From Chiao Tai to NTU to founding a drone company: our founder returns to his old school
In brief: Chiang Tien-nung, founder of General Drone Service — a 2013 Chiao Tai High School graduate and a graduate of National Taiwan University's Department of International Business — returned to his old school for a live demonstration of drone facade cleaning, and announced a drone elective the company will help teach, aimed at building Taiwan's next generation of work-at-height and automation talent.
On 19 December 2025, Chiao Tai High School held its sports day. Alongside the competition there was an unusual technical demonstration: General Drone Service founder Chiang Tien-nung brought his team back to his old school and used the library building as the subject of a live drone facade cleaning display.
The demonstration showed how far drone technology has matured in real working environments. It also marked something else — an alumnus giving something back, and a new chapter in the industry–education partnerships driving Taiwan's drone sector forward.
The demonstration: high-access cleaning brought into the school
The team chose the library building not only because it is a campus landmark, but because it is where the founder spent much of his own time as a student. Watching an actual facade cleaning operation gave the students, staff and parents' association members present a direct sense of how mature and how practical the technology has become.
Why the demonstration mattered
On the day, more than thirty guests attended — parents' association chair Chang Chia-hua, counselling association chair Ho Te-chih, honorary chairs Chen Yao-kung and Lai Fu-yuan, and their vice-chairs. Between the inter-class tug of war, the inter-departmental basketball, the school singing contest and the three-legged balloon race, they watched the drone cleaning demonstration from start to finish, and were visibly impressed by the standard of the flying.
What the demonstration established:
- Technical maturity — drone facade cleaning has moved out of the experimental stage and can handle building facade work steadily and safely
- Real working application — this is not a flying display; it is a professional tool that delivers value in an actual working environment
- Educational value — students saw an emerging industry first-hand, which does more for motivation than any description of it
Why the library building
The team, made up of Chiao Tai alumni, chose the library deliberately. It is a campus landmark, but it is also where their own memories of school are concentrated — which gave the demonstration a warmth and an educational weight it would not otherwise have had.
The partnership: developing drone talent with mission-oriented thinking
The founder announced that the company will work with Chiao Tai High School to run a drone elective and to help establish a student club, supplying teaching staff and training. His emphasis was on building mission-oriented thinking and teamwork in the students who follow him — the kind of capability Taiwan's fast-growing drone sector actually needs.
The founder's view
Having gone through six years at Chiao Tai, he said, passing on what he has learned to students at the same school means a great deal to him personally.
Chiang Tien-nung: "I hope a demonstration of real work helps the students here understand where this emerging industry is going, and opens the way for closer links between industry and education."
He noted that Taiwan's drone sector has grown quickly in recent years, and that the Taiwan–US defence industry forum held in June named drone cooperation as a priority topic — a signal of expanding demand across the supply chain and for the people to work in it.
What "mission-oriented thinking" means
The founder placed particular weight on this. It covers three things:
- Problem-led learning — not simply learning to fly, but understanding how to use a drone to solve an actual problem
- Working as a team — drone operations need several people: the pilot, ground support, safety monitoring
- Understanding the applications — knowing where and why drone technology creates value across different industries
Where Taiwan's drone sector is heading
He highlighted during the demonstration that the June 2024 Taiwan–US defence industry forum named drone cooperation as a priority topic, which points to three things:
- Supply chain demand is expanding — from manufacturing through software development to applied services, the whole chain is growing quickly
- The talent gap is visible — demand for skilled drone operation, maintenance and applications development keeps rising as the sector grows
- It has become strategically significant — drone technology being named a priority in Taiwan–US cooperation reflects both its strategic value and its growth potential
The school's response: a cross-disciplinary drone elective
Principal Wen Shun-te noted that Chiang Tien-nung graduated from the senior high school in 2013, started his own company straight after graduating from NTU's Department of International Business, and — having made a success of it — was willing to give something back to the school. From next semester the school will run a drone elective across its senior high, information and electronics, and mechanical engineering streams, built in five stages: industry economics, safety regulation, underlying principles, simulator training and outdoor practical work.
The principal on what the alumnus brought
Principal Wen Shun-te said he was grateful for the care the founder had taken — bringing the drone industry onto campus and running a high-access cleaning demonstration so that students could see for themselves where an emerging industry is heading.
The five-stage course structure
The principal also confirmed that the elective will run next semester across the senior high, information and electronics, and mechanical engineering streams, using the five-stage structure so that students learn the underlying principles and then actually fly, building capability across disciplines.
The founder's background
Chiao Tai to NTU
Chiang Tien-nung's background is straightforward and verifiable:
- Chiao Tai High School, class of 2013 — six years at the school, junior high through senior high
- National Taiwan University, Department of International Business — a commercial and management grounding at Taiwan's leading university
- Founded and built his own company — turning that training into an operating business
Building the business, then returning to the school
He started the company directly after graduating from NTU, and having built it, chose to return to his old school with it. Signing an agreement with a school and helping run a course is a commitment of time rather than a gesture: it says something about both the company's technical depth and its willingness to invest in the sector's future workforce.
Applying advanced technology to real work
General Drone Service is not simply "a company that does drones". It is a professional services provider that applies drone technology in real working environments — which is where the technology's practicality and maturity are actually tested.
Frequently asked questions
Q1: Who founded General Drone Service?
A: The founder is Chiang Tien-nung (江天農), a 2013 graduate of Chiao Tai High School who started the company after graduating from National Taiwan University's Department of International Business. Having built the business, he has returned to support his old school by bringing the drone industry into the classroom.
Q2: How are drones used for high-access cleaning?
A: Professional cleaning equipment is carried on a multirotor airframe and applied to the building facade through precise flight control and a spray system. Against rope access or cradle work, flying from the ground removes the occupational risk of suspending a worker at height entirely, and the method suits curtain wall glazing, tile, stone and most other facade materials. More detail: work-at-height cleaning services.
Q3: Is there a course on drone technology?
A: Yes. In partnership with the company, Chiao Tai High School will run a drone elective next semester across its senior high, information and electronics, and mechanical engineering streams. The course is built in five stages — industry economics, safety regulation, underlying principles, simulator training and outdoor practical work — so students understand the theory and actually fly.
Closing: industry–education partnership and the sector's future
Returning to his old school is a demonstration of corporate responsibility, but it is also something more practical: a new route into the sector for the people who will work in it.
Bringing drone technology into the classroom, and building mission-oriented thinking and teamwork alongside the technical skill, produces people with real working experience — which is what Taiwan's drone sector needs if it is to keep growing.
Looking ahead
With drone cooperation named a priority topic at the Taiwan–US defence industry forum, Taiwan's drone sector is entering a period of rapid development.
Industry–education partnership, talent development, and applied technology — those three together are what will give the sector a durable foundation.
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- Technical consultation and assessment — working out which method and approach fits your building
- Industry–education partnerships — helping schools establish drone-related courses
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Last updated: 19 December 2025
