Experiences

• Chairperson, Department of Safety, Health and Environmental Engineering, NKFUST (Aug 1, 2010-present)
• Professor, Department of Safety, Health and Environmental Engineering, NKFUST
• Associate Professor, Department of Safety, Health and Environmental Engineering, NKFUST
• Chief Director, Southern Center for Emergency Response of Toxic Substance, co-founded by the Environmental Protection Administration and NKFUST
• Manager, Process Safety Design Laboratory, Technology Department of Industrial Safety and Health, Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Research Fellow, Technology Department of Industrial Safety and Health, Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Applied Mechanics, National Taiwan University

Specialization

• Process scale-up
• R&D and safety design
• Assessment and design for emergency relief system
• Fire and explosion prevention
• Accident investigation

• Emergency response procedures
• Disaster scene investigation
• Post-disaster decontamination
• Emergency management and damage recovery

Publications

1. J. R. Chen*, H.-Y. Tsai, J-H. Chien, H.-J. Pan, “Flow and Flame Visualization Near the Upper Flammability Limits of Methane/Air and Propane/Air Mixtures at Elevated Pressures”, J. Loss Prev. Process Ind., 24, 662-670 (2011).
2. Tsai, H. Y., S. W. Wang, S. Y. Wu, J. R. Chen*, E. Y. Ngai, K. P. P. Huang, “Experimental Studies on the Ignition Behavior of Pure Silane Released into Air,” J. Loss Prev. Process Ind., 23, 170-177 (2010)
3. Chen, J. R.*, Z. S. Huang, C. D. Liu and P. A. Fomin, “Experimental Studies of Ignition and Explosion in a Water Column Bubbling with Hydrogen and Oxygen, J. Loss Prev. Process Ind., 22, 7-14, 2009.
4. Fomin, P. A. and Chen, J. R., “Shock Wave Induced Condensation in A Fuel-Rich Oxygen Containing Bubble in a Flammable Liquid,” Chem. Eng. Sci., 63, 696-710 (2008)
5. Ngai, E. Y., K. P. P. Huang, J. R. Chen*, C. C. Shen, H. Y. Tsai, S. K. Chen, S. C. Hu, P. H. Yeh, C. D. Liu, Y. Y. Chang, D. J. Peng, H. C. Wu, “Field Tests of Release, Ignition and Explosion from Silane Cylinder Valves,” Process Safety Prog., 26, 265-282 (2007)