Distinguished professor

Wei-Cheng Lo

Director of International Sustainable Development Center

Office:3F 4652

Extension: 63264
Email:lowc@mail.ncku.edu.tw
NCKU Research

Education

2003 Ph.D. Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California at Berkeley

1996 M.S. Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University

1993 B.S. Hydraulic and Ocean Engineering, National Cheng Kung University

Specialties:

Soil-Water Physics, Modeling Multiphase Flow and Transport in Deformable Porous Media, Saltwater Intrusion into Coastal Aquifers, Remediation of groundwater aquifers and Enhanced Oil Recovery, Poro-mechanics in Fluid-containing Porous Media, Mechanical Interaction connecting Geophysics to Subsurface Hydrology, Soil Erosion and Conservation, Flood Hydrology

Teaching courses:

Dr. Lo teaches graduate courses on

Advanced Engineering Mathematics, Advanced Groundwater Hydrology, Applied Hydrology, Two-phase Fluid Flows in Deformble Porous Media, Vadose Zone Hydrology, and Seminar,

as well as undergraduate courses on
Engineering Mathematics, Applied Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics (I)(II), Hydrology , Mechanics of Materials , and Structural Analysis.

2005/02 ~ 2008/07 Assistant Professor, Department of Hydraulic and Ocean Engineering, National Cheng Kung University

2006/06 ~ present Invited Affiliate Scientist, Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

2008/08 ~ 2011/07 Associate professor, Department of Hydraulic and Ocean Engineering, National Cheng Kung University

2011/08 ~ present Professor, Department of Hydraulic and Ocean Engineering, National Cheng Kung University

2016/08 ~ 2018/07 Director, Institute of Ocean Technology and Marine Affairs

2016/08 ~ 2018/07 Director, International Master Program on Natural Hazards Mitigation and Management

2016/08 ~ 2018/07 Head, Department of Hydraulic and Ocean Engineering, National Cheng Kung University