Honors, Awards, and International Recognition
Formal awards and appointments are prioritized, with release versions and years explicitly separated.
National Research Awards and Academic Titles
2026–2029NSTC Research Fellow Program, second term.
2023–2026NSTC Research Fellow Program, first term.
2020–2023MOST/NSTC Outstanding Research Award, second award.
2017–2020MOST Outstanding Research Award, first award.
2015–2018; 2011–2014MOST Outstanding Young Scholar Research Programs, twice.
2021–presentChair Professor, Taiwan Tech.
Mar. 2018–Dec. 2020Distinguished Professor, Taiwan Tech.
International Rankings and Scholarly Impact
- Repeated inclusion in the Stanford–Elsevier World’s Top 2% Scientists dataset (career-long and/or single-year lists, with release years documented in the archive), with leading placement among Taiwan-based scholars in Building & Construction.
- Research.com 2026 Best Scientists in Computer Science.
- ScholarGPS Top Scholar in Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2024 and 2025.
- Global Scholars Database: No. 9 worldwide in the 2023 career-impact list for Civil Engineering, released in 2024.
- ESI Highly Cited Papers, top-cited and highly downloaded articles, and high-FWCI publications.
University and International Honors
Research and Industry Awards
- Taiwan Tech Outstanding Research and Creative Work Award, three times
- Taiwan Tech Excellent Research and Creative Work Award
- Taiwan Tech Excellent Industry–University Collaboration Award
- Annual excellent/outstanding R&D performance awards
- Special-talent awards supported by MOE and NSTC/MOST
International and Professional Honors
- Alfredo H.-S. Ang Award, 2025
- Del E. Webb Eminent Scholar, Arizona State University
- RISUD Visiting Fellowship, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Nominee for the 2020 Eni Award: Prize of Energy Frontiers (invited in 2019; the 2020 evaluation was postponed to 2021 because of COVID-19).
- NVIDIA Academic Grant Program Award, 2025
Publication, Teaching, and Mentoring Awards
- ESI Highly Cited Papers, Editor's Choice, journal cover papers, and top-cited articles.
- Outstanding Reviewer Awards from three Elsevier journals.
- IEEE IEEM Best Paper Award—Honorable Mention and two Construction Management Association paper awards.
- MOE long-service teaching awards at 10 and 20 years, plus sustained English-medium and digital teaching awards.
- More than 100 student honors across best papers, theses, scholarships, exchanges, and innovation competitions.
Earlier Career Honors
To preserve the full career trajectory, this website retains earlier honors such as the National Chung Cheng University College of Management Distinguished Research Teacher and Research Achievement awards, Marquis Who's Who listings, the Army Headquarters Medal of Honor, and early conference and professional-competition awards.
Selected Visual Record
Source priority: formal records and official pages > the 2026 dossier > preserved legacy-site records. Dynamic citation and ranking metrics are dated.