張嘉修 博士 Jo-Shu Chang

國立成功大學化工系特聘教授

Distinguished Professor

Department of Chemical Engineering

National Cheng Kung University

TEL：(06)2757575分機 62651

FAX：(06)2357146

E-mail：changjs@mail.ncku.edu.tw

Education:

Ph.D. in Chemical/Biochemical Engineering (July 1993) University of California, Irvine,

USA

M.S. in Chemical Engineering (December 1987) University of Colorado, Boulder, USA

B.S. in Chemical Engineering (June 1983) Tunghai University, Taiwan

Academic Experiences:

Distinguished Professor, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan (August, 2006 to now)

Professor, National Cheng Kung University, Department of Chemical Engineering, Taiwan

(August, 2001 to now)

Professor, Feng Chia University, Department of Chemical Engineering, Taiwan (August,

1998 to July, 2001)

Associate Professor, Feng Chia University, Department of Chemical Engineering, Taiwan

(August, 1993 to July, 1998)

Academic Experiences:

Biomass Energy, Environmental Biotechnology, Biochemical Engineering, Applied

Microbiology

Honors/awards

• Professor Chai-Der Lai’s Award issued by Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers

(2007)

• Research Achievement award, NCKU (2007)

• Distinguished Professor of NCKU (2006-2009)

• Excellent Professor for Research of College of Engineering in NCKU (2006)

• Received conference oral presentation and poster awards for totally 18 times

(2002-2007)

Academic services

• Guest Editor, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (Elsevier Publishers ) (2006)

• Editorial Board, Enzyme and Microbial Technology (Elsevier Publishers) (April

2007-April 2010)

• Editorial Board, The Open Biotechnology Journal (Bentham Science Publishers)

(Since 2007)

• Editorial Board, Journal of the Chinese Institute of Chemical Engineers (Elsevier

Publishers) (Since July, 2006)

• Editorial Board, “Chemical Engineering” published by Taiwanese Institute of

Chemical Engineers (Since July 2005)

• Reviewer of over 40 international refereed journals

• International Reviewer, Hong Kong Research Grants Council (RGC)

(2003-present)

• Co-PI of National Project (Application of Molecular Biotechnology to

Environmental Engineering) sponsored by Ministry of Economic Affairs (2003 to

2009)

• Plenary Lecture or keynote speeches in international conferences: 6 times

• Member of Organizing committee of international conferences: 4 times

• Section Chair of international conferences: 6 times

Professional and industrial services

• Member of National Bioethanol Standard Committee for Bureau of National

Standard, Ministry of Economical Affairs, Taiwan (Since July 2006)

• Member of Committee of Environment Protection Foundation at Environment

Protection Bureau of Miao-Li County, Taiwan (1998-2003)

• Consultant of China Steel Corporation, Taiwan (Since September 2002)

• Consultant of Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan (Since July 2006)

• Consultant of Energy and Resources Center, Feng Chia Univerisity, Taiwan (Since

April 2003)

Summary of publications:

Item Number Note

Refereed Journala

125 (total)

91 (past 5 years) Total number of citation: 925

c

Conference paper 240 (total)

Patentb 11

aPublished and in press papers

bGranted and pending patents

cData retrieved from ISI Web of Science

Bioenergy Engineering – Transforming biochemical engineering toward

clean and sustainable energy production

Jo-Shu Chang (張嘉修)

Department of Chemical Engineering

National Cheng Kung University

Tainan 701, Taiwan

Fax: 06-2357146 E-mail: changjs@mail.ncku.edu.tw

Abstract

Our economy and lifestyle heavily rely on the use of major energy source - fossil fuels.

However, the excessive dependence on fossil fuels has caused severe problems due to a seemly

unstoppable rising of their cost, insecurity in their sustainability, as well as their impacts on

global warming and environmental pollution. As a result, technologies leading to generation of

reliable, efficient, and eco-friendly energy have received increasingly attention in recent years.

Energy produced from biomass resources (esp., lignocellulosic materials) has the nature of

CO2 neutral and recycle of renewable resources, thereby becoming the most promising

alternative to fossil fuels. Biomass energy produced from biological (mainly, fermentation)

means is of particular interest since it is environmentally compatible and less energy intensive.

Hence, many R&D efforts are devoted to biotechnology and bioengineering enabling

conversion of biomass feedstock into gaseous (e.g., H2, CH4) and liquid (e.g., ethanol, butanol,

and biodiesel) energy products. This emerging technology requires integration of

interdisciplinary knowledge and has attracted tremendous research momentum within a very

short period of time. This presentation introduces recent advances on bioenergy development

and the technology/engineering that are involved in producing biomass energy. Some

specific examples are given to demonstrate how conventional and innovative biochemical

engineering strategies can be utilized to develop leading edge energy technology or to improve

the performance of existing biomass energy production technology. The aim of this

presentation is to deliver the message that it is now a golden opportunity to open a new era of

biochemical engineering as it can play a pivotal role in future energy development for the

twentieth century.

Keywords: biochemical engineering, biomass energy, carbon dioxide emission, fossil fuels,

lignocellulosic materials, hydrogen, methane, bioethanol, biobutanol, biodiesel