The School of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) of Beihang University has launched a special issue of Materials Lab to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Beihang. The special issue has invited Zhao Lidong, Shui Jianglan, Gong Yongji, and other 12 professors and associate professors from the School of MSE to contribute to the articles, including one editorial and 16 opinion pieces, which cover the state-of-the-art research in materials science, such as energy materials, metallic materials, magnetic materials, computational materials, and advanced functional materials.
Materials Lab is an open-access journal published by Lab Academic Press, focusing on publishing cutting-edge scientific and technological achievements in materials science and engineering. The journal involves interdisciplinary research spanning physics, chemistry and energy, such as materials synthesis, microstructure, mechanical properties, special functions (sound, light, electricity, heat, magnetism), and computational simulation.
As one of the earliest schools at Beihang, the School of MSE was founded in 1954, formerly known as the Department of Aeronautical Metallurgy, and was renamed the current title in 2001. The general development goal of the discipline is “Keeping the characteristics of Aerospace and Aeronautics, meeting the national strategic demands, leading the frontier of the discipline, and building up a world first-class discipline”. The School of MSE has been dedicated to innovating and exploring in academic research, especially in aerospace materials, for more than six decades. It has received national awards of various kinds for serving the country’s strategic needs in science and technology and making key progress in materials research.
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of Beihang University, the School of MES launches the special issue as a summary of the latest development in materials science and a salute to the university. In the future, the School of MSE will continue to adhere to the core goal of meeting the major national needs, gaining a forefront in the world’s materials science and technology, and realizing the country's self-reliance and self-improvement in science and technology.
Reported by Wang Xiaoning
Reviewed by Guo Hongbo
Edited by Jia Aiping
Translated by Li Yifan
