The Sino-EUEngineering Education Platform （SEEEP）International High Level Doctoral Summer Schoolhas been held for five years, with continuous and valuable efforts from allsides. The platform encourages face-to-face exchanges, which many students fromChina and Europe are always dreaming of." said Professor Yu Zitao, deputydean of the School of Energy Engineering, Zhejiang University.

ProfessorYu Zitao at closing ceremony

Theevent is jointly sponsored by Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), KTHRoyal Institute of Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and ZhejiangUniversity. This year, the fifth summer school, with the theme of"Affordable Energy Transition", was launched in Zhejiang Universityfrom Aug. 19 to 26. More than 50 Ph.D. students and professors from 17world-famous universities in China, Sweden, the Netherlands, Czech, Italy andSpain, gathered in Zhejiang University, focusing on the various possibilitiesof economic energy conversion.

Group photo at opening ceremony

Duringthe summer school, the students worked closely in group, discussing a certaintopic about social-economic constraints and technological solutions in energytransition. “In my group, we communicated well and I am proud of our finalwork! An amazing and beautiful campus and I am very much enjoyed my staying atZJU,” said a student from Sweden.

Certificate givingceremony

In addition, they joined lectures by theprofessors in various topics and technical visits were arranged in QingshanLake Clean Energy Utilization Center of ZJU, Hangzhou RUNPAQ TechnologyCompany, Zhejiang Energy Group and Hangzhou Gas Group. “The visits show moreoptions of employment for Ph.D. students, and offer plenty of information aboutdiscipline development and hardware platforms. These are all encouragement andsupport for researchers,” said by a Chinese student.

Technical visits

“All over 10 scores out of 10,knowledgeable and fruitful. I learnt a lot of technical things and relatedresearch information from valuable teachers, and the school arrangement werefive-star. Hope to join again,” said a student from Pakistan.

Technical visits

For the Ph.D. students that participatein the summer school, Professor Björn Laumert, Head of Energy TechnologyDepartment, from KTH Royal Institute of Technology, had very high expectationsof them, and he said "With this school we had the opportunity to show thatyou cannot only say that I have great technology and ideas. This is all drivenby an economic and social system that needs to change. You will be the generationthat need to implement these in your home."

Professor BjörnLaumert at closing ceremony

Also, Professor David Smeulders,Director of Energy Technology Research Center, Department of Mechanical Engineering,Eindhoven University of Technology, said “When we start to cooperate is when westart to know each other. I hope we will go back to wherever we came from andshare good memories, ideas and opportunities to collaborate in the future.”

Professor DavidSmeulders at closing ceremony