Based on the successful operation of UASR Virtual Summer Courses 2020, UASR Secretariat along with member Universities and sub-alliances, will continue the endeavor this year, and roll out the UASR Virtual Summer Courses 2021 to provide high-quality international education resources for teachers and students of University Alliance of the Silk Road (UASR). The courses are open for free to university teachers and students.
·Duration
From July 19 to July 30, 2021 (the course Traditional Chinese Culture will be a live course streamed on July 15 and 19, 2021)
·Platform
The program is technically supported by the International Knowledge Centre for Engineering Sciences and Technology under the Auspices of UNESCO (IKCEST). The majority of courses will be registered and accessed through IKCEST System, except for the following courses: International Heritage Research at the University of Liverpool, Chinese Culture: Tradition, Transformation and Interaction and Traditional Chinese Culture.The process of participation (through IKCEST) includes following steps:
1. Register for an IKCEST account (recommended to be done by July 19, 2021)
http://ikcest.org/my/register.htm?returnUrl=http://ikcest.org/my/training_userlist.htm&type=srst
Note: Please regiter only through this link. DO NOT Register through other URLs.
2. Select the courses through the Verify Codes (recommended to be done by July 19, 2021)
3. Take the courses (July 19-30, 2021)
4. Finish the survey and take the exam for each course (after finishing each course)
5. Get the E-certificate
Instructions in detail and Verify Codes can be found in the attachment
·Teaching Faculties
Well-known experts and scholars from the world who focus on frontier and leading-edge industry knowledge
·Course Information in details
Innovation and Design: The Italian Way
No. |
Lecture |
Lecturer |
University |
1 |
Design-Driven Innovation: Meaning as a Source of Competitive Advantage |
Assoc. Prof. Claudio Dell’ Era |
Politecnico di Milano |
2 |
Innovation and Design the Italian Way |
Paolo Bartoli |
3 |
Innovation in Cultural Heritage: the Italian Way |
Assoc. Prof. Deborah Agostino |
4 |
INNOVATING FASHION BY DESIGN. The Italian Fashion between cultural roots and future developments. |
Prof. Full Paola Bertola |
5 |
Design for Food & Food for Design: Culture and Social Innovation |
Prof. Dr. Anna Meroni |
6 |
Materials for Sustainability |
Prof. Marinella Levi |
7 |
Market, Trend And Research In Yacht Industry |
Assoc. Prof. Andrea Ratti |
8 |
Innovation Capacity And The City: A Design Driven Approach To Smartness.
|
Assoc. Prof. Grazia Concilio |
9 |
Interior Design: the Italian Way |
Alessandro Biamonti |
10 |
Italian Industrial Districts |
Prof. Lucia Piscitello |
Innovation and Technology Management in Tourism & Hospitality
No. |
Lecture |
Lecturer |
University |
1 |
An Introduction to IT in the Hospitality & Tourism Industry |
Dr. Dan Wang |
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
2 |
Information Technology Adoption & Applications |
3 |
Value Creation through IT and Innovation |
4 |
Innovation Strategy Through Mobile Technology and Social Media in Hospitality & Tourism Industry |
5 |
Review |
6 |
IT-based Innovation in Marketing and Operation |
7 |
Business Analytics for Data-based Decision Making in Hospitality and Tourism Organizations |
8 |
“Designing Storytelling Online Campaigns for Brand Co-Creation and Co-Promotion” |
9 |
Technology Development and the Future of Hospitality and Tourism Organizations |
10 |
Review |
Han-Tang Civilization in Museums and Legal Protection
(Updating)
No. |
Lecture |
Lecturer |
Institution |
1 |
Sustainable Development and Innovation of China's World Heritage sites |
Shu guang Liu |
Chinese Museums Association |
2 |
Porcelain/Tea Road - See the Cultural Communication of the Silk Road |
Bo Jiang |
ICOMOS-CHINA |
3 |
An analysis of the legal problems and protection paths of museum creation |
Assoc. Prof. Lina Liu |
Xi’an Jiaotong University |
4 |
Legal protection of traditional medicine |
Prof. Zhiguo Ma |
Xi’an Jiaotong University |
5 |
Inheritance and protection of China's intangible cultural heritage |
Prof. Fang Zhou |
Xi’an Jiaotong University |
Towards a Carbon Neutrality Future by Understanding Thermal Fluid Flow in Energy and Power Engineering
No. |
Lecture |
Lecturer |
University |
1 |
Study on Reynolds number independence for turbulent flow in atmosphere boundary layer |
Prof. Wen-Quan Tao |
Xi’an Jiaotong University |
2 |
Introduction to thermo-fluid dynamics of two-phase flow |
Dr. Takashi Hibiki |
Purdue University |
3 |
Modeling of boiling flows - active nucleation site density |
4 |
On Thermal Management of Batteries |
Prof. Bengt Sunden |
Lund University |
5 |
Thermochemical methods for the treatment of municipal sludge |
Dr. Donghai Xu |
Xi’an Jiaotong University |
6 |
Recent advances in understanding of dynamics of premixed flames and DDT |
Dr. Damir Valiev |
Tsinghua University |
7 |
Carbon capture and utilization – high temperature applications |
Dr. Chunfei Wu |
Queen’s University Belfast |
8 |
An introduction to transmission electron microscopy |
Prof. Dr. Mark H. Rummeli |
Polish Academy of Sciences |
9 |
An introduction to transmission electron microscopy and analytics |
State-of-the-Art Sensor and Actuator Technology
No. |
Lecture |
Lecturer |
University |
1 |
Introduction to the Summer Course on MEMS |
Prof. Xueyong Wei |
Xi’an Jiaotong University |
2 |
Ionic Polymer Materials for Flexible Sensors and Actuators |
Prof. Zicai Zhu |
Xi’an Jiaotong University |
3 |
Wireless Networked Sensors for Agriculture and Life Innovation |
Prof. Maeda Ryutaro |
AIST |
4 |
Increased Softness of Silicone Elastomers: Disregarding the Entanglement Threshold |
Prof. Anne Ladegaard Skov |
Technical University of Denmark |
5 |
Small Robotics for Biomedical Engineering |
Prof. Yajing Shen |
City University of Hong Kong |
6 |
Nonlinear MEMS and Its Applications |
Prof. Xueyong Wei |
Xi’an Jiaotong University |
7 |
Piezoelectric MEMS and the Applications |
Prof. Maeda Ryutaro |
AIST |
Frontiers in Medicine 2021
No. |
Lecture |
Lecturer |
University |
1 |
Magnetic surgery |
Dr. Rongqian Wu |
Xi’an Jiaotong University |
2 |
Gut microbiota in cardiometabolic disease |
Dr. Yanan Wang |
3 |
Placenta previa |
Dr. Yue Teng |
4 |
The challenge and future of multidrug resistance in bacterial infection |
Dr. Yurong Wen |
5 |
Shoulder anatomy, injury and treatment |
Prof. Dr. Zhanhai Yin |
6 |
Knee anatomy, injury and treatment |
7 |
Acupuncture Therapy on the Common Diseases (I) |
Dr. Yi Liu |
8 |
Acupuncture Therapy on the Common Diseases (II) |
9 |
The neurodegenerative disease - how could we “see”them? |
Dr. Gao Rui |
Frontiers in Materials Research
No. |
Lecture |
Lecturer |
University |
1 |
Low dimension electronic materials synthesis and characterization |
Prof. Yi Pan |
Xi’an Jiaotong University
|
2 |
Landau theory of martensitic and ferroelastic phase transitions |
Prof. Ekhard Salje |
University of Cambridge |
3 |
Introduction to Thermal Spray Coatings Research Advances and their Applications |
Prof. Changjiu Li |
Xi’an Jiaotong University
|
4 |
1. Introduction of laser applications 2. Modeling and simulation of laser materials processing |
Prof. Na Suck Joo |
Xi’an Jiaotong University
|
5 |
3D printed superalloy single crystals and heat treatment |
Prof. Kai Chen |
Xi’an Jiaotong University
|
6 |
Beauty of materials' structural defects |
Prof. Haijun Wu |
Xi’an Jiaotong University
|
7 |
A framework for pitting corrosion based on pit growth stability |
Prof. Gerald S. Frankel |
Ohio State University |
8 |
An introduction to advanced ceramics and composites |
Assoc. Prof. Jiping Wang |
Xi’an Jiaotong University
|
9 |
Two-dimensional materials for supercapacitors |
Asst. Prof. Farshad Boorbor Ajdari |
University of Kashan |
10 |
Recent advances in fabrication and applications of superhydrophobic surfaces |
Asst. Hejie Yang |
Xi’an Jiaotong University
|
11 |
Nano-materials based sensors and its applications |
Asst. Shafa Mohammad |
Xi’an Jiaotong University
|
Progress on Energy and Carbon Nexus Influenced by Chemical Engineering
No. |
Lecture |
Lecturer |
University |
1 |
On Thermal Issues in Batteries and Fuel Cells |
Prof. Bengt Sunden |
Lund University |
2 |
Influence of Defects on H2 Sorption Behavior of Mg‐Based Hydrides |
Dr. Nikola Novaković,Dr. Jasmina Grbović Novaković |
University of Belgrade |
3 |
Supercritical Fluid Technology |
Dr. Motonobu Goto |
Nagoya University |
4 |
Thermo-electrochemical cell, a thermoelectric conversion using redox equilibrium, past, present and future |
Prof. Dr. Teppei Yamada |
The University of Tokyo |
5 |
Process Integration for Carbon Constrained Energy Planning |
Professor Dominic C. Y. Foo |
University of Nottingham Malaysia |
6 |
Onboard Hydrogen Production in Internal Combustion Engines – benefits and challenges |
Dr. Leonid Tartakovsky |
The Technion – Israel Institute of Technology |
7 |
CFD modeling and performance analysis of a twin screw hydrogen extruder |
Dr. Senthil Kumar Arumugam |
VIT University |
8 |
Chemistry of Hello: Lithium Ion Batteries and Cathode Materials |
Dr. Weibo Hua, Professor |
Xi’an Jiaotong University |
9 |
Boiling heat transfer enhancement in microgravity and normal gravity |
Dr. Yonghai Zhang |
Xi’an Jiaotong University |
10 |
Synergetic pyrolysis of biomass and coal: mechanism and system |
Dr. Zhiqiang Wu |
Xi'an Jiaotong University |
International Heritage Research at the University of Liverpool
This course will take the form of a 90min webinar featuring 6 experts from University of Liverpool presenting a small selection of UoL's wide-ranging international Heritage research, covering built landscapes, material culture, intangible heritage, memory and commemoration and the importance of heritage for social, cultural and political identities in the present.
Note: This course will not be present on IKCEST, but will be accessed directly through the Summer Courses website. Therefore, the course will not provide certificate granted by IKCEST System.
Chinese Culture: Tradition, Transformation and Interaction
The course showcases 15 experts in Chinese Culture led by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, composed of 3 compact courses:
1. Chinese Culture: Tradition
2. Chinese Culture: Transformation
3. Chinese Culture: Interaction
Notes: This course is provided by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and will not be available on IKCEST, but can be accessed through edX:
https://www.edx.org/course/chinese-culture-tradition
As a collaborative program with the UASR Summer Courses 2021, the course will not provide the certificate granted on IKCEST system, but will provide certificate according to rules on the edX system.
Traditional Chinese Culture
Provided by the School of Humanities and Social Science, Xi’an Jiaotong University, the course gives a glimpse into Traditional Chinese Culture, of which three lectures are incorporated into the UASR Summer Courses, focusing primarily on Traditional Chinese Art. For registration and more infomation, please visit Notice of UASR Virtual Summer Courses 2021—Traditional Chinese Culture-University Alliance of the Silk Road (xjtu.edu.cn)
No. |
Lecture |
Lecturer |
Time(Beijing Time) |
1 |
Chinese Traditional Art Aesthetics （Chinese) |
Prof. Li Li |
8:30-10:30 a.m July 15, 2021 |
2 |
Chinese Traditional Painting Spirit (Chinese) |
Prof. Liming Zhou |
14:30-16:30 p.m July 15, 2021 |
3 |
The Art of Calligraphy (Chinese) |
Prof. Jin Wang |
14:30-16:30 p.m July 19, 2021 |
Notes:
·The course will be a live course streamed on July 15 and 19, 2021, before the overall Summer Courses begin. Please take note of the schedule.
·The course will be taught in Chinese, with no English subtitle.
·The course will not provide certificate granted by IKCEST System.
·Instructions on registration and participation of this course will be released soon.
·Contact information
If you have questions with the courses, please feel free to contact us.
E-mail: uasr@xjtu.edu.cn Tel: 86-29-82668532/82668230
For technical problems concerning registration or course selection, please contact:
Mr. Du e-mail: srst@ikcest.org
