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Prospective of %u201cTECO Award%u201dThe seeking of a sustainable coexistence between the humanities and innovative technology is quite a challenging and important work in the interdisciplinary areas. The spirit of the %u201cTECO Award%u201d has always been an important cornerstone for leading the balanced development of technology and humanities. Since its inception in 1993, the %u201cTECO Award%u201d has awarded almost 200 outstanding scholars who have made exceptional contributions in a wide variety of areas of technologies and the humanities and social sciences. To date, it has become a highly recognized and esteemed award in Taiwan, which simultaneously leads to the development of technology to create more values that is beneficial humans and societies.In 2016, the United Nations (UN) officially launched the %u201cSustainable Development Goals (SDGs)%u201d and then the development of net zero emission (NZE) technology was initiated as an important goal worldwide after COP21. These initiatives have triggered the development of environmental green technology and sustainable energy as the prominent technologies for SDGs and NZE. It is anticipated that every country can achieve the connotation requirements of the 17 SDGs by 2030 and NZE by 2050. It is noteworthy that the SDGs promulgated by the UN include three major aspects: economic growth, social progress, and environmental protection, which are highly interlinked with the four categories and ten areas of the %u201cTECO Award%u201d. Therefore, it is anticipated that, through the spirit of TECO Award which can harmoniously integrate technological and humanistic issues. We do believe that %u201cTECO Award%u201d can bring positive power to society and continue to reinforce sustainable development in Taiwan. With the commitment with SDGs and NZE, we can foster a mutual relationship between technological development and socio-economic growth, resulting in an ideal model to fuse the science and technology and humanistic life in Taiwan.History of AchievementsAfter the graduating from National Taiwan University (NTU) in Environmental Engineering, Professor Doong joined the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Sciences (BMES) (formerly Department of Nuclear Science), National Tsing Hua University (NTHU) after his compulsory military service in 1994. He served as the Department Chair of BMES in 2008 and Dean of Nuclear Science at NTHU in 2011. Professor Doong moved to the Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Chiao Tung University in 2015, and then returned to NTHU in 2018 to assist in the establishment of the Institute of Analytical and Environmental Sciences (IAES) at NTHU. He again serves as the Director of the Center for Energy and Environmental Research and Dean of the International College at NTHU, and the Convener of the Division of Environmental Engineering of the Department of Engineering and Technologies, National Science and Technology Council.The research interests of Professor Doong lie in environmentally green technology, circular economy, and net zero emissions, which can be divided into three major phases during his 30-year academic career. The first stage of research work focuses on the exploitation of biological and chemical reactions 096 097