Through the International Project Base Learning (iPBL) program subsidized by the Ministry of Education's Higher Education Intensive Development Program, STUST organized cross-border inter-school cooperation special learning activities between Taiwan, Japan and the Philippines to cultivate students' problem-solving abilities. The project was initiated by Japan's Osaka Institute of Technology (OIT) in 2013 and has entered its 11th year this year. It was hosted by STUST from August 12 to 15, 2013, and was jointly organized by the Department of Electrical Engineering, the Department of Electronic Engineering, and the Department of Information Engineering. It invited teachers and students from Osaka Institute of Technology in Japan and the University of San Jose in the Philippines (USJ-R), with a total of 6 teachers and 31 students participating.

【STUST sponsored the International Project Base Learning (iPBL) International Project Base Learning (iPBL) for higher education - a special learning activity for cross-border inter-school cooperation between Taiwan, Japan and the Philippines. This project was initiated by Osaka Institute of Technology (OIT) in Japan in 2013 and has entered its 11th year this year. It was jointly organized by the Department of Electrical Engineering, the Department of Electronic Engineering, and the Department of Information Engineering. It invited teachers and students from Osaka Institute of Technology in Japan and the University of San Jose in the Philippines (USJ-R), with a total of 6 teachers and 31 students participating.】

Professor De-guang Chou, Acting President of STUST, said that Taiwan has world-class software and hardware integration capabilities. Technical and vocational universities not only need to cultivate talents across fields, but also equip Taiwan's talents with the capabilities of transnational cooperation and technology integration. Professor Ming-tsun Tsai, Dean of the College of Engineering, pointed out that through the cooperation mechanism of multinational schools, students can develop their ability to solve engineering problems by completing special projects, thereby training talents that meet the needs of international industries.

【A group photo of the directors of the College of Engineering of STUST, teachers from Osaka Institute of Technology in Japan and University of San Jose in the Philippines】

This year’s special theme closely followed the AI fad and used the teaching model of Problem/Project Based Learning to integrate into special activities, allowing students from Taiwan, Japan and the Philippines to work together to build a smart wireless computer with visual abilities from scratch. In just one week, university students from the three countries worked together to design and produce the drone architecture step by step from the appearance of the drone's hardware body to the internal control software design, integrating AI machine vision technology to endow the drone with an intelligent brain that can make independent flight decisions.

【STUST sponsored the International Project Base Learning (iPBL) International Project Base Learning (iPBL) for higher education - a special learning activity for cross-border inter-school cooperation between Taiwan, Japan and the Philippines. This project was jointly organized by the Department of Electrical Engineering, the Department of Electronic Engineering, and the Department of Information Engineering, with a sries of special topic learning activities (August 12-15, 2024).】

At present, drones are widely used in such fields as logistics and transportation, national defense technology, agriculture and fishery, showing growing demand for this technology in industrial applications. This activity integrated AI machine vision, drone control and mechanism design to cultivate students' software and hardware integration capabilities and design creative functions, including such functions as identifying the surrounding environment, automatically identifying strangers, and automatically following and chasing intruders, effectively improving students’ learning motivation and practical ability.

【The College of Engineering of STUST hosted the iPBL international learning activity. Teams of college students from the three countries worked together to build a smart drone with visual capabilities from scratch. In just one week, from the appearance of the drone's hardware body to the internal control software design, the drone architecture was designed and produced step by step, and AI machine vision technology was integrated into the drone to make independent flight decisions.】

In the future, STUST will continue to promote iPBL activities and cooperate with top universities across campuses. Next year, the event will move to Osaka Institute of Technology in Japan, allowing students from Taiwan, Japan, and the Philippines to spark creativity and jointly cultivate talents needed by the international community.

【The College of Engineering of STUST hosted the iPBL international learning program—a special learning activity for cross-border inter-school cooperation between Taiwan, Japan and the Philippines. The student team built smart drones from scratch and cultivated AI pioneers.】

【The College of Engineering of STUST hosted the iPBL international learning program—a special learning activity for cross-border inter-school cooperation between Taiwan, Japan and the Philippines. Through learning by doing in groups, student teams learned to build smart drones from scratch and cultivate AI leaders.】

【STUST hosted an international iPBL special learning event for cross-school cooperation between Taiwan, Japan and the Philippines. Through learning by doing, the student team built a smart drone from scratch and the students were trained to become AI pioneers.】

【In the iPBL international special learning event STUST held for cross-school cooperation between Taiwan, Japan and the Philippines, teams of university students from the three countries worked together to build a smart drone with visual capabilities from scratch. In just one week, from the appearance of the drone's hardware body to the internal control software design, the drone architecture was designed and produced step by step, and AI machine vision technology was integrated into the drone to make independent flight decisions.】