2026-04-20

29th National CFD Conference - Best Oral Presentation Paper Award (2 papers)

TFES Lab won two Best Oral Presentation Paper Awards at the 29th National CFD Conference for computational thermal-fluid and energy research.

2026-04-20

2014 Quanyan Technology Paper Award - Creative Merit

TFES Lab student won creative merit at the Quanyan Technology Paper competition, showcasing independent research and innovative thinking.

2026-04-16

TFES Lab New Website Officially Launched

TFES Lab launches its newly redesigned bilingual website.

2026-03-12

CYCU TMC Innovation Lab Opens — Prof. Huei-Chu Weng Serves as Director

CYCU TMC held its Innovation Lab opening ceremony on March 12, 2026. Prof. Huei-Chu Weng, PI of our lab, serves as TMC Director, leading the center in thermal management R&D and education for the AI/HPC era.

2026-01-29

TMC實創場域 Opening Ceremony

「熱管理研發中心(TMC)實創場域揭幕儀式」將在2026年3月12日於中原大學舉行，誠摯邀請各位蒞臨參與！

2025-12-20

Congratulations! 翁輝竹教授&黃建勝副教授指導學生 — Award

恭賀！翁輝竹教授&黃建勝副教授指導學生榮獲《學生海報獎》

2025-12-20

Congratulations! 翁輝竹教授 — Award

恭賀！翁輝竹教授榮獲《台灣熱質傳學會服務獎》

2025-12-20

9th Forum of Visual Science and Art - Student Poster 1st & 2nd Place (Cross-domain)

2025-12-20

HMTST Service Award

2025-12-17

Congratulations to Prof. Weng on Receiving the Award!

Professor Huei Chu Weng was awarded the Holistic Teacher Award, CYCU

2025-12-17

CYCU Inaugural Holistic Mentor Award — Life Navigation Award

Chung Yuan Christian University inaugurated the "Holistic Mentor Award" to honor educators who excel in classroom instruction and student mentorship. The ceremony was held on December 17, 2025. Professor Huei-Chu Weng received the "Life Navigation Award," recognizing his teaching philosophy centered on "theory, creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship." He emphasizes that professional competence and general education complement each other in cultivating well-rounded engineers. His courses have been consistently recognized by CYCU's course evaluation system. He has also received the IEET Teaching Excellence Award and Ministry of Education awards for new engineering education and energy talent cultivation. Three faculty members were honored: Assoc. Prof. Shan-Gen Jian (Potential Nurturing Award), Prof. Huei-Chu Weng (Life Navigation Award), and Prof. Chun-Chieh Chen (Holistic Legacy Award).

2025-12-10

NSTC University Research Award (AY 114)

Prof. Weng received the NSTC research incentive award for contributions in nanofluids, energy storage, and thermal management.

2025-12-10

Congratulations! 翁輝竹教授&李汶墾副教授 — Award

恭賀！翁輝竹教授&李汶墾副教授榮獲《研究優良貢獻教師》

2025-12-10

CYCU Excellent Research Contribution Teacher Award

2025-12-05

Congratulations! Kuo has won an award!

Congratulations! Chun-Ching Kuo has won the Doctoral Dissertation Award!

2025-11-15

Senior Project Competition Excellence Award (AY 114) - "Smart PCM Solar PV Power System"

Undergraduate team designed a smart solar PV system integrating phase-change material (PCM) thermal storage to boost conversion efficiency.

2025-11-15

Senior Project Competition Merit Award (AY 114) - "Wind-Driven Reverse Electrodialysis Power System"

Undergraduate team developed a wind-driven reverse electrodialysis (RED) power system combining salinity gradient and wind energy for dual green generation.

2025-11-03

TMC Official Website Launched

「熱管理研發中心」官方網站在2025年10月29日正式上線，於網路世界正式啟航！

2025-11-03

第九屆中華視覺科學與藝術論壇 — Call for Papers

「中華視覺科學與藝術論壇」將在2025年12月20日於台灣科技大學舉行，誠摯邀請各位蒞臨參與！

2025-11-03

TMC Official Social Channels Launched

大家久等了！熱管理研發中心(TMC))的社群正式上線啦！

2025-11-03

CYCU NEWS－TMC Innovation Hub

CYCU Launches TMC Innovation Hub to Advance Al Thermal Management!

2025-10-03

NSTC Subsidies for Research Awards in Colleges & Universities

2025-05-02

CSME Outstanding Master's Thesis Award - "Asymmetric Fin Arrangement on Latent Heat TES Melting"

M.S. student Wei-Hao Wang earned the outstanding thesis award for optimizing asymmetric fin arrangements to enhance melting in latent heat TES systems.

2025-01-01

2024-11-15

CSME Master's Thesis Honorable Mention (AY 113)

M.S. student Jun-Yang Wang received honorable mention for thesis research on enhanced heat transfer characteristics of nanofluids.

2024-10-20

2024 Taiwan Sustainable Energy Creative Practice - Special Creativity Award

TFES Lab undergraduate student team won the Special Creativity Award at the national sustainable energy competition for innovative clean energy applications.

2024-07-18

ICMAEE2024 Distinguished Oral Award

Hsin-Ying Wang and Prof. Weng earned the Distinguished Oral Award at ICMAEE2024 for outstanding research presentation.

2024-07-04

2024 Inter-University Project Competition Merit Award

TFES Lab students earned merit award in the inter-university project competition, recognized for clean energy research excellence.

2024-06-18

FFHMT 2024 Best Paper Award

Prof. Weng received the Best Paper Award at FFHMT 2024 (Fluid Flow, Heat and Mass Transfer), demonstrating international leadership in thermal-fluid research.

2024-01-01

2024-01-01

2024-01-01

Sigma Xi Full Member, The Scientific Research Honor Society

Prof. Weng elected as full member of Sigma Xi, one of the world's oldest and most prestigious scientific research honor societies, founded in 1886.

2023-12-15

7th Visual Science & Art Forum Student Poster Competition - Gold Medal

TFES Lab students won gold at the 7th Visual Science & Art Forum for artistic visualization of thermal-fluid phenomena.

2023-12-01

2023 CSME Student Paper Competition Merit Award

TFES Lab student earned merit recognition at the 2023 CSME Student Paper Competition for thermal-fluid and energy research.

2023-10-21

Senior Project Competition Merit Award (AY 112)

Undergraduate team earned merit award at the campus senior project competition for energy and environmental engineering innovation.

2023-10-15

2023 Taiwan Sustainable Energy Creative Practice - Silver Medal

TFES Lab team won silver medal at the national sustainable energy competition with an innovative clean energy device design.

2023-08-03

ICMAEE2023 Distinguished Paper Award

Szu-En Lai et al. received the Distinguished Paper Award at ICMAEE2023 for interdisciplinary research in advanced materials and energy engineering.

2023-07-12

2023 Inter-University Project Competition - Bronze Medal (2 awards)

Two TFES Lab teams won bronze medals at the inter-university industry-sponsored project competition for industry-oriented clean energy solutions.

2023-05-19

2023 IEET Outstanding Teaching Award

Prof. Weng received the IEET Outstanding Teaching Award for innovation in engineering education, curriculum design, and student learning outcomes.

2023-02-04

CYCU Industry-Academia Cooperation Cultivation Award (AY 111)

Prof. Weng recognized for sustained industry-academia collaboration, translating research into practical industrial applications.

2022-11-29

Senior Project Competition Excellence Award (AY 111)

Undergraduate team won excellence award at the campus senior project competition for innovative energy engineering design.

2022-11-05

2022 International Manufacturing Engineering Conference - Best Student Poster 1st Place

TFES Lab student won 1st place in the student poster competition at the International Manufacturing Engineering Conference.

2022-10-16

2022 Taiwan Sustainable Energy Creative Practice - Merit Award

TFES Lab team earned merit at the national sustainable energy competition for creative clean energy system design.

2022-09-13

2022 Sustainable Energy Inter-University Poster Competition - Gold & Merit

Two TFES Lab teams won gold and merit at the inter-university sustainable energy poster competition.

2022-07-15

ICMAEE2022 Distinguished Poster Paper Award

Tzu-Hsuan Huang and Prof. Weng received the Distinguished Poster Paper Award at ICMAEE2022 for advanced energy materials research.

2022-04-22

TSMEE 2022 National Conference Best Paper Award (2 papers)

TFES Lab won two Best Paper Awards at the TSMEE national conference for cutting-edge thermal-fluid and energy technology research.

2022-04-22

iSME Service Contribution Award

Prof. Weng received the TSMEE Service Contribution Award for sustained contributions to society development and international academic exchange.

2021-11-27

MOE Excellent Professional Technical Training Course Award

Prof. Weng's clean energy course was recognized as outstanding by the MOE for innovative hands-on pedagogy integrating theory and practice.

2021-11-13

Senior Project Competition (AY 110) - 2nd Place & Excellence (2 awards)

TFES Lab-mentored teams won 2nd place and two excellence awards at the campus project competition for green transport and clean energy systems.

2021-11-12

5th Visual Science & Art Forum - Poster Competition 2nd Place

TFES Lab students won 2nd place at the 5th Visual Science & Art Forum for combining thermal-fluid science with artistic presentation.

2021-10-23

ICMAEE2021 Distinguished Poster Paper Award

Kun-Da Wu and Prof. Weng earned the Distinguished Poster Paper Award at ICMAEE2021 for innovative nanomaterial applications in energy engineering.

2021-08-11

2021 Taoyuan-Hsinchu-Miaoli Clean Energy Competition - Gold, Bronze, Innovation & Technical Awards

TFES Lab teams swept four awards (Gold, Bronze, Innovation, Technical) at the regional clean energy competition in green transportation.

2020-12-18

4th Visual Science & Art Forum - Poster Competition 2nd Place

TFES Lab students won 2nd place at the 4th Visual Science & Art Forum with flow visualization research posters.

2020-10-24

Senior Project Competition (AY 109) - Excellence & Merit (3 awards)

TFES Lab-mentored teams won three awards at the campus project competition for wind power, motorcycle waste heat recovery, and vertical-axis wind turbines.

2020-07-17

2020 Taoyuan-Hsinchu-Miaoli Clean Energy Competition - Gold Medal & Innovation Award

TFES Lab teams won gold medal and innovation award at the regional clean energy competition for creative system design.

2019-12-07

CSME Doctoral Dissertation Award 2nd Place - "Experimental Study on Magnetowetting of Magnetic Nanofluids"

Ph.D. student Yu-Chin Chien won 2nd place for pioneering experimental research on magnetowetting phenomena in magnetic nanofluids.

2019-11-21

3rd Visual Science & Art Forum - Excellent Work Award (2 awards)

Two TFES Lab teams received excellent work awards at the 3rd Visual Science & Art Forum for scientific visualization.

2019-10-26

Senior Project Competition (AY 108) - Excellence (2 awards)

Two undergraduate teams won excellence awards at the campus project competition for clean energy devices and water purification systems.

2019-10-06

2019 Taiwan Clean Energy Creative Practice - Silver Medal

TFES Lab team won silver medal at the national clean energy competition for innovative sustainable energy device design.

2019-07-12

2019 Taoyuan-Hsinchu-Miaoli Clean Energy Competition - Gold, Bronze & Technical Award

TFES Lab teams won gold, bronze, and technical implementation awards at the regional clean energy innovation competition.

2018-10-31

CYCU Outstanding Excellent Career Program Leader Award

2018-10-26

2nd Visual Science & Art Forum - Best Popularity Award

TFES Lab team won the Best Popularity Award at the 2nd Visual Science & Art Forum for a poster combining scientific depth and aesthetic design.

2018-10-20

Senior Project Competition (AY 107) - Excellence (2 awards)

Two undergraduate teams won excellence awards for wind testing platform and bicycle power generation system projects.

2018-08-06

2018 Xutai Technology Paper Award - Special Award & Creative Merit

TFES Lab students received special and creative merit awards at the Xutai Technology Paper competition for energy and nanomaterial research.

2018-07-20

2018 International Industrial/Academic Leadership Experience - 3rd Place

TFES Lab students won 3rd place at the International Industrial/Academic Leadership Experience through cross-national collaboration.

2018-01-01

2018-01-01

2017-12-01

CSME Master's Thesis Honorable Mention (AY 106)

M.S. student Meng-Xue Yang earned honorable mention for thesis research on thermal-fluid engineering and nanotechnology applications.

2017-10-21

Senior Project Competition (AY 106) - Excellence & Merit (3 awards)

Three TFES Lab-mentored teams excelled in projects covering multifunctional fans, tunnel wind power, and smart blade design.

2017-10-02

ICI2017 Best Paper Award

Yu-Chin Chien and Prof. Weng won the Best Paper Award at ICI2017 for research on magnetic nanofluid interfacial phenomena and heat transfer.

2017-10-01

MNHTE2017 Best Oral Presentation Award

Ph.D. student Yu-Chin Chien won the Best Oral Presentation at MNHTE2017 for research on nanoscale heat transfer enhancement mechanisms.

2017-01-01

2016-12-07

CYCU Distinguished Invention Award (AY 104)

Prof. Weng received the CYCU Distinguished Invention Award for outstanding patent development translating research into practical inventions.

2016-10-22

Senior Project Competition (AY 105) - Excellence (2 awards)

Two undergraduate teams won excellence awards for solar fan system and energy dryer design projects.

2016-10-05

CYCU Outstanding Campus Mentor (AY 104)

Prof. Weng recognized as Outstanding Campus Mentor for dedicated student counseling, academic guidance, and holistic care.

2016-10-01

2016 Xutai Technology Paper Award - Creative Merit

Student Guan-Zhong Lai won creative merit at the Xutai Technology Paper competition for innovative energy technology research.

2015-10-24

Senior Project Competition (AY 104) - Excellence (3 awards)

Three teams won excellence awards for wind turbine development, nano-dehumidifier design, and solar cell anti-scorch system.

2015-06-23

CYCU Teaching Excellence Award (AY 103)

Prof. Weng received the CYCU Teaching Excellence Award for outstanding curriculum design, innovative teaching methods, and student guidance.

2015-06-13

2015 Engineering Day Competition - 3rd Place

TFES Lab team won 3rd place at the CYCU Engineering Day competition demonstrating interdisciplinary engineering skills.

2014-12-06

CSME Outstanding Young Engineering Professor Award

Prof. Weng received the CSME Outstanding Young Engineering Professor Award, one of the highest academic honors for young faculty in mechanical engineering.

2014-10-17

Senior Project Competition (AY 103) - 1st Place & Excellence

TFES Lab-mentored teams won 1st place and excellence award at the campus project competition for engineering and energy system innovation.

2014-10-01

CYCU Outstanding Campus Mentor (AY 102)

Prof. Weng again recognized as Outstanding Campus Mentor for holistic education and caring student development approach.

2013-12-06

CSME Master's Thesis Honorable Mention (AY 102)

M.S. student Xue-Wen Xu earned honorable mention for thesis research related to wind engineering and fluid mechanics.

2013-11-30

MOE Excellent Compilation Award

2013-10-12

Senior Project Competition (AY 102) - 2nd Place

Bo-Xiong Wu and Yu-Xuan Chen won 2nd place at the campus project competition demonstrating engineering skills and teamwork.

2013-07-19

2013 Wind Turbine System Design Competition - 3rd Place & Merit

Two TFES Lab teams won 3rd place and merit at the national wind turbine system design competition.

2012-12-07

CSME Master's Thesis Award 2nd Place - "Magnetic Nanofluid Pendant Drop Interfacial Properties"

M.S. student Jun-Yu Zhang won 2nd place for experimental research on magnetic nanofluid pendant drop interfacial properties.

2012-10-13

Senior Project Competition (AY 101) - 3rd Place

Undergraduate team won 3rd place at the campus project competition for innovative energy engineering design.

2012-07-16

2012 Small Wind Turbine Blade Design Competition - 2nd Place & Merit (2 awards)

TFES Lab teams won 2nd place and two merit awards at the national small wind turbine blade design competition.

2011-08-26

2011 Vertical Small Wind Turbine Blade Design Competition - Merit

TFES Lab team earned merit in their first national vertical wind turbine blade design competition, starting a tradition of excellence.