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Sustainable Concrete Materials
The center aims at developing new technology routes to integrate waste materials in the production cycle of concrete, resulting in an innovative light-weight, eco-compatible and cost-effective construction materials.  The concrete would be made by all-waste raw materials and characterized by low embodied energy, low CO2 emission, improve ductility and thermal insulation performances. The target of low embodied energy and CO2 will be mainly achieved through working on the binder side, while the target of energy efficiency (heat insulation) will be mainly achieved through working on the aggregates side.

The projects running through this research center will have diversify results, while setting-up a novel low-cost material for producing energy-efficient buildings components, will also contribute to solving the issue of waste pressure on towns and to reducing the consumption of not-renewable natural raw materials.

Director of SUS-CON Research Center 


Chao-Lung Hwang

Office Room: E2-601-1    
Tel: 886-2-27376575    
Fax: 886-2-27376606    
E-mail: mikehwang@mail.ntust.edu.tw
| Education 
  • Ph.D., Civil Engineering Material, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

| Research 
  • Green concrete, geo-polymer, high performance concrete, self compacting concrete, recycling aggregates and concrete, lightweight aggregates and concrete, utilization of different wastes as construction materials, new construction method, construction automation, heavy-weight concrete, green materials for the reduction of energy and CO2 emission.

| Professional Experience
  •  Current:
  1. Director of SUS-CON, TBTC, Taiwan Tech, Taiwan 
  2. Chairman and professor of Department of Construction Engineering, Taiwan Tech, Taiwan
  3. A research partner of European community in Taiwan in charge of TP7 SUS-CON.
  4. Assisting to Tai-Power company in Taiwan to effectively use total coal ash control low strength material in ash banks.

  • Past:
  1. Designing and consulting landmark projects in Taiwan:
    Ø  High performance and high flowing concrete for 85-stories T&C Tower in Kaohsiung, Taipei Financial
         Center, Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Taipei Exclusive Bus Lane.
    Ø  Self compacting concrete for Tai Shin Holding Center Building, Nan Gang Railway Station System, Wei Wu
         Ying Center for Arts.
  2. Board Director of Corrosion Engineering Association of the Republic of China
  3. Board Director of Chinese Society of Structural Engineering Board
  4. Board Director of Chinese Institute of Civil and Hydraulic Engineering
  5. Chairman of Engineering Committee Institute of Concrete 
  6. Board Director of Taiwan Sewer Age Association

| Honors and Awards 
  1. Excellent paper Awards from Corrosion Engineering Association
  2. Excellent paper Awards from Architectural Institute
  3. Excellent paper Awards from fourteenth Conference on Construction Engineering and Management, and Lightweight aggregate association

| Teaching 
  • Green and Durability Design of pozzolanic Concrete, Principles and practice of High Performance Concrete (HPC), Material scienc    


|  Publications