Computational materials science research group

2024

  
  

            

 
 

 

 

Current occupation

Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (2022 ~present)

Professor, Graduate Institute of Precision Engineering, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan (2015~present)

Professor and Director of Advanced Industry Technology and Precision Processing Center, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan (2022~present)

Joint Appointment Professor, Doctoral/Master Program in Semiconductor and Green Technology, Academy of Circular Economy, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan (2023~present)

Jointly Appointed Professor, Department of Applied Materials and Optoelectronic Engineering, National Chi Nan University, Taiwan (2023~present)

Education

National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering Department (2002)

Exam

Passed the Metallurgical Engineering Section of the National Higher Examination for Public Employees in 1984

Senior Member of International Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)Passed in the Engineering Group of the 91st Postdoctoral Fellowship Examination for Studying Abroad at Public Expense

Experience

  • Associate Technical Specialist, Bureau of Mines, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Taiwan (1995-2004)

  • Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Arizona State University, U.S. (2004-2006)

  • Assistant Professor of Graduate Institute of Precision Engineering, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan (2006-2012)

  • Associate Professor of Graduate Institute of Precision Engineering, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan (2012-2015)

  • Professor of Graduate Institute of Precision Engineering, National Chung-Hsing University, Taiwan (2015- present)

  • Professor and Institute Head of Institute of Precision Engineering, National Chung-Hsing University, Taiwan (2019-2023)

  • Professor and Director of Advanced Industry Technology and Precision Processing Center, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan (2022~present)

  • Joint Appointment Professor, Doctoral/Master Program in Semiconductor and Green Technology, Academy of Circular Economy, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan (2023~present)

  • Joint Appointment Professor, Department of Applied Materials and Optoelectronic Engineering, National Chi Nan University, Taiwan (2023~present)

 

Interests

  • Research on the physical properties of group IV-IV, III-V and II-VI semiconductors

  • Development of epitaxial growth technologies for blue diodes with sacrificial layers

  • Research on novel group IV infrared Lasers

  • Epitaxy structure design and analysis

  • Theoretical research on nanomaterials

 

Honors

  • Guest Editor, Sensors journal "Selected Papers From the 1st International Conference on AI Sensors & the 10th International Symposium on Sensor Science" (ISSN 1424-8220; Impact Factor 2022: 3.9), the 1st International Conference on AI Sensors & the 10th International Symposium on Sensor Science, August 1~4, 2024, Singapore.

  • Short-term Domestic Visiting Scholar, Research Center for Applied Sciences (RCAS), Academia Sinica, Taiwan, 2024.

  • Invited to be the Conference Chair in the 1st International Conference on AI Sensors and 10th International Symposium on Sensor Science, I3S 2024, Aug. 1-4, 2024, National University of Singapore, Singapore.

  • Invited to be the Session Chair of CM4: Simulations, Machine Learning and Data Science for Materials Design and Discovery of Symposium CM: Advanced Characterization Modelling and Data Science for Coatings and Thin Films in the 50th International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films, ICMCTF 2024, May 19-24, 2024, the Town & Country Resort, San Diego, California, USA.

  • Guest Editor, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2024 14th International Conference on Applied Physics and Mathematics (ICAPM 2024) April 10-12, 2024, Taipei, Taiwan.

  • Invited to be the Conference Chair in the 2024 14th International Conference on Applied Physics and Mathematics, ICAPM 2024, Taipei, Taiwan, April 10-12, 2024.

  • Po Liang Liu's Graduate students Tzu-Wei Liu and  Yen-Cheng Lin won the Bronze Award and NT$2,000 prize in 2023 Hsing Programming Competition, November 15, 2023.

  • Invited to be the Session Chair of Session G1. in Symposium G. Topical Symposium: theory, simulation, and modeling; quantitative surface analysis in the 2023 TACT International Thin Films Conference, November 12-15, 2023, GIS TAIPEI TECH Convention Center, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan.

  • Symposium Chair in the 2023 4th International Symposium on Precision Engineering 2023, ISPE 2023, Hsinhua Forest Station, Tainan City, Taiwan, November 10~12, 2022.

  • Invited to be the Session Chairs of S1-M104 and S2-M105 Sessions in 2023 Conference on Precision Machinery and Manufacturing Technology (PMMT 2023), Pingtung, Taiwan, May 19-21, 2023.

  • Guest Editor, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, ISBN: 1742-6596,  Volume 2543 (EI Compendex and SCOPUS), 2023 13th International Conference on Applied Physics and Mathematics (ICAPM 2023) March 10-12, 2023, Singapore.

  • Invited to be the Conference Chair in the 2023 13th International Conference on Applied Physics and Mathematics, ICAPM 2023, Singapore, March 10-12, 2023.

  • Invited to be A Member of the Electronic Field Review Committee, Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR), Ministry of Economic Affairs, Taiwan (2023~present)

  • Po Liang Liu's graduate students Jia-Wei Dai  and  Yi-Cheng Tang won the best work award in 2022 Hsing Program Competition, November 28, 2022.

  • Graduate students Yi-Che Chen and  Hsiang-Yu Hsieh won the Bronze Award and NT$2,000 prize in 2022 Hsing Programming Competition, November 28, 2022.

  • The "5G ZTE Team" led by Po-Liang Liu won the second place in the Industrial and Academic Group of the "5G+ Industry Rising Star Project" organized by the Industrial Development Bureau (IDB) of the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) with the title of "Implementing MQTT to Realize Instant Messaging for Health Care and Connecting to Intelligent and Remote Health Data Centers", October 21, 2022.

  • Po-Liang Liu supervised graduate student Sheng-Yuan Jhang to win the second place and NT$10,000 prize in the electronic and electrical group in the "The Third Patent Searching Competition of National Colleges and Universities", September 26, 2022

  • Guest Editor, Special Issue " Selected Papers from ISET 2022 and ISPE 2022" in Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417; CODEN: ASPCC7), 2022 4th International Symposium on Engineering and Technology 2022 (ISET 2022) and 2022 3rd International Symposium on Precision Engineering (ISPE 2022) November 11~13, 2022, Huisun Experimental Forest, Nantou County, Taiwan.

  • Symposium Chair in the 2022 3rd International Symposium on Precision Engineering 2022, ISPE 2022, Huisun Experimental Forest, Nantou County, Taiwan, November 11~13, 2022.

  • Director of General Affairs of Taiwan Vacuum Society 2022 (TVS-2022 Annual Symposium), TVS 2022, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, October 28, 2022

  • Invited Speaker. Gave a talk on “The theoretical revolution of predicting semiconductor heterostructures”, Hsinchu Oxide Online Forum (Taiwan Consortium of Emergent Crystalline Materials (TCECM) supported by the Ministry of science and technology, Taiwan, Online forum, February 22, 2022.

  • Guest Editor, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, ISBN: 1742-6596,  Volume 2287 (EI Compendex and SCOPUS), 2022 12th International Conference on Applied Physics and Mathematics (ICAPM 2022) February 18-20, 2022, Singapore.

  • Invited to be the Conference Chair in the 2022 12th International Conference on Applied Physics and Mathematics, ICAPM 2022, Singapore, February 18-20, 2022.

  • Invited to be the Co-Chair of Symposium G. Topical Symposium: theory, simulation, and modeling; quantitative surface analysis in the 2021 TACT International Thin Films Conference, November 15-18, 2021, GIS TAIPEI TECH Convention Center, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan.

  • Guest Editor, Special Issue " VSI:TACT2021" in Thin Solid Films (ISSN 0040-6090), 2021 TACT International Thin Films Conference, November 15-18, 2021, GIS TAIPEI TECH Convention Center, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan.

  • Guest Editor, Special Issue " Selected Papers from ISET 2021, TSBME 2021 and ISPE 2021" in Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417; CODEN: ASPCC7), 2021 3rd International Symposium on Engineering and Technology 2021 (ISET 2021) in conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the Taiwanese Society of Biomedical Engineering 2021 (TSBME 2021); 2021 2nd International Symposium on Precision Engineering (ISPE 2021) November 12~14, 2021, Han-Hsien International Hotel, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

  • Symposium Chair in 2021 2nd International Symposium on Precision Engineering (ISPE 2021) November 12~14, 2021, Han-Hsien International Hotel, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

  • Cher-Yen Yang, Cai-Fu Chung, Chang-Hsiao Chen, Yu-Lun Que, Chien-Chun Chen, Pei-Wen Lee, Po-Liang Liu, Makoto Shiojiri, Chung-Hsing Bao, and Wei-Chi Lee, "Research on Sub-Å Atomic Structures and Their Applications" was awarded with Special Merit in the 110th Annual National Academy of Experimental Sciences (NAES) R&D Service Platform Highlight Achievement Award, August 30, 2021.

  • Invited to be the Session Chairs of S5-M5 and S6-M1 Sessions in 2021 Conference on Precision Machinery and Manufacturing Technology (PMMT 2021), Pingtung, Taiwan, May 21-23, 2021

  • Executive Director, Field Integration Association, Taiwan (2021~present)

  • Invited to be the Conference Chair in the 5th International Conference on Power, Energy and Mechanical Engineering, ICPEME 2021, Shanghai, China, February 1-3, 2021.

  • Invited to be the Conference Chair in the 2021 11th International Conference on Applied Physics and Mathematics, ICAPM 2021, Shanghai, China, February 1-3, 2021.

  • Invited Keynote Speaker. Gave a talk on “Introduction to an Efficient Materials Genome Method to Predict Heterostructure Interface”, 2021 11th International Conference on Applied Physics and Mathematics, ICAPM 2021 and 2021 5th International Conference on Power, Energy and Mechanical Engineering, ICPEME 2021, Shanghai, China, February 1-3, 2021.

  • Invited to be the Session Chair in the 2021 11th International Conference on Applied Physics and Mathematics, ICAPM 2021, Shanghai, China, February 1-3, 2021.

  • Guest Editor, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, ISBN: 1742-6596,  Volume 1936 (EI Compendex and SCOPUS), 2021 11th International Conference on Applied Physics and Mathematics (ICAPM 2021) February 1-3, 2021, Shanghai, China

  • Co-Chair, International Pure and Applied Mathematics Society, Science and Engineering Institute (SCIEI), Hong Kong (2020~present)

  • Symposium Chair in the 2020 1st International Symposium on Precision Engineering 2020, ISPE 2020, Huisun Experimental Forest, Nantou County, Taiwan, November 14~16, 2020.

  • Conference Chair in the 2020 2nd International Symposium on Engineering and Technology, ISET 2021, Huisun Experimental Forest, Nantou County, Taiwan, November 14~16, 2020.

  • Guest Editor, “Selected Papers from ISET 2020 and ISPE 2020" in Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417; CODEN: ASPCC7), 2020 1st International Symposium on Precision Engineering (ISPE 2020) November 14~16, 2020, Huisun Experimental Forest, Nantou County, Taiwan.

  • Director General in the TACT 2020 Conference, Applied Science &Technology Building, Graduate Institute of Precision Engineering, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, October 23-24, 2020.

  • Invited to be the Conference Chair in the 2020 10th International Conference on Applied Physics and Mathematics, ICAPM 2020, Tokyo, Japan, January 10-12, 2020.

  • Invited to be the Session Chair in the 2020 10th International Conference on Applied Physics and Mathematics, ICAPM 2020, Tokyo, Japan, January 10-12, 2020.

  • Guest Editor, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, ISBN: 1742-6596,  Volume 1593 (EI Compendex and SCOPUS), 2020 10th International Conference on Applied Physics and Mathematics (ICAPM 2020) 10-12 January 2020, Tama Campus, Chuo University, Tokyo, Japan.

  • President, NCHUGIPE Alumni Association (National Chung Hsing University Graduate Institute of Precision Engineering Alumni Association), Taiwan (2019~present)

  • Invited to be the Co-Chair of Symposium G. Topical Symposium: theory, simulation, and modeling; quantitative surface analysis in the 2019 TACT International Thin Films Conference, November 17-20, 2019, GIS TAIPEI TECH Convention Center, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan.

  • Invited Speaker. Gave a talk on “Structural, electrical, and optical properties of Zinc oxide and Al-doped ZnO thin films using atomic layer deposition”, The 2019 EITA Conference on New Materials, Nanotechnology, Healthcare, New Energy and Sustainable Smart Manufacturing or EITA-New Materials 2019, CPT & Tin Ka Ping Photonic Buildings, Department of Photonics, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, September 21-23, 2019.

  • Invited to be a Session Chair of Technical Session D2-W2-T2 in the 2019 EITA Conference on New Materials, Nanotechnology, Healthcare, New Energy and Sustainable Smart Manufacturing or EITA-New Materials 2019, Hsinchu, Taiwan, September 21-23, 2019.

  • Invited Speaker. Gave a talk on “Ab Initio Calculations for Materials Modelling and Design”, 2019 Chemical and Materials Simulation Trends and Industry Applications Forum, Department of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, April 26, 2019.

  • Invited to be the Conference Chair in the 2019 9th International Conference on Applied Physics and Mathematics, ICAPM 2019, Bangkok, Thailand, January 21-23, 2019.

  • Invited to be a Host of the opening plenary session in the 2019 9th International Conference on Applied Physics and Mathematics, ICAPM 2019, Bangkok, Thailand, January 21-23, 2019.

  • Invited to be the Session Chair in the 2019 9th International Conference on Applied Physics and Mathematics, ICAPM 2019, Bangkok, Thailand, January 21-23, 2019.

  • Invited Keynote Speaker. Gave a talk on “First-principles study of defect formation mechanisms in thin film heterostructure materials”, 2019 9th International Conference on Applied Physics and Mathematics, ICAPM 2019, Bangkok, Thailand, January 21-23, 2019.

  • Guest Editor, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, ISBN: 1742-6596,  Volume 1298 (EI Compendex and SCOPUS), 2019 9th International Conference on Applied Physics and Mathematics (ICAPM 2019) 21-23 January 2019, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.

  • Guest Editor, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, ISBN: 1742-6596,   Volume 1039 (EI Compendex and SCOPUS), 2018 8th International Conference on Applied Physics and Mathematics (ICAPM 2018) 27–29 January 2018, Phuket, Thailand.

  • Invited to be the Conference Chair in the 2017 7th International Conference on Applied Physics and Mathematics, ICAPM 2017, Tokyo, Japan, January 20-22, 2017.

  • Invited to be the Session Chair in the 2017 7th International Conference on Applied Physics and Mathematics, ICAPM 2017, Tokyo, Japan, January 20-22, 2017.

  • Invited Keynote Speaker. Gave a talk on “Ab-initio studies of magnetic and structural properties in ferromagnet/antiferromagnet bilayers”, 2017 7th International Conference on Applied Physics and Mathematics, ICAPM 2017, Tokyo, Japan, January 20-22, 2017).

  • Guest Editor, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Volume 814, 2017 7th International Conference on Applied Physics and Mathematics (ICAPM 2017) 20–22 January 2017, Tokyo, Japan.

  • Invited to be the Program Chair in the 2016 6th International Conference on Applied Physics and Mathematics, ICAPM 2016, Singapore, January 13-14, 2016.

  • Invited Keynote Speaker. Gave a talk on “New classes of Infrared femtosecond lasers using transition metals doped II–VI materials: A First-Principles Study”, 2016 6th International Conference on Applied Physics and Mathematics, ICAPM 2016, Singapore, January 13-14, 2016.

  • Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Applied Physics and Mathematics (2016~present).

  • Invited Keynote Lecture. Gave a talk on “What can ab initio calculations do for atomic scale materials?”, the First Computational Mechanics Conference in Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwan, October 22-23, 2015.

  • Invited Speaker. Gave a talk on “Defect Engineering in the Nanostructured Carbons for Hydrogen Storage”，2015 World Congress and Expo on Nanotechnology and Materials Science, Nanotech-2015, Dubai, UAE, April 13-15, 2015.

  • Invited Keynote Speaker. Gave a talk on “New Trends on Atomic Scale Materials Design Modeling and Simulation”, 2015 5th International Conference on Applied Physics and Mathematics, ICAPM 2015, Busan, South Korea, February 12-13, 2015.

  • Invited Speaker. Gave a talk on “Ab Initio Calculations for Applications in Heteroepitaxial Thin-Film Growth”, Science Institute, University of Iceland, December 9, 2014.

  • Guest Associate Professor, Department of Physics (Institutt for fysikk), Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet), Trondheim, Norway (Norge), Aug. 2014 – Jan. 2015.

  • Invited Keynote Speaker, Gave a talk on “Structural, Electronic, and Energetic Properties in Heteroepitaxial Thin-Film Growth: Ab Initio Calculations”, 2014 4th International Conference on Applied Physics and Mathematics, ICAPM 2014, Singapore, February 19-20, 2014.

  • Invited to be the Session Chair in the 2014 4th International Conference on Applied Physics and Mathematics, ICAPM 2014, Singapore, February 19-20, 2014.

  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Arizona State University, U.S, 2004-2006.

  • Government Scholarship for Postdoctoral Research, Taiwan, 2003.

  • Commendation and Citation, Bureau of Mines, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Taiwan, 1999.

  • Outstanding Student Award, National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan, 1990.

 

Professional Activities

  • Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (ID# 97022552, 2022~)

  • Senior Member, Science and Engineering Institute (SCIEI) (ID#20210811001, 2021~present)

  • Life Member, Taiwan Association for Magnetic Technology (TAMT) (ID# D077)

  • Member, Institute of Physics (IOP) (ID# 80128588, 2021~present)

  • Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (ID# 97022552, 2021~present)

  • Life Member, Taiwan Association for Coating and Thin Film Technology (TACT) (ID# LA190005)

  • Member, The Electrochemical Society (ECS) (ID# 346879, 2010~2011)

  • Member, American Chemical Society (ACS) (ID# 30182178, 2011~2014)

  • Member, Materials Research Society (MRS) (ID# 11002354, 2011~2012)

  • Member, The Electronics Devices and Materials Association (EDMA)

Po-Liang Liu

TITLE      Professor

Tel          04-22840461#606

Office   Applied Science & Technology

                  Building R606

e-mail    pliu@dragon.nchu.edu.tw