NTUST's General Education Center has held the Chengnan Forum (城南講堂) every year since 2022. It gives government officials, industry representatives, researchers and other stakeholders a platform to present different views on major public policy issues. The series is academic and non-partisan: speakers set out their own views, answer questions and discuss with participants, so the university can host open discussion of unsettled policy questions without taking a single institutional position. Past themes: 2022 "Professionalizing General Education: Teaching and Practice"; 2023 "Professionalization of General Education"; 2024 "Sustainable Place-Based Studies Co-Created by Faculty and Students"; 2025 "Repositioning General Education: Knowledge, Action and Social Impact".Theme 1: Bridging Professional and General EducationRelated forum sessions2022 Chengnan Forum, "Professionalizing General Education: Teaching and Practice" (18 Nov 2022, IB-101)2023 Chengnan Forum, "Professionalization of General Education" (20 Oct 2023, IB-202)SummaryThis theme asks how universities can bring humanities literacy and cross-disciplinary thinking into professional and technical courses, while giving general education courses real disciplinary depth. In 2022, several national general-education teaching award winners and well-known professors shared methods for adding general education to professional courses, and the forum encouraged faculty across departments to teach general education. In 2023, Distinguished Chair Professor Liu Bo-hong (Chienkuo Technology University) set out two meanings of "professionalizing general education"; Director Ma Ai-hsuan (NCCU), Dean He Jui-lin (National Pingtung University) and Professor Li Ching-fang (NCUE) discussed curriculum planning; and representatives of the three National Taiwan University System schools (NTUST, NTNU, NTU) discussed the Chengnan district's development and social innovation. Speakers came from different institutions and viewpoints, and the topic, how higher education policy positions and funds professional versus general education, remains an open policy question.Theme 2: Repositioning General Education for the AI and Sustainability EraRelated forum sessions2025 Chengnan Forum, "Repositioning General Education: Knowledge, Action and Social Impact" (5 Dec 2025, RB-102 International Conference Hall; guided by the Ministry of Education; hosted by the Higher Education Sprout Project, the General Education Center and Chengnan College; co-hosted by the MOE USR project "Spark+")SummaryThe 2025 forum argued that general education should not be merely supplementary knowledge; it should spark cross-disciplinary learning, connect with real social problems, and treat action as a catalyst for deeper learning. It discussed how universities turn knowledge into action, how action creates social impact, and how the university-society relationship should be redefined. Director Li Szu-ying and Vice President Wang Chao-cheng opened the event; the panel "Local Practice of Knowledge" was moderated by Dr Wu Chen-pang (NTNU) and the session "Social Impact and Cultural Innovation" by Dr Tsai Hsin-chang (NTNU). The forum took place as the Ministry of Education plans Phase III of the Higher Education Sprout Project and pushes general-education reform and AI governance, giving people inside and outside the university a place to exchange views on that policy direction.Theme 3: University Social Responsibility (USR) and Sustainable Place-Based StudiesRelated forum sessions2024 Chengnan Forum, "Sustainable Place-Based Studies Co-Created by Faculty and Students" (6 Dec 2024, IB-202)2023 Chengnan Forum, social-practice panel (representatives of the three National Taiwan University System schools)SummaryThe 2024 forum centred on "Chengnan Studies" as a cross-campus platform for sharing place-based studies, and on bringing sustainable development into general-education and social-practice courses. Director Wang Chung-ming (Tunghai University) shared his centre's reform experience; Dean Chu Chia-wen (National Dong Hwa University) introduced Hua-Lan College and "Hualien Studies"; Associate Vice Provost Wang Li-jung (NCU) and Section Chief Hsieh Ping-chuan (NKUST) discussed cross-disciplinary training, practice projects and workplace skills; and NTUST lecturers Lin Yi-chen and Hung Hsiu-chin presented the Social Practice Expo, PBL course design and the Chengnan College STREAM immersive summer school. Director Li Szu-ying described place-based studies as a key USR strategy, and President Yen Chia-yu gave the closing remarks. A Social Practice Expo ran alongside, with students from the three NTU System schools presenting work under the themes "Local Chengnan", "Far from Home" and "Sustainable Renewal".Theme 4: Regional Revitalization, Social Impact and Cultural InnovationRelated forum sessions2025 Chengnan Forum: panel "Local Practice of Knowledge" and session "Social Impact and Cultural Innovation"SummarySpeakers included Professor Lin Pao-an (National Penghu University of Science and Technology; fishing-village research and fish-food education), Chairman Huang Cheng-te (Taitung County Sustainable Development Association; community building in Taitung), Assistant Professor Huang Hsin-yang (NTUST; Chengnan walking-tour methods), Director Chen Ying-hui and Section Chief Chen Hui-ju (Chihlee University of Technology; social impact assessment), Dean Liu Chun-yu (National Taiwan University of Arts; cultural citizenship and cultural governance), and Assistant Professor Wang Ying (NTUST). Coming from universities, local NGOs and practice, they discussed how universities take part in regional revitalization, how to measure social impact, and cultural rights and civic participation. These issues bear directly on the National Development Council's 2025-2028 regional revitalization plan and on how USR outcomes are evaluated.

National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST, Taiwan Tech) takes part in many research projects commissioned or funded by government agencies, including the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC, formerly the Ministry of Science and Technology), the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of National Defense, and it carries out research in partnership with government departments. The four cases below are government-funded projects led by NTUST faculty, selected from the research highlights published in the analysis reports of the Government Research Bulletin (GRB). Case 1: Graphene "Black Magic Carpet" that Produces Both Water and Electricity PI: Prof. Wei-Song Hung, Graduate Institute of Applied Science and Technology | Funding: Ministry of Science and Technology (now NSTC) Climate change is causing water shortages, power shortages and environmental damage worldwide. With multi-year funding from the Ministry of Science and Technology (now NSTC), Prof. Wei-Song Hung's team at NTUST carried out projects on conductive graphene membranes for forward-osmosis separation (2016–2018), functionalized graphene-framework filter bags for precious-metal recovery and dye-wastewater reclamation (2019), and a research-based entrepreneurship project (2021). The result is the "Black Magic Carpet", a graphene membrane that produces water and electricity at the same time. Made by pressing and drying graphene slurry into a thin, metallic-black film, it can be built into solar evaporators and wave-energy generators: sunlight turns seawater into drinking water that meets WHO standards, while ocean waves generate electricity. The product is easy to manufacture and scale up. The team solved key problems in formulating, dispersing and coating graphene. Its converse piezoelectric coefficient is several times that of commercial piezoelectric films, and it is produced with a roll-to-roll coating process. The technology is promoted with support from the University of Oxford's innovation platform and won a 2022 R&D 100 Award. Next, the team plans to apply the work to "urban mining": recovering valuable metals and reclaiming dye wastewater.Figure 1. The team won a 2022 R&D 100 Award for the "Black Magic Carpet" for simultaneous water and power generation (Source: research team (GRB report)) Figure 2. Graphene membrane module for water production (Source: research team (GRB report)) SourcesGRB analysis report: https://www.grb.gov.tw/search/report/14740543GRB project record: 導電石墨烯薄膜應用於正向滲透分離程序(105年) https://www.grb.gov.tw/search/planDetail?id=11890227GRB project record: 導電石墨烯薄膜應用於正向滲透分離程序(106年) https://www.grb.gov.tw/search/planDetail?id=12027685GRB project record: 導電石墨烯薄膜應用於正向滲透分離程序(107年) https://www.grb.gov.tw/search/planDetail?id=12379988GRB project record: 官能化石墨烯框架濾袋於有價金屬回收與染料廢水再生之應用(108年) https://www.grb.gov.tw/search/planDetail?id=13239144GRB project record: 科研創業計畫：自極化電響應石墨烯複合材料於塗佈感測領域之應用(110年) https://www.grb.gov.tw/search/planDetail?id=13993751Related Media CoverageNTUST News: Taiwan Tech Professor creates "Black Magic Carpet" enabling modular, low-carbon production (19 Jan 2026) https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/16-1000-144517.php?Lang=enTaiwan News: graphene membrane generates power and purifies water https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/6285248Taipei Times (19 Jan 2026) https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2026/01/19/2003850868自由時報：可同時產生水電的石墨烯 台科大教授洪維松獲全球百大科技研發獎 https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/life/breakingnews/4111953中央社：石墨烯「魔毯」產水電還把海水變能喝 台科大團隊獲研發界奧斯卡獎 https://www.cna.com.tw/news/ait/202211040040.aspx1111人力銀行新聞：臺科大打造「黑色魔毯」一膜雙效 低碳淨水與發電模組化 https://www.1111.com.tw/news/jobns/164184 Case 2: A "Super Eye" for Smart Medical Imaging: AI Pathology Image Analysis PI: Prof. Ching-Wei Wang, Graduate Institute of Biomedical Engineering | Funding: MOST (now NSTC) Value Creation Program Prof. Ching-Wei Wang of NTUST's Graduate Institute of Biomedical Engineering has long worked in digital pathology. Since 2017, Prof. Wang's team has combined big data, image analysis and cloud computing, using AI to analyze pathology images and diagnostic records to support diagnosis. Supported by the MOST Value Creation Program project "Commercialization of Giga-pixel/Tera-pixel Image Cloud Technology" (2017–2018), the team founded the spin-off company AIExplore in December 2017. They built an AI high-performance computing (AI HPC) platform for real-time gigapixel image analysis, terapixel image serving, and AI-based 3D reconstruction. In 2019, the team trained a lung-cancer tissue model on only 33 images and placed 8th of 435 teams worldwide (top 1.8%) in an international medical-imaging AI challenge. The platform automatically quantifies breast-cancer slides across stains. It has been tested in proof-of-concept projects with Tri-Service General Hospital and National Taiwan University Hospital on cervical smears and breast-cancer lymph-node metastasis. The team has also worked with NVIDIA on edge-computing solutions and expanded to Japan and Southeast Asia, showing how government-funded research becomes industrial application. SourcesGRB analysis report: https://www.grb.gov.tw/search/report/13243821GRB project record: 價創計畫：巨量影像雲端技術之事業化與商品化計畫(106年) https://www.grb.gov.tw/search/planDetail?id=12484351GRB project record: 價創計畫：巨量影像雲端技術之事業化與商品化計畫(107年) https://www.grb.gov.tw/search/planDetail?id=12750773Related Media CoverageNTUST News: Pioneering AI in Medicine: An Interview with Professor Ching-wei Wang https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/16-1000-129976.php?Lang=enAIExplore official website http://aiexplore.ntust.edu.tw/index.html產學研鏈結中心：巨量影像雲端技術之事業化與商品化計畫 https://www.tsi.center/portfolio-item/entrepreneurship-and-commercialization-of-giga-pixel-tera-pixel-image-cloud-technology-2/DIGITIMES：自己的AI自己做 影豹AI協助企業橫跨醫療與工業 https://www.digitimes.com.tw/iot/article.asp?cat=158&id=0000552020_1501MGFN1GTYO01U755U5中央社：科技部價創計畫 助19所大專院校投入科研創業 https://www.cna.com.tw/news/afe/201809280122.aspxCase 3: Zero-Trust Architecture for Connected Vehicles PI: Prof. Shi-Cho Cha, Department of Information Management | Funding: MOST (now NSTC) Connected-vehicle technology links cars to nearby vehicles, traffic signals, satellites and cloud services, which improves traffic efficiency. It also lets hackers break into in-vehicle computers and remotely control steering and braking. Prof. Shi-Cho Cha's team in NTUST's Department of Information Management led the 2022 MOST integrated project "Zero-Trust Architecture for Connected Vehicles". Its sub-projects covered adaptive access control and privacy protection for different services, lightweight authentication protocols, and secure, traceable data sharing and transmission. Modeled on the safety instrumented systems used in industrial control, the team built a risk-monitoring center inside the vehicle network to track the risk level of each component. It applies a zero-trust approach: every message from a connected device is treated as possibly compromised, so the device's identity and operating status are first verified through digital certificates, encrypted transmission and digital signatures before any command is carried out. The design also takes personal safety into account, so that when cybersecurity and physical safety conflict, decisions follow the driving situation. The results give carmakers a security reference as they move to zonal in-vehicle network architectures, and can be extended to industrial control systems, smart manufacturing and critical infrastructure. SourcesGRB analysis report: https://www.grb.gov.tw/search/report/16391229GRB project record: 車聯網之零信任架構-車聯網異質服務之適應性存取控制與隱私保護(111年) https://www.grb.gov.tw/search/planDetail?id=14505880GRB project record: 車聯網之零信任架構-基於零信任架構之輕量級車聯網鑑別協定(111年) https://www.grb.gov.tw/search/planDetail?id=14502733GRB project record: 車聯網之零信任架構-應用於車聯網之資料分享與可追溯安全傳輸機制(111年) https://www.grb.gov.tw/search/planDetail?id=14506017Related Media CoverageNTUST News (related): Taiwan Tech Explores Trends and Challenges in Zero Trust Cybersecurity Architecture https://www.secretariat.ntust.edu.tw/p/16-1063-126103.php?Lang=en科技大觀園：當「車聯網」之後，該如何避免方向盤被駭客操控？專訪國立臺灣科技大學資訊管理系查士朝教授 https://scitechvista.nat.gov.tw/Article/C000003/detail?ID=e9a2e8c7-bbbf-4929-9b86-44957ca0f189數位時代：Gogoro三大資安風險揭密，小心所有物聯網產品！ https://www.bnext.com.tw/article/40327/BN-2016-07-25-200710-44 Case 4: Digital Halftoning with Deep Learning for Higher-Fidelity Printed Images PI: Distinguished Prof. Jing-Ming Guo, Department of Electrical Engineering | Funding: MOST (now NSTC) Pictures in newspapers and magazines are printed with digital halftoning, which imitates shades of light and dark by varying how dots are arranged and how densely they are packed. Current methods, however, tend to produce artifacts such as jagged edges and visible texture in smooth regions (like sky) and around text when images are compressed or reconstructed. In the MOST (now NSTC)-funded project "Comprehensive Advancement and Extended Research of Next-Generation Digital Halftoning" (2020–2022), Distinguished Prof. Jing-Ming Guo's team at NTUST developed a stacking-constraint technique that handles boundary artifacts and an adaptive-variance halftoning scheme that makes dot printing more stable. They also used convolutional neural networks (CNN) and generative adversarial networks (GAN) to improve image restoration. The work markedly reduces artifacts and preserves fine detail, a breakthrough for print image quality. Prof. Guo was elevated to IEEE Fellow and AAIA Fellow in 2025 and continues to lead the team toward industrial use. SourcesGRB analysis report: https://www.grb.gov.tw/search/report/18881528GRB project record: 新世代數位半色調技術之全面精進暨延伸研究探討(109年) https://www.grb.gov.tw/search/planDetail?id=13536965GRB project record: 新世代數位半色調技術之全面精進暨延伸研究探討(110年) https://www.grb.gov.tw/search/planDetail?id=13936275GRB project record: 新世代數位半色調技術之全面精進暨延伸研究探討(111年) https://www.grb.gov.tw/search/planDetail?id=14608145Related Media CoverageNTUST News: Jing-Ming Guo elevated to IEEE Fellow https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/16-1000-135026.php?Lang=enJing-Ming Guo, IEEE Fellow (lab page) https://sites.google.com/view/ntust-mspl/jing-ming-guo經濟日報：電力電子與AI技術雙突破 臺科大教授邱煌仁、郭景明獲IEEE Fellow殊榮 https://money.udn.com/money/story/5723/8530918臺科大多媒體訊號處理實驗室：數位半色調技術（Digital Halftoning） https://sites.google.com/site/mspeentust/shi-yan-shi-jian-jie/shu-wei-ban-se-diao-ji-shu

NTUST faculty members are actively engaged in outreach, education, upskilling and capacity-building for policymakers and lawmakers. Drawing on the university's strengths in applied engineering, frontier research and intellectual-property law, NTUST supports evidence-based policy through (1) a dedicated technology policy and law research and teaching unit, (2) expert testimony before the Legislative Yuan, service on government bodies and University Social Responsibility (USR) work with local communities, and (3) sustainability-governance and net-zero training for public- and private-sector stakeholders. Between 2024 and 2026, official Legislative Yuan gazettes, hearing reports and IVOD video records confirm at least four public hearings at which the NTUST President or faculty members were invited to speak, covering higher-education governance, Fair Trade Commission appointments, news-media bargaining and AI governance, and urban-renewal legislation. 1. Core Academic and Policy Research Units1.1 Technology Policy and Law Program, Graduate Institute of Applied Science and TechnologyNTUST runs a Technology Policy and Law program staffed by faculty from engineering, patents, management and law, with regular teaching by industry practitioners. The program holds that technological progress becomes human welfare only through institutional processes. Emerging challenges such as information privacy, biomedical ethics and a low-carbon society need a legal basis for risk assessment, due process in resource allocation and international alignment. Courses include professional and biomedical research ethics, e-commerce law, decision-making and law for green-energy technologies, cross-strait technology cooperation, administrative procedure law, international IP law, and industrial innovation and technology management.1.2 IP and Industry–Academia Think-Tank RoleCompetition, energy and climate law: Prof. Hwa-Mei Liu (Graduate Institute of Technology Management; Dr. iur., University of Munich) is a former Commissioner of the Fair Trade Commission (8th term). She specializes in competition law, energy and climate law, administrative law and IP law, and has led research commissioned by the Fair Trade Commission, the National Development Council, the Institute for Information Industry and the Taipei City Government.Judicial and standards advisory: Prof. Poki Chen (Electronic Engineering) has served since 2007 on the Judicial Yuan's Advisory Panel for Patent Administrative Litigation and on the Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection's national standards committee for electronic engineering. He is also a former patent examiner for the Intellectual Property Office.AI governance: Asst. Prof. Tai-Jan Huang (Graduate Institute of Patent) serves on an Academia Sinica panel on generative-AI risk and has contributed to reports of the OECD-hosted Global Partnership on AI (GPAI).Vocational-education policy research: The Empowering Vocational Education Research Center (EVERC) is Taiwan's first international research center on technical and vocational education. It informs policy on vocational education and the training of skilled workers.Related News Coverage and LinksTechnology Policy and Law program overview: https://www.gsas.ntust.edu.tw/p/412-1010-55.php?Lang=zh-twTechnology Policy and Law curriculum: https://www.gsas.ntust.edu.tw/p/404-1010-44585.php?Lang=zh-twProf. Hwa-Mei Liu profile (former FTC Commissioner): https://www.tm.ntust.edu.tw/p/412-1012-43.php?Lang=zh-twProf. Poki Chen profile (Judicial Yuan advisory panel): https://www.et.ntust.edu.tw/et/faculty.php?user=pokiGraduate Institute of Patent faculty: https://patent.ntust.edu.tw/p/404-1007-75322.php?Lang=zh-twNTUST EVERC research center: https://everc.ntust.edu.tw/team/2. Policy Advice and Social Outreach2.1 Expert Testimony at Legislative Yuan Public HearingsCross-checking the Legislative Yuan's Parliamentary Library and Gazette system, the hearing reports and IVOD records turned up the following hearings where NTUST leaders or faculty spoke in 2024–2026 (the full list is in Section 4):Higher education: 13 Nov 2024, Education and Culture Committee hearing on university governance, industry–academia cooperation and higher-education reform: President Jia-Yush Yen, speaking as Chair of the Association of National Universities of Science and Technology, addressed Article 7 of the University Act, the public–private university merger (NTUST–Hwa Hsia University of Technology), student participation in governance, and industry innovation colleges.Economy and law: 16 Dec 2024, joint Economics and Judiciary & Organic Laws Committees hearing on the confirmation of Fair Trade Commission nominees: Prof. Hwa-Mei Liu testified in person and submitted a written opinion, which is included in the hearing report.Digital economy and AI law: 12 Jun 2025, Transportation Committee hearing on legislating a news-media bargaining system: Asst. Prof. Tai-Jan Huang spoke from an AI-governance and data-use perspective. He urged careful treatment of how news content relates to AI training data and to sovereign-AI development.Urban renewal and resilience: 28 Oct 2026, Internal Administration Committee hearing on amending the Act for Accelerated Reconstruction of Dangerous and Old Buildings and the Urban Renewal Act: an adjunct associate professor of Architecture attended. The name comes from the AI-generated IVOD transcript and will be confirmed once the gazette is published.Policy influence: At the 6 Nov 2024 Education and Culture Committee hearing on private-college closures, the Ministry of Education and several scholars cited the NTUST–Hwa Hsia merger as a reference model for public–private consolidation. This shows NTUST's experience feeding directly into higher-education policy.2.2 Faculty Engagement in Government Sustainability and Climate GovernanceConvener of a government policy alliance: Prof. Tsai-Chi Kuo (Industrial Management) is the convener of the Retail Product Packaging Circular Sustainability Strategic Alliance, promoted by the Ministry of Environment's Resource Circulation Administration. At the ministry's packaging-reduction press event on 19 October 2026, he appeared alongside Minister Chi-Ming Peng. He explained that the alliance supports the ministry's target of cutting packaging by 10% by 2035, with a first-phase goal of 5% over five years. The alliance is building shared assessment methods for mono-material design, post-consumer recycled (PCR) content and reuse, linking manufacturers, packaging suppliers, retailers and recyclers to put the ministry's Retail Product Packaging Circular Sustainability Guidelines into practice.In May 2026, NTUST and the Ministry of Environment co-hosted a campus event in the national series on youth participation in climate action. Prof. Tsai-Chi Kuo (Industrial Management) moderated, and representatives of the Climate Change Administration discussed transparent, accountable climate governance and open government.As Chair of the Department of Industrial Management, Prof. Kuo spoke at a net-zero talent forum with Minister of Environment Chi-Ming Peng. He also taught an ESG carbon-reduction course for Academia Sinica.In June 2024, NTUST's SEED Center hosted a Net-Zero Industry Forum. The CPC Corporation Chairman chaired it, with participation from Taipower and China Steel, linking net-zero policy to industrial practice.2.3 University Social Responsibility (USR) and Local GovernanceNTUST runs long-term USR projects, including Engineers in Action, Urban–Rural Partnership and Community Renewal & Resilience, and brings their results back to Taipei's Chengnan district to support local sustainability and community resilience.On 18 September 2026, NTUST hosted the Ministry of Education's 2026 USR co-learning event, "New Horizons in Sustainability: Innovation, Diffusion and International Cooperation". Topics included regional revitalization, smart governance and community resilience in the Nangongguan settlement, encouraging inclusive local decision-making.In December 2025, the NTUST USR Engineers in Action project showcased its cross-border community work at Expo 2025 Osaka. It was the only Taiwanese USR project to exhibit there.Related News Coverage and LinksLY meeting page, 13 Nov 2024 higher-education hearing: https://ppg.ly.gov.tw/ppg/sittings/2024110869/details?meetingDate=113/11/13LY Gazette, 13 Nov 2024 minutes (President Yen): https://ppg.ly.gov.tw/ppg/SittingCommitteesInfo/download/communique1/final/pdf/113/97/LCIDC01_1139702_00002.pdfLY meeting page, 16 Dec 2024 FTC confirmation hearing: https://ppg.ly.gov.tw/ppg/sittings/2024121148/details?meetingDate=113/12/16Hearing report, Prof. Liu's testimony and written opinion: https://ppg.ly.gov.tw/ppg/SittingAttachment/download/2024121148/PPGB60500_4200_20869_1131224_0002.pdfLY meeting page, 12 Jun 2025 media-bargaining hearing: https://ppg.ly.gov.tw/ppg/sittings/2025060693/details?meetingDate=114/06/12Hearing report, Asst. Prof. Huang's testimony: https://ppg.ly.gov.tw/ppg/SittingAttachment/download/2025060693/PPGB60500_2400_20698_1140620_0012.pdfLY meeting page, 28 Oct 2026 urban-renewal hearing: https://ppg.ly.gov.tw/ppg/sittings/2026102286/details?meetingDate=115/10/28Ministry of Environment News (19 Oct 2026): packaging reduction (Prof. Kuo as alliance convener): https://enews.moenv.gov.tw/moenv-news/zh-tw/News/14330CNA PR Newswire (28 May 2026): NTUST and Ministry of Environment promote climate action: https://cna.com.tw/postwrite/chi/434666MCUT CSR forum document (Prof. Kuo with the Minister of Environment): https://csr.mcut.edu.tw/var/file/31/1031/img/2088/436503896.pdfAcademia Sinica EHS newsletter (Prof. Kuo's ESG course): https://newsletter-ehsmd.dga.sinica.edu.tw/posts/170586NTUST SEED Center (19 Jun 2024): Net-Zero Industry Forum: https://seed.ntust.edu.tw/p/16-1083-126905.php?Lang=enCNA PR Newswire (21 Sep 2026): NTUST gathers USR practice from Taiwan, Japan, the US and Indonesia: https://www.cna.com.tw/postwrite/chi/444750NTUST Office of Sustainability: MOE USR co-learning event: https://po.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1059-151164,r763.php?Lang=zh-twTaiwan Shin Sheng Daily News (6 Dec 2025): NTUST USR at Expo 2025 Osaka: https://tw.news.yahoo.com/%E8%87%BA%E7%A7%91%E5%A4%A7usr%E8%A1%8C%E5%8B%95%E5%B7%A5%E7%A8%8B%E5%B8%AB%E8%A8%88%E7%95%AB-%E7%99%BB%E5%A4%A7%E9%98%AA%E4%B8%96%E5%8D%9A-121058524.htmlNTUST News (2022): From Sustainability to Infinity, USR results: https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-106852,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw3. Executive Education for Officials and StakeholdersThrough the School of Management (EMBA), the Center for Continuing Education and its research centers, NTUST offers training on technology regulation, sustainability governance and net-zero transition to policymakers, public servants, industry leaders and the public:The ESG Sustainability Management Talent Program (Nov 2025 – Jan 2026) covers sustainability governance, ISO and supply-chain management, the circular economy, green finance, carbon footprints and carbon trading. The center also delivers sustainability-management and carbon-inventory courses commissioned by the Ministry of Labor.The Greenhouse Gas and Carbon Footprint Inventory course (Nov–Dec 2025) covers GHG inventories, sustainability reporting and third-party verification.In August 2024, an ISO 14068-1 carbon-neutrality certification course, co-organized with an external training academy, drew more than 100 industry participants.In April 2025, NTUST held a carbon-inventory system donation ceremony and Net-Zero Forum, where it announced the NTUST Net-Zero Declaration.The Chengnan Lecture series brings professional knowledge into general education and promotes cross-disciplinary civic literacy among educators and the public.Note: we found no news coverage of EMBA programs aimed at senior government officials. We suggest asking the School of Management for public-sector enrollment figures or course syllabi to add as evidence.Related News Coverage and LinksEconomic Daily News: ESG Sustainability Management Talent Program: https://money.udn.com/money/story/5635/9077781Economic Daily News: GHG and Carbon Footprint Inventory course: https://money.udn.com/money/story/5635/9077207NTUST Continuing Education: ESG Sustainability Management course: https://www.cec.ntust.edu.tw/p/404-1074-135476.php?Lang=zh-twCNA PR Newswire (27 Aug 2024): ISO 14068-1 carbon-neutrality course: https://www.cna.com.tw/postwrite/chi/379758Taiwan News Hub: Net-Zero Forum and carbon-management partnership: https://twnewshub.com/archives/86628NTUST News: Chengnan Lecture: https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-107944,r167.php?Lang=zh-twNTUST Office of Sustainability news: https://po.ntust.edu.tw/p/403-1059-763-1.php?Lang=zh-tw4. Government Public Hearings Attended (2024–2026)Scope: we screened all Legislative Yuan public hearings of the 11th term (Feb 2024 – Nov 2026) by searching IVOD transcripts for "National Taiwan University of Science and Technology / NTUST", then checked names and titles against the hearing reports and the Legislative Yuan Gazette. Each hearing is tagged with the requested fields (economy, law, climate change, healthcare, education). Related records (NTUST cited, not an NTUST speaker)6 Nov 2024 Education and Culture Committee hearing on private-college closures: the Ministry of Education and private-college representatives cited the NTUST–Hwa Hsia merger as a model for public–private consolidation.IVOD: https://ivod.ly.gov.tw/Play/Full/1M/16233Historical record: at a 2016 Education and Culture Committee hearing on amending the Fundamental Science and Technology Act, Asst. Prof. Chung-Hui Kuan (Graduate Institute of Patent) testified. This falls outside the reporting period and is listed for reference only.LY Gazette: https://ppg.ly.gov.tw/ppg/SittingCommitteesInfo/download/communique1/final/pdf/105/105/LCIDC01_10510501_00005.pdfScreening notes: no NTUST speaker was found in this period's transcripts for climate-change hearings (e.g., the 12 Aug 2026 hearing on carbon fees under the Climate Change Response Act) or healthcare hearings. Ministry-level hearings have no consolidated public attendee lists and are not included. We suggest surveying departments for records of faculty attending ministry advisory meetings (meeting notices or attendance certificates) to strengthen the evidence.5. Summary of News CoverageThis evidence set covers official records of four Legislative Yuan hearings plus twelve news and official web reports. Coverage centers on three themes: (1) faculty giving expert testimony at the Legislative Yuan on higher-education governance, competition law, AI and the digital economy, and urban renewal; (2) NTUST working with the Ministry of Environment and other agencies on climate action, packaging-reduction policy (Prof. Kuo convenes a ministry-promoted strategic alliance) and the net-zero transition, alongside local and international USR work; and (3) capacity-building in sustainability governance for government, industry and academic stakeholders through continuing education, certification courses and forums.

National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST, Taiwan Tech) has long served as a bridge between industry and government decision-making. Its faculty experts and research teams provide professional advice, commissioned research and real-world testbeds to local, regional and national governments in engineering, information technology, smart manufacturing, green energy and sustainable development.Levels of governmentCybersecurity and Emerging TechnologiesNTUST runs a university-level Information Security Research and Teaching Center that brings together the Departments of Information Management and Computer Science and Information Engineering; it was among the first such centers at a Taiwanese university. Its director, Prof. Shi-Cho Cha (查士朝), leads a cross-university team in the Taiwan Information Security Center (TACC) on "Trustworthy Zero Trust Architecture for Critical Infrastructure", turning research into standards and tools that government and critical infrastructure operators can adopt.NTUST expert advice and contributionsZero-trust policy: supports the government in promoting zero-trust architecture and gives strategy recommendations to organizations adopting cybersecurity measures (national level).Financial regulation: helps financial institutions adopt zero trust and meet regulators' requirements for dynamic access control.Healthcare security: helps hospitals keep information secure while moving to hybrid cloud.Testing standards: builds a certification test platform for zero-trust products (also able to evaluate AI-based security products) to help competent authorities set inspection standards.Smart transport and unmanned vehicles: uses NTUST's ISO 17025-aligned laboratory to draft security test standards for smart-vehicle components, an evidence base for regulating smart transport and autonomous vehicles.National cyber talent: the Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering runs two sub-projects of the MOE Advanced Cybersecurity Practical Talent Program and co-organizes the MOE AIS3 summer school with the Department of Information Management.Related news reports and website linksNews reports:[2023-02-17] DIGITIMES | NTUST excels in cybersecurity talent development and keeps linking Taiwan's security industry (in Chinese)Websites:TACC – NTUST team: Trustworthy Zero Trust Architecture for Critical Infrastructure 2. Sustainable Development and Green Energy NTUST uses its campus as a Living Lab: results from its microgrid, energy storage and energy management systems become concrete recommendations on urban energy resilience, low-carbon circularity and net-zero pathways. The Sustainable Electrochemical Energy Development (SEED) Center and Prof. Tsai-Chi Kuo (郭財吉) of the Department of Industrial Management contribute expertise on electrochemical storage, circular economy and sustainability governance.NTUST expert advice and contributionsTaiwan's first urban campus microgrid (regional/local): NTUST was the first northern-region school in Taipower's University Energy Saving and Power Resilience project. The Huaxia Campus microgrid, completed in early 2026, combines 229.68 kWp of solar PV, 2 MWh of storage, two 100 kW DC fast chargers and a 400 kW diesel backup generator, funded by a NT$100 million Taipower subsidy and over NT$50 million from NTUST.Urban energy resilience: in a grid outage it switches to island mode, powering the whole campus for 4 hours, or 8 hours for priority loads. One campus building is also a New Taipei City emergency shelter where residents can charge devices, a model for disaster-ready urban power.Net-zero pathway: estimated savings of about NT$540,000 a year, rising to about NT$1.26 million with green-certificate sales. NTUST targets 50% carbon neutrality by 2030 and 100% by 2049.National recognition: NTUST received the Executive Yuan's 2024 National Sustainable Development Award (education category), presented by the Minister of Environment, for smart energy management, greenhouse gas inventory and sustainability education.SEED Center: battery, thin-film and hydrogen research teams carry out an NSTC academic summit research program and host the 2026 Lithium Battery & Electrochemical Energy Storage Industry–Academia Summit.Prof. Tsai-Chi Kuo: researches sustainable development, circular economy and smart manufacturing. As Secretary-General of the Taiwan Institute for Sustainable Energy, he spoke on university sustainability in the net-zero transition at the 2023 Net-Zero Emissions Technology Forum, held under the guidance of the MOE and NSTC.Related news reports and website linksNews reports:[2026-09-18] Commercial Times | NTUST builds Taiwan's first urban campus microgrid (in Chinese)[2026-09-21] 1111 Job Bank campus news | NTUST's urban campus microgrid saves energy daily and supplies power in disasters (in Chinese)[2024-12-20] Commercial Times | NTUST wins the 2024 National Sustainable Development Award (in Chinese)[2023-12-08] Commercial Times | Supporting the carbon economy: 2023 Net-Zero Emissions Technology Forum (in Chinese)Websites:Sustainable Electrochemical Energy Development Center (SEED)SEED: 2026 Lithium Battery & Electrochemical Energy Storage Industry–Academia SummitProf. Tsai-Chi Kuo, Department of Industrial Management3. Smart Manufacturing and Industrial UpgradingNTUST combines mechanical engineering, automation, AI and semiconductor technology through its Intelligent Manufacturing Innovation Center (IMIC) and its Heterogeneous Integration Silicon Photonic IC Center (HiSiPIC). Both inform smart factories, industrial transformation and the strategic chip supply chain, and open state-funded equipment to users across Taiwan.NTUST expert advice and contributionsIMIC: led by Chair Professor Shun-Feng Su (蘇順豐), it focuses on data centers, 5G networks, smart manufacturing (robotics, digital twins, AI, cyber-physical systems), sustainable energy and information security, and shares a site with the Industry 4.0 Implementation Center, a demonstration and training ground for SME upgrading.HiSPA alliance: on 9 April 2024 HiSiPIC and the Photonics Industry & Technology Development Association (PIDA) launched the International Silicon Photonics Heterogeneous Integration Alliance (HiSPA), linking industry, government, academia and research to build a silicon-photonics "Team Taiwan".National chip policy: NTUST set up the Graduate Institute of Advanced Semiconductor Technology and a Semiconductor Innovation and Application Research Center. Silicon-photonics measurement and packaging equipment funded by the NSTC Chip Innovation Program is open to researchers and companies nationwide through the TSRI sharing platform.Related news reports and website linksNews reports:[2024-12-28] United Daily News | Taiwan Tech launches semiconductor institute and research center for silicon photonics and advanced packaging (in Chinese)[2024-06-15] Business Next | "Silicon Photonics Team Taiwan" kickoff: the HiSPA alliance (in Chinese)Websites:Intelligent Manufacturing Innovation Center (IMIC)Heterogeneous Integration Silicon Photonic IC Center (HiSiPIC)HiSiPIC news archive 4.AI Applications and Talent DevelopmentNTUST hosts the Northern Taiwan AI Resource Center, linking 15 technical and vocational colleges in Taipei, New Taipei, Taoyuan and Hsinchu. Course design follows the MOE Future Talent AI Competency framework, so schools with fewer resources can share AI tools, instructors and teaching materials.NTUST expert advice and contributionsRegional AI capacity building: runs on three principles (shared resources, open cross-school enrolment and co-created, openly licensed materials). Courses map to the MOE's four competencies: learning with AI, using AI responsibly, solving problems with AI, and abilities AI cannot replace.Scale: 408 cross-school AI courses at 15 schools in the first semester of academic year 2026–27 (ROC year 115), plus 6 capacity-building courses run by the center this term.Related news reports and website linksWebsites:Northern Taiwan AI Resource Center – NTUST5.USR Projects and Local Government PartnershipsThrough University Social Responsibility (USR) projects and MOUs with local governments, NTUST brings engineering and management expertise to communities and young entrepreneurs, helping local governments solve local problems.NTUST expert advice and contributionsNew Taipei Youth Affairs Bureau MOU (16 July 2024): NTUST Dean of Industry–Academia Collaboration Cheng-Fa Yang (楊成發) and Bureau Director Chao-Mei Chiu (邱兆梅) signed an entrepreneurship resource-sharing MOU covering venues, equipment and expert talent. NTUST's incubation center has been named an Outstanding Incubator by the MOEA SME and Startup Administration ten times. The Bureau helps match startups to the B2G market, and NTUST-incubated Andgreen joined the city's startup procurement list.Gongguan–Chengnan disaster-resilience USR: led by Prof. Chien-Kuo Chiu (邱建國), the team works with the chiefs and residents of Fushui, Shuiyuan and Xuefu villages on town meetings, disaster-preparedness courses and evacuation-map workshops, is building an AI disaster-information chatbot, and is planning smart slope monitoring at Treasure Hill.Advice to a central agency on heritage repair: the team assessed the "Anzhai No. 3" building in Xueren Village for the Ministry of National Defense and recommended emergency repairs, then drafted reuse plans with residents. Its showcase drew MND units and Zhongzheng District village chiefs.Related news reports and website linksNews reports:[2024-07-16] NTUST Secretariat news (English) | Taiwan Tech and New Taipei City Government Youth Department sign MOU to promote interdisciplinary cooperation[2024-07-16] NTUST news (Chinese) | Taiwan Tech x New Taipei Youth Affairs Bureau sign MOU to advance youth entrepreneurship (in Chinese)[undated] NTUST USR website | Improving disaster resilience in the Gongguan–Chengnan settlements through community renewal (in Chinese)6. Summary of News CoverageCoverage by levelNote: the microgrid reports count under both Regional (Taipower northern region) and Local (New Taipei shelter). News and evidence list