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Atlanta, GA | Posted: June 10, 2021
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Huang's thesis about the Taipei metro was recognized by the Taiwan STS Dissertation/Thesis Awards Committee.
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Taipei MetroLing-Ming Huang, who graduated with a Ph.D. in the History and Sociology of Technology and Science (HSTS) in May 2020, won a 2021 Merit Award from the Taiwan STS Dissertation/Thesis Awards Committee.
His thesis, supervised by Professor Emeritus John Krige, was titled: The Birth of the Taipei Metro and Technological Hybridity under American Hegemony: the History of the Rail Mass Transportation in Postwar Taiwan.
Huang's dissertation "discusses how a complex rail mass transportation emerged in postwar Taiwan" with a focus on how U.S.-Taiwan relations helped shape it. You can read the abstract and dissertation here.
Congratulations, Ling-Ming, on the well-deserved honor!
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