Time: May 14 (Friday), 2021, 4:00 p.m.

Place: Yuanwang Pavilion, 7th floor, Cao Guangbiao science and technology building.

Lecturer: Professor Zhao Xinbao.

Topic: Development of advanced nickel-based high-temperature alloy materials for aero-engines.

Brief introduction of the Lecturer:

Professor in School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, 2018

Professor in Xi’an Thermal Power Research Institute Co. Ltd., 2016

Senior Engineering in Xi’an Thermal Power Research Institute Co. Ltd., 2012

Associate Professor in Northwestern Polytechnical University, April 2012

Post Doc. in Northwestern Polytechnical University, July 2010

Dr. Xinbao Zhao is currently a research professor under ‘100 Youth Talents Programme’ in the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Zhejiang University. His research interests focus on the development and preparation of superalloys used for aero-engines and advanced ultra-supercritical power plants. He has won lots of support of projects, such as the National Nature Science Foundations of China, China Postdoctoral Science funded project, Research Fund of the State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing of China, et al. Furthermore, he engaged in some important projects, including National Basic Research Program of China, National Nature Science Foundations of China, the Science Foundation of Huaneng Power International Inc., et al. Dr. Zhao has published more than seventy papers and received more than twenty national patents.  Based on the above research, he won the Second Prize for Natural Science of Ministry of Education in 2018 and the First Prize for Science and Technology of Xi’an Thermal Power Research Institute Co. Ltd. in 2015.