Feng Chia University

Sustainable Energy and Circular Economy

Chyi-How Lay
https://gest.fcu.edu.tw/teachers-detail/?id=T98242&unit_id=CE24

Research Field

Environmental Engineering

Introduction

Dr. Chyi-How Lay is a Distinguished Professor of the Master's Program of Green Energy Science and Technology, Feng Chia University, Taiwan. He received his Ph D degree from Feng Chia University in 2011 and served as a postdoctoral researcher at Tampere University, Finland, in 2012. Prof. Lay is an expert on anaerobic bio-hydrogen production, microbial fuel cells, microalgae on wastewater bioremediation, and life cycle assessment. He is also an Executive Secretary of the University Social Responsibility Center and Secretary of the Green Energy and Biotechnology Industry Research Center at Feng Chia University. He serves as a researcher in the APEC Research Center for Advanced Biohydrogen Technology. APEC research center is developing a green synergy solution to change people’s mindset toward sustainability. 

Prof. Lay's lab, Sustainable Energy and Circular Economy, is on developing eco-friendly biotechnology for environmental sustainability. He also serves as the secretary of the Green Energy and Biological Industry Development Center and chief of the Sustainability office at Feng Chia University simultaneously.  He gets funding from the National Science and Technology Council, the Ministry of Education and Enterprises to build up the novel technology.   He also cooperated with academic experts and entrepreneurs to solve real social problems to impact society. 


Research Topics

Prof. Lay is an expert on anaerobic bio-hythane production, microbial fuel cells, microalgae on wastewater bioremediation, and life cycle assessment.  


Honor
  • He has authored over 107 peer-reviewed publications, with an H-index of 44, and has also published more than 200 conference papers, as well as 17 patents. 
  • Prof. Lay is listed in the 2021 and 2022 World Top 2% Scientists rankings, according to the ranking database released by Stanford University, USA. 
  • He also served as a peer reviewer for more than 20 SCI Journals.

Educational Background
  • Ph.D. 2006 - 2011 Environmental Engineering and Science, Feng Chia University, Taiwan
  • Master   2000 - 2002 Civil and Hydraulic  Engineering, Feng Chia University, Taiwan
  • Undergraduate  1997 - 2000 Hydraulic  Engineering, Feng Chia University, Taiwan

Job Description

Using life cycle assessment to analyze the system.

Preferred Intern Educational Level

Master's and Ph.D. students

Skill sets or Qualities

  1. Proficiency in environmental engineering and chemical engineering.
  2. Interested in lab work on bioreactor operation
  3. Experiment on SimaPro or AspenPlus software.
  4. Full of team spirit