Modeling the bioenvironmental system is designed for students with an interest in systems and the bio-environment. It introduces the use of system dynamics models to understand and manage bioenvironmental systems. This course offers students with an overview of dynamic systems modeling including introductions on systems terminology, the uses of systems models, modeling constructs, positive and negative feedback, and sensitivity analysis. Then, this course provides applications that illustrate the use of dynamic models for exploring a variety of bioenvironmental problems. However, the course is an indispensable guide for students interested in state-of-the-art system dynamics modeling, its background and its application. The related software will be introduced in this course. Additional exercises and assignments help students to critically assess the potential of these instruments. This course is an indispensable guide for students interested in state-of-the-art system dynamics modeling, its background and its application. Additional exercises and assignments help students to critically assess the potential of these instruments. College of Bio-Resources & Agriculture Main Campus Yu-Pin Lin 30 Wednesday 6,7,8 BSE5130 3 Half Department of Bioenvironmental Systems Engineering,
Graduate Institute of Bioenviromental Systems Engineering http://www.bse.ntu.edu.tw/english/super_pages.php?ID=english

Therefore, this course will start with the introduction of the concept of rehabilitative ecology and cooperate with a comprehensive discussion on the ecological theories at different levels from community, ethnic group, ecosystem and topographical ecology, and their applicability in practicing ecological remediation. This course will take a series of lectures to explore examples of countries in the world to help students understand the practice of ecological restoration from the planning design, implementation and management stages to identify the threats and limitations and to understand the success or failure of the rehabilitation s reason. At the end of this course students should be able to:

Understand the science of restoration ecology and the practical skills of ecological restoration;

Develop ability to integrate ecological theories and information across levels of ecological organization and across tmeporal and spatial scales when planning and implementing ecological restoration as well as managing and analyzing restored systems;

Convince other people that ecological restoration is a worthwhile activity and that it is essential tool for mitigating human-induced threats to ecosystems and achieving sustainable environments.

College of Bio-Resources & Agriculture Main Campus Rita S. W. Yam 15 Monday 7,8,9 BSE5140 3 Half Department of Bioenvironmental Systems Engineering,
Graduate Institute of Bioenviromental Systems Engineering,
Ecological Engineering
http://www.bse.ntu.edu.tw/english/super_pages.php?ID=english

LECTURE TOPICS

I. Soil Chemistry Overview and Problem Solving

II. Soil Matrix Composition

III. Chemical Processes Affecting Strongly Bound Soil Elements

– Aqueous complexation

– Precipitation and Dissolution

– Adsorption _ Macroscopic and Molecular Models

VI. Systematic Application of Soil Chemistry to Problem Solving

Course Objectives: (1) To gain awareness of the complexity of soils and soil components, and soil chemical processes that affect strongly bound nutrients and contaminants; (2) To develop skills in applying soil chemistry toward solving environmental and agricultural problems; and (3) To relate molecular-scale soil chemical properties and processes to macroscale behavior of soil contaminants and plant nutrients. College of Bio-Resources & Agriculture Main Campus Zeng-Yei Hseu 42 Monday X,A,B Wednesday X,A,B Friday X,A,B AC5068 1 Half Graduate Institute of Agricultural Chemistry http://www.ac.ntu.edu.tw/?locale=en

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

Outlines

0. Review of mechanics and thermodynamics

1. The canonical ensemble and fluctuations

2. Classical and quantum statistics

3. Ideal gases and non-ideal gases

4. Chemical kinetics and equilibrium

5. Liquid state theory

6. Crystals

7. Distribution function formalism

8. Time correlation function formalism

College of Social Engineering Main Campus Sheng-Der Chao 54 Tuesday 7,8,9 AM7115 3 Half Graduate Institute of Applied Mechanics http://www.iam.ntu.edu.tw/English/EN-homepage/homepage-Frameset.htm

In this course we will study the interactions between multiple players (decision makers). Such problems arise frequently in supply chain applications. The interaction of a firm with its competitors, customers and suppliers can be modeled as a game, and hence, our main tool of analysis in this course will be Game Theory. Course goals will be accomplished through lectures, homework and readings. Lectures will emphasize the theoretical aspects of the field, and homework will focus on problem solving skills. This course will be offered in English. This course is designed to help students connect game theory with practices in issues of supply chains, industrial economics, or some related topics in decentralized systems, where individual entrepreneurs have their own profit functions and often are unwilling to reveal their own information to each other or the public. College of Social Engineering Main Campus I-Hsuan Hong 50 Thursday 6,7,8 IE5009 3 Half Graduate Institute of Industrial Engineering http://www.ie.ntu.edu.tw/en/

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