Press Conference and Signing Ceremony for the Memorandum of
Understanding between the College of Engineering of Chang Gung University and
National Instruments Corporation
On the 1st of
September, a ceremony took place to commemorate the official signing
and opening of the newly established joint laboratory between Chang
Gung University’s College of Engineering and National Instruments
Corporation. It was then followed by a press conference on the 6th
floor of the College of Engineering. At the beginning of the
ceremony, CGU President Prof. Chia-Chu Pao and the Dean of the
Engineering College Prof. Chao-Sung Lai respectively delivered their
speeches on CGU’s teaching, research, and liaison with industry.
Then the acting general manager of Taiwan’s National Instruments
office Mr. Shou-Xin Zhang elaborated on the academic collaboration
and prospect between both sides. Next, Prof. Hao-Li Liu, the head of
the Department of Electrical Engineering, talked about how the joint
laboratory was established as well as the future objectives. To
conclude the ceremony, Prof. Pao, Prof. Lai, and Mr. Zhang signed a
memorandum of understanding and hosted the ensuing celebrations.
Several
distinguished guests also attended the ceremony, including Prof.
Daniel Tsun-Yee Chiu, the dean of the Office of Research and
Development, Prof. Chih-Wei Yang, the dean of the College of
Medicine, Prof. Kuang-Hung Hsu, the director of the Office of
Technology Development and Industry Liaison, Mr. Yi-Ho Chen, the
secretary general of the Office of Secretariat, Prof. Hao-Li Liu,
the head of the Department of Electrical Engineering, Prof. Wen-Piao
Lin, Prof. Yung-An Kao, Prof. Wen-Yen Lin, Prof. Meng-Tsan Tsai, and
Prof. Cheng-Kuang Lee, together with National Instruments’ marketing
manager Mr. Huang-Zhi Guo, Mr. De-Zheng Qiu, Miss Ru-Lan Huang, and
Miss Yi-Zhen Cai. It is hoped that the joint laboratory will help
train future talents in the fields of ultrasonic and
optoelectronics. Both sides also hope that the joint laboratory will
help coordinate future university-industry liaisons, and ultimately
bridge the gap between university education and required knowledge
and skills in the workplace.
The
electro-optical industry covers a wide range of fields, including
optical elements, display panels, image sensors, optical inputs,
optical storage, solar cells, solid state lighting, illumination
sources, optical communication, and biophotonics, etc. It is
estimated that the total value of production in the global
electro-optical industry in 2011 was approximately USD$400 billion
dollars, to which Taiwan contributed about 17% (USD$65 billion
dollars). This figure has placed Taiwan in the leading position in
the electro-optical industry, despite the fact that Taiwan only has
0.35% of the world’s population. Among the electro-optical
technologies, medical ultrasound is considered one of the most
advanced biomedical electronics instruments. It was included by the
Executive Yuan as one of Taiwan’s three most potential advanced
medical instruments in 2010. At the moment, the research and
development of advanced electro-optical technology is carried out by
the Graduate Institute of Electro-Optical Engineering and the Green
Technology Research Center in Chang Gung University. The Center for
Biomedical Engineering and other relevant graduate institutes take
charge of the research and development in biomedical electronics and
biophotonics. What is still required is a laboratory to train
undergraduate students to acquire necessary knowledge and skills in
biomedical electronics and optoelectronics.
In support of the Industrial Fundamental Technology Project supervised by the Ministry of Education to facilitate the training of fundamental technologists, the Department of Electrical Engineering of Chang Gung University collaborated with National Instruments to establish the Joint Laboratory of Industrial Ultrasound and Biophotonics Education. This laboratory is expected to coordinate resources to cultivate teaching and research personnel in ultrasound, biophotonics, medical electronics, green energy, and optical communication. National Instruments will sponsor the Department of Electrical Engineering by supplying relevant facilities and equipment through this academic cooperation platform. In addition, it will also provide relevant teaching and personnel resources to assist the joint laboratory with the cultivation of research talents. With the advanced facilities and equipment supplied by National Instrument, it is expected that CGU’s research and development capacity is relevant fields will be elevated. |