Walsin Lihwa and National Taiwan University (NTU) jointly hosted the “5th Technology Exchange Poster Competition Award Ceremony and Symposium” today. This event, centered on the theme “Smart-Driven Materials Innovation, Intelligent-Led Sustainable Technology,” focused on five key areas: advanced metals, precision machinery, advanced conductors, smart manufacturing, and low-carbon sustainability.
The competition attracted 27 project submissions, with 20 advancing to the final round. Ultimately, 20 awards were presented, including 4 Excellence Awards, 8 Merit Awards, and 8 Honorable Mentions. The event demonstrated NTU’s R&D depth and cross-disciplinary integration capabilities across the fields of materials, machinery, and energy, showcasing the tangible outcomes of industry-academia collaboration in deploying forward-looking technologies and addressing global industrial transformation trends.
“In the future, our exchanges with Walsin Lihwa will involve more topics and broader fields, allowing us to launch deeper research into crucial issues such as AI, semiconductors, and energy,” stated Chiang Mao-Hsiung, Dean of the NTU College of Engineering. He added, “Multinational corporations can bridge international collaborations for academia, facilitating three-way exchanges among overseas industries, universities, and research institutes to broaden research horizons and practical application opportunities. We look forward to an increasingly close and long-lasting partnership.”
Walsin Lihwa Chairman Yu-Lon Chiao noted that the five-year collaboration between Walsin and the NTU College of Engineering has progressed systematically from initial learning and research to the deepening stage of practical application scenarios. Moving forward, the company plans to expand the scope of cooperation from materials and precision machining to energy sectors, including nuclear power and Artificial Intelligence Data Centers (AIDC), further integrating industry and academic resources to translate basic science R&D into real-world applications.
Walsin Lihwa CEO Wang Shyi-Chin highlighted the strategic value of the submissions in his address, noting that this year’s themes cover “Advanced Materials,” “Smart Manufacturing,” and “Low-Carbon Sustainability.” Wang emphasized that innovative R&D achievements—such as leveraging AI for virtual materials development and analyzing material failure mechanisms in hydrogen environments—represent essential core technologies as Walsin deploys high-end product applications and enters material sectors required by AI infrastructure, aerospace, and energy industries.
Since 2022, the Technology Exchange Competition has been held annually for five consecutive years, cultivating 123 outstanding talents. The event featured research presentations by the winning teams alongside expert analyses of the latest application trends of artificial intelligence in materials development and manufacturing process optimization. In a major highlight of the day, the NTU Racing Team shared the results of its collaboration with Walsin, demonstrating the innovative value and development potential of Walsin Lihwa’s materials in the automotive industry through high-performance engineering and real-world track records.
