Chairman Ulf Melin and Deputy Director of Department for International Cooperation Hans Gronlund from Swedish Council for Higher Education visiting TBTC

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Prof. Wei-Hwa Chiang, CEO of TBTC and Dean of College of Design, host the visit and introduced TBTC’s research focus and outcome. The guests are impressed with the participation in EU FP7 projects and interested in the participation mechanism of Taiwan partners and what research teams received from the FP7 projects. They visited the Stack Ventilation System and Displacement Air Conditioning System, the research outcomes adapted in the TBTC Building, and the creative design products awarded by the international design competitions in the last few years.

Prof. Wei-Hwa Chiang, CEO of TBTC, introduced major research projects of TBTC.

CEO Chiang introduced the recent international design awards of Department of Industrial and Commercial Design.

(From left) Prof. Wei-Hwa Chiang (CEO of TBTC), Prof. CK Lee (Dean of International Affairs), Chairman Ulf Melin, Deputy Director Hans Grondlund, Prof. Emma Huang (Director of International Cooperation of TBTC) and Ms. Hsu (Ministry of Education).