NYCU MESeminar Speaker: 趙怡欽 講座教授
Title: Learn from Nature – A Career Journey of Learning, Speculation, Teaching and Reflection
Date：2021/03/18 (Thursday) 3:30 pm – 5:20pm
Location: Engineering 5 Building B1 International Conference Hall
Abstract:
以時間軸順序回顧超過40年的教、學與研究生涯，發現經由學習-思考-辯論-教學-反思的成長歷程一再地向大自然叩問與大自然對話，慢慢瞭解人的侷限性與短暫性，對大自然的敬畏而在廣大綿長的大自然空間時間洪流中多一點瞭解而找到安身立命的場域，自是人生的一大樂事。在此專題演講將以熱力學、燃燒學與實驗為例，就個人經歷如何自學辯教思敬的歷程與大自然對話，多瞭解一點大自然而反思人的本性與命定，從而樂在其中。
Biography:
Prof. Yei-Chin Chao received his Ph.D. degree from School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA in 1984. Since then, Dr. Chao has been affiliated with Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics of National Cheng Kung University (NCKU). He is now a NCKU Chair Professor since 2017, and a Distinguished Professor since 2002. His research has been in the areas of combustion, propulsion, diagnostics, thermal and fluid flow, and acoustics. He received several national and international awards, including the TECO award, Taiwan, and the Russel Severance Springer Professorship from University of California at Berkeley, USA. He published more than 350 technical articles in well-established journals and conferences. He served as Department Chairman during 2001-2004 and Director of Aerospace Science and technology Research Center (ASTRC), NCKU during 2004-2011. He also served as the Chairman of the Aerospace Research Program of National Science Council (NSC) in Taiwan during 2008-2011. He was the president of the Combustion Institute, Chinese Taipei Section during 2004-2008. He also served as a Member of the Board of Directors of Institute of Dynamics of Explosion and Reactive Systems (IDERS) during 2007-2015. He is currently Associate Fellow of AIAA and Fellow of Aeronautic and Astronautic Society of ROC. He currently serves on the Editorial Board of Combustion and Flame.