On April 12, 2017, Professor Detlef Lohse of the University of Twente, the Netherlands, was appointed Chair Professor of Fluid Engineering of Tsinghua University. Professor Qi-Kun Xue, vice president of Tsinghua University, presented the Certificate of Appointment and extended congratulations to Prof. Lohse. After the appointment ceremony, Prof. Lohse delivered a lecture entitled “Surface nanobubbles and nanodroplets - the big picture” as the 32th Clean Energy Forum at the Department of Thermal Engineering, hosted by Prof. Zheng Li.

In addition, Prof. C. K. Law and Prof. D. Lohse also signed an Agreement of Cooperation between the Center for Combustion Energy, Tsinghua university, and the Physics of Fluids group at the University of Twente.

The Center for Combustion Energy (CCE) at Tsinghua University is an open research institute focusing on the sustainability and innovation of future energy systems, and has a long-term research interest in fluid mechanics as related to combustion energy. The Physics of Fluids group (POF) at the University of Twente is a leading research institute in the field of fluid mechanics. The main research areas are turbulence, two-phase flows, granular flows, micro- and nano-fluidics and biomedical applications of bubbles. The group has many national and international collaborations, both in industry and in the academic world. A recent initiative of the group was the new Max Planck – University of Twente Center for Complex Fluid Dynamics.

Tsinghua university and UT pledge to engage in cooperative educational and research activities, for the mutual benefit of both institutions, CCE and POF have agreed upon joint research in fluid mechanics and related subjects, staff and student exchange between CCE and POF, joint academic meetings and exchange of materials relevant to education and research.

Detlef Lohse is a “University Distinguished Professor” at the University of Twente. He is a member of the German Academy of Sciences, a member of the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences, and a foreign member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) of the United States of America. He is a recipient of the most prestigious fluid mechanics prize, the Batchelor Prize, in 2012, for best research in fluid mechanics in the last ten years.