Peking University, Sep. 19, 2014: The Qiu Shi 2014 Awards Presenting Ceremony was held on September 13th at Fudan University by the Qiu Shi Science & Technologies Foundation. At the ceremony, Yang Yue, an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanics and Engineering Sciences, College of Engineering, was awarded the Qiu Shi Outstanding Young Scholar, as one of the ten recipients of the award.

Yang joined the Department of Mechanics and Engineering Sciences in 2013, after obtaining his Ph.D. degree in Aeronautics from California Institute of Technology in 2011 and then working as a Combustion Energy Research Fellow at Princeton University. He was later appointed as “Thousand Young Talents Plan” recipient by the Chinese Central Ministry of Organization.

In recent years, Yang developed an original Lagrangian theoretical framework and multi-scale research methods for the fluid turbulence and vortex dynamics, and designed numerical tools for the accurate diagnosis of critical flameout and reburn issues in combustion.

The Qiu Shi Science & Technologies Foundation was established by Mr. CHA Chi Ming (1914-2007) and his family in Hong Kong in 1994. It was named after the present Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, formerly known as Qiu Shi Academy. In Chinese, “Qiu Shi” means the pursuit of truth. The primary mission of the Foundation is to promote scientific and technological progress in China by recognizing and rewarding successful Chinese scientists and scholars.

The new Outstanding Young Scholar Award launched in 2013 is targeted at the most promising and exceptionally talented young scholars back to the top Chinese universities, and to maintain and increase a diverse pool of leaders in various disciplines of science and technology.

The Qiu Shi 2014 Outstanding Scientist Award was conferred to Professor Xue Qikun of the Department of Physics, Tsinghua University.  

Edited by: Zhang Jiang

Source: College of Engineering