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方真教授当选加拿大工程院院士Prof. Zhen Fang has been elected as 2021 Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering

Fifty-two new Fellows elected into the Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE)

Ottawa – (14 June 2021) – President Yves Beauchamp welcomed 50 new elected Fellows and two new International Fellows to the Canadian Academy of Engineering on 14 June 2021. Prof. Zhen Fang at Nanjing Agricultural University among the CAE’s 52 new fellows for 2021 has been elected into the CAE. Due to the complications with the COVID-19 pandemic, new Fellows were welcomed virtually, in conjunction with the Academy’s 2021 Annual General Meeting.

Dr. Donna Strickland (FCAE, Nobel Prize in Physics 2018) and Dr. Lorne Trottier (FCAE, entrepreneur and philanthropist) were invited to give “Douglas Ruth Memorial Lecture” entitled “Global Environmental Measurement and Monitoring” and “A Perspective on Climate Change and 21st Century Challenge”, respectively.

The Induction Ceremony, which will honor both the 2020 and 2021 elected Fellows, has been postponed to October 2021, and will be held virtually.

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Miss Lu-ping Li successfully defended her Master thesis

In the afternoon of June 3, 2021, Miss Lu-ping Li supervised by Prof. Zhen Fang, successfully defended her thesis in B404 Huixian Building, Pukou Campus of Nanjing Agricultural University. The defending committee was composed of Profs. Min Kang (chair) & Chun-xia He, and associate Profs. Xiu-qing Fu & Xing-shen Wang from Nanjing Agricultural University, as well as external member Senior Researcher Mr. Jun-heng Liu from Bosch Automotive Aftermarket (China) co., ltd.

Miss Lu-ping Li presented her research results for Master thesis in 15 min, the committee members raised relevant questions. Based on the replies and external thesis reviews, the panel agreed that Miss Li had successfully completed her research and course requirements on agricultural bio-environment and energy engineering. Miss Li studied the production of liquid fuel precursors from furfural with research entitled “Synthesis of liquid fuel precursors from furfural with lanthanide-based oxide catalyst”. Her work realized the efficient conversion of furfural and significantly improved the yield of 1,5-di-2-furanyl-1,4-pentadien-3-one. She co-authored 2 papers. After the jury voted by secret ballot, the panel agreed to confer Master of Science in Engineering Degree to Miss Lu-ping Li, subjected to the approval by the Academic Degrees Committees of the college and university.

She got a decent Job in a provincial Bank close to Nanjing.

Congratulations to Miss Li!

李路平同学顺利通过硕士论文答辩

2021年6月3日下午，南京农业大学生物能源组2018级工学硕士研究生李路平（女）毕业答辩会在南京农业大学浦口校区汇贤楼B404举行。南京农业大学的康敏教授担任答辩评委会委员主席主席，何春霞教授，傅秀清副教授，王兴盛副教授和博世汽车技术服务（中国）有限公司刘军恒副研究员共四位专家担任评审委员。

答辩会上，李路平同学对其在校期间的学术论文进行汇报，同时答辩委员会主席和各位评委提出了相关问题。根据李路平同学的问题回答以及学位论文的评阅意见，评委会经过评审决议，一致认为李路平同学完成了农业生物环境与能源工程的研究和课程要求。李路平同学在毕业论文《镧系金属氧化物催化生物质基糠醛合成液体燃料前体的研究》中研究了糠醛制备液体燃料前体的课题。实现了糠醛的高效转化，并显着提高了1,5-2-呋喃基-1,4-戊二烯-3-酮的产率。李路平同学参与发表论文2篇。经评委会无记名投票表决，一致同意李路平同学通过硕士学位论文答辩，建议授予李路平同学工学硕士学位。

祝贺李路平同学！