Professor Bingbing Li.

California State University, Northridge’s China Institute will feature a series of presentations ranging from topics such as contemporary Chinese art to the application of acupuncture and herbal medicine in an effort to promote important issues related to China and the United States.

“The goal of the series is to promote researchers working on important issues related to China and the U.S. and to introduce those researchers to CSUN students and members of the local community,” said Weimin Sun, a member of the China Institute advisory board.

The lecture series will begin Friday, Oct. 24, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Live Oak 1124 with a presentation by manufacturing systems engineering and management professor Bingbing Li on “Laser Additive Manufacturing for Remanufacturing of Critical Components and Environmental Sustainability of High-Capacity Lithium Ion Batteries for Electric Vehicles.”

There are three other presentations:

· Oct. 31 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Sierra 209 – CSUN physics and astronomy professor Debi Prasad Choudhary will discuss “Chromosphere of Sunspots – CSUN and NAOC Collaboration.”

· Nov. 14 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Live Oak 1124 – CSUN art professor Meiqin Wang will discuss “Contemporary Chinese Art in the Past Three Decades.”

·  Dec. 2 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Education Building 1214/1216 – Dr. Hongyan Li, a medical doctor who practices acupuncture, and Shanghai University professor Carol Ma, a CSUN visiting scholar, will discuss “The Application of Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine in our Daily Life.”

Professor Meiqin Wang.

CSUN has a long history of collaboration with China. It was one of the first American universities to pursue educational and cultural exchanges with Chinese universities when the late-President James Cleary signed CSUN’s first foreign student exchange agreement in 1981.

Today, CSUN has agreements and letters of intent with nearly 50 universities in China. These agreements have helped to promote the academic and cultural exchange of faculty and students through joint teaching, research, creative projects, visiting professor opportunities and other projects. Hundreds of visiting scholars and thousands of students from China have studied at CSUN, and many CSUN faculty and students have participated in exchange programs.

The lecture series is sponsored by the CSUN China Institute and the College of Humanities. It is free and open to the public. A campus map is available at this link, http://www.csun.edu/csun-maps, and public parking is available on campus for $6 a day. For more information, contact Weimin Sun at Weimin.sun@csun.edu.

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