NCUT Competes at gSIC 2025, Winning a Merit Award in the Design CategoryDate：2025-12-03
The 2025 Global Student Innovation Challenge (gSIC) was grandly held in Bangkok, Thailand, bringing together elite teams from dozens of countries around the world. Representing Taiwan, National Chin-Yi University of Technology (NCUT) participated in the competition under the leadership of Dr. Chin-Po Shih from the Department of Electronic Engineering. The team competed in the Design Category with an innovative tactile interaction project and was awarded a Merit Award, once again showcasing NCUT’s creative strength on the international stage.
Dr. Shih has long been dedicated to innovation research and has led students to participate in numerous domestic and international competitions. The project presented at gSIC 2025 integrated multimodal interaction technologies, demonstrating strong interdisciplinary capabilities that combine electronic engineering, sensor design, and human–computer interface development. Although the team did not place among the top three as initially hoped, both faculty and students displayed outstanding creativity, technical competence, and teamwork throughout the competition, earning recognition from the international jury.
Student team members shared that observing the high level of sophistication in projects from other countries and engaging in exchanges with international peers provided invaluable learning experiences. “Being able to represent Taiwan on an international stage is a rare and meaningful opportunity. We will continue to improve and challenge ourselves, ” the students said.
NCUT Competes at gSIC 2025, Winning a Merit Award in the Design Category NCUT Competes at gSIC 2025, Winning a Merit Award in the Design Category ３ NCUT noted that Dr. Shih has achieved repeated success in international invention exhibitions in the past, and this year’s participation in gSIC further highlights the university ’s solid foundation in electronics, engineering, and innovative design. Moving forward, NCUT will continue to promote interdisciplinary, hands-on, and competitionoriented education, encouraging more young talents to step onto the global stage and pursue international challenges.
Dr. Shih has long been dedicated to innovation research and has led students to participate in numerous domestic and international competitions. The project presented at gSIC 2025 integrated multimodal interaction technologies, demonstrating strong interdisciplinary capabilities that combine electronic engineering, sensor design, and human–computer interface development. Although the team did not place among the top three as initially hoped, both faculty and students displayed outstanding creativity, technical competence, and teamwork throughout the competition, earning recognition from the international jury.
Student team members shared that observing the high level of sophistication in projects from other countries and engaging in exchanges with international peers provided invaluable learning experiences. “Being able to represent Taiwan on an international stage is a rare and meaningful opportunity. We will continue to improve and challenge ourselves, ” the students said.
NCUT Competes at gSIC 2025, Winning a Merit Award in the Design Category NCUT Competes at gSIC 2025, Winning a Merit Award in the Design Category ３ NCUT noted that Dr. Shih has achieved repeated success in international invention exhibitions in the past, and this year’s participation in gSIC further highlights the university ’s solid foundation in electronics, engineering, and innovative design. Moving forward, NCUT will continue to promote interdisciplinary, hands-on, and competitionoriented education, encouraging more young talents to step onto the global stage and pursue international challenges.
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