Distinguished Professors Wen-Yuh JYWE and Allan TUNG Rewarded 2021 TECO Award

Distinguished Prof. Wen-Yuh JYWE (覺文郁) of Mechanical Engineering and Distinguished Prof. Kuo-Lun (Allan) TUNG (童國倫) of Chemical Engineering are rewarded 2021 TECO Award in Machinery/ Energy/ Environment sector and Chemical Engineering/ Material Technology sector respectively. The award ceremony was held on Nov. 20th,2021 with the participation of Chairman Jui-Sung KUO (郭瑞嵩) from TECO Technology Foundation (東元科技文教基金會) to present the awards to the 7 recipients including 6 scientists in four major science and technology fields.

Prof. Wen-Yuh JYWE of Mechanical Engineering deeply cultivates in the research of machine tools and precision measurement, integrating and leading a cross-field team with excellent R&D results and technical talents cultivation. He promotes the development of industrial transformation and upgrading, and makes outstanding contributions to the development of domestic machinery and manufacturing industry.

Prof. Allan TUNG of Chemical Engineering has devoted to the research and development of high-efficiency chemical separation technology for a long time, and obtained the world's first destructive innovative inorganic membrane with renowned academic reputation internationally. He also successfully commercialized the research results by establishing a start-up company, achieving significant industrial performance, and making outstanding contributions to water resources and environmental sustainability.

Please refer to the links for more information regarding the contribution of awarded professors: (1)Prof. Wen-Yuh JYWE (2)Prof. Allan TUNG

TECO Award was founded in 1993 in order to arouse awareness among the public of the importance of scientific and technological innovation for the social and national development, via encouragement for those with special contribution to Taiwan scientific and technological development. The "humanities" sector was added in 1998 to promote the blended development of science/technologies and humanities and the formation of a society with progress in both aspects. So far, there have been 162 recipients of this award, and among these, totally 16 recipients are from College of Engineering, NTU:

1996      Professor Bin-Juine HUANG (黃秉鈞) of Mechanical Engineering Department
1998      Professor Kuang-Chao FAN (范光照) of Mechanical Engineering Department
2002      Professor Pen-Chi CHIANG (蔣本基) of Graduate Institute of Environmental Engineering
2006      Professor Falin CHEN (陳發林) of Graduate Institute of Applied Mechanics
2008      Professor Chih-Kung LEE (李世光) of Graduate Institute of Applied Mechanics
2011      Professor Shang-Ling LO (駱尚廉) of Graduate Institute of Environmental Engineering
2012      Professor Han-Pang HUANG (黃漢邦) of Mechanical Engineering Department
2013      Professor Wen-Chang CHEN (陳文章) of Chemical Engineering Department
2015      Professor Keh-Chyuan TSAI (蔡克銓) of Civil Engineering Department
2016      Professor Jing-Tang YANG (楊鏡堂) of Mechanical Engineering Department
2016      Professor Chung-Wen LAN (藍崇文) of Chemical Engineering Department
2017      Professor Tung-Han CHUANG (莊東漢) of Materials Science and Engineering Department
2019      Professor Shan-hui HSU (徐善慧) of Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering
2020      Professor Ping-Hei CHEN (陳炳煇) of Mechanical Engineering Department
2021      Professor Wen-Yuh JYWE (覺文郁) of Mechanical Engineering Department
2021      Professor Kuo-Lun (Allan) TUNG (童國倫) of Chemical Engineering Department