From October 2 to 4, the 18th Asian International Conference on Fluid Machinery (AICFM18) was held in Ha Long Bay, Vietnam. As one of the most influential international academic conferences in the field of fluid machinery, the event attracted over 200 experts and scholars from more than ten countries, including China, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, the United States, Germany, Sweden, and Vietnam. They engaged in in-depth exchanges and discussions on cutting-edge research directions and the latest achievements in fluid machinery. The delegation from Jiangsu University (JSU) attending the conference included Chairman of the Asian Fluid Machinery Committee and Director of the National Pump Engineering Center of JSU Prof. Yuan Shouqi, Deputy Director of Research Center of Fluid Machinery Engineering and Technology Researcher Pei Ji, Prof. Zhou Ling, Assoc. Researcher Lang Tao, and five master and doctoral students.
At the opening ceremony, representing the organizer and the Asian Fluid Machinery Committee (AFMC), Prof. Yuan Shouqi delivered a speech in which he introduced the history, mission, and contributions of the AICFM. He expressed his hope that the conference would not only serve as a platform for exchanging ideas and sharing achievements but also as a starting point for promoting collaboration and inspiring innovation, collectively advancing frontier research in fluid machinery and its systems.
During the plenary session, Prof. Yuan Shouqi delivered an invited report on behalf of JSU titled "Research on Integrated Emergency Water Supply and Purification Equipment for Mountainous and Remote Disaster Areas", which received widespread attention and high praise from the participants. Renowned experts and scholars from institutions such as Tsinghua University in China, Waseda University in Japan, the Korean Academy of Science and Technology, and the University of Danang in Vietnam presented invited reports on topics including reversible pump-turbines, fluid equipment for hydrogen production from wind and solar energy, low-vibration and low-noise compressors, and unstable flow in turbine draft tubes.
The conference featured 28 parallel sessions, with representatives from JSU serving as chairs of these sessions. Both faculty and students delivered academic presentations based on their research findings.
During the awards ceremony, Zhou Ling received the AFMC Asian Fluid Machinery Young Engineer Award, while doctoral student Yang Gang was honored with the Best Paper Presentation Award.
During the conference, Ptof. Yuan Shouqi presided over a closed-door meeting of the Asian Fluid Machinery Committee. More than 20 committee representatives from countries such as China, Japan, South Korea, Iran, India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Singapore exchanged views on the development of the fluid machinery industry in Asia and worldwide. The meeting provided valuable suggestions for the committee’s future work directions, and it was decided that the next conference, AICFM19, would be hosted by the Korean Society of Fluid Machinery.
Participation in this conference further enhanced JSU’s influence in the international fluid machinery industry, strengthened in-depth exchanges with international peer experts, and laid a solid foundation for the development of the National International Joint Research Center for Energy-Saving Technology in Fluid Engineering Equipment and the Innovation Base for High-End Fluid Machinery Equipment and Technology.
(Source: Research Center of Fluid Machinery Engineering and Technology)
