Southern Taiwan Science Park Research Articles

Biodegradation of tetramethylammonium chloride wastewater and inorganic nitrogen removal by a mixed culture

The disposal of wastewater containing tetramethylammonium chloride (TMAC) generated from the semiconductor and photoelectric industries is a challenging problem due to the limited information is available regarding its treatability. This study aims to investigate the feasibility of using biological processes to treat TMAC. An activated sludge collected from a lake near the Southern Taiwan Science Park was used. Various operational parameters, including operating temperature, pH conditions and TMAC dosages were evaluated for the optimal condition. Results showed that the activated sludge could successfully degrade TMAC, and subsequently achieve simultaneous nitrification and denitrification (SND) of the nitrogen-containing intermediates under mild conditions (pH at a range of 3–7 and temperature at a range of 20–40 °C). Besides, more than 60% of the nitrogen-containing intermediates were converted into gaseous nitrogen (N2). TMAC biodegradation was found to follow first-order kinetics. The observed rate constant of TMAC biodegradation increased from 0.64 ╳ 10−4 to 9.57 ╳ 10−4 1/min as the concentration of TMAC decreased. In addition, TMAC demethylation was identified as the rate-limiting step of the entire reaction. Major functional organisms of the activated sludge were identified as Mycobacterium, Ochrobactrum and Arthrobacter species which are aerobic and acidophilic strains. This study can be an important reference for future researches attempting to treatment TMAC wastewater by biological processes.

Discussion of Teaching With Multiple Intelligences to Corporate Employees' Learning Achievement and Learning Motivation.

The development of multiple intelligences used to focus on kindergartens and elementary schools as educational experts and officials considered that the development of students' multiple intelligences should be cultivated from childhood and slowly promoted to other levels. Nevertheless, the framework of multiple intelligences should not be simply promoted in kindergartens and elementary schools, but was also suitable in high schools, universities, and even graduate schools or in-service training. Taking employees in Southern Taiwan Science Park as the research subjects, total 314 employees in high-tech industry are preceded the 16-week (3 h per week for total 48 h) experimental teaching research. The research results show that (1) teaching with multiple intelligences would affect learning motivation, (2) teaching with multiple intelligences would affect learning achievement, and (3) learning motivation reveals remarkably positive effects on learning achievement. According to the results to proposed discussions, it is expected to help high-tech industry, when developing human resource potential, effectively well-utilize people's gifted uniqueness

Behind the Breakthrough of the ∼30% Perovskite Solar Cell

In the December 11, 2020 issue of Science, Al-Ashouri and colleagues reported a certified monolithic perovskite/silicon tandem solar cell with the power conversion efficiency 29.15%. The improvements of the ideality factor and the fill factor are key to achieving efficient perovskite tandem solar cells, which lead a new direction of the perovskite research.

Using a service blueprint and the service catalogue concept to plan a smart governance system: the case study of the southern Taiwan science park

Using a service blueprint and the service catalogue concept to plan a smart governance system: the case study of the southern Taiwan science park

Using a Service Blueprint and the Service Catalogue Concept to Plan a Smart Governance System: The case study of the Southern Taiwan Science Park

To improve the Southern Taiwan Science Park efficiency, the administration of the park used the smart city concept to transform it into a smart science park. Beyond the information and communication technology (ICT), the key to the development of a smart science park was to consider the requirements of the park's relevant stakeholders. Hence, this study applied the concept of persona, a service blueprint, and the service catalogue concept as the planning methodology and used smart governance as an example to demonstrate our planning process. We held focus group meetings with each persona, used a service blueprint to visualise the group's requirements, and utilised a service catalogue to present the service contents of the related smart governance systems. The study suggested that the relevant authority should implement the smart governance data centre, a public equipment management monitoring platform, and a disaster management platform to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the public service of the park.

Total quality management and sustainable competitive advantage: serial mediation of transformational leadership and executive ability

Improving performance through better processes should be the focus of quality professionals. Based on the IPO (Input-Process-Output) model, this study considers total quality management (TQM) as an input of the internal and external of an organisation and transformational leadership (TL) and executive ability (EA) as the mechanism (Process) to promote and coordinate internal–external elements for the organisation obtaining its sustainable competitive advantage (SCA) (Output). Taking samples in the southern Taiwan Science Park in Tainan city for the questionnaire survey in this study, a total of 252 valid responses are collected and analysed to discuss the relationships among TQM, TL, EA and SCA. Reliability analysis, validity analysis, CFA and SEM are utilised for the analyses. The research findings are summarised as follows: (1) TQM significantly affects TL, EA and SCA. (2) TL and EA significantly affect a firm’s SCA and each of them has the mediating effect between TQM and SCA. (3) Both of them have a serial mediating effect on the relationship between TQM and SCA. Implications, limitations and future research directions are discussed.

Environmental Risks or Costs? Exploring Flooding and the Urban Heat Island Effect in Planning for Policymaking: A Case Study in the Southern Taiwan Science Park

This study examined a specific case of planning for policymaking in response to two physical environmental issues: flooding and the urban heat island effect (UHI). The Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) was selected as a case study. Data were primarily collected through interviews as well as through policy review. The assessment showed significant differences in policymaking when comparing these two issues. The issue of flooding was considered and managed well. The UHI, however, was poorly considered or ignored altogether in policymaking, even though it has shown an increasing trend over the last decades, to a greater degree in the STSP than in the city centre. The results implied that the neoliberal approach to planning of decision-making performed better in managing risks (i.e., flooding and relevant disasters which had occurred in the past) than costs (i.e., the UHI and the future threats resulting from development). The STSP’s spatial development strategy, underpinned by the neoliberal approach with an agenda for maximising economic growth, was questionable for environmental management toward resilience.

A Study of The Influence of Organizational Learning on Employees’ Innovative Behavior and Work Engagement by A Cross-Level Examination

Background:The purpose of this study is to examine the influence of organizational learning on employee’s innovative behavior, and further proposed the mediation effect of work engagement between the relationship of organizational learning and employee’s innovative behavior.Material and methods:The study targets on executives and their subordinates by paired samples within the Southern Taiwan Science Park and a total of 21 useful firms collected.Results:The results indicated that work engagement fully mediated the relationship between organizational learning and employee’s innovative behavior, that is , executives with organizational learning can strengthen the work engagement of employees, thereby affecting employee’s innovation behavior. Besides, we further found that work engagement also plays a full mediating role among organizational learning and employee’s innovative ideas generation, advocacy, and implementation respectively. This paper suggests managers should take advantage of transformational leadership behavior or select and train managers with transformational leadership style to enhance work engagement of employees, and then improve to generate innovative behavior of employees.Conclusions:This paper suggests managers should take advantage of their learning culture to enhance their employees’ work engagement and then this is also beneficial for the generation of innovative behavior of employees.

A STUDY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN OPTOELECTRONICS INDUSTRY USING MULTIPLE CRITERIA DECISION MAKING METHODS

This study assessed the operational efficiency of the optoelectronics industry in the Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) between 2007 and 2011 by using multiple criteria decision making methods (data envelopment analysis, Malmquist productivity index and Bootstrap). The data analysis showed that during the study period, meaning that the operational efficiency gap among manufacturers in STSP is widening. Among these manufacturers, eight manufacturers exhibited constant returns to scale, which was more than a half of the overall decision making unit (DMU), indicating that the operational scale of these manufacturers was nearing the optimal scale. Based on Malmquist productivity index (MPI) analysis, the factors that affect the operational efficiencies of optoelectronics manufacturers’ were as follow: operational cost, the number of employees, and the amount of fixed assets. The development should be focused on increasing technological efficiency and technological change in the future. Finally, based on Bootstrap, the results showed that the focus should be on the production technology while improving productive efficiency to ensure sustainable development of the entire domestic optoelectronics industry in the future.

A study of assessment indicators for environmental sustainable development of science parks in Taiwan

This study adopted the ecological footprint calculation structure to calculate the ecological footprints of the three major science parks in Taiwan from 2008 to 2010. The result shows that the ecological footprints of the Hsinchu Science Park, the Central Taiwan Science Park, and the Southern Taiwan Science Park were about 3.964, 2.970, and 4.165ha per capita. The ecological footprint (EF) of the Central Taiwan Science Park was the lowest, meaning that the influence of the daily operations in the Central Taiwan Science Park on the environment was rather low. Secondly, the population density was relatively high, and the EF was not the highest of the Hsinchu Science Park, meaning that, while consuming ecological resources, the environmental management done was effective. In addition, the population density in Southern Taiwan Science Park is 82.8units, lower than that of Hsinchu Science Park, but its ecological footprint per capita is 0.201units, higher than Hsinchu, implying its indicator management has space for improvement. According to the analysis result above, in the science parks, the percentages of high-energy-consuming industries were rather high. It was necessary to encourage development of green industries with low energy consumption and low pollution through industry transformation.

Assessment of Diaphragm Wall's Structural Impact on Groundwater Hydrology

The Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) is located between Hsinshi Township and Shanhua Township of Tainan County, with the newly-built, high-speed railway running through its eastern side. The low-frequency vibration which was generated by passing high-speed trains causes environmental disturbances to industries within the Park. To address this issue, the implementation of vibration-reduction project with detailed design and construction was provided. The diaphragm wall-type vibration reduction walls will be built along the borderline between Hsinshi Township and Shanhua Township to reduce the impact on industries. The diaphragm wall structure will block groundwater from flowing to affect the underground hydrology. This study was aimed to discuss and assess the best configuration for the vibration reduction effects and environmental impacts. Numerical analysis of the impacts on groundwater hydrology was conducted in two cases. The simulation results indicated that both sides of diaphragm walls developed gaps in groundwater levels. Hence, diaphragm walls effectively reduced adverse impacts on groundwater hydrology with openings at locations where underground pipelines ran. Such variations were within the scope of groundwater level of high water and low water periods. Therefore, surface runoff and land subsidence resulting from the diaphragm wall construction were not severe. As diaphragm walls were made of impermeable materials, pumping water nearby made the groundwater level drawdown effects worse. Groundwater level variations resulting from pumping water were far greater than the regional groundwater level variations after the establishment of diaphragm walls. Special attention must be paid to this situation in follow-up management.

Planning an Emergency Response Centre in Southern Taiwan Science Park

Since the 1980s, various types of accidents, such as fire, explosion, and toxic release, have occurred in science parks (SC s) in Taiwan. The aftermath included financial losses, damaged reputations, business and operation interruption, property damage, and loss of lives. Considering loss prevention, this study plans an emergency response centre (ERC) in order to properly and proactively cope with incidents occurring in the Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSIP) since its inception in 1996. This article also design and promulgate the use of central monitoring system (CMS) between the ERC and various plants located in the STSIP. With a view to alleviating hazards, the integrated CMS could comprehensively bring a safer environment to all workers and staff at STSIP. Only through the reviews of table-top or functional exercise and real accidents, a comprehensive, fail-safe, and real-life system could be establish to lessen the hazards in STSIP.

A Chapter Is Born in Southern Taiwan

After the National Si-Soft Project and the Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) kicked off in 2002-2003, many semiconductor companies established branch offices or foundries in STSP. Prof. Chua-Chin Wang seized the moment to establish SSCS-Tainan as a solid-state circuit forum for them and for academic institutions in the area. In this article he recounts how SCS-Tainan became a reality and how its mission was defined to complement IC concerns in Southern Taiwan.