{"id":13004,"date":"2015-03-09T11:36:53","date_gmt":"2015-03-09T03:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.oc.ntu.edu.tw\/?page_id=13004"},"modified":"2015-03-09T11:36:53","modified_gmt":"2015-03-09T03:36:53","slug":"chronology-of-iontu","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.oc.ntu.edu.tw\/en\/chronology-of-iontu\/","title":{"rendered":"Chronology of IONTU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--:en--><\/p>\n<div class=\"bigevents\" align=\"center\">\n<table width=\"753\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"3\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">May 1966<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"467\">The American oceanographers Dr. I. E. Warren and Dr. H. B. Steinbach suggest Taiwan\u2019s government to set up an oceanographic research institute. The Ministry of education assigns National Taiwan University with this task.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">August 1968<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"467\">The Institute of Oceanography is officially inaugurated. Prof. Zu You Zhu is appointed as director.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">May 1969<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"467\">A former US Navy tugboat Geronimo is converted to become R\/V Chu Lien, under the management of the Taiwanese Navy. National Science Council (NSC) assigns the vessel to oceanographic research.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">August 1969<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"467\">\n<p align=\"left\">IONTU accepts a first batch of Master\u2019s student into the institute two departments: Physical Oceanography and Marine Biology. The institute borrows the facilities of the geology and biology colleges , and altogether comprises 7 professors and 5 students.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">August~September 1960<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"467\">\n<p align=\"left\">R\/V Chu Lien conducts a research cruise in the South China Sea and calls at Bangkok, Thailand.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">April 1971<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"467\">The IONTU\u2019s building is completed.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">May 1971<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"467\">\n<p align=\"left\">First Taiwan-US joint-conference on oceanography, with Dr. John Craven as a chairman, with altogether 8 professors and 18 students participating. The first publication of \u201cNational Taiwan University Oceanography\u201d follows.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">May 1971<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"467\">\n<p align=\"left\">The Navy transfers R\/V Chu Lien to NSC, which assigns her for use by IONTU.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">June 1971<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"467\">Graduation of first session Master<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">May 1972<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"467\">\n<p align=\"left\">R\/V Chu Lien conducts a research cruise in the West Philippines Sea and calls at Guam.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">August 1973<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"467\">\n<p align=\"left\">Opening of the \u201cMarine Geology &amp; Geophysics\u201d department. Altogether, the Institute counts 12 professors and 39 students.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">August 1974<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"467\">The 2nd Director,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oc.ntu.edu.tw\/oceng\/?teacher=%E9%99%B3%E6%B1%9D%E5%8B%A4\">Ju-Chin Chen<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">November 1975<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"467\">\n<p align=\"left\">For National Taiwan University thirtieth anniversary, president Chia-Kan Yen visits IONTU.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">July 1976<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"467\">\n<p align=\"left\">R\/V Chu Lien and R\/V Thomas Washington (SCRIPPS Institution of Oceanography, USA) complete a joint-survey in the Philippines Sea<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">August 1978<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"467\">\n<p align=\"left\">For its tenth anniversary, IONTU holds a conference. More than a hundred domestic and international scholars participate.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">December 1979<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"467\">IONTU\u00a0 hosts the first Taiwan\/South Korea oceanography joint meeting.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">August 1980<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"467\">The 3rd Director,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oc.ntu.edu.tw\/oceng\/?teacher=%E6%A5%8A%E6%A6%AE%E5%AE%97\">Rong-Tsung Yang<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">August 1981<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"467\">\n<p align=\"left\">The second Taiwan\/South Korea oceanography joint meeting is hold in Seoul. Numerous IONTU\u2019s professors present the results of their research during the meeting.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">1983<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"467\">\n<p align=\"left\">NSC commissions A. S. Mjellen+Karlsen (Norway) to build its next research vessel \u201cR\/V Ocean Research 1\u201d (OR1)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">October 1983<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"467\">\n<p align=\"left\">1983: IONTU organizes the second Taiwan-US joint-conference on oceanography in Taipei.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">July 1984<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"467\">R\/V Chiu Lien is decommissioned<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">August 1984<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"467\">Doctoral curriculum is added. IONTU counts 21 professors and 47 students.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">October\u00a01984<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"467\">\n<p align=\"left\">The construction of R\/V Ocean Researcher 1 is completed. She sails from Norway to the South china Sea to conduct her first research cruise.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">October\u00a01984<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"467\">\n<p align=\"left\">The French R\/V Jean Charcot completes its western Pacific research mission, which IONTU\u2019s researchers took part in.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">January 1985<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"467\">R\/V OR1 berth at Kaohsiung harbor. NSC assigns her to IONTU.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">May 1985<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"467\">The 4th Director,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oc.ntu.edu.tw\/oceng\/?teacher=%E5%8A%89%E9%8D%9A%E6%B1%9F\">Hsi-Chiang Liu<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">August 1986<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"467\">\n<p align=\"left\">IONTU establishes the \u201cR\/V OR1 Instrumentation Center\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">November 1987<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"467\">\n<p align=\"left\">The \u201cManagement of marine resources\u201d Taiwan-Japan joint meeting, organized by IONTU is held in Taipei<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">June 1988<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"467\">\n<p align=\"left\">IONTU\u2019s first PhD student graduates.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">August 1989<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"467\">\n<p align=\"left\">The Kuroshio Edge Exchange Process (KEEP I) project starts for a duration of 5 years. Several IONTU\u2019s professors take part in the project.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">September 1989<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"467\">\n<p align=\"left\">IONTU\u00a0 organizes the third Taiwan\/South Korea oceanography joint meeting held in Taipei.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">August 1990<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"467\">The 5th Director,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oc.ntu.edu.tw\/oceng\/?teacher=%E5%BE%90%E6%98%A5%E7%94%B0\">Chuen-Tien Shyu<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">September\u00a01990<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"467\">\n<p align=\"left\">IONTU organizes the first Taiwan\/France joint meeting on Oceanographic technology in Taipei.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">December\u00a01990<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"467\">\n<p align=\"left\">R\/V Ocean Researcher I takes part in the World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) project with a research cruise in the Philippines Sea and calls at Manila (Philippines)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">June\u00a01991<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"467\">\n<p align=\"left\">IONTU organizes the Taiwan International Collaborative Research for Understanding Subduction-collision System in Taiwan (TAICRUST) in Taipei<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">August 1991<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"467\">\n<p align=\"left\">IONTU opens its Marine Chemistry department. The institute counts 33 professors and 76 students.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">October\u00a01992<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"467\">\n<p align=\"left\">The 7<sup>th<\/sup> Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS) meeting is held in Taipei. Several professors from IONTU participate in the meeting.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">November\u00a01992<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"467\">\n<p align=\"left\">R\/V Ocean Researcher I calls in the Philippines, conducts WOCE Taiwan-Philippines joint surveys<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">June 1993<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"467\">\n<p align=\"left\">Completion of the extension of IONTU\u2019s building<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">August 1994<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"467\">\n<p align=\"left\">The KEEP II project starts for a duration of 3 years. Several IONTU professors take part in the project.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">December\u00a01995<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"467\">R\/V OR1 carries surveys for the Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere (TOGA) program. She crosses the<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">January 1995<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"467\">\n<p align=\"left\">Holds the Taiwan-US joint-meeting on the exploitation of underwater resources<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">March 1995<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"467\">\n<p align=\"left\">IONTU organizes the third Taiwan-France symposium on \u201cActive Collision in Taiwan\u201d (ACT)\u00a0 in Taipei.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">August 1995<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"467\">\n<p align=\"left\">Taiwan and US collaborate on the TAICRUST project with a joint survey by R\/V OR1 and American R\/V Ewing. Several IONTU\u2019s professors are involved.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">June\u00a01996<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"467\">As part of the Taiwan-France ACT program, a survey on N\/V L\u2019Atalante is carried out east and southwest of Taiwan. Several IONTU research staff are involved.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">August\u00a01996<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"467\">The 6th Director,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oc.ntu.edu.tw\/?teacher=%e6%a2%81%e4%b9%83%e5%8c%a1&amp;lang=en\">Nai-Kuang Liang<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">October~November 1996<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"467\">\n<p align=\"left\">R\/V OR1 operates in the South China Sea, calls at Taiping island.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">January 1997<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"467\">\n<p align=\"left\">Taiwan joins the Ocean Drilling Program (ODP). Several IONTU professors are involved.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">August 1997<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"467\">\n<p align=\"left\">The project KEEP3 starts for a duration of 3 years. Several professors from IONTU are involved.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">August 1997<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"467\">\n<p align=\"left\">National Science Council establishes National Center for Ocean Research (NCOR). IONTU works alongside it.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">May\u00a01998<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"467\">\n<p align=\"left\">The Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting is held in Taipei. Several IONTU professors participate and present their research results.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">July\u00a01998<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"467\">\n<p align=\"left\">A conference is held in IONTU for the institute 30<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">August 2002<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"467\">The 7th Director,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oc.ntu.edu.tw\/?teacher=%e8%8c%83%e5%85%89%e9%be%8d&amp;lang=en\">Kuang-Lung Fan<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">January\u00a02004<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"467\">\n<p align=\"left\">IONTU cooperates with the Central Geological Survey for a project on natural gas hydrate exploration.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">May\u00a02004<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"467\">\n<p align=\"left\">A joint earth science conference is held in Longtan, in which several IONTU professors present the results of their research.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">November\u00a02004<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"467\">\n<p align=\"left\">The international conference on gas hydrate exploration is held in Taipei.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">January\u00a02005<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"467\">\n<p align=\"left\">7<sup>th<\/sup>\u3000national symposium on Science and Technology.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">August\u00a02005<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"467\">\n<p align=\"left\">The 8<sup>th<\/sup> director, Ching-Sheng Chen actively hires a generation of young scholars to teach at IONTU.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">November\u00a02005<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"467\">\n<p align=\"left\">IONTU\u2019s professor Shu-Cheng Pai is awarded a prize by the Ministry of Education. He is the first oceanographer to rewarded with this prize.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">March\u00a02007<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"467\">Start of the surveys for the Ministry of Interior project on\u00a0continental shelf<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">December\u00a02007<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"467\">\n<p align=\"left\">IONTU cooperates with the Department of Law on the \u201cregulations of oceanographic affairs\u201d and is granted one more academic position. National Science Council\u2019s NCOR\u2019s project ends.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">August\u00a02008<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"left\">The 9<sup>th<\/sup> director, Ling-Yun Chiao, abolishes the previous system of one head for each of the four departments.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">December\u00a02008<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"467\">Start of the \u201cSynthesis of Taiwan Natural Resources\u201d project.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">March 2009<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"left\">For the 40<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of the Institute, conducts a review of past works and future prospects, and establishes the Institute alumni.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">October\u00a02009<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"left\">Conducts the International Symposium, on Quantitative Ecology &amp; 2<sup>nd<\/sup> Taiwan-Japan Ecology Workshop.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">August 2010<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td>IONTU&#8217;s Prof. Chih-Hao Hsieh is awarded the 2010 Ta-You Wu Memorial Award and receives an additional award from the College of Science.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">November\u00a02010<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"left\">IONTU\u2019s Associate Prof. Takeshi Miki is awarded the 15<sup>th<\/sup> Denzaburo Miyadi Award 2011 from the Ecological Society of Japan<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">August 2011<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"467\">The 10th Director,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oc.ntu.edu.tw\/oceng\/?teacher=%E6%88%B4%E6%98%8C%E9%B3%B3\">Chang Feng Dai<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">August 2011<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"left\">Prof. Chi Lu Sun becomes the vice-president of the committee on the scientific knowledge on tuna species in the North Pacific ocean.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">August 2011<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"left\">Deputy director Prof. David Tang assumes responsibility over R\/V OR1 operations and assists the director in the various Institute affairs.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">September 2011<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"left\">Establishment of the committee for funding the new IONTU premises.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">June 2012<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"left\">R\/V OR1 completes its 1000th cruise. She is back in Kaohsiung harbor on 13 June.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">December 2012<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"left\">On 25 December, the executive council approves the establishment of a Ocean Center originating from IONTU.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">January 2013<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"left\">Signature of a memorandum for scientific cooperation with the Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology\u2019s Institute of Oceanography.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">July 2013<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"left\">Prof. Ching-Ling Wei assumes the position of deputy director starting from 25 July.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">July 2014<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"left\">As part of its talent promotion program, the Ministry of Education supports an increase of 3 positions of senior professors at IONTU, at a rate of 1 per year starting from 2015.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">August 2014<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"left\">Prof. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oc.ntu.edu.tw\/oceng\/?teacher=%E9%AD%8F%E6%85%B6%E7%90%B3\">Ching-Ling Wei<\/a> assumes responsibility as the 13th director of IONTU, with Prof. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oc.ntu.edu.tw\/oceng\/?teacher=%E8%A9%B9%E6%A3%AE\">Sen Jan<\/a> as his deputy director.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">August 2014<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"left\">Celebrations for the 30th anniversary of R\/V OR1 service under IONTU.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">August 2017<\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"left\">Prof.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oc.ntu.edu.tw\/oceng\/?teacher=%E8%A9%B9%E6%A3%AE\">Sen Jan<\/a>assumes responsibility as the 13th director of IONTU, with Prof. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oc.ntu.edu.tw\/oceng\/?teacher=%e8%ac%9d%e5%bf%97%e8%b1%aa\">Chih-hao Hsieh<\/a> as his deputy director.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--:--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 1966 The American oceanographers Dr. I. 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