时间：2015年9月29日（星期二）上午10：00
地点：材料科学与工程学院14号楼205室

报告摘要：
       It is forecasted that the total global energy consumption will increase 49% from 2007 to 2035 based on the data published by Energy Information Administration of US Department of Energy.  The key diving forces pushing the increase in worldwide demand are mainly due to 1) industrialization in emerging markets, 2) strong economic growth in emerging market, especially in China and India, 3) globalization, and 4) concerns over energy security.  It is realized that the use of natural gas and coal will continue to grow, but there is an imminent need for alternative energy resources to meet the fastest growing demand such as renewable energy as well as other potential resources.  This need has now created tremendous new markets.  Technologies developed for solar panels, wind turbine, and energy storage are now well established, but others, such as energy harvesting, remain niche while the technology is still being developed.  All offer significant business opportunities: energy harvesting, for example, is forecast to be worth $4.4 billion by 2020.  However, most renewable energy technologies cannot compete economically with fossil fuels.  This lecture will review how emerging ceramic technologies would help to improve manufacturing and energy generation efficiency and bring renewable energy production closer to reality.  In addition, the employment of advanced ceramics to improve the gas turbine efficiency as well as for next generation nuclear reactors will be reviewed and discussed in this lecture as well.

附报告人简介：
       林华泰教授，世界陶瓷科学院院士、美国陶瓷学会Fellow和美国金属学会Fellow，是国际高技术陶瓷领域著名科学家。曾任材料科学与工程领域久负盛名的美国橡树岭国家实验室陶瓷科学技术部主任，2014年当选为美国陶瓷学会董事会董事，现任广东工业大学特聘教授。林华泰教授从九十年代初就开始参与和主持美国能源部有关高技术陶瓷材料在电力、航空和交通等领域的实用性研发工作，取得重要的研究成果，并得到了广泛应用，获得了US Engineers' Council的Distinguished Engineering Achievement Awards、美国陶瓷学会James I. Mueller 奖、Lockheed Martin Energy Research Significant Event Award等多个国际奖项。目前林教授在the American Ceramic Society担任 Board of Director；社会兼职如下：中国科学院上海硅酸盐研究所和田纳西大学材料工程系兼职教授、潮州三环(集团)股份有限公司技术顾问及首席科学家、哈尔滨工业大学客座教授等。