Research stay of Prof. Shih-kang Lin, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan

Prof. Shih-kang Lin (https://researchoutput.ncku.edu.tw/en/persons/shih-kang-lin) joined the National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, in 2011 and is currently Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (http://www.mse.ncku.edu.tw/), Chair of the Program on Smart and Sustainable Manufacturing (https://www.ncku-ais2m.org.tw/), and Vice Director of the Hierarchical Green-Energy Materials (Hi-GEM) Research Center (http://higem.ncku.edu.tw/).

Prof. Lin has been a visiting scholar at Pennsylvania State University, USA (2007-2008), a research associate at University of Wisconsin-Madison (2009-2011), and a visiting associate professor at Osaka University, Japan (2015). He has received several prestigious awards including TMS Young Leader Professional Development Award of TMS, USA (2014), Ta-You Wu Memorial Award of the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Taiwan (2019), etc.

 His research area focuses on utilizing materials thermodynamics to design novel materials and processes based on both experimental and computational approaches for the applications ranging from electronic interconnection and rechargeable batteries to steel/ironmaking.

During his sabbatical fellowship at Forschungszentrum Jülich (funded by Alexander von Humboldt Foundation), he will be collaborating with Prof. Guillon on developing the next-generation all-solid-state batteries (ASSB) as well as investigating the electric current effects upon inorganic materials.