CRC CARE Managing Director Visited SARI

On January 22, 2011, Professor Ravi Naidu, Managing Director of the Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment. (CRC CARE), paid a visit to SARI. Prof. Vice Presidents of SARI JIANG Biao and Prof. SUN Yuhan received the visitors, and held a meeting with them. Scientific researchers from Sustainable Technology Research Center attended the meeting.

 

On January 22, 2011, Professor Ravi Naidu, Managing Director of the Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment. (CRC CARE), paid a visit to SARI. Prof. Vice Presidents of SARI JIANG Biao and Prof. SUN Yuhan received the visitors, and held a meeting with them. Scientific researchers from Sustainable Technology Research Center attended the meeting. 
Prof. JIANG Biao welcomed Ravi Naidu and the visiting team, and made a brief introduction of SARI and it's research and development activities in energy and environment area. Prof. Ravi Naidu introduced CRC CARE, its research fields, and its collaboration projects with other research institutes and multi-national companies. The two parties then discussed in further details around environment pollution evaluation and treatment, solid waste treatment, contaminated water and waste water treatment, and waste recycle and utilization, and research broad consensus regarding the potential collaboration research areas.

Delegation from Shell Paid a Visit to SARI

On January 17, 2011, a team from Shell led by Dr. Bruce Levell, Vice President of Emerging Technologies and Chief Scientist Geology Projects and Technology, paid a visit SARI. SUN Yuhan, Vice President of SARI, received the visitors and held a meeting with the Shell team. Related personnel from LU'AN Group, Elion Group, ICC, and scientific researchers from Energy and Environment area attended the meeting.

 
On January 17, 2011, a team from Shell led by Dr. Bruce Levell, Vice President of Emerging Technologies and Chief Scientist Geology Projects and Technology, paid a visit SARI. SUN Yuhan, Vice President of SARI, received the visitors and held a meeting with the Shell team. Related personnel from LU'AN Group, Elion Group, ICC, and scientific researchers from Energy and Environment area attended the meeting.
Dr. Bruce introduced the recent research activities carried out by Shell, and made a forward looking view about future energy technologies. Prof. SUN made a basic introduction of SARI and its research activities in energy and environment area. Dr. Bruce spoke highly of SARI's development and its research and development initiatives in energy field, and hoped to collaborate with SARI on some related research topics. Through the exchange of ideas and further discussion, the two parties reached broad consensus in many areas.

US Academician Prof. HE Wenshou visited SARI

On December 24 2010, W.S. Winston Ho, Academician of National Academy of Sciences of United States and Professor of Ohio State University, Chemical Engineering Department, paid a visit to SARI in Pudong Science and Technology Park and addressed on the topic of "Recent Advances in Membranes for Water Purification". 
Prof. HE Tao, Head of Membrane Materials and Separation Engineering Technology Lab, Sustainable Technology Research Center, hosted the meeting. Prof.HE Wenshou introduced the feasibility and application of Membrane Materials vividly by two aspects: removal & recovery of metals from waste water by supported liquid membranes, and water purification by interfacially polymerized reverse osmosis membranes. He also provided examples to illustrate his research application. 
Prof. HE Wenshou used plenty of charts and data in his report which aroused the interest of people present. After the report, researchers exchanged ideas with Prof. HE in terms of how to use membrane materials to recover the valuable materials in metallurgy industry wastewater, the stability of liquid membrane technology, etc. 
Prof. HE Wenshou has thirty years' experience of studying membrane separation technology. His major research areas are: membrane separation, fuel cell membrane, water purification, separation accompanied chemical reaction, membrane transfer phenomenon, etc. He was elected Academician of National Academy of Sciences, United States in 2002.

SARI, PNNL, UDEI, DICP, ICC and QIBEBT to Establish ICCE

On December 18th, 2010, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute (SARI) of Chinese Academy of Sciences singed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), the University of Delaware Energy Institute (UDEI), Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP), Institute of Coal Chemistry (ICC) and Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT), to establish the International Consortium for Clean Energy (ICCE). 

It is pointed out in the MOU that US and China are among the world’s largest economies, use the most energy and produce the most emissions; that both nations can benefit from a research and development collaborations to achieve safe and secure energy systems, improve the lives of general welfare of the people in an environment-friendly way and address global climate change. The parties mentioned above are all internationally leading centers for molecular sciences research, with the signing of this MOU, the parties aim to formalize a collaborative working relationship to work together towards common goals in the molecular sciences, specifically in the area of next generation energy production, storage and utilization technologies. 

Professor SUN Yuhan, Vice Director of SARI, signed the contract and discussed with the other members of ICCE in further detail regarding the sustainable development of ICCE and future collaboration opportunities.

Delegation from INRIA of France visited SARI

On December 17th 2010, Jean-Jacques PIERRAT, Technology Consul of French Consulate in Shanghai and a delegation from INRIA paid a visit to our institute. 
Prof. ZHANG Zhaofeng, Director of Micro-nano Device Research Center and other researchers concerned held a meeting with the delegation. Prof. ZHANG introduced the status quo of the research and development of Micro-nano Device and answered questions raised by the delegates. Prof. James L.Crowley, Director of PRIMA project at INRIA Grenoble Rhone-Alpes Institute, gave a brief introduction of INRIA and elaborately illustrated the activities and progress made by PRIME. In-depth discussion was held about the topics of common interest and common ground was reached. 
After the meeting, Dr. GAO lin，Vice Director of Department of International Cooperation accompanied the delegates from INRIA to visit Pudong Science and Technology Park. 
INRIA is the biggest research institution of computer science in Europe with key research fields such as Computer Science, Control Theory, and Applied Mathematics etc.

UNESCO and SCOPE Spoke Highly of "ISUFHEW"

The International Symposium on Urban Futures and Human and Ecosystem Wellbeing, co-organized by Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Shanghai Branch and Shanghai Advanced Research Institute of CAS, was well received by attendees and participating organizations. United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) thought highly of the symposium and expressed their thanks and congratulations for the successful event.