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(2nd Round) Notice of University Alliance of the Silk Road (UASR) Virtual Summer Course 2021
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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



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