張嘉修 博士 Jo-Shu Chang

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 Journal a
Conference paper
Patent b 11
a Published and in press papers
125 (total)
91 (past 5 years)
240 (total)
b Granted and pending patents
Total number of citation: 925 c
c Data 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
CO 2 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., H 2 , CH 4 ) 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