The 3rd International Conference in Aerospace for Young Scientists (ICAYS 2018), hosted by Beihang University, took place at the 1st Conference Room of New Main Building on the morning of September 15th.
Prof. Wen Dongsheng, Special Assistant to President for International Affairs and Dean of the School of Aeronautic Science and Engineering, and seven leading experts from world-renowned universities and research institutes including the Academy of Science of the Royal Society of Canada, Cranfield University, The University of Alabama, North Carolina State University, Villanova University, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Tamkang University, as well as more than 30 young scholars and postgraduates from over ten countries and regions around the world, attended the opening ceremony.
Prof. Wen addressed the opening ceremony and extended his warmest welcome to all experts and young scholars attending the conference. He reviewed the history of Beihang’s development over the past 66 years and briefed on the outstanding achievements Beihang had achieved. He noted that young people play a decisive role for the development of aerospace, and the Young Scientists Conference, as the first international nonprofit conference focusing on the academic exchange of young scholars, aims to provide a platform for young scholars in the field of aerospace to exchange their research achievements.
Sebastian Wegt, a doctoral student from Technische Universität Darmstadt, and Wang Xiangyu, a doctoral student from the School of Aeronautic Science and Engineering of Beihang University, respectively spoke on behalf of all international young scholars. They expressed their gratitude to this international platform which brought them an opportunity to exchange ideas and urged that the young scholars should follow the international academic frontier, shoulder the responsibility of industrial development, and contribute to the international academic exchanges.
Following that, Dean Wen issued the appointment letter to the chairmen of the conference sub-sessions.
The opening ceremony was followed by two superb presentations given by prof. Jerzy Komorowski from the Academy of Science of the Royal Society of Canada and Prof. Phillip Meredith Ligrani from The University of Alabama, entitled “HOLSIP and the Need for Physics Based Modeling” and “Heat Transfer Enhancements from Elastic Turbulence within Rotating Couette Flow Using Sucrose-Based Polymer Solutions”, respectively.
The opening ceremony wrapped up in a warm atmosphere. Other excellent academic activities like special reports, seminars and “611 Night” will be successively carried out later.
The 3rd International Conference in Aerospace for Young Scientists (ICAYS 2018) is an important part of the “International Week”, which is a week-long series of activities hosted by the School of Aeronautic Science and Engineering. The “International Week” was launched on September 10th, covering activities like the launching ceremony of the Overseas Expertise Introduction Center for Discipline Innovation of Multiscale Mechanics and Thermodynamics, the Academic Forum of Aerospace and Mechanics, and related seminars on the developing direction of the discipline. The activity has brought together a number of top-ranking scholars and renowned experts form world-class universities and research institutions to conduct extensive and in-depth discussion on discipline development, international research cooperation, talent cultivation and other areas.
Reported by Wei Ning
Edited by Song Chao and Lyu Xingyun
Translated by Lyu Xingyun
