The predecessor of Yuhua University was the Heng Yang Institute of Technology, which could be traced back to the Central South Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.
Back in 1959, when China was developing nuclear weapons and the nuclear industry, the country moved the mining and metallurgy engineering department of the Central South Institute of Mining and Metallurgy to Hengzhou.
It was discontinued in the late 1960s due to special reasons. Then, in the 1980s, the Ministry of Nuclear Industry and the Hunan Provincial Government took the form of the Heng Yang Institute of Technology. Finally, in the 1990s, it was renamed to Yuhua University.
In a sense, the fate of this school was linked to the fate of the Republic.
Even though this wasn't a 985 or 211 university, its nuclear engineering department was ranked among the top in China. During that special era, it also sent a large number of nuclear industry talents to the Republic.
Even now, it was still producing its own light and heat.
Even though the stellarator wasn't a particularly well-supported project in China, and it was considered the coldest corner of the controllable nuclear fusion field, there was still a research team of more than 30 people that was engaged in this field of research.
The purpose of Lu Zhou's visit was very clear, which was to poach people.
Of course, it wasn't very friendly to Yuhua University if his purpose was so obvious.
Nominally, he was still here for an academic exchange.
Honestly speaking, if this matter was successful, it would actually be beneficial for Yuhua University.
The leaders of Yuhua University might have guessed the purpose of Lu Zhou's sudden visit, or they might not have guessed it.
But in any case, if a Nobel Prize laureate came to give a report, even at Shuimu University or Yan University, they would welcome him with a banner …
[Welcome, Professor Lu Zhou to give an academic lecture at our university.]
The college student looked at the banner above his head and said to his roommate with a confused look on his face.
"Why do you think God Lu came to a small place like ours?"
The bulkier guy shook his head and said, "Who knows."
A tall and skinny student pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose and said, "Isn't there a new controllable nuclear fusion research center in Jinling? I think Professor Lu is in charge of it. He's probably here for our school's H1 stellarator. "
The college student with the textbook under his elbow asked, "Why haven't I heard of it before?"
The tall student habitually adjusted his glasses again. "That's normal. It hasn't been reported on the news, but it doesn't seem to be a secret. I heard it from a senior in the nuclear engineering field in the club."
At this time, the guy who had been silent all this while said, "It has nothing to do with us. Hurry up and go to class."
"That's true." They nodded and quickly walked toward the classroom.
In fact, even if they wanted to go, there were no seats left.
At the same time, the first lecture hall of Yuhua University was fully occupied.
Students from Yuhua University were not the only ones sitting in the audience. There were also many professors and lecturers from Yuhua University, as well as people from universities in the city and even the provincial capital.
Apart from the students and professors, there were also reporters from Xiang Province's TV station.
A pair of cameras faced the stage. Everyone was waiting for the person standing on the stage to speak.
Looking at the crowd below the stage, Lu Zhou couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
Speaking of which, the last time he gave a lecture was in Stockholm.
It had been almost three months since then.
Lu Zhou looked at the clock on the wall. Seeing that it was almost time, he nodded to the staff next to him, indicating that the lecture could begin.
Lu Zhou stood in front of the microphone and cleared his throat. After the lecture hall quieted down, he slowly spoke.
"A lot of people have asked me that China doesn't lack electricity. We have the Three Gorges Dam, we have coal mines, and our power generation is the world's largest. Our thermal power, hydroelectric power, and power grid technology are the world's leaders. Why do we have to research nuclear power?"
"My answer to this question is that scientific research shouldn't only focus on immediate investment and short-term benefits. We should also have a long-term vision and the courage to face difficulties.
"From a space-time scale, nuclear power is the ultimate energy source for mankind. Because we have the world's largest population base and control a quarter of the planet's electricity, we should optimize our energy structure and make it cleaner, more efficient, and cheaper.
"In addition, it's not just the controllable nuclear fusion technology itself. Every major scientific research project brings us more than just the value of the project itself. Just like when I was researching the existence of a solution for the Navier – Stokes equation, I discovered the L Manifold and differential geometry solutions for partial differential equations. In terms of the importance of the results, all of the treasures we find on the way to the end of the labyrinth are not inferior to the achievements of passing through the labyrinth itself.
"Let's take controllable nuclear fusion as an example. In the research of controllable nuclear fusion, our superconducting technology has been developed. We have gone deep into the high-temperature plasma and created more powerful magnets. We can learn a lot from this."
Lu Zhou used a few sentences to introduce the main topic of the lecture. He picked up a marker from the multimedia desk and turned around to face the whiteboard next to him. He began to write on the whiteboard using simple language.
Wang Xuehai was sitting in the audience, taking notes. He accidentally dropped the pen cover on the ground. When he bent down to pick it up, he looked at the whiteboard again. He was dumbfounded. He couldn't understand the lines of calculations on the blackboard anymore. It was like a book of Greek Mythology.
Wang Xuehai looked at the podium with a muddled expression. He couldn't help but ask, "What is he writing?"
Fang Jie, who was also studying nuclear physics, was sitting next to him. He adjusted his glasses and said, "I think it's a mathematical model of plasma turbulence? I've seen it in a document somewhere. "
Wang Xuehai: "F * ck, isn't this a lecture? Why is it so hardcore? "
Fang Jie glanced at him and said, "Of course, he's a Nobel Prize-level scholar. He's not going to talk to you the whole time, right?"
Wang Xuehai couldn't help but say, "Does anyone understand what he's talking about?"
To be honest, he felt that his professional abilities were pretty good.
However, plasma turbulence was one of the cutting-edge research areas in plasma physics.
His major was nuclear physics, and his research direction was more engineering than theoretical. If he didn't prepare for at least half a month, he wouldn't be able to understand this kind of esoteric stuff.
Fang Jie closed his notebook and shook his head. He then pointed at the seats in the front row of the lecture hall with his chin.
"It doesn't matter if we understand or not. Look at the old professors at the Institute of Nuclear Physics and their expressions. You'll know how important this is."
Just like this PhD student said, in the second half of the lecture, Lu Zhou's content went from the easy-to-understand scientific content to one of the core fields of controllable nuclear fusion, which was the research of high-temperature plasma.
Actually, he had already written a few theses describing his research results. The Max Planck Institute's main thesis was the one that gave a brief report to his peers at last year's European Nuclear Summit.
However, compared to the thesis and other people's summary reports based on his thesis, it was naturally far less incisive than Lu Zhou's explanation as the first author of the thesis. For researchers in the field of controllable nuclear fusion and plasma physics, the content of his lecture was very beneficial.
In fact, this was why many professors came from the provincial capital.
If it weren't for the fact that they didn't have enough time, there might even be international friends who flew over from abroad to listen to his report.
After writing down the last line of calculations on the whiteboard, Lu Zhou's lecture came to an end.
He placed the marker on the podium and paused for a second. He looked at the audience and spoke.
"Your school is a strong school in the field of nuclear engineering. Everyone here is the cornerstone of the future of nuclear engineering. The future of nuclear engineering depends on you!"
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