Volume 2 Academic Career Chapter 797: Experimental Follow-up
"Three months?"
Chen Zhou repeated it, thinking about how long it would take to synchronize theory and experiment after the new research direction was refined.
Although Chen Zhou does not go to the laboratory very often, his control over the progress of the five major experiments is no worse than that of the persons in charge of the five major experiments.
After having a rough estimate of the time in his mind, Chen Zhou asked: "How long do you think it will take to complete the experimental verification and synchronize the theory and experiment?"
After hearing this question, the persons in charge of the five major items all began to make estimates in their minds.
As the research leaders along the way, they are actually familiar with the estimate of the research progress.
Especially when Chen Zhou's research plan is so detailed, combined with the previous laboratory research conditions, it can be grasped more accurately.
However, Li Zhenbang's previous remarks had already mentioned the time of three months, and Chen Zhou also repeated it in a low voice, which caused some indirect interference to their judgment.
After a while, Fang Qinghua, the person in charge of the theoretical research, was the first to express his opinion: "Academician Chen, the single research project I am responsible for can complete the synchronization of experiments and theories within three months!"
Following closely, Wang Bin, head of the raw material production department, Zhao Song, head of the materials department, Wang Yun, head of the engineering design department, and Li Yunsheng, head of the control program department, all began to express their opinions, indicating that the synchronization of experiments and theories could be completed within three months.
Even another deputy commander-in-chief, Wu Zhipeng, said: "Academician Chen, we are confident that we can synchronize experiments and theories within three months!"
Looking at the six people in front of him, Chen Zhou shook his head slightly. He didn't want them to make a statement, nor did he want them to sign a military order or anything.
He wanted them to be realistic and give him a fairly accurate estimate of the time based on the experiment.
In this way, he could coordinate with Li Zhenbang and Mr. Pan to arrange the time for joint research and make adequate preparations for it.
Seeing Chen Zhou shaking his head, without giving others a chance to speak, Elder Pan said seriously, "Fang Qinghua, I know that Academician Chen has laid the foundation for theoretical research, but can the laboratory really complete the verification in three months?"
"And Wang Bin, the original experiments have relatively independent, and there are many technical difficulties. Aren't you aware of the experiments over the past two years?"
"And Zhao Song, don't think that you can rest easy just because you have DMD-X. Can you really ensure that this material can demonstrate its original excellent properties in actual devices?"
"And Wang Yun, the experimental situation of the engineering design part is one of the pillars to ensure the successful construction of the device. Are you sure you can complete the experimental research in three months?"
"Finally, it's you, Li Yunsheng. I don't need to explain how sophisticated the control program is. You know that it took more than three months to debug it, right?"
Mr. Pan was not polite at all and criticized the persons in charge of the five major items one by one. Only another deputy commander-in-chief, Wu Zhipeng, escaped.
After being criticized, the persons in charge of the five major items did not feel dissatisfied. Having followed Mr. Pan for so many years, they knew his temper.
They made such a statement because they did not want to delay the joint research.
But they ignored the most important thing, which is also what the older generation of scientists like Mr. Pan valued the most.
Chen Zhou looked at Mr. Pan who was still a little angry, reached out and patted the old man, signaling him to calm down.
Then, he turned to the crowd and said, "I know what you think, but I don't need this kind of statement!"
"What I want is to achieve the synchronization of experiments and theories in a pragmatic way, and to ensure that the foundation of the joint research is truly solid! Only in this way can the joint research break through the last 10% more efficiently!"
Mr. Pan then said, "Do you understand? I'm not asking you to rush the task and do a joint research just for the sake of joint research!"
Li Zhenbang on the side looked at Chen Zhou, then at Mr. Pan, and did not say anything, but he was somewhat touched in his heart. With such people around, the research of the "Kuafu" project would be safe and reliable.
The meeting room was silent for a moment, and then Fang Qinghua, the person in charge of the theoretical research department, started the conversation. The heads of the five major projects spoke one by one about the estimated experimental verification time.
This time, the five people did not have the idea of quick success, nor did they think that they had to complete the experiment within three months.
Instead, we estimated the time realistically based on the difficulty of the experiments and theories.
After listening to the estimates of the five project leaders, Chen Zhou said thoughtfully: "You need to add another month of reserve time to your estimate."
Chen Zhou said this because experiments are accidental and new problems may arise, which are factors that need to be seriously considered.
After hearing Chen Zhou's words, Mr. Pan was the first to express his agreement, followed by Wu Zhipeng and the five major project leaders.
Seeing this, Chen Zhou said, "In that case, according to the time calculation just now, the time point for our joint research will be February next year. We will discuss the specific details after we have agreed on them."
"I hope that in the coming time, everyone will go all out and do a good job in the research work they are responsible for! I look forward to your good news!"
At this point, the last seminar before the joint research has officially ended.
The follow-up is to follow up the experimental work of the five major items according to the estimated time, so as to achieve synchronization between theory and experiment.
In addition, Li Zhenbang discussed the specific details with Chen Zhou for the subsequent joint research and made further preparations.
It is rare for Chen Zhou to be able to balance his own research time before joining the team for research.
Originally, he wanted to quickly resolve the research on dark matter and dark energy under the grand unified theory, but Langlands didn't think so.
For the grand unified research in the field of mathematics, Langlands and Faltings brought Deligne with them and found Chen Zhou more than once.
Chen Zhou naturally couldn't refuse, so he started to conduct research on the grand unification of mathematics together with these old gentlemen.
However, unlike the last time he studied the standard conjecture, this time Chen Zhou did not plan to complete the research entirely by himself.
Instead, he formed a research team with Langlands and two other researchers to jointly tackle this problem.
In this way, Chen Zhou can better balance his time for various research projects during this period.
Furthermore, once the research on the "Kuafu" project begins as a combined effort, he will definitely put aside all other research topics and focus on the final 10% of progress.
At that time, Langlands and other three can continue their research on this topic without interrupting the research.
Before that, Chen Zhou will leave these three old gentlemen with enough research points for them to explore.
Time has gradually come to the end of 2021...
