On December 2nd, Professor Kazuki Morita from the University of Tokyo, a Yunnan Friendship Award winner and a member of the Science Council of Japan, was invited to Kunming University of Science and Technology (KUST) for academic research and exchanges. The communication meeting was held in the lecture hall of the Lianhua Campus Library. More than 100 people attended the conference, including Yi Jianhong, Vice President of KUST, Professor Ma Wenhui, Dean of Pu’er University, the main leaders from the Division of International Cooperation, the Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, the School of Continuing Education of KUST, and representatives of these faculties and students.
On behalf of KUST, Yi warmly congratulated Morita for winning the Yunnan Friendship Award and expressed heartfelt gratitude for his long-term concern and support for the development of KUST.
Morita thanked KUST for its invitation and delivered an academic lecture entitled “Thermodynamics of Steel and Solar Silicon Production” for faculty members and students. He deeply analyzed the physicochemical reactions of steel and solar-grade silicon materials under high-temperature conditions during production and recycling. Additionally, he explained the reaction mechanisms of impurity removal in the production process from the thermodynamic perspective.
Faculty members and students attending the meeting had a heated discussion on the contents of Morita’s report. Morita warmly invited the students and faculty of KUST to the University of Tokyo for further study or academic visits and exchanges.
As a lifelong visiting professor at KUST, professor Morita’s primary research interests include the physicochemistry of high-temperature silicon metallurgy, microwave metallurgy, and steel metallurgy. He has published over 500 academic papers, including over 100 in high-level journals in silicon metallurgy and silicon purification. Internationally recognized for pioneering the thermodynamic study in metallurgical silicon purification, professor Morita has significantly influenced the field of metallurgical thermodynamics. Since 2004, he has been collaborating with KUST in student training, talent exchanges, academic exchanges, and the sharing of scientific and technological achievements. As a leading international academic figure, he has helped KUST to be selected for the “Disciplinary Innovation and Intelligence Introduction Program for Universities,” training dozens of high-level scientific and technological talents for China and Yunnan Province, as well as bridging exchanges and cooperation between China and Japan.
Translated by: ZHANG Yanyan, Faculty of Foreign Languages and Cultures
Edited by: CHEN Chunli, Faculty of Foreign Languages and Cultures (English)
Source: Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering
Issued by: Division of International Cooperation (English)
Edited by: KUST News Center (Chinese)
