2021 symposium

The NCTPASS 2021 annual symposium has been held successfully on November 13, 2021 in NCSU with 50 in-person attendees (capped by COVID restriction) and > 50 virtual participants.

See Photos at HERE

We look forward to seeing you again next year!!

Meeting date/Time: November 13, 2021 (Saturday), 8:30 AM -5:00 PM

Location: McKimmon Conference and Training Center, Room 1A, North Carolina State University (NCSU)

                      Address: 1101 Gorman Street, Raleigh, NC 27606

Agenda: 

08:30  -  09:00    Registration 報到

 09:00  -  09:10     Opening and Welcome   

       Dr. Yi-Ju Li, Professor, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University, Chair of NCT-PASS

開場， 李怡如會長致詞， 介紹北卡台灣菁英協會的宗旨及遠景

 09:10  -  09:50     Distinguished guest remarks 貴賓致詞

    Prof. Tsai-Lu Liu 劉彩露教授
    Professor of Industrial Design; Head, Department of Graphic Design and Industrial Design, North Carolina State University (NCSU)

Dr. Katharine Stewart
      Senior Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs, NCSU

Shirley Yang 楊琇雅
      Director, Science and Technology Division,
      Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the U.S. Washington DC

Yih-Shin Tan 譚逸心
      Senior Adviser, Overseas Compatriot Affairs Commission, 僑務諮詢委員

09:50 - 10:00    Group Photo 合照

10:00 - 10:30   Keynote Speech

  Moderator: Dr. Alicia Chi 齊如冰博士, Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institute of Environmental Science (NIEHS)

Walk the Walk-Tracing A Professional Journey
      Dr. Yen-Ping Kuo 郭燕平教授
      Assistant Dean for Curriculum; Assistant Dean for Academic Success 
      Professor and Chair of Microbiology and Immunology, Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine,  
      Campbell University

10:30 - 10:40 Break: coffee and snacks provided

10:40 - 11:40 Session I: Academic Research Topics 

Chair: Dr. Po-Chun Hsu 徐伯均教授
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineer, Duke University


Dr. Kevin Shang  尚惠民教授
Joseph J. Ruvane, Jr. Professor of Operations Management, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University 


11:40 - 12:30 Session II: NCT-PASS Trainee Award Presentation

Chairs: 

      Dr. Wei-Tang Chang, 張偉棠教授 Assistant Professor, Radiology, University of North Carolina (UNC)-Chapel Hill

Dr. Karen Chen, 陳柏如教授 Assistant Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering, NCSU

Four students, 10 minutes each
      10 minutes of Q&A session at the end 


學生和年輕學者的研究成果簡報

12:30 - 14:00   Lunch Break and Networking : Box lunch provided 

午餐互動

13:40 - 14:00   NCT-PASS Business meeting  協會事務會議

      Chair: Dr. Yi-Ju Li 李怡如會長

 14:00 - 15:00   Session III: Career In Industry 

Chair: Dr. Steve Wu 吳上賓博士
  Staff Scientist, Reproductive and Developmental Biology Laboratory, NIEHS


Dr. Shian-Huey Chiang 蔣先慧博士

Director, Head of Emerging Science Biology, Target Sciences, Emerging Science & Innovation, 

Pfizer Inc.


Head of Material Chemistry at Circ™

15:00 - 15:50  Session IV: NCT-PASS Trainee Award Presentation

Chairs: 

Dr.Hsiao-Ying Shadow Huang, 黃筱瑩教授, Associate Professor, Computational mechanics, NCSU

Dr. Sheng-Che Hung, 洪聖哲教授,  Clinical Assistant Professor, Radiology, UNC-Chapel Hill 

Four students, 10 minutes each
      10 minutes of Q&A session at the end 


學生和年輕學者的研究成果簡報

15:50 - 16:00   10-minute break

16:00 - 16:30   Session V: Panel Discussion and Conclusion

Chair: Dr. Humphrey Yao, 姚宏昌教授
   Senior Investigator, Developmental Biology, Reproductive Biology, NIEHS

Panel Discussions: Your perspective of NCT-PASS

       討論會： 你希望北卡台灣菁英協會能扮演什麼角色

Award Ceremony and Closing Remarks 

頒獎和閉幕致詞   

Sponsored by

Science and Technology Division, 

Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States