About
Academic Background
- MPhil in University of Cambridge
- MSc / BSc in National Cheng Kung University
- MIT Sloan V. Fellow
- MIT Sustainability Certificate
Working Experience
- Director-CTO, SPRING POOL GLASS
- Founder, W GLASS PROJECT
- Fellow, EISENHOWER FELLOWSHIP
- Executive Engineer, TSMC
Bio
- T.A. Wu is Director-CTO of Spring Pool Glass, the largest glass recycling company in Taiwan, which recovers over 100,000 tons of waste glass annually and transforms it into valuable material and circular products. His ultimate goal is to “forge a unique industry for a green circular economy, ” by converting limited resources into sustainable materials that can be continuously recycled.” Wu was awarded the 2018 Taiwan Presidential Innovative Award and has been featured by the Discovery Channel for his innovative invention of green building material. He has a graduate degree from the University of Cambridge and also has been awarded as 2018 Eisenhower Innovation Fellowship. With a tremendously profound interest in circular economy, glass material science, and glass arts, T.A. also specializes in innovative research and development of glass material as well as optimal design of factories.
Award
Eisenhower Fellowship Award
Eisenhower Fellowship
2018 Innovation Fellow
Presidential Innovation Award
Presidential Innovation Award
2018 Award
2018 GQ Men of the Year
GQ Men of the Year
Outstanding Enterpriser
The Leader of Tomorrow Award
2017 Gen. T Annual Award
The Leader of Tomorrow
Top 10 MVP Taiwan Managers
2017 Best Top 10 Taiwan Managers
Best Entrepreneur
Business Weekly Best Enterpriser
Media
Monocle Magazine, UK
Urban Hero 2018 May
Discovery Channel, US
Taiwan Green Tech Innovator 2017
GQ, Taiwan
Hero of the Circular Economy
CCTV, China
Glass Recycling in Circular Economy
Business Weekly, Taiwan
From waste glass to diamond
Commonwealth Magazine, Taiwan
Create the Value of Waste Glass