Name: Ven-Gen Lee
 

Professor in Department of Civil Engineering

National Chi Nan University, Taiwan

Tel：(049) 2910-960 ext. 4952 

Fax：(049) 2918-679

vglee@ncnu.edu.tw

http://amd.ce.ncnu.edu.tw


 
Academic experience

Education: 

  • Ph.D., Northwestern University
  • B.S., National Taiwan University

Experiences:

  • Professor, Dept. of Civil Eng., National Chi Nan University, 2013-present
  • Associate Professor, National Chi Nan University, 2003-2013
  • Assistant Professor, National Chi Nan University, 1997-2003
  • Research Associate, Dept. of Civil and Materials Eng., University of Illinois at Chicago, 1993-1997
  • Research Assistant, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Program, Northwestern University, 1989-1993
Teaching courses
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Advanced Mechanics of Materials
  • Lab for Civil Engineering 
  • Advanced Engineering Mathematics (I & II)
  • Engineering Materials
  • Mechanics of Composites
  • Mechanical Behavior of Materials
  • Micromechanics
  • Calculus
Research and interests
  • Micromechanics
  • Ceramics Processing
  • Failure Analysis of Materials
  • Anisotropic Elasticity
  • Mechanics of Composites
  • Smart materials
  • Structures
honor
 

─ Marquis Who'sWho in Science and Engineering, 2003-2007

─ NCNU Teaching Contribution Award，2008-2009

─ Advising professor for excellent teaching assistant (Lab for Civil Engineering)，2008-2009

─ Advising professor for outstanding teaching assistant (mechanics of materials)，2010- 2011

─ Advising professor for excellent teaching assistant (mechanics of materials)，2009-2010、2012-2013

 

Domestic and foreign journals

  • (1) Ven-Gen Lee, 2015. The Three-dimensional infinite space and half-space Green's functions for orthotropic materials. Journal of Mechanics, 31 (1), 21 - 28. (EI, SCI).

  • (2) Ven-Gen Lee , 2013, Superposing scheme for the three-dimensional Green’s functions of an anisotropic half-space, International Journal of Solids and Structures 50, 2407–2415 (SCI, EI)

  • (3) Ven-Gen Lee , 2009, Derivatives of the three-dimensional Green’s functions for anisotropic materials, International Journal of Solids and Structures 46, 3471–3479 (SCI, EI)

  • (4) Ven-Gen Lee , Ting-Hao Yeh, 2008, Sintering effects on the development of mechanical properties of fired clay ceramics, Materials Science and Engineering A 485, 5–13 (SCI, EI)

  • (5) Y. C. Shiah, C. L. Tan and V.G. Lee, 2008, Evaluation of Explicit-form Fundamental Solutions for Displacements and Stresses in 3D Anisotropic Elastic Solids, Computer Modelling in Engineering & Sciences, vol.34, no.3, 205-226 (SCI, EI)

  • (6) V.G. Lee, 2004,“Applications of Stroh Formalism in Anisotropic Elasticity,” (Invited paper) Journal of the Institute of Civil and Hydraulic Engineering, Special Issue, pp. 805-813.

  • (7) V.G. Lee, 2003, “The Extension of Stroh Formalism to Three-Dimensional Anisotropic Elasticity,”(Invited paper) The Chinese Journal of Mechanics, Series A, Vol. 19, pp. 61-68. (EI, SCI Expanded)

  • (8) V.G. Lee, 2003,“Explicit Expression of Derivatives of Elastic Green’s Functions for General Anisotropic Materials,” Mechanics Research Communications, Vol. 30, pp. 241-249. (EI, SCI)

  • (9) V.G. Lee, 2002,“Evaluation of the Three-Dimensional Elastic Green\'s Function in Anisotropic Cubic Media,” International Journal of Engineering Science, Vol. 40, pp.1349-1361. (EI, SCI)

  • (10)T.C.T. Ting and V.G. Lee, 1997, “The Three-Dimensional Elastostatic Green’s Function for General Anisotropic Linear Elastic Solids,” Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics, Vol.50, Pt. 3, 407-426. (EI, SCI)

  • (11)V.G. Lee and T. Mura, 1994,“Load Diffusion and Absorption Problems from a Finite Fiber to Elastic Infinite Matrix,” ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics, Vol.61, 567-574. (EI, SCI)

  • (12)V.G. Lee and T. Mura, 1994,“Load Transfer Problem from a Finite Fiber into an Elastic Semi-Infinite Medium,” ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics, Vol.61, 971-975. (EI, SCI)

  • (13)H. Hasegawa, V.G. Lee and T. Mura, 1993,“ Hollow Circular Cylindrical Inclusion at the Surface of a Half Space,”ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics, Vol.60, 33-40. (EI, SCI)

  • (14)H. Hasegawa, V.G. Lee and T. Mura, 1992,“ The Stress Fields Caused by a Circular Cylindrical Inclusion,” ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics, Vol.59, S107-S114. (EI, SCI)

  • (15)H. Hasegawa, V.G. Lee and T. Mura, 1992,“Green’s Functions for Axisymmetric Problems of Dissimilar Elastic Solids,” ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics, Vol.59, 312-320. (EI, SCI)

Domestic and foreign seminars

 

Domestic Conferences:

(1) Kun-Yi Hsu and Ven-Gen Lee (2014), Utilization of water bamboo husk in making bricks for thermal insulation. The twelfth national conference on structure engineering and the second national conference on earthquake engineering, August 27-29, Kaohsiung.

(2) Kun-Yi Hsu and Ven-Gen Lee (2013), The feasibility study of the use water bamboo husk for making thermal insulation bricks. The annual meeting and national conference of the Chinese Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, October 25, CPC Corporation, Miaoli, Taiwan.

(3) Chung-Ming Chang and Ven-Gen Lee (2013), The study of color changing mechanism for clay bricks. The annual meeting and national conference of the Chinese Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, October 25, CPC Corporation, Miaoli, Taiwan.

(4) Tsung-Lin Ho and Ven-Gen Lee (2012), Properties and thermal conductivity of clay bricks added with diatomite. The eleventh national conference on structure engineering and the second national conference on earthquake engineering, September 5-7, Taichung.

(5) Chih-Hao Cheng and Ven-Gen Lee (2011), The feasibility study of the use rice husk for making thermal insulation bricks. Conference on Resources Engineering 2011, July, 21-22, 2011, NCKU, Tainan, Taiwan，Paper Number：RR-15.

(6) Ven-Gen Lee and Chih-Hao Cheng (2011), Effect of rice husk on the thermal conductivity of clay-based ceramic materials. Materials Research Society Taiwan－IUMRS ICA 2011annual meeting and national conference, Paper Number：1241.

(7) Ven-Gen Lee and Chong-Jie Dai (2011), Development and characterization of a translucent clay-based ceramic material. Materials Research Society Taiwan－IUMRS ICA 2011annual meeting and national conference, Paper Number：1248.

(8) Li-Ying Tung and Ven-Gen Lee (2010), Effects of iolite and vermiculite on the thermal conductivity of clay bricks. Materials Research Society Taiwan 2010 annual meeting and national conference, Paper Number：01-0680.

(9) Tsung-Lin Ho and Ven-Gen Lee (2010), Effects of zeolite on the thermal conductivity of clay bricks. Materials Research Society Taiwan 2010 annual meeting and national conference, Paper Number：01-0809.

(10) Wei-Cheng Yang and Ven-Gen Lee (2010), Effects of silica on the thermal conductivity of clay bricks. Materials Research Society Taiwan 2010 annual meeting and national conference, Paper Number：01-0831.

(11) Jun-Shen Hsiao and Ven-Gen Lee (2009), The influence of oxide addition on the properties of alumina ceramics. The fourth conference on resources engineering.

(12) Jun-Shen Hsiao and Ven-Gen Lee (2009), The effects of additives on the microstructures of alumina ceramics. The 26th annual meeting and national conference of the Chinese Society of Mechanical Engineers.

(13) Jun-Shen Hsiao and Ven-Gen Lee (2008), The addition of flux on the mechanical properties of alumina ceramics. Materials Research Society Taiwan 2008 annual meeting and national conference, November 21-22.

(14) Yu-Lin Tsai and Ven-Gen Lee (2006), The effect of sintering on the mechanical properties of clay-based ceramics. The 30th annual meeting and national conference of the Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics of the Republic of China, December 15-16.

(15) Yu-Lin Tsai, Yeh Ting-Hao and Ven-Gen Lee (2006), The addition of dolomite on the manufacture of water permeable pavement, The 8th annual meeting and national conference on structure engineering, September 1-3.

(16) Ven-Gen Lee (2002). Boussinesq Problem in Three-Dimensional Anisotropic Elasticity. Fourteenth U.S. National Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, June 23-28, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.

(17) Ven-Gen Lee (2001). Further Discussion on the Elastic Green’s Function for Anisotropic Cubic Materials. The Fourth Pacific International Conference on Aerospace Science and Technology (PICAST 4), May 21-23, Taiwan.

(18) Ven-Gen Lee (1999). Stress Concentration Effects in Anisotropic Materials. The 16th annual meeting and national conference of the Chinese Society of Mechanical Engineers, Session：fatigue and fracture, session host and paper present, National Hsing Hua University, Hsinchu.

(19)V.G. Lee and T. Mura (1994). Load Transfer from a Finite Cylindrical Fiber into an Elastic Half-Space. ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, November 6-11, 1994, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.

(20)V.G. Lee, T. Mura (1992). The Elastic Field due to a Cylindrical Inclusion. ASME Winter Annual Meeting, November 8-13, 1992, Anaheim, California, U.S.A.

(21)H. Hasegawa, V.G. Lee, T. Mura (1991). The Elastic Field due to a Cylindrical Inclusion,” ASME Winter Annual Meeting, December 1-6, 1991, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.

 

 

 

Patents and technology transfers
Execution plan

 

Ministry of Science and Technology Projects：

Three Dimensional Anisotropic Elastic Theory of Defects：1999/08/01-2000/07/31

The Influence of Material Anisotropy on the Stress Concentration Around Holes (I)：2000/08/01-2001/07/31

The Influence of Material Anisotropy on the Stress Concentration Around Holes (II)：2001/08/01-2002/07/31

The study on the characterization and application of the smart piezoelectric materials (I)：2002/08/01-2003/07/31

A study of crystal defects and their effects on mechanical Behavior of materials：2004/08/01-2005/07/31

Microstructural Modelling and Characterization of Mechanical Properties of Materials：2005/08/01-2006/07/31

The Study of Fire-Resistant Materials for Civil Structural Applications: Processing Techniques and Tests Methods：2006/08/01-2007/07/31

Study On the Processing Techniques and Water Permeability Tests of High Performance Construction Ceramics Materials：2008/08/01-2009/07/31

Manufacture and Thermal Conductivity Characterization of Porous Construction Ceramics Materials：2009/08/01- 2010/10/31

Processing and Evaluation of Thermal Conductivity and Mechanical Properties of Structural Clay Ceramics for Thermal Insulation Applications：2010/08/01- 2011/07/31

Dependence of stress concentrations around pores on anisotropic mechanical properties (I)：2014/08/01-2015/07/31


Undergradgate NSC Research Projects：

The experimental evaluation on the enhancement of thermal comfort on buildings (Nai-Hua Yeh)：102-2815-C-260-016-E

The effects of perlite on making clay bricks with thermal insulation capacity (Tsung-Lin Ho)：99-2815-C-260-013-E

The addition of dolomite on making water permeable pavements (Yu-Lin Tsai)：95-2815-C-260-025-E

 

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