This first volume of a two-volume work contains the papers presented at the 2016 International Conference on Civil, Architecture and Environmental Engineering (ICCAE 2016) that was held on 4-6 November 2016 in Taipei, Taiwan. The meeting was organized by China University of Technology and Taiwan Society of Construction Engineers and brought together professors, researchers, scholars and industrial pioneers from all over the world. ICCAE 2016 is an important forum for the presentation of new research developments, exchange of ideas and experience and covers the following subject areas: Structural Science & Architecture Engineering, Building Materials & Materials Science, Construction Equipment & Mechanical Science, Environmental Science & Environmental Engineering, Computer Simulation & Computer and Electrical Engineering. Volume 1 covers subject areas Structural Science and Architecture Engineering; Building Materials and Materials Science & Construction Equipment and Mechanical Science.
Prof. Jimmy C. M. Kao received his Ph.D. from the Department of Civil Engineering, North Carolina State University. His expertise covers: environmental site assessment; risk-based correction action processes by ASTM; groundwater and soil remediation; remediation system design and application; natural bioremediation of contaminated sites; wetland and water resource management. He is Director of the Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Sun Yat-Sen University; Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS); Diplomate of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and American Academy of Water Resources Engineers; US Professional Engineer; US Certified Ground Water Professional; US Professional Hydrologist and regional/associate editor of various Scientific Journals.
Prof. Wen-Pei Sung is currently a Distinguished Professor and Dean at the College of Humanities and Creativity, National Chin-Yi University of Technology, Taiwan. He is a member of Accreditation Council, Ministry of Education, a committee member of Taiwan Public Construction Commission and Accredited Professional Expert and Certificated Professional Expert (AP and CP), Low Carbon Building Alliance, Taiwan. He serves as the Project Investigator for the National Energy and Hazard Prevention Project of Taiwan Ministry of Science and Technology. He received his MS and Ph.D. degrees in civil engineering from North Carolina State University, U.S.A. and National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan, respectively. He is also a registered professional engineer in Taiwan. In 1990, he worked at Sinotech Engineering Consultants, Inc., Taiwan as a project engineer and completed several major state construction projects for hydraulic engineering in Taiwan and República Dominicana. In 1993, he became a faculty member of National Chin-Yi University of Technolog. In 1999, he founded Department of Landscape Architecture and became the chairman of the Department and Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Science. Currently, he is a Distinguished Professor of National Chin-Yi University of Technology. In 2012, he won Diplomate, Water Resources Engineer, American Academy of Water Resources Engineers. He also won Board Certificate Environmental Engineers Member, American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists, elected as Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology, (IET) U.K. in 2014 and also elected as Fellow of the International Engineering and Technology Institute, (IETI) H.K. in 2015.
