Sustainable Achievements
of
NYCU

[NYCU SDGs Project] The AIoT Talent Enhancement Program
To make the remote primary students equipped with basic AI knowledge, this project trained teachers and helped them to be capable of teaching primary students coding, IoT, and gaming design; positive results were achieved. This project also invited disadvantaged students in NYCU to work as teaching assistants to help the

[NYCU SDGs Project] Zero Waste Recycling Rooftop Farms
After 14 years of research and development, Jehng-Jung Kao, a professor of NYCU Institute of Environment Engineering, finished the first zero waste recycling rooftop farms, which can be easily built on balconies and rooftops. The values of this project align with the core values of the following SDGs: SDG 2:

NYCU Won Four Awards in APSAA and TSAA
This year, two teams representing NYCU achieved outstanding results at the Asia-Pacific and Taiwan Sustainable Action Awards (APSAA) organized by the Taiwan Institute for Sustainable Energy. Among 247 TSAA and 63 APSAA submissions, NYCU won four major awards. The most recognizable, however, is the submission “The Making of Hsinchu Living

Promoting the Idea of Care behind Lab Research
Professor Hsiao-Wen Zan from Department of Photonics, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University was interviewed by the Ministry of Science and Technology for Global Affairs and Science Engagement (MOST GASE) and shared how to use “care” as the starting point to introduce the field of life and medical care into

Smart City Flood Prevention Platform
The Disaster Prevention and Water Environment Research Center assisted New Taipei City Government Water Resources Bureau in developing the New Taipei City Smart River Planning and Flood Prevention Platform (hereafter the Smart City Flood Prevention Platform). The urban smart control platform collects and compiles water resource data, including meteorological radar

Over 350,000 Users Registered in Ewant, NYCU’s First MOOC Platform
In October 2013, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University established ewant, the first massive open online course (MOOC) platform in Taiwan. This platform assists higher education institutions in Taiwan in advertising and promoting their MOOCs and has currently signed collaboration agreements with 100 universities and academic units in Taiwan