Teaching

It is predictable that Nano-scale science and technology will have an enormous economic and technologic impact in the coming decades. To cope with the new challenge ahead, many academic institutes and industrial companies have heavily invested in pursuing Nano-R&D and Manufacturing (Nano-R&D&M.) From the viewpoint of invested project life cycle, the development of the facilities is prerequisite for Nano-R&D&M. The design/build/certify of the facilities is an inherent part of the development process. Without proper facilities, researcher and manufacturers can not advance further and perform well.
Besides, the complexity of the technology and the regulations to bring a cleanroom facility to operation makes improving the education of scientists, engineers and managers in cleanroom technology essential. This 21st century workforce should include professionals from a broad range of disciplines such as materials & engineering, chemistry, physics, biology, medicine, and management. This new work force can form a versatile team to not only advance Nano-R&D&M but facilitate the designing, building and certifying cleanroom needed for Nano-R&D&M.
Moreover, the demand for the advanced facilities and the related engineers is foreseeably strong and inevitable. Nevertheless, there is no university offering course specifically for designing/building/certifying the cleanroom needed for Nano-R&D&M.
To cope with the new challenge ahead, the Department of Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University has initiated an interdisciplinary course in spring 2007. The course is entitled “High-Tech Facility Design.” The purpose of this course is to provide basic design knowledge needed for cleanroom facilities that supplement high-tech manufacturing and R&D. The focus of this course is on designing cleanroom and engineering its associated facilities. Students will gain skills needed to meet ever-changing challenge of delivering an ultra pure clean room and ultra pure utilities. In addition, this course will strengthen students’ understanding and background in constructing and maintaining high-tech manufacturing plant and research lab.
This course is intended to offer to both graduate students and undergraduate seniors. Students in engineering, science, pharmacy, and life science will be exposed to fundamental theories and their applications in the design/build/certify of the high tech manufacturing plants and research labs. Academic faculty will teach basic theories and principles. Professional industrial experts will be invited to cover the application of theories and principles in the real world practices. The contents will include lectures, home works, a semester team project with an oral presentation and a written report, and a final examination. Field trips to visit high-tech plants and research labs, and cleanrooms will be arranged in spring 2007. Moreover, laboratory experiments will be provided to enable students to have hands-on experiences in measuring cleanroom and its corresponding ultrapure facilities.

廠房設施人才培育

高科技不但改進了整體之科技，並對經濟、生活品質以及文化有深遠的影響。而廠房設施則是半導體產業研發製造不可或缺的重要環節。然而，亞洲地區還沒有一所專門提供高科技廠房設施工程人員基礎教育的大學，來支援高科技的研發製造。為了促進在高科技的研發與製造以及解決可預見高科技廠房設施工程人員嚴重短缺之問題，經土木系全體同仁之支持，在2006年秋季設立「高科技廠房設施研究中心」，並且在2007年春季，在本系營建工程與管理組開授高科技廠房潔淨室及相關設施之設計及營建管理的課程。
這些課程之目的為提供一個基本的高科技廠房設施設計營建工程管理之知識，並輔以高科技產業之製程和研發的概念；課程的焦點放在潔淨室的設計和興建其相關之設備。學生可以藉由設計興建潔淨室及其相對之公用設施，強化在建造和維護高科技產業製造工廠或研究室的理解和基礎。
這些課程旨在開給研究所學生以及大四學生。學生可以學到高科技產業製造工廠或研究室的設計、建造、及管理裡的基礎理論及其應用；教授們教導基本理論和規範原則；產業界之專業專家被邀請來補充理論和原則在實務上的運用；內容包含課程演講、家庭作業、期末考試及學期分組專案報告，學期中並安排高科技廠房和潔淨室的參訪。期藉實地參訪高科技廠房及現場施工（如圖一至圖四），學生可親身體驗對潔淨室和其相關超純設備的設計原理、建造程序及施工管理之現場操作，如此將理論與應用融合落實。