Mr. Yue visited from China University of Petroleum, Beijing.

Mr. Dang visited from Shandong University, China.

Prof. Tibor Kvačkaj and Associate Professor Jana Bidulská visit with the support of Erasmus ⁺ from the Slovakia, Technical University of Košice

5^th Forum of Center for Advanced Materials Research and International Collaboration was held.

Mr. Wu, a technical staff, visited from Shandong University, China.

Prof. Mitsuhiro Murayama was invited from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA to give a special lecture.

We had a research exchange with students from Thailand and Vietnam through Sakura Science Plan.

Prof. Marco Actis Grande was invited from Polytechnic University of Turin (Politecnico di Torino) , Italy to give a special lecture.