NTOU and New Jersey Institute Of Technology (NJIT) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on March 17th. The MOU provides an overarching framework to encourage international collaboration between research communities of two universities and sets out the principles for developing jointly supported activities. NTOU and NJIT agreed on sending visiting scholars and high-academic-performance students. NTOU looked forward to sending delegation represented by Tai-Wen Hsu, President of NTOU, to visit NJIT this year.

Dr. Tai-Wen Hsu, President of NTOU, Dr. Teik Lim and Mrs. Gina Lim, President of NJIT and his spouse

      The delegation of NJIT included Dr. Teik Lim and Mrs. Gina Lim, President of NJIT and his spouse, Dr. Edwin Hou, Vice Dean of NJIT Academic Affairs, and NJIT Alumni Mr. Jordan Hu, CEO of RiskVal Financial Solutions. Since NTOU has paid long-term dedication to fields such as marine engineering, smart ships, and captains, The NJIT delegation showed high interest in developing smart ports through international collaboration during the discussion. NTOU also introduced the Operation Center for Enterprise Academia Networking in the meeting, and led the NJIT delegation to visit constructed structural vibration laboratory, which provides industries vibrating and noise tests through technology support.

Chair of NTOU Department of Shipping and Transportation Management, Dr. Feng-Ming Tsai, NJIT Alumni

      NJIT is one of the top national universities in the U.S. NJIT earns the Highest Research Rating (R1) from Carnegie Classification, and brings impacts to various fields such as engineering, cybersecurity, information systems, and game design. NJIT also ranks top national university for social mobility by U.S. News & World Report, and in return on investment by PayScale.com. To support entrepreneurs, NJIT owns New Jersey's largest incubator "VentureLink," which features 98,000 sq. ft. of office and lab space, and 11,000 sq. ft. of coworking space.