On April 29, the “New Energy-Excellence Lecture” of Nankai University was held with great aplomb in the Joint Research Building. Wu Yicheng, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and professor from the Tianjin University of Technology, attended the lecture and made a speech on the development and application of nonlinear optical crystal materials. Chen Jun, Vice President of Nankai University and the head of the School of Chemistry, awarded Academician Wu Yicheng the honorary certificate of the “New Energy-Excellence Lecture” and the commemorative medal of the “Hundred-year Chemistry Lecture Hall of Nankai University”.

Academician Wu Yicheng has been dedicated to the research and development of nonlinear optical materials for many years. He has made substancial achievements in the exploration of new nonlinear optical materials, crystal growth, and nonlinear optical properties. Together with his collaborators, he has invented a variety of nonlinear optical crystals, among which LBO crystals have been widely used in laser technology and are currently the most suitable two to three times frequency crystals for all solid-state lasers with high power average.

Academician Wu Yicheng introduced the development history of laser crystals and elaborated on the great contributions of Chinese scientists to the field. He also shared his research experience and encouraged students of Nankai University to climb the world’s technological summit.

Nankai University’s New Energy Science and Engineering is the first batch of “New Engineering” majors of the Ministry of Education. This special major was established in the new century of Nankai University for the development of “New Engineering” majors. It was jointly set up by the School of Chemistry and the School of Electronic Information and Optical Engineering (New Energy Featured Classes) to achieve the cross-integration of science and engineering through the application of science to engineering. The class officially began to  enroll students in September 2019, and there are 38 undergraduates at present. This major implements top-notch training and  emphasizes the tutoring system, small-class training, individualization, internationalization and other characteristic training modes, with the aim to cultivate compound senior professionals in the field and contribute to the rapid development of new energy in China.

This lecture is also one of the commemorative activities of the “Hundred-year Chemistry Lecture Hall of Nankai University”, which marks the 100^th anniversary of the establishment of the chemistry discipline at Nankai University. This series of lectures invites distinguished scholars of chemistry at home and abroad and well-known representatives from governments and enterprises to hold high-level academic lectures in an effort to facilitate the development of chemistry at Nankai University.

(Reported by Wei Xie, photographed by Qiu Zhang, translated by Dongze Wu, edited by Daniel Stefan and JianjingYun)