Dr. Chih-Ta Tsai

Sustainable Environment Research Laboratories (SERL)

National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan

Associate Research Fellow

Email: chihta.tsai@gmail.com

Qualifications

1997-2005 Ph.D., National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan

1995-1997 M.D., National Taiwan Institute of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan

1991-1995 B.A., National Central University, Chungli, Taiwan

Publications (Selected)

1. Hwang, C. L., C. T. Tsai, W. C. Hu, and W. T. Dar, “Research on related functions of the restoration of anti-corrosion system of concrete sewage tubes,” Journal of Chinese Corrosion Engineering, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 1-12 (2004).
2. Tsai, C. T., M. D. Tseng, and C. L. Hwang, “The design and verification on anti-sulfate corrosion concrete sewage tubes,” Journal of Chinese Corrosion Engineering, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 13-24 (2004).
3. Lu, Jun, L. L. Wang, D. S. Wang, Y. H. Yang, N. S. Guo, H. P. Li, C. T. Tsai, and C. L. Hwang, “Dense Proportion design patterns of mineral admixture,” Journal of Harbin Institute of Technology, Vol. 36, No. 3, pp. 356-358 (2004).
4. Shen. D. H, C. L. Hwang, and C. T. Tsai, “A case study of high performance concrete application in exclusive public bus lane construction,” Pavement Engineering, Vol. 2, No. 4, pp. 1-16 (2004).
5. Tsai, C. T., L. S. Li, and C. L. Hwang, “The effect of aggregate gradation on engineering properties of high performance concrete,” Journal of ASTM International, Vol. 3, No. 3 (2006).
6. Tsai, C. Y., T. J. Chen, C. H. Hsu, L. S. Li, C. T. Tsai, C. H. Chang, and C. L. Hwang, “Construction SOP of self-consolidating concrete application in infrastructure,” The Magazine of the Chinese Institute of Civil and Hydraulic Engineering, Vol. 33, No. 2, pp. 18-32 (2006).
7. Tsai, C. T., L. S. Li, C. C. Chang, and C. L. Hwang, “Durability design and application of steel fiber reinforced concrete in Taiwan,” The Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, Vol. 34, No. 1B, pp. 57-79 (2009).
8. Tsai, C. T., C. C. Chang, S. T. Yeh, L. S. Li, and C. L. Hwang, “New approach to design concrete mix proportions by coating thickness of aggregates,” Journal of Building Materials, Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 152-157 (2009).
9. Chang, C. C., C. T. Tsai, L. S. Li, S. T. Yeh, and C. L. Hwang, “Effects of paste thickness on coated aggregates on properties of concrete,” Journal of Building Materials, Vol. 12, No. 4, pp. 384-389 (2009).
10. Tsai, C. T., L. S. Li, C. C. Chang, and C. L. Hwang, “Application of high performance steel fiber reinforced concrete for road deck panel,” Journal of Building Materials, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 42-47 (2010).
11. Tsai, C. T., G. T. C. Kung, and C. L. Hwang, “Use of high performance concrete on rigid pavement construction for exclusive bus lanes,” Journal of Construction and Building Materials, Vol. 24, No. 5, pp. 732-740 (2010).
12. Tsai, C. T., C. C. Chang, L. S. Li, G. T. C. Kung, and J. E. Chang, “Using of sediment from foundation engineering to produce recycling cold-bonding coarse aggregates,” Chinese Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, Vol. 32, Supp. 2, pp. 619-622 (2010).
13. Tsai, C. T., L. S. Li, C. C. Chang, and C. L. Hwang, “Effect of cement replacement by blast furnace slag powder on the bleeding and fresh characteristics of concrete,” Architecture Technology, Vol. 42, No. 5, pp. 441-443 (2011).
14. Tsai, C. T., C. C. Chang, L. S. Li, and J. E. Chang, “Study on using of construction residual soils and cold-bonding technique for making recycling aggregates,” Pavement Engineering, Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 51-61 (2011).
15. Tsai, C. T., C. C. Chang, L. S. Li, and T. C. Kung, “Recycling lime sludge from CPDC An-Shun site as coarse aggregates through cold-bonding technique,” Advanced Materials Research, Vols. 343-344, pp. 283-288 (2012).
16. Tsai, C. T., C. C. Chang, L. S. Li, and J. E. Chang, “Feasibility of using construction residual soils to develop cold-pressing recycling coarse aggregates,” Journal of Building Materials, Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 145-150 (2012).
17. Kung, G. T. C., C. T. Tsai, J. E. Chang, Y. G. Tang, “A strategy for promoting utility of recycling green building materials in Taiwan,” Advanced Materials Research, Vols. 512-515, pp. 2943-2948 (2012).
18. Kung, G. T. C., C. T. Tsai, Y. G. Tang, J. E. Chang, “Damage to a plant caused by construction-induced settlement,” Sustainable Environment Research, Vol. 22, No. 5, pp. 327-334 (2012).
19. Tsai, C. T., “Sintering of Ceramics - New Emerging Techniques: Chapter 5 Cold-Bonding Technique – A New Approach to Recycle Innocuous Construction Residual Soil, Sludge, and Sediment as Coarse Aggregates”, Editor: ArunachalamLakshmanan by InTech, ISBN 978-953-51-0017-1, Rijeka, Croatia(2012).

20. Tsai, C. T., C. C. Chang, and J. E. Chang, “Feasibility of using cold-pressing technique to recycle stainless steel reductive slag ascoarse aggregate,” Journal of Chinese Environmental, Safety and Health Association, No. 36, pp. 15-26 (2013).

21. Tsai, C. T., C. C. Wu, T. K. Hsu, J. E. Chang, “Recycling nonmagnetic material from de-sulferization slag as coarse aggregate through cold-pressing technique,” Engineering Journal, Vol. 20, No. 4, pp. 163-170 (2016).

22. Cheng, T. W., W. H. Lee, T. K. Hu, K. Y. Lin, C. T. Tsai, C. C. Wu, T. K. Hsu, B. L. Shu, J. E. Chang, K. L. Lin, and J. K. Chen, “New technique for stabilization/reutilization of BOF Slags - Geopolymer technology,” Mining & Metallurgy, Vol. 62, No. 2, pp. 40-52 (2018).

23. Cheng, T. W., W. H. Lee, K. Y. Lin, C. T. Tsai, C. C. Wu, J. E. Chang, K. L. Lin, and J. K. Chen, “Development of Geopolymer Stabilization Technology for Steelmaking BOF Slag,” Mining & Metallurgy, Vol. 62, No. 4, pp. 1-18 (2018).

24. Tsai, C. T., “Deduction and application of geopolymer materials mixture design method,” The Magazine of the Chinese Institute of Civil and Hydraulic Engineering, Vol. 47, No. 2 (2020). In press

25. Cheng, T. W., C. T. Tsai, W. H. Lee, C. C. Wu, “Application of geopolymer concrete in Taiwan,” The Magazine of the Chinese Institute of Civil and Hydraulic Engineering, Vol. 47, No. 2 (2020). In press