Faculty

Wei, Hsien-Hung 魏憲鴻 (Professor)

Contact:

Office:93916
Phone:(06)-2757575-62691
Fax:(06)-2344496
E-mail:hhwei@mail.ncku.edu.tw
Research Expertise:
Nano-Micro-Electro-Mechanical Integrated System, Lab-on-chip, Engineering-Oriented Biotransport

 

NCKU Research: 

Personal CV :

Education

Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, City University of New York, 2000.

B.S. in Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, 1991.

Experience

Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung Univeristy, 2011-present.

Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, 2006-2011.

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, 2003-2006.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Biofluid Mechanics Research Lab of Prof. James Grotberg (http://stage.bme.umich.edu/labs/biofluids/),Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, 2000-2003.

Teaching

  • Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics, Falls in 2003-2010.
  • Biomedical Transport Phenomena, Falls in 2003-2007.
  • Introduction to Biomedical Engineering, Springs in 2004-2009.
  • Scaling Concepts in Microfluidics, Falls in 2008-2010.
  • Microhydrodynamics and its Applications, Springs in 2005-2007.

Publications

56. Yang, F.-L.; Chen, Y.-A.Premlata, A.R. and Wei, H.-H."Stick-Slip Squirmers: Slip Asymmetry Can Qualitatively Change Self-Swimming Characteristics of Squirmers ",Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 967, A29 (2023). [Link]

55. Premlata, A.R. and Wei, H.-H. "Anisotropic Stresslet and Rheology of Stick–Slip Janus Spheres ",Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 945, A1 (2022). [Link]

54. Premlata, A.R. and Wei, H.-H."Coupled Faxen Relations for Non-Uniform Slip Janus Spheres",Physics of Fluids, 33112003 (2021). [Link]

53. Chen, J.-A.; Miloh, T.; Kaveevivitchai, W. and Wei, H.-H. "AC Electrohydrodynamic Landau-Squire Flows around a Conducting Nanotip",Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 925, A6 (2021). [Link]

52. Premlata, A.R. and Wei, H.-H. "Atypical Non-Basset Particle Dynamics Due to Hydrodynamic Slip",Physics of Fluids, 32, 097109 (23 pages) (2020). [Link

51. Premlata, A.R. and Wei, H.-H. "Reentrant History Force Transition for Stick-Slip Janus Swimmers:Mixed Basset and Slip-Induced Memory Effects",Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 882, A7 (2020). [Link]  

50. Premlata,A.R. and Wei,H.-H."History Hydrodynamic Torque Transitions in Oscillatory Spinning of Stick-Slip Janus Particles",AIP Advances, 9, 125113 (2019). [Link]    

49. Wei, H.-H.;Tsao, H.-K. and Chu, K.-C. "Slipping Moving Contact Lines:Critical Roles of De Gennes's "Foot" in Dynamic Wetting",Journal of Fluid Mechanics873, 110-150 (2019). [Link] 

48. Premlata, A.R. and Wei, H.-H. "The Basset Problem With Dynamic Slip:Slip-Induced Memory Effect and Slip-Stick Transition",Journal of Fluid Mechanics866, 431-449 (2019). [Link

47. Hideki Fujioka and Wei, H.-H. "Letter:New Boundary Layer Structures Due to Strong Wall Slippage", Physics of Fluids30, 121702 (2018). [Link]

46. Wei, H.-H. "Marangoni-Enhanced Capillary Wetting in Surfactant-Driven Superspreading", Journal of Fluid Mechanics855, 181–209 (2018). [Link]

45. David, H. and  Wei, H.-H. "Slip-Enhanced Drop Formation in a Liquid Falling Down a Vertical Fibre ", Journal of Fluid Mechanics820, 42–60 (2017). [Link]

44. Wei, H.-H. and Li, Y.-K." Conformational Transitions of Single Polymer Adsorption in Poor Solvent: Wetting Transition Due to Molecular Confinement Induced Line Tension ", Physical Review E94,012501 (2016). [Link]

43. Chen, Y.-F.; Wei, H.-H.; Sheng, Y.-J. and Tsao, H.-K." Superdiffusion in Dispersions of Active Colloids Driven by an External Field and Their Sedimentation Equilibrium ", Physical Review E93,042611 (2016). [Link]

42. David, H.; Li, Y.-C. and  Wei, H.-H." Slip-Induced Suppression of Marangoni Film Thickening in Surfactant-Retarded Landau-Levich-Bretherton Flows", Journal of Fluid Mechanics781,578–594 (2015). [Link]

41. Huang,C.-H.; Li,Y.-C.; Yeh,Y.-Q.; Jeng,U.-S.; Wei, H.-H. and Jan, J.-S. "Probing Conformational Transitions of Polymer Chains by Microrheology", Polymer55, 3168-3177 (2014). [Link]

40. Li, Y.-C.; Liao, Y.-C.; Wen, T.-C. and  Wei, H.-H. "Breakdown of the Bretherton Law Due to Wall Slippage", Journal of Fluid Mechanics741, 200–227 (2014). [Link]

39. Liao, Y.-C.; Li, Y.-C.; Chang, Y.-C.; Huang, C.-Y. and  Wei, H.-H. "Speeding Up Thermocapillary Migration of a Confined Bubble by Wall Slip", Journal of Fluid Mechanics746, 31–52 (2014). [Link]

38. Liao, Y.-C.; Li, Y.-C. and  Wei, H.-H. "Drastic Changes in Interfacial Hydrodynamics Due to Wall Slippage: Slip-Intensified Film Thinning, Drop Spreading, and Capillary Instability", Physical Review Letters111(13), 136001 (2013). [Link]

37. Li, Y.-C.; Wen, T.-C. and  Wei, H.-H. "Electrophoretic Stretching of Tethered Polymer Chains by Travelling-Wave Electric Fields: Tunable Stretching, Expedited Coil-Stretch Transition, and a New Paradigm of Dynamic Molecular Probing", Soft Matter8(6), 1977–1990 (2012). [Link]

36. Tang, S.-W.; Chang, C.-H. and  Wei, H.-H. "Roles of Solution Conductivity Mismatch in Transient Current and Fluid Transport in Electrolyte Displacement by Electro-osmotic Flow", Microfluidics and Nanofluidics10(2), 337–353 (2011). [Link]

35. Du, J.-R. and  Wei, H.-H. "Focusing and Trapping of DNA Molecules by Head-On AC Electrokinetic Streaming through Join Asymmetric Polarization", Biomicrofluidics4(3), 034108 (2010). This paper was selected for the September 1, 2010 issue of Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research. [Link]

34. Liu, S.-J.; Wei, H.-H.; Hwang, S.-H. and Chang, H.-C. "Dynamic Particle Trapping, Release, and Sorting by Microvortices on a Substrate", Physical Review E82(2), 026308 (2010). [Link]

33. Tang, S.-W.; Chang, C.-H. and  Wei, H.-H. "Application of Electroosmotically-Driven Solution Displacement for On-Chip Probing and Characterization of Protein Adsorption", Applied Physics Letters97(4), 043704 (2010). This paper was selected for the August 1, 2010 issue of Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research. [Link]

32. Basuray, S.; Wei, H.-H.  and Chang, H.-C. "Dynamic Double Layer Effects on AC-Induced Dipoles of Dielectric Nanocolloids", Biomicrofluidics4(2), 022801 (2010). [Link]

31. Wei, H.-H.  and Jan, J.-S. "Self-Propulsion and Dispersion of Reactive Colloids Due to Entropic Anisotropy", Journal of Fluid Mechanics657, 64–88 (2010). [Link]

30. Hsieh, S.-F. and  Wei, H.-H. "Entropic Trap, Surface-Mediated Combing, and Assembly of DNA Molecules with in Submicrometer Interfacial Confinement", Physical Review E79(2), 021901 (2009). This paper was selected for the February 15, 2009 issue of Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research. [Link

29. Du, J.-R.; Juang, Y.-J.; Wu, J.-T. and  Wei, H.-H. "Long-Range and Superfast Trapping of DNA Molecules in an AC Electrokinetic Funnel", Biomicrofluidics2(4), 044103 (2008). [Link]

28. Liu, S.-J.; Hwang, S.-H. and  Wei, H.-H. "Nonuniform Electro-Csmotic Flow on Charged Strips and Its Use in Particle Trapping", Langmuir24(23), 13776–13789 (2008). [Link]

27. Hsieh, S.-F.; Chang, C.-P.; Juang, Y.-J. and  Wei, H.-H. "Stretching DNA with Electric Fields Beneath Submicron Interfacial Constriction Created by a Closely Fitting Microdroplet in a Microchannel", Applied Physics Letters93(8), 084103 (2008). [Link

26. Kuo, A.-T.; Chang, C.-H. and  Wei, H.-H. "Transient Currents in Electrolyte Displacement by Asymmetric Electro-Osmosis and Determination of Surface Zeta Potentials of Composite Microchannels", Applied Physics Letters92(24), 244102 (2008). [Link]

25. Wang, S.-C.; Wei, H.-H.; Chen, H.-P.; Tsai, M.-H.; Yu, C.-C. and Chang, H.-C. "Dynamic Superconcentration at Critical-Point Double-Layer Gates of Conducting Nanoporous Granules Due to Asymmetric Tangential Fluxes", Biomicrofluidics2(1), 014102 (2008). [Link

24. Wei, H.-H.; Yang, M.-W. and Lin, S.-Y. "An Examination on the Validity of the Assumptions Commonly Made in Dynamic Surface Tension Measurement Using a Pendant Bubble", Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects317(1–3), 284–288 (2008). [Link]

23. Yang, M.-W.; Wei, H.-H.  and Lin, S.-Y. "A Theoretical Study on Surfactant Adsorption Kinetics: Effect of Bubble Shape on Dynamic Surface Tension", Langmuir23(25), 12606-12616 (2007). [Link]

22. Hsieh, S.-F.; Shih, M.-L.; Du, J.-R.; Chang, C.-P.; Wu, J.-T. and  Wei, H.-H. "New Strategies Utilizing Transport Phenomena for Engineering Systems at the Nanoliter Scale", Chemical Engineering (in Chinese, published by Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers), 54(5), 3–20 (2007). This paper was selected to be one of the best papers in the year. [Link]

21. Halpern, D. and  Wei, H.-H. "Electroosmotic Flow in a Microcavity with Nonuniform Surface Charges", Langmuir23(18), 9505-9512 (2007). [Link]

20. Wei, H.-H. "Dynamic Surfing and Trapping of Charged Colloids in a Traveling-Wave Electrophoretic Ratchet", Applied Physics Letters90(20), 204103 (2007). [Link]

19. Wu, J.-T.; Du, J.-R.; Juang, Y.-J. and  Wei, H.-H. "Rectified Elongational Streaming Due to Asymmetric Electro-osmosis Induced by AC Polarization", Applied Physics Letters90(13), 134103 (2007). [Link]

18. Wei, H.-H. "Role of Base Flows on Surfactant-Driven Interfacial Instabilities", Physical Review E75(3), 036306 (2007). [Link]

17. Huh, D.; Bahng, J.H.; Ling, Y.; Wei, H.-H.; Kripfgans, O.D.; Fowlkes, J.B.; Grotberg, J.B. and Takayama, S. "Gravity-Driven Microfluidic Particle Sorting Device with Hydrodynamic Separation Amplification", Analytical Chemistry79(4), 1369–1376 (2007). [Link]

16. Wei, H.-H. "Shear-Flow and Thermocapillary Interfacial Instabilities in a Two-Layer Viscous Flow", Physics of Fluids18(6), 064109 (2006). [Link]

15. Wei, H.-H. "On the Flow-Induced Marangoni Instability Due to the Presence of Surfactant", Journal of Fluid Mechanics544, 173–200 (2005). [Link]

14. Wei, H.-H.  and Rumschitzki, D.S. "The Effects of Insoluble Surfactants on the Linear Stability of a Core-Annular Flow", Journal of Fluid Mechanics541, 115–142 (2005). [Link]

13. Wei, H.-H. "Thermocapillary Instability of Core-Annular Flows", Physics of Fluids17(10), 102102 (2005). [Link]

12. Wei, H.-H. "Stability of a Viscoelastic Falling Film with Surfactant Subjected to an Interfacial Shear", Physical Review E71(6), 066306 (2005). [Link]

11. Wei, H.-H.; Halpern, D. and Grotberg, J.B. "Linear Stability of a Surfactant-Laden Annular Film in a Time-Periodic Pressure-Driven Flow through a Capillary", Journal of Colloid and Interface Science285(2), 769–780 (2005). [Link]

10. Wei, H.-H. "Shear-Modulated Electroosmotic Flow on a Patterned Charged Surface", Journal of Colloid and Interface Science284(2), 742–752 (2005). [Link]

 9. Wei, H.-H.; Fujioka, H.; Hirschl, R.B. and Grotberg, J.B. "A Model of Flow and Surfactant Transport in an Oscillatory Alveolus Partially Filled with Liquid", Physics of Fluids17(3), 031510 (2005). [Link]

 8. Wei, H.-H. "Marangoni Destabilization on a Core-Annular Film Flow Due to the Presence of Surfactant", Physics of Fluids17(2), 027101 (2005). [Link]

 7. Wei, H.-H. "Effect of Surfactant on the Long-Wave Instability of a Shear-Imposed Liquid Flow Down an Inclined Plane", Physics of Fluids17(1), 012103 (2005). [Link]

 6. Huh, D.; Tkaczyk, A.H.; Bahng, J.H.; Chang, Y.; Wei, H.-H.; Grotberg, J.B.; Kim, C.-J.; Kurabayashi, K. and Takayama, S. "Reversible Switching of High-Speed Air–Liquid Two-Phase Flows Using Electrowetting-Assisted Flow-Pattern Change", Journal of the American Chemical Society125(48), 14678–14679 (2003). [Link]

 5. Wei, H.-H.; Waters, S.L.; Liu, S.Q. and Grotberg, J.B. "Flow in a Wavy-Walled Channel Lined with a Poroelastic Layer", Journal of Fluid Mechanics492, 23–45 (2003). [Link]

 4. Wei, H.-H.; Benintendi, S.W.; Halpern, D. and Grotberg, J.B. "Cycle-Induced Flow and Transport in a Model of Alveolar Liquid Lining", Journal of Fluid Mechanics483, 1–36 (2003). [Link]

 3. Wei, H.-H.  and Rumschitzki, D.S. "The Weakly Nonlinear Interfacial Stability of a Core-Annular Flow in a Corrugated Tube", Journal of Fluid Mechanics466, 149–177 (2002). [Link]

 2. Wei, H.-H.  and Rumschitzki, D.S. "The Linear Stability of a Core-Annular Flow in an Asymptotically Corrugated Tube", Journal of Fluid Mechanics466, 113–147 (2002). [Link]

 1. Huh, D.; Tung, Y.-C.; Wei, H.-H.; Grotberg, J.B.; Skerlos, S.J.; Kurabayashi, K. and Takayama, S. "Use of Air-Liquid Two-Phase Flow in Hydrophobic Microfluidic Channels for Disposable Flow Cytometers", Biomedical Microdevices4(2), 141–149 (2002). [Link]

Research

  • Wu Da-You Memorial Award (Young Investigator Award) (only 35 awardees in all fields), National Science Council of Taiwan, 2007.
  • Best Paper Award, Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2008.
  • Rising Star, School of Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, 2007 & 2008.
  • Young Scholar Award in Mechanics, Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics of the Repulic of China, 2013.