ACES academic, Prof. I M Dharmadasa (Dharme) was recently invited by the Royal Society (RS) to a UK-China delegation to establish new research links in the fast growing solar energy field. The delegation was organised by the RS in UK and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in China
Twelve leading solar energy researchers in the UK were invited by the RS, to take part in this delegation. Twenty Chinese scientists were invited by CAS to meet visitors and have a workshop on solar energy in Beijing.
The purpose of the event was to exchange information and promoting potential collaboration between scientists from CAS and the UK on solar-photovoltaics and solar-thermal utilisation.
The workshop was held at the Beijing International Conference Centre, and several visits were organised to selected Institutes in Beijing. The events were co-sponsored by the CAS in China and the RS in UK.
After delivering a lecture on scientific research at SHU, Dharme established new collaborations with Institute of Semiconductors and Suzhou Institute of nano-tech and nano-bionics.