Symposium chairs

Symposium A - Coatings for sustainable energy

Reader/Associate Prof. Richard Fu
Physics and Electrical Engineering, Northumbria University, United Kingdom

Assistant Prof. Yi-Chun Lu
Mechanical & Automation Engineering, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Associate Prof. Chen-Hao Wang
Director of Technology Transfer Center, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan

Prof. Jih-Jen Wu 
Department of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan

Assistant Prof. Pornapa Sujaridworakun
Department of Materials Science, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

Symposium B - Nanostructured and nanocomposite coatings

Prof. Jia-Hong Huang
Department of Engineering and System Science, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

Prof. Yin-Yu Chang
Department of Mechanical and Computer-Aided Engineering, National Formosa University, Taiwan

Prof. Ming-Tzer Lin
ChairmanGraduate Institute of Presision Engineering, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan

Prof. Hong-Ying Chen
Department of Chemical & Materials Engineering, National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences, Taiwan

Dr. Antonio Mei
Intel, USA

Symposium C - Optical, semiconductor and optoelectronic films

Distinguished Prof. Bohr-Ran Huang
Dean of Graduate Institute of Electro-Optical Engineering, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan

Prof. Ray-Hua Horng
Department of Electronics Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan

Assistant Prof. Bui Nguyen Quoc Trinh
Faculty of Engineering Physics and Nanotechnology, University of Engineering and Technology Vietnam National University, Vienam

Associate Prof. Kao-Shuo Chang
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan

Symposium D - Tribological and protective coatings

Associate Prof. Zonghan Xie
Structures and Materials Group, The University of Adelaide, Australia

Dr. Nazlim Bagcivan
Direct Coating Center Competence Center Surface Technology, Schaeffler AG, Germany

Associate Prof. Fan-Bean Wu
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National United University, Taiwan

Associate Prof. Wan-Yu Wu
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Da-Yeh University, Taiwan

Symposium E - Organic and biological coatings

Associate Prof. Po-Yu Chen
Vice Chairman, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

Prof. Jinju Chen
School of Mechanical and Systems Engineering, Newcastle University, Hong Kong

Assistant Prof. Mary Donnabelle L. Balela
Department of Mining, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, University of the Philippines, Diliman Philippines

Dr. Siti Nurkhamidah
Chemical Engineering, Institute Technology of Sepuluh Nopember Surabaya, Indonesia

Distinguished Prof. Her-Hsiung Huang
Department of Dentistry, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan

Symposium F - Metallic and magnetic coatings 

Distinguished Prof. Jinn P. Chu
Director of Office of Research and Development, Director of Regional Industry-University Cooperation Center, Director of Center of NanoEngineeringDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science Technology, Taiwan

Prof. Shou-Yi Chang
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

Prof. Ko-Wei Lin
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan

Symposium G - Topical symposium: theory, simulation, and modeling; quantitative surface analysis

Dr. Davide Sangiovanni
Theoretical Physics Division, Department of Physics, Chemistry, and Biology,
 Linköpings Universitet, Sweden

Dr. Alberto Herrera Gómez
Materials Science, Cinvestav-Unidad Querétaro, Mexico

Associate Prof. Yen-Hsun Su
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan

Prof. Yu-Lin Shen
Interim Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of New Mexico, USA