On June 30th, the 10th anniversary celebration of the Tsinghua University – IHI Research Center was held in the Multifunctional Hall of the FIT Building of Tsinghua University. Over 60 people took part in the celebration including Dr. Sadao Degawa, Managing Executive Officer and General Manager of Corporate R&D, Hiroshi Iwamoto, Managing Executive Officer and Chief Regional Officer in China Region, Cen Zhangzhi, Deputy Chairman of Tsinghua University Council, Guo Zengyuan, Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, and researchers from the departments of Materials Science and Engineering, Precision Instruments and Mechanology, Thermal Engineering, and Computer Science and Technology.
Speakers from IHI and Tsinghua delivered reports reviewing the development of the research center over the past 10 years. Academician Guo Zengyuan gave a stimulating academic presentation on a new theory of heat transmission, and Jiang Xuepei, Executive Deputy Director of Office of Scientific R&D, gave an overview of scientific research at Tsinghua University, and Mr. Iwamoto outlined the development strategy of IHI in China. In past decade the win-win cooperation with Tsinghua has helped IHI to enhance its influence in the Chinese market, and has given students of Tsinghua the chance to develop their field of vision and to gain hands-on experience in international R&D projects. Both parties expressed the wish that through further cooperation, the Tsinghua – IHI Research Center would achieve still greater successes in the next decade.
As part of the celebration event, a Tsinghua – IHI Workshop was held from June 29th to 30th in Tsinghua University.
