On May 30th, the college invited Fan Dixia, a researcher from Westlake University, to give an academic report on "Soaring in the Ocean" - Imagining the Future of Bionic Submersibles". Professor Gao Bo, Vice Dean of the School of Energy and Power Engineering, presided over the report meeting, which was attended by teachers, graduate students and undergraduates of relevant colleges.

The development and utilization of the deep sea is a hot field of research in the world, and researcher Fan Disha introduced the application of biomimetic technology in artificial launch vehicles and the future development direction from the perspective of bionics. In contrast to artificial vehicles, which face problems such as high resistance and limited maneuverability in fluids, the movement of living beings in fluids is efficient and flexible, and how to find inspiration from biological systems to develop innovative and even revolutionary engineering solutions is the main theme of bionics. The report draws experience from amazing marine creatures, such as turtles, rainbow trout, etc., and shows a series of deep reinforcement learning methods to achieve efficient and flexible flapping wing flow control, storm puffin water surface bouncing, etc., and takes the successful sea trial of the 2000m bionic submersible "Xigu-1" as an example to discuss the development status of bionic technology in marine engineering, and get a glimpse of the future of marine bionic technology.

Researcher Fan Dixia had a warm discussion with teachers and students on the development trend of bionic technology, key problems, how to do a good job in scientific research and other issues, and visited the laboratory of the school, looking forward to more exchanges and cooperation with Jiangsu University in talent training and academic research in the future.

Fan Dixia is a researcher at the School of Engineering of Westlake University, a winner of the Youth Program of the National Overseas High-level Talent Program, and an expert of the Kunpeng Action Plan of Zhejiang Province. He received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2019 and joined Westlake University full-time in 2022 to establish the Fluid Intelligence and Informatization Laboratory. His research interests focus on the development and application of artificial intelligence in fluid mechanics, the design and control of air-sea amphibious bionic robots, and the application of metamaterials in air-sea large deformed bodies.

May 30, 2024 is the 8th National Science and Technology Workers Day, and this report meeting is also an important activity carried out by the school in order to "promote the spirit of scientists and be the vanguard of high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-improvement", which fully demonstrates the enthusiasm and demeanor of contemporary young scientific and technological workers!