▲New Engineering Education▼
The most creative department of civil engineering in Taiwan

Since Academic Year 2019, the Department of Civil Engineering of I-Shou University has taken part in the New Engineering Education Method Experiment & Construction in the charge of the Department of Information and Technology Education of the Ministry of Education, becoming one of the seven engineering-related departments promoting innovative curriculum reform in Taiwan, including the Department of Civil Engineering of National Taiwan University, the Department of Power Mechanical Engineering of National Tsing Hua University, the Department of Computer Science of National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, the Department of Refrigeration, Air-Conditioning and Energy Engineering of National Chin-Yi University of Technology, and the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering and the Department of Electronic Engineering of Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology. With the assistance from the Ministry of Education, we apply problem-based learning to our curriculum and add five theme-based deep-bowl courses to professional courses so that students can increase professional knowledge of mathematics, mechanics, theory of structure, geodetics, and construction management through hands-on exercises. Starting from the second half of the freshman year, students can cultivate themselves as a civil engineer, gain professional knowledge and skills of engineering, and build a solid foundation for becoming future leaders through the creative projects we offer, such as concrete bowling balls, mysterious caves at ISU, pedestrian bridges at ISU, new construction materials, and innovative civil engineering. We look forward to changing civil engineering education in Taiwan by incorporating innovation, design, practice, and autonomous learning into our everyday learning. Come join us!

Five theme-based deep-bowl courses

Deconstruct engineering mechanics

This deep-bowl course, adopting problem-based learning, covers four major topics, which are mechanics (including physics), mathematics (calculus), materials (including an introduction to materials and practice), and question design. Students can connect their experiments with weekly topics based on mechanics. Through hands-on practice, students can understand the nature of force as well as the direct correlation between force and shapes/materials.

Explore geotechnical engineering

This deep-bowl course helps students understand the underground space in the field of geotechnical engineering. By building a sandbox, students can learn about soil constitution. And then, they can observe the stability of geological formation under the influence of the environment (water) and (human) engineering and anticipate possible results in different conditions with simple numerical values. Finally, by designing a case of safe excavation, students can learn basic principles and steps of stability analysis and construction.

Design engineering structure

This deep-bowl course leads students to the amazing world of structural design. From making a spaghetti bridge and a wooden bridge withstanding the weight of a person to building a pedestrian bridge connecting ISU and E-Da Outlet Mall, students can learn basic theories and steps of structural design and analysis through hands-on practice.

Discover new materials

This deep-bowl course begins from road pavement structures, helping students explore possible changes of roads when different materials, such as fly ash, slag, glass cullet, metals, or nanomaterials, are added into concrete pavements or asphalt concrete pavements.

Innovate civil engineering

From an operational aspect of an engineering company or agency, this course integrates professional knowledge of construction management, engineering economy, transportation engineering, and decision analysis with innovative and smart technologies, software application, and practice. By connecting four projects, students are trained to integrate professional knowledge of transportation and construction management with the management of engineering organizations and apply innovative technologies and decision analysis tools.

Five theme-based deep-bowl courses

Deconstruct engineering mechanics

Explore geotechnical engineering

Design engineering structure

Discover new materials

Innovate civil engineering

Project Team

Lin, Kuo-Liang Professor&Principal Investigator
Highest Degree：Ph.D., University of Texas atAustin
Specialization：Construction Management, Computer Integrated Construction, Construction Automation
E-mail：kllin@isu.edu.tw

Ku, Chih-Sheng Professor
Highest Degree：Ph.D., National Cheng Kung University
Specialization：Soil Liquefaction, Foundation Engineering, Geotechnical Disaster mitigation
E-mail：csku@isu.edu.tw

Cheng, Juey-Fu Associate Professor
Highest Degree：Ph.D., National Cheng Kung University
Specialization：Highway Engineering, Traffic Engineering, Operations Research
E-mail：chengjf@isu.edu.tw

Jan, Ming Young Associate Professor
Highest Degree：Ph.D., National Cheng Kung University
Specialization：Hydrologic Analysis, Fluid Mechanics
E-mail：myjan@isu.edu.tw

Lin, Tie-Shyong Associate Professor
Highest Degree：Ph.D., University of Iowa
Specialization：Optimum Design, Ecological Land Use and Planning
E-mail：tplin@isu.edu.tw

Luo, Huan-Lin Professor
Highest Degree：Ph.D., Kansas State University
Specialization：Computational Fluid Dynamics, Green Materials
E-mail：hlluo@isu.edu.tw

Liu, Ming-Lou Associate Professor
Highest Degree：Ph.D., Texas A & M University
Specialization：Geotechnical Engineering, Constitutive Law, Pavement Engineering
E-mail：mlliu@isu.edu.tw

Ma, Chen-Min Associate Professor
Highest Degree：Ph.D., Duke University
Specialization：Geotechnical Engineering, Environmental Geotechnology
E-mail：chenmin@isu.edu.tw

Lin, Deng-Fong Professor
Highest Degree：Ph.D., National Central University
Specialization：Civil Engineering Material, Pavement Engineering
E-mail：dflin@isu.edu.tw

Shih, Mao-Chang Associate Professor
Highest Degree：Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Specialization：Traffic Engineering, Transportation Management
E-mail：maochang@isu.edu.tw