報告題目：Evolution in Mechanical Engineering: Past and Future

報告人：Prof. Gabor Stepan(匈牙利布達佩斯技術與經濟大學)

主持人：沈星 教授

報告時間：2021年11月11日 17:00—18:00（GMT+8）

線上鏈接：騰訊會議 668633511

報告內容摘要：

First, engineering education in Hungary is introduced, the location, the role, and the history of Budapest University of Technology are presented. The lifetime achievements of Theodor von Karman (Kármán Tódor) is summarized, which already leads to the international perspectives of mechanical engineering by means of his best ever student, Tsien Hsue-Shen (錢學森). Karman’s wisdom has an essential effect on many fields and topics of mechanical engineering through the globe from Japan through China and Germany to the United States. The story of the development of jet propulsion predicts the subsequent challenge: space exploration. Two examples are mentioned for research cooperation between our universities. The closing remarks deal with the task of how to attract excellent students to mechanical engineering which seems to remain the driving force for our technological development in the future.

報告人簡介：

Gabor Stepan教授，匈牙利籍，匈牙利科學院院士，歐洲科學院院士，國際生產工程科學院（CIRP）院士，愛沙尼亞科學院外籍院士，匈牙利科學院科學技術部前任主席，國際理論與應用聯盟（IUTAM）常務理事，南京航空航天大學名譽教授，2021年“江蘇省政府友誼獎”獲獎者。Stepan教授是國際應用力學界的著名學者，曾獲美國機械工程師學會 “Thomas K. Caughey Dynamics”獎，匈牙利最高科學技術獎“Szechenyi Prize”等眾多榮譽。主要研究領域包括：分析力學（穩定性理論，非線性振動，運動方程）；微分方程（分岔理論，時滯微分方程，混沌）；工程應用（車輪非線性動力學，機器人振動與穩定性，非平衡穩定點鎮定，人體及機器人平衡問題，康復機器人，機械加工，交通動力學）。