The Novel EXperimental & Theoretical Group for Materials Design (NEXT-G Materials Design) is co-supervised by Prof. Wen-Dung Hsu and Prof. Shih-kang Lin at Dept. Materials Science and Engineering, National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Taiwan. Materials thermodynamics and kinetics are our core knowledges. We integrate the theoretical and experimental approaches, and focus on developing new emerging materials for electronic materials, energy materials, and structural materials. The computational approaches include first-principles calculations, molecular dynamics simulations, CALPHAD thermodynamic modeling, and finite element analysis; Experimental methods include microscopy, spectroscopy, thermal analyses, and in-situ measurements.