In NSC's 2009 list of Research Excellence Award, six NTHU professors are named: Prof. Wei-Leun Fang of the Department of Power and Mechanical Engineering, Prof. Ann-Shyn Chiang of Life Science and Technology, Prof. Hsing-Wen Sung of the Chemical Engineering Department, Prof. Cheng-Wen Wu of the Electrical Engineering Department, Prof. Shin-yi Peng of The Institute of Law for Science and Technology, and Prof. Chih-Huang Lai of Material Sciences.

Prof. Wei-Leun Fang focuses in MEMS and its applications, which combine mechanics, mechanical design, micro-machinery fabrication technology and apply to the MEMS technology. The goal is to reduce system size and weight. His research consists of micro opto-mechanical systems, micro-sensors, micro-actuators, micro-refining technologies, and thin-film mechanical property measurement systems. Recently Prof. Fang introduced the world's first application of the polymer-nano carbon tube composite thin-film fabrication to durable micro-sensor systems—a major breakthrough in MEMS field. He has published numerous journal papers, 150 conference papers, 60 patents, and the winner of numerous "Shang-Yin" Technical Thesis Awards, and CIC Design Award.

Prof. Ann-Shyn Chiang specializes in molecular imaging and neural science, and he is the first person to publish in the prestigious Cell journal from Taiwan. His research is primarily on connections among different neuropilar regions and mapping synaptic connectivity among olfactory neurons. He worked with Cold Spring Institute in discovering long-term memory zones in Drosophila, which helped scientists understand the memory behaviors. FocusClear solution, Prof. Chiang's multi-national patent, is a standard commercial product. His laboratory is working to generate a 3D Drosophila brain for archiving and analysis of individual neurons. These activities have attracted global attention.

Prof. Hsing-Wen Sung's researches cover material applications in drug delivery and tissue-engineering scaffolds. Such efforts have resulted in 175 international journal articles, 3 domestic patents and 20 international patents. He has been awarded two patents in scaffold methods from two traditional medicines: gardenia fruit's Genipin and ginseng's Ginsenoside Rg1 and Re. These contribute greatly to the understanding of bio-engineering, tissue engineering, and drug carrier researches. His work has been recognized by the following awards: Excellent Young Researcher Award by American Society for Artificial Internal Organs,1992, Excellent Research Award of NSC 2002, Excellent Engineering Educator Award Chinese Engineers Association 2005, AIMBE Fellow in 2006, Prof. T.T. Lai Award by Taiwan ChE Association, IUSBSE Fellow and J.T Ho Excellence Award 2009, 2009 NSC Excellent Research award. Prof. Sung has been an Asian Editor of Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology since 2007.

Prof. Cheng-Wen Wu's wireless testing platform and technology ( Ho-Yi Project) raised Taiwan's wireless technologies to a new level. Using wireless interfacing method, he solved the conundrum encounter by the high cost of wireless testing and when testing apparatus not able to keep up with the speed of chip advancements. Under his leadership, researchers from seven universities developed a testing platform to facilitate wireless transmission. The technology has won the second place in National Innovation Awards. Prof. Wu is well known as the develop of a memory testing emulator. This emulator can automatically test memories and generate error models so that it optimizes RAM testing, and consequently reduces the time for testing SRAM、DRAM、CAM、Flash Memory、MRAM chips. He was awarded 2004 IEEE Fellow, and 2005 Academic award from the Department of Education.

Prof. Shin-yi Peng of The Institute of Law for Science and Technology specializes in WTO' Trade in Services. From three perspectives—international economical laws, globalization, and communications technologies—she has developed unique perspectives on issues that attracted world's attention through her recent publications. She was one of the scholars asked by EU's league of Law Schools to referee a mock WTO court. Her writings in court case studies and judges' handbook reverberate in the legal arena. She received 2003 NTHU new faculty research award, and NSC's T. Y WU Memorial Award in 2005.

Prof. Chih-Huang Lai's research interests are in metallic ferromagnetic materials for high-frequency applications, noise-filters, thin film inductors, and electronic materials for mass magnetic storage. His contributions include: 1. FePt thin film application to the next-generation high density disks. He achieved 10T bits/in2 FePt particle, one of the records in the world. 2. Commercializing cobalt-based disks and Pt. targets. With the new magnetic Pt. target technologies that Prof. Lai developed and made available to the industry, Taiwan has become the leading target supplier in the world today. 3. Application of Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory, (or MRAN).