宁波诺丁汉大学张何教授当选英国皇家航空协会会士

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UNNC academic elected as Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society.

近日，宁波诺丁汉大学智能电气化研究院院长张何教授，在经过重重评审后，当选英国皇家航空协会会士（Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society，FRAeS）。

张何教授是我校第二位当选英国皇家航空协会会士的教授，此前宁波诺丁汉大学理工学院科研与知识交流副院长Giampaolo Buticchi教授也获此殊荣。

■英国皇家航空协会是世界上历史最悠久的航空航天专业组织,系由英国皇室资助与保护的航空航天最高学术机构。其所发表的学术主张一直以来被视为国际学界的风向标。在航空航天界作出杰出贡献,或担负重要责任,或具有长期高质量行业成果方可入选。该机构主要从事发展航空、航天和相关领域的科技研究，致力于深化全球航空航天领域的国际交流，促进航空航天学科与其他学科的持续合作，推动航空航天技术的创新发展。

张何教授，博士生导师。2014年加入宁波诺丁汉大学至今，他在高可靠性、高功率密度电机驱动系统在交通电气化、特别是新能源汽车和多电飞机领域的应用取得了一系列具有世界先进水平的原创性研究和技术成果。他曾领衔与中国商飞和中航工业合作完成的国产大飞机多项技术研发，开发了国产大飞机直流起发系统，被认为是为国产大飞机装上了“金色动力”。

此外，他还获批科技部重点专项支持。该项目与一带一路合作国家马耳他展开跨国合作，将建立全球领先的“绿色滑行”高效机电能量转化系统关键设计技术体系。

去年11月，宁波诺丁汉大学航空电气化技术浙江省工程研究中心获评2021年省级工程研究中心，系唯一一家航空电气化领域获批的研究中心。这得益于自2017年宁波诺丁汉大学成立航空学院以来，始终在航空电气化领域开展尖端研究，拥有一支国际化的高水平研究团队——电力电子、电机与控制团队。

截至目前，张何教授在研或已完成科技部政府间重点专项、国家自然基金、欧盟”清洁天空”计划及省市级相关项目30余项。张教授共发表了SCI/EI论文超120篇，其中近半数发表在SCI顶级期刊上，共申请发明专利30余项,包括3项国际专利。

当选英国皇家航空协会会士，张何教授表示，“感谢英国皇家航空协会对我的认可，我想，这也是对宁波诺丁汉大学航空电气化领域发展的认可。”他说，“全球范围内都在关注如何减少碳排放，提高各类交通工具的运行效率。发展最先进的电机驱动系统以推动绿色交通的发展和实践是解决这些问题的重要方法之一。我希望，我们既能够做出高性能的、世界领先的电机驱动器，也能够将研究成果结合到产业中去，通过技术的革新真正地对人类和社会产生一点点改变和贡献。”

UNNC academic elected as Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society

Professor Alan Zhang, Director of the Nottingham Electrification Centre at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC), was recently elected Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society (FRAeS). Professor Zhang is the second UNNC academic to be elected as a fellow after the election of Professor Giampaolo Buticchi, Associate Dean for Research & Knowledge Exchange.

The Royal Aeronautical Society is a British multi-disciplinary professional institution and the world’s oldest aeronautical society. The Society’s published academic research has long been regarded as the gold standard for aeronautical research in the international academic community. Fellows are generally selected due to outstanding contributions or long-term achievements in the aerospace industry. The society is mainly engaged in aviation research development, developing international exchanges in the global aerospace community, promoting interdisciplinary cooperation between aerospace and other disciplines, and promoting the innovative development of aerospace technology.

Professor Zhang joined UNNC in 2014 after obtaining his PhD degree and working for five years at the University of Nottingham UK. He has since been contributing to technological developments in motor drive systems research, specifically in high-power rating DC Starter/Generator systems for aero plane engines with improved efficiency and reduced weight. He has also led the research development into core technologies of the domestic aircraft completed in cooperation with the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China and the Aviation Industry Corporation of China.

Last year, Professor Zhang’s project on “green taxiing” was approved by the Ministry of Science and Technology. The project is an international collaborative project with Malta, a Belt-Road-Initiative partner country, to establish a world-leading regional aircraft “green taxiing” high-efficiency drive system.

In addition, led by Professor Zhang, UNNC was approved to establish the Zhejiang Aviation Electrification Technology Engineering Research Centre. It is the only provincial engineering research centre approved in the field of aviation electrification due to the prior successes of the Nottingham Electrification Centre in carrying out cutting-edge aviation research with high-level international research teams.

Professor Zhang has to date completed more than 30 intergovernmental research projects with the Ministry of Science and Technology, the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the EU “Clean Sky” programme as well as other provincial and municipal projects. Professor Zhang has published more than 120 SCI/EI papers, nearly half of which have been published in top international journals. He has also applied for 30 invention patents, including three international patents.

After being elected as a fellow, Professor Zhang said, “I would like to thank the Royal Aeronautical Society for recognising the efforts of both myself and indeed the development of the Nottingham Electrification Centre.” He said, “there is a global focus on reducing carbon emissions and improving the operational efficiency of transportation. Developing innovative motor drive systems to promote green transportation development is one of the important ways to solve these problems. I hope that we can not only make world-leading efficient motor drive systems, but also integrate research results into the industry, and make contributions to humanity and society through our technological innovations.”

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