Programme of the 7 th Australia-China Symposium on Education, Science and Technology 28-30 November 2017 Sponsored by USyd, UoW, Monash, UTS, ATSE, Embassy of China Venue: ABS 1130/2140, Abercrombie Building, USyd Darlington Ln & Abercrombie St, Darlington NSW 2008 Tuesday 28 Day 1 November ABS 1130 9:10-9:30 Opening Session (Chair: Prof Lin Ye, President of FOCSA) Prof Duncan Ivison, DVC(R), USyd Mr Xiao Xu, Minister-counsellor, Education Office, Embassy of P.R.China Vision and Strategy (1) Chair: Prof Aibing Yu 9:30-10:00 Prof Andrew B. Holmes, President of Australian Academy of Science (AAS) Australia-China Scientific and Technical Collaboration: Past, Present and Future 10:00-10:30 Prof Hugh Bradlow, President of Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (ATSE) The implications of digital disruption for education 10:30-11:00 Prof Mark Hoffman, Dean of Engineering, UNSW The future of engineering education and research 11:00-11:15 Tea/Coffee Vision and Strategy (2) Chair: Prof Lin Ye 11:15-11:45 Prof Stephen Garton, Provost & DVC, USyd Enhancing STEM Education and Research Challenges for the 21st century 11:45-12:15 Prof Aibing Yu, PVC and President (Suzhou), Monash How to develop big Australia-China joint collaborative research initiatives 12:15-12:45 Prof Jinsong Leng, ICM, HIT Smart composites and structures: programmable, printable and reconfigurable 12:30-14:00 Lunch Artificial Intelligence Chair: Prof Jingshen Wu 14:00-14:25 Prof Dacheng Tao, ARC Laureate Fellow, USyd The recent progress of artificial intelligence 14:25-14:50 Prof Yongsheng Gao, Griffith University Vision perception for environmental informatics 14:50-15:15 Prof Stefan Williams, HoS of AMME, USyd The Australian centre for field robotics 15:15-15:40 Dr Dadong Wang, Data61, CSIRO Deep video analytics for E-Monitoring of fisheries operations 15:40-16:00 Tea/Coffee Advanced Computation for Materials and Engineering (1) Chair: Prof Yuantong Gu 16:00-16:25 Prof Qing Li, AMME, University of Sydney Computational design for implantable biomaterials 16:25-16:50 Dr Yingyan Zhang, Western Sydney University
Interfacial thermal conductance in graphene-epoxy nanocomposites 16:50-17:15 Liangzhi Kou, Queensland University of Technology Novel electronic and mechanical properties in functionalized boron nanosheets 17:15-17:40 Dr Yansong Shen, UNSW Model studies of reactive flows and applications in resource and energy industries 19:00-22:00 Reception (for invited and registered delegates), bus departs from ABS at 17:50 Wednesday 29 November Day 2 ABS1130 Vision and Strategy (3) Chair: Prof Lin Ye 9:30-10:00 Dr Shuangyuan Shi, Manager, NSW Confucius Institute and China International Strategy The culture impact on collaboration between China and Australia 10:00-10:30 Prof Jingshen Wu, Hong Kong University of Sciences and Technology Introduction to the Division of Integrative Systems and Design at HKUST an education platform where technology meets design 10:30-11:00 Dr Warwick Dawson, Director of Research Partnerships, UNSW The Torch Innovation Precinct @ UNSW: A model for Sino-Australia cooperation 11:00-11:15 Tea/Coffee Vision and Strategy (4) Chair: Prof Xiaozhou Liao 11:15-11:45 Prof Judy Raper, DVC(R), University of Wollongong Innovation Gaps 11:45-12:15 Prof Chengqi Zhang, Executive Director of UTS Data Science, Office of DVC(R), University of Technology Sydney Triangle Strategy of Leadership 12:15-12:45 Dr Wenqiang Xu, CTO, the National Institute of Clean-and-low-carbon Energy (NICE), China Moving towards a clean energy future 12:45-14:00 Lunch New Technologies (1) Chair: Prof Yan Cheng 14:00-14:25 Prof Yiu-Wing Mai, AMME, USyd Designing Underfill Materials for Electronic Packaging 14:25-14:50 Prof Shixue Dou, Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong Energy storage materials for industry transformation 14-50-15:15 Prof Marcela Bilek, Schools of Physics and AMME, USyd Advances in Plasma Surface Engineering for Biologically Interfacing Materials 15-15-15:40 Prof Zhiguo Yuan, ARC Laureate Fellow, University of Queensland. Achieving Research Impact 15:40-16:00 Tea/Coffee Advanced Computation for Materials and Engineering (2) Chair: Dr Yansong Shen 16:00-16:25 Prof Yuantong GU, Queensland University of Technology Advanced Numerical Modelling and Experimental Studies for Low Dimensional Nanomaterials 16:25-16:50 Dr Haifei Zhan, Western Sydney University Promising applications of diamond nanothread (DNT) 16:50-17:15 Dr Kunkun Fu, AMME, USyd Simulation of lightning strike damage in CFRP 18:30-21:00 Dinner (for invited and registered delegates), Marigold Restaurant in China Town, starts at 19:00
Thursday 30 November Day 3 ABS 2140 New Technologies (2) Chair: Dr Li Chang 9:30-9:55 Dr Yixia Zhang, ADFA, UNSW Canberra Development of new epoxy-based nanocomposite adhesive materials 9:55-10:20 Dr Zhenguo Huang, Uni of Technology, Sydney Boron for Energy Storage and Two-dimensional (BEST) Materials 10:20-10:45 Dr Helen Wu, Western Sydney University Crack breathing behaviour in a rotating shaft 10:45-11:10 Dr Hamed Kalhori, University of Technology Sydney Identification of impact load and location using inverse algorithms 11:10-11:25 Tea/Coffee New Technologies (3) Chair: Yixia Zhang 11:25-11:50 Dr Xinying Cheng, UNSW Shape memory polymers with multifaceted tunablity and bio-specificity 11:50-12:15 Dr Lei Zhang TRP Channels as new Therapeutic targets 12:15-12:40 Prof Xiaozhou Liao, AMME, USyd Exploring structure property relationships of advanced materials using in-situ electron microscopy 12:40-13:50 Lunch Information for the Symposium Venue: ABS 1130, Abercrombie Building, University of Sydney PUBLIC TRANSPORT By bus Catch a bus from Central Station, 422, 423, 426, 428. These will take you to the Wentworth Building after the foot bridge on City Road, which is a 3 minute walk to the ABS Building. By train The closest train station is Redfern, which a 10 15 minute walk to the ABS Building. For timetables, trip planning and other public transport service information call the Transport Infoline on 131 500 or click here PARKING Parking on campus is limited. Parking fees apply.
Entrance of ABS