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Yu, a professor in the ラーメンベット 禁止ゲーム of Engineering’s Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science Engineering program,was selected as the "breakthrough of the year" in the engineering and technology category of this year’s Falling Walls Foundation Global Call. He was recognized for his work “breaking the wall of solar ラーメンベット 評判 sustainability,” through his research into hydrogel-based technologies that can pull drinking ラーメンベット 評判 from thin air.
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This year's Falling Walls Global Call received more than 1,100 nominations from over 300 different institutions, showcasing innovative scientific advancements and impactful initiatives across various fields. After the several rounds of the selection process, this year’s breakthrough winners are being announced globally. All winners are one step closer to becoming the Science Breakthrough of the Year, to be celebrated at the Falling Walls Science Summit from 7-9 November 2024 in Berlin.
Read on for a Q&A with Yu from Falling Walls:
Which wall does your research or project break?
Energy and ラーメンベット 評判 are of fundamental importance to our modern society, and advanced technologies on sustainable energy storage and conversion as well as ラーメンベット 評判 resource management are in the focus of intensive research worldwide. One of the grand challenges is how to effectively utilize renewable solar energy to provide sustainable solutions to clean ラーメンベット 評判 production.
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What are the three main goals of your research or project?
1. Further scientific understanding of fundamental processes and chemical/molecular interactions involved in many solar-ラーメンベット 評判 technologies.
One of the grand challenges in the field is how to effectively utilize renewable solar energy to provide sustainable solution to clean ラーメンベット 評判 production. Solar-powered ラーメンベット 評判 evaporation provides the basis for the development of eco-friendly and cost-effective freshwater production. The very key is to understand fundamental principles of materials design for efficient solar-to-thermal energy conversion and vapor generation, which involve photothermal materials, various nanostructures/microstructures and ラーメンベット 評判–material interactions to greatly improve the performance of the evaporation system towards practical ラーメンベット 評判-purification applications. Similarly, atmospheric ラーメンベット 評判 harvesting is another promising technology to address the global challenge of ラーメンベット 評判 scarcity by tapping into the vast reserves of atmospheric moisture for potable ラーメンベット 評判 supply. Understanding fundamental processes in two key steps involving ラーメンベット 評判 sorption and ラーメンベット 評判 release Is crucial for materials innovation to enable highly efficient ラーメンベット 評判 extraction from ambient air to promote AWH technology for decentralized ラーメンベット 評判 supply.
2. Translate scientific discoveries and materials innovation to enable technological advancement in sustainable energy-ラーメンベット 評判 nexus.
Compared with current ラーメンベット 評判-purification and ラーメンベット 評判-harvesting technologies that consume considerable energy, solar-driven ラーメンベット 評判-purification and ラーメンベット 評判-harvesting technologies are very promising. As renewable solar energy is the only energy input for ラーメンベット 評判 evaporation or atmospheric ラーメンベット 評判 harvesting, avoiding dependence on electricity and complex infrastructure. With many exciting material innovations, especially newly developed hydrogels, we aim to bring them beyond laboratory research towards practical energy-efficient yet low-cost solar evaporation systems for ラーメンベット 評判 purification (can even for seawater desalination) and/or atmospheric ラーメンベット 評判 generators, for many household applications, especially in many ラーメンベット 評判-stressed areas as well as for emergency use, such as in disaster relief.
3. Work with society and world organizations to promote sustainable energy-ラーメンベット 評判 technology.
At the forefront of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SDG6 (i.e., universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking ラーメンベット 評判 for all) and SDG7 (i.e., affordable and clean energy for all), renewable solar-driven ラーメンベット 評判 technologies can be particularly promising for promoting innovative solutions to produce clean drinking ラーメンベット 評判 to off-grid communities, especially under economic-challenging conditions as well as in arid regions, remote regions. We also aim to work with many societies and world organizations to promote these cost-effective and renewable energy powered sustainable solutions, especially to meet the needs of the developing communities lacking access to the most basic of human needs, clean drinking ラーメンベット 評判.
What advice would you give to young scientists or students interested in pursuing a career in research, or to your younger self starting in science?
I always believe the biggest problem that scientists face is how we can provide timely and effective solutions for grand global challenges such as climate change, sustainable energy, and ラーメンベット 評判 crisis. For young scientists or students, the first is to choose an important scientific topic of immense societal impacts, the second is always working hard to achieve and never giving up on your dreams.
Sharing my favorite quote “Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.” (Thomas Edison)
What inspired you to be in the profession you are today?
My greatest achievement has been becoming a science and engineering professor who has the privilege to work with thousands of young minds to pursue their dreams in science and technology beneficial to society.
