An association of Taiwanese winners of the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) over the past 29 years has been established in Taipei, the organizers said Thursday. 'In the last 29 years, we have sent 172 students to participate in the global competition and 129 of them have won awards,' said the National Taiwan Science Education Center (NTSEC) which has set up the association jointly with Intel Corporation. 'We have contacted about 70 percent of the students and they are happy to be members of this family and share their work and study experiences,' said Marianna Fung, an editor in the experimentation division of the NTSEC. The mission of the association, called the 'ISEF Alumni, Taiwan', is mainly to identify talented young students and help them to develop in the areas of science education and research, said the convener of the association, Wu Jiun- huei, who is also an associate professor in the Physics Department of National Taiwan University. The only Taiwan student to date who has won the Intel Young Scientist Award said the launch of the association is an exciting development. 'I am so excited that we have an association within which we could gather, share our experiences and help those who have dreams in this field,' said Su I-Han, Su, now a sophomore at Massachusetts Institute of Technology where she is majoring in Materials Science, said that her participation in the competition gave her an opportunity to learn from students of other countries and broaden her views. Another former competitor Sing Ben-yuan, who graduated from Duke University this summer, returned from the United States for the launch of the association, which he said was an important event in his life. 'It has made me realize how limited my knowledge is and I'm eager to learn more, ' said Sing, who plans to attend Pennsylvania State University for graduate study in biology. 