Research Express@NCKU

The Equipment and Instruments Center also has a Machining and Electronics Maintenance and Repairs Shop (the Shop), which helps maintain the proper operation of shared equipment and instruments as well as other equipment maintenance and repair needs at NCKU. The Shop is currently expanding its services and recruiting an additional welding and metal working technician and an electronic technician. The mission of the Shop is to provide maintenance and repairs services for advanced equipment and instruments in order to elevate the research capacity for the advancement of NCKU into becoming a world-class university. Its main tasks include (i) assisting R&D and maintenance of electronic instruments in various research laboratories, (ii) proactively supporting the design and fabrication of various electronic instruments,(iii) inspecting machines and facilities, (iv) providing advices for the selection of parts and materials for the design of electronic circuits, (v) testing and inspecting designed systems, (vi) performing general machining jobs such as metal working and welding jobs, (vii) assisting in machining jobs, (viii) and applying preventive maintenance to avoid unnecessary equipment failure.

The long-term goals of the Shop include:

To integrate and manage data relevant to technical talents and shared equipment and instruments
To establish talents database for the Electronic Shop and the Machine Shop in order to provide faculty and students with hands-on experiences and talents information needed for research
To build up database for equipment and instruments and their applications as references for deciding about which equipment and instruments are the most suitable for researchers to buy.
To gradually accumulate practical measurement and characterization experiences as reference for researchers.
To assist in collecting information for repairing equipment and instruments in order to lengthen the lifetime of useful equipment and instruments.
To establish a mechanism for the advancement of the skills of technical personnel in order to provide researcher better services.
To develop equipment and instruments which are needed by researchers but are not available in the market.
To effectively apply expertise of technical personnel and help divisions with fewer technical staff members so as to promote the efficiency of manpower.

The short-term goals of the Shop include:

To elevate the quality of practical skills by technical personnel for measurement and characterization.
To provide students more opportunities to learn practical skills in new equipment and instruments.
To encourage technical personnel in self-learning and advancing their skills and knowledge.

Technical workshops on emerging technologies in measurement and characterization and new devices for research needs and exchange for ideas and practical experiences will be held. Seminars on practical skills in measurement and characterization will be organized in order to share with each other technical specialties and ideas gained from real work.