2013 Taiwan-America Science and Technology Conference
A Word of Welcome
It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to the 2013 Taiwan-America Science and
Technology Conference (2013 TASTC). This year’s conference will focus on the topic
“Rewnable Energy Technology” and has been made possible by sponsorships from the
Taiwanese American Aeronautics and Space Association (TAASA 台美航太協會), Southern
California Edison (SCE) and the National Science Council of Taiwan (NSC 行政院國家科學
委員會). On behalf of the 2013 TASTC Organizing Committee, I want to express how
honored and excited we are to be joined by such a distinguished roster of speakers, from
both academia and industry.
The goals of this conference are two-fold; first is to establish a platform to promote
international collaboration and share scientific and technological experience, particularly in
the areas of renewable energy, and second is to create economic and environmental
opportunities by strengthening intellectual partnerships between the U.S. and Taiwan.
As a final note, I would like to extend my sincere appreciation to all volunteers for their
invaluable time and energy. Gratitude is due to the members of the Organizing Committee
for their hard work and dedication in planning this conference. Very special thanks go to
the sponsors for supporting this event with their generous contributions.
Sincerely,
Bing C. Chen, Ph.D. (陳炳忠博士 - 台美航太協會會長)
Conference Chair and TAASA President
www.taasa-web.org
2013 TASTC
Organizing Committee Members
In the order according to the last names
Bing C. Chen
Lihan Chen
Hong-Zong Lin
Ching-Jyh Shieh
Julius C. Shu
陳炳忠
陳立涵
林宏容
謝清志
許清煌
Charles W. Tu
Erh-Rong Wu
Shih-Chin Wu
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Mike Wu
Kuang-Tai Yen
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杜武青
吳爾融
吳式欽
吳彌高
顏光泰
SCE Welcomes the 2013 TASTC to Irwindale
SCE is proud to be a cosponsor of the 2013 Taiwan-America Science and Technology
Conference (TASTC). This year’s theme, Renewable Energy Technology, is both a timely
and important topic as we seek to meet our energy challenges.
SCE is committed to protecting the environment as we deliver safe, reliable, and affordable
power. Over the years, we have engaged millions of Californians in conserving electricity
through energy efficiency programs — resulting in lower emissions and improved air
quality. We have long been a national leader in renewable power, and today we’re
delivering more renewable power than ever — in fact, more than any other utility
nationwide. In 2011, more than 21% of all the electricity we delivered was generated by
renewable resources. That’s 15.5 billion kilowatt-hours of renewable power — more than
any other U.S. utility delivered.
SCE is especially proud to have the opportunity to host this year’s event at our Energy
Education Center in Irwindale, CA. The Center offers a wide range of resources to help
customers make better energy decisions. It provides classes and workshops, demonstrates
the latest energy-saving technologies, provides information on programs, and provides
technical consultations.
We invite you to visit the SCE Energy Education Center,
information on the center can be found at www.sce.com.
SCE wants to thank the conference organizers, sponsors, and everyone involved in making
the conference a reality. We look forward to the presentations and discussions at this
year’s event and to welcoming all the conference attendees to our facility.
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Renewable Energy Conference
SCE Energy Education Center
6090 N. Irwindale Ave., Irwindale, CA, 91702
Nov 16th, 2013
9:00 – 10:00
9:00 – 10:00
Arrival & Check-in
Networking Over Continental Breakfast
Optional Early Bird CTAC
Energy Education Center Facility Tour
Conference Program
10:00 – 10:15
MC: Bing C Chen (Program Chair, TAASA)
Richard Y.-C. Chang, Director of Science Division, TECO-LA
Session A
10:15 to 10:30
10:30 – 11:10
11:10 -11:50
Bill Chiu
Director of Engineering
Southern California Edison
Bob Yinger
Consulting Engineer
Southern California Edison
Woolas Hsieh
President
Solarmer Energy, Inc.
11:50 - 1:00
Opening Remarks
SCE and the Transformative Landscape of
the Utility Industry
SCE’s Smart Grid Vision & Irvine Smart
Grid Demonstration
Innovation and Collaboration in Green
Technologies – Why the World needs
Audacious Business Solutions
Lunch
Session B
1:00 -1:40
1:40 - 2:20
2:20 – 3:00
3:00 – 3:40
Christopher Clarke
Senior Engineer
Southern California Edison
Gang Li
Research Professor
University of California at Los Angeles
Mike S. Yang
Sean Lin
Bloom Energy
Vincent C. Tung
Assistant Professor
University of California Merced
3:40 - 3:50
T&D Infrastructure for Renewable Energy
- Tehachapi Wind Energy Storage Project
Pursing Next Generation Solar Cell
Technology
Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Technology, Looking
Forward
Carbon-based Photovoltaic and
Photoelectrochemical Energy Storage
Closing Remarks
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Dr. Bing C. Chen
Conference Program Co-Chair and TAASA President
Email: Bing.C.Chen@gmail.com
URL: www.taasa-web.org
Dr. Bing C. Chen is a senior research scientist at Teledyne Scientific
(Former Rockwell Science Center). He obtained his BS degree in
Mechanical Engineering from National Taiwan University in 1993,
and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Michigan in 2000. In his tenure at
Teledyne Scientific, he worked in close collaboration with industry and academia partners
to develop several successful multidisciplinary programs. He developed a wide range of
paradigm-shift programs in photonic/phononic crystals, MEMS sensor/actuator, and
multidisciplinary topology optimization technology. Dr. Chen’s research has been funded
by DARPA, NASA, ONR, Rockwell Automation, Rockwell Collins, and the Boeing Company.
He is the main architect of the Composite Stacking Sequence Optimizer, a design tool used
for composite structure design for Boeing’s 787 programs. Dr. Chen was elected as
member of Teledyne Scientific's team of the year in 2010.
Richard Y C Chang 張揚展
Director of Science and Technology Division
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Los Angeles/Houston
駐洛杉磯辦事處科技組兼駐休士頓科技組組長
3731 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 504
Los Angeles, CA 90010
Phone :213-385-0803, Cell:626-632-0442, Fax:213 385-0813
ycchang@sciencela.org
ycchang@most.gov.tw
Richard Y C Chang received his master degree in European studies at Tamkang University,
Taiwan in 1979. He joined the National Science Council in 1985 where he has been working
since then for international programs. He had been program director for various
cooperative programs ranging from European countries, North America, South Africa,
Oceanic countries to Russian Federation, etc. He has successfully established scientific
collaborations for Taiwan with many countries. He has broad experiences in NSC
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headquarter as well as in overseas. He has been posted to NSC’s offices abroad in Ottawa
of Canada, Chicago of the US and Bonn of Germany. From November 15, he was assigned
as director of Science and Technology Division of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in
Los Angeles which covers Southern California, Arizona, New Mexico and Hawaii with a
mission to promote bilateral scientific collaborations with Taiwan. From September 1, 2013,
he serves as director of NSC’s office in Houston as well. Altogether he is responsible for 17
states of the U.S. plus Southern California. The main mission of his assignment is to
promote bilateral scientific collaborations between Taiwan and the U.S. He speaks fluently
English, German, French and Spanish. He is married and has two sons.
Bill Chiu is the Director of Engineering at Southern California Edison (SCE) with
responsibility for engineering and technical requirements related to SCE’s power delivery
system including transmission lines, substations, system protection and control, and
distribution network design standards. Prior to joining SCE in 1998, Bill served a variety of
engineering and management roles at Austin Energy, Los Angeles Department of Water &
Power, and Bechtel Power Corporation. With over 25 years of experience in the energy
industry, Bill has had responsibilities that spanned across customer service, system
planning, major bulk power infrastructure projects and specialty systems such as FACTS
and HVDC, standards development, business strategy, and regulatory policy.
Bill has a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from Cal Poly Pomona, a Master of Science in
Electrical Engineering and an MBA degree from the University of Southern California. Bill is
a registered professional engineer in the state of California and Texas. He is the Chairman
of the IEEE Power & Energy Society’s Transformers Committee, and alsoserves on the
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Industry Advisory Board for the Viterbi School of Engineering at University of Southern
California.
Bob Yinger is a Consulting Engineer working in the Advanced Technology Group at
Southern California Edison. The group is responsible for researching and bringing into use
new technologies for SCE.
In his 36 years with SCE, Bob has been involved in a wide range of research and
development activities including system planning, solar and wind energy development,
power quality, communications technologies, electronic metering, and substation/
distribution automation.
His present work is focused on planning the scope and
implementation for the Smart Grid at SCE. He is also involved in investigation of the effects
of high penetration of inverters on the SCE electrical system.
Bob graduated from California State University, Long Beach with a degree in Electrical
Engineering. He holds a Professional Engineer license in electrical engineering from the
state of California and is a member of the IEEE. Bob is on the Board of Directors of the UCA
International Users Group.
Mr. Woolas Hsieh brings over 20 years of experience in investment banking and
commercial banks to the company, including extensive knowledge of corporate
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governance, expertise in structuring financial products, and experience with equity
financing. He managed approximately a hundred people in these positions and contributed
to the launch of Taiwan's first exchange listed equity derivative in his time as Executive
Vice President in Structured Derivative Products. He previously held positions as an Equity
Trader at Lehman Brothers, Banking Center Manager/Vice President at Bank of America,
and is a Founding Partner of INNOVENTURE GROUP INC, a private equity venture capital
investment firm. Mr. Hsieh graduated from National Taiwan University with a BL in Law
and received an MBA in Finance from the University of Cincinnati.
Solarmer Energy Inc. is a developer of translucent, flexible plastic solar cells, the next wave
in generating renewable energy from the sun. These solar cells are opening the door for a
wide range of new application areas in renewable energy, which are not currently
addressable with conventional silicon solar cell technology. Solarmer is targeting four
major applications areas for OPV: consumer & portable electronics, building-integrated
photovoltaics (BIPV), smart fabrics, and sensor networks.
Christopher Clarke is a senior engineer in Southern California Edison's Advanced
Technology Organization. He has nine years of utility engineering experience primarily in
distribution planning, solar photovoltaic integration, and power systems modeling.
Chris earned a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from the University of
California at Los Angeles in 2003 and a masters of science degree in electrical engineering
from the University of Southern California in 2010, and is a registered professional
engineer in the state of California.
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Dr. Gang Li (李刚 博士)
Ph.D
Iowa State University
(Condensed Matter Physics)
MS
Iowa State University
(Electrical Engineering)
BS
Wuhan University
(Space Physics)
Dr. Gang Li is a research professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering
at UCLA. His research interest is mainly in the area of organic electronics for energy
applications, particularly polymer solar cells and organic light emitting devices (OLEDs). His
work involves device physics and engineering includes morphology, interface, device
architecture, coating etc. Dr. Li has ~ 70 publications on scientific journals such as Nature
Materials, Nature Photonics, Nature Communications etc., and an H-index of 40. His
research interest is on solution process thin film electronic devices, flexible and printed
electronics.
Pursing Next Generation Solar Cell Technology
Gang Li, Yang Yang
Dept. of MSE, UCLA
The PV research in UCLA is focusing on various solution processable thin film solar cells, as
solution process is promising for low-cost, flexible, lightweight, large-area energy
generation applications. We work on both inorganic thin film solar cell and organic
polymer solar cell research. In this talk, the progress in both research directions will be
presented.
In the organic solar cell research, since 2005, we have successfully improved the organic
solar cell performance from 1-2% to over 10% PCE. This is achieved through fundamental
understanding of the morphology and material, design and synthesis of novel donor and
acceptor materials and optimize organic/electrode interface. Most recently, our research is
on tandem polymer solar cell, as the tandem structure reduces photovoltage loss during
the photovoltaic process, and is proven to be effective in achieving high efficiency. Our
efforts on low band gap polymer design and interconnection layer / tunnel diode has lead
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to world record 10.6% power conversion efficiency under standard reporting condition
tested by NREL.
For inorganic solar cell research, solution processed CISS (CuIn(S,Se)2) and CZTS
(Cu2ZnSnS4) are the two systems we investigated toward low-cost and high-efficiency
photovaltaics. The chemistry of the metal chalcogenide solution, the physical property of
CISS or CZTS, and the optimization of device performance were systematically studied.
These studies have lead to thin film solar cells with 11% and 8% power conversion
efficiency (PCE) for CISS and CZTS, respectively. Moreover, hydrazine-free solution
processed CISS and CZTS, which is promising for the current PV industry, is also under
investigation.
Bloom Energy is the company that develops, builds, and installs Bloom Energy Servers. The
company was founded in 2001 by CEO K.R. Sridhar, and is headquartered in Sunnyvale,
California. The Bloom Energy Server (the Bloom Box) is a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) that
can use a wide variety of inputs, including liquid or gaseous hydrocarbons produced from
biological sources, to generate electricity on the site where it will be used. According to
the San Jose Mercury News, "Bloom's secret technology apparently lies in the proprietary
green ink that acts as the anode and the black ink that acts as the cathode..." Bloom Energy
Server uses inexpensive metal alloy plates for electric conductance between the two
ceramic fast ion conductor plates. In competing lower temperature fuel cells, platinum is
required at the cathode. Bloom stated that two hundred servers have been deployed in
California for corporations including eBay, Google and Wal-Mart.
Dr. Mike S. Yang is the Senior Director of Global Strategic Partnership for Bloom Energy, a
fuel cell company based in Sunnyvale, CA. Mike's career spans more than fifteen years in
the entrepreneurship, corporate strategy, operations, sourcing, and high-tech R&D.
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Prior to Bloom Energy, Mike served as the founding CFO of Danoo, a KPCB portfolio
company in the digital media space. Before this, Mike worked at McKinsey & Company,
where he spearheaded semiconductor, LCD, and hi-tech practices in Greater China, led
several CEO/CFO Office engagements, and was an active member in several multi-billion
dollar private equity transactions.
Mike started his career as a senior technical staff member at AT&T Bell Labs, where he led
multiple key projects and business development, including the overall system integration
and performance architecture of the Voice over IP and High Speed Network Initiative
following the acquisition of MediaOne and TCI in the formation of the largest US cable
network between 1998 and 2000. In 2000 Mike joined Akamai Technologies, where he set
up and managed Akamai's West Coast technical operations. His clients included Microsoft,
Apple, HP, Trendmicro, IBM, Symantec, Macy's, and other Fortune 500 firms.
In his spare time, he advises several start-ups and volunteers for the 1990 Institute, a nonprofit organization focused on developing education and exchange programs to broaden
understanding and build trust between Americans and Chinese.
Mike is an MBA graduate with distinction (Palmer Scholar) from the Wharton School of
Business, University of Pennsylvania. Mike also holds a Ph.D. in Engineering Sciences, M.S.
in Applied Physics, and a B.A. with highest honors (summa cum laude & Phi Beta Kappa
graduate) in Applied Mathematics with specializations in Biochemistry and Medical
Sciences from Harvard.
Dr. Sean C.Y. Lin is currently working in Bloom Energy, a fuel cell company based in
Sunnyvale, CA. Sean’s role in the Stack Engineering Group is focusing on designing and
optimizing core-technology component that lead to higher yield and better performance.
He also provides technical vendor management to improve manufacturing process, quality
and reduce cost. Prior to Bloom Energy, Sean worked at Lam Research Corp. (LRCX), a
public semiconductor equipment company based in Fremont, CA. Sean was in the New
Business Group and developing single wafer cleaning technology for Lam to enter wafer
cleaning business. He is responsible for critical hardware development as technology
incubator to bring process concepts into prototype and explore candidate vendors ready
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for mass production. Sean is the inventor for multiple US patents along his career starting
from graduate school in Michigan. Sean holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and
Scientific Computing, M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Michigan – Ann
Arbor. Sean obtained his B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from National Taiwan
University (NTU).
Vincent C. Tung Ph.D. (童俊智 博士)
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Univerisityof California, Merced
Merced, CA 95343
ctung@ucmerced.edu
Education
2012.8-
Assistant Professor
2010
ISEN Research Fellow, Northwestern University
2009
Ph.D. in Material Science, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
2005
M.S. in Chemistry, National Tsing-HuaUniversity (Taiwan)
Honors & Awards
2012
Visiting Professor at Department of Materials Science & Engineering,
Northwestern Universiy
2010
Visiting scholar fellowship for international carbon based research at
Academia Sinica, Taiwan
2010
Initiative for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern (ISEN)
Post Doctoral Fellow in Materials Science and Engineering,
Northwestern University
2009
Outstanding Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science and
Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles
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About TAASA
The Taiwanese American Aeronautics and Space Association (TAASA) is a professional
organization that consists of engineers and scientists working in academic institutions and
aerospace industries in the U.S. The mission of the TAASA is to promote the advancement
of technologies and science for the benefits of people both in Taiwan and the United States
of America. TAASA was founded in 1993 and we are celebrating our 20 th anniversary this
year. TAASA is an open association; any individual who works in the field of technology or
is interested in the technology development is welcome to join. www.taasa-web.org
Conference and event held by TAASA in the past 12 years:
2011 TASTC on Green Energy Technology
2009 TASTC on Nano and Energy Technology
2007 TASTC on Aerospace and Nano Technology
2005 TASTC on Aerospace and Nano Technology and Youth Paper Plane Contest
2003 TASTC on Aerospace and Nano Technology and Youth Paper Plane Contest
2002 TASTC on Aerospace Technology and SCAL Aerospace Industry Tour
2001 TASTC on Aerospace Technology
台美航太協會過去 12 年曾舉辦下列大型研討會和活動:
2011 年台美科技研討會-綠色能源科技
2009 年台美科技研討會-奈米與能源科技
2007 年台美科技研討會-航太與奈米科技 (與北美洲台灣人教授協會合辦)
2005 年台美科技研討會-航太與奈米科技 (與北美洲台灣人教授協會合辦)
2003 年台美科技研討會與青少年紙飛機比賽 (與國研院太空計畫室及 LA 科學組合辦)
2002 年美西產業技術人員返台參訪團
2002 年台美航太科技研討會及南加州航太工業參訪 (與駐洛杉磯科學組合辦)
2001 年台美科技發展研討會 (與北美洲台灣人教授協會合辦)
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