廖凱偉 Kai-Wei Liao
Master degree of chemistry, 4 years working experience as ITRI Associate Researcher in the field of functional coating material. Experience in project management, team leading, team working, material analysis and evaluation, and international collaboration with vendors and academic institute.
R&D, Dept. of Advanced Coating, Material and Chemical Research Lab., ITRI
Hsinchu, Taiwan, [email protected]
Working Experience
Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), 2015.12 ~ Present
- Associate Researcher for functional coating development
- Project management and team leader
- Material development and evaluation including anti-corrosive coating (epoxy/polyurethane/polyol/sol-gel process/inorganic filler) water- and dust-resistant material (sol-gel process/inorganic and organic hybrid)
- International collaboration with coating company(US)/academic institute(Japan)
Skills
R&D
- Anti-corrosive Coating
- Water-repellent Coating
- Coating Accelerating Aging Test
- Sol-gel Chemistry
- Solid State Chemistry
- Taguchi Methods
Material Analysis
- XRD
- Physisorption/BET
- GC
- TGA/DSC
- GPC
- XAS
- UV-Vis/IR/NIR Spectroscopy
Data Analysis
- Excel
- Power BI (beginning)
- OriginLab
- ChemDraw
- Minitab
- Macromedia Flash
- iFEFFIT (for XAS)
Coating Evaluation
- QUV Weatherable Test (ASTM G154)
- Salt Spray Test (ASTM B117, ASTM G85)
- Cycling Aging Test (ISO 12944-9)
- Outdoor Exposure Test (ASTM G50) Degradation Rating (ISO 4628)
- Spray Coating Process
- Gauge repeatability & Reproducibility (GR&R)
- Basic coating test: gloss/yellowness/thickness/optical spectrum/adhesion test
Language
- Mandarin Chinese (Native)
- Taiwanese (Native)
- English (Fluent)
- German (Beginner)
Projects
Establishment of Anti-Corrosive Coating Test and Evaluation Platform
Team co-leader and member 2016.03 ~ Present
- Laboratory accelerating test and data analysis for coating degradation, including QUV, salt-spray, cycling aging test, physical and optical detection methods
- Establishment of outdoor exposure test field complying with ASTM G50 under severe corrosive environment in coastal Taiwan (ISO 12944-2 CX categories) for evaluating actual durability of coatings
- Data analysis methods, including Excel, OriginLab, Minitab, Power BI(beginning)
Development of Anti-corrosive Filler Applied in Coatings, 2017.01 ~ Present
*Eco-friendly Anti-corrosive Heavy Duty Coating* (Team co-leader) 2019.12 ~ Present
- Study for replacement of toxic fillers that used in the coating to reduce the harm to ocean creatures
*Anti-corrosive Inorganic Nano-material Applied in Waterborne Coatings* (Team leader) 2017.01 – 2017.12
- Improvement of corrosion resistance of waterborne direct-to-metal coatings at least 3 times
- Development of novel inorganic nanomaterial that can release corrosion inhibitor and adsorb the external corrosive ingredients
Development of Sol-gel Processed Functional Coatings, 2016.07 ~ Present
*Anti-corrosion Coating* (Team member) 2017.01 ~ Present
- Development of chromium-free coating and topcoat for metal substrates
- Pilot run of coating materials
- Related patents are now pending (Since 2019.08)
- 2017.07 ~ 2017.08 Sol-gel technology collaboration with universities in Japan to solve topcoat cracking issues
- Development of waterborne omniphobic coating and its water- and dust-repellent performance on wood and glass
- 2016.12 International technology collaboration with coating company in United States
- 2019.05 ~ 2019.06 Sol-gel technology collaboration with academic institute in Japan to synthesize heat insulating aerogel material
Process Examination of Marine Grade Coating for Aluminum Alloy
Team co-leader and member 2016.03 ~ 2017.07
- Analysis of effects of industrial conversion and powder-baking process on anti-corrosive performance of aluminum alloy as reference for online control process.
- Establishment and examination of optimal manufacturing factors via electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS)test, ASTM B117 salt spray test, and Taguchi methods
Development of Polyol Resin for Anti-corrosive Coating
Team member 2015.12 ~ 2016.12
- Development for modification of polyols for weatherable high gloss polyurethane topcoat for anti-corrosion
- Related patents are now pending (Since 2018.08)
Education
National Tsing Hua University, M.Sc. Chemistry, 2012 ~ 2015
Thesis- Gallium Nitride/Zinc Oxide Solid Solution Nanocatalysts : Synthesis and Applications for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production
- Synthesis of semiconductor photocatalysts which can utilize visible light for photocatalytic reactions. The aim is to decompose water into hydrogen and oxygen under visible light radiation.
RWTH Aachen University, Exchange Program, 2014.09 ~ 2015.07
NTHU Exchange Scholarship
- Master courses including Physical Metallurgy, Mineral Materials: Ceramics, Mineral Materials: Glass, Fabrication Technology of Metals, Deutschkurs A2, Modul Grammatik B1, Modul Konversation B1/B2.a
