Great Masters of Science and Technology Lecture Series of the 24th Anniversary Celebration organized by University of Science and Technology, " Visitors from Beyond the Solar System ", was successfully held in the morning of 27th March, 2024 in the D Hall of the University. The honorary doctors from M.U.S.T. were invited to give lectures at the special session of the University Anniversary Science and Technology Masters, Prof. David C. Jewitt, a famous renowned Astronomer, member of the United States National Academy of Sciences; fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The theme of the lecture is " Visitors from Beyond the Solar System ". Chair Professor Joseph Hun-wei Lee, Vice Chancellor and President expressed his welcome and thanks to the academician for their special speeches for masters and students of M.U.S.T. in his speech.

President Joseph Hun-wei, as well as representatives of M.U.S.T. teachers and students attended the lecture “Visitors from Beyond the Solar System”, a total of more than 300 people attended the lecture.

President Joseph Hun-wei Lee (right) presents souvenir to academician David C. Jewitt

At the beginning of the lecture, Academician David C. Jewitt focused on the theme of "Visitors from Beyond the Solar System", Two bodies that were formed around other stars were discovered passing through the solar system in the last few years. These first two "interstellar interlopers" are the subjects of great scientific excitement concerning their origin and their nature. He also discussed the properties and scientific significance of these visitors from beyond the solar system.

At the end of the lecture, the academicians answered questions for the students, and answered questions regarding the characteristics and scientific significance of these “Visitors from Beyond the Solar System.”

David C. Jewitt is a British-American astronomer who studies the minor bodies of the Solar System. He is a distinguished professor of the Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences and the director of the Institute for Planets and Exoplanets at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He obtained his B.Sc. in astronomy from the University of London in 1979, and his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in planetary science and astronomy from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in 1980 and 1983, respectively. He then worked as an assistant professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 1983 to 1988, and as an associate astronomer and associate professor at the University of Hawaii from 1988 to 1993. He became an Astronomer and Professor at the University of Hawaii in 1993, and remained there until 2009, when he joined UCLA.