- Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) Design and Application R&D Center
- Agricultural Research and Extension Center
- Aviation Maintenance Training Center https://amtc.nfu.edu.tw/?page_
id=433&lang=zh - Cutting Research Center
The introductions of each R&D Center are as follows:
MEMS Design and Application R&D Center
This center integrates internal and external resources in micro-electro-mechanical design and applied sciences, consolidates existing processes and analytical equipment, strengthens industry–academia collaboration, and enhances R&D and services in micro-device design and application technologies.
The main work promoted by this center includes:
(1) Planning and promoting industry–academia cooperation and related research projects—by advancing research projects, the results are offered to industries to facilitate collaboration and exchange.
(2) Training R&D professionals in MEMS-related fields—this includes establishing specialized MEMS courses, planning and building feature laboratories and program websites, and organizing related seminars to disseminate teaching outcomes.
(3) Resource integration and sharing—equipment and teaching materials are integrated into a shared laboratory for interested faculty and students.
(4) Promoting mechatronics creative engineering education—integrating existing creative teaching courses and equipment and extending them into MEMS technical fields.
(5) Facilitating cooperation and development among the Central Taiwan Science Park, local medical institutions, and national industry–academia partners—actively establishing collaborations with relevant domestic and overseas units to advance the research and development capabilities of the Central Taiwan Science Park in MEMS.
As applications of opto-mechatronics technologies expand, they have become key technologies in smart machinery, biomedical applications, and electrical engineering industries. The center continues collaborating with various industries in central Taiwan, including HIWIN Technologies Corp., CHUNBAO Industrial, NTU Hospital Yunlin Branch, China Medical University in Taichung, and internationally renowned research institutions (Indian Institute of Science, Russian Academy of Sciences), assisting in the development of smart monitoring devices, high-value mechanical components and machinery, home-care and chronic disease monitoring devices. Center faculty have recently received multiple awards including Outstanding Engineering Professor Awards from professional societies, Best Paper Awards, invention awards, and national industry–academia honors. The center continues to expand international cooperation, fulfilling the mission of local R&D with global impact.
Agricultural Research and Extension Center
This center executes the USR (University Social Responsibility) project with the goal of enhancing local agricultural services and agricultural technology industry–academia collaboration. Building upon the University and Yunlin County Government’s jointly operated “Farmer Academy,” now upgraded to “Farmer Academy 2.0” since October 2020, the center continues to promote its mission based on USR principles. Leveraging a long-developed agricultural mentor team and regional agricultural education sites, the center connects agricultural enterprises, schools, and public agencies through consensus meetings and industry–academia forums.
With the support of numerous local farmers and institutions, the center provides services such as technology, marketing, and business management based on needs. It injects teaching resources and industry guidance to drive agricultural transformation in Yunlin, supports innovative business models, and acts as an integrative platform linking communities, students, farmers, and enterprises. The center aims to develop Yunlin County into the best agricultural learning environment in Taiwan. Key technological and service development areas include:
A. Development and service of agricultural testing technologies:
Develop simple and rapid pesticide detection hardware and software, handheld chlorophyll meters, and integrate them with related industry services.
B. Farm management diagnostics:
Provide farm management assessments in marketing, finance, HR, R&D, and information systems, empowering farms to enhance resources and innovate business models.
C. Production management guidance:
Offer production process guidance in crop physiology, soil, pest control, and environmental factors. Quality management is conducted through certification, auditing, and Good Agricultural Practices (GAP).
D. Promotion and guidance of circular agriculture:
Promote sustainable agriculture by going beyond reduction, recycling, and reuse, advancing new agricultural economic, social, and environmental frameworks to build circular agriculture systems.
E. Innovation of agricultural business models:
Introduce creativity and innovation into agriculture, supporting new ventures and expanding them into social enterprises.
F. Agricultural education and extension:
Through the “Department of Agricultural Technology,” the University integrates agriculture with engineering and management, linking cross-disciplinary teaching resources. A dual-track mechanism cultivates new agricultural talent. A complete agricultural education system is established in Yunlin, supporting elementary-level food education, junior high vocational classes, and high school technical education. Following the MOE industry–academia partnership program, the “3×3+4” long-term agricultural talent development plan is formed.
G. Micro-scale agricultural industry–academia cooperation projects:
Agricultural mentors and students develop mission-based learning (MBL) research to improve production, management, and marketing in the agricultural industry.
H. Enhancing farmers’ creativity:
Establish a Rural Maker Center, offering engineering knowledge, skills, equipment access, and courses to strengthen farmers’ capabilities in smart agricultural innovation.
I. Promotion of friendly and safe agriculture:
Utilize “friendly farming promotion groups” and implement the Participatory Guarantee System (PGS), enabling consumers, producers, and stakeholders to participate throughout the entire process and build community relationships for environmental and agricultural sustainability.
J. Promotion of cluster-based organic farming production:
Establish an “Organic Farming Cluster Zone,” providing large-scale organic farming areas, where agricultural mentors guide new farmers and learners in practicing organic production. It also serves as a base for interested students to start agricultural businesses after graduation.
Aviation Maintenance Training Center
Establishment Purpose: Human resources of both quality and quantity are essential for any industry’s development. To meet national policies and industry demands for aviation maintenance talent and certification, and to elevate Taiwan’s aviation maintenance training to international regulatory standards, National Formosa University applied to the Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) to establish the “National Formosa University Aviation Maintenance Training Center” (hereafter “the Center”), in accordance with CAA Regulation 05-02A for the Establishment of Civil Aviation Personnel Training Institutions.
Simultaneously, under the University Act, the University established the “Bachelor’s Degree Program in Aviation Maintenance,” allowing current students to transfer into the program.
Center Features: The program aims to offer students from relevant departments the opportunity to receive internationally aligned aviation maintenance training that meets civil aviation certification standards. Students expand their professional capabilities and obtain eligibility for the national examination for the CAA Aircraft Maintenance Engineer License. According to CAA planning, the Center may be authorized in the future to administer the certification exam itself, enabling graduates to obtain the Aircraft Maintenance Engineer license upon completing the degree—giving them a 4–6 year competitive advantage over peers pursuing the traditional route.
Cutting Research Center
To effectively integrate university resources, equipment, manpower, facilities (software and hardware), and satellite factories (including the College of Engineering Mechanical Factory, Workforce Development Agency Training Center, Intelligent Machinery and Smart Manufacturing Research Center, and the Aerospace Machining Intelligent Training Base), this center aims to establish comprehensive technical integration.
Hardware facilities include basic machining skills, CNC machining, computer-aided multi-axis machining, and mill-turn machining. Software applications include NX, CATIA, and PowerMill. The center promotes cross-college and interdisciplinary research outcomes through resource integration and technical enhancement to strengthen industry–academia collaboration opportunities.
Center goals include: internally, strengthening student training in independent CNC machine operation, guiding them through drawing, process planning, cutting simulation, and machining of mechanical components. The center also assists faculty and students with mechanical component development and processing. Externally, industry–academia collaboration connects with enterprises to cultivate industry-required talent and deepen cooperation models.
Short-term goals include resource and talent integration and fostering engineers through senior–junior and mentor-apprentice mechanisms. Medium-term goals include establishing a modern machining facility at the Xingzhong Campus Industry–Academia Building to support on-campus student internships. Long-term goals focus on talent cultivation through industry–academia cooperation, achieving the ultimate objective of establishing an Industry Academy supported by comprehensive field training.
