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Since the demonstration offshore wind farms in the Taiwan Strait were designed for deployment at shallow to intermediate water depths (5 - 30 m), a long-term and reliable inspection solution would be required for the operations and maintenance of the offshore wind farm. Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) are safe, maneuverable, inexpensive, and particularly suited to long-term, routine, repetitive, and highly risky underwater explorations, inspections, or monitoring. As the targets of exploration missions become more diverse, the use of image sensors to supplement environmental exploration data has become mainstream. For example, AUVs can be used for mapping ocean topography and geomorphology, conducting long-term surveys of submarine resources, performing an environmental assessment of waters with high economic value, tracking and monitoring pollution sources, tracking marine habitats, and inspecting deep-sea infrastructure and pipelines.

The one-hour session on “Introduction to Marine Technology and Engineering – Innovation and Technology” was presented by Dr. Lin, Yu-Hsien (Associate Professor at the Department of Systems and Naval Mechatronic Engineering, College of Engineering, NCKU and Director of the Marine Technology and Engineering Laboratory, NCKU). The state-of-the-art marine technology and engineering established at NCKU were introduced in this lecture. The main research highlights presented were related to offshore wind engineering, towing tank tests, AUVs, and intelligent systems. The lecture was recorded and is now made available on the NCKU Overseas Hub in Malaysia’s Facebook page: https://fb.watch/gwyjFK0fT6/. Among the attendees were students from NCKU and Universitas Airlangga, Indonesia.