The National Sun Yat-Sen University is located in Kaohsiung, the industrial center of Taiwan. Because mechanical engineering is the so-called “mother of industry”, in order to meet the demand of professional engineers for industrial development, the Department of Mechanical Engineering was founded in 1982 along with the establishment of the National Sun Yat-Sen University. The master’s program and the Ph.D. program were later established in 1983 and 1986, respectively. Since then, the Department plays a significant role in southern Taiwan on professionals cultivation, promotion of research and development, and industry upgrading. In response to the rapid development on science and technology, a new title for the Department, Mechanical and Electro-Mechanical Engineering, was also approved in 2001. The Department actively molds shaping cutting-edge engineers by educating students with the state-of-the-art technologies, especially in " Smart Manufacturing ", " Advanced Green Energy" and "Semiconductor & Micro-Nano systems"to fulfill the need of future development of industries.

For the purpose of reaching international standards of educational quality, the Department had been certified through the accreditation of IEET, a Full Signatory of the Washington Accord, since 2007 to 2026. Furthermore, we also received the Outstanding Mechanical Organization Award from the Kaohsiung Branch of the Chinese Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2008 and 2013.

Our department aims to cultivate students to be capable with a global perspective, bilingual ability, and professional mechanical expertise. As Taiwan's technology industry plays an important role in international partners, major multinational companies from all over the world have come to Taiwan to set up factories, and the demand for international multinational talents has surged. Teaching, cultivating students' professional quality and engineering English strength, reserving multinational elites for enterprises, and enhancing international competitiveness. In addition, the needing for bilingual proficiency in the mechanical industry has increased, in order to respond to the need of enterprises and academia, the Department of Mechanical and Electro-Mechanical Engineering launched EMI bachelor’s program, and also opened several EMI (English as a Medium of Instruction) courses in 2021 as well.

The development of EMI bachelor’s program and courses in Taiwan aligns with the Taiwan government's "2030 Bilingual Nation Policy" goal, also to improve students' English ability and as a bridge between many international enterprises and academic careers.  Moreover, our department actively establishes a dual education system with American universities and employs excellent teachers with foreign teaching experience to participate in the department's all-English teaching team to establish an international learning environment. The project is so vital that it provides a precious opportunity for us, to interact directly with an experienced professional in the areas much needed for consultation, expansion, and collaboration.

The Department of Mechanical and Electro-Mechanical Engineering is divided into five research groups: Thermo-Fluid, Solid Mechanics, Control, Design and Manufacturing, and Micro-Nano Systems. Not only basic theories, laboratory practices, and engineering applications are involved in our classes, but also hold annual projects demonstrations & competitions, and various factory tours to consolidate students’ engineering expertise and skills. Whether pursuing further advanced studies or gaining employment after graduation, our students possess competitive strength, and the capability.

Our current research topics including micro heat transfer and mechanics analysis, fabrication of microfluidic devices, energy saving and energy engineering,  analysis of microscopic mechanics, semiconductor packaging technology, integrated opto-electro-mechanical practices, micro-nano inspection technology, ultra-precision machining technology, integration and applications of micro-nano technology, green energy, biomedical electro-mechanical systems, smart robots, intelligent vehicle systems, and other related field. The department helps Taiwan's traditional machinery transform and promote to a higher level and maintains competitive.

The Department of Mechanical and Electro-Mechanical Engineering offers five fields for students: Thermofluid, Solid Mechanics, Control, Design and Manufacturing, and Micro-nano System.

Thermofluid Division

The main courses of the thermofluid field cover basic researches and engineering applications in intermediate and advanced levels. The former contain thermodynamics, fluid dynamics and combustion engineering, etc. These courses provide students to establish theoretical foundation of thermo-fluid system, as well as the necessary professional knowledge in aerospace and automobile industries, rotational machines, heat exchange system and refrigeration and air-conditioning technologies. The latter are practical courses including power plants, internal combustion engines, solar energy engineering, combustion engineering, heat exchanger system design, refrigeration and air conditioner engineering, etc. With theoretical and practical knowledge from these courses, students shall be qualified as an expert and a future vanguard in mechanical engineering industries.

 Solid Mechanics Division

Basically, the related research is based on mathematical analysis, numerical simulation and experimental observation manner. The objects of study are covering from hundreds atoms thickness thin films or micro-accelerometers to aircrafts or buildings. And the materials of study include metal, polymer, ceramic materials, composite materials and semiconductor materials, etc. In the solid mechanics division, a wide range of courses and support are provided for students to develop wider talents and to enrich their experience. Faculty and expertise now spread across 7 research groups for undergraduate and postgraduate students to work alongside each other as shown below. We are sharing knowledge, ideas and technology to tackle answers to the scientific topics and issues. You are welcome to our division and we encourage you to learn from our world-class experts with so many discoveries happening all around you. Stress analysis is an engineering discipline that applies physical principles and concepts to determine the behaviours, such as stresses and strains, in solid objects subjected to external factors, including mechanical loads, temperature, electric field and magnetic field. Various approaches, for example the mathematical analysis, numerical simulation and experimental observations, have or are being utilised frequently to analyse properties and responses of deformable objects from either the prospect of top-down or bottom-up scale.

Control Division

Most basic and core courses of electrical engineering field, the mechatronics related disciplines and a number of new mechanical and electrical technologies are included in our courses. The teachers’ research areas covered in this group are: physiological signal analysis, digital signal processing, neural network pattern identification, electric vehicle development, human-machine systems, automated precision machining, mechanical and electrical integration systems, biomedical aids systems, advanced sensing and control technology, intelligent automatic control, and other technologies. The courses of this group can nurture our students to be good application or R & D engineers about mechatronics, related equipments and processes.

Design and Manufacturing Division

In design and manufacturing area, we train our students to possess abilities which contain theory and technology about design and manufacturing mechanical and electrical products. These abilities include analysis of mechanical systems, design and manufacturing, measurement, and computer-aided design and manufacturing.  So that our students after graduation can engage in research and development of mechanical design and manufacturing in the fallowing fields: machinery industry, automobile industry, high-tech industries, green energy industry, etc.The expertise of our teachers covers almost all important mechanical design and manufacturing science and technology such as: mechanical processing machinery design, tribology engineering, precision mechanical system design, creative mechanism design, automation machine design, CNC multi-axis machining technology, etc.

Micro-Nano Systems Division

Today, our country is in a transition period of industrial technology upgrading. In order to fit national needs and considering our own condition, we choose the areas "production automation", “energy conservation, development and management” and "MEMS" as the focus to be developed. Micro-Nano Systems is the professional knowledge covering mechanical, electrical, biomedical, film, electronics, micro-energy and other areas expertise. And this also an integrated technology basing on micro-sensors, micro actuators, microelectronic mechanical systems, microscopy systems, biomedical microfluidic chips and micro-processing technology, etc. After the semiconductor industry, MEMS has become a newly integrated Interdisciplinary science and technology that is being pursued by industrial countries. Micro-Nano Systems Group will focus on nanotechnology combining with MEMS technology. This combination will become the key technology to develop high-tech products in twenty-first century. And this will also bring in huge value and have great potential of the international market. With first order teachers and equipment, we foster our students with interdisciplinary and completely knowledge to meet the need of future nanotechnology development.

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 The experts and specialists of mechatronics, electronic packaging, computer languages, interface, network, microprocessor, precision measurement and manufacturing are recruited to be our faculty members.