On May 30, the double doctorate dissertation defense meeting of postgraduate Yin Tingyun was held by the combination of online and offline. According to the cooperation agreement signed by the two universities, the defense committee is composed of experts from both China and Italy. Prof. Luo Xianwu of Tsinghua University served as the chairman of the Defense Committee. The other members of the Defense Committee are Prof. Ernesto Benini and Prof. Giovanna Cavazzini of Università di Padova, Prof. Pei Ji of Jiangsu University. As the supervisors of Yin Tingyun, Secretary of the Party Committee Prof. Yuan Shouqi and Prof. Giorgio Pavesi of UNIPD attended the meeting.

At the defense meeting, Yin Tingyun gave a report on his doctoral dissertation “Numerical Analyses on Unsteady Cavitating Flow”. Meanwhile, he answered questions raised by experts of the Defense Committee on the research work. The Defense Committee gave a high appraisal of his work, and consented to grant him double doctorate of UNIPD and JSU. This doctoral dissertation has made critical achievements in flow mechanism, instability characteristics and potential suppression methods related to unsteady cavitation. He has published academic papers in important international journals in this field, such as Ocean Engineering, International Journal of Multiphase Flow, ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering and Journal of Fluids and Structures. The Defense Committee unanimously agreed to give this doctoral dissertation the honor of “Cum Laude”.

In the end, Yuan Shouqi made a concluding speech. He first congratulated UNIPD on its 800th anniversary and the 10th anniversary of cooperation between the two universities, reviewing the outstanding cooperation achievements made by the two universities in talent training, scientific research, platform construction, etc. since the first exchange of visits and the signing of the inter university cooperation agreement in 2012. Yuan anticipated that both sides would carry out international exchanges and cooperation at a higher level in a broader field based on National Center for International Research on Energy Saving Technology of Fluid Engineering Equipment and Advanced Technology for High-end Fluid Machinery Overseas Expertise Introduction Center for Discipline Innovation (“111 Center”).

It is reported that Dr. Yin Tingyun is the second Sino-Italian double doctorate receiver in our university. His double-degree doctoral dissertation enlarges the international popularity of the Power Engineering and Engineering Thermophysics discipline and the Fluid Machinery and Engineering major, playing a positive role in demonstrating and promoting the internationalization of graduate students in our university.