At the invitation of the Institute of Metal Research (IMR), Prof. Frédéric Barlat，of Pohang University of Science and Technology，visited IMR on Nov.20-Nov. 22, 2011，as a recipient of the 2011 Lee Hsun Lecture Award. Prof. YANG Ke , head of the Specialized Materials and Devices Division, presented the plaque of the Lee Hsun Lecture Lecture Award to Prof. Frédéric, while Prof. ZHANG Shihong hosted the lecture. Prof. Frédéric Barlat delivered a lecture entitled “Dislocation Density-Based Modeling of the Stress-Strain Behavior under Non-Proportional Loading Conditions”. The excellent lecture got a high degree of attention and praise. After the lecture, Prof. Frédéric Barlat gave excellent answers to the audience‘s questions. During the visit, Prof. Frédéric Barlat had an academic discussion with many researchers in the relevant fields.

Prof. Frédéric Barlat, as director of the Materials Mechanics Laboratory, at the Graduate Institute of Ferrous Technology, Pohang University of Science and Technology, has been engaged in the development of advanced steel processing technology. He is a famous scholar of international material mechanics, and has advanced the famous Barlat-Lian rule. He has had more than 250 papers published, and is the Honorary Professor of many universities.  Prof. Frédéric Barlat took the chair of NUMIFORM 2010, and will serve as vice-chairman of NUMIFORM in 2011.