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A Hydrogen Tank Exchange Station Will Be Built On Campus
In response to President Lih J. Chen's new "Green Campus" policy and to celebrate the up coming 100th anniversary of our NTHU, Alumni Mr. Eric Chen with the Asia Pacific Fuel Cell Technology Company developed and donated a hydrogen tank exchange station to usher in low pressure fuel cell vehicles to our campus. In the future, NTHU plans to establish a pool of hydrogen fueled campus vehicles, setting a precedent for environment friendly campuses.......<<More>> |
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NTHU Won The Championship at the Student Cluster Competition
Under the instruction of Professor Yeh-Ching Chung, the six student team of Yu-Cheng Chen (senior), Yi-Man Ma (senior), Yi-Jun Chen (senior), Zhen-Wei Huang (senior), Yu-Jun Xue (senior) and Meng-Kai Liao (junior) went to New Jersey, USA to compete in the Student Cluster Competition (SCC) held at the world's largest international conference for high performance computing, networking, storage and analysis (SC) last November. There, they honored Taiwan by showing exemplarily skill, defeating seven other competing schools from Europe and America, claiming the championship for National Tsing Hua Universtiy.......<<More>> |
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Professors Decorated with School Honors
On November 25th, an annually celebrated ceremony was held at Casa de Socrates to recognize new faculty's research accomplishments along with those who made important contributions to the manufacturing industry. Two senior faculty members, Professor Chih-Huang Lai of the Materials Science and Engineering Department and Professor Nen-Fu Huang of the Computer Science Department, were honored with the Distinguished Award for Successful Collaboration with the Manufacturing Industry. While Assistant Professors Chung-Lin Chen, Institute of Law for Science and Technology, Associate Professor Jyh-Haur Teh, Department of Mathematics, Associate Professor Yung-Hsien Wu, Department of Engineering and System Science, Associate Professor Ming-Chang Lee, Department of Electrical Engineering, Associate Professor Yao-Win Hong, Institute of Communications Engineering, and Assistant Professor Ya-chen Ma, Institute of History, were the proud recipients of the Outstanding Research Award for New Faculty.......<<More>> |
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The "Club One Hundred" and Anonymous Donors Make the Construction of Multifunctional Gymnasium and Biomedical Science Building Possible
If one wishes to know how much power a practical idea can really generate, one only needs to look at the fund-raising process of NTHU's Multifunctional Gymnasium. Within a short period, through the power of our alumnus' Club One Hundred, over one hundred thirty-seven million NTD was raised. This successful fund-drive serves as a perfect example of how our alumnus rally together to support and to give back to their alma mater.......<<More>> |
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Assistant Professor Yu-Lun Chueh and Research Team Published in Nature
The international research team that Dr. Yu-Lun Chueh of the participated Materials Science and Engineering Department, used an epitaxial transfer method to successfully integrate certain chemical compounds on to silicon substrates, completing semiconductor-on-insulator technology. In the future, they hope to combine photonic and electronic components together, giving Taiwan's semiconductor industry an edge in the ever competitive world market. These research results have been published in the November 11th issue of Nature. In the afternoon of November 17th, Professor Yu-Lun Chueh and research members of NTHU were led by President, Lih J. Chen, to attend a press conference held at the National Science Council to announce this research breakthrough.......<<More>> |
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New Nobel Prize Winner of Physics, Konstantin Novoselov, Visits NTHU
"Everyone should stick to the job they love" said the thirty six year old Russian scientist Dr. Konstantin Novoselov, who just received the Nobel Prize in physics, Dr. Novoselov visited our NTHU recently and gave a lecture on November 16th to share his thoughts and experience in scientific research.......<<More>> |
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Donation of Rodin's "the Thinker":A Generous Birthday Give to NTHU
The physics department's alumni of the 73rd class, Chairman Hongliang Hsieh of the Scientech Corporation, donated a piece from his personal collection to as the 100th birthday present. The large bronze statue of Rodin's most distinguish work, The Thinker, is not merely a present to the university but also the present to the students who will have a chance to enjoy a masterpiece of a great artist together with other art and works that his alma mater dapple and enrich the campus grounds.......<<More>> |
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Learning by Serving
With three years of experience and a great deal of compassion, three groups of NTHU international volunteers brought hope and friendship to different corners of the globe. All participants of last summer's projects, despite of the fact that they went to different societies and performed different types of services felt that they had learned a great deal from the people they served and in the places they visited. They learned to appreciate the cultures of their hosts and acquired new perspectives and developed an attitude of respect toward different ways of life.......<<More>> |
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Discoverer of the AIDS/HIV Virus Visits Campus for Lecture
Dr. Francoise Barre- Sinoussi, the winner of the 2008 Nobel Physiology or Medicine Prize and one of the discoverers of the Immunodeficiency Syndrome Virus (HIV/AIDS), gave a lecture at NTHU on October 5th on the topic of "HIV/AIDS Vaccine Research: From Today's Realities to Tomorrow's Hope". With further anticipated research and resolution to the black death of the twentieth century, people of many different fields were attracted to attend the lecture and seized this rare opportunity to interact with the Nobel Laureate.......<<More>> |
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The Two Tsing Hua Universities Sign the First Cross-strait Dual Degree Agreement
Prof. Lih J. Chen, President of NTHU in Taiwan, led a team of delegates to visit Tsing Hua in Beijing, China. This was a fruitful trip, as not only was a co-signed agreement made with Beijing Tsinghua University for both institutes to establish joint laboratories, but a great initiative to launch a dual-degree program was made as well. This represents the first time a university in Taiwan has signed a dual-degree agreement with their counterpart in China.......<<More>> |
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National Chair Professorship and Academic Awards Presented to Three of Our Honored Professors
The Ministry of Education (MOE) established the National Chair Professorship and Academic Award for the purpose of encouraging academic research and to promote research standards, as well as improving the development of Taiwan's higher education. The Ministry of Education will present the 14th National Chair Professorship and 54th Academic Awardees List. The winners on our campus have demonstrated exceptional performance; Dr. Yun Chi from the Department of Chemistry and Dr. Sze-Bi Hsu from the Department of Mathematics won the National Chair Professorship; Dr. Sue-Lein Wang received the "Academic Award."......<<More>> |
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"Cross-Strait Go and Bridge Tsing Hua Cup": Friendship Across the Taiwan Strait
On September 2~3, The 8th "Cross-Strait Go and Bridge Tsing Hua Cup" was held in the International Students Activity Center. This year, over 70 students and faculty members participated. After two days of intense competition the results were: contestants from Beijing's Tsinghua won in both Go and Bridge, claiming the championship.......<<More>> |
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A Happy Teacher's Day 2010: Giving Thanks
On autumn holiday with a great atmosphere, Teacher's Day has arrived once again.On Thursday, September 23 at 11 am, in the International Conference Hall, NTHU President Lih J. Chen hosted an illustrious tea party to express appreciation and warmth to faculty members for their many years of educational service. During the tea party, Chair Professorships and Emeritus positions were presented to specially honored professors, as well as the 2010 NTHU Annual Outstanding Instructor Award and the Ministry of Education Excellent Senior Instructor Award to display our appreciation for the contributions of our professors. Simultaneously, there were an introduction of newly hired faculty members to give them a warm welcome and a formal introduction to the university community.......<<More>> |
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Roots-and-Shoots 2010: Caring for Animals, Communities and the Nature
In the service course they took last semester, NTHU students demonstrated their creativity by making "toys" for animals in Hsinchu Zoo, hoping to improve the living quality of these animals. Their action was reported in the media and attracted the attention of the Jane Goodall Institute –Taiwan. So they decided to invite Dr. Jane Goodall, during her 14th visit to Taiwan, to promote the quality of living conditions for the animals in Hsinchu, Zoo.......<<More>> |
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NTHU Placed at 107th in the 2010 World University Ranking of the Times, Topping Others Taiwanese Universities
Last Sept. 16, the Times Higher Education (THE), known as the leader in world university ranking, released the 2010 World University Ranking, in which NTHU has achieved a new height; 107th in the world and the top on the list of other universities in Taiwan. This is another exciting success for the whole university after we inched our way into the Top 200 in the 2010 University Ranking released by QS last Sept. 8, ranking 196th.......<<More>> |
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NTHU Won "University-Industry Economic Contributions Award"
Established less than two years ago, NTHU's Office of Industrial Collaboration won the "2010 University-Industry Economic Contributions Award" presented by the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), which acknowledges the Office's outstanding contributions in bridging the academics and the industries.......<<More>> |
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Macronix Made another Generous Donation
In December 2001, Macronix International Co., Ltd (MXIC) made a generous donation, in the handsome amount of 300 million NTD, to NTHU, for the construction of a Learning Resource Center. The construction of MXIC Learning Resource started last year and is expected to be completed in 2011 just in time for the centennial celebration of NTHU. While the construction project is progressing smoothly, the University administrators were hard at work to find the needed funds for the furnishing of the new Learning Resource Center. It was at this critical juncture that Chairman Miin Wu of the MXIC opened his checkbook and made another generous donation of 100 million NTD to help with the interior furnishing of the new building.......<<More>> |
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Noam Chomsky, Father of Modern Linguistics and Cognitive Science, Visited NTHU
A world-renown linguist and political thinker, Dr. Chomsky, Professor Emeritus of Linguistics at MIT, visited NTHU on August 10, 2010. President Chen took this occasion to award Dr. Chomsky with an honorary doctorate in linguistics and an Honorary Chair Professorship to recognize his academic achievements and continuous contributions to the fields of linguistics, analytic philosophy, cognitive science. Following the ceremony, Dr. Chomsky gave a talk on the "Poverty of Stimulus: the Unfinished Business".......<<More>> |
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Ho Jing-Dwei Chair Professorship: The Endowment that Makes Top Recruiting Possible
Dr. Earl J. S. Ho, Chairman of Tung-Ho Steel Enterprise Corporation made a generous donation to NTHU recently. This donation, in the handsome amount of 200 million NTD, will be used to set up the Ho Jing-Dwei Chair Professorship to support the development of NTHU.......<<More>> |
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Professor Yi-Wei Liu's Research Team on Nature's Cover
The cover story in the July 8th issue of Nature, a top international weekly journal of science, was none other than the research work of the collaborative international research team of which NTHU's Associate Professor Yi-Wei Liu (Department of Physics), and doctoral research student Cheng-Yang Kao are members. The team made the monumental discovery that the proton's radius has previously been overestimated by as much as 4%.......<<More>> |
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Down to 1 cm focal length: MEMS-Based Variable-Focus Liquid Lens
Finger-nail size, 50X magnification factor, wide angle, and sharper image than human eyes: these are the descriptions of a MEMS-based dielectric liquid lens. MEMS stands for "Micro Electro Mechanical System". The lens came out of NTHU's MEMS institute headed by Prof. Andrew Yeh, and will be mass-produced before the end of the year. These lenses are expected to revolutionize the miniature lens market.......<<More>> |
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"What Really Happens at Absolute Zero?" Asked Dr. Douglas D. Osheroff
In a standing-room-only presentation, Dr. Douglas D. Osheroff asked the audience the above question. President Chen opened the talk with a quote from the famous Chinese poet Su Tseh a thousand years ago that "One may be enlightened with a simple morsel of an icon's brilliance" to welcome the Nobel Laureate's second visit. "Dr. Osheroff was known for his research on a subject of great physics importance: what really happens to atoms at the absolute zero temperature?"......<<More>> |
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Godspeed and Farewell: Commencement, 2010
On June 12, at the gymnasium, in the midst of brilliant flowers and balloons was the unique sentiment of commencement – a mixture of excitement and a bit of melancholy. Proud parents, joyous graduates, and dignitaries abounded. Among the celebrities was Mr. Jen-Shyong Ho, CEO of Tung-Ho Steel, to whom an honorary doctorate was conferred. Also, Dr. W. D Lee, class of 1984 in Nuclear Engineering and the donor of the "Green Energy Teaching and Research Building", was on hand to share his views on contemporary would affairs. President Chen first congratulated the graduating class for their successful completion of all the academic challenges, and to the parents who had given so much to support their children!......<<More>> |
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Mr. Jan-Shyong Ho Receives Honorary Doctorate
Promptly at 2:30 p.m. on June 12, the conferring ceremony took place in spite of the continuous drizzles common for this time of the year. At the International Conference Hall, President Chen was on hand to confer an honorary doctorate degree to Mr. Jen-Shyong Ho. Seventy-some invited guests were present to witness the ceremony, including the former NTHU president Dr. Chung Laung Liu, and Mr. Chin-der Ou, CEO of the Taiwan High-speed Rail Co.......<<More>> |
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Generous Endowment for a Green Energy Building
Dr. Weidr Lee, a graduate of the class of 1969 in Nuclear Engineering (now Engineering and System Science), has donated NT$150,000,000 for the construction of a "Green Energy Teaching and Research Building." Dr. Lee arrived on May 17 to formally announce his generous donation. This building will be named "Tsuen-Ming Lee Building" in honor of Dr. Lee's father. This is the largest individual endowment since Tsing Hua was re-established in Taiwan!......<<More>> |
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NTHU Brings Home the Gold in the 2010 Intramural Games
Taiwan's universities recently held the 2010 Intramural Games. One-hundred and fifty-six universities in total participated, vying for the ever coveted gold medal. This year, NTHU earned nine gold medals in various athletic competitions, placing the school in the 8th place for top gold medals received. This accomplishment is even more remarkable given that in the top ten, NTHU was the only school without a physical education department. Although NTHU brought home the same number of medals as last year's competition, this year NTHU replaced a previous medal with a gold. This year's big winner was the men's swimming team, being awarded with five gold medals.......<<More>> |
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President Chen Receives the Electrochemical Society of American's Electronics and Photonics Division Award
President Lih J. Chen is the proud recipient of this year's Electronics and Photonics Division Award from The Electrochemical Society (ECS) of America. President Chen went to Vancouver on April 25 to accept the award for his continuous contribution to the field of metal thin film, thin film reaction, nano material structure and dynamics.......<<More>> |
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Students Old and New Turn Out for the "Alumni Meichu Games"
Students from both NTHU and Chiao-Tung University always revel in the memories of the Meichu games. Recently, as part of the homecoming and NTHU anniversary celebrations, NTHU and Chiao-Tung University held the fifth annual "Alumni Meichu Games."......<<More>> |
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The Celebration of Founding Anniversary
The first rays of sun on April 25th heralded NTHU's 99th Anniversary. The same date coincided with the school's 54th anniversary of its re-establishment in Taiwan. This welcome change in weather from the persistent drizzles gave much relief to those who had long been anxious to come to this joyous event.......<<More>> |
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NTHU Class of 1970 Celebrates 40thh Homecoming
In conjunction with NTHU's celebration of its 54th anniversary, the class of 1970 also celebrated their 40th homecoming. The homecoming was an opportunity for former students to reminisce, rediscover the campus and catch up.......<<More>> |
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Three Successful Enterprenuees Honored with the Distinguished Alumni Award
This year's Distinguished Amluni Award goes to three outstanding enterprenuers. They are:......<<More>> |
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Dr.James D.Watson Applauded NTHU's Research in Neurosciences
"I was impressed with Dr. Ann-Shyn Chiang's research when I saw it two years ago," said Dr. James D. Watson, a 1968 Nobel laureate in medicine. "I was hoping to have a chance to see the laboratory where he conducted his brilliant research on drosophia brain function.".....<<More>> |
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Physics Professors Honored as American Physics Society Fellows
NTHU Professors Ray Nien Kwo and Ci-Ling Pan have been honored as American Physics Society Fellows. This is a great distinction for these two professors as only three Taiwanese were honored this year, the largest amount of Taiwanese recipients ever.......<<More>> |
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Six of NTHU's Best Received the NSC's Research Excellence Award
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.......<<More>> |
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Presidents of Two Tsing-huas Launch Bilateral Cooperation
On March 16, President Gu Binglin of Tsing-hua University in Beijing arrived with Deputy Secretariat Zhang and a group of faculty members for a two-day visit and consultation with NTHU President Chen and other administrators on the joint Centennial Celebrations next year and future joint programs between the two sister universities.......<<More>> |
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The New Splendid Pavilion and Elegant South Gate
Nestled among a beautiful natural setting, including wide sweeping green slopes, and the eye-catching TSMC Building, stands the newly constructed Splendid Pavilion and the elegant new entrance to the South Campus.......<<More>> |
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President Chen to Head Hsinchu Science and Technology Advisory Group
At the invitation of Hsinchu Mayor Ming-Tsai Hsu, President Lih J. Chen agreed to serve as the leader of City's Science and Technology Advisory Group. The commissioning ceremony was held on February 11 at which the Mayor and President Chen exchanged views on issues regarding the university and the city at large.......<<More>> |
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NTHU Celebrates the Chinese New Year
This year's Chinese New Year party was held on February 22 at the university auditorium. Students, faculty, staff and retirees came out to exchange new year's wishes as well as to enjoy some live entertainment and win raffle prizes. To kick of the festival, faculty and staff members opened with belly dancing which set the mood for the rest of the program.......<<More>> |
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Work by Patriot-Writer Tang Wen-Biau now on Exhibition
The College of Humanities and Social Sciences is proud to exhibit the work of the late patriot-writer and literature critic Tang Wen-Biau donated by his family. Mrs. Tang and her son, Tang Hon Jen, were generous enough to donate Tang's selected correspondences and personal collections to the College Library, amounting to 1,300 pieces in all. Mrs. Tang hoped that by donating her husband's works to Library at the College Humanities and Social Sciences his ideas can continue to inspire future generations.......<<More>> |
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NTHU Again Recognized as the Most Congenial Campus
NTHU was again named Taiwan's "Most Congenial Campus" in a ceremony held at the Ministry of Education on January 25. The Ministry has been encouraging student bodies at various universities to improve their campus environment to foster more interpersonal interaction among students. With this goal in mind, the Ministry sponsored a nationwide competition to promote the program. NTHU has taken great strides to create a personable campus atmosphere where individuals can meet and exchange ideas. This award recognizes NTHU as the best of the best in catering to the ever changing demands of campus life.......<<More>> |
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NTHU Research Team's Findings Featured on the Cover of Physical Review Letters
Crumpling seems like a rather ordinary phenomenon; most graduate students are probably not interested in the subject let alone focusing on it as a research project. Maybe this is why NTHU's research team on crumpling led by Professor T. M. Hong consists entirely of undergraduate students and one exchange, J. M. Sun from Beijing University. Recently however the team and their research have received world wide recognition with the publication of their findings in the journal Physical Review Letters.......<<More>> |
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Nobel Laureate Reona Esaki Visits NTHU
Dr. Reona Esaki, 1973 Nobel Laureate in physics and NTHU Distinguished Chair Professor, gave a lecture to a full-house on "In Half a Century of Research, What Did I Learn?" As part of the lecture series on general science, Dr. Esaki shared with the audience his reflections on his academic research as well as personal philosophies over the last half century. The lecture drew rapt attention from students and faculty members alike.......<<More>> |
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The Inauguration of President Lih J. Chen
The inauguration of National Tsing Hua University's new president took place at the International Conference Hall at 10:00 a.m. on February 1st , 2010. Witnessed by Deputy Education Minister Lin and more than a hundred distinguished guests, President Lih J. Chen received the Presidential seal from President Wen-Tsuen Chen.......<<More>> |
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President Wen-Tsuen Chen's Farewell Party
A farewell party was arranged by faculty and staff members in honor of the departing President Wen-Tsuen Chen. The warm and congenial occasion was held at the International Student Center on January, 28. Beginning with a multimedia presentation titled "Thank you Mr. President," the master of ceremonies recounted the highlights of the President's tour of duty. The departing president then thanked colleagues and students alike by saying, "this video presentation is a wonderful way to look back at my past four years at this beloved institution."......<<More>> |
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Agreement Signed to Formalize and Expand Cooperative and Exchange Projects Between Tsing Hua, Hsinchu and Tsing Hua, Beijing
It is a well-known fact that NTHU and Tsing Hua Beijing is two sister institutions developed from the same root. Relationship between these two sisters have been expanding and intensifying since the 1990's. During the early stage, most of the cooperative projects were initiated by departments or institutes from either side and set up with their respective counterparts. Since 2001, a regular student-exchange project was instituted allowing both universities to send ten students to their sister institute to participate in the research laboratories of the hosting universities. Starting in the first semester of 2006, both sides have been sending twenty exchange students to their counter parts each year and these exchange students can actually enrolled in regular classes/seminars and pursue their studies in their hosting university for a semester. All of those who took part in such exchange programs enjoyed and cherished their experiences and became enthusiastic promoters for a formal and expanded exchange programs between the two Tsing Huas.......<<More>> |
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