[Academics][International Cooperaiton] Taiwan Professors Selected As Correspondent Members of Russian Academy

[Academics] Taiwan Professors Selected As Correspondent Members of Russian Academy (Chinese Version)

CNA - Focus Taiwan (2012/05/24) Two professors at National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST) were recently slected as correspondent members of Russia's International Academy of Engineering, according to a university press release published on May 24.

Chyi-yeu LIN, Professor at NTUST - Department of Mechanical Engineering, and Der-jang LIAW, Professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering, were chosen by the academy at an annual general meeting last month in Moscow. Samuel YIN, President of the Taiwan Chapter of the International Academy of Engineering, led a Taiwanese delegation to the meeting.

The International Academy of Engineering and the Russian Academy of Engineering were formerly collectively known as the Soviet Union Academy of Engineering, which was ranked with the United States' Academy of Engineering and China's Academy of Engineering the world's top three engineering organizations, stated the NTUST press release.

Internationally renowned academic Boris Vladimirovich GUSEV currently heads both Russian academies.

The Russian academies are known globally as applied science research institutions with a similar standard to other well-known international organizations, such as the United States' academy and the United Kingdom's Royal Academy of Engineering.

The International Academy of Engineering plans to strengthen regional development in the future, especially in East Asia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, stated the university press release, which added that Taiwan will be the academy's main cooperation partner in East Asia.

The statement also noted that the international academy plans to promote interactions with Taiwan's engineering industry.


Further Information:
CNA - Focus Taiwan 2012/05/24

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