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Fusion research as an example

Yixiang Gan — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:11:44 -0400

Now, ITER is one of the most important and inevitable projects in fusion research toward commercial usage of fusion energy. Since it has been decided to be built in France and EU will support near 50% of the budget of 11 billion Euro, it is definitely an European, and of course international, challenge. This has been also listed in the NAE Grand challenges.

In terms of orgnization, European Fusion Development Agreement (Garching, Germany) and recently Fusion for Engergy (Barcelona, Spain) are two examples. They reassemble scientists and engineers from differenet disciplines, and in different places together for the same challenge. I think their experiences could be usefull for those challenges, i.e. to break "walls".

NAE Grand challenges for engineering

Zhigang Suo — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:13:39 -0400

Here is a previous iMechanica thread on the NAE Grand challenges. Also, on the NAE website, each challenge has become a long thread of discussion. These threads can be useful resources.

I am happy

Ajit R. Jadhav — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:29:54 -0500

I am happy that someone of Zhigang's competence, sincerity, transparency, and sense of balance has received this honour. I first came to know of his research in early 1990s (on composites), and later on, of course, his initiative of iMechanica is for all to see.

Congratulations, Zhigang!

-- Ajit

Congrats to Prof. Suo

Mogadalai Gururajan — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:39:30 -0500

Dear Prof. Suo,

Congratulations!

Guru

Congratulations to Zhigang!

Jinxiong Zhou — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:21:45 -0500

Congratulations to Zhigang!

Jinxiong

Congratulations to Zhigang!

Yuhang Hu — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:01:35 -0500

Congratulations to Zhigang!

very encouraging news!

Congratulations to both giants

Tian Zhi Luo — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:14:22 -0500

It's an exciting news. Congratulations!

Congratulations!!

Juil Yoon — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 11:57:49 -0500

What a wonderful news!!.

I'm so proud and happy since I'm working with Zhigang.

Congratulations to Frans and Zhigang for this honor!

Congratulations to Prof. Suo

Jie Wang — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 07:39:59 -0500

This is a wonderful news for all Alumni from Xi'an Jiaotong University, especially for those from the Department of Engineering Mechanics.

Congratulations to Zhigang!

Fangsen Cui — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 03:23:07 -0500

Congratulations to Zhigang!

CONGRATULATIONS TO ZHIGANG AND FRANS

Zhen Zhang — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:11:46 -0500

Such a wonderful news. I second Teng's comments. :)

Congratulations to Zhigang

Kewei Li — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 22:19:42 -0500

Congratulations to Zhigang and Frans!

Good luck with your research work!

Congratulations to Zhigang and Frans

zishun liu — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:08:14 -0500

Congratulations to Zhigang and Frans!

Congratulations, Frans and Zhigang!

Teng Li — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 16:23:54 -0500

Congratulations to Frans and Zhigang for this prestigious honor! I'm so fortunate to have Zhigang as my advisor and long time mentor, and Frans as my Ph.D. thesis committee member. Both of them are fantastic teachers and great scientists.

Congratulations

Yanfei Gao — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 15:24:37 -0500

Zhigang:

Congratulations! This is wonderful news. I second Xiaoyan's comments.

yanfei