My name is Pham Truong Nhat Phuong, a Ph.D. student from National Central University. Some days ago, I have golden opportunity to participate “2016 Enterprise Visit for International Graduate Students” held by CTCI Foundation. I think that trip is worthily memorable and changes my mind so much. Firstly, I felt more and more confident to face with an international and professional environment, we lived with some students not only come from Southeast Asian or Taiwan but also from Africa or Europe. Actually, I thought that every person who joined this CTCI trip has some special abilities, and now I could see apparently. Some friends are non-Chinese speakers but they can speak Chinese very fluently. Additionally, they are also studying from top national universities of Taiwan such as NTU, NCKU, NTHU, and NTUST… I strongly think I have to study and practice a lot and to be a part of active researchers in future. Secondly, every trip to Taiwan enterprises is an interesting story. The similarity between them is that their beginning point is just a small family firm. They built their own firm within twenty years as well as achieved international trademark and now, they are well-known giants. As the story of Taiwan Hon Chuan Group, actually, I have just known about their scope after the visit. An invisible giant who is very famous for its handling manufacture around the world, including Taiwan, China, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Myanmar, Cambodia, and Mozambique. Another story is about Phison. This company was found by only “five-person”, but now Phison is a market leader in Flash controllers and applications including USB, SD, and SATA. At present, Phison has more than 1,100 employees, and its total capital reaches NT$ 1.97 billion. Maybe the most impressive story I suppose is about Hiwin Technologies Corporation. Established in 1989, Hiwin Technologies Corp. is the 2nd largest linear motion control and system technology manufacturer in the world. I was really impressed by their linear guideways. Thank their design; I have a sudden idea about damping problem in earthquake engineering. Moreover, I cannot forget to mention about Invest Taiwan Service Center owning to their information about working qualifications for a foreigner like me. Besides, I feel a little bit regret because we do not have any chances to visit a construction corporation. In my opinion, I think that Taiwan’s technologies for construction and high-rise building can sufficiently compare with Japan (in design and calculation for resisting earthquakes, structural or geotechnical problems).
