Chia-Hung Hou

 Education

Ph.D., Civil & Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008

M.S., Graduate Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Taiwan University, 2000

B.S., Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University, 1998

 Working Experiences

Secretary General, The Chinese Institute of Environmental Engineering

Professor, Science and Technology Research Institute for DE-Carbonization (STRIDE-C), National Taiwan University

Chief Executive, Water Innovation, Low-Carbon and Environmental Sustainability Research Center, National Taiwan University

Associate Professor, Graduate Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Taiwan University

Visiting Scholar, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Assistant Professor, Graduate Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Taiwan University

Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Science & Engineering, Tunghai University

Postdoctoral Fellow, Georgia Institute of Technology

Postdoctoral Fellow, UC Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology/University of California, Santa Barbara

Postdoctoral Fellow, Georgia Institute of Technology

Higher Education Research Experiences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

 Specialization

Environmental Nanotechnology

Colloidal and Interfacial Science

Electrochemical and membrane separation

Water-Energy Technology for Sustainability

 Teaching Courses

Water quality analysis

Green engineering and low carbon community

Engineered systems for water and wastewater treatment

Introduction to Environmental Engineering

 Research Interests

Advanced nanoporous carbon materials: synthesis and fabrication

Engineered biochar

Recycling and recovery of waste

Capacitive deionization 

Low-energy water reuse and seawater desalination 

Energy and resource recovery from wastewater

Energy and resource recovery in water/wastewater treatment

Electrochemically-controlled selective separation of ions

Membrane-aerated biofilm reactor

 Lab

Electrochemical and Membrane Separation Lab  3366-4405

Advanced Water Technology Lab  3366-3366  ext.55137

• Outstanding Research Award , National Science and Technology Council(2022)
• Outstanding Engineer Award, The Chinese Institute of Environmental Engineering (2022)
• Academic Career Advancement Award, College of Engineering, National Taiwan University (2020)
• Ta-You Wu Memorial Award (2018)
• Excellent Young Scientists Research Funding Recipient from Ministry of Science and Technology (2018, 2015, 2012)
• Editorial Board, Desalination
• Editor, Desalination and Water Treatment
• Management Committee, IWA Membrane Technology Specialist Group
• Conference Chairman, the 6th International Conference on Battery Deionization & Electrochemical Separation (BDI&E)
• Best Research Paper Award of the Wastewater Treatment Technology Conference, the Chinese Institute of Environmental Engineering
• Best Paper Award, Conference on  Practical Environmental Technologies
• Green Tech International Main Contest Silver Medal & Bronze Medal
• Best Research Paper Award of the Green Technology, Ching-En Education Foundation 
• Poster Presentation Award, 3th  International Conference on Capacitive Deionization and Electrosorption 
• Outstanding Young Scholar Award, the Chinese Institute of Environmental Engineering

 SCI or SSCI Journal Papers

• Jhen-Cih Wu, Yi-Hsueh Chuang, Chia-Hung Hou*, Tailoring graphitic nitrogen-enriched electrocatalytic membranes for acetaminophen degradation: Mechanistic insights into the site-specific reactive process, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 12(2), 111910, 2024.
• Shih-Kuan Tsai, Tsai-Hsuan Chen, Jingxin Ma, Chia-Hung Hou*, Achieving high water recovery in a redox-flow battery with graphite felt electrodes for brine concentration, Desalination, 574, 117289, 2024.
• Dinh Viet Cuong*, Chia-Hung Hou, Enhancing phosphorus removal through layered double hydroxide-decorated biochars: Unveiling pore structure and surface functionalization, Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, 155, 105273, 2024.
• Po-Chang Wu, Dinh Viet Cuong, Jhen-Cih Wu, Sofia Ya Hsuan Liou*, Chia-Hung Hou*, Harnessing in-situ electrocatalytic oxidation with a cobalt oxide decorated nanocomposite electrode for efficient arsenic removal in capacitive deionization, Chemical Engineering Journal, 474, 145887, 2023.
• Dinh Viet Cuong, Jhen-Cih Wu, Eakalak Khan, Gijs Du Laing, Yong Sik Ok*, Chia-Hung Hou*, Integrated 3D pore architecture design of bio-based engineered catalysts and adsorbents: Preparation, chemical doping, and environmental applications, Environmental Science: Advances, 2, 1167-1188, 2023.
• Dinh Viet Cuong*, Nguyen Manh Hiep, Tran Thi Hien Ho*, Viet-Anh Nguyen, Chia-Hung Hou, Chen-Shiuan Fan, Nguyen Van Truc, Development of a capacitive deionization stack with highly porous oxygen-doped carbon electrodes for brackish water desalination in remote coastal area, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 307, 128165, 2023.
• Ragne Pärnamäe, Michele Tedesco, Min-Chen Wu, Chia-Hung Hou, Hubertus V.M. Hamelers, Sohum K. Patel, Menachem Elimelech, P.M. Biesheuvel, Slawomir Porada*, The origin of limiting and overlimiting currents in bipolar membranes, Environmental Science & Technology, 57, 26, 9664–9674, 2023.
• Tsai-Hsuan Chen, Shih-Kuan Tsai, Jui-Yao Chang, Eunhyea Chung, Chia-Hung Hou*, Achieving an efficient redox-flow battery with high-conductivity electrospun carbon fiber for wastewater reclamation and seawater desalination, Desalination, 558, 116616, 2023
• Jiazhou He, Tsai-Hsuan Chen, Kui Yang, Liang Luo, Chia-Hung Hou*, Jinxing Ma*, Stop-flow discharge operation aggravates spacer scaling in CDI treating brackish hard water, Desalination, 552, 116422.
• Yunjai Jang, Chia-Hung Hou, Kyungjung Kwon, Jin Soo Kang, Eunhyea Chung*, Selective recovery of lithium and ammonium from spent lithium-ion batteries using intercalation electrodes, Chemosphere, 317, 137865, 2023.
• Guan-Wen Liu, Chen-Shiuan, Fan, Chun-Han Hsu, Chia-Hung Hou*, Hong-Ping Lin*, Optimizing micro/mesoporous structure of hierarchical porous carbon synthesized from petroleum pitch using solvent-free method for ultra-fast capacitive deionization, ACS Omega, 7, 51, 47610–47618, 2022.
• Dinh Viet Cuong*, Chia-Hung Hou, Engineered biochar prepared by a self-template coupled with physicochemical activation for highly efficient adsorption of crystal violet, Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, 139, 104533, 2022.
• Wei Zhang, Yoora Cho, Meththika Vithanage, Sabry M. Shaheen, Jörg Rinklebe, Daniel S. Alessi, Chia-Hung Hou, Yohey Hashimoto, Piumi Amasha Withana, Yong Sik Ok*, Arsenic removal from water and soils using pristine and modified biochars, Biochar, 4: 55, 2022.
• Tsai-Hsuan Chen, Dinh Viet Cuong, Yunjai Jang, Khu Ngee Zhen, Eunhyea Chung, Chia-Hung Hou*, Cation selectivity of activated carbon and nickel hexacyanoferrate electrode materials in capacitive deionization: A comparison study, Chemosphere, 307, 135613, 2022.
• Shao-Wei Tsai, Dinh Viet Cuong, Chia-Hung Hou*, Selective capture of ammonium ions from wastewater treatment plant effluent with a nickel hexacyanoferrate electrode, Water Research, 221, 118786, 2022.
• Shao-Wei Tsai, Larissa Schwinghammer, Chien-Hsien Lee, Cheng-Fang Lin, Chia-Hung Hou*, Shifts of microbial community structure along substrate concentration gradients in immobilized biomass for nitrogen removal, (Nature) npj Clean Water, 5, 21, 2022.
• Lukas Hackl*, Shao-Wei Tsai, Bavisha Kalyan, Ashok Gadgil, Chia-Hung Hou, Electrically regenerated ion-exchange (ERI) technology: Leveraging faradaic reactions and assessing the effect of co-ion sorption, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 623 985–991, 2022.
• Dinh Viet Cuong, Chia-Hung Hou*, Nickel hexacyanoferrate incorporated with reduced graphene oxide for highly efficient intercalation desalination, Separation & Purification Technology, 295, 121351, 2022.
• Chu-Yun Cheng, Tsai-Hsuan Chen, Kuan-Yu Chen, Jinxing Ma, Chia-Hung Hou*, Redox-flow battery with four-channel architecture for continuous and efficient desalination in a wide salinity working range, Desalination. 534, 15, 115783, 2022.
• Jhen-Cih Wu, Yi-Hsueh Chuang, Sofia Ya Hsuan Liou, Qilin Li, Chia-Hung Hou*, In situ engineering of highly conductive TiO2/carbon heterostructure fibers for enhanced electrocatalytic degradation of water pollutants, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 429, 128328, 2022.
• Dinh Viet Cuong*, Chia-Hung Hou, Dao Thuy Ninh, O, N-doped porous biochar by air oxidation for enhancing heavy metal removal: The role of O, N functional groups, Chemosphere, 293, 133622, 2022.
• Guan‐Yu Chen, Yu-Yi Shen, Da-Ming Wang, Chia-Hung Hou*, Carbon nanotubes/activated carbon hybrid as a high-performance suspension electrode for the electrochemical desalination of wastewater, Desalination, 522, 115440, 2022.
• Tsai-Hsuan Chen, Kaung-Hao Yeh, Cheng-Fang Lin, Mengshan Lee*, Chia-Hung Hou*, Technological and economic perspectives of membrane capacitive deionization (MCDI) systems in high-tech industries: From tap water purification to wastewater reclamation for water sustainability, Resources, Conservation & Recycling, 177, 106012, 2022.
• Dinh Viet Cuong, Po-Chang Wu, Sofia Ya Hsuan Liou, Chia-Hung Hou*, An integrated active biochar filter and capacitive deionization system for high-performance removal of arsenic from groundwater, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 423, 127084, 2022.
• Yunjai Jang, Chia-Hung Hou, Sanghyuk Park, Kyungjung Kwon, Eunhyea Chung*, Direct electrochemical lithium recovery from acidic lithium-ion battery leachate using intercalation electrodes, Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 175, 105837, 2021.
• Tsai-Hsuan Chen, Yi-An Chen, Shao-Wei Tsai, Da-Ming Wang, Chia-Hung Hou*, Development of an integrated capacitive-electrodialysis process (CapED) for continuous, low energy electrochemical deionization, Separation and Purification Technology, 119063, 2021.
• Yu-Yi Shen, Chung-Chun Hsu, Shao-Wei Tsai, Chia-Hung Hou*, Enhanced electrosorption selectivity of phosphate using an anion-exchange resin-coated activated carbon electrode, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 600, 199–208, 2021.
• Dinh Viet Cuong, Babasaheb M. Matsagar, Mengshan Lee, Md. Shahriar A. Hossain, Yusuke Yamauchi, Meththika Vithanage, BinoySarkar, Yong Sik Ok*, Kevin C.-W. Wu*, Chia-Hung Hou*, A critical review on biochar-based engineered hierarchical porous carbon for capacitive charge storage, Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, 145, 111029, 2021.
• Nung Li, Meng-Ling Liu, Min-Chen Wu, Tsai-Hsuan Chen, Chia-Hung Hou*, The effect of redox potential on the removal characteristic of divalent cations during activated carbon-based capacitive deionization, Chemosphere, 274, 129762, 2021.
• Yu-Yi Shen, Shih-Han Sun, Shao-Wei Tsai, Tsai-Hsuan Chen, Chia-Hung Hou*, Development of a membrane capacitive deionization stack for domestic wastewater reclamation: A pilot-scale feasibility study, Desalination, 114851, 2021.
• Hua-Yung Liao, Shu-Yuan Pan, Shu-Wen You, Chia-Hung Hou, Can Wang, Jiguang Deng, Hsing-Cheng Hsi, Mercury vapor adsorption and sustainable recovery using novel electrothermal swing system with gold-electrodeposited activated carbon fiber cloth, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 124586, 2021.
• Dinh Viet Cuong, Po-Chang Wu, Lo-I Chen, Chia-Hung Hou*, Active MnO₂/biochar composite for efficient As(III) removal: Insight into the mechanisms of redox transformation and adsorption, Water Research, 188, 116495, 2021.
• Yu-Yi Shen, Shan-Wen Wu, Chia-Hung Hou*, Exploring the electrosorption selectivity and recovery of indium ions with capacitive deionization in acidic solution, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 586, 819–829, 2021.
• Shao-Wei Tsai, Lukas Hackl, Arkadeep Kumar, Chia-Hung Hou*, Exploring the electrosorption selectivity of nitrate over chloride in capacitive deionization (CDI) and membrane capacitive deionization (MCDI), Desalination, 497, 114764, 2021.
• Jhen-Cih Wu, Season S. Chen, Te-Chun Yu, Kevin C.-W. Wu*, Chia-Hung Hou*, Effective electrochemically-controlled removal of fluoride ions using electrodeposited polyaniline-carbon nanotube composite electrodes, Separation and Purification Technology, 117561, 2021.
• Garcia-Segura, S. Xiaolei Qu, Pedro J.J. Alvarez, Brian P. Chaplin, Wei Chen, John C Crittenden, Yujie Feng, Guandao Gao, Zhen He, Chia-Hung Hou, Xiao Hu, Guibin Jiang, Jae-Hong Kim, Jiansheng Li, Qilin Li, Jie Ma, Jinxing Ma, Alec Brockway Nienhauser, Junfeng Niu, Bingcai Pan, Xie Quan, Filippo Ronzani, Dino Villagran, T. David Waite, W. Shane Walker, Can Wang, Michael S. Wong, Paul Westerhoff*, Opportunities for nanotechnology to enhance electrochemical treatment of pollutants in potable water and industrial wastewater -A perspective”, Environmental Science: Nano, 2178–2194, 2020.
• Hsi-Yen Wu, Season S. Chen, Wei-Sheng Liao, Wei Wang, Ming-Feng Jang, Wen-Hua Chen, Tansir Ahamad, Saad M Alshehri, Chia-Hung Hou, Kevin C.- W. Wu*, Assessment of agricultural waste-derived activated carbon in multiple applications, Environmental Research, 191, 110176, 2020.
• Dinh Viet Cuong, Po-Chang Wu, Nei-Ling Liu, Chia-Hung Hou*, Hierarchical porous carbon derived from activated biochar as an eco-friendly electrode for electrosorption of inorganic pollutants, Separation & Purification Technology, 242, 116813, 2020.
• Nei-Ling Liu, Lo-I Chen, Shao-Wei Tsai, Chia-Hung Hou*, Enhanced desalination of electrospun activated carbon fibers with controlled pore structures in electrosorption process, Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, 6, 312–320, 2020.
• Karunya Albert, Pei-Ying Hsieh, Tsai-Hsuan Chen, Chia-Hung Hou, Hsin-Yun Hsu*, Diatom-assisted biomicroreactor targeting the complete removal of perfluorinated compounds, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 384, 121491, 2020.
• Kwiyong Kim, Stephen Cotty, Johannes Elbert, Raylin Chen, Chia-Hou Hung, Xiao Su*, Asymmetric redox‐polymer interfaces for electrochemical reactive separations: synergistic capture and conversion of arsenic, Advanced Materials, 32, 1906877, 2020.
• Huan-Yu Shiu, Mengshan Lee, Ying Chao, Chia-Hung Hou, Pei-Te Chiueh*, Hotspot analysis and improvement schemes for capacitive deionization (CDI) using life cycle assessment, Desalination, 468, 114087, 2019.
• Dinh Viet Cuong, Nei-Ling Liu, Viet Anh Nguyen, Chia-Hung Hou*, Meso/micropore-controlled hierarchical porous carbon derived from activated biochar as a high-performance absorbent for copper removal, Science of the Total Environment, 692, 844–853, 2019.
• Mengshan Lee, Chen-Shiuan, Fan, Yu-Wu Chen, Kuang-Chih Chang, Pei-Te Chiueh, Chia-Hung Hou*, Membrane capacitive deionization for low-salinity desalination in the reclamation of domestic wastewater effluents, Chemosphere, 235, 413–422, 2019.
• Yu-Wu Chen, Jhao-Fu Chen, Chang-Hua Lin, Chia-Hung Hou*, Integrating a supercapacitor with capacitive deionization for direct energy recovery from the desalination of brackish water, Applied Energy, 252, 113417, 2019.
• Chih-Yu Ma, Chia-Hung Hou*, Enhancing the water desalination and electricity generation of a microbial desalination cell with a three-dimensional macroporous carbon nanotube-chitosan sponge anode, Science of the Total Environment, 675, 41–50, 2019.
• Shao-Wei Tsai, Arkadeep Kumar*, Bavisha Kalyan, Chia-Hung Hou, Pen-Chi Chiang, Ashok Gadgil, Additive manufacturing of electrodes for desalination, Procedia Manufacturing, 34, 252–259, 2019.
• Nei-Ling Liu, Shih-Han Sun, Chia-Hung Hou*, Studying the electrosorption performance of activated carbon electrodes in batch-mode and single-pass capacitive deionization, Separation and Purification Technology, 215, 403–409, 2019.
• Xu Ma, Yi-An Chen, Kefu Zhou*, Po-Chang Wu, Chia-Hung Hou*, Enhanced desalination performance via mixed capacitive-Faradaic ion storage using RuO₂-activated carbon composite electrodes, Electrochimica Acta, 295, 769–777, 2019.
• Yaxian Zhang, Qi Shi, Muxi Luo, Hongtao Wang*, Xuejiao Qi, Chia-Hung Hou*, Fengting Li, Jose Tacares Araruna Junior, Improved bauxite residue dealkalization by combination of aerated washing and electrodialysis, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 364, 682–690, 2019.

 Other Journal Papers

• Shao-Wei Tsai, Arkadeep Kumar*, Bavisha Kalyan, Chia-Hung Hou, Pen-Chi Chiang, Ashok Gadgil, Additive manufacturing of electrodes for desalination, Procedia Manufacturing, 34, 252–259, 2019. (open access)

 International Conferences

• Chen-Shiuan Fan, Tsai-Hsuan Chen, Chia-Hung Hou, Development and scale-up of membrane capacitive deionization (MCDI) for desalination and water reuse, the 244th ECS Meeting, Gothenburg, Sweden, October 8–October 12, 2023. (Invited talk)
• Min-Chen Wu, Chih-Yun Yu, Shao-Wei Tsai, Chia-Hung Hou, Fabrication of Tailor-made Heterogeneous Ion Exchange Membranes for Membrane Capacitive Deionization, The 10th International Water Association Membrane Technology Conference & Exhibition, July 23–26, 2023, Washington University in St. Louis, USA.
• Tsai-Hsuan Chen, Min-Chen Wu, Chia-Hung Hou, Selective Lithium Recovery from Lithium-ion Battery Leachate by Coupling Flow-electrode Capacitive Deionization and Membrane Distillation, The 10th International Water Association Membrane Technology Conference & Exhibition, July 23–26, 2023, Washington University in St. Louis, USA.
• Huei-Cih Liu, Mengshan Lee, Chia-Hung Hou, Water-energy impact assessment in a pilot-scale membrane capacitive deionization (MCDI) system for wastewater reclamation, The 6th International Conference on Battery Deionization and Electrochemical Separation, July 2–6, 2023, National Taiwan University, Taipei.
• Chen-Shiuan Fan, Chia-Hung Hou, Pilot-scale demonstration of membrane capacitive deionization (MCDI) on the water reclamation in semiconductor industry, The 6th International Conference on Battery Deionization and Electrochemical Separation, July 2–6, 2023, National Taiwan University, Taipei.
• Tsai-Hsuan Chen, Qilin Li, Chia-Hung Hou, Integration of electro- and thermal-driven membrane technology for selective lithium recovery, The 6th International Conference on Battery Deionization and Electrochemical Separation, July 2–6, 2023, National Taiwan University, Taipei.
• Po-Yen Wang, Cuijie Feng, Chia-Hung Hou, Battery deionization coupled by microbial fuel cell for selective ammonium recovery from wastewater, The 6th International Conference on Battery Deionization and Electrochemical Separation, July 2–6, 2023, National Taiwan University, Taipei.
• Shih-Kuan Tsai, Chia-Hung Hou, Redox-flow battery desalination with modified graphite felt for brine concentation with high water reovery, The 6th International Conference on Battery Deionization and Electrochemical Separation, July 2–6, 2023, National Taiwan University, Taipei.
• Shao Wei Tsai, Min Chen Wu, Chia-Hung Hou, Enhancing NO3– separation selectivity in membrane capacitive deionization by using hydrophobic anion exchange membrane, The 6th International Conference on Battery Deionization and Electrochemical Separation, July 2–6, 2023, National Taiwan University, Taipei.
• Tsai-Hsuan Chen and Chia-Hung Hou, Energy-efficient desalination and resource recovery using advanced electrochemical separation technologies, 2023 International Conference on Environmental Quality Concern, Control and Conservation, May 4-6, 2023, Taiwan. (Keynote talk)
• Hou C.-H, Chang J.-Y., Cuong D. V., Turning waste biochars into high-peformance electrodes for electrochemical desalination in water reuse, Asia Pacific Biochar Conference, Seoul, Korea, October 24-27, 2022. (Plenary talk)
• Hsin-Chieh Lin, Ting Kuang Chen, Hui-Chun Cheng, Shu-Chuan Tseng, Chia-Hung Hou, Performance Evaluation of Boron Removal from Aqueous Solution Using Membrane Capacitive Deionization (MCDI), IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition, Copenhagen, Demark, September 11-15, 2022.
• Min-Chen Wu, Cheng-Fan Lin, Chia-Hung, Hou, Performance Evaluation of Boron Removal from Aqueous Solution Using Membrane Capacitive Deionization (MCDI), IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition, Copenhagen, Demark, September 11-15, 2022.
• Chia-Hung Hou, Membrane capacitive deionization as an energy-efficient technology toward sustainable water reclamation, 2022 Global ESG Forum, Seoul, August 28-31, 2022. (Invited talk)
• Chia-Hung Hou, Recent advances in electrode materials for electrochemical deionization aiming at desalination and water reuse, ACS Fall 2022 National Meeting & Exposition, Chicago, August 21-25, 2022. (Invited talk)
• Po-Chang Wua, Sofia Ya Hsuan Liou, Chia-Hung Hou, Tetraethylenepentamine (TEPA)-grafted biochar derived from spent mushroom substrate for enhanced arsenic adsorption, ACS Fall 2022 National Meeting & Exposition, Chicago, August 21-25, 2022.
• Jui-Yao, Chang, Chia-Hung Hou, Cu-Pd bimetallic catalyst electrode in a flow-through configuration to improve the electrocatalytic denitrification, ACS Fall 2022 National Meeting & Exposition, Chicago, August 21-25, 2022.
• Tsai-Hsuan Chen, Chia-Hung Hou, Redox-flow battery desalination using carbonized electrospun nanofibers for highly efficient water reuse, ACS Fall 2022 National Meeting & Exposition, Chicago, August 21-25, 2022.
• Jhen-Cih Wu, Yi-Hsueh Chuang, Sofia Ya Hsuan Liou, Chia-Hung Hou, Advanced Au/TiO₂ electrocatalytic membrane for photo-enhanced electrooxidation of emerging micropollutants, ACS Fall 2022 National Meeting & Exposition, Chicago, August 21-25, 2022.
• Chia-Hung Hou, Dinh Viet Cuong, Po-Chang Wu, Engineered hierarchical porous carbon from biomass waste as a high-performance elecrtrode for capacitive deionization, Nature Conference, 26 - 28 Oct 2021, Seoul.
• Chia-Hung Hou, Exploring Electrosorption selectivity in a capacitive deionization process for wastewater treatment and resource recovery, CDI&E 5th Internationa Conference on Capacitive Deionization & Electrosorption (CDI&E) – Virtual, May 9-13, 2021. (Invited talk)
• Min-Chen Wu, Chia-Hung Hou, Evaluation of boron removal from aqueous solution using capacitive deionization (CDI) and membrane capacitive deionization (MCDI), CDI&E 5th Internationa Conference on Capacitive Deionization & Electrosorption (CDI&E) – Virtual, May 9-13, 2021.
• Guan-Yu Chen, Chu-Yun Cheng, Yi-Fu Chen, Mao-Song Ye, Meng-Shan Lee, Chia-Hung Hou, Exploring Electrosorption selectivity in a capacitive deionization process for wastewater treatment and resource recovery, CDI&E 5th Internationa Conference on Capacitive Deionization & Electrosorption (CDI&E) – Virtual, May 9-13, 2021.
• Shao-Wei Tsai, Dinh Viet Cuong, Li-Shun Chang, Sheng-Zhong Wu, Chia-Hung Hou, Exploring Electrosorption selectivity in a capacitive deionization process for wastewater treatment and resource recovery, CDI&E 5th Internationa Conference on Capacitive Deionization & Electrosorption (CDI&E) – Virtual, May 9-13, 2021.
• Chia-Hung Hou, Nei-Ling Liu, Po-Chang Wu, Jhen-Cih Wu, Tailored design of carbon-based nanostructured materials as electrodes to enhance electrochemical desalination and water treatment, ACS Fall 2020 Virtual Meeting & Exposition, August 17-20, 2020.
• Po-Chang Wu, Sofia Ya Hsuan Liu, Chia-Hung Hou, Enhanced Electro-oxidation/Electrosorption Performance of As(III) Using Cobalt-Based Electrocatalyst as Bifunctional Electrode in Asymmetric Capacitive Deionization, ACS Fall 2020 Virtual Meeting & Exposition, August 17-20, 2020.
• Shao-Wei Tsai, Arkadeep Kumar, Chia-Hung Hou, Evaluation of the feasibility of membrane capacitive deionization (MCDI) process for nitrate removal, The 8th IWA-ASPIRE Conference and Exhibition, Hong Kong, October 31-November 2, 2019.
• Yu-Ling Huang , Nei-Ling Liu, Chia-Hung Hou, Activated carbon fibers with hierarchical nanostructure by electrospinning for membrane capacitive deionization, The 8th IWA-ASPIRE Conference and Exhibition, Hong Kong, October 31-November 2, 2019.
• Nei-Ling Liu, Chia-Hung Hou, Controlling micro‐and mesoporosity of activated carbon fiber with electrospinning for membrane capacitive deionization, 258th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, San Diego, CA, August 25-29, 2019.
• Shao-Wei Tsai, Chia-Hung Hou, The effect of homogeneous ion exchange membrane on competitive electrosorption of NO₃⁻ and Cl⁻ on porous carbon electrodes, The 28th KAIST-Kyoto-NTU-NUS symposium on Environmental Engineering, Taipei, Taiwan, July 4-6, 2019.
• Jhen-Cih Wu, Ya-Hsuan Liou, Chia-Hung Hou, TiO₂ embedded electrocatalytic carbon nanofibers for electro-catalytic degradation of water pollutants, The 28th KAIST-Kyoto-NTU-NUS symposium on Environmental Engineering, Taipei, Taiwan, July 4-6, 2019.
• Tsai-Hsuan Chen, Chia-Hung Hou, Continuous desalination by Capacitive-Electrodialysis (CapED) deionization process, The 28th KAIST-Kyoto-NTU-NUS symposium on Environmental Engineering, Taipei, Taiwan, July 4-6, 2019.
• Chia-Hung Hou, Chen-Shiuan Fan, Ying Chao, Low-energy desalination process by the membrane capacitive deionization process for domestic wastewater reuse, The 9th International Water Association (IWA) Membrane Technology Conference & Exhibition for Water and Wastewater Treatment and Reuse (IWA-MTC 2019), Toulouse, France, June 23-27, 2019.
• Chia-Hung Hou, Ying Chao, Chen-Shiuan Fan, Mengshan Lee, Scale-up of a membrane capacitive deionization stack and its practical study of municipal wastewater reclamation, The 4th International Conference on Capacitive Deionization and Electrosorption, Beijing, China, May 20-23, 2019.
• Nei-Ling Liu and Chia-Hung Hou, Enhancing capacitive deionization performance by the utilization of pseudocapacitive ion storage, The 4th International Conference on Capacitive Deionization and Electrosorption, Beijing, China, May 20-23, 2019.
• Dinh Viet Cuong and Chia-Hung Hou, Tunable and hierarchical porous carbon derived from rice husk-activated biochar for electrosorption of inorganic pollutants, The 4th International Conference on Capacitive Deionization and Electrosorption, Beijing, China, May 20-23, 2019.
• Jhen-Cih Wu, Ya-Hsuan Liou and Chia-Hung Hou, TiO2 decorated electrospun nanofibers for electro-catalytic degradation of water pollutants, 257th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Orlando, March1 to April 4, 2019.
• Tsai-Hsuan Chen and Chia-Hung Hou, Low energy desalination using a novel capacitive deionization- electrodialysis process, 257th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Orlando, March1 to April 4, 2019.

 Domestic Conferences

• 蔡士寬、侯嘉洪，以石墨氈電極提高氧化還原液流式電池於高水回收率鹵水濃縮效能之研析，中華民國環境工程學會2023廢水處理技術研討會，國立宜蘭大學，中華民國一百十一二年十一月十七、十八日。
• 吳旻臻、范振軒、侯嘉洪，以薄膜電容去離子技術進行氨氮廢水中的氨氮富集濃縮處理，中華民國環境工程學會2023廢水處理技術研討會，國立宜蘭大學，中華民國一百十一二年十一月十七、十八日。
• 林欣潔、吳亭蔚、鄭惠君、曾淑娟、侯嘉洪，混合式膜氧傳輸生物膜反應器於低碳氮比污水之除氮應用：模廠規模試驗，中華民國環境工程學會2023廢水處理技術研討會，國立宜蘭大學，中華民國一百十一二年十一月十七、十八日。
• 侯嘉洪，先進電化學脫鹽技術：從電容去離子到氧化還原液流電池，2022 台灣水務發展研討會，中華民國一百十一年十一月二十九日。
• 張睿耀、侯嘉洪，三維穿透式銅鈀雙金屬電極於選擇性電催化還原硝酸鹽氮之效能研析，2022 台灣水務發展研討會，中華民國一百十一年十一月二十九日。
• 蔡士寬、侯嘉洪，提升活性碳纖維布之表面親水性以促進氧化還原液流式電池脫鹽效能三維穿透式銅鈀雙金屬電極於選擇性電催化還原硝酸鹽氮之效能研析，2022 台灣水務發展研討會，中華民國一百十一年十一月二十九日。
• 謝雨婷、侯嘉洪，太陽光電驅動之電容去離子淨水裝置應用於偏遠社區：烏干達案例研究，中華民國環境工程學會第三十四屆(2022)廢水處理技術研討會，國立中山大學，中華民國一百十一年十一月十八、十九日。
• 張睿耀、吳柏璋、侯嘉洪，二氧化錳/廢水污泥生物炭之奈米複合電極材料應用於能源儲存與電化學脫鹽技術，中華民國環境工程學會第三十四屆(2022)廢水處理技術研討會，國立中山大學，中華民國一百十一年十一月十八、十九日。
• 蔡少瑋、林欣潔、李建賢、林正芳、侯嘉洪，固定生物膜技術之除氮功能菌群分布與受質濃度梯度交互作用機制探討、中華民國環境工程學會第三十四屆(2022)廢水處理技術研討會，國立中山大學，中華民國一百十一年十一月十八、十九日。
• 蔡少瑋、侯嘉洪，開發非均相離子交換膜於電容去離子技術之硝酸鹽氮之移除與回收，臺灣水務產業發展協會，2021 台灣水務發展研討會，中華民國一百十年十二月二日。
• 陳冠宇、王大銘、侯嘉洪，液流式電容去離子技術之奈米碳管/活性碳電極與其在廢水脫鹽之研析，臺灣水務產業發展協會，2021 台灣水務發展研討會，中華民國一百十年十二月二日。
林欣潔、葉庭谷、鄭惠君、曾淑娟、侯嘉洪，膜氧傳輸生物膜反應器於缺氧-好氧生物除氮程序之應用研析:低碳氮比污水之處理效能與微生物結構探討，臺灣水務產業發展協會，2021 台灣水務發展研討會，中華民國一百十年十二月二日。
• 林欣潔、葉庭谷、鄭惠君、曾淑娟、侯嘉洪，低能耗膜氧傳輸生物膜反應器(MABR)應用於脫氮性能優化：模廠前行試驗，中華民國環境工程學會，第三十三屆(2021)廢水處理技術研討會，東海大學，中華民國一百十年十一月二十六、二十七日。
• 陳冠宇、侯嘉洪，液流式電容去離子技術之奈米碳管/活性碳電極與其在廢水脫鹽之研析，中華民國環境工程學會，第三十三屆(2021)廢水處理技術研討會，東海大學，中華民國一百十年十一月二十六、二十七日。
• 鄭筑云、侯嘉洪，氧化還原液流式電池脫鹽技術應用於低能耗海水淡化之研析，中華民國環境工程學會，第三十三屆(2021)廢水處理技術研討會，東海大學，中華民國一百十年十一月二十六、二十七日。
• 張睿耀、侯嘉洪，二氧化錳修飾之廢水污泥生物炭擬電容電極應用於超級電容器與電容去離子技術，第五屆臺灣碳材料學術研討會，國立宜蘭大學，中華民國一百十年十一月五、六號。
• 吳柏璋、侯嘉洪、劉雅瑄，農業廢棄物高值化於選擇性吸附地下水中五價砷之研究，第五屆臺灣碳材料學術研討會，國立宜蘭大學，中華民國一百十年十一月五、六號。
• 吳偵慈、張睿耀、侯嘉洪，廢棄PET塑膠瓶衍生之高比表面積活性碳應用於低能耗電容去離子脫鹽之研析，第五屆臺灣碳材料學術研討會，國立宜蘭大學，中華民國一百十年十一月五、六號。
• 吳旻臻、侯嘉洪，薄膜電容去離子技術應用於硼去除之可行性研析，第五屆臺灣碳材料學術研討會，國立宜蘭大學，中華民國一百十年十一月五、六號。
• 侯嘉洪，電化學調控離子分離技術在氨氮、硝酸鹽之選擇性捕捉，第十八屆環境保護與奈米科技學術研討會，國立中山大學，中華民國一百十年七月二日。
• 陳采萱、王大銘、侯嘉洪，新式電化學離子分離程序：混合式電容透析技術，中華民國環境工程學會，第三十二屆(2020)年會暨各專門學術研討會，廢水處理技術研討會，國立中央大學，中華民國一百零九年十一月十六、十七日。(廢水處理技術研討會優秀論文獎)
• 陳采萱、蔡少瑋、張廣智、林正芳、侯嘉洪，薄膜電容去離子技術於再生水處理之應用︰以高科技產業為例，中華民國環境工程學會，第三十二屆(2020)年會暨各專門學術研討會，廢水處理技術研討會，國立中央大學，中華民國一百零九年十一月十六、十七日。(環境工程實務技術研討會傑出海報論文獎)
• 黃鈺玲、侯嘉洪，製備鉑/靜電紡絲碳纖維奈米複合電極應用於電催化水相結晶紫之降解，中華民國環境工程學會，第三十二屆(2020)年會暨各專門學術研討會，廢水處理技術研討會，國立中央大學，中華民國一百零九年十一月十六、十七日。
• 劉乃綾、侯嘉洪，開發高效能電容去離子之電極於提升脫鹽之研究：從階層孔洞到擬電容材料，中華民國環境工程學會，第三十二屆(2020)年會暨各專門學術研討會，廢水處理技術研討會，國立中央大學，中華民國一百零九年十一月十六、十七日。(博士生論文競賽第二名/環境工程實務技術研討會傑出海報論文獎/廢水處理技術研討會優秀論文獎)
• 吳柏璋、丁越強、陳樂儀、劉雅瑄、侯嘉洪，開發活性二氧化錳/生物炭複合材料於地下水砷污染控制之研究，中華民國環境工程學會，第三十二屆(2020)年會暨各專門學術研討會，土壤與地下水研討會，國立中央大學，中華民國一百零九年十一月十六、十七日。(環境工程實務技術研討會傑出論文獎)
• 侯嘉洪，Engineered carbon nanomaterials for electrochemical water desalination and ion separation: from fundamental studies to practical applications，2020第四屆臺灣碳材料學術研討會，中原大學，中華民國一百零九年十一月二、三日。 (大會特邀演講)
• 吳偵慈、劉雅瑄、莊易學、侯嘉洪，高導電奈米複合碳纖維電催化氧化水中有機污染物，2020第四屆臺灣碳材料學術研討會，中原大學，中華民國一百零九年十一月二、三日。
• 陳冠宇、韋光華、侯嘉洪，以還原氧化石墨烯提升液流式電容去離子技術之效率，2020第四屆臺灣碳材料學術研討會，中原大學，中華民國一百零九年十一月二、三日。
• 沈毓沂、張廣智、陳采萱、闕蓓德、林正芳、侯嘉洪，電容去離子技術於民生污水處理廠放流水之再生利用: 從理論基礎到實場驗證，中華民國環境工程學會，第三十一屆年會暨各專門學術研討會，2019廢水處理技術研討會，弘光科技大學，中華民國一百零八年十一月十六、十七日。 (環境工程實務技術研討會傑出論文獎)
• 吳偵慈、劉雅瑄、侯嘉洪，功能性二氧化鈦-碳複合纖維應用於水中污染物之電催化降解，中華民國環境工程學會，第三十一屆年會暨各專門學術研討會，2019廢水處理技術研討會，弘光科技大學，中華民國一百零八年十一月十六、十七日。(環境工程實務技術研討會傑出論文獎)
• 侯嘉洪，奈米孔洞碳材及其在電化學水淨化技術的革新應用，第三屆臺灣碳材料學術研討會，「碳材料於環境淨化之應用」論壇，中華民國一百零八年八月二、三日。(論壇演講)
• Yu-Yi Shen, Shih-Han Sun, Meng-Shan Lee, Shao-Wei Tsai, Pei-Te Chiueh, and Chia-Hung Hou, Scale-up Membrane Capacitive Deionization System for Wastewater Reuse, 第16屆環境保護與奈米科技學術研討會，國立宜蘭大學，中華民國一百零八年五月三日。(最佳論文獎)

 Patent

• 發明專利：吳偵慈、侯嘉洪、劉乃綾，一種製備含奈米顆粒的高導電性碳纖維之方法及其用途
• 新型專利：侯嘉洪、謝雨婷、林欣潔，生物反應器結合電容去離子裝置之太陽光電輔助污水處理系統
• 發明專利：蔡少瑋、林欣潔、侯嘉洪，生物處理及電化學離子捕捉技術之整合式廢水及污水處理系統
• 新型專利：蔡少瑋、林欣潔、侯嘉洪，生物處理及電化學離子捕捉技術之整合式廢水及污水處理系統(專利第M617620號)
• 發明專利：陳采萱、侯嘉洪、王大銘、陳以安、蔡少瑋，混合式電容透析去離子裝置及其混合式電容透析。
• 發明專利：侯嘉洪、劉乃綾、范振軒，一具有不同碳粒徑的電容電極。
• 發明專利：范振軒、侯嘉洪、陳皇彬、鄭詠紜，電容去離子控制方法及其自動控制伺服器。
• 發明專利：許心蘭、侯嘉洪，電容脫鹽裝置。

 Publications

• 109年度土壤及地下水污染整治基金補助研究及模場試驗專案-整合活性生物炭與電容去離子裝置於地下水砷汙染控制之程序開發，行政院環境保護署，2020。
• 電容去離子水處理技術商品化規劃與推廣應用，經濟部水利署，2020。
• 貯能型再生水技術系統整合精進與研析，經濟部水利署，2019。
• 108年度土壤及地下水污染整治基金補助研究及模場試驗專案-開發二氧化錳/生物炭之循環經濟材料於地下水砷吸附之研究，行政院環境保護署，2019。
• 李孟珊、許桓瑜、闕蓓德、侯嘉洪，以環境友善思維探討電容去離子技術於產業應用之優勢，工業污染防治期刊。