|
Ocean Researcher V
RV ''Ocean Researcher V'' () was a research vessel owned by the Taiwan Ocean Research Institute that sank off the coast of Penghu, Taiwan in 2014. History At a cost of (), the ''Ocean Researcher V'' was built by Jong Shyn Shipbuilding Company, Kaohsiung, and launched in August 2012 for the Taiwan Ocean Research Institute, part of the National Applied Research Laboratories under the Ministry of Science and Technology. Sinking On 9 October 2014 the ship departed from Anping Harbor in Anping District, Tainan for an eight-day cruise researching pollutants in the atmosphere and how they propagate. Those aboard included researchers from the Academia Sinica, Taiwan Typhoon and Flood Research Institute, graduate students from National Taiwan Ocean University, National Yang Ming University, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology and National Cheng Kung University. On the evening of 10 October 2014, due to Typhoon Vongfong, the ship ran onto a reef off the Penghu Is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taiwan Ocean Research Institute
The Taiwan Ocean Research Institute (TORI; ) is the national marine science and technology institute of Taiwan. TORI is part of the National Applied Research Laboratories under the auspices of the Ministry of Science and Technology (Taiwan). History TORI was founded in 2008 to increase collaboration with international research institutes and build on Taiwan's legacy of oceanographic research. TORI is participating in the development of the first domestic Taiwanese AUV. In 2018 the research vessel Legend conducted a number of meteorological and hydrological surveys in the South China Sea. In 2019 TORI organized the Underwater Technology 19 (UT19) conference in Kaohsiung, the conference was hosted by National Sun Yat-sen University. Vessels In 2018 CSBC Corporation, Taiwan held a steel cutting ceremony for the third of three new ocean research vessels for TORI. The vessels are intended to enhance Taiwan's whole-of-ocean observation capability. The three vessels, one 1000-t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tainan
Tainan (), officially Tainan City, is a Special municipality (Taiwan), special municipality in southern Taiwan, facing the Taiwan Strait on its western coast. Tainan is the oldest city on the island and commonly called the "Taiwan Prefecture, prefectural capital" for its over 260-year history as the capital of Taiwan under Dutch Formosa, Dutch rule, the Kingdom of Tungning and later Taiwan under Qing rule, Qing dynasty rule until 1887. Tainan's complex history of comebacks, redefinitions and renewals inspired its popular nickname "the Phoenix City". Tainan is classified as a "Sufficiency"-level global city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network. As Taiwan's oldest urban area with over 400 years history, Tainan was initially established by the Dutch East India Company (VOC) as a ruling and trading base called Fort Zeelandia (Taiwan), Fort Zeelandia during Dutch Formosa, the Dutch colonial rule on the island. After Koxinga Siege of Fort Zeelandia, seized the Dutch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 In Taiwan
Events from the year 2014 in Taiwan, Republic of China. This year is numbered Minguo 103 according to the official Republic of China calendar. Incumbents * President – Ma Ying-jeou * Vice President – Wu Den-yih * Premier – Jiang Yi-huah, Mao Chi-kuo * Vice Premier – Mao Chi-kuo, Chang San-cheng Events January * 20 January – The establishment of V Air. * 22 January – The National Development Council was established by the merger of Council for Economic Planning and Development and Research, Development and Evaluation Commission. * 25 January – 2014 ROC Presidential Office Building Truck Attack. * 26 January – The National Museum of Marine Science and Technology was opened in Keelung City. February * 3 February – The Ministry of Science and Technology was established as an upgrade from the National Science Council. * 4 February – The reclassification of Fuxing, Heping, Maolin, Namasia, Taoyuan and Wulai from District to Special Municipal Mountain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transportation In Taiwan
The Ministry of Transportation and Communications (Republic of China), Ministry of Transportation and Communications governs transportation in Taiwan. Land transport Roads * Total length: 41,475 km (2009) ** National highway: 901 km ** Provincial highway: 4,680 km * Highways: 20,947 km (including 872 km of freeways) * Urban roads: 16,395, km Rail Total: 1,580 km (2009) (all on the Geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan) * Taiwan Railway: 1,097 km of gauge * Taiwan High Speed Rail: 354 km of gauge * Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit: 51.8 km of gauge * Taipei Metro: 131.1 km of gauge * New Taipei Metro * Taoyuan Metro: 51.03 km of gauge * Taichung Metro * Taiwan Sugar Railways, Taiwan Sugar Corporation: 240 km of gauge * Alishan Forest Railway, Forestry Bureau: 86 km of gauge High-speed rail The Taiwan High Speed Rail (THSR) commenced operat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penghu Islands
The Penghu ( , Hokkien POJ: ''Phîⁿ-ô͘'' or ''Phêⁿ-ô͘'' ) or Pescadores Islands are an archipelago of 90 islands and islets in the Taiwan Strait, about west of the main island of Taiwan across the Penghu Channel, covering an area of . The archipelago collectively forms of Taiwan and is the smallest county of Taiwan. The largest city is Magong, on the largest island, which is also named Magong. The Penghu islands first appear in the historical record in the Tang dynasty and were inhabited by Chinese people under the Southern Song dynasty, during which they were attached to Jinjiang County of Fujian. The archipelago was formally incorporated as an administrative unit of China in 1281 under Tong'an County of Jiangzhe Province in the Yuan dynasty. It continued to be controlled by Imperial China with brief European occupations by the Dutch Empire (1622–1624) and Second French colonial empire (1885), until it was ceded to the Empire of Japan in 1895 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Typhoon Vongfong (2014)
Typhoon Vongfong, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Ompong, was the most intense tropical cyclone Tropical cyclones in 2014, worldwide in 2014, and struck Japan as a large tropical system. It also indirectly affected the Philippines and Taiwan. Vongfong was the nineteenth named storm and the ninth typhoon of the 2014 Pacific typhoon season. Estimates assess damage from Vongfong to have been over United States dollar, US$160 million, mainly for striking mainland Japan. At least 9 people were killed along the path of the typhoon in those countries. Both the Japan Meteorological Agency, JMA and the Joint Typhoon Warning Center, JTWC upgraded Vongfong to a tropical storm on October 3. Under low vertical wind shear and excellent Outflow (meteorology), outflow, Vongfong intensified into a typhoon east of Guam on October 5. Afterwards, Subsidence (atmosphere), subsidence and moderate to strong vertical wind shear caused the typhoon to struggle to intensify. On October 7, the PAG ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Cheng Kung University
National Cheng Kung University (NCKU; ) is a Public university, public research university located in the East District, Tainan, East District of Tainan, Taiwan. Founded in 1931 during Taiwan under Japanese rule, Japanese rule as an engineering college, the university is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in Taiwan. NCKU enrolls approximately 12,000 undergraduates and 10,000 postgraduate students, primarily in engineering, science, medicine, and design programs. The university is a founding member of the Taiwan Comprehensive University System, a strategic alliance of four leading research universities in the Southern Taiwan. The university is also a member of Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, AACSB and Institute of Engineering Education Taiwan, IEET, and the only member from Taiwan in the Worldwide Universities Network. Its main campus in Tainan houses the National Cheng Kung University Hospital and the National Cheng Kung University Museum. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Yunlin University Of Science And Technology
National Yunlin University of Science and Technology (YunTech or simply NYUST, ) is a university of science and technology in Taiwan. Founded in 1991 and located in Yunlin County. It was restructured as a technological university in 1997. It's a member of "National Yunlin University system" with National Taiwan University, and accredited by AACSB, ACCSB and IEET. Yuntech is organized into several colleges, including the College of Engineering, College of Management, College of Design, College of Humanities and Applied Sciences, and College of Future. Yuntech is currently the 3rd-ranked university of science and technology in Taiwan, on the rankings of Times Higher Education World University Rankings and U.S. News & World Report. History In the beginning, Wenji Hsu (許文治; ), the then governor of Yunlin County, believed that there was only one College in Yunlin County, which was disparate compared to other counties and cities, so the development of high-level education st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Yang Ming University
National Yang-Ming University (NYMU) was a public research university in Shipai, Beitou District, Taipei, Taiwan. Yang-Ming was named after the Chinese philosopher Wang Yangming. It was merged with National Chiao Tung University into the newly formed National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University on 1 February 2021. NYMU was known for research in the fields of Medicine, Life Sciences and Biotechnology. It was one of the seven national research universities. History The university was founded in 1975 as the National Yang-Ming College of Medicine to cultivate first-class medical professionals and biomedical scientists. In 1994, it was granted university status to National Yang-Ming University by the Ministry of Education and became the first university in Taiwan dedicated to biomedical education and research. Along with its original mission, the university was devoted to excelling in biomedical research, and to promoting intercollegiate and international collaboration. In the 30 year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Taiwan Ocean University
National Taiwan Ocean University (NTOU; ) is a national university in Zhongzheng District, Keelung, Zhongzheng District, Keelung, Taiwan. NTOU is a member of University System of Taipei. History NTOU was originally established as the Provincial Taiwan Maritime Technology College in 1953. In 1979, it was renamed National Taiwan College of Marine Science and Technology. Ten years later, the institution underwent another name change, to National Taiwan Ocean University. A satellite opened on Beigan, Lienchiang in July 2019 as the first university campus on the Matsu Islands. Colleges, Departments, and Institutes *College of Maritime Science and Management **Department of Merchant Marine **Department of Shipping and Transportation Management **Department of Transportation Science **Department of Marine Engineering **Bachelor Degree Program in Ocean Business Management *College of Life Sciences **Department of Food Science **Department of Aquaculture **Department of Bioscience and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taiwan Typhoon And Flood Research Institute
The Taiwan Typhoon and Flood Research Institute (TTFRI) was a research institute which is part of the National Applied Research Laboratories of Taiwan. It was merged into the National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction in 2018. History The Taiwan Typhoon and Flood Research Institute was inaugurated in 2011 in the city of Taichung. Lee Cheng-shang was the inaugural Director. TTFRI is a coordinator of research into quantitative precipitation forecasting. TTFRI has worked with the Central Weather Bureau to develop a radar assimilation system which has increased the accuracy of the six hour rainfall forecast by twenty percent. In 2018 TTFRI began a project to improve the flood management of Cayo District in Belize Belize is a country on the north-eastern coast of Central America. It is bordered by Mexico to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and Guatemala to the west and south. It also shares a maritime boundary with Honduras to the southeast. P ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academia Sinica
Academia Sinica (AS, ; zh, t=中央研究院) is the national academy of the Taiwan, Republic of China. It is headquartered in Nangang District, Taipei, Nangang, Taipei. Founded in Nanjing, the academy supports research activities in mathematics, Physical Sciences, physical sciences, Life Sciences, life sciences, humanities and social sciences. As an educational institute, it provides PhD training and scholarship through its English-language Taiwan International Graduate Program in biology, agriculture, chemistry, physics, informatics, and Earth and Environmental Sciences, earth and environmental sciences. The current president since 2016 is James C. Liao, an expert in metabolic engineering, systems biology and synthetic biology. History Academia Sinica, which means "Chinese Academy", was founded in 1928 in Nanjing, then capital of the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China, with its first meeting held in Shanghai. By December 1948, all fourteen institutes of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
