Microgravity Science and Technology - Topical Collection dedicated to Academician Wen-Rui Hu

Complete Topical Collection published in Microgravity Science and Technology

26 September 2022

This Topical Collection (this opens in a new tab) is dedicated to Academician Wen-Rui Hu (胡文瑞) who initiated the research of microgravity science in China and promoted its development internationally. It aims to provide the latest progress in the disciplines with relevance to his academic activities. Edited by Jian-Fu Zhao and Kai Li.

In the mid-1980s, he initiated microgravity science research in China. Starting from thermocapillary convection and instability, he has gradually expanded his research interests to other disciplines of microgravity fluid physics, including gas-liquid two-phase flow, colloids and complex fluid, and combustion in microgravity. He has also promoted research in the fields of space material science, space biotechnology, space fundamental physics, and relevant applications. He is the founding director of the National Microgravity Laboratory (NML), CAS. He is also one of the sponsors of the Chinese Society of Space Research (CSSR) and the founding president of the National Society on Microgravity Sciences and Applications (NSMSA), CSSR. Since 2008, he has also initiated and promoted China’s space gravitational-wave detection project.
 

Read the Editorial "Academician Wen-Rui Hu — Eminent Pioneer and Prominent Leader of Microgravity Science in China" (this opens in a new tab). Microgravity Sci. Technol. 34, 19 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12217-022-09934-7