![]() In my office at the National Taiwan University. Liou Chang (left, PT Group Member, Cambridge), Sammy Chan (ex-Cambridge, now at the University of New South Wales) and Mr Chen who helped set up the projector. |
![]() Professor Chen, showing me his supercomputer made from a cluster of powerful personal computers |
![]() In the staff room |
![]() Laser welded automobile component. |
![]() Another laser welded component. |
![]() Another view of the laser welded component. |
![]() Laser clad spiral, made just for fun. |
![]() Laser clad turbine-blade edge from a power plant. |
![]() Laser clad turbine-blade edges from a power plant. |
![]() The laser welding head. |
![]() This is a separate laser welding head with variable focus position to allow either welding, cladding or heat treatment. |
![]() Harry and Professor G. Chen who heads the laser processing laboratory. |
![]() Extremely fine (8 micrometers diameter) stainless steel wire which is the subject of an NTU/Cambridge investigation. |
![]() This is the wire before it is made so fine. |
![]() In this state the wire is 190 micrometers in diameter |
![]() More of the fine wire. Almost looks like locks of hair. |
![]() At the airport in Kaohsiung, China Steel Corporation, South Taiwan. |
![]() At the airport in Kaohsiung, China Steel Corporation, South Taiwan. |
![]() At the airport in Kaohsiung, China Steel Corporation, South Taiwan. |
![]() Professor Jer Ren Yang (National Taiwan University, PT Group Member, Cambridge, Trinity College, Cambridge), in Kaohsiung |
![]() The building in the background is partly made using CORTEN, the self-colouring steel (China Steel Corporation). |
![]() The building in the background is partly made using CORTEN, the self-colouring steel (China Steel Corporation). |
![]() Inside China Steel. |
![]() Steel coils. |
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![]() Slab reheating furnace in hot-rolling mill. |
![]() The hot rolling mill. |
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![]() The roughing mill. |
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![]() The section between the roughing and finer rolling mills, Notice the insulating curtain that can be lowered to maintain temperature. |
![]() The section between the roughing and finer rolling mills, Notice the insulating curtain that can be lowered to maintain temperature. |
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![]() The various rolling stages. |
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![]() The laminar flow cooling system. |
![]() The laminar flow cooling system. |
![]() The laminar flow cooling system. A view from the top. |
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![]() Jye Long Lee (PT Group Member, now a scientist at China Steel and Director of Tintech Materials Technology Corporation Ltd) and Harry, The last time the met was in 1993. |
![]() Lee, Harry and Yang |
![]() Orchids in China Steel. |
![]() Vice President Dr K-H. Cheng (2nd from the right); he has dined in Darwin College a decade ago. |
![]() On the right, Ching-Yuan Huang, who did his Ph.D. under the supervision of Professor Yang. |
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![]() The CORTEN building. |
![]() After the lectures, chaired by Dr Huang-Chuan Chen (2nd from the right). |
![]() After the lectures. |
![]() In the TMCP section. TMCP stands for thermomechanical controlled processing, used to produce another set of superb steel products. |
![]() In the TMCP section. TMCP stands for thermomechanical controlled processing, used to produce another set of superb steel products. |
![]() In the TMCP section. TMCP stands for thermomechanical controlled processing, used to produce another set of superb steel products. |
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![]() The TMCP nerve centre. |
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![]() Above the cooling system. |
![]() Above the cooling system. |
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![]() Thick plates produced using this equipment. |
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![]() The view from 'Splendor', the tallest building in Kaohsiung (85 floors) and second tallest in Taiwan. |
![]() The view from 'Splendor', the tallest building in Kaohsiung (85 floors) and second tallest in Taiwan. |
![]() The view from 'Splendor', the tallest building in Kaohsiung (85 floors) and second tallest in Taiwan. |
![]() The jazz band on the 43rd floor of the Splendor building. |
![]() The view at night from my hotel in Kaohsiung. |
![]() The view of the harbour from my hotel in Kaohsiung. |
![]() The view of the Splendor building from my hotel in Kaohsiung. |
![]() At the Metal Industries Research and Development Centre, Kaohsiung. In the middle is Professor Yang, flancked by two of his now-qualified Ph.D. students (Huang, China Steel) and Tsai (MIRDC). Tsai is holding the translation of 'Steels' which he did over a three year period. |
![]() MIRDC does microscopic processing of metals, including extrusion of wires, forming of minute components. This is a machine for forming. |
![]() Huang then took Professor Yang and Harry for a tour of the National Parks in the very South of Taiwan. The rock in the background is 'Maopitou' (cat's nose head). |
![]() 'Maopitou' (cat's nose head). |
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![]() The sail rock. |
![]() On the beach. |
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![]() Sunset. |
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![]() The sharp rock. |
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![]() At the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, with Professor Cheng-Kang Lee, the Director, Division of Academic Exchange and Cooperation. |
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![]() At the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology. Powerful equipment to study the behaviour of large steel beams under combinations of loads. |
![]() At the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology. Powerful equipment to study the behaviour of large steel beams under combinations of loads. |
![]() Strain gauges. |
![]() A failed beam. |
![]() Another beam tested to failure. |
![]() Huge loading machine. |
![]() Further heavy loading equipment in the Department of Construction Engineering |
![]() Beams wirh reinforcement bars ready for encasement in concrete prior to testing. |
![]() Instrumented concrete-encased beam ready for testing. The small samples are compression test specimens for concrete. |
![]() Concrete testing machine. |
![]() One of Professor Young's machines for elevated temperature testing. |
![]() Research on self-cleaning glass coated with titatnium oxide (Young's laboratory). |
![]() Outside the Construction Engineering Department. |
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![]() As in Cambridge. |
![]() Yangming Mountain National Park |
![]() Yangming Mountain National Park |
![]() Yangming Mountain National Park |
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![]() Yangming Mountain National Park |
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![]() Yangming Mountain National Park |
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![]() Yangming Mountain National Park |
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![]() Chinese year of the cock. |
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![]() A giant clock which has been in position for 30 years. |
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![]() Ferns on tree trunk. |
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![]() Steam emerging from the ground - the source of hot springs. |
![]() Steam emerging from the ground - the source of hot springs. |
![]() The bridge in the background was the first made using steel from the China Steel Corporation. |
![]() The bridge in the background was the first made using steel from the China Steel Corporation. |
![]() The bridge in the background was the first made using steel from the China Steel Corporation. |
![]() The bridge in the background was the first made using steel from the China Steel Corporation. |
![]() Tamsui river, Taiwan |
![]() Lunch at 'Bay Watch', Tamsui river |
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![]() Oxford University College in Taipei |
![]() Oxford University College in Taipei |
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![]() The College was built by MacKay |
![]() Oxford University College in Taipei |
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![]() The MacKay residence. |
![]() The MacKay residence. |
![]() A bridge over a harbour built at the estuary of River Tamsui. |
![]() A bridge over a harbour built at the estuary of River Tamsui. Steel in action. |
![]() A bridge over a harbour built at the estuary of River Tamsui. |
![]() Dr Tung-Cheng Chou, Director of SiliTech Corporation and PT Group member came to meet Harry at the Mangrove Researve. |
![]() The Mangrove Reserve |
![]() At the United Ship Design and Development Centre, Taipei. Dr Yih-Nan Chen, Chairman and President is in the middle. He visited Darwin College some 8 years ago. On the right is Jeng-Lih Hwang, the vice-president. Young and Yang on the left. |
![]() At the United Ship Design and Development Centre, Taipei. Dr Yih-Nan Chen, Chairman and President is in the middle. He visited Darwin College some 8 years ago. On the right is Jeng-Lih Hwang, the vice-president. Young and Yang on the left. |
![]() Professor L. C. Hsiung at the Imperial Museum in Taipei |
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![]() Confucious |
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![]() Captain Hao Yi Lou and Harry |
![]() Bamboo carving. |
![]() Bamboo carving. |
![]() Bamboo carving. |
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![]() Bronze. wine container. |
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![]() Bronze. wine container. |
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![]() Jade collection. |
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![]() 6500 years old ! |
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![]() Yang and Harry at the main gate of the Taiwan National University |
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![]() Patrick, Hanson and Yang |
![]() At the University symbol. |
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Movie of steam emerging from mountain |
![]() Picture taken in previous visit when we were able to go to the roof of the tallest building on earth. |
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Superalloys | Titanium | Bainite | Martensite | Widmanstätten ferrite |
Cast iron | Welding | Allotriomorphic ferrite | Movies | Slides |
Neural Networks | Creep | Mechanicallly Alloyed | Theses | Retained Austenite |
PT Group Home | Materials Algorithms |
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