Former Dutch ambassador Menno Goedhart, a research expert at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) in southern Taiwan was appointed, on behalf of her Royal Highness Beatrix, Queen of The Netherlands, to Knight in the Order of Orange Nassau (Ridder in de Orde van Oranje-Nassau) for his accomplishments in promoting the cultural exchange between the Netherlands and Taiwan. …

Chair Prof. Fan-Tien Cheng of the Institute of Manufacturing Information and Systems at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Tainan, Taiwan, won the 2011Award for Outstanding Contributions in Science and Technology bestowed by the Executive Yuan of Taiwan.

The dual-phase virtual metrology (VM) method that won …