Surface Engineering Lab and Glass Center/Fan-Bean Wu's Lab
Research Field
Prof. Wu received his Bachelor/Master/Ph.D degrees in Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan in 1996/1999/2002. He started the academia career in Dept. Materials Science and Engineering in National United University since 2006. He served as the Dean of the Office of Research and Development in 2021.8-2024.7 and was elected as executive committee member of TACT since 2021. He also served as symposium and session organizer in various surface-, plasma-, and thin film-related international conferences, such as TACT, AVS, ICMCTF, AEPSE… etc. His research interests focused on Surface Treatments, Vacuum and Coatings Technologies, Protective Layers, Plasma Techniques, Low Temperature Specialty Glass, and Glass Processes. The major topics in his lab recently are nanostructure layer, multilayer films, protective nitride, refractory nitride coatings, atmospheric pressure plasma treatment, low temperature glass and glass fabrication. He’s been elected as Committee member and appointed as Vice President in Taiwan Association of Coatings and Thin Films and serves as organizer in International Conferences of Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films and of Thin Films.
Prof. Wu manages a Surface Engineering Lab and the Glass & Optical Fiber Materials Research Center, GOFMRC. In the Surface Engineering Lab he developed DC, RF, and HiPIMS Vacuum Sputtering, electroless plating, and atmospheric pressure plasma technologies. Surface protective and functional layers, including transition metal nitride coatings, electroless Ni-P alloy films, multilayer and nanolayer structural coatings, has been developed. Recent research focus is the Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Jet, APPJ, treatment on engineering alloys and container polymers for industrial applications. The glass technologies, such as silicate, phosphate, chalcogenide glass for low-characteristic-temperature, IR, high refractive index, specialty applications, are of interests. All kinds of collaboration are welcome! Contact: fbwu@nuu.edu.tw.
-Transition metal nitride protective coatings and refractive metal nitride coatings.
-Nanostructured nitride coatings, nanolayered coatings.
-Electroless plating,
-Atmospheric pressure plasma treatment
-Optical glass fabrication and analysis
-Low temperature glass
-Specialty glass
- Vice President, Taiwan Association of Coatings and Thin Films, 2025~, Executive Committee Member, TACT Committee, since 2021~
- Academia-Industry Collaboration, Medal of Model, University Social Responsibility Award 2024, by Global Views Monthly.
- International Conference Invited Speaker, TACT, ICMCTF, TFS, ISPlasma, VASSCAA, ICPJT.
- Fe-To-Fe member, 2002.
- Outstanding Teaching, NUU.
- 2012-2017. Excellent Academia-Industry Collaboration, NUU
- Best Poster Award, 2015 International Conference on Thin Films.
- Best Poster Award, Chinese Materials Annual Meeting 2015.
- Best Oral Paper Award, TACT 2018.
- 2018. Excellent Teaching, NUU 2018.
- 2021. Excellent Research Award, NUU 2021.
- 2024. Excellence of Poster Presentation, TACT 2024.
- 2024. Excellent Poster Award, Chinese Materials Annual Meeting 2024.
- 2025. Excellent Poster Award, 2025 International Conference on Thin Films.
National Tsing Hua University, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Ph.D (2002), MS(1999), and Bachelor(1996)
Kuo-Kwung High School (1992)
Job Description
The international intern(s) will learn about vacuum technique, physical vapor deposition technology, thin film analysis, including material microstructure observation and characterization. The correlations amongst manufacture process-microstructure-property of the coatings shall be discussed.
(1) Physical Vapour Deposition, PVD, Techniques:
The intern will be trained with vacuum, sputtering, parameter design and control, and related technologies for thin film deposition.
(2) Nitride Coatings and Microstructure Analysis:
Transition metal nitride, TMN, protective coatings and refractive metal nitride, RMN, coatings, will be produced and analyzed. Scanning microscopy and X-ray Diffraction analysis will be performed on selected coating systems.
(3) Property Evaluation:
The mechanical and tribological properties of the fabricated thin films will be investigated. Surface hardness, Young's modulus, adhession, indentation cracking behavior, wear properties,...etc. will be evaluated.
Preferred Intern Educational Level
Undergraduate and Master Degree.
Skill sets or Qualities
Physics, Chemistry, Materials Science, Mechanical Enggineering, or Engineering-oriented training.