After graduating, he was admitted to the Mechanical engineering master's program at the National Cheng Kung University, and later obtained a Ph D. degree from the University of Oklahoma.
後又考進成大機械研究所，得到碩士學位；並出國深造，獲美國奧克拉荷馬州立大學機械工程博士學位。成大學生多是以第三、四志願考上的，有些難免缺乏自信與豪氣，而另一些則認為自己是「考運不佳」。