“…[1] On the other hand, I became aware of the outstanding work of Zhangpeng Jin and Yong Du [9,10] long before I met them in person. However, the present conference booklet [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22] displays more than a dozen important studies that Jin and more than 30 student colleagues have performed. These cover a wide range of scientific and engineering topics including amorphous Al-Fe-Zr alloys, [11] first-principles assisted assessments of Au-Co-Sn [12] and Al-Fe-Zr, [13] thermodynamics and CALPHAD modeling of TiO 2 -Y 2 O 3 , [14] B-C-Si, [15] Gd-Zn, [16] and Mg-Hg-Ga, [17] age-hardening of Ti-Al-N coatings, [18] experimental determination of Ni-Si-Zn ternary system, [19] CALPHAD study of Mg-Ag-Ca, [20] CALPHAD study of Fe-Nd-B and applications to sintering, metal spinning and levitation melting, [21] and predictions of interfacial reaction in multicomponent systems.…”