When I took the decision of come to Taiwan I did it thinking that this was a great opportunity to improve my knowledge about Electrical Engineering but there is always the doubt of how is going to be my university, the doubt of know if my university will fill all my expectations and if it will be really important in my professional future.
When I arrived Taipei I found a very modern city full of things that we don’t have in my country like the MRT or the High Speed Rail, and I thought that I would like to know a little bit more about their functioning and all the problems that the Taiwanese Engineers had to face during the construction.
After two weeks in Taipei it was time to go to my university, National Sun Yat Sen in Kaohsiung and when I arrived I found a beautiful university located in mountain in front of the sea, but it was time to begin my classes.
At the beginning I saw a well done master program with 8 main courses, among these courses I have to take four and the other courses I can choose them from other Engineering programs until I complete the 24 credits necessary to finish the program.I can take courses related to Electric Machinery, Power Systems and Control.
During there first semester I had to choose my advisor and the laboratory that I wanted to join. Because of my background working in the Electric Power Distribution Company in Panama I chose to join to the Power Systems Application Software Lab. In this Lab I am beginning my research in Distribution Automation; I had the opportunity of visiting the offices of Tai Power and see all the things the have and which things we have to improve in my back in my country.