Harry visits Taiwan, November 2005

Day One

Professor J. R. Yang, National Taiwan University, PT Group Member	Printed version of the 2nd edition of Geometry of Crystals	In the TEM laboratory
Mini SEM for polymer studies, low kV	Professor Mark Aindow, Connecticut University, USA, on sabbatical at the National Taiwan University. Here in Professor Yang's office.	In Professor Keh's (Dean) office, National Taiwan University. Professor Chen on the left.
	Professor Young, Professor Hsiung and Professor Yang, all PT Group members, at lunch.	Professor Aindow, Luc (OOPS project) and Professor Chen at lunch.
Professor John Glascock (Cambridge University) Yang-Pin Shen and Chiuling Lu, Yuan Ze University, in the President's office. The President is Professor Tsong Perng (PT Group member).	Professor Tsong Perng's office. He is now the President of Yaun Ze University.
	One of the buildings at Yaun Ze University	One of the interesting buildings at Yaun Ze University
	Food at Yuan Ze University, Students' Union	Vegetarian food at Yuan Ze University, Students' Union
Vegetarian food at Yuan Ze University, Students' Union	Dinner at Yuan Ze University, Students' Union
Announcement of Night Talk at Yuan Ze University, a free-flowing general discussion with a large group of undergraduates. The meeting began with brief talks by Harry Bhadeshia and Mark Aindow, about their lives and academic experiences, to be followed by open discussion.		The meeting was the original idea of Professor Tsong Perng, President, Yuan Ze University.
Decorations by the students, for welcoming the guests.		Some of the students.
Some of the students. The room filled up shortly afterwards with perhaps 50 students and some staff.	Group photograph with some of the students who participated.	On the right is Professor Jessica Hsin-Hwa Chen, who helped in the discussion and will be coming to Cambridge (Lucy Cavendish College) for a 12 month sabbatical.
Gift from Professor Tsong Perng	Gift from Professor Tsong Perng

Day Two

In the subway, Taipei	In the subway, Taipei	Lecture at Materials Society, Taiwan
	Lunch before lecture
Towards the fort, which was first occupied by the Portugese, then Dutch, Spaniards and England, until finally handed over to Taiwan.	Harry and mark Aindow	At the conference (exhibits)
	Luc Chu (OOPS project)	Professors Sunggi Baik (POSTECH) and J. R. Yang (National Taiwan University)
	Dr Liou, President of the MRS Taiwan	Professor Chang, President of host university (Duang Sui)
Proessor I Lin Nan		Awards ceremony
Awards ceremony	After the lectures and dinner, at Oxford College in Tamsui	After the lectures and dinner, at Oxford College in Tamsui
	The church in the background

Days 3 and 4

Hualein Rail Station	Chang, checking the next move.	Bella Vista Hotel
Bella Vista Hotel, Hualein	The goodies in the hotel room. Notice the fire dragon fruit, which grows on cactus-like plants. Very difficult to harvest.	The view from the hotel room.
The garden from the hotel room.
	Hotel gardens	Towards the Pacific Ocean
The botel
	The mountains overlooking the Pacific Ocean
	Panoramic view of hotel.
The 'Wave'	Surfing	Conservatory
Guess
		Art
The tea room	The hotel at night.	The hotel at night.
The hotel at night.	The next morning
	The Ocean World	The Ocean World
Hualein Station	Inside the locomotive	Bicycle parking.
The tour.
Tarako National Park
Abroginal weaving. These are the natives of Taiwan.
The origin of the name 'Swallow's Grotto'
	Chinheng, the engineer who supervised the construction of the Trans East-West Road. He was killed by a rock fall following an earthquake.	Memorial to Chingheng
		The memorial is signed by the son of Chiang, Kai Shek, who was the President of Taiwan
	Steel reinforcing bar	Map of Taiwan, carved by the water.
	The winding road with nine turns.	Lunch
Lunch	Suspension bridge
The sign on top refers to a politician who had a long beard. He was once asked how he coped with the beard when he went to bed. He could not then sleep because he had never before thought of the problem.
The sign on top refers to a politician who had a long beard. He was once asked how he coped with the beard when he went to bed. He could not then sleep because he had never before thought of the problem.
	Welded beam, bolted joint.	Welded beam, bolted joint.
Bridge with steel supporting ropes	Bridge with steel supporting ropes
	Pearlitic steel rope	Wobbly bridge supported by steel ropes.
Wobbly bridge supported by steel ropes.	Wobbly bridge supported by steel ropes.
Shrine of the Eternal Spring, in memory of the workers who died during the construction of the Trans East-West road.		The sing reads ' Shrine of the Eternal Spring'
Shrine of the Eternal Spring, in memory of the workers who died during the construction of the Trans East-West road.
	In the shop selling items made from Rose Stone	Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean		Pacific Ocean

Day Five

Professor J. R. Yang. At The China Steel Corporation, Kaohsiung.	Dr Tsai, who translated 'Steels' (Honeycombe and Bhadeshia) into Chinese, setting up to video Harry's lecture on severely deformed metals, at the Metal Industries Research and Development Centre, Kaohsiung.
At the Confucious Temple, Kaohsiung	At the Confucious Temple, Kaohsiung
	At the Confucious Temple, Kaohsiung	Bronze bell at the Confucious Temple, Kaohsiung
Bronze bell at the Confucious Temple, Kaohsiung. The mark in reddish colour is where the bell in struck.	A demonstration by Professor J. R. Yang and Daniel-Ming Tsai on how the bell is struck.	A drum at the Confucious Temple.
The temple was built about 40 years ago.
	The roof
	The roof structure.
This is another temple on the nearby lake.		Temple on the nearby lake.
	Enter the Dragon.	Exit, the tiger.
A dragon indicates good fortune.
A temple with a statue of Buddha		Turtles
		An artistic photo, taken by the timer on the camera on the table, looking outwards at KaoHsiung through the window of the Splendor Hotel. Harry, who is behind the camera, is caught via the reflection int he window.
Dinner at the Splendor Hotel.		The night view of Kaohsiung from the 74th floor of the Splendor Hotel
The night view of Kaohsiung from the 74th floor of the Splendor Hotel	The Love River.	The Love River.

Final day before returning home

2nd day at the Metal Industries Research and Development Centre. This is a friction stir welded 5000 series aluminium wheel for a sports car.	Inside view of a friction stir welded 5000 series aluminium wheel for a sports car. The FSW is carried out as a seam weld on a cylinder, followed by the forming operation.
Hybrid arc and laser welding equipment at MIRDC	Lower power laser welding equipment.	The spokes of this bicycle wheel are magnesium bonded to an aluminium alloy rim using adhesive.
Closer view of the adhesively bonded joint.	Lunch	There is a lot of rapid prototyping research at MIRDC. In the background is Rick Wu, who works on rapid prototyping. His head was scanned in three dimensions, the data fed into a computer which then produced the replica below.
	A hydroformed automobile component	A hydroformed automobile component. The starting shape is a cylinder. The holes are formed by hydro-piercing.
	A hydroformed T-junction. The spherical cap at the end of the vertical tube is machined off.	More hydroformed components, in each case beginning with a tube.
The equipment used for hydroforming.	Conventional way of tying together steel reinforcement bars which strengthen concrete.	Mechanical joining provides an alternative method which is much more secure in an earthquake.
The joints in acation.	A bicycle with a magnesium frame. This one led to a victory in the 2004 Womens' race at the Olympics.	An aluminium bicycle for women.
This handle bar is hydroformed aluminium.	A variety of magnesium components.	Ultrafine wire forming.
Hydroformed bellows, beginning with cylinders.	Another hydroformed component	Two ladies we met in the old dormitory of the National Taiwan University, before it was converted into a restaurant which serves vegetarian meals. The one on the right is Maureen Chen, dressed in a sari. She works doing good things in Hong Kong, Vietnam, Cambodia and Australia, but is English in origin. Paula Liu on the left is a journalist who started in Madagascar.
T101, the highest building on earth, revisited at night.	T101, the highest building on earth, revisited at night (Yang and Harry)

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