NO. 866 2012-09-19

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Triumph for Tamkang in Bristol
9th generation TKU robot (named “Wei Wei”) in the marathon event

The FIRA 2012 RoboWorld Cup was recently held in Bristol, England. As in past years, the TKU Robot Research Team dominated, bringing home 5 gold, 3 silver, and 3 bronze medals. The Robot Research Team is supervised by three professors from the Department of Electrical Engineering: Dr. Wong Ching-Chang, Dr. Chi-Tai Cheng, and Dr. Shi-An Li. It consists of two separate smaller teams: the RoboSot Research Team (RoboSot refers to “Robot Soccer”) and the Huro Research Team (Huro refers to “Humanoid Robot”).

Climbing the Slope of Overcoming Difficulty
An excited student scales the slope for the first time

Each year, at the start of the new academic year, senior staff lead newly-arrived TKU freshmen through a unique Tamkang ritual. They lead them up the 132-step slope known as the “slope of overcoming difficulty”; a slope that connects Tamkang to Central Tamsui and was once the only path to TKU.

Orientation for Foreign Students, Overseas and Mainland Chinese Students

At 9am on September 5, the Office of International and Cross-Strait Affairs held an orientation event for all new foreign students, as well as overseas and Mainland Chinese students. The event was attended by the President of TKU, Dr. Flora Chia-I Chang; the Vice President for Administrative Affairs, Dr. Po-yuan Kao; the Vice President for International Affairs, Dr. Wan-chin Tai; the Dean of International Affairs, Dr. Pei Wha Chi Lee, and around 350 TKU students. The students were firstly taken on a tour of the Tamsui Campus by leaders from various student clubs, such as the Overseas Chinese Student Association, the Hong Kong Macau Student Association, the Volunteers of International Students Club, and the newly-established Foreign Student Association and Mainland Chinese Student Association.

The 2012 TKU World Alumni Association Biennial Conference
Alumni from around the world gather in Malaysia for the TKU World Alumni Association Biennial Conference.

Held from August 23-25 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the TKU World Alumni Biennial Conference drew Tamkang alumni and prestigious guests from around the globe. Among the guests were Dr. Loo Soon, the President of the TKU Alumni Association Headquarters, along with alumni from each city, town, and county throughout Taiwan; Dr. Sun Jui-lung, the President of the TKU Academic Department Alumni Association, along with alumni from each TKU academic department; Kao Hsin-Ping, the President of the Association for Taiwanese Businessman in Mainland China; Feng Chi-feng and Chen Song, the President and Chairperson respectively of the TKU Alumni Association of North America. The conference was also attended by Malaysian alumni and local dignitaries from government and industry, with a total of over 600 guests. The three-day conference schedule included a Malaysian investment symposium, an evening banquet, and an alumni golf contest.

The Maiden Flight for “Yue Zhuo”
Students and teachers from the Department of Aerospace Engineering

Over the last decade, the development of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) has become an integral trend in the aviation industry. This trend had been driven by the relatively low cost involved in the production and maintenance of UAV; the fact that high risk missions can be carried out with minimal expenditure.

TKU’s Contribution to Science
The Chair of the Department of Electro-Mechanical Engineering, Prof. Lung-Jieh Yang, describes the structure of the golden snitch on the program “Imitating Nature”.

Following the “Golden Snitch” documentary series, shown as part of the 2009 science-based program “Contemporary Craftsman, Luban”, Da Ai TV has recently broadcast a new science program known as “Imitating Nature”. The show takes a complicated topic – bionics – and makes it accessible and interesting to the general public. Bionics, which involves a mixture of physics, biology, and chemistry, is the study of how to replicate natural processes used by animals that fly or animals that glow.

The Microsoft World Champion from Tamkang
An ecstatic Yeh Chih-Chang crowned world champion at the 2012 Worldwide Competition on Microsoft Office

Recently, TKU student Yeh Chih-Chang took first place in the Powerpoint category of the 2012 Worldwide Competition on Microsoft Office. The competition final was held in Las Vegas, America, and the preliminary rounds drew over 200,000 entrants from 53 countries. It was Chih-Chang’s first time entering a major software competition.

Volunteer Service at Tamkang
TKU volunteers bringing care and hope to remote areas of Cambodia

In recent years, the number of TKU students taking part in charity volunteer programs has mushroomed. These summer holidays were not an exception. During the 2-month long summer vacation, TKU dispatched a total of 21 volunteer service groups and 365 students who went to locations far and wide to care for the underprivileged.

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