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Dean Chou

Dean Chou D.Phil. (Oxon)

Assistant Professor

 


Department of Biomedical Engineering
National Cheng Kung University
1. Tashueh Rd., Tainan City 701, Taiwan

BME Bldg. OOO
dean@gs.ncku.edu.tw

Phone: +886 6 2757575 #OOO

 

Degrees

2017.03, D.Phil., University of Oxford, UK.

2010.12, Master, Dept. of Chem. & Material Eng. at UAH

2005.06, Master, Dept. of Eng. Sci. ＆ Ocean Eng. at NTU

2002.06, Bachelor, Dept. of Sys. Eng. ＆ Naval Arch. at NTOU

Research Areas

Cerebromechanics, Neurohydrodynamics, Nephromechanics, Physiological Transport Phenomena, Medical Imaging Processing, Biosensor, Shunting Device, Portable Medical Oxygen Generator, Nebulizer, Thermal and Swelling Problem in the Battery

Work Experience

2020/08 – Present, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biomedical Eng., National Cheng Kung Univ., Taiwan

2017/08 – 2020/08, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mech. Eng., National Central Univ., Taiwan

2013/04 – 2015/08, RA, Dept. of Mech. Eng., Univ. of College London, London, UK

2011/10 – 2013/03, Lab. Tutor, Dept. of Eng. Sci., Univ. of Oxford, Oxford, UK

2010/12 – 2011/09, RA, Dept. of Surgery, National Taiwan Univ. College of Med., Taipei, TW

2009/08 – 2010/08, TA, Dept. of Chem. and Materials Eng., Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, USA

2009/09 – 2010/12, Code Developer, CFD-ACE+, ESI Groups, Huntsville, Alabama, USA

2008/07 – 2009/01, Analyst, Offshore Wind Energy G., National App. Res. Lab., Taipei, TW

2006/12 – 2007/07, RA, Mech. Eng. Sci. G., Res. Cen. for App. Sci., Academia Sinica, TW

2005/07 – 2006/12, RA, Fluid Dynamics Lab., Inst. of Phy., Academia Sinica, Taipei, TW

Awards and Recognitions

Outstanding recruitment, National Central University, 2017 to 2020

3rd place/48 faculties, Outstanding teaching at ME, 2018

1st place, Programming competition (Instructing students), NCU, 2018

1st place, Programming competition (Instructing students), NCU, 2019

Publications in the recent 5 Years

Journal:

  1. L.W. Guo, J.C. Vardakis, D. Chou, Y. Ventikos (2020, Feb). A multiple-network poroelastic model for biological systems and application to subject-specific modelling of cerebral fluid transport. International Journal of Engineering Science, 147(103204), DOI：10.1016/j.ijengsci.2019.103204. (SCI, IF：9.052；1/88, Engineering & Multidisciplinary).
  2. J.C. Vardakis, M. Bonfanti, G. Franzetti, L.W. Guo, T. Lassila, M. Mitolo, Hoz de Vila M, J.P. Greenwood, G. Maritati, D. Chou, Z.A. Taylor, A. Venneri , S. Homer-Vanniasinkam, S. Balabani, A.F. Frangi, Y. Ventikos, V. Diaz-Zuccarini (2019, Dec). Highly integrated workflows for exploring cardiovascular conditions: Exemplars of precision medicine in Alzheimer's disease and aortic dissection. Morphologie, 103(343):148-160.
  3. Vardakis I, Guo L, Peach T, Lassila T, Mitolo M, Chou D, Taylor Z, Varma S, Venneri A, Frangi A, Ventikos Y (2019, Nov). Fluid–structure interaction for highly complex, statistically defined, biological media: Homogenisation and a 3D multi-compartmental poroelastic model for brain biomechanics. Journal of Fluids and Structures, DOI：10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2019.04.008. (SCI, IF：3.07；28/129, Engineering & Mechanical；22/134, Mechanics).
  4. L.W. Guo, J.C. Vardakis, T. Lassila, M. Mitolo, N. Ravikumar, D. Chou, M. Lange, A. Sarrami-Foroushani, B.J. Tully, Z.A. Taylor, S. Varma, A. Venneri, A.F. Frangi, Y. Ventikos (2018, Feb). Subject-specific multiporoelastic model for exploring the risk factors associated with the early stages of Alzheimers disease. Interface Focus, 2018 Feb 6; 8(1): 20170019. (SCI, IF：3.092；18/87, Biology).
  5. P. H. Tsui, J. Fang, K. J. Chang, W. H. Kuo, H. Y. Ma and D. Chou (2017, Jan). Small-window parametric imaging based on information entropy for ultrasound tissue characterization. Scientific Reports, 7, Article No: 41004. (SCI, IF：3.745；12/64, Multidisciplinary Sciences).
  6. D. Chou, J. C. Vardakis, L. W. Guo, B. J. Tully and Y. Ventikos (2016, Jul). A fully dynamic multicompartmental poroelastic system: application to aqueductal stenosis. Journal of Biomechanics, 49(11), 2306~2312. (SCI, IF：2.664；25/77, Biomedical Engineering；32/73 Biophysics).
  7. J. C. Vardakis, D. Chou, B. J. Tully, C. C. Hung, T. H. Lee, P. H. Tsui and Y. Ventikos (2016, Jan). Investigating cerebral oedema using poroelasticity. Medical Engineering & Physics, 38(1), 48~57. (SCI, IF：3.745, 45/76, Biomedical Engineering).
  8. S. B. Huang, D. Chou, Y. H. Chang, K. C. Li, T. K. Chiu, Y. Ventikos and M. H. Wu (2015, Dec). Development of a pneumatically driven active cover lid for multi-well microplates for use in perfusion three-dimensional cell culture. Scientific Reports, 5, Article No: 18352. (SCI, IF：5.228；7/63, Multidisciplinary Sciences).

Book Chapter:

  1. R.Y. Youh, P.Y. Chen, Y.C. Chao, D.H. Luo, H.H. Chang, Y.L. Chang, W.M. Liu, D. Chou*, “Chapter:9 Biomarkers and Applications in Alzheimer’s Disease”, Frontiers in Nanobiotechnology Vol. 1, Bentham Science Publishers.

Patents:

  1. D. Chou and J.Y. Huang, “System, wearable apparatus, method, Computer-readable medium and program product for generating and processing emergency alert automatically”, No. 105110412, TW.

Conference:

  1. Bing-Ze Lu, Dean Chou, Kevin Hsieh, Wei-Jie Liang, Chun-Yin Yeh, Yi-Ting Chun, and Yu-Chen Shu (2019, Jun). Level Set Method for Image Segmentation. 6th International Conference on Computational and Mathematical Biomedical Engineering.
  2. D. Chou, S.K. Liao, J.C. Vardakis, and Y.C. Shu (2019, Jun). An Analytical Steady-state Solution for Cerebral Tissue based on Multiple-network Poroelasticity. 6th International Conference on Computational and Mathematical Biomedical Engineering, 仙台.
  3. D. Chou, J.C. Vardakis, Y. Ventikos (2018, Jul). A novel poroelastic model of the neuro-glio-vascular unit. 8th World Congress of Biomechanics, Dublin, Ireland.
  4. J.C. Vardakis, L.W. Guo, T. Lassila, M. Mitolo, N. Ravikumar, D. Chou, M. Lange, A.S. Foroushani, B. Tully, Z. Taylor, S. Varma, A. Venneri, A.F. Frangi, Y. Ventikos (2018, Jul). A personalised multi-poroelastic model for exploring the risk factors associated with the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease. 8th World Congress of Biomechanics, Dublin, Ireland.
  5. L.W. Guo, J.C. Vardakis, D. Chou,B. Tully, Yiannis Ventikos (2018, Jul). Subject-specific computational platform of a multiporoelastic model for the simulation of cerebrospinal fluid transport. 8th World Congress of Biomechanics, Dublin, Ireland.
  6. J.C. Vardakis, L.W. Guo, D. Chou, Y. Ventikos (2018, Jun). Using Multicompartmental Poroelasticity to Explore Brain Biomechanics and Cerebral Diseases. IUTAM Symposium on Critical flow dynamics involving moving/deformable structures with design applications, Santorini, Greece.
  7. J.C. Vardakis, L.W. Guo, D. Chou, Y. Ventikos (2018, Jun). Cerebroventricular Fluid Complexity in the early stages of Alzheimer's Disease. 6th European Conference on Computational Mechanics, 7th European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics, Glasgow, UK.
  8. J. C. Vardakis, L. W. Guo, D. Chou, B. Tully, G. F. Vindedal, V. Jensen, A. E. Thoren, K. H. Pettersen, S. W. Omholt, O. P. Ottersen, E. A. Nagelhus and Y. Ventikos (2017, Apr). Poroelastic modelling of CSF circulation via the incorporation of experimentally derived microscale water transport properties. 5th International Conference on Computational and Mathematical Biomedical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
  9. L. W. Guo, J. C. Vardakis, T. Lassila, M. Mitolo, N. Ravikumar, D. Chou, M. Lange, A. S. Foroushani, B. Tully, Z. Taylor, S. Varma, A. Venneri, A. F. Frangi, Y. Ventikos (2017, Apr). Investigating dementia via a multicompartmental poroelastic model of parenchymal tissue. 5th International Conference on Computational and Mathematical Biomedical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
  10. Y. Ventikos, J. C. Vardakis, L. W. Guo, T. Lassila, D. Chou, B. Tully, N. Ravikumar, M. Mitolo, M. Lange, A. S. Foroushani, Z. Taylor, S. Varma, A. Venneri and A. F. Frangi (2017, Mar). Mechanistic model-based biomarkers. European Congress of Radiology, Vienna, Austria.
  11. J. C. Vardakis, L. W. Guo, D. Chou, B. Tully, T. Lassila, N. Ravikumar, Z. A. Taylor, S. Varma, A. Venneri, A. F. Frangi and Y. Ventikos (2016, Sep). Investigating patient-specific cerebroventricular fluid complexity in dementia. Virtual Physiological Human Conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
  12. L. W. Guo, J. C. Vardakis, D. Chou, B. Tully, T. Lassila, N. Ravikumar, Z. A. Taylor, S. Varma, A. Venneri, A. F. Frangi and Y. Ventikos (2016, Sep). Patientspecific multiporoelastic brain modelling. Virtual Physiological Human Conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
  13. J. C. Vardakis, L. W. Guo, D. Chou and Y. Ventikos (2016, Jun). Exploring obstructive hydrocephalus through a multiscale modelling approach. 16th International Symposium on Intracranial Pressure and Neuromonitoring, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, USA.
  14. Y. Ventikos, J. C. Vardakis, D. Chou, L. G. Guo and B. Tully (2016, Mar). Fluid transport in the ageing brain: an integrative modelling approach. European Congress of Radiology, Vienna, Austria.
  15. D. Chou, J. C. Vardakis, L. W. Guo and Y. Ventikos (2015, Oct). A Fully dynamic multicompartmental poroelastic system: application to aqueductal stenosis. First Computational Mechanics Conference in Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwan.
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