College of Science and Engineering
Curriculum
The general aims of the College are to educate and train students to take
their places as professionals in the fields of science and engineering,
and to apply scientific principles to help meet the different needs of today's
society and industries. The College has taken steps to integrate the curriculum
across department lines, thus offering eight interdisciplinary programs,
including Computational Mathematics Program, Software Design Program, Opto-electronics
Technology Program, Electro-Optical Materials Program, Plant Biotechnology
Program, Biotechnology Program, Microelectronic Technology Program, and
Network Technology Program.
Facilities
Department
of Mathematics: computer labs, Internet facilities, and multimedia
facilities.
Department
of Physics: Raman Scattering Lab, Thin Film Lab, Theoretical Atomic
Physics Lab, Optical Fiber Lab, Nano-scale Materials Lab, Vacuum Coating
Lab, Light Scattering and Dielectric Constant of Ferroelectrics Materials
Lab, and Ion-coating Lab.
Department
of Chemistry: Organic Synthesis Lab, Photo physic & Photochemistry
Lab, Material Chemistry Lab, Highly Strained Compounds Lab, Polymer Science
Lab, Physical Chemistry Lab, Analytical Chemistry Lab, and Chemical Sensing
Lab.
Department
of Life Science: Immunology Laboratory, Molecular Biology Laboratory,
Genetics Laboratory, Neurophysiology Laboratory, Plant Biotechnology Laboratory,
Electronic Microscopy Laboratory, Microbiology and Genetical Laboratory,
Cell and Molecularbiology Laboratory, and Histology and Physiology Laboratory.
Department
of Electronic Engineering: Microcomputer Lab, VLSI/CAD Research
Laboratory, Circuit & Electronic Lab, Control Lab and Communication
Lab.
Department
of Computer Science and Information Engineering: Microcomputer
Lab, Information Technology Lab, Multi-Media Lab, and Network Lab.
Department
of Psychology: Psychometrics Lab, Psychological Test Lab, The Lab
of Group Relations and Social Interaction, Visual Science Lab, Biofeedback
and Sleep Lab, Basic Psychological Processing Lab, Cognition and Perception
Lab, and The Lab of Counseling Practice.
Academic Activities
The College has been subsidized by the Ministry of Education to conduct
the "Program for Improvement of Basic Science Education", the
"VLSI Circuits and Systems Education Program", the "Program
for Improvement of Integrated Teaching", and the "Biotechnology
Education Program". In
addition, the College received $50 to $70 million annual grants from the
National Science Council to participate in the "Program for Enhancing
the Research and Development Productivity of Private Universities".
Over the last three years, the College has received more than $70 million
annually
in external research funding, which is a great help to the College's research
and development productivity. Research results by the faculty have also
been published in prominent international and local journals. The number
of publications increased from 175 papers in year 2000 to 237 papers in
year 2003. A total of 235 papers were published in SCI, SSCI, and EI-cited
journals over the last five years.
The Department of Mathematics hosted the "International Congress of Chinese Mathematicians" in 2001
and "The Fourth China-Philippine Seminar on Nonlinear Mathematics" commissioned by NSC in 2002. The
Department of Chemistry recommended the University to confer honorary doctorates to the Nobel
laureate in Medicine John R. Vane and his fellow researcher John C. McGiff. In the past three
years, the Department of Life Science hosted the "Conference on Strategies for the Biotech Industry
in the Age of Genomics," the "Conference on the Interdisciplinary Studies of Protein Structure and
Bioinformatics," and the "Distinguished Alumni's Conference on Biotechnology." The Department of
Psychology held the "Conference on the Development of Psychology" to commemorate the 30th
anniversary of the Department in 2002. The chair of the Department Prof. Liu Zhao-Ming was elected
the President of the Chinese Psychological Association and further held the "42nd Annual Conference
of Chinese Psychological Association", which was an important event in the academic circle of
Psychology.
Our alumni, staff, and students have won numerous awards and honors. Among them, Dr. James Yao, the
alumnus of the Department of Physics, received the American National Academy of Science Awards.
Prof. Chang Chi-Kwong, the alumnus of the Department of Chemistry, won the Michigan State
University Distinguished Academic Staff Award, while Prof. Hsia Ling-Ching of the Department of
Psychology received the Psych Out Awards from the East Side Institute.
Career Opportunities
The College encourages its graduates to pursue further studies in Taiwan
as well as abroad. Over 60 percent of the graduates are admitted by local
graduate schools annually. Since its establishment, the College has more
than 12,000 alumni, who enjoy good reputation and make great contribution
in their capacities as researchers, educators, and business executives.
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