A growing career path as an Elsevier editor & NTU researcher

學術養成 面面觀 Hsiao-Ping Huang ( 黃孝平 ) Professor/ Chemical Engineering, NTU

Asia/Australasia Regional Editor/JPC,Elsevier

B.S. in Chemical Engineering National Taiwan University, 1967

M.S. in Chemical Engineering National Taiwan University, 1969

Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering National Taiwan University, 1976

Before I became a professor at NTU

My academic positions till now

• Lecturer/NTU 1969~1976• Associate Professor/ NTU 1976~1980• Professor/NTU 1980~now (Dept. head in 1986~1992)• Visiting scholar

University of Wisconsin, 1977~1978

MIT, 1984~1985

Kyoto University, 1992~1993

What I served to the academic communities

• Editor-in-chief/ J. of ChinIChE, 1987-1992 • Coordinator of Chemical Engineering Research/ NSC

Engineering Division, 1996-2000• Director of Chemical Engineering SBIR research/ Admi

nistration of Economic Affairs, 2002-2004 • Associate Editor/ J. Process Control, 1998~ 2006• Asia/Australasia Regional Editor/ J. Process Control, 2

006.4~,• Vice President of Taiwan Institute of Chemical Enginee

rs (was known as Chinese Institute of Chemical Engineers), 2009~2010

• President, APCChE(Asian and Pacific Confedration of Chemical Engineering) 2009~2010

How I struggled through my career• My first journal paper (in English) published in 1970 in ChinIChE• In the years of 1970~1980, most papers are published in domestic j

ournals.• My first paper published in an international journal in 1980---Chemic

al Engineering Communications (Gordon and Breach). • First paper appeared in I&EC journal in 1985, • First paper appeared in Chem. Eng. Sci. in 1986.*• First paper in Int.J. Control was published in 1987.*• First paper in AIChE was published in 1990.• First paper in JPC was published in 1994.**

Since then, papers were published mostly in many well known Journals. For example, AIChE, I&EC, CES, JPC, IEE, Computers &ChE, etc.

In last five years, I am the author or co-author of 42 journal papers.

How to become an active member in an academic community

• Visiting outstanding university for research• Do research with outstanding scholars• Interaction with international scholars by bilateral

visiting and dialogues • Active participation to international conferences• Hosting post-conference meeting in Taiwan• Hosting international conference starting from

small region or communities

• Control applications • Plant monitoring • Plant-wide control • Process control systems • Control techniques and algorithms • Process modelling and simulation • Design methods

Topics covered include:

Know something about JPC

Editor: W. Marquardt, AVT - Prozesstechnik, RWTH Aachen University

Germany

Regional Editor (Asia/Australasia): Hsiao-Ping Huang

Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University,

Regional Editor (Europe/Africa/Middle East): D. Dochain

Universite catholique de Louvain, Belgium

Taiwan

Regional Editor (The Americas): N.L. Ricker

University of Washington, Seattle, USA

Reviews Editor: F.J. Doyle Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA

& 21 Associate Editors from different countries

Editorial Board:

Know something about JPC

Questions to remind author:

• Is the subject of the paper consistent with the scope of the journal to be submitted?

• Has this material been published before in English? • Does the scientific content justify the space it will occupy?• Can any parts of the paper be shortened or omitted

without loss of scientific content? • Are there any errors of fact or logic? • Are all the figures necessary?

Questions to remind author (Continued):

• Is the number of significant figures in the tables justified? Is it necessary to include both graphs and tables based on the same data?

• Does the summary (normally 50-150 words) bring out the main points of the paper?

• Is the title suitable and adequate?• Are the literature references adequate and

publicly accessible?

Features of a publishable paper

• New and good idea• Sound theory with good illustration or

experimental validation• Reproducible results• Good logic• Easy reading English---use simple sentence,

precise wording, and proper length

How to publish good papers

• Work hard

• Work with heart

• Have good luck

Thank you for your attention