On the afternoon of 7 December, the 1st Scientific Research Causerie was successfully held in R. 107, Dianzi Building to promote an in-depth exchange between JSC teachers and students and the visiting ANU teachers, cultivate the students’ interest in scientific research and further enhance their disciplinary and research capacities. Liang Fengjun, Party Dean and Wang Wei, Deputy Party Dean were present and the ANU physics teachers, Paula Boubel、Kaiwen Zhu、Xintong Yan、Margaret McGuinn Webber were invited as guests. The student representatives of applied physics major participated in the event hosted by Wu Xinchen, a 2023 cohort student.
At the start of the event, Wang Wei warmly welcomed the four ANU teachers and expressed gratitude for their sparing time from their busy teaching to share profound and cutting-edge physics knowledge with the students. She encouraged the students to actively interact with the ANU teachers, expand their academic horizons, and bridge the gap between theory and practice to thereby enhance their academic research ability.
During the session, Paula Boubel first introduced the infrastructure and surroundings of ANU Research School of Physics and the observatory. Then, she cleverly used charts and formulas to explain the famous Tully-Fisher relation to the students and delved into its significance in studying the reasons behind galaxy movement. She further presented how to infer galaxy luminosity through its rotational velocity and predict galaxy distance by comparing the galaxy luminosity. In Q & A session, the students asked questions one after another and engaged in lively discussions with Paula and the other three ANU teachers who responded patiently to each question. The entire event was a perfect blend of professionality and interest. In addition to expanding the knowledge field of the physics major students, it has fostered mutual understanding between the Chinese and Australian teachers and students and stimulated the students’ strong interest in the study of astrophysics and galaxy exploration.
The college has given full play to its advantages and committed to creating distinctive features of the cooperative education. As one of important measures, this event is aimed to help the students deepen their understanding of the professional field, develop their ability to analyze and solve problems and expand extracurricular knowledge independently so as to establish a solid foundation for further study in a broader scientific context.
