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Reports of Former Scholarship Holders 2004 - 2018 CROSSLINK — CONNECT — COMPREHEND EURASIA-PACIFIC UNINET REPORTS OF FORMER SCHOLARSHIP HOLDERS 2004 - 2018 Eurasia-Pacific Uninet is a network which aims at establishing contacts and scientific partnerships between Austrian universities, universities of applied sciences, other research institutions and member institutions in East Asia, Central Asia, South Asia, and the Pacific region. With its member institutions, the network promotes multilateral scientific cooperation, joint research, and conferences, as well as faculty and student exchanges. Eurasia-Pacific Uninet supports the concept of Austrian higher education policy with its focus on excellence. CONTACT INFORMATION https://www.eurasiapacific.info/ http://www.eurasiapacific.net/ [email protected] +43 1 250774209 Eurasia-Pacific Uninet Veterinärplatz 1 1210 Vienna Editorial: Austria Team of the EPU, 2019. CONTENTS Editorial by the president of the EPU 1 Eurasia-Pacific Uninet 3 Highlights 7 Scholarship Holders 29 Scholarship Supervisors 143 List of Scholarship Holders and Supervisors 157 EDITORIAL by Ao. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Wolf-Dieter Rausch The Eurasia-Pacific Uninet is happy to present this edition of articles of the scholarship holders’ personal impressions. This booklet has been designed to reflect the activities of the PhD candidates and Postdocs from Asian Eurasia-Pacific Uninet member universities, who came to Austria and contributed their knowledge, skills and interests in joint cooperations and rese- arch. In most cases, these scholarships represent the first experience of young people in a foreign country, away from home, being exposed to new impressions. Judging from the reports, the impressions of the scholarship holders were mostly joyous and positive. The fellowships covered all fields of academic activity, thus it may be said that a sci- entific discussion between Asia and Europe was stimulated in many fields. The team of the Eurasia-Pacific Uninet sincerely hopes that these stays were fruitful, helped to advance academic careers, and formed a long-lasting link with the host institutions in Aus- tria. This appears to have been achieved with success, when we consider the number of joint academic publications. The reflections on these different research activities as well deserve to thank the supervisors, who not only supported the scientific activities, but also did their best to provide a friendly atmosphere and give the young scientists from abroad a good impression of Austrian hospi- tality and culture. The Austrian government pays great attention to these activities, as the fellowships are fun- ded by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research, currently as Ernst Mach fellowships. The administrative side such as organizing stays, transferring the fel- lowships and providing logistic help is organized by the Austrian Exchange service. Finally, it should be said that these reflections should not only look to the past but even more to the future. It should be a dream to continue and expand such research cooperations within Europe and reciprocally with Asia. The Chinese concept of One Belt, One Road could be a stimulus also for Austrian and European young scientists to go in the direction of Asia. The current events may be contradictory, but there is no better way to secure peace and de- velopment than by enhancing mutual trust and understanding. If our activities contribute to that they have certainly reached their goals. With kinds regards, Dr. Wolf-Dieter Rausch Network President Spring 2019 "1 "2 EURASIA-PACIFIC UNINET OVERVIEW 2004-2018 "3 ABOUT THE EURASIA-PACIFIC UNINET A short introduction The Eurasia-Pacific Uninet (EPU) is a network which aims at establishing contacts and scientific partnerships between Austrian universities, universities of applied sci- ences, other research institutions and member institutions in East Asia, Central Asia, South Asia, and the Pacific region. The network was founded in 2000 and is strongly supported by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research, as well as the Austrian Agency for International Cooperation in Education and Research. Also, the network has a close cooperation with the Austrian Ministry for European and International Affairs. With more than 170 member institutions in Austria, China, the Russian Federation, Kyrgyzstan, India, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Nepal, the Republic of Korea, Uzbekistan, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, and Bhutan the network promotes promotes multilateral scientific cooperation, joint research, and conferen- ces, as well as faculty and student exchanges between its members. Eurasia-Pacific Uninet is the biggest sovereign university network of its kind in Europe. Furthermore, the network supports the concept of Austrian higher education policy with its focus on excellence. EPU supports scientific, economic, and cultural relations between Austria and the target countries, R&D activities of multinational companies, visiting professorships, and reciprocal acknowledgement of study degrees and programs. EPU supplies research scholarships for member institutions, contacts between go- vernment agencies, and educational expertise through intensive programs and cultu- re. EPU initiates joint research centers, joint schools for teaching, research and training, development of joint curricula and double-degree programs, research activities by means of workshops, seminars, as well as conferences and through the exchange of scientists among member institutions. For further information, please visit us at https://www.eurasiapacific.info/ or https://www.eurasiapacific.net/ "4 MEMBER INSTITUTIONS OF THE EPU 171 member institutions in 13 countries The Eurasia-Pacific Uninet has a total of 171 member institutions in 13 countries in Europe, Central Asia, South Asia, East Asia, and the Paci- fic Region. With 41 member institutions in Austria, the network incor- porates various fields of study and covers a wide range of the Austrian higher education and research system. While the network has its orig- ins and head office in Austria, the greater part of the member instituti- ons are located in China. The Eurasia-Pacific Uninet prides itself with being the biggest of its kind in all of Europe. "5 SCHOLARSHIPS SCHOLARSHIPS FOR MEMBER INSTITUTIONS IN CHINA AND MONGOLIA The Eurasia-Pacific Uninet scholarship program, initiated by the Austrian Council for Research and Technology Development by special request of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research, was launched in 2003 and in recent years has been funded exclusively by the Austrian Ministry of Education, Science and Research. Currently, the new Ernst Mach/Eurasia-Pacific Uninet scholarship is available for researchers from Chinese and Mongolian member institutions. The targets of the scholarship program include promoting and financially supporting scientific projects carried out between partner institutions by highly qualified scien- tists, enhancing short-term teaching at member universities and research institutions in the target countries, as well as the scientists' ability to compete in the international scientific community by means of study and research visits to partner institutions in the target countries, and promoting industry and economy-related science and rese- arch. Finally, the program seeks to create closer ties between the decision-making institutions in the target countries and institutions in Austria by establishing contacts between universities, other institutions of higher education, and companies. Eligible fields of study and research include Technical Sciences, Natural Sciences, Medicine, Agricultural Science, Environmental Studies, Economic Sciences (including Tourism Research), Humanities and Social Sciences, as well as Arts and Music. The offered programs include research scholarships to Austria for PhD-students and postdocs from China and Mongolia. Furthermore, scientists from other member insti- tutions are encouraged to apply for an Ernst Mach Grant. SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDENTS AND POST-DOCS Both PhD-students and postdocs can apply for this scholarship with an age limit of 35 years. PhD scholarships grant 1.050,- EUR at most, postdoc scholarships grant 1.150,- EUR at most and all costs such as air-ticket, accommodation, insurance and living costs in Austria must be paid by the scholarship-holder. In the course of their study, the scholarship-holders do not have to pay tuition fees at the hosting institution in Austria. Scholarship holders from non-European countries will also receive a travel cost sub- sidy of max. 1.000,- EUR. "6 ! HIGHLIGHTS 2004-2018 "7 "8 Ms. WANG Ru Tongji University School of Materials Science and Engineering Vienna University of Technology, Austria 2005 Em.O.Univ-Prof. Dipl.-Ing Dr.techn. Dr. h.c.mult. Prof. Herbert Mang It was my great honor to be awarded a scholarship from the Eurasia-Pacific Uninet in 2005, which provided me an opportunity to work as a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for Mecha- nics of Materials and Structures, Vienna University of Technology, Austria. During that time, Prof. Herbert Mang, my supervisor, and Prof. Josef Eberhardsteiner, direc- tor of the institute, gave me a lot of precious and valuable guidance. I was also very lucky to cooperate with Prof. Roman Lackner, who gave me many detailed advices on my research work. When I worked in the institute from 1 March 2005 to 31 March 2006, I got a lot of help from other staff and students in the institute and the university too.
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