President of Purdue University visited National Cheng Kung University at Oct. 7th
Tainan, TAIWAN, Oct. 12th
Prof. France A. Córdova as the President of Purdue University, together with her husband - Prof. Christian J. Foster as Discovery Park Director of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics Education Program), Prof. Cheryl L. Altinkemer as the Associate Vice President for Advancement, and Prof. Michael A. Brzezinski, as the Interim Vice Provost for Global Affairs and Dean of International Programs, as well as the Assistant Professor from Dept. of Educational Studies visited National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Taiwan, on Oct 7th and cordially received by Prof. Michael Ming-Chiao Lai (賴明詔), NCKU President. They also visited NCKU museum for “Exhibition for Purdue and NCKU Project in 1953-1963” and attended the alumni reception party with more than 10 NCKU professors graduated from Purdue University.
This is the second time to meet with each other since President Lai (賴明詔) led the NCKU delegates to Purdue University in this April. President Lai invited President Córdova with her husband and colleagues have a lunch in the restaurant located in the 38th floor of Shangri-La's Far Eastern Plaza Hotel. Before lunch, President Córdova also visited Tzu-Chiang Campus and Kuang-Fu Campus. “Your university is really big and beautiful. Is that building College of Engineering? Why that building is red? Is that copy from Purdue? Good! Purdue really did a lot in your university,” said President Córdova. President Lai (賴明詔) also introduced the most pioneering green building namely the Education Center for Subtropical Green Buildings (ECSGB) with an alias as "Green Magic School", resulted from close cooperation with Delta Electronics Inc. Highly praise was given from President Córdova. She was proud of the significant influence of this project to NCKU and mentioned that there are many similarities within Purdue University and NCKU.
During lunch, President Lai (賴明詔) commented that the model on higher educational institute proposed by Purdue University nearly 50 years ago has been widely realized in teaching and research, thought not widely applied to administration, which has been shown with much applicability to administrative area now. From today’s point of view, Purdue University had foreseen all required requirements for being excellent tertiary institutes in the world. The Purdue-NCKU Project also has reshaped and changed NCKU from the German-Japanese educational system to a university in compliance with American educational system. In addition, they also discussed in depth about energy, geography and earthquake during the lunch. Prof. Foster as the Director of Discovery Park of STEM, also a geological expert, referred to the establishment of Earthquake Research Center in Discovery Park. Prof. Foster also set up a Geology Information Database, based on the research team from Purdue Department of Civil Engineering. In addition, Purdue-led team to spearhead a center that will serve as headquarters for the operations of the George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES), and submitted through the Cyber Center in Purdue's Discovery Park. Purdue will connect 14 NEES research equipment sites and the earthquake engineering community through groundbreaking cyber infrastructure, education and outreach efforts. Taiwan is in fire belt with frequent jolts and also has the topography of the alluvial plain. “It is thus worthy of earthquake research in Taiwan,” said Prof. Foster.
After lunch, Prof. Córdova with her delegates attended the Purdue Alumni Party to have chatted with Prof. H. Jenny Su (蘇慧貞) as the Vice President for International Affairs and 10 alumni currently working in NCKU. They include Prof. Hong-Sen Yan (顏鴻森) as the NCKU Museum Director, Prof. Tse-Chuan Chou (周澤川) and Prof. Chien-Hsiang Chang (張鑑祥) both from Department of Chemical Engineering, Prof. Lih-Chyun Shu (徐立群) from Department of Accounting, Prof. Jiin-Shuh Jean (簡錦樹) from Department of Earth Sciences, Prof. Chie Gau (高騏) from Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics Engineering, Prof. Mei-Mei Zen (任眉眉) from Department of Statistics, Prof. Pei-Chun Lin (林珮珺) from Department of Transportation and Communication Management Science, Prof. Chang-Da (Alex) Wen (溫昌達) from Department of Mechanical Engineering, and Prof. Victor B. Kreng (耿伯文) from Department of Industrial and Information Management
“We have so many international students every year. There are about 275 students from Taiwan. For years and years, there are still a lot of students coming from Taiwan. We are very proud of them. We probably can try to work on the exchange program. Not only starting from students, we could also try both teachers and students,” said Prof. Foster. “We can run the program lasting two or three weeks during the vocation time,” said Prof. Brzezinski. “I heard that an alumni of University of Washington graduated from NCKU actually donated much money to establish something in University of Washington. University of Washington received a lot from NCKU in Taiwan. Probably we can work it out for NCKU and Purdue,” said Prof. Yan (顏鴻森). It’s useful to establish the relationship in research and education area between two universities.
About Purdue University
Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, is highly ranked in the nation’s top public universities by U.S. News & World Report, and is globally renowned for academic excellence, cutting-edge research and outreach. Overall, Purdue has earned 18 top-10 academic rankings and 34 top-20 rankings from national ranking agencies for its programs and supports many successful alumni in the sciences, engineering, agriculture, and the arts and humanities. Neil Armstrong and Eugene Cernan, the first and last men to walk on the moon, are among 22 Purdue graduates to have been selected by NASA for space flight. This Big Ten campus of 39,100 students has more than 200 majors and programs in 10 colleges and schools, and celebrates more than 400,800 living Boilermaker alumni around the world. It is also one of the most international campuses in the U.S., with over 5,000 international students seeking degrees in all majors.
About Prof. France A. Córdova as the president of Purdue University
France A. Córdova was appointed Purdue University’s eleventh president on July 16, 2007. Prior to joining Purdue, Córdova served as chancellor and distinguished professor of physics and astronomy at the University of California (UC) Riverside from 2002 to 2007. An internationally recognized astrophysicist, Córdova served from 1996 to 2002 as a professor of physics and vice chancellor for research at UC Santa Barbara. Before joining UC Santa Barbara, she was chief scientist at NASA from 1993 to 1996, serving as the primary scientific advisor to the NASA administration and the principal interface between NASA headquarters and the broader scientific community.
Córdova's scientific career contributions have been in the areas of observational and experimental astrophysics, multi-spectral research on x-ray and gamma ray sources, and space-borne instrumentation. She has published more than 150 scientific papers and was co-principal investigator for a telescope experiment that is currently flying on the satellite XMM-Newton, a cornerstone mission of the European Space Agency. She is the winner of NASA's highest honor, the Distinguished Service Medal, and was recognized as a 2000 Kilby Laureate for “contributions to society through science, technology, innovation, invention, and education.” Córdova was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2008 and is a national associate of the National Academies. She is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Association for Women in Science. Córdova has had several presidential appointments, including the Committee for the National Medal of Science, and most recently, the National Science Board.
Córdova is on the board of directors of BioCrossroads, Indiana's initiative to grow the life sciences through a public-private collaboration. She is a member of the board of the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership, the Indiana Energy Systems Network, and the Indiana Chamber of Commerce. She is also on the boards of Edison International, Science Applications International Corporation, and the Mayo Clinic. She is a present or past member of several science and security policy committees for the National Research Council and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
The oldest of twelve children, Córdova attended Stanford University, where she graduated cum laude with a bachelor's degree in English in less than four years. Among other activities, Córdova conducted anthropological fieldwork in a Zapotec Indian pueblo in Oaxaca, Mexico. She went on to earn her PhD in physics from the California Institute of Technology, and in 1997, she was awarded an honorary doctorate by Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles. In 2007, Córdova was given Caltech’s Distinguished Alumni Award, and she was named to Stanford’s Multicultural Hall of Fame in 2008. Córdova is married to Christian J. Foster, a science educator, and they have two children in college.
Prof. France A. Córdova as the President of Purdue University, together with her husband - Prof. Christian J. Foster as Discovery Park Director of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics Education Program), Prof. Cheryl L. Altinkemer as the Associate Vice President for Advancement, and Prof. Michael A. Brzezinski, as the Interim Vice Provost for Global Affairs and Dean of International Programs, as well as the Assistant Professor from Dept. of Educational Studies visited National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Taiwan, on Oct 7th and cordially received by Prof. Michael Ming-Chiao Lai (賴明詔), NCKU President. They also visited NCKU museum for “Exhibition for Purdue and NCKU Project in 1953-1963” and attended the alumni reception party with more than 10 NCKU professors graduated from Purdue University.
This is the second time to meet with each other since President Lai (賴明詔) led the NCKU delegates to Purdue University in this April. President Lai invited President Córdova with her husband and colleagues have a lunch in the restaurant located in the 38th floor of Shangri-La's Far Eastern Plaza Hotel. Before lunch, President Córdova also visited Tzu-Chiang Campus and Kuang-Fu Campus. “Your university is really big and beautiful. Is that building College of Engineering? Why that building is red? Is that copy from Purdue? Good! Purdue really did a lot in your university,” said President Córdova. President Lai (賴明詔) also introduced the most pioneering green building namely the Education Center for Subtropical Green Buildings (ECSGB) with an alias as "Green Magic School", resulted from close cooperation with Delta Electronics Inc. Highly praise was given from President Córdova. She was proud of the significant influence of this project to NCKU and mentioned that there are many similarities within Purdue University and NCKU.
During lunch, President Lai (賴明詔) commented that the model on higher educational institute proposed by Purdue University nearly 50 years ago has been widely realized in teaching and research, thought not widely applied to administration, which has been shown with much applicability to administrative area now. From today’s point of view, Purdue University had foreseen all required requirements for being excellent tertiary institutes in the world. The Purdue-NCKU Project also has reshaped and changed NCKU from the German-Japanese educational system to a university in compliance with American educational system. In addition, they also discussed in depth about energy, geography and earthquake during the lunch. Prof. Foster as the Director of Discovery Park of STEM, also a geological expert, referred to the establishment of Earthquake Research Center in Discovery Park. Prof. Foster also set up a Geology Information Database, based on the research team from Purdue Department of Civil Engineering. In addition, Purdue-led team to spearhead a center that will serve as headquarters for the operations of the George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES), and submitted through the Cyber Center in Purdue's Discovery Park. Purdue will connect 14 NEES research equipment sites and the earthquake engineering community through groundbreaking cyber infrastructure, education and outreach efforts. Taiwan is in fire belt with frequent jolts and also has the topography of the alluvial plain. “It is thus worthy of earthquake research in Taiwan,” said Prof. Foster.
After lunch, Prof. Córdova with her delegates attended the Purdue Alumni Party to have chatted with Prof. H. Jenny Su (蘇慧貞) as the Vice President for International Affairs and 10 alumni currently working in NCKU. They include Prof. Hong-Sen Yan (顏鴻森) as the NCKU Museum Director, Prof. Tse-Chuan Chou (周澤川) and Prof. Chien-Hsiang Chang (張鑑祥) both from Department of Chemical Engineering, Prof. Lih-Chyun Shu (徐立群) from Department of Accounting, Prof. Jiin-Shuh Jean (簡錦樹) from Department of Earth Sciences, Prof. Chie Gau (高騏) from Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics Engineering, Prof. Mei-Mei Zen (任眉眉) from Department of Statistics, Prof. Pei-Chun Lin (林珮珺) from Department of Transportation and Communication Management Science, Prof. Chang-Da (Alex) Wen (溫昌達) from Department of Mechanical Engineering, and Prof. Victor B. Kreng (耿伯文) from Department of Industrial and Information Management
“We have so many international students every year. There are about 275 students from Taiwan. For years and years, there are still a lot of students coming from Taiwan. We are very proud of them. We probably can try to work on the exchange program. Not only starting from students, we could also try both teachers and students,” said Prof. Foster. “We can run the program lasting two or three weeks during the vocation time,” said Prof. Brzezinski. “I heard that an alumni of University of Washington graduated from NCKU actually donated much money to establish something in University of Washington. University of Washington received a lot from NCKU in Taiwan. Probably we can work it out for NCKU and Purdue,” said Prof. Yan (顏鴻森). It’s useful to establish the relationship in research and education area between two universities.
About Purdue University
Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, is highly ranked in the nation’s top public universities by U.S. News & World Report, and is globally renowned for academic excellence, cutting-edge research and outreach. Overall, Purdue has earned 18 top-10 academic rankings and 34 top-20 rankings from national ranking agencies for its programs and supports many successful alumni in the sciences, engineering, agriculture, and the arts and humanities. Neil Armstrong and Eugene Cernan, the first and last men to walk on the moon, are among 22 Purdue graduates to have been selected by NASA for space flight. This Big Ten campus of 39,100 students has more than 200 majors and programs in 10 colleges and schools, and celebrates more than 400,800 living Boilermaker alumni around the world. It is also one of the most international campuses in the U.S., with over 5,000 international students seeking degrees in all majors.
About Prof. France A. Córdova as the president of Purdue University
France A. Córdova was appointed Purdue University’s eleventh president on July 16, 2007. Prior to joining Purdue, Córdova served as chancellor and distinguished professor of physics and astronomy at the University of California (UC) Riverside from 2002 to 2007. An internationally recognized astrophysicist, Córdova served from 1996 to 2002 as a professor of physics and vice chancellor for research at UC Santa Barbara. Before joining UC Santa Barbara, she was chief scientist at NASA from 1993 to 1996, serving as the primary scientific advisor to the NASA administration and the principal interface between NASA headquarters and the broader scientific community.
Córdova's scientific career contributions have been in the areas of observational and experimental astrophysics, multi-spectral research on x-ray and gamma ray sources, and space-borne instrumentation. She has published more than 150 scientific papers and was co-principal investigator for a telescope experiment that is currently flying on the satellite XMM-Newton, a cornerstone mission of the European Space Agency. She is the winner of NASA's highest honor, the Distinguished Service Medal, and was recognized as a 2000 Kilby Laureate for “contributions to society through science, technology, innovation, invention, and education.” Córdova was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2008 and is a national associate of the National Academies. She is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Association for Women in Science. Córdova has had several presidential appointments, including the Committee for the National Medal of Science, and most recently, the National Science Board.
Córdova is on the board of directors of BioCrossroads, Indiana's initiative to grow the life sciences through a public-private collaboration. She is a member of the board of the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership, the Indiana Energy Systems Network, and the Indiana Chamber of Commerce. She is also on the boards of Edison International, Science Applications International Corporation, and the Mayo Clinic. She is a present or past member of several science and security policy committees for the National Research Council and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
The oldest of twelve children, Córdova attended Stanford University, where she graduated cum laude with a bachelor's degree in English in less than four years. Among other activities, Córdova conducted anthropological fieldwork in a Zapotec Indian pueblo in Oaxaca, Mexico. She went on to earn her PhD in physics from the California Institute of Technology, and in 1997, she was awarded an honorary doctorate by Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles. In 2007, Córdova was given Caltech’s Distinguished Alumni Award, and she was named to Stanford’s Multicultural Hall of Fame in 2008. Córdova is married to Christian J. Foster, a science educator, and they have two children in college.
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