This course is aim to present the principles of mineral nutrition in the light of current advances. This course will inform you in two parts: nutritional physiology and soil-plant relationships. In Part I, more emphasis have been placed on root-shoot interactions, stress physiology, water relations, and functions of micronutrients. In view of the worldwide increasing interest in plant-soil interactions, Part II has been considerably altered and extended, particularly on the effects of external and internal factors on root growth. An understanding of the mineral nutrition of plants is of fundamental importance in agriculture. The overall aim of the course is to equip students with a solid foundation in new approaches that integrate crop physiology, molecular biology, and mineral uptake/transport and to answer biological questions in the uptake, distribution, and utilization of mineral nutrition in plants. College of Bio-Resources & Agriculture Main Campus *Restrict to 3rd-year and above. Chwan-Yang Hong 100 Monday X,A,B Tuesday X,A,B Wednesday X,A,B Thursday X,A,B Friday X,A,B AC5084 1 Half Graduate Institute of Agricultural Chemistry http://www.ac.ntu.edu.tw/?locale=en

We have many international students in National Taiwan University. To fulfill the needs of international students of English courses, the College of Bio-resources and Agriculture opens a course “Exploring Taiwan ? Natural Environmental and Resources”, which is taught in English. The instructors of this course are all the best of Taiwan in their fields, including atmospheric science, environment science, physical and social geography. They will help students to learn more about the beautiful nature of Taiwan. It will give international students a wide range of background knowledge, increasing their understanding of Taiwan and enabling them to take advanced courses lectured in Chinese or partake in research in the future. College of Bio-Resources & Agriculture Main Campus Hsiao Wei Yuan 75 Wednesday 8,9 Forest5035 2 Half School of Forestry and Resource Conservation,
Program in Taiwan Studies http://www.fo.ntu.edu.tw/main.php?lang=en&Trad2Simp=n

1. INTRODUCTION

1. Introduction

2. Some Informal Definitions

3. Overview of Methods

4. Outline of Chapters

5. What is Your Economics Background?

The purpose of this course is to introduce four major methods and their applications in the measurement of efficiency and productivity growth. The four major methods are: least-squares econometric production models, index numbers, data envelopment analysis (DEA), and stochastic frontiers analysis. The basic concepts, characteristics and limitations of each methodology will be elaborated. Numeric exercises and case studies will be provided.

Specifically, major items includes:

1) Basic concepts of production theory and their applications.

2) Production function, cost function, profit function and duality.

3) Empirical applications of Production function, cost function, profit function.

4) Introduction and applications of index numbers and total factor productivity

5) Introduction and applications of Data Envelopment Analysis

6) Introduction and applications of Stochastic Frontier Analysis

7) Introduction and applications of GAMS、SHAZAM、SAS and related softwares in the measurement of efficiency and productivity growth

College of Bio-Resources & Agriculture Main Campus *Restrict to international students. Shih Hsun Hsu 20 Wednesday 7,8,9 AGEC7072 3 Half Graduate Institute of Agricultural Economics http://www.agec.ntu.edu.tw/main.php?lang=en&Trad2Simp=n

The forest covers Taiwan from the coast to the top of mountains of nearly 4,000 m elevations. The environment influencing the floristic composition is highly heterogeneous, and at the same time, two floristic kingdoms are coexisting on this island. These and other factors result in a high diversity of forest communities in Taiwan, which we are going to observe and interpret.
This course will be composed of theoretical lectures and field excursions. In the lectures, instructors will introduce important factors influencing the distribution and floristic differentiation of forest in Taiwan and the other regions. There will be three field excursions; instructors would guide the first two, and students the third as a part of practice and the final exam. In the first two excursions, instructors will help students to explore the forest diversity and its relevant environmental factors. Students will lead the third trip and prepare it in advance. It’s necessary for students to read relevant literature about the region, and if possible even visit the region before the excursion. Students, in turn, will take independent leads, to give them an opportunity to show what they know in general about forest ecology and specifically about the vegetation in a particular region, and how able they are to explain this knowledge to the others. The goal of this course is to train the student as professional English-speaking guides for introducing the forest of Taiwan. Students will learn how to discover the diversity of forest in Taiwan, observe the characters of different forest vegetation types and their distribution, and practice how to explain the observed pattern to the public. College of Bio-Resources & Agriculture Main Campus *There will be several excursions during the semester. Casualty insurance is strictly required for each trip. Students themselves should pay all personal expenses including personal equipment, traffic, food, accommodation and insurance. Ching-Feng Li 20 Thursday 6,7,8 Forest5051 3 Half School of Forestry and Resource Conservation,
Program in Taiwan Studies http://www.fo.ntu.edu.tw/main.php?lang=en&Trad2Simp=n

Course introduction:

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Crystal Strucutre

Chapter 3 Imperfections of Solids

Chapter 4 Diffusion

Chapter 5 Mechanical Properties

Chapter 6 Dislocation and Strengthening Mechanism

Chapter 7 Failure

Chapter 8 Phase Diagrams

Chapter 9 Phase Transformations

Chapter 10 Thermal Properties

Chapter 11 Magnetic Properties `

Chapter 12 Optical Properties

Pre-requisition
:
Basic Chemistry, Basic Physics

Reference:

`Materials Science and Engineering`, 4th Edition, by William D. Callister, 1996

Students who is going to join the class should have the level at least one year general material knowledge. College of Social Engineering Main Campus Feng-Huei Lin 30 Tuesday 2,3,4 Biomed7005 3 Half Graduate Institute of Biomedical Engineering http://bme.ntu.edu.tw/english/

Image processing is a basic tool for biomedical image analysis. Ranging from contrast enhancement to stereotatic surgery, image processing provides various levels of assistance to the biomedical researches and clinical applications. As an introductory course to the biomedical image processing, the aim of this course is to offer the entry-level graduate students the fundamental image processing techniques. The scope of this course will cover the basic transformation techniques, properties of various medical images, image acquisition, processing and rendering. In addition to the regular lectures, the students are required to exploit advanced techniques independently to reinforce learning. It will include one term project and a couple of paper studies.

Actual implementation of the image processing algorithms on the biomedical images will be emphasized in this course. Although it is not a pre-requisite, the students need to use Matlab as the programming tool for the homeworks. There will be about five homeworks for practice. One exam will be given toward the end of the class. The students will be asked to demonstrate the result of the term project by an oral presentation and a written report.

Topics

l Basic Transformation Techniques

l Basics of Medical Images

l Image Acquisition, Sampling, and Quantization

l Image Enhancement

l Image Segmentation

l Image Compression

l Volumetric Image Analysis

l Rendering Techniques

Getting acquainted with the fundamental image processing techniques for medical images College of Social Engineering Chung-Ming Chen 20 Monday 2,3,4 Biomed7016 3 Half Graduate Institute of Biomedical Engineering http://bme.ntu.edu.tw/english/

This course is consist of three sections. First section provides basic information on meteorology such as temperature, humidity, radiations on earth surface. Second section shows theoretical background of water and CO2 exchange processes between atmosphere and forests. Third section shows field measurement techniques for the water and CO2 exchange processes. Finally, the impacts of the water and CO2 exchange processes on climate system and water resources are also examined. This course aim to develop basic ability to conduct a research for forest meteorology, hydrology and ecology through the course, and also to motivate to understand environmental issues such as human induced land-use changes and climate change based on biophysical background. College of Bio-Resources & Agriculture Main Campus Tomonori Kume 20 Monday 1,2,3,4,5 Forest3017 3 Half School of Forestry and Resource Conservation http://www.fo.ntu.edu.tw/main.php?lang=en&Trad2Simp=n

This course provides students with a broad background in the principles of ecology. It covers ecology at different levels of organization, including behavioral, physiological, evolutionary, population & community, and ecosystem ecology. Some other specialized topics are also discussed.

Lectures generally follow a textbook, but materials outside the textbook are also covered. Students are responsible for all the materials covered in lectures — attendance is essential for a satisfactory completion of the course.

Lectures are mostly done using PowerPoint slides although some concepts are explained using the blackboard. The slide file of a lecture may be available before the lecture (I will try to upload the file by Wednesday night for the lecture given in the following day).

There are three exams. These exams account for 100% of the course grade. We do not curve exam scores regardless of the average score.

Attendance (including class participation) will affect bonus points. By asking questions and expressing ideas in class, you may gain bonus points. Poor attendance (e.g., absence and tardiness) as well as poor participation (e.g., sleeping, chatting, playing with an electronic device) would reduce bonus points. Poor participation is equivalent to missing a lecture. Your bonus points may become negative, but the minimum bonus point you will get for your final grade is 0. You should not expect to receive any bonus point after missing three or more lectures.

Unannounced quizzes may be given. Quizzes and assignments (if any are given — no assignments were given last year) are for bonus points. Because of this, even if a student misses a quiz with a legitimate reason, no make-up quiz will be given. Quizzes and assignments count for bonus points only when attendance and participation are satisfactory.

The maximum possible bonus point is 10% in the final grade. Students who get 100% on the exams and have good attendance can earn more than 100% in the course, but the maximum possible grade is 100%. The detail about the value of bonus points may change. If it changes, the value can only increase, but students should not expect a change to take place.

If any questions, including potential grading errors, arise for your grade on an exam, an assignment or a quiz, submit a written request with your rationale for a regrade. Requests must be made within one week of the return of a graded material, otherwise the grade is final. This one week starts from the day an exam is first returned in a class even if a student does not receive it by missing the class.

If you miss a class and do not receive a graded material, you can pick it up at the instructor’s office. The instructor will not bring it to a class again unless an arrangement is made.

If your grade based on the three exams is less than 60%, the maximum obtainable grade (with bonus points) is 60% (C-). In addition, master’s students whose grade is less than 70% based on the three exams can get at most 70% with bonus points.

Doctoral students will not receive bonus points. Exam scores completely determine the grade.

The schedule (described in the content section of this website) is subject to change throughout the semester. The dates on which the exams are scheduled can also change. After completing this course students will
1.have an understanding of fundamental concepts in ecology
2.become better prepared for taking advanced courses in ecology
3.be able to perceive nature scientifically
College of Bio-Resources & Agriculture Main Campus *Prerequisite: Calculus (general Mathematics)preferred Toshinori Okuyama 40 Thursday 6,7,8 ENT3003 3 Half Department of Entomology http://www.entomol.ntu.edu.tw/en/

This is a lab course intended to complement the lecture course (ENT3003). It is designed such that students who are currently enrolled in ENT3003 can have better understanding of selected topics covered in the lecture course. Students cannot take the lab course without concurrently taking the lecture course. Students who had completed an equivalent ecology lecture course may take this course, but it is not recommended to do so because the lecture (ENT3003) and the lab (ENT3020) are not designed independently.

Attendance

Students are required to attend every lab. The following penalties will be applied:

Absence: -14 points.

Tardiness (< 15 min): -5 points. Tardiness (>= 15 min): -14 points.

(1 point is 1% of the final grade.)

Students who missed a lab are not allowed to submit any assigned work associated with the lab. Therefore, a missed lab can affect both attendance and assignment points at the same time.

No cellphones or mobile computers are to be used in class unless otherwise instructed by the instructor. Poor attendance in terms of participation (e.g., using a cellphone, sleeping, not participating in lab activities, etc.) will greatly reduce attendance points (e.g., equivalent to being absent).

Assignments

Everything students are asked to submit is an assignment (e.g., lab materials, data, quiz, report, homework). Submit an assignment on time. No late assignments are accepted. Lab activities are also counted as assignments. A missed assignment results in at least 6 points deduction.

Exam

There will be one exam in this course, and it is held at the end of the semester. The exam will ask the details of lab activities, including the interpretations of experimental methods and results. Participating in labs and understanding each lab activity is the best way to prepare for the exam.

Grading

Attendance and Assignments 55%

Exam 45%

There are no bonus points offered in this course.

A student can potentially get a negative final grade (e.g., many absenses), but such a student will still get an F as the final grade.

The schedule (described in the content section of this website) is subject to change throughout the semester. The following skills will be developed: