On December 1, 2020, the Zhejiang-Kyoto-Ajou Joint Symposium on Energy Science, organized by Zhejiang University, Kyoto University in Japan and Ajou University in Korea, co-organized by Ningbo University of Technology and the University of Nottingham Ningbo, was successfully held online. A total of 40 oral and 30 poster presentations were arranged for this meeting and 150 teachers and students were attracted to take an active part.

The opening ceremony was hosted by Professor Wu Xuecheng, and Professor Gao Xiang, Dean of the School of Energy Engineering of Zhejiang University, delivered a welcome speech. He briefly reviewed the recent Zhejiang-Kyoto-Ajou Joint Symposiums, expressed gratitude to the universities for their full support, and sincerely invited foreign universities to visit China, holding offline seminars after the epidemic is over. And he wished the event a complete success at last. Professor Keiichi N. Ishihara, Dean of the School of Energy Science, Kyoto University, Japan, and Professor Hye-Young Jang, Dean of the Energy System Research Institute of Asia University, Korea, then introduced the basic situation of their schools and expressed their expectations for this online event.

Group Photo

The symposium not only covers a variety of energy technology research: energy efficiency improvement, combustion pollutant control, energy conversion and storage, energy chemistry principles and energy materials (graphene), etc, across traditional energy and new energy, but also involves the energy situation and various policies in the world today. The participating graduate students discussed and learned with each other, made progress together. And the professors put forward some suggestions and gave points for improvement in their future research.

oral presentation

Poster presentation

At the closing ceremony, Professor Huang Qunxing, the deputy dean of the School of Energy Engineering of Zhejiang University, made a concluding speech, thanking all the participating teachers for their careful guidance and the students for their outstanding performance. He pointed out that the Zhejiang-Kyoto-Ajou Joint Symposium on Energy Science did provide a good platform for participants to share scientific research results and conduct open-minded discussions. Professor Keiichi N. Ishihara from Kyoto University and Professor Hye-Young Jang from Ajou University also delivered speeches, thanking the organization team from Zhejiang University for their efforts in this symposium.

 The successful holding of the Zhejiang-Kyoto-Ajou Joint Symposium on Energy Science indicates that the three universities are committed to providing academic exchanges and communication platforms for research scholars and students in the field of energy technology during the epidemic.