Prof. Bang-Fuh Chen
National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan, China

Biography:

Dr. Bang-Fuh Chen is an Honorary Chair Professor, at the National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan, and Emeritus Professor, at the Department of Marine Environment and Engineering, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Bang-Fuh lead an integrated team of muti-discipline professors from several famous universities in Taiwan to accomplish the deployment of the first tidal energy capture system in Taiwan. The max pto of the water turbine is nearly 5kW and the supporting anchor and mooring system successfully resisted the invasion of the strong typhoon. Recently, Dr. Chen also developed an innovative ocean wave energy harvesting system in a resonant coastal reservoir and the preliminary study shows the efficiency is much higher than the traditional OWC system. In addition, Chen also applies renewable energy to aquaculture. Dr. Chen serves on the editorial board for several journals.