Chapter 738 A Surprise From My Alma Mater

After the report, the question-and-answer session naturally followed.

However...

There was nothing to ask.

At least that was the case with the content of the paper.

As for the project-related...

Yuan Xiangya had no idea.

The other three also had nothing to ask.

Du Yishan had already left the front line, Liu Zhenxiang's understanding of the situation at AECC was similar to Chang Haonan's, and after returning to China, Mr. Qian was mainly responsible for aerospace and missiles, which was not business-related.

But the defense record needed to be archived with the paper after all, and if the question-and-answer session was really completely empty, it would not look good.

Therefore, in the end, it was Yuan Xiangya who asked the universal question:

"It can be seen that your research has achieved fruitful results, and I think you should continue to pursue scientific research in the future, so can you specifically talk about the next research direction?"

In fact, generally speaking, a serious paper defense will add a "research outlook" section at the end.

But because Chang Haonan turned the second half of the content directly into a project report, and the report was about three projects that had little connection with each other, this section was skipped.

"Next... I plan to study the application of inertial manifolds in dissipative partial differential equations, which naturally includes the application of N-S equations, and, if possible, I can also strictly prove its existence from a mathematical perspective..."

"..."

Chang Haonan repeated what he had said to Ding Gaoheng before.

One good thing about engineering is that as long as I find that a theorem is valid from experience, I can continue to use it.

Even if it is falsified in the future, I can add a correction and continue to use it.

But if you want to make a breakthrough at the theoretical level, you can't just stay at the level of "I think it is valid".

Fortunately, these two things can be promoted at the same time without interfering with each other.

Yuan Xiangya originally just picked a question to fill in the gaps, and after getting the answer, he just nodded and didn't say anything more.

It may not even be taken seriously-

Research prospects are basically written for fun.

As long as it is theoretically possible, it can be regarded as reasonable.

In the past student defenses, Yuan Xiangya even saw many students write in their outlook that they hoped to prove the Goldbach conjecture or Fermat's Last Theorem.

After confirming that the defense secretary had completed the record, Qian, the chairman of the defense committee, announced that Chang Haonan would have to recuse himself from the expert review stage.

In fact, at this point, not to mention Chang Haonan, any doctoral student would definitely be safe.

If there were really any problems, they would not have made it to this step.

…

Chang Haonan only waited in the corridor for about five minutes before he saw the door opened a crack.

The defense secretary poked his head out from inside and signaled that he could go in.

At the conference table, the five members of the review committee sat upright, and even Du Yishan, who had been smiling just now, tensed up.

Reading out the review results, even if there was no suspense, was a serious matter after all.

After all, although the organizational form was more casual, the decision of the review committee was actually legally binding.

After seeing Chang Haonan walk in, Qian Lao supported himself with one hand on the handrail and stood up with some difficulty.

Liu Zhenxiang and Du Yishan beside him quickly helped him up.

Chang Haonan also quickly returned to his seat and stood in front of him, putting on a solemn expression.

Qian's voice was slow but firm:

"The student conducted a graduation project on the topic of 'Time-space separation method for solving nonlinear partial differential equations'. He was able to skillfully apply the learned theories and professional knowledge. The innovation and workload met the requirements for doctoral training... He showed strong independent work ability. The TORCH Multiphysics software he designed has been verified and has extremely high application and commercial value..."

"The content of the thesis is correct, the analysis is reasonable and sufficient, the structure is clear, the text and sentences are smooth, the format is standardized, and during the defense, the ideas are clear and the expression is fluent. He can correctly answer all the questions raised by the defense committee. The defense committee believes that the student has reached the level of a doctoral degree, unanimously agrees to pass the student's graduation thesis defense, and recommends that he be awarded a doctorate in engineering!"

Although Chang Haonan knew that the result of his defense would definitely pass, he was still a little relieved when he heard the decision on the degree.

It's not that he was nervous or surprised

It's mainly a sense of relief that "something is finally settled".

Moreover, he also somewhat understood why Mr. Qian was chosen as the chairman of the defense committee.

Although Du Yishan said that the other party took the initiative to request it, the fact that Mr. Qian knew about it meant that someone must have specifically mentioned that he was about to defend his thesis.

If it were someone else, it would be difficult to read out the sentence "unanimously agreed to pass the student's graduation thesis defense"...

"Dr. Chang, congratulations."

Mr. Qian handed Chang Haonan the decision signed by all members of the defense committee, and then took the initiative to extend his hand to the latter.

"Thank you again, Mr. Qian."

The two held hands tightly.

Although Chang Haonan has been called Chang Bo since he started his doctoral studies, strictly speaking, it can only be regarded as a joke or a compliment.

After today, this title will become real.

"No need to thank me."

Mr. Qian replied cheerfully:

"The doctoral degree is well deserved for you!"

"Let's take a photo together. Today is a day worth remembering."

Liu Zhenxiang lowered his head and took out a point-and-shoot camera from nowhere. It was obvious that he had prepared it in advance.

The defense secretary who had been sitting next to him quickly took the camera in his hand and walked to the other side of the room to take pictures.

"Come over too. The defense is over. You can ask the staff outside to take pictures."

Du Yishan turned off the projector and waved to the defense secretary who was holding the camera to take pictures.

"Ah?"

The latter looked up and looked at the people here with a look of confusion, shock, and finally ecstasy:

"I...really went there?"

The tone was obviously a little flattered-

The defense secretary is not actually a secretary, but a member of the committee responsible for recording, and also has the title of professor.

However, in today's situation, a professor title is really not enough.

In normal times, it would be a great fortune to be able to take a photo with any of the people in front, let alone with six at the same time.

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"You are also a member of the defense committee, why can't you come?"

In the end, it was Mr. Qian who made the decision and invited the staff who came with him from outside.

In this way, there were 7 people taking the photo.

Mr. Qian patted Chang Haonan on the shoulder and signaled the two to change the order:

"Today is your degree awarding ceremony. You are the protagonist. According to the rules, you have to stand in the middle."

Chang Haonan knew that Mr. Qian's legs were not very good and he could not stand for too long. Therefore, it was not appropriate for him to be too entangled in such details. So he followed his instructions and moved to the middle of the seven people.

"Kacha--"

With the sound of the shutter, a photo that was enough to be recorded in the history of Chinese scientific research was taken.

After the photo was taken and everyone returned to their seats, Tang Lintian, who had not spoken much before, stood up again and took out a folder from his briefcase.

Seeing this posture, Chang Haonan knew that it must be related to him, so he did not sit down directly, but waited for the other party to speak.

"In addition, after discussion by the school leadership team and approval from the Ministry of Labor and Social Security, in view of the significant achievements made by Comrade Chang Haonan in numerical calculation, fluid mechanics and structural mechanics, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics has decided to appoint Dr. Chang Haonan as the director of our school's compressor research center and the director of the school-level computing center, and to rank him as a second-level professor!"

After reading it, Tang Lintian closed the folder again and handed it to Chang Haonan:

"The formal letter of appointment and contract will be issued with your degree certificate in a few days."

"Congratulations, Professor Chang."