On the morning of July 13, the 2018 International Forum on Intelligent Manufacturing Technology for Graduate Students organized by the School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation was held at Room B506, New Main Building. Song Xiaodong, Director of the Division of Graduate Affairs Management, Cai Jun, Deputy Dean of the School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation and Cong Baoqiang, Deputy Party Secretary of the School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation attended the opening ceremony. Other participants included researchers and graduate students from well-known foreign universities such as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Cambridge and the University of Waterloo as well as graduate students from domestic universities or research institutes including Beihang University, Peking University, Tsinghua University, Harbin Institute of Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology and so on.
Cai Jun expressed his hope in the speech that all graduate students present could actively engage in the forum so as to gain an international academic vision, improve their scientific research capability and reach the frontier of the intelligent manufacturing technology. After the opening ceremony, Associate Professor Peng Peng from the School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation gave an invited speech. Dr. Tawfique Hasan from the University of Cambridge, Dr. Jin Chao from Sun Yat-sen University and Dr. Zhang Liwen from Beihang University also made three brilliant speeches titled “Printable Devices with 2D Material Functional Inks: Performance and Scalability”, “Application of Innovative Technology for Water Industry” and “Bioinspired Strong Wet Attachment Surface Based on the Strong Boundary Friction of Tree Frog's Toe Pad” respectively.
The forum was strongly supported by the Graduate School of Beihang University and the graduate workshop of the Chief Union. It focused on the intelligent manufacturing, robot manufacturing, micro/nano manufacturing and other interdisciplinary fields. The forum built a comprehensive and open platform of academic and cultural exchanges for graduate students, aiming at helping graduate students broaden their horizons, stimulate innovation and enthusiasm and improve their scientific research capability. Different research ideas and achievements in the fields of intelligent manufacturing, robot, micro/nano processing and jointing and additive manufacturing were shared and discussed in the following three days. There were all together 3 invited talks and 26 speeches in the forum.
Reported by Zhang Xinqiao
Edited by Sun Yecheng
Translated by Xiong Ting
