The Jinling Institute of Computational Materials needed research-type talents, and talents wouldn't grow out of nowhere. Even though poaching people with high salaries could solve the short-term needs, a research institute without the ability to produce talents had no future.
From a long-term perspective, Lu Zhou needed a group of capable researchers to help him do experiments. He also needed to buy equipment and researchers to help him incubate more talents.
Even though he couldn't guarantee that these intern students would choose to work at his research institute after graduation, as long as one-third of them stayed, it wouldn't be a loss.
Lu Zhou didn't care about the gains and losses in this area.
Unlike most entrepreneurs, he didn't do this for money, nor did he do it for any noble reason. Even if there was a small amount of it, it would only be a by-product of the reaction.
His pure purpose was to be able to conduct his own research, reveal the hidden secrets of the system, and see the distant future.
And this was very difficult to achieve with his strength alone.
Therefore, during the conversation with Dean Li, Lu Zhou made a request for manpower. He said that in addition to recruiting a group of PhD students to participate in research, he also planned on recruiting a group of master's and undergraduate students to participate in the project in the form of internships.
After Dean Li reported Lu Zhou's proposal to the school, Academician Xu immediately agreed.
The old man himself was a "reformist". Regardless of whether or not Jin Ling University's controversial "three-thirds system" achieved the desired effect, it at least showed that the school's higher-ups were quite determined to try and reform.
According to the cooperation agreement between the Jinling Institute of Computational Materials and Jin Ling University, the Institute of Computational Materials would recruit 30 undergraduate students, 10 master's students, and one to three PhD students from the chemistry department to intern at the Institute of Computational Materials.
If the method proved to be feasible, this number would be further increased.
Not only would these internships not delay the students' studies, but they could also strengthen their understanding of professional knowledge.
Especially for undergraduate students, their opportunities to engage in research were quite limited.
Because of this, the moment the school issued the document, the chemistry department students enthusiastically participated.
Especially for third and fourth year students who wanted to develop in the field of research, the registration rate was quite high. In the end, they had to be screened based on their academic grades.
As for the freshmen and sophomores, Lu Zhou also allocated a portion of the quota.
Although his juniors still needed to be strengthened in terms of professional knowledge, they were all potential stocks and had a lot of room for improvement.
Even if he couldn't understand the documents and couldn't do experiments, he could just help clean the laboratory and listen to the big shots brag. He could recognize a few more drugs and broaden his horizons.
"All of the top students in our chemistry department are on this list." Academician Li took a list and found Lu Zhou. He then said in a half-joking tone, "Let's make this clear, we can't send all of our precious students to mathematics."
Lu Zhou smiled and said, "Don't worry about this. I promise that I will return the same number of people I borrowed."
Computational materials science, as the name implied, definitely had to study mathematics, but it would definitely focus on chemistry. The boundaries between disciplines were not that clear for cutting-edge research. If Lu Zhou wanted to develop in the future, it was always good to learn more things.
"That's what you said, I'll remember it." Academician Li smiled and solemnly handed the list to Lu Zhou. He then said, "Then I'll leave it to you!"
Not only did the list arrive, but there was also an unused laboratory building.
This new laboratory building was originally intended to be used as a materials mechanics laboratory. It was used to store the newly purchased dynamic mechanics analyzer, electronic tensile testing machine, quartz crystal microbalance, and other newly purchased equipment.
The building was built, but the equipment wasn't in place yet, so Lu Zhou borrowed it.
After borrowing the experimental site, Lu Zhou immediately asked the academic affairs department to clean up an office for him as his temporary office.
He basically stayed at Jin Ling University for the past few days. He worked in the school laboratory, ate in the school cafeteria, and lived in a hotel near Jin Ling University.
Even though he rented a house in the university town, it was too messy to live in. It was too troublesome to clean up, and the house was filled with the smell of Xiao Ai's computer cases.
Every time he called the computer shop to help him with hardware maintenance, the people at the computer shop would complain to him about how long it had been since someone lived in the house.
Because of the Jinling Institute of Computational Materials, Lu Zhou even sent an email to his student and teaching assistant, Vera. He asked her to help him write an application to the academic affairs department at Princeton University and extend his vacation by half a month.
Even though he didn't care much about the professor's salary, the professor's work could still bring him research inspiration. At the same time, he could often reflect on the "obvious" problems and see if they were really as obvious as they seemed.
In this regard, he and Mr. Fermi had the same view. There was no conflict between learning and training students.
At the same time, watching his students grow into top scholars was quite a sense of accomplishment in itself.
Fortunately, his number theory class would only start at the end of February. The fall admission interview could be done via video, so it would not have any impact.
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Now that the people were recruited, the next step was to arrange jobs for these people.
The interns could be left alone for the time being and could be arranged after the project officially started. However, in order not to delay the research progress, the formal researchers had to be arranged as soon as possible.
Lu Zhou was in his office in the laboratory building. He hadn't seen Brother Qian and Brother Liu in a long time.
As soon as he saw them, he spoke first.
"Professor Lee didn't scold me, right?"
Liu Bo said helplessly, "No, he just told us to get lost."
When Lu Zhou heard this, he smiled awkwardly.
He had no choice but to poach people from Professor Lee. The Silicon Valley laboratory had just been set up, so he couldn't spare any manpower. On the other hand, among the people he knew in China, the only ones he could ask for help were his two senior brothers.
Especially Qian Zhongming. Even though he only had a master's degree, his professionalism in the field of materials science had undoubtedly reached the level of a PhD. Especially in terms of research experience. He had participated in many research and development projects. Even some PhD students couldn't compare to him.
In fact, this was the reason why Professor Li thought so highly of him.
"Don't call me brother, I'm also here to learn from you. I'm afraid I'll have to call you teacher in the future," said Qian Zhongming jokingly. Maybe because he wasn't wearing a white coat.
"I'm not your teacher, I've learned a lot from you. We're learning from each other," said Lu Zhou with a smile.
Qian Zhongming shook his head and said in a serious manner, "What I've taught you is just the tip of the iceberg. You can learn from any teacher. But for computational materials science, I can only ask you. I hope you can teach me in the future. "
Seeing how serious Qian Zhongming was, Lu Zhou smiled helplessly.
He cleared his throat and changed the topic to business.
"This time, our project is a key scientific research project in the national new energy development plan. Specifically, it's to solve the shuttle effect in lithium-sulfur batteries. I'm sure you've heard of it."
Qian Zhongming nodded and said, "How is it, do you have an idea?"
"A little, but it's still very vague." Lu Zhou shook his head and said, "But that's not the problem we need to solve right now. It's the equipment."
Qian Zhongming and Liu Bo nodded at the same time.
The equipment was the key to all experiments. Without the equipment, no experiments could be done. Even if they used mathematical methods to deduce the material model, they still had to pass experiments to verify the correctness of the theory.
Lu Zhou paused for a second before speaking.
"I've already contacted Umicore and found their partner to order a batch of equipment. Even though I asked Star Sky Technology to hire a few experts to go to Europe to accept the equipment, we still need a trustworthy person to sign the contract. Therefore, on your first day of work, I'll have to trouble you to go to Europe. "
"It's fine." Qian Zhongming smiled and said, "I was the one who asked Professor Lee to buy equipment before. We can't be careless with this kind of expensive equipment. It's not just about money, it's also about the reliability of the measured data."
Lu Zhou nodded and said, "Okay, thank you."
Seeing that his Senior Brother had already made arrangements, Liu Bo couldn't help but raise his hand and ask, "Senior Brother?
"What about me?"
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