The budding USR team of STUST's Plan—"Carbon Storage and Fishing: Cross-border Integration of Green Electric Energy Creation and Smart Breeding in the Ancient Capital of Tuchengzai and Sustainable Net-Zero Development"–recently held an exhibition and exchange meeting on the results of the 112-1 course. Teachers shared their experience in implementing social practice courses and demonstrated students’ rich learning experiences. STUST also invited the international partner of the project, Professor Wen-tong Chang from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, the University of Malaya, to conduct online exchanges on green energy implementation experiences and expand international reach.

【The course "Theory and Practice of Sensors and Detectors" of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, STUST, had a group photo at the course achievement exhibition, held at the Orthodox Luermen Matsu Temple.】

This semester, There are seven team teachers leading students into the real world through social practice courses, integrating local aquaculture fishery energy sustainability and food issues into the courses, offering students to open up more diverse learning experiences. The Department of Mechanical Engineering, STUST, by means of its course "Theory and Practice of Sensors and Detectors," made students able to identify the problem of foam on the water surface of fish ponds being harmful to fisheries. They teamed up to design a remote-controlled boat to clear the foam. At the end of the period, they held an exhibition of the fruits of the "Boat Showdown" course at the Luermen Matsu Temple, reporting the results of the test on site. To attract public participation, they used prize-based quizzes and voting activities, where students took the initiative to actively promote the results, effectively promoting connections with the locals.

【The course "English Media Culture and Creativity" of the Department of Applied English, STUST, were having a group photo of the Green Energy Fish Eating Workshop at Chingtsao Elementary School in Annan District.】

Students designed lesson plans in the course "English Media Culture and Creativity" of the Department of Applied English, STUST, with the two themes, namely, "green energy promotion" and "fish-eating education," conducting four workshops in cooperation with Chingtsao Elementary School in Annan District. College students led elementary students to learn about aquaculture in English and renewable energy through DIY. The expertise of English-speaking students was combined with cross-domain knowledge to promote the team's practical spirit to local primary schools. The "Optimal Design" course focused on the design of fish tank waterwheels. Through implementation in different fields, students learned to apply and become proficient in the Taguchi method commonly used in the industry to find optimal design parameters. The course "Intelligent Sensing Data Analysis and Its Application" led students to collect water bodies in the field for testing and analysis. The "Mechanical Design" course encouraged students to strengthen theoretical learning through the implementation of aerators. The "Creative Thinking" course encouraged students to actively ask farmers questions and learn to think independently. The course "Engineering Ethics and Society" attempted to match engineering ethics with fishery and fish issues by way of group discussions to converge the issues.

【STUST students were introducing the finished product to farmers by their fish farm.】

Teacher You-ren Chen from STUST said that the conference started with cross-border exchanges to expand the team’s international perspective in the field of green energy. The meeting also invited two student representatives to share their views and growth from the perspectives of course teaching assistants and project implementation, thereby promoting dialogue between teachers and students. The team of teachers is committed to cultivating students' learning motivation and practical ability. In the future, through the open source teaching innovation and talent cultivation course series integration platform created by this project, various courses will be continuously accumulated and improved across semesters through open source methods. They can help students become talents in the application of green energy and intelligent automation technologies, integrating professional knowledge with local needs, building the implementation results in Tucheng's sustainable net-zero demonstration fish farm, and demonstrating the team's green energy smart breeding solutions. The results will have strengthened local connections and expand the influence of the university’s social responsibilities.

【An exchange between the STUST's USR Carbon Storage and Fishing Project and Prof. Wen-tong Chang from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, the University of Malaya】

【The final course exchange meeting held by the USR Carbon Storage and Fishing Project of STUST】