Introdution
History
The Pingtung Agricultural College of Taiwan Provincial Academy of Farmland and Water Resources was founded in the 49th year of the Republic of China.
Renamed Agricultural Engineering Section in the Republic of 61.
In the 64th year of the Republic of China, it was renamed the Agricultural Civil Engineering Division.
In the 70’s of the Republic of China, it was renamed the National Civil Engineering College of Pingtung Agricultural Agriculture.
Restructured into the Department of Civil Engineering and Technology of the National Pingtung Institute of Technology and enrolled two-year students in the Republic of China for 80 years.
In the Republic of China for 81 years, a training department was set up to recruit two-year students.
Established a master’s class in the Republic of China for 82 years.
The 87th of Republic of China was renamed the Department of Civil Engineering of National Pingtung University of Science and Technology.
Established a four-year day school and an on-the-job master’s class in the 88th of the Republic of China.
The enrollment of the two-year system of the day department and the night department was suspended, and a four-day system of the day department was added the 93th of the Republic of China.
In August of the 94th of the Republic of China, the school established a doctoral class of “Institute of Slope Land Disaster Prevention and Water Resources Engineering”.
In the 98 academic year, the Slope Defense Institute was restructured into a doctoral program in the Department of Civil Engineering, making the department include a university, master’s and doctoral programs.
DEVELOPMENT PLANING
The development of the department is explained in terms of teaching and research.
The teaching aspect is based on the manpower required for national construction and development as the main axis of curriculum planning, and in accordance with the characteristics of the department and the field of teacher research, the teaching objectives are divided into three aspects: geotechnical engineering, structural engineering, and water resources engineering. The curriculum planning of this department strengthens the internship and on-site internship courses to meet the educational goals of professionalism in schools.
In addition, in order to achieve the goal of holistic education in schools, the curriculum includes a variety of general education courses, engineering ethics, etc., while internationalized education goals strengthen students’ foreign language education and require language thresholds for students to graduate.
The development priorities in each area are briefly described as follows:
Structural Engineering：
1. Civil structure safety inspection, damage and analysis.
2. Construction material measurement automation.
3. Research and development and optimization of professional systems for civil structure engineering.
4. Research on structural non-destructive detection method.
Geotechnical Engineering：
1. Analysis and research on engineering properties of geosynthetics.
2. The application of GIS and GPS in geodetic engineering.
3. Application and development of on-site test technology.
4. Geotechnical numerical method applied to the analysis of geotechnical engineering.
5. Research on rock engineering characteristics and excavation-free method.
Water Resources Engineering：
1. Study on the combined use of surface water and groundwater resources in the southern region.
2. Discussion on site subsidence and seawater intrusion in coastal areas.
3. Non-destructive detection of structures in water.
4. Application of geographic information system combined with GPS in water resources management.
5. Research on construction technology of river channel construction with ecological engineering.
In terms of research, the Department has set up a civil engineering technical service center and a construction and water resources engineering technical service center to meet the needs of national economic development to provide technical consulting and services related to civil engineering.
In order to lay the foundation and the depth and breadth of applied scientific research, the teachers of this department actively participate in research projects subsidized or commissioned by the central government such as the National Science Council, the Agricultural Committee, the Water Resources Agency, the Ministry of Education, and local county and city governments and private institutions And actively published the research results in well-known journals or seminars at home and abroad.
FUTURE PROSPECTS
In addition to self-examination of teaching and research in the Department, the Department adopted the “Setting Measures for the Development Committee of the Department of Civil Engineering of the National Pingtung University of Science and Technology” at the Departmental Affairs Conference of the Republic of China in 2007.
The relevant administrative directors form the Department Development Committee and invite student representatives to participate.
Through the suggestions provided by the internal review committee, review the Department’s issues in teaching, research, student counselling, social services, and department management.
Development strategy, so that the curriculum planning of this department and the professional and moral education of students can meet the needs of the practitioners, so as to enhance the competitiveness of students’ employment.
It can also stimulate the research energy of teachers and the energy of teacher research and social services through discussion.
To enhance the competitiveness of this department.
