Materials Science. His early research topics included models of metal surface transitional reactions and The Chemistry of Transitional Metal Cluster Compound. Since then, Professor Chi has shifted the focus of the research to "Material Chemistry". The initial phase of this study was centered on the development of the precursors to Metal Chemical Vapor Deposition, as well as the extension of the research onto the growth of Iridium Dioxide (IrO2) on the surface of Alumina and the Nano Stout Rods of Ruthenium Dioxide (RuO2).
In recent years, in response to the domestic industrial demand of Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED), Professor Yun Chi and his research team have started work on the Second and Third Transitional Metal Phosphorescent Materials of High-Efficiency Fluorescent Materials. One of the research projects that has gained international academic attention was undoubtedly production of multiple Third Transitional Metal Phosphorescent elements, for example: Platinum, Iridium, Osmium, Ruthenium, and other metals, as well as the development of high efficiency blue, green, and red phosphorescent materials. In the utilization of solar energy, the team branched out into sensitizing dye and component development. With the recent successful development of a number of trial dye design, the team has achieved high efficiency, high stability trail production of the ruthenium sensitized dye.
Dr. Chi has published over two-hundred research papers, received at least seven domestic and foreign patents, and have at least six papers awarded by the Thomson Scientific statistical selection HiCi paper. Five of his articles won the "Most-Downloaded" award for its reviewable concepts, as well as best citations in its reviews. Other articles have the most in-depth discussions of the growing global attention on the development of blue phosphorescent materials.
Dr. Sze-Bi Hsu, specializes in applied mathematics. His research work includes Ordinary Differential Equations, Partial Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems used in bio-mathematics and mathematical physics.
Dr. Hsu has published over twenty papers on the Microbial Competition Theory, researched on a variety of Microorganisms such as algae in the laboratory chemostat, coexistence and extinction conditions of Competitive Nutrients (such as phosphorus and nitrogen)
His contribution was constructed by using nonlinear ordinary differential equation model to do rigorous mathematical analysis, and interpretation of their biological significance. Professor Hsu also made use of nonlinear partial differential equations on nearly ten of his published thesis papers to study a variety of microorganisms in lakes, ocean's vertical water column competitive nutrients and sunlight, as well as the discussion of coexistence and extinction conditions.
On the research of mathematical ecology model, Professor Hsu published over twenty thesis papers studying models of Competitive Mathematic, Predator-Prey Model, Mathematical Model of the food chain properties such as differential equations and its meaning in ecology. In addition, Professor Hsu has published more than a dozen research papers in the chaotic nature of string vibration, and gas dynamics and mechanics relevant mathematical problems.
Many of Dr. Hsu's papers were published in well-known mathematical and applied mathematical journals, also gained international recognition on his research work on mathematical biology and mathematical ecology. In receiving the National Chair Professorship, he wants to first thank his wife for providing him a heart-warming home, which allowed him to research with less concerns at the beautiful Tsing Hua Campus. Next he wants to thank his two Ph.D instructors Paul Waltman and Steve Hubbell who guided him into the world of mathematical biology. He is also very grateful of his friends and students who worked with him on many of his published articles in leading journals.
Dr. Sue-Lein Wang, expert in crystallography and inorganic structural chemistry, has established a standard of nonporous materials chemistry. Over the years she has synthesized Novel Chiral Solid Material with unique metal oxidation state, multi-metal center, magnetic, and fluorescence characteristics.
Her 2001 synthesis of the main group metal phosphate zeolite material NTHU-1 with 24 ring tunnel established Taiwan's leading position on the research of inorganic porous structure; 2005 discovered the 14 substance NTHU-4, the first non-lanthanide metal with high fluorescence quantum efficiency of the white ring tunnel, which attracted a great deal of international attentio. In 2007 more world records of nano porous structure were discovered, a synthesis of the first ring with 26nm tunnel spiral bimetallic phosphate NTHU-5; 2008 again reported the first inorganic – organic complex nanopores with high quantum efficient yellow phosphor material NTHU-6, the results of this study was selected by the Science Magazine Editor’s Choice Column in the report ("Bright Yellow Grow", Science, 2008, 319, 387) at the same occasion it was accepted by Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2009 came with the initial utilization of the environmentally friendly deep eutectic solvents, synthetic tubular structure with a fluorescent nano material NTHU-7, coated on Ultra Violet LED and blue LED, successfully made the first lanthanide-ion-free green and white LED devices, this innovation was published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition and was selected as Editor Hot Paper.
Dr. Wang has so far published more than 260 SCI Articles. In recent years her study of nanoporous materials was highly innovative with frequent record breaking milestones named after NTHU, which enhanced the reputation of our school and Taiwan around the world.
For the Academic Award, Dr. Sue-Lein Wang expressed her appreciation to NTHU for providing high quality research environment and National Science Council for granting the financial support, and special thanks to all the students in individual laboratories. She believes that her success exemplifies good teamwork. In addition, she also wants to thank her family for their support, understanding, and tolerance for her to spend as much time as possible in the laboratory.
The Ministry of Education's "National Seminar" and "Academic Award" are important indicators of academic achievement for the Department of Domestic Assessment. The selection process is extremely rigorous. It is rare and honorable for academic individuals to stand in a number of leading scholars.
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