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1 President's Greetings

2 Four Elected as Academicians of the Academia Sinica

3 Four Tsing Hua Professors Won National Honors

4 Dr. Chi-Huey Wong, the New President of Academia Sinica Visited Tsing Hua

5 The University Development Advisory Committee Met to Sketch a Bright Future for Tsing Hua

6 President Wen-Tsuen Chen Attended the AEARU Annual Meeting and Visited the Seoul National University

7 Sun Yun Suan Memorial Lecture Series Presented Two Nobel Laureates

8 Tsing Hua Innovation Incubation Center Has Received Outstanding Achievement Awards for Four Consecutive Years

9 Tsing Hua Guest House, a Home Away From Home for Visiting Scholars and Returning Alumni

10 Grand Opening of the International Student Activity Center was a Grand Success

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｜National Tsing Hua University ｜2007 Vol.1 No.11

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Dear Friends and Colleagues:

Greetings from the beautiful Tsing Hua campus! As we enter a new year, may I wish you and your family a happy and

prosperous 2007.

As one of the premier research universities in Taiwan, we are working toward the goal of becoming a world-class

university in the foreseeable future. A concerted strategic plan for the university development was proposed and

supported by the Ministry of Education with the Special Funds for upgrading Taiwan's higher education. One of the

measures we are undertaking is to improve our communication with you, dear friends and colleagues who are concerned

with the development of Tsing Hua. It is toward this goal that I have asked my staff to issue this Tsing Hua Newsletter

and I am very happy that the first issue is here to be presented to you, thanks to the efforts of the able editorial team led

by Prof. Mao-Jiun Wang. Our plan is to issue the Newsletter quarterly and hope to update you with what has happened

during the previous few months as well as what will take place in the near future. I hope

the Newsletter will not only keep you informed on what my colleagues and students are

doing but also to invite your feedbacks so that we can further enhance the growth and

development of the University! Feel free to write me or the editor of the Newsletter if you

have anything that you would like us to know and hope this new bridge will keep us in

close contact with each other.

Happy New Year!

President, National Tsing Hua University

J a n u a r y 5 , 2 0 0 7preSident'S GreetinGS


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Th e C o n v o c a t i o n o f

Academician at the Academia

S i n i c a m e e t s a n n u a l l y

t o s e l e c t n e w m e m b e r s t o j o i n

t h i s p re s t i g i o u s a c a d e m i c b o d y.

Academician of the Academia Sinica

i s the h ighest academic honor in

Ta i w a n g r a n t e d t o s c h o l a r s w h o

exce l in the i r respect ive f ie lds of

research.

The Convocat ion of Academicians

m e t i n J u n e, 2006 t o re v i e w t h e

credent ia ls of nominees and then

the nominees were presented to all

Academicians to cast their votes.

The election result was a great news

to Nat iona l Ts ing Hua Un ivers i ty.

Four out o f f i f teen newly e lec ted

Academicians are members of the

Tsing Hua family.

fOur elected aS academicianS Of the academia Sinica

Dr. Lih-Juann Chen, Distinguished Chair Professor of Material Science and Engineering

Dr. Sow-Hsin Chen, Distinguished Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering at MIT and a graduate of the Institute of Nuclear Science, National Tsing Hua University in 1959

Dr. Shih-I Chu, Chair Professor at the Department of Chemistry, University of Kansas and Distinguished Alumnus of College of Science, National Tsing Hua University (2005)

Dr. Yi-Long Huang, Distinguished Chair Professor of History


The winners of National Chair

Professorships and Academic

Aw a rd s o f t h e M i n i s t r y o f

E d u c a t i o n w e r e a n n o u n c e d o n

S e p t e m b e r 5t h , 2006. T h i s y e a r

the award committee selected ten

Na t iona l Cha i r P ro fesso rs wh ich

included three from National Tsing

Hua University. They are: Professor

Yi-Long Huang of the Ins t i tu te o f

H is to ry, P ro fessor J ing Yu o f the

Depar tment o f Mathemat ics, and

P ro f e s s o r G i n g-H o H s i u e o f t h e

Department of Chemical Engineering.

In add i t ion, Pro fessor Yun Ch i o f

the Department of Chemist ry was

also selected as one of the twelve

recipients of the Academic Awards.

A m o n g t h e N a t i o n a l Ts i n g H u a

U n i v e r s i t y p ro f e s s o r s w h o w e re

honored by the Ministry of Education,

P ro fesso r J i ng Yu spec ia l i zes i n

N u m b e r T h e o r y, a n d A l g e r b r a i c

Geometry. Professor Yi-Long Huang's

specialty is History of Science and

Technology, History of China-Europe

C o m m u n i c a t i o n , a n d H i s t o r y o f

Astronomy and Calendars. Professor

Ging-Ho Hsiue specializes in Polymer

Sc ience and B ioeng ineer ing, and

Professor Yun Chi's specialty is in

Organometallic Chemistry and OLED.

fOur tSinG hua prOfeSSOrS wOn natiOnal hOnOrS

Dr. Jing Yu, Distinguished Chair Professor of Mathematics

Dr. Yun Chi, Chair Professor of Chemistry

Dr. Yi-Long Huang, Distinguished Chair Professor of History

Dr. Ging-Ho Hsiue, Distinguished Chair Professor of Chemical Engineering

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The new President of Academia

Sinica made his first university

visit to Tsing Hua campus on

October 21st, 2006. As one of the

top research universities in Taiwan,

NTHU has been in cooperation with

Academic Sinica for many years. Joint

research projects l ink up university

faculty members with research fellows

a t Academia S in ica. Add i t iona l l y,

NTHU is the first university to set up

joint graduate degree programs with

research institutes at Academi Sinica

for both domestic and international

students.

Currently NTHU and Academia Sinica

a re jo in t l y o f fe r i ng f i ve g radua te

d e g r e e p r o g r a m s f o r d o m e s t i c

s tudents, these inc lude: Ch inese

S t u d i e s , C o n t e m p o r a r y C h i n a

and Plura l ism; Structura l Bio logy;

Bioinformatics as well as Austronesian

Languages. For international students,

the cooperative graduate programs

inc lude: B io-chemist ry, Molecu lar

B i o p h y s i c s , M o l e c u l a r S c i e n c e

a n d Te c h n o l o g y, B i o i n f o r m a t i c s,

N a n o S c i e n c e a n d Te c h n o l o g y,

C o m p u t a t i o n a l L i n g u i s t i c s a n d

Chinese Language.

Du r i ng h i s v i s i t , P res iden t Wong

was briefed by Vice President Shih-

L i n C h a n g a n d o t h e r u n i v e r s i t y

a d m i n i s t r a t o r s o n N T H U ' s

development strategies to upgrade

National Tsing Hua University to a

world-class university.

a . President Wen-Tsuen Chen and Academia

Sinica President Chi-Huey Wong

b . (From left to right) Secretary General Mao-

Jiun Wang, Academician Kwo-Ray Chu,

Vice-President of Operations Ming-Chuen

Yip, Vice-President of Academic Af fairs

Shih-Lin Chang, President Wen-Tsuen Chen,

President Chi-Huey Wong, Prof. Wen-Hwa

Chen, Academicians Lih J. Chen and Yi-Long

Huang

dr. chi-huey wOnG, the new preSident Of academia Sinica viSited tSinG hua

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Th e f i r s t m e e t i n g o f t h e

U n i v e r s i t y D e v e l o p m e n t

A d v i s o r y C o m m i t t e e w a s

held on October 22nd, 2006 on the

Tsing Hua campus. President Wen-

Tsuen Chen cha i red the mee t i ng

which inc luded former pres idents

o f Ts ing Hua, Academic ians f rom

Academia Sinica and distinguished

bus iness and en te rp r i se l eaders.

They were: Professor Chao-Shiuan

Liu, President of Soochow University;

Professor Ching-Wu Chu, President

of Hong Kong University of Science

and Technology; Dr. Kenneth K. Wu,

P res iden t o f t he Na t iona l Hea l th

Research Institute; Dr. Johnsee Lee,

Pres ident o f Indust r ia l Techo logy

Research Inst i tute. Drs. Ovid J. L.

Tseng, Chung-Laung Liu, Mu-Ming

Poo, Yih-yuan Li, Academicians of

Academia S in ica; and Mr. Cheng

Tsong-hua, Pres ident of the Del ta

Electronic Inc.

Vice President of Academic Affairs,

Professor Shih-Lin Chang presented,

i n t h e m e e t i n g , t h e Ts i n g H u a

Univers i ty's st rategies to become

a wor ld-c lass un ive rs i t y w i th top

research centers. Topics detailed in

this plan include: resource integration,

improvement of teaching and research

environments, internationalization of

Tsing Hua and the cultivation of future

leaders for the society. Vice President

of Operation, Professor Ming-Chuen

Yip repor ted on the improvement

of university infra-structure and the

recent organizat iona l ad justment.

Dean Hwai-pwu Chou of Academic

A f fa i r s a l so repor ted on the new

strategies to upgrade teaching and

further internationalization.

A f te r hear ing f rom the un ive rs i t y

a d m i n i s t r a t o r s , t h e A d v i s o r y

C o m m i t t e e w a s a l s o b r i e f e d b y

the Deans of al l seven col leges on

the i r respect ive p lans to advance

the i r depar tments, ins t i tu tes and

research centers. All these reports

are integrated pieces of well planned

s t ra teg ies to take the Un ive rs i t y

upward and towards the status of a

world-class university.

Some members of the University Development

Advisory Committee

the univerSity develOpment adviSOry cOmmittee met tO Sketch a BriGht future fOr tSinG hua


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On September 26th, 2006,

P r e s i d e n t C h e n l e d a

d e l e g a t i o n i n c l u d i n g

Professor Chung-min Chen, Chief

Executive Off icer of the University

C e n t e r o f I n t e r n a t i o n a l A f f a i r s

and Pro fessor Hs iao-Wei Ch iang,

Director of the Division of Academic

Cooperation to Pohang University of

Science and Technology (POSTECH),

Korea where they attended the Annual

Meet ing o f the P res iden ts o f the

Association of East Asian Research

Universities (AEARU) and signed an

agreement of academic exchange and

cooperation with POSTECH.

AEARU is an organization formed to

promote cooperative efforts among

i ts member univers i t ies. Members

include: National Tsing Hua University,

Nat iona l Ta iwan Univers i ty, Seoul

National University, Korea Advanced

Institute of Science and Technology

as wel l as POSTECH. In addi t ion

to the universities from Taiwan and

Korea, the re a re f i ve un ive rs i t i es

f rom Ch ina, one f rom Hong Kong

and another f i ve f rom Japan. To

promote further cooperation among

member universities, detailed plans

were proposed and discussed. These

i nc lude the sha r i ng o f academic

information and strategies to upgrade

AEARU members' s tand ing in the

ranking of universities worldwide.

In addition to attending the AEARU

meet ing, Pres ident Chen and the

delegation also visited Seoul National

U n i v e r s i t y a c c o m p a n i e d b y t h e

Director of Taipei Mission in Korea,

Mr. Yeong-Cho Chen. The meet ing

was concluded with the signing of

a Memorandum of Understanding

and a Student and Staff Exchange

Agreement by President Chen and his

counterpart, President Jang-Moo Lee

of the Seoul National University.

W i t h t h e s i g n i n g o f t h e s e n e w

a g re e m e n t s w i t h S e o u l N a t i o n a l

Univers i ty and POSTECH, and the

e x i s t i n g a g re e m e n t w i t h K A I S T,

Nat ional Ts ing Hua Univers i ty has

established cooperative and exchange

relat ionships with three of the top

institutes in Korea. We expect these

agreements will open the way to future

jo int research pro jects as wel l as

student exchanges between Taiwan

and Korea.

preSident wen-tSuen chen attended the aearu annual meetinG and viSited the SeOul natiOnal univerSity

a . Members in the AEARU Conference

b . President Wen-Tsuen Chen and President

Jang-Moo Lee of the Seoul Nat ional

University

2006 AEARU Conference in POSTECH

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N a t i o n a l T s i n g H u a

U n i v e r s i t y ' s C o l l e g e o f

Techno logy Management

annually sponsors the Sun Yun Suan

Memorial Lecture Series on Science

and Technology. The Lecture Series

of 2006 had the honor of including

two Nobel Laureates: Dr. Ivar Giaever,

recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics

in 1973, and Dr. Thomas C. Schelling,

r e c i p i e n t o f t h e N o b e l P r i z e i n

Economics in 2005.

Dr. Ivar Giaever delivered two lectures

while visiting Tsing Hua. The first was

held in the Biomedical Engineering

and Environmental Science Building.

President Wen-Tsuen Chen gave the

opening remarks to officially lauch the

Lecture Series. The lecture presented

Dr. Giaever's Electric Cell-Substrate

Impedance Sensing (ECIS) System

and the experience of his research

team. The EC IS i s a sys tem tha t

uses the change of electric current

to observe the condition of culturing

cells.

The second lecture was held in the

College of Technology Management

and the Chairman of Delta Electronic,

Inc., Dr. Cheng gave the open ing

remarks. In this lecture, Dr. Giaever

discussed the research on tunneling

phenomena in superconductors for

which he won the 1973 Nobel Prize in

Physics.

I t i s hard to imagine that Dr. Ivar

G iaever had a h a rd t ime pass ing

Physics and Mathematic classes in

his early college years. However, in

his own words, he continues to break

self-limitation, and this attitude offers

much inspiration to the audience.

D r. G i a e v e r ' s f i r s t s p e e c h w a s

fo l lowed by a lecture given by Dr.

Thomas C. Schell ing. Dr. Schell ing,

t h e 2005 N o b e l P r i z e w i n n e r i n

E c o n o m i c s , i s t h e i n v e n t o r o f

t h e G a m e T h e o r y S t r a t e g y o f

Br inkmansh ip. H is top ic was The

Prospects for a Quiet Nuclear Future.

Dr. Schell ing has taught at Harvard

and Ya le. He was a member o f a

consultation group that formulated the

Marshall Plan for rebuilding Europe

after World War II. He worked in the

White House and the Executive Office

of the President, and also served as a

member of the RAND Corporation.

Sun yun Suan memOrial lecture SerieS preSented twO nOBel laureateS

a . Dr. Schelling and Dean of the College of

Technology Management, Prof. Ching-Tai

Shih

b . Dr. Ivar Giaever

Dr. and Mrs. Ivar Giaever, President Wen-Tsuen Chen, and faculty members


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Although this has been Dr. Schelling's

first visit to Taiwan, he demonstrated

his knowledge of Taiwan history by

showing how the mi l i ta ry tens ion

between Taiwan and Mainland China

in the 1950s were resolved and used

such examples to illustrate his theory

of br inkmanship. In h is speech he

emphasized how the balance of terror

has kept peace ove r the pas t 60

years and wil l continue to do so in

the future. Additionally, Dr. Schelling

stressed that if we learn how to utilize

the opportunities conflicts provide, we

shall be able to resolve such conflicts

without going to war.

Dr. Schelling's Brinkmanship Theory

h a s b e e n a p p l i e d t o o t h e r r e a l

problems, such as the development

of war strategies, weapon limitation,

e n e rg y c r i s i s a n d e n v i ro n m e n t a l

protection, anti-terrorism and anti-

organized crime efforts, as well as

conflicts and negotiations etc.

D r. S c h e l l i n g h a s o p e n e d a n e w

d i rec t ion o f th ink ing about some

t roub lesome p rob lems Ta iwan i s

cur ren t l y fac ing such as de fense

p ro c u re m e n t, c o n f l i c t s b e t w e e n

Taiwan and Mainland China, domestic

po l i t i ca l d i f f i cu l t i es, and nuc lea r

test ing in North Korea. His lecture

a ro u s e d p a s s i o n a n d g e n e r a t e d

h e a t e d d i s c u s s i o n f o l l o w i n g t h e

lecture.

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The 44th Outstanding Young

Persons Awards have been

announced. Out of the ten

recipients nationwide, three are from

National Tsing Hua University. These

th ree d is t ingu ished youth a re Dr.

Hsiao-how Lin, Associate Professor

at the Department of Physics, Dr. T.

A. Hsu, Associate Professor from the

Department of Chemical Engineering,

and Mr. Hsiao-Ping L i, a graduate

student pursuing his doctoral degree

in Computer Science and Information

Technology. What is most inspiring

and gratifying is not only that Tsing

Hua faculty and student have won

three out of the ten Awards this year,

but the fact that Mr. Li excels in his

study program despite of his visual

impairment.

The Ten Outstanding Persons Award

has been presented by the Taiwan

Junior Chamber of Commerce annually

since 1962. Each year the Chamber

receives nomination from the public

and organizes a review committee

t o s e l e c t t e n re c i p i e n t s f o r t h i s

prest igious award. Each recipient

is presented with a certificate and a

Gold Hand Statue symbolizing their

creativity and ingenuity. The stories

of their outstanding achievements

are widely circulated in media not

only to give the recipients their due

recogn i t i on bu t a l so to se r ve as

models for other young people in the

nation.

cOnGratulatiOnS!CONGRATULATIONS TO PROFESSORS HSIAO-HOW LIN, T. A. HSU, AND MR. HSIAO-PING LI FOR WINNING THE OUTSTANDING YOUNG PERSONS AWARDS

c . Dr. and Mrs. Schel l ing, with Tsing Hua

students.

d . Dr. and Mrs. Schel l ing wi th Ts ing Hua

faculty


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a .Tsing Hua Innovation Incubation Center

b . The Tsing Hua winners and the Director of

Small and Medium Enterprise Administration,

Mr. Sun-Quae Laia b

Th e N a t i o n a l Ts i n g H u a

U n i v e r s i t y I n n o v a t i o n

I n c u b a t i o n C e n t e r w a s

established in 1998. It is a joint project

between the Office of Research and

Development at Tsing Hua University

and the Small and Medium Enterprise

Admin is t ra t ion o f the Min is t ry o f

Economic Affairs. Together they work

to implement a national plan aiming at

assisting the development of small and

medium sized enterprises in Taiwan.

This group of experienced consultants,

not available anywhere outside of the

University, help new enterprises reduce

risk and increase their probability of

success without incurring a great cost.

By making the human resources and

research expertise of the University

available to the public, this plan has

successfully assisted the start up of

many small and medium enterprises.

Over the past years, the Incubation

Cente r has rece ived f i ve A-Leve l

annual evaluations from the Small and

Medium Enterprise Administrat ion.

Four of these A-Level Awards were

won in consecut ive years and, in

recognition of such stellar records,

t he Cen te r was hono red w i t h an

Outstanding Achievement Award in

2006.

The Center is located on Tsing Hua

campus and in the neighborhood of

the Hsinchu Science-Based Industrial

Park. Such prime location provides

easy access to the resources and

facilities of these two powerhouses

of research and development. The

Cente r o f fe rs t ra in ing courses in

the areas of management, f inance,

marketing, international business, law

and regulation as well as information

management. Professional industrial

consultation and business analysis

are also offered whenever needed.

Recently, a new project focusing on

the pract ical t ra in ing of managers

is being offered in an effort to help

c o m p a n i e s r e s o l v e p r o b l e m s i n

recruitment as well as providing our

students with opportunities to apply

what they have learned in the business

classes to real life situations. The 67

smal l and medium enterpr ises the

NTHU Incubation Center has assisted

include: Gemteck (l isted company),

Aopteck (l i s ted company), A ip tek

Technologies, Key Wear Group, Net

Keeper Eulen, Twinhan Technology

and Advanced Analog Technology Inc.

The Center is continuously upgrading

i ts serv ices and expects to serve

more and more start-up enterprises as

Taiwan's industries move forward.

tSinG hua innOvatiOn incuBatiOn center haS received OutStandinG achievement awardS fOr fOur cOnSecutive yearS.


2007 Vol.1 No.1 ｜National Tsing Hua University｜

As the Univers i ty deve lops

i n t o a n i n t e r n a t i o n a l

i n s t i t u t i o n, Ts i n g H u a i s

hos t i ng an i nc reas ing number o f

international academic conferences

e a c h y e a r . M o r e a n d m o r e

international scholars travel to our

campus, either as short term visitors

or as new faculty members joining

the Un ive rs i t y. I n add i t ion, many

alumni are coming back to visit. All

these have prompted the University

to build a new guest house.

Located on the west campus, the

new Tsing Hua Guest House, opened

for business in last September, is

d e s i g n e d t o a c c o m m o d a t e l o n g

t e r m re s i d e n t s a s w e l l a s s h o r t

t e rm v i s i to rs. New in te r na t iona l

f acu l t y members can s tay i n t he

apartments before they get settled

in a more permanent arrangement.

Short term visitors, returning alumni,

a n d c o n f e re n c e p a r t i c i p a n t s a re

w e l c o m e d t o s t a y a t t h e g u e s t

house where comfortable rooms and

breakfast are made avai lab le at a

very reasonable price and in a cozy

environment.

tSinG hua GueSt hOuSe, a hOme away frOm hOme fOr viSitinG SchOlarS and returninG alumni

a . President Chen and Vice-President Ming-

Chuen Yip at the opening

b . The Guest House Entrance

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On Friday, December 22nd,

2006, President Wen-Tsuen

C h e n h o s t e d t h e g r a n d

open ing o f the new In te r na t iona l

Student Activity Center (ISAC) in the

FengYun Building on the Tsing Hua

campus.

O p e n i n g o f t h e I S A C i s p a r t o f

NTHU's continuing efforts to enhance

Tsing Hua's internationalization. Its

purpose is to fac i l i ta te educat ion

a c ro s s d i f f e re n t c u l t u re s, f o s t e r

mutua l respect and

understanding among

m e m b e r s o f t h e

g l o b a l c o m m u n i t y.

The Act iv i ty Center,

l o c a t e d o n t h e 3rd F l o o r o f t h e

FengYun Bui ld ing provides a cozy

env i ronmen t f o r s tuden ts, l oca l

and i n te r na t i ona l a l i ke, t o mee t,

study, relax, schedule activities, and

entertainment.

Fr iday's opening featured three

dance performances, two organized

by the Foreign Student Association

and one performed by members of

the NTHU World Folk Dance Club.

The stage performance was followed

by a cocktai l hour, which provided

opportunity for reporters and guests

to mingle with some of Tsing Hua's

international students and familiarize

t h e m s e l v e s w i t h t h e f a c i l i t i e s .

Fore ign s tudents f rom Indones ia,

Malaysia and United States prepared

dishes from their home countries for

attendees to sample.

Grand OpeninG Of the internatiOnal Student activity center waS a Grand SucceSS

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PUBLISHER : President Wen-Tsuen Chen EDITOR : Prof. Mao-Jiun WangEXECUTIVE EDITOR : Prof. Chung-Min Chen

EDITORIAL BOARD : Prof. Shih-Lin Chang, Prof. Ming-Chuen Yip, Prof. Hwai-Pwu Chou, Prof. Hong Hocheng, Prof. Su-Jien Lin, and Prof. Youn-Long Lin EDITORIAL TEAM : Jiunn-Tyi Her, Yi-Ming Lin, and Pei-Chih Lin

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