April and May are the time periods for many graduate students to defend their graduation. On social media, there is also a gradual increase in the popularity of dissertation defense.
At the same time, some netizens noticed that some defense committees had a very strong lineup.
So, what does the most luxurious lineup of defense committee members you've ever seen?
Recently, a doctoral dissertation defense form of Central South University has sparked heated discussions, and some people call it "the strongest defense team".
The supervisor of this doctoral student is Academician Qiu Guanzhou of Central South University, and the members of the committee for his defense are: Academician Huang Boyun and Academician Chai Liyuan of Central South University, Academician Jiang Tao who has just been added in 21 years, Academician Fu Zhengyi of Wuhan University of Technology, and Academician Wu Xinghua of Monash University in Australia.
According to public information, we get to know the following academicians:
Qiu Guanzhou, male, Han nationality, born in 1949, from Meizhou City, Guangdong Province, member of the Communist Party of China, graduated from Central South University of Technology in September 1987 with a doctorate degree in mineral processing engineering, and is the first self-trained doctoral student in mineral processing engineering in mainland China. Professor Qiu Guanzhou is a well-known mining and metallurgical engineer, who has served as the vice president of Central South University of Technology, the vice president of Central South University, and is currently a professor and doctoral supervisor of Central South University. In December 2011, he was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
Huang Boyun: born on November 24, 1945, a native of Nanxian County, Yiyang City, Hunan Province, an expert in powder metallurgy, and the inventor of "Preparation Technology of High-performance Carbon/Carbon Aviation Brake Materials". He graduated from Central South Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (now Central South University) in 1969, majored in special metallurgy, went to the United States to study in 1980, and received a master's degree and a doctorate degree in engineering from Iowa State University, entered the University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory in 1986 for postdoctoral research, was elected as an academician of the Department of Chemical Engineering, Metallurgy and Materials Engineering of the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 1999, and was appointed as a member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and President of Central South University in 2001. Huang Boyun has long been committed to the research and teaching in the field of powder metallurgy materials science and engineering, and has made a series of significant achievements in the research and application of aviation brake materials, high-temperature intermetallic compounds and special functional materials.
Chai Liyuan: Born on September 29, 1966 in Wannian, Jiangxi, he is an expert in metallurgical environmental engineering, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, a leader in environmental engineering at Central South University, and a dean, professor and doctoral supervisor of the School of Metallurgy and Environment of Central South University. In 1985, Chai Liyuan was admitted to Central South University of Technology, majoring in non-ferrous metallurgy, in 1996, he went to Nagoya University in Japan as a Sino-Japanese exchange student to study for one year, in 1997, he obtained a doctorate degree in non-ferrous metallurgy from Central South University of Technology, in 2009, he was funded by the National Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars, in 2013, he was rated as the fourth outstanding expert of Hunan Province, in 2014, he served as the dean of the School of Metallurgy and Environment of Central South University, and in 2014, he was selected into the "Ten Thousand Talents Program" He was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 2019. In August 2020, he was elected as a candidate for "Hunan Provincial Teaching and Educating Model". Chai Liyuan has long been committed to the research in the field of non-ferrous metallurgical environmental engineering
Jiang Tao: male, Han nationality, born in October 1963, from Huaibei, Anhui Province, graduated from Central South University of Technology (now Central South University) in 1990 with a doctorate degree. He was promoted to professor in 1991, went to Utah University in the United States in 2000 for further study, and returned to China in December 2002. He is currently a professor, doctoral supervisor and dean of the School of Resource Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University. He is a member of the Mineral Processing Committee of the Chinese Society for Metals, a member of the Ironmaking Professional Committee of the Chinese Society for Metals, a member of the Non-blast Furnace Ironmaking Academic Committee of the Chinese Society for Metals, a director of the Ironmaking Branch of the Chinese Society for Metals, and a member of the American Iron and Steel Society (ISS). He is the winner of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, a national candidate of the "New Century Millions of Talents Project", a special government allowance from the State Council, the chairman of the Academic Committee of Pyrometallurgy of the TMS (Minerals, Metals, Materials) Society of the United States, and the leader of the iron and steel metallurgy discipline of the School of Resource Processing and Biological Engineering of Central South University. On November 18, 2021, he was co-opted as an academician of the Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Metallurgy and Materials Engineering.
Fu Zhengyi: Born in January 1963, he is a native of Suizhou, Hubei. Doctor of Engineering, Chief Professor of Materials Processing Engineering of Wuhan University of Technology, Doctoral Supervisor, Expert of Structural Materials Theme Group in the Field of New Materials of the National 863 High-tech Program. Fu Zhengyi is one of the early scholars in China who pioneered the research of combustion synthesis, and has obtained a number of theoretical research results that have a certain influence in the world. On November 18, 2021, he was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
Wu Xinghua is a Fellow of Monash University, Australia
By the way, get to know the secretary of the defense committee:
Guo Yufeng: A native of Arong Banner, Hulunbuir City, Inner Mongolia, graduated from Central South University with a doctorate degree in mineral processing engineering, and is currently a professor, doctoral supervisor, and vice president of the School of Resource Processing and Biological Engineering of Central South University. The Ministry of Education's New Century Excellent Talent Support Program has built and lectured on the main courses of undergraduate majors "Principles of Iron and Steel Metallurgy" and "Iron and Steel Metallurgy", mainly engaged in scientific research in the fields of sintering pellets, direct reduction and melt reduction, and complex ore extraction and utilization, and has won 1 second prize of National Science and Technology Progress Award, 1 first prize of Provincial and Ministerial Science and Technology Progress and Invention Award, 2 second prizes of Progress Award, and 1 Innovation Team Award.
Central South University is a double-first-class construction university, and in the fourth round of discipline evaluation, Central South University's mining engineering major ranked first in China.
The number of members of the defense committee is based on the requirements of each school, and it is uncertain who the committee members will be. In the end, these members are able to participate in your defense, which is really based on the school and your mentor.
In fact, a strong thesis defense lineup often has both advantages and disadvantages. This also requires that the author of the paper need to be well prepared to deal with the defense.
Finally, I wish all of you who participated in the thesis defense a smooth pass.