Engineering Net-Zero Chemical Manufacturing

At the Department of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), we engineer the path to net-zero chemical manufacturing — combining process simulation, optimization, and life cycle assessment to turn decarbonization ideas into deployable processes.

What We’re Building

Three directions where we’re looking for industry partners

Electrify & Quantify

Simulating electrified chemical processes and quantifying their carbon-and-cost payoff through life cycle assessment.

From Capture to Storage

Optimizing the full CO₂ supply chain — from emission sources through pipelines to geological sinks — with network-level LCA.

LCA at Machine Speed

LLM-driven pipelines that turn process documents into auditable life-cycle inventories, cutting LCA turnaround time.

Award and Grant News

2026 / 08

Prof. Tsai-Wei Wu has been selected as a Yushan Young Fellow (玉山青年學者) — 2026 Ministry of Education's Yushan Young Scholar Program. 🎉

2026 / 03

Congratulations to Si-Wun Chen (陳璽文) on receiving the Outstanding Presentation Award (優秀發表獎) at the Green Engineering Cross-Disciplinary Workshop! 🌱

Si-Wun Chen receiving the Outstanding Presentation Award

Latest Events

Jul 8, 2026 1 min read
Presenting Preliminary Results of Our Automatic LCI Construction Project at PSE Asia 2026
Presenting Preliminary Results of Our Automatic LCI Construction Project at PSE Asia 2026

Our lab presented preliminary results from its automatic life-cycle-inventory (LCI) construction project at the PSE Asia 2026 conference.

Mar 8, 2026 1 min read
Great science and nature at the Green Engineering Cross-Disciplinary Workshop! 🌲🌿
Great science and nature at the Green Engineering Cross-Disciplinary Workshop! 🌲🌿

Our lab members presented their research and exchanged ideas at the Green Engineering Cross-Disciplinary Workshop, then unwound amid the scenery of the Xitou Nature Education Area.

Sep 24, 2025 1 min read
All lab members participated in the 2025 Greenie Conference
All lab members participated in the 2025 Greenie Conference

Our entire lab attended the 2025 Greenie Conference — the first international conference hosted by the Taiwan LCA Society.

About the Lab

The lab is led by Prof. Tsai-Wei Wu, who brings six years of industrial process-development experience, a PhD in Process Systems Engineering from National Taiwan University, and international collaborations built at Tohoku University, Japan. We pair hands-on process know-how with sustainability analysis — and we welcome students and industry partners who want to build a net-zero chemical industry.