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Twelve NCKU professors receive NSC awards - Noodls

A total of twelve professors from National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), southern Taiwan, including Chair Professor Dr. Mi-Ching Tsai from Department of Mechanical Engineering and Chair Professor Dr. Hong Paul Wang from Department of Environmental Engineering, have received awards from National Science Council (NSC) of Taiwan recently.

Among them, Dr. Tsai was given the 2013 Merit NSC Research Fellow Award of NSC to commemorate his excellent academic achievements in the past ten years.

Eleven other NCKU professors including Dr. Wang have received the NSC Outstanding Research Awards.

The number of award recipients from NCKU was only surpassed by Academia Sinica and National Taiwan University (NTU) with 17 and 13 recipients respectively.

Holding the position of NCKU Research and Services Headquarters (RSH) director, Dr. Tsai's research and contributions in the area of motor design and motor drives has not only enhanced industries in Taiwan, but also brought the country ahead on the international stage.

As a recipient of the Merit NSC Research Fellow Award, Dr. Tsai has already received three NSC Outstanding Research Awards in nine years, undertaken two three-year-term projects for NSC research fellow and demonstrated outstanding performance in research.

Dr. Tsai has received the NSC Outstanding Research Award in 1997, 1999 and 2001, the NSC Special Research Award in 2005, 2010 and 2013 as well as the Merit NSC Research Fellow Award.

Nicknamed "Motor Tsai", Dr. Tsai graduated from National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST) Department of Electrical Engineering and obtained his doctoral degree in engineering from Oxford University before returning to Taiwan to work at NCKU Department of Mechanical Engineering.

The Merit NSC Research Fellow Award was initiated in 1995 by NSC to honor the achievements of those who have been awarded NSC Outstanding Research Award over three times, and have accomplished 3-year-term project for NSC Research Fellow twice, according to NSC.
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