10月21日，台湾国立成功大学蔡明祺教授应宁波材料所所属二级所先进制造所杨桂林所长邀请到宁波材料所进行了学术交流。蔡教授做了题为“马达科技与生活”的学术报告。

报告上，蔡教授主要介绍了马达的发明来源，马达在各种科技应用场合，尤其是机器人在生活上的应用演变，以及近年来马达科技的发展现状。随著科技发展及绿色环保影响下，许多传统产业已逐渐式微，然而马达产业仍随著科技需求持续发光发热。一般马达常被称为传统产业，实质则为民生基础产业，在资讯化与自动化的现代演化过程中应用需求反而愈来愈多，应用领域也愈来愈广。蔡教授给大家观看了许多关于马达在机器人领域中的应用视频，包括目前国际上的顶尖技术和许多概念性的未来的需求方向，给大家带来了很震撼的冲击，同时，蔡教授幽默诙谐的演讲方式也给大家留下了深刻的印象。

会上，在场的科研人员还针对马达、创新设计、机器人等方向，向蔡教授进行真诚请教。对于在场人员提出的问题，蔡教授一一回应，并耐心解答和指导。

Dr. Tsai received his Ph.D. from Dept. Engineering Science at Oxford University in 1990 and became a full Professor in Dept. He is a Chair Professor of Dept. Mechanical Engineering, NCKU and the Director General of Research and Services Headquarters, NCKU. He also serves as the Section Chair of IEEE Tainan Section. He has been at the forefront of research on Robust Control for more than 20 years. His research interests focus on robust control, servo control, motor design, motor control and applications of advanced control technologies using DSP.

 Dr. Tsai has received numerous awards for his accomplishments in research and education, including the National Science Council Outstanding Research Fellow, Taiwan (2013); R&D 100 “Coin Type Motor” (2013); National Science Council Outstanding Research Project, Taiwan (2010, 2005); Gold Medal, iENA Nuremberg Inventor’s Trade Fair (2010); Magnetism Prize, Taiwan Association for Magnetic Technology (2008); Contribution Award of Collaboration with University and Industry of Ministry of Economic Affairs (2007); Delta K.T. Lee Technology Award, Taiwan (2006); Taiwan TECO Science and Technology Prize (2003); Excellent Engineering Professor Award of Chinese Institute of Engineers (2002); and Outstanding Research Award of National Science Council (three times: 1998, 2000 and 2002).