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Chapter 143 - 140: Ding Yue’s Thesis Defense (Third Update) _1

Chapter 143: Chapter 140: Ding Yue’s Thesis Defense (Third Update) _1

News of Principal Ding’s anger quickly spread around the campus of Mist City Arts and Science University.

Many students knew about it.

The reason for Principal Ding’s anger was his dissatisfaction with the work of the film school, feeling a sense of frustration akin to trying to change iron into steel.

As a result, Principal Ding was giving the Film and Television Academy another opportunity.

After the whole school learned about this situation in the Film and Television Academy, no students mocked or ridiculed the academy.

Instead, in the school’s forum and in Whatsapp groups, students encouraged their peers in the Film and Television Academy to learn from their shame and strive for improvement, aiming to create a food documentary that would satisfy Principal Ding.

Mist City Arts and Science University’s official forum—

[Film and Television Academy, keep going! I believe you can definitely learn from your shame and become more resilient!]

[Principal Ding really cares about you at the Film and Television Academy, otherwise he wouldn’t have given you another chance.]

[Please put your hearts into creating a piece of work that will make Principal Ding happy. He is doing all of this for your own good.]

[Failing once is not scary. What’s scary is being afraid to face failure. Go, Film and Television Academy!]

When Ding Yue took a break from writing his thesis in his office, he checked the official forum of the university and noticed that students were encouraging and supportive of the Film and Television Academy.

This made Ding Yue quite content.

It showed that the students of Mist City Arts and Science University had a strong sense of unity and shared school pride.

After returning from their previous meeting, the faculty and student teams of the Film and Television Academy indeed started to reflect deeply and learn from their mistakes.

They wrote one after another of voiceover scripts, carefully selected the best ones, and let Principal Ding review them personally.

To this point, Ding Yue had seen quite a few good drafts of voiceover scripts.

Apart from that,

The Film and Television Academy was taking serious preparations including filming plans. Even the budgeting costs were no longer extravagant as before.

The latest budget provided by Zhu Youzhao to Ding Yue for the reshooting of the first episode was cut by a full 800,000 yuan compared to the previous budget.

Ding Yue knew why the cost was so much less.

Because the previous budget of one million two hundred thousand yuan included the purchase of quite a lot of filming equipment.

This time for the re-shooting, these costs no longer needed to be included. A budget of only 400,000 yuan would be needed for the production team to go to Yunnan Province and Guizhou Province for re-shooting.

After browsing the official forum of the university, Ding Yue left and continued writing his thesis.

After fully digesting the [GaN Gallium nitride semiconductor material technology], writing "About the Development and Application of Gallium Nitride in the Field of Semiconductor Materials" was easy for Ding Yue.

If conditions permit, Ding Yue could even research the technology of gallium nitride semiconductor materials in China.

If mature utilization of gallium nitride semiconductor materials is possible, there would be a significant improvement compared to silicon material semiconductors.

The domestic chip industry would also make a leap in development.

Ding Yue only hoped that his thesis would have a certain promoting effect on the development of gallium nitride semiconductor materials domestically.

After another three days,

Ding Yue finally finished his thesis "About the Development and Application of Gallium Nitride in the Field of Semiconductor Materials".

Then, he applied for the defense of his graduation thesis.

Thesis defense is an organized, prepared, planned, and evaluated form of formal review of the thesis.

This time, it would be carried out by professors from the relevant departments who will form the defense committee.

Included in this committee were the Head of the Physics Department, Pang Jianbo, leading faculty member Wang Lei, and Chen Junwen and others from the Physics Department.

Because this thesis defense was somewhat peculiar, Ding Yue had made sure to remind the defense committee not to consider his position as the principal during the evaluation.

They should treat it as a regular student’s thesis defense.

At ten in the morning,

Director Pang Jianbo and Wang Lei had already arrived at a classroom in the Boxue Building.

Soon, they would be discussing the graduation thesis "About the Development and Application of Gallium Nitride in the Field of Semiconductor Materials" by Ding Yue.

Actually, Director Pang Jianbo and Wang Lei had already read this thesis.

There was no question about its professionalism.

The extent of Principal Ding’s knowledge in physics is very high. However, what surprised Wang Lei was Principal Ding didn’t choose a graduation thesis in the field of particle physics, but rather in the field of materials physics.

Gallium nitride semiconductor materials naturally fall under the category of materials physics. Wang Lei isn’t particularly experienced in that field, but Head of the Department Pang Jianbo has a solid background in the field of materials physics.

At the moment, Pang Jianbo was feeling very excited.

Because after he read Principal Ding’s thesis, he found that research in the field of gallium nitride semiconductor materials might be able to make a breakthrough based on the methods Ding proposed in his thesis.

Research on gallium nitride semiconductor materials in Japan is quite advanced compared to China. If China can also make a breakthrough, it would be like a significant booster rocket for the development of the semiconductor industry!

Ten minutes later, Ding Yue arrived at the door of the classroom.

The secretary, Wen Ruohan, following behind him halted.

Because it wasn’t appropriate for her to join Principal Ding’s thesis defense.

"Principal Ding, I will wait for you at the door." Wen Ruohan finished speaking, and handed a cup of bubble milk tea in her hand to Principal Ding.

"Alright, if the defense takes too long, go do whatever you want. You don’t have to wait for me here."

After Ding Yue finished speaking, he walked into the classroom and chose a seat in the center.

As instructed by Principal Ding, the defense committee treated Principal Ding’s defense as if it were a regular student defense, so Pang Jianbo turned to Ding Yue.

"Let’s start."

In fact,

Pang Jianbo had not fully understood Ding Yue’s thesis. He even hoped to discuss some of the difficulties around gallium nitride semiconductors with Principal Ding through this defense.

Normally,

At the defense, the student is first allowed to outline their thesis title and the reasons for choosing the topic in about 15 minutes, and introduce the main arguments, evidence, and writing experience of the thesis in detail.

Pang Jianbo and teacher Wang Lei strictly followed the graduation thesis defense process.

Ding Yue fluently summarized his thesis title and the reasons for selection, and also introduced the arguments, evidence, and writing experience of the thesis.

For most students, the graduation thesis defense would be somewhat nerve-wracking, as it relates to whether they can successfully graduate.

But Ding Yue was not nervous at all.

He even calmly took two sips of bubble milk tea.

After Ding Yue finished his summary, the lead defense teacher, Director Pang Jianbo, asked Ding Yue questions about his graduation thesis.

Usually three questions are asked.

After the teacher’s questions are asked, some schools allow the student to independently prepare for 15-20 minutes and then answer on the spot.

Some schools stipulate that students must answer immediately after the lead defense teacher asks questions, in the form of "question and answer", either in dialogue form or the lead defense teacher asks three questions at one time, and the student answers one by one in order after understanding them clearly.

In addition, the lead defense teacher and other defense teachers can interject appropriately at any time based on the student’s specific answers.

Ding Yue was very fluent in his response to these three defense questions.

The third question was the most difficult one about the application of gallium nitride semiconductor materials posed by Director Pang Jianbo.

Ding Yue had a discussion with Director Pang Jianbo about this issue, and Director Pang Jianbo unexpectedly found himself greatly benefited from it.

"That’s right, in this way, the deadlock of gallium nitride semiconductor materials would be broken instantly!"

Pang Jianbo said, as if he suddenly understood.

After a while, Pang Jianbo calmed his excitement and asked Ding Yue, "Principal Ding, your thesis is highly professional. Professor Zhou Wen from Jiangnan University of Science and Technology is a friend of mine. He has been doing research in the field of semiconductor materials in recent years. Can I show him this thesis?"

"Of course."

Ding Yue shrugged, indicating that there was no problem.

Moreover, when Ding Yue heard that Pang Jianbo mentioned that his teacher Zhou Wen is Professor Zhou Wen, especially when he mentioned the word ’professor’, a light flashed in his eyes.

Mist City Arts and Science University has recruited three professors so far.

One of the professors is Liu Gongcheng, a civil engineering professor that Ding Yue invited from Carp City.

The other two were poached from two schools in Mist City at a high price by the school administration.

In other words,

Ding Yue now needs two more professors to complete the [University Professors] task.

The task [University Professors] has a rewards of 100 reputation points and a level-2 [University Treasure Chest].

Ding Yue was looking forward to this level-2 [University Treasure Chest].

Therefore, at this moment, Ding Yue had his eyes on the professor Zhou Wen mentioned by Director Pang Jianbo.

"That would be great. I believe this thesis can be of great help to Professor Zhou Wen’s research on semiconductor materials."

Pang Jianbo said excitedly.

"So, is the graduation thesis defense over?" Ding Yue looked at Director Pang Jianbo and teacher Wang Lei.

Director Pang Jianbo quickly nodded and said: "Congratulations, Principal Ding, your graduation thesis has successfully passed the defense."

Applause erupted,

All members of the defense committee were applauding.

Because,

This is the first student from Mist City Arts and Science University to pass the graduation thesis defense.

He is also the principal of Mist City Arts and Science University.

As the principal of Mist City Arts and Science University, Ding Yue was the first to pass the graduation thesis defense and is about to receive his diploma.

This will definitely be an exemplary action for the students.

Wen Ruohan, outside the classroom, heard the teachers’ applause from the classroom. She cautiously peeked in from the doorway.

It seemed that the defense committee teachers were very satisfied with the defense by Principal Ding?

At this moment, Pang Jianbo immediately took out his mobile phone. After got permission from Principal Ding to show the graduation thesis to professor Zhou Wen, he prepared to book a flight ticket to Jiangcheng, Jiangnan Province.