The Slovak-Taiwan Hydropower Research Laboratory (STHPRL) was officially set up in 2021 as a research subdivision of the Design Practice Office of STUDIO Ltd. However, the roots of the research activities stretch back to 2011, when the first complex mapping of the Taiwanese Hydropower plants took place. Since then, the original mapping task has expanded, and the laboratory is now handling more complex tasks such as identification and excavation of historical sites or consultation, design, and advising on hydropower machinery import-export.The laboratory gathers engineers, architects, and local enthusiasts to form a piece of complex, tangible information on the given topics. It is forming a complex hydropower reference platform for developers and academic institutions.For more information on the currently ongoing projects, please follow our Facebook page or YouTube channel.

斯洛伐克 / 台灣水力研究實驗室

Slovak-Taiwan Hydropower Research Laboratory

研究團隊 / Team

史蒂芬 / Štefan TKÁČ

Lab director

Štefan is an Associate professor of Architecture, Urban and Conceptual Design. He is a former Chair of Architecture and Civil Engineering at the American University of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and The Technical University of Kosice´s advisor to the rector’s office for International Academic relationships in South and Far East Asia.

He holds an EUR ING diploma along with the International Society for Engineering Pedagogy ING PAED IGIP title.

His most significant accomplishments as a professional include:

Fulbright Visiting Scholar to the University of Arizona – College of Engineering, Dual PhD from the Technical University of Košice, the Slovak Republic, and Chung Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan R.O.C. PhD in both the Theory of Designing Buildings and Environment and Civil Engineering. CEO of an international architectural company STUDIO Ltd. Founder of the first Slovak academic International Branch Campus. Head of the Slovak~Taiwan hydro energy research lab and the author of the first complex mapping of Taiwanese hydropower plants. Štefan is also a member of the Asian Network of Industrial Heritage and an IGIP Executive Committee member.

鄧宗文 / Eric DENG

Associate Researcher

Eric is a Green Energy Technology Application Group graduate from the Department of Electronic Engineering, at Cheng Shiu University (CSU). Recently, Eric has been working with the Taiwan Television Corporation, Taitung Broadcasting Station and he is an Associate researcher with the "Slovak/Taiwan Hydropower Research Laboratory".

He is the Author of a special book commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Taitung Electrical Industry.

Since 2018 he has been a special reporter and a long-term contributor to the Taipower Journal with the topics mainly on the history of hydro and thermal power plants. Eric is also interviewing people connected with the Energy development in Taiwan and mapping the history of each substation).

In 2019 Eric was a lecturer of the Taipower Intermediate Supervisor Liberal Arts Course and in 2022 an invited speaker for the Asian Network of Industrial Heritage (ANIH) during the Waterway and Power seminar on Development of Hydropower Industrial Heritage.

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