Hsin-Tien Lin, Ph.D.

Dr. Hsin-Tien Lin is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at National Taiwan University and President of the Taiwan Life Cycle Assessment Society. Her research focuses on advancing sustainability through Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), circular economy, and sustainable product and system design. Her work integrates engineering, environmental science, and sustainability transitions to evaluate and redesign products, infrastructures, and socio-technical systems across their entire life cycles. Current research topics include circular product design, sustainable consumption, resource efficiency, plastic pollution and microplastics, critical materials, transportation systems, electronic products, and policy-oriented sustainability assessment.

In recent years, her research has increasingly focused on designing circular systems that minimize environmental burdens at the source by combining life cycle thinking with product design, business model innovation, and policy interventions. Her group develops decision-support methods that bridge engineering design with environmental performance assessment, contributing to more resilient and resource-efficient systems.

Dr. Lin actively collaborates with researchers on interdisciplinary projects related to life cycle sustainability assessment, circular economy, industrial ecology, sustainable engineering, and environmental systems analysis. She welcomes opportunities for international research collaboration, joint projects, visiting scholars, postdoctoral researchers, and graduate student exchanges.

Education

• Ph.D. Energy Science, Kyoto University, 2019
• Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University, 2015
• Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University, 2013

Experience

• Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Associate Professor(2024.8-now)
• President, Taiwan Life Cycle Assessment Society (2025.2-now)
• Department of Environmental Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Associate Professor (2023.8-2024.7)
• Department of Environmental Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Assistant Professor (2020.2-2023.7)

Honors & Awards

• 2024, Outstanding Young Engineering Professor Award, Chinese Society of Mechanical Engineers (CSME)
• 2024, Wu Ta-You Memorial Award (Energy Division), National Science and Technology Council (NSTC)
• 2024-2027, 2030 Cross-Generation Young Scholars Program – Excellent Young Scholar Project, National Science and Technology Council (NSTC)
• 2023, Outstanding Award for Interdisciplinary Sustainability Research, National Cheng Kung University
• 2023, Excellence in Teaching Award, National Cheng Kung University
• 2023, Excellence in Teaching for Innovation and University Social Responsibility (USR), National Cheng Kung University
• 2022, Honorable Mention – Women’s Sustainable Innovation Talent Cultivation Competition & Dream-Building Program, ASE Holdings
• 2022, People’s choice best paper award, International Conference on EcoBalance
• 2022, Excellent Paper Award, The Chinese Institute of Environmental Engineering
• 2022, Excellent Paper Award, The Chinese Institute of Environmental Engineering
• 2022, Rising Star Award, College of Engineering, Nationcal Cheng Kung University
• 2022, Best Paper Award, Symposium on Sustainable Products and Industrial Management

Publications

1. Hsin-Tien Lin*, Kuo-Che Weng, En-Yu Yeh, Chun-Wei Wang, Han-Chang Pan, “Life cycle environmental impact of customer premises equipment: insights from a Wi-Fi router case study, ” The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 31:106, 2026（Link）
2. Hsin-Tien Lin*, Fang-Yu Lin, Yin-Tsu Peng, Eri Amasawa, “Combining Conjoint Analysis and Life Cycle Assessment to Design A Business Model for Rental Reusable Cups in Taiwan,” Resource, Conservation & Recycling, Volume 232, 10 June 2026, 108961（Link）
3. Fang-Yu Lin and Hsin-Tien Lin*,” Exploring the Association Between Public Transit Use and Overweight and Obesity: Evidence from Taiwan’s County-Level,” Journal of Transport & Health, Volume 48, May 2026, 102290（Link）
4. Hsin-Tien Lin*, Falk Schneider, Muhamad Afiq Aziz, Keng Yinn Wong, Kantha D. Arunachalam, Sarva Mangala Praveena, Sumathi Sethupathi, Woon Chan Chong, Ayu Lana Nafisyah, Purushothaman Parthasarathy, Shreeshivadasan Chelliapan, Alexander Kunz, “Microplastics in Asian rivers: Geographical distribution, most detected types, and inconsistency in methodologies,” Environmental Pollution, Volume 349, 2024, 123985（Link）
5. Falk Schneider, Daniel Sebastián Castillo Castro, Kuo-Che Weng, Cheng-Hsiang Shei, Hsin-Tien Lin*, “Comparative Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) on battery electric and combustion engine motorcycles” Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 406, April 2023, 137060（Link）
6. Ching-Tuan Su, Falk Schneider, Paritosh C. Deshpande, Hui-Ya Xiao, Tien-An Su, Ning Yen, Hsin-Tien Lin*, “Material flow analysis of commercial fishing gears in Taiwan,” Marine Pollution Bulletin, Volume 190, March 2023, 114822 （Link）
7. Hsin-Tien Lin, Cian-Wei Chiang, Jhao-Ning Cai, Hsin-Yu Chang, Yu-Nien Ku, Falk Schneider, “Evaluating the waste and CO2 reduction potential of packaging by reuse model in supermarkets in Taiwan,” Waste Management, Volume 160, February 2023, 35-42（Link）
8. Alexander Kunz, Falk Schneider, Nixon Anthony, Hsin-Tien Lin, “Microplastics in rivers along an urban-rural gradient in an urban agglomeration: Correlation with land use, potential sources and pathways,” Environmental Pollution, Volume 321, January 2023,121096（Link）
9. Yun-Chung Lee, Yu-Chen Chen, Hsin-Tien Lin, Li Xu, Ming-Tsang Lee, Jia-Yang Juang. “Maskless deposition of patterned transparent conductive oxides via laser-assisted atmospheric pressure plasma jet,” Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Volume 931, 10 January 2023, 167607（Link）
10. Falk Schneider, Hsin-Tien Lin*, Chieh-Shen Hu, Chi-Hsuan Hsu, Ning Yen, “Volume-based assessment of coastal litter reveals a significant underestimation of marine litter from ocean-based activities in East Asia,” Regional Studies in Marine Science, February 2022（Link）
11. Chen-Hua Wang and Hsin-Tien Lin*, “Quantification of food packaging generation and material loss from major retailers in Taipei, Taiwan,” Waste Management, Nov. 2021（Link）
12. Falk Schneider, Alexander Kunz*, Chieh-Shen Hu, Ning Yen and Hsin-Tien Lin*, ”Rapid-Survey Methodology to Assess Litter Volumes along Large River Systems—A Case Study of the Tamsui River in Taiwan”, Sustainability, wol.13, pp. 8765, Aug. 2021.（Link）
13. Hsin-Tien Lin*, Kenichi Nakajima, Eiji Yamasue, Keiichi N. Ishihara, “An optimum treatment for waste electronic home appliance in remote area: the case of Kinmen, Taiwan”, Waste Management, vol. 89, issue 15, pp 379-385. Apr. 2019. （Link）
14. Hsin-Tien Lin*, Kenichi Nakajima, Eiji Yamasue, Keiichi N. Ishihara, “Recycling of End-of-Life Vehicles in Small Islands: The Case of Kinmen, Taiwan”, Sustainability, vol.10, pp.4377, Nov. 2018. （Link）
15. Hsin-Tien Lin*, Eiji Yamasue, Keiichi N. Ishihara, Hideyuki Okumura, “Waste shipments for energy recovery as a waste treatment strategy for small islands: the case of Kinmen, Taiwan”, Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management, vol.21, issue 1, pp44-56, Jan. 2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10163-018-0760-3（Link）
16. Jia-Yang Juang, Hsin-Tien Lin, Chun-Tang Liang, Yu-Yi Chen, and Kuo-Long Pan,”Effect of ambient air flow on resistivity uniformity of transparent Ga-doped ZnO film deposited by atmospheric pressure plasma jet”, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, vol.766, pp.868-875, Oct. 2018.（Link）
17. Tung-Sheng Chou, Hsin-Tien Lin, Yu-Yi Chen, Kuo-Long Pan, and Jia-Yang Juang, ”Effect of main gas and carrier gas on ZnO thin films deposited by atmospheric pressure plasma jet”, Thin Solid Films, vol.594, Part B, pp.282-286, Nov. 2015.（Link）
18. Jia-Yang Juang, Tung-Sheng Chou, Hsin-Tien Lin, Yuan-Fang Chou and Chih-Chiang Weng, ”Trajectory effect on the properties of large area ZnO thin films deposited by atmospheric pressure plasma jet”, Applied Surface Science, vol.314, pp.1074-1081, Sep. 2014.（Link）

Recent works

Combining Conjoint Analysis and Life Cycle Assessment to Design A Business Model for Rental Reusable Cups in Taiwan

Life cycle environmental impact of customer premises equipment: insights from a Wi-Fi router case study

Microplastics in Asian rivers: Geographical distribution, most detected types, and inconsistency in methodologies

Comparative Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) on battery electric and combustion engine motorcycles