A brave heart in space, Kozinski院士太空梦想

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"New Wave Engineering Linking Megatrends and Future Skills" by JA Kozinski

As invited by Prof. Zhen Fang based on the grant from the National Foreign Expert Bureau of China, Prof. Janusz A Kozinski (Dean of Engineering, Lakehead, Fellow of Canadian Academy of Engineering) as a distinguished visiting professor is jointly working with our group from July 1 to August 31, 2025 in the biomass group of college of engineering at Nanjing Agricultural University (NJAU). In the afternoon of July 10, 2025, Prof. Kozinski gave a special lecture entitled “New Wave Engineering Linking Megatrends and Future Skills” to our students and faculty members.

Prof. Kozinski's first lecture, Kozinski院士第一场讲座

In his lecture, Prof. Kozinski first shared his adventures in the parabolic zero-gravity flights in France for his space ambition and in Toronto CN Tower as Skywalker to show his determination, and demonstrated a modern magnificent engineering building at York initiated and built up under the guidance of him as the founding Dean to inspire young people to realize their engineer’s dream. Subsequently, he indicated what engineering skills we need to meet future technologies. Finally, he showed us the detailed research of his Canadian research group on renewable energy, which will collaborate with our Bioenergy Research Group at Nanjing Agricultural University to address key issues in the field of bioenergy. After the lecture, the teachers and students raised questions and had a lively discussion.

Parabolic zero-gravity flights in France, Kozinski院士抛物线零重力高空飞行中以实现太空梦想

Adventure in Toronto CN Tower, Kozinski院士在多伦多加拿大国家电视塔探险以表决心

A fantastic modern Engineering building at York

Kozinski院长发起建造的约克大学一座梦幻般的现代工学院大楼以实现年青人工程师梦想

Prof. Kozinski's group research areas in Energy, Kozinski院士研究组研究领域

Afterwards, 12 master students presented their thesis proposals, Prof. Kozinski and other participants gave constructive comments and revised suggestions.

Prof. Janusz A Kozinski, a world well-known scientist in renewable energy, is Fellow of Canadian Academy of Engineering and the Board member of the Academy, he severed as Associate Vice-principal of McGill, Engineering Dean at U Saskatchewan and York.

Kozinski院士讲座“连接大趋势和未来技能的新浪潮工程”

应方真院士的邀请，由中国国家外国专家局高端人才项目的资助，Janusz A Kozinski教授（加拿大工程院院士、湖首大学工学院院长）作为杰出的访问教授，于2025年7月1日至8月31日在南京农业大学工学院生物质组与我组共同工作。2025年7月10日下午，Kozinski教授为我们的师生们做了一场题为“连接大趋势和未来技能的新浪潮工程”的特别讲座。

在讲座中，Kozinski教授首先分享了他在法国为实现太空梦想而进行的抛物线零重力飞行的冒险经历，并在多伦多加拿大国家电视塔上空作为天行者以显示他的工作决心，同时，展示了他作为约克大学创始工学院长发起和建造的一座现代宏伟的工学院楼，以激励年轻人实现他们的工程师梦想。随后，他指出我们需要哪些工程技能来满足未来的技术需求。最后，他向我们介绍了他的加拿大研究组在可再生能源中的详细研究，该团队将与我们南京农业大学生物能源研究组共同合作解决生物能源方面关键问题。讲座结束后，教师和学生们提出了许多问题并进行热烈讨论。

A Master student presents thesis proposal, 一位硕士生开题预答辩

报告结束后， 12名硕士生进行开题预答辩，Kozinski教授和其他与会者发表了建设性的意见和修改建议。

Janusz A. Kozinski院士是国际可再生能源领域权威学者，加拿大工程院院士和工程院主席团成员，注册工程师，现任湖首大学工学院院长和教授，历任加拿大麦吉尔大学研究副校长助理、英国赫里福德科技工程大学校长、约克大学理工学院院长和工学院创建院长、萨斯喀彻温大学工学院院长等。

Group photo, 最后合影