Challenges in Environmental Science and Engineering, 
CESE-2010 

26 September to 01 October, 2010

The Sebel, Cairns, Australia

Professor Kuo-Lun Tung

Kuo-Lun (Allan) Tung, is now the Director of the R&D Centre for Membrane Technology (CMT) at Chung Yuan University in Taipei, Taiwan with a specialty of research and development on membrane filtration applications for 18 years. Allan Tung was born in 1968 in Taipei, Taiwan. He received the B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in 1991, 1994 and 1998, respectively, from the National Taiwan University, all in chemical engineering. After post-doctoral research work for one year at National Taiwan University, he joined Chung Yuan University in 1999, where he is currently a Full Professor in the department of chemical engineering. He is one of the founding members of the CMT since 2000 and was elected to serve as deputy director and director in 2006 and 2009, respectively. The CMT is aimed at promoting the development of membrane technology, excelling academic exchange and enhancing cooperation with the industrial sector.

With a solid training background of filtration theory since 1990, Allan Tung has been doing research in the area of membrane filtrations for more than 18 years with a strong research interest in the fundamental study of membrane fouling and applications on downstream processing for bioseparation and water/wastewater treatments using experimental and computational methods. Recent research topics include fundamental researches of membrane fouling and filtration mechanism of deformable particle, CFD analysis of fluid flow through textile filter media and porous membranes, molecular dynamic study of transport phenomena in membranes, computer simulation of multi-phase flow and membrane module design for water/wastewater treatments. Some of the developed patented technologies, say feed spacer design technology for spiral wound membrane module, have been transfer to industries.

Allan is also active in the international affairs in membrane filtration discipline. He is now a council member of The Filtration Society in UK and also serving as the deputy secretary/managing committee member of the membrane technology specialist group in international water association (IWA), Taiwan representative Secretary of Asia Pacific Desalination Association (APDA), Taiwan deputy representative of Taiwan, International Delegates on Filtration (INDEFI), and executive committee member of International Recycling Society (IRS).