This special issue includes the best peer-reviewed papers on Control Theory and Engineering Practice selected from the Second International Conference on Engineering and Technology Innovation 2012 (ICETI2012) held in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, R.O.C.
The ICETI2012 Conference covers a wide range of fields in science and engineering innovation and aims to bring together engineering technology expertise. The objective of the conference is to facilitate close dialogues among experts on issues relating to research and technological development in advanced science and engineering innovation technology. Over four hundred attendees from all over the world from the industry academia and government sectors gathered at the ICETI2012 Conference to discourse on subjects such as research and development, professional practice, business and management in the science and engineering fields.
The Editors would like to acknowledge heartily all the members of the Technical and Organizing Committees for their efforts to organize the conference successfully and to perform their duties as chairmen and reviewers. Furthermore, we would like to thank the authors for submitting their work to the conference and contributing to the quality of the special issue. We also express our profound gratitude to the reviewers for their time, effort and professional comments in evaluating the papers.
At last, we would like to extend our deepest appreciation to the editorial staff of Journal of Applied Research and Technology for their hard work and timely response to allow the publication of this issue.
August, 2013