National Cheng Kung University Sustainable Environment Research Center
National Cheng Kung University Sustainable Environment Research Center Status and Perspectives of SERC September 2011 1 SERC website: serc. ncku. edu. tw
Vision and Goals Vision: Approaching “Zero Hazard, Zero Waste ” and Ensuring a Sustainable Environment Goals: n Be a leading environmental R&D center contributing to S&T advancement and sustainability enhancement n Providing full-span services through integration of environmental S & T, health and social sciences n Enhancing sustainable development of industry and community with focus on : - safe and clean environment - renewable resources and energy - environmental remediation and hazard prevention 2
Sustainability Issues n Impaired water, air and soil quality poses a threat to human health, requiring concerted research to provide imminent solutions n Depletion of natural resources jeopardizes the future growth of industry, necessitating continuous R&D to develop clean and renewable energy and materials n Industrial activity and global warming cause adverse effects on land, needing research and practice to remediate, re-plan and re-use the affected areas n Sustainability problems are universal, but their characteristics and solutions are unique for each country or region, hence the need for local research and application which can be shared with neighboring countries/regions 3
Organizational Structure of SERC 4
Staff and Equipment n n Analytical capability: Organic (melamine etc) analysis Inorganic analysis Material analysis Waste characterization Molecular biology Auxiliary equipment Staff member: Ph. D: n 5 12 Master: 23 Bachelor-: 29 Total: 64 Other equipment: Pilot plants Lab waste treatment plant n Analytical instrument: SEM, TGA/FT-IR, XRD, XRF, AA, ICP-OES, ICP-MS, GC-MS, TOC, LC-MS-MS, IC, HPLC, Particle Counter, RTPCR, LC-MS etc , ~ NTD 100 million (US$ 3. 3 million)
Road Map 3 Focused Fields: • Healthy Environment Global Top 10% Environment R&D Center • Renewable Resources • Environmental Remediation Asia Top 5% Environment R&D Center Progression 4 Research Fields: • Resource Recycling and Reuse • Environmental Hazard Prevention • Environmental Information System • Management Strategy Focal Research and Development Consolidation 8 Research Teams: • Reserv. Quality • Env. & Health • H-Value Recycling • Green Energy Integration SERC Setup Sustainability Zero Hazard Zero Waste • Site Remed • Mole Biotech • Land Adaptation • L-Carbon System 3 Centers: Multi-disciplinary Team 6 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2015 2020
Focused Research Reservoir water quality management High value recycling & reuse Air Green energy technology Water Soil Green Production Contaminated site remediation and reuse Systematic environmental molecular biotechnology Environment and health Land adaptation to climate change impact Multi-discipline strategy for Low Carbon Society 7 Safe and Clean Environment Renewable Resources and Energy Environmental Remediation
• • Interactive R&Ds Among Three Clusters Sustainability Production • High Value Recycling • Green Energy Environment Site Remediation Molecular Biotech Land Adaptation Low Carbon System 8 SERC Health • Safe & Clean Water/Soil • Health & Environment
Integrated Research Team Joint work by SERC staff and affiliated faculties from : Department / Institute n n n n 9 n Environmental Engineering Civil Engineering Chemical Engineering Resource Engineering Hydraulic & Ocean Engineering Geometrics Material Science and Engineering Life Science Chemistry Political Science Law Environmental & Occupation Health medical College Institute of Law in Science & Technology Institute of Biomedical Engineering Center n n Coastal Ocean Monitoring Center Satellite Geoinformatics Research Center Public Engineering Research Center Disaster Prevention Research Center Water Technology Research Center *Other universities and institutes n
Current Work Approach Reservoir water quality management High value recycling & reuse Green energy technology Fundamental Research Contaminated site remediation and reuse Systematic environmental molecular biotechnology Environment and Health Land adaptation to climate change impact Technology Development Multi-Discipline strategy for Low Carbon Society Planning and design services for public and private sectors 10 Lab Waste Treatment Plant Practical Application
Drive for Innovation and Collaboration - Team (Example) Reservoir Water Quality Management Expertise on: n Widespread reservoir contamination/eutrophication n Effect of blue green algae toxins on water supply Tai-Hu Lake (明報, 20070601) 11 Myponga, SA (2006) Tai-Hu Lake (Kin-men, 2006) Cary Chiou, Tsair-Fuh Lin, Ching-Gung Wen, Hsuan-Hsien Yeh, Liang-Ming Whang and Jer-Horng Wu (Env E) I-Chen Tseng (Life Sci) Jo-Shu Chang, Yao-Hui Huang (Chem E) Hsu-Wen Hung, Yan-Min Chen (SERC)
Drive for Innovation and Collaboration - Distinguished Scholars n ISI Highly Cited Researcher (Chiou) n 3 Science Papers/Letter Prof Cary Chiou 12 Science Letter
Drive for Innovation and Collaboration Instruments (Example) n System (including LC/MS/MS and GC/MS/MS) for rapid determination of cyanotoxins and toxigenic cyanobacteria – set up by team of Reservoir Water Quality Management. LC/MS/MS 13 GC/MS/MS
Drive for Innovation and Collaboration - Projects n Development of Key Innovative Technologies in Resource Recycling of Granite Sludge (US$ 400, 000) n Testing and Study of Treatment Systems for CPDC An-Shun Site (US$ 370, 000) n CEMS Management System and DAHS Improvement Project (US$ 270, 000) n Investigation and Application of SEMBT on TPH Contaminated site (US$ 190, 000) n Study of Products Safety Testing and QSAR Research for International Chemicals Management (US$ 170, 000) 14
Drive for Innovation and Collaboration - Internationalization n Serve as the EU-FP 7 National Contact Point (NCP) of Taiwan on “Environment Theme” -- A three-year project sponsored by National Science Council -- Prof. Juuen Chang serves as thematic NCP coordinator 15
Drive for Innovation and Collaboration - Analysis & Testing n Analytical Accreditation Lab -- ISO 17025: Accreditation Lab. (TAF 2099) -- EPA Accreditation Lab. (No. 103) -- Do. H Accreditation Lab. (No. 021) -- Co. A Accreditation Lab. n National Chemical Substance Register Office (NCSR) -- In cooperation with SAHTECH 16
Key Research Results (I) n At regional level • Toxins study in aquatic environment - Chairing International Water Association’s Specialty Group on “Off-Flavors in the Aquatic Environment” ( T. F. Lin) • Green fuel oil Production - Developed an integrated technology for Green Emulsified Fuel Oil with a 14 -25% energy saving (W. J. Lee et al. ) • Established an innovative and integrated feedstock technology leading to efficient and cost-effective pre-treatment or hydrolysis of biomass feedstock and organic waste; design and fabricate a novel photo-bioreactor achieving effective photosynthesis resulting in highefficiency CO 2 utilization and high bio-energy yield. (J. S. Chang et al. ) • Developed Systematic environmental molecular biotechnology (Bioaugmentation, Biostimulation, Biomonitoring, Bioremediation) and assembled a system for ex-situ TPH bioremediation (S. S. Cheng et al. ) n 17 Operated Integrated laboratory waste treatment achieving “zero waste” – the only one in Asia
Key Research Results – (II) n At local level n Developing proteomics techniques to identify lung cancer metastasis (P. C. Liao et al. ) • Applied research results on value-added resource recycling to produce industry-grade materials, winning Mo. EA 2007 “Industry Contribution Award” (H. P. Wang et al. ) • Carrying out integrated research on contaminated site remediation and reuse - the only integrated multidiscipline platform for site clean-up (C. C. Chao et al. ) • Undertaking “CPDC An-Shun Site Remediation” Project serving as an authoritative advisor for Tainan City Government, with expertise in engineering, risk, communication and planning (C. C. Chao et. al. ) 18
Laboratory Waste Treatment Plant n Funded by Ministry of Education n Major breakthroughs n. The integrated treatment processes n. High efficiency, low emission, wastewater recycling, and energy recovery n Achievements n. A sound service to all levels of school in Taiwan (treated > 2, 370 tonnes lab waste) n. Developed technologies to enhance the treatment as well as the value of recovered products n Expected Benefits n. Delivering technologies to help Taiwan resolve difficult MSW incinerator ash problems 19
Industrial Cooperation n Within a period of 5 years, awarded 34 patents and conducted 13 technology transfers n Commercialized technologies included heavy metal recovery from ash residues and sludge, in-situ bioremediation, etc. n Successfully executed 51 service projects with a total value of NT$ 160. 3 million (US$ 5. 3 million); 3 with > NT$ 10 million (US$ 330, 000) in 2009. n Clients included China Steel, China Hi-Ment, Chinese Petroleum, CPDC, Chi-Mei Optoelectronics, EPA, Co. A, Do. H, Mo. EA, WRA, Tainan City Government, Ministry of Education, Industrial Development Bureau, etc. 20
International Collaboration n. Expertise sharing and capacity building through joint projects with top institutions, e. g. microplasma application to cleaner production n. Effecting proactive contributions to circular economy efforts through holding conferences, joining R&Ds and providing advice to governments/industries in Southeast Asia 21 Connecting SERC with the world
Executed or Planned Projects from Non-Top Tier Program Sources n Government • EPA: water quality research, CEM upgrading, GHG reduction strategy, green construction material verification, etc. • NSC: cyanobacterial metabolism, POPS flow analysis, waste or algae to ethanol/H 2, circular economy strategy, etc. • Mo. E: integrated laboratory waste treatment service, etc. • Mo. EA: eco-industrial parks, value-added resource recovery, molecular biotechnology based site remediation, biodiesel from microalgae, etc. • WRA: water recycling planning and demonstration, etc. • Co. A: agricultural product pesticide verification, etc. • Do. H: food melamine and other toxics verification, etc. n Industries 22 • China Steel, Chinese Petroleum, Chi-Mei, Southern Taiwan Science Park, CPDC, China Hi-Ment, ITRI, Neste Oil Co. (Finland), MWH (USA), CRCWQT (Australia), resource recovery and biomass energy companies, ICT and chemical companies, international organizations,
Prior Performance Indicator 2009 2010 Total International cooperation projects 5 3 8 International Conferences 3 2 5 Visits of international scholars 53 40 93 Participate in International Organization 14 15 29 SCI & SSCI papers 70 82 152 Editors/Board members 9 11 20 Recruitment of log-term visiting/chair professors 1 1 2 Recruitment of post-doc researchers 10 12 12 160(5. 3) 132(4. 4) 292(9. 7) Patents 2 1 3 Technology transfers 2 1 3 Revenue of academia-industry cooperation, NT$ (US$) million 23
Future Work n Continue to pursue academic excellence and industrial/societal contribution at national and regional/international level, through: - fundamental research - applied research and technology development - technology transfer and implementation - integrated planning, consulting, analytical and training services n Establish SERC as a Co. E in the field of sustainable environment at national and regional level 24
Mid- and Long-Term Plan of SERC n 5 -Year from Now • To be a self-sufficient and independent research organization within NCKU, playing a leading role in Taiwan’s sustainable environment R&D, and acting as an influential partner to Government and industries in policy advice, technical support, program execution, technology implementation, and integrated service • To establish SERC as a key Asia regional center for trans-boundary cooperative R&Ds, policy advice and technical service n 10 -Year from Now • To be an important world-level R&D and training center on sustainable environment, with funding from domestic and international sources, respecting strategic planning, innovative research, technology commercialization, and social service 25
Summary n SERC fully exercises its integrated research capability in R&D and application n SERC is committed to deliver high quality R&D outputs and carry out able services to help: - ensure a safe and clean environment for sustainable growth - secure material, energy and water supply through value-added recycling and renewal - achieve sustainability at a national and regional scale n SERC will continue proactive industrial and international collaboration, to - advance research in multi-fronts - make a contribution to Asia and beyond for assuring a sustainable environment 26
2011 Jade Mountain Forum on Sustainable Environment 2011 年玉山永續環境論壇 Tainan, TAIWAN, 21~22 April 2010 Hosted and Organized by National Cheng Kung University Jade Mountain Declaration on Sustainable Environment The earth which we live on is facing an unsustainable future As professionals in the Pacific Region we share a genuine concern and sense of duty We hence declare at the top of Jade Mountain a common vision and approach on environmental conservation Our goal is to establish a “low carbon, low risk, zero waste” society Our action is to help to ensure a sustainable environment through global alliance, local actions, collective effort and continuous improvement 27 Thank You for your attention.
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