Loren Chang’s Post

STEM education class on space science and technology at the Eluanbi Branch of Kenting Elementary School by the coast at the southern tip of #Taiwan. The kids clearly were excited and enjoyed the experience. A big hat tip to the members of my lab teaching, as well as our elementary education colleagues who clearly have built an impressive and fun curriculum that encourages fun learning, even including swimming, diving, and surfing. In a world where there is much that can inspire pessimism, despair, and disengagement, it is moments of positive energy and pure joy that encourage us that we can make the world a better place if we strive for it. 今天在位於海岸邊的墾丁國小鵝鑾分校舉辦了太空科學與科技營隊，參加的小朋友很興奮也很有興趣。非常感謝一起下來擔任老師的實驗室成員，以及分校的老師。非常佩服老師們為了讓初等教育活潑與好玩融入了很多好玩的在地因素，這間雙語學校的同學除了生動活潑的課程外還可以學游泳、潛水跟衝浪！ 世界上雖然有很多事情會讓人感到擔憂、絕望及厭世，但是參加這次活動的同學們所傳遞的正能量會促使我們繼續努力來為下一代留下美好的童年及更美好的世界！

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很高興歡迎桃園南勢國小的師生來系上參觀！大家莫忘初衷，繼續追逐、實現太空夢！ A warm welcome to visiting students and teachers from Nanshi Elementary School in Taoyuan City! Don’t give up and turn your dreams into reality!

Great to be back at the first in person Pacific PNT Conference organized by The Institute of Navigation since the pandemic. Looking forward to sessions representing the major satellite navigation projects in the Asia Pacific region, as well as non satellite navigation technologies. Also pleased to be chairing the session on COSMIC/FORMOSAT. Given Taiwan’s early adoption of GNSS radio occultation remote sensing with applications to atmospheric water vapor and ionospheric profiles, as well as more recent investments in GNSS reflectometry and long term investments in ionospheric space weather studies, it is great to be able to showcase our results, while establishing new international partnerships and collaborations.

It has been a pleasure to join our colleagues at the National Central University Department of Physics and Graduate Institute of Astronomy in welcoming visiting faculty and students from the Department of Physics at Mapúa University in the #Philippines. We look forward to continuing and expanding our exchanges with our colleagues in the Philippines and look forward to working together on projects of common interest, especially as related to development and utilization of space capacity in both the Philippines and #Taiwan!

The rapid implementation of satellite communications terminals by the Taiwan Ministry of Digital Affairs #數位部 to support rescue efforts following the April 3 Taiwan earthquake has been very beneficial, especially given the need to provide comms for search and rescue in the remote mountainous areas around Taroko National Park. Thank you to #Taiwan’s 中華電視公司 (Chinese Television System) for the opportunity to discuss the benefits of satcom in this contingency, as well as the possibilities for future expanded implementation. Always pleased that our experiences in supporting small satellite and satcom development, as well as professional consultations at National Central University can contribute to our overall resilience and capacity building, as well as the public understanding of these new capabilities!