STUST won 3 gold medal, 1 silver medal, 1 bronze medal and 1 excellent work award in the 2022 National Practical Project Competition for Students of Technical Colleges and Universities, held by the Ministry of Education, showing outstanding results. There were 16 categories in this competition, with a total of 1,284 works from across the country in the competition. 136 thematic works were shortlisted for the finals. The shortlisted teams competed for the finals with on-site displays at the National Taiwan University Gymnasium from May 26 to 28.

[Shin-shuan Lin, the representative of the award-winning students from the Department of Visual Communication Design, STUST, took a group photo with Director Yu-hui Yang of the Department of Technical and Vocational Education, Ministry of Education.]

Students from the Department of Visual Communication Design, STUST, won first place in the product design group with their "Special Search Team for Stealing the Moon—Grass Mountain Moon World Education Activity Project." The work was designed in the form of American comic books combined with digital interactive experience, allowing players to understand geology, ecology and human history, achieving the benefits of tourism promotion. Another work that won first place in the chemical materials group is "Synthetic Fluorescent Gold Quantum Dot Modification—Ultra-sensitive Detection of Mercury Ins in Ambient Water Using a Paper Chip Combined with A Smartphone Colorimetric Software.” Prof. Cheng-he Chen from Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Engineering, who was the supervisor of the project, said that the student team combined fluorescent gold quantum dot materials with smartphones in order to instantly and quickly monitor the mercury pollution in water quality. It is very suitable for people to operate by themselves, and can be further applied in biomedical testing in the future. Another work of STUST, which won first place in the animation interactive multimedia group, was "MIRAGE-AI Machine Learning Technology Reflecting Instant Interactive Feedback on the Concert Streaming Entertainment Platform,” directed by Prof. Jia-hui Feng from the Department of Creative Product Design. Prof. Feng said that this work enriches the interaction and fun of online viewing, and gives fans instant feedback through an innovative AI interactive mode. At the same time, it provides more channels for multinational fans to support idols and shortens the distance between idols and fans.

[Students from the Department of Chemical Materials of STUST—(from left to right) Shi-han Tsai, Ri-yu Li, and Wei-lun Su—won first place of the chemical materials group in the 2022 National Practical Project Competition for Students of Technical Colleges and Universities.]

Another entry from the Department of Creative Product Design, STUST, "SpineUp Scoliosis Back Frame and Physiotherapy Design Research," won second place in the industrial design group. Instructor Prof. Kun Ouyang said that “SpineUp” is a product for patients with mild to moderate the waist frame designed by teenagers with C-shaped side bends. This work is equipped with a modular mechanism to fine-tune the force position of the back frame mechanism to respond to the rapid changes in the shape of teenagers in the growing period. At the same time, it can be combined with gamified interactive home physics in order to improve the willingness of young people to take treatment. Therapists can use the “SpineUp App” to understand the wearing and training status of young people's backpacks, which can be used as a good basis for diagnosis. Another work that won third place in the publishing and language group, " Zhuluo Tree Frog -Environmental Education Design Project," was produced by a team of students from the Department of Visual Communication Design and directed by Prof. Yu-ching Shiao from the Department of Visual Communication Design. It won the third place in the publication and language group with the unique "Zhuluo Tree Frog" in Taiwan as the theme of environmental education design. Another work from the from the Department of Mechanical Engineering—"Smart Crane Lift Monitoring System for Chemical Wafer Cassette Handling" won the excellent work of the machinery and power machinery group. This work, instructed by Prof. Sheng-he Wang from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, was mainly designed to solve the problem that automation equipment of the semiconductor industry—crane handling system—is constantly threatened by handling shaking and shaking in the working process. This work can ameliorate at least millions of huge losses and safety concerns.

[Students of the Department of Creative Product Design, STUST—Ting-yu Huang (left) and Jun-chi Liao (right) won first place in the animation interactive multimedia group.]

Deng-maw Lu, President of STUST, said that in recent years, STUST has vigorously promoted teaching innovation, and at the same time has upgraded the software and hardware facilities on campus. Teachers and students are committed to innovative research and development. Performance, this award shows that the school has achieved fruitful research and development and teaching achievements, and it is also a concrete manifestation of the implementation of the Ministry of Education's higher education program.

[Student work "SpineUp" from the Department of Creative Product Design, STUST, won second place in the industrial design group.]

[The work "Zhuluo Tree Frog—Environmental Education Design Project" by students from the Department of Visual Communication Design, STUST won third place in the publishing and language group.]