On March 31, 2024, the Academic Committee of SKLFS held the 2023 Annual Meeting. Academician Weicheng Fan, Academician Yimin Xuan, Academician Xiangsheng Chen, Academician Laibin Zhang, Academician Chuan He, Vice Minister of Emergency ManagementTian Zhou, Prof. Xiaofeng Sun, Prof. Fei Qi, Prof. Rui Xiao, Prof. Naian Liu and Prof. Heping Zhang attended the meeting. President of the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Academician Xinhe Bao delivered a welcome speech.

Prof. Naian Liu, the Director of the SKLFS, presented a detailed report on the achievements of the SKLFS in the year from 2022 to 2023 to the Academic Committee, covering aspects such as laboratory reconstruction, team construction, scientific research, discipline construction, cooperation and exchange, social services, etc. In the future, the SKLFS will dedicate efforts to key technologies innovation for fire prevention and control in the face of complex fires and their secondary and derivative accidents. Subsequently, Prof. Huahua Xiao, Assoc. Prof. Jianxin Yi, Assoc. Prof. Qixing Zhang, and Assoc. Prof. Xin Wang successively delivered oral presentations, entitled “Mechanism and prediction models of deflagration-to-detonation transition in gaseous mixtures”, “Multi-dimensional gas detection with a chemiresistive-potentiometric multivariable sensor”, “Integrating data-driven and physics-informed methods for accurate fire smoke detection”, and “Performance regulation and mechanisms of recyclable, self-healing, intrinsically flame retardant bio-based epoxy composites”.

Present members congratulated the laboratory for successfully completing its reorganizationand highly commended the recent achievements. During discussions on the laboratory’s long-term developmental planning, they offered constructive suggestions.