I Just Want to Be a Quiet Top Student

After returning to Yanda, Shen Qi returned to the intense and orderly scientific research work.

It's been almost a year since Ouye returned to China with Shen Qi, and she finally found a scientific research status, ready to do a valuable mathematics project.

Before going to Europe to accept the award, Shen Qi called together all the front-line scientific researchers of the center and held a mid-year summary meeting.

Shen Qi was satisfied with the scientific research performance achieved by the center in the first half of the year. The center produced four important scientific research achievements, including one PRL paper on physics, two papers on Science, and one high-quality paper from Xiao Junlong on mathematics.

Although the remaining six mathematics researchers have not yet published their research results, their projects are in progress.

Shen Qi predicts that the center will usher in a full-scale outbreak in the second half of the year, and hopes that all colleagues will unite sincerely and create brilliance together.

What Shen Qi paid the most attention to was the 973 physics project that he arranged for Yang Dingtian to follow up. During the progress of the project, Yang Dingtian encountered some difficulties.

"Professor Shen, the first paper of this project has been published and has been recognized by the physics community. The difficulty of the work we are doing now lies in the study of amorphous alloys." Yang Dingtian couldn't continue, worrying Ah, distress, helplessness.

Amorphous alloy, namely metallic glass, is a special kind of amorphous substance composed of basic chemical elements. Its microstructure is very peculiar, showing special physical properties different from traditional materials, and has become an important aspect in the application field of high-performance materials. A member, is the darling of national defense, aerospace, energy, information and other fields.

These fields are the lifeblood of a country, and whoever can play high-tech will have an international advantage.

Shen Qi saw a piece of information when he was in the United States, which was the strategic plan of the US DARPA.

DARPA is the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Shen Qi had always thought that DARPA was the official U.S. war agency. After seeing the strategic plan with his own eyes, he changed his view of DARPA. DARPA is actually a pretty awesome strategic plan. Institutions are very technical and professional.

The information Shen Qi has is that the U.S. military has focused on research and development of amorphous alloys as a new generation of aircraft carrier deck coatings.

What he saw was not just a strategic plan, but also some technical details.

Shen Qi has been paying close attention to the US aircraft carrier USS Ford. It is said that the USS Ford is coated with a new type of coating made of amorphous alloy material. Its friction coefficient, wear resistance, impact resistance, corrosion resistance and anti-skid performance are much higher than Other aircraft carriers in the world.

It's a pity that Shen Qi can only take a sneak peek and dare not take it clearly. He knows that the US military attaches great importance to the research of this kind of amorphous alloy material.

Shen Qi said: "It was a very coincidence that day. I happened to have something to discuss with a professor of physics in Princeton on technical issues. I peeked at a document of the US military. I reckoned that the coating technology of the USS Ford was also ignorant. We must Can do better."

"Professor Shen, I am very distressed about the technical direction."

"I conclude that the status quo of amorphous alloys is that there are applications but no theory. Due to the disordered structure of amorphous alloys, the corresponding theoretical models are not perfect. The core problem of current amorphous alloy research is how to establish microscopic characteristics or The basic theoretical framework based on the structure can accurately describe the microscopic mechanism of the physical properties of amorphous alloys. The aircraft carrier coating is only a small part of its application. Once the theory is mature, the application with wider coverage and deeper technology will be produced on a large scale. " Shen Qi walked up and down in the office, frowning in thought.

Walking to the blackboard, Shen Qi wrote some information:

"First of all, we still need to solve theoretical problems. I can think of four steps."

"First, find suitable parameters. Second, establish accurate relationships between various inhomogeneous parameters. Third, establish an effective and accurate bridge between experiments and simulations. Fourth, find unified parameters to describe non-uniform Inhomogeneity characteristics of crystal alloys, and finally establish a theoretical framework of microscopic material-physical properties based on inhomogeneity characteristics."

"Do you remember it? I will erase it if I remember it." Shen Qi took the blackboard eraser, erased the information on the blackboard, and said, "Let me tell you a direction, first find the parameters, and the specific experimental operation needs the help of magnetron sputtering." Shooting equipment, we have it in our center, you can do it if you put in a little thought and think about it.”

After teaching Yang Dingtian, Shen Qi packed his bags and flew to Europe.

The Italian city of Trieste is on the edge of the Mediterranean Sea. This is the second time for Shen Qi to come here. The last time was when he received the Ramanu Gold Award a few years ago.

The full name of ICTP is the International Center for Theoretical Physics. This institution also has a mathematics department. The Ramanujan Prize is awarded by ICTP.

Shen Qi has dealt with ICTP before, the first time is a familiarity with the second time.

ICTP awarded Shen Qi the Kasteler Medal and a prize of 1,000 US dollars.

The $1,000 prize is perhaps the lowest-paying science award in the world.

The state subsidies and school subsidies that Shen Qi receives every month are more than one thousand dollars.

Courtesy is less important than affection, money is not a small matter, but achievement is the most important thing. After all, the Kasterler Prize is an important award in the physics world.

ICTP officially announced: "From now on, the Shen-Qi phase transition rules and Shen-Qi equations in condensed matter physics will take effect. Thanks to Mr. Shen Qi for his contribution to physics."

System: "A new achievement! The host won the Physics Award, the Casteler Award, and was rewarded with 800,000 Xueba points."

"The two physical rules/equations named after the host take effect, rewarding 1.6 million Xueba points."

Shen Qi gave a simple physics report after the award ceremony, mainly talking about his follow-up research direction.

After staying in Italy for a few days, Shen Qi had friendly exchanges with famous physicists and mathematicians in the country.

During the Renaissance and the hundreds of years before the Middle Ages, Italy had a strong scientific research strength and produced many outstanding scientists.

With the country's economic downturn, the level of scientific research in Italy is slowly improving, and the level of football is falling instead of rising. Without money, you can't play anything.

Shen Qi was invited to visit the University of Bologna, the number one national comprehensive research university in Italy.

The University of Bologna ranks more than 150 in the world, which is not as high as Yanda.

In fact, Yanda’s latest ranking is quite high, ranking 29th in the world and entering the top 30.

The ranking of the University of Bologna is between Nanjing University and Wuhan University. Some majors of this university are relatively famous, such as physics, archaeology, and law. The strength is still good, at least the top of the European rankings.

The mathematics major at the University of Bologna is too sloppy. This is the conclusion Shen Qi came to after field investigation.

These Italians are slow-tempered and focus on enjoying life. They cannot work without coffee and wine. They drink coffee all afternoon, and drink wine after coffee.

A partial differential equation project at the University of Bologna, a research group has been researching for seven years, but no results have been produced so far.

Shen Qi told the research team leader: "You don't need to produce results. Professor Figali's team has already solved this kind of problem last year."

This kind of problem was solved by Zhou Yuan. This is his doctoral project, and Figali is Zhou Yuan's doctoral supervisor.

The dean of the Department of Mathematics of the University of Bologna made a request to establish a long-term friendly exchange mechanism with the Department of Mathematics of Yanda University through Shen Qi's relationship.

"This is no problem. Italy-China friendship is an important link in the development of Europe-China relations today. I will handle this matter when I go back." Shen Qi used academics as a bridge to promote the healthy and harmonious development of Italy-China relations.

The Chinese Embassy in Italy highly praised Shen Qi's image as a peace envoy.

Times have changed, and now some foreign monks sincerely ask Chinese monks how to chant scriptures in certain scientific fields.

After finishing his friendly visit in Bologna, Shen Qi departed from Milan Airport on the morning of August 1 local time, and flew to St. Petersburg, Russia, to attend the International Congress of Mathematicians.

It was also a coincidence that in the first class cabin of the plane, Shen Qi discovered that the guy next door was an acquaintance, Professor Alessio Figali.

Figali is an Italian, but his personality is not like that of an Italian. He produces mathematical results very quickly. His team publishes more than ten high-quality mathematical papers or other types of mathematical works a year.

"Alessio, this time the Fields Medal belongs to you." Shen Qi and Figali used to be colleagues in the Department of Mathematics at Princeton. Four years ago, Shen Qi won the Fields Medal while Figali missed it.

Figali said: "You know, Qi, I have already returned to work in Italy. After you left, Princeton's mathematics ability has dropped by half."

Shen Qi smiled and said: "Really, you left too, and Princeton's mathematics strength has dropped by half again. But the problem is, in the latest ranking list of mathematics majors, Princeton's mathematics department still ranks first in the world."

"Ha ha!"

The two well-known mathematicians from China and Italy laughed. This wave of commercial exchanges ended here. The fuselage, which was shaking violently due to the change of airflow, finally recovered its stability. The plane traveled northward and arrived safely in St. Petersburg.