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The picnic competition held in celebration of NCU's 108th Anniversary lively took place on May 19 at the iHouse, featuring pinecones, which can be found all around the NCU campus. The "Pinecone Party" event invited everyone and attracted faculty members, students, alumni, and the public to join in the festivities. Despite the heavy rain the night before, the enthusiasm for the anniversary celebration remained undampened!

National Central University celebrated its 108th anniversary and the 61st anniversary since its reestablishment in Taiwan on May 19. The anniversary ceremony honored the outstanding alumni of the 20th cohort, including world-renowned meteorologist Dr. Juang Han-Ming, optoelectronics authority Professor Sun Ching-Cherng, and the chairman of Taiwan Intelligent Robotics Company, Ltd., Mr. Huang Kuo-Tsung. Their achievements in various fields have set exemplary standards for NCU alumni.

After the Covid-19 pandemic, the NCU Corporate Expo was grandly held on March 26, 2023. 136 enterprises joined the expo and almost 7,000 job vacancies were open for application. In addition, the scale of this talent recruitment fair was the largest compared to the fairs held each year in the past. This year, the whole expo included six cross-discipline themes: humanities and social sciences, business and management, science and engineering, inter-disciplines, environmental, social, and governance (ESG), and foreign talent. It was also the first time that “classroom recruitment” was held; students could visit different classrooms to know more about each company and outline their career blueprints.

The research team led by Professor Shyu Kuo-Kai and Professor Lee Po-Lei at the Department of Electrical Engineering has advanced the technology for caring for the disadvantaged. The team conducted the research project on “Hospital Bed Control by the Electroencephalography (EEG) Signal,” receiving the Excelsior Award at the 2022 National Innovation Award for Taiwan Healthcare. In addition, Professor Lee Po-Lei collaborated with Taipei Veterans General Hospital to develop the “Close-loop Brain-computer Interface (BCI)-controlled TMS Rehabilitation System for Stroke Patients,” winning the 2022 National Innovation Award as well. Both research outcomes have attained groundbreaking and remarkable innovations!

Hsieh Hsuan and Wu Ping-Hung, senior students at the Department of Computer Science & Information Engineering (CSIE) in NCU, under the supervision of Professor Chou Li-Der, developed the “Figure Skating Action Analysis System,” which was the very first software for automated analysis of figure skating jumps in Taiwan. The system also won the silver prize for smart machinery in the 2022 National Intercollegiate Contest for Smart Innovation and Cross-domain Integration. This automated motion analysis software can greatly assist figure skaters in reviewing and adjusting their jump performances.