Monday, 31 August
Venue: Rm.310, Graduate School, IMR CAS
8:30 - 8:45 Opening: Prof. Rui Yang
Address of welcome: Prof. Ke Lu and Prof. David Embury
Session I
Chair: Prof. Ke Lu
8:45-9:35 Presentation (1)
Topic Education for materials engineers in Canada
Prof. David Embury
McMaster University, Canada
9:35-10:25 Presentation (2)
Topic Projects and case based learning: a process to teach student science,
engineering, and innovation
Prof. Yves Brechet
Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble-INP), France
10:25-10:40 Group photo & coffee break
Session II
Chair: Prof. David Embury
10:40-11:30 Presentation (3)
Topic Interactive case studies for the support of corrosion education
Prof. Robert A. Cottis
University of Manchester, UK
11:30-12:20 Presentation (4)
Topic Materials education at USTC: a physics and chemistry-based approach
Prof. Chu-sheng Chen
University of Science and Technology of China
12:30-13:30 Lunch
Session III
Chair: Prof. Yves Brechet
13:40-14:30 Presentation (5)
Topic A contrast between English and American education styles
Prof. A.D. Rollett
Carnegie Mellon University, USA
14:30-15:20 Presentation (6)
Topic A comparison of educational methods in France and China
Prof. Kui Y. Zhang
Reims University, France
15:20-16:10 Presentation (7)
Topic Materials research and development activities at University of Science and
Technology Beijing, China
Prof. Ge Wang
University of Science and Technology Beijing, China
16:10-16:20 Coffee Break
Session IV
Poster Session
Time: 16:20-18:20
Venue: 1st Floor of Graduate School, IMR CAS
18:30-20:00 Welcome Dinner
Tuesday, 1 September
Venue: Rm.310, Graduate School, IMR CAS
Session V
Chair: Prof. Rui Yang
8:30-9:20 Presentation (8)
Topic: An Australia-China model for collaborative education and research in materials
science and engineering
Prof. Barry Muddle
Monash University, Australia
9:20-10:10 Presentation (9)
Topic Teaching of materials science and engineering in China and in the UK: a personal
perspective
Prof. A. Godfrey
Tsinghua University, China
10:10-10:25 Coffee break
Session VI
Chair: Prof. A.D. Rollett
10:25-11:15 Presentation (10)
Topic Academics and industry: a productive exchange
Prof. Yves Brechet
Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble-INP), France
11:15-12:05 Presentation (11)
Topic Interactions between universities and the steel industry in Canada
Prof. David Embury
McMaster University, Canada
12:15-13:30 Lunch
Session VII
Chair: Prof. Barry Muddle
13:40-14:30 Presentation (12)
Topic Innovation-oriented graduate education: Challenges in the Chinese context
Prof. Rui Yang
Institute of Metal Research, CAS, China
14:30-15:20 Presentation (13)
Topic Low cost development methods for postgraduate courses in materials
Robert A. Cottis
University of Manchester,UK
15:20-15:35 Coffee break
Session VIII
Chair: Prof. Robert A. Cottis
15:35-17:35 Presentation (14)
Demonstrate the latest version of the CES system
Prof. Yves Brechet
Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble-INP), France
17:35-17:45 Concluding by Prof. David Embury