SMSE Students Won Prizes in the 2nd National College Students Polymer Materials Experiment and Practice Competition
date:2021-08-19 pageviews:23


From July 27th to 29th, 2021, the 2nd National College Students' Polymer Materials Experiment and Practice Competition was held in Beijing. The Competition focuses on the classic experiment of suspension polymerization in polymer materials. On the one hand, it investigates students' experimental skills such as device construction, weighing, feeding, and reaction condition control; on the other hand, it investigates the students' understanding of the basic knowledge of polymer chemistry, and asks them to improve the reaction yield and product morphology within a limited time, with the purpose to examine students’ engineering practice ability, formula design ability, analysis and research ability, and safety protection awareness.


After fierce competition and strict evaluation, the team composed of Lin Lian, Boru Jiang and Mingya Cai from the 2018 Cohort of Polymer Materials Class won one First Prize for Individuals (Lin Lian), and two Second Prizes for Individuals (Boru Jiang and Mingya Cai). The team also got the Third Prize Team Award, under the mentoring by Dr. Ying Zhao, Dr. Liangzhi Hong and Dr. Shumei Liu from SMSE. Zhao Ying also served as the referee of the Competition.


Mentors and contestants (from left: Liangzhi Hong, Boru Jiang, Mingya Cai, Lin Lian, Ying Zhao and Shumei Liu)




Contestants at the Competition site (from left: Boru Jiang, Lin Lian, Mingya Cai)


First prize for individuals (the fifth one from the left is Lin Lian)


Third prize for teams (the fifth to seventh ones from the left are Lin Lian, Boru Jiang and Mingya Cai)


Dr. Zhao Ying served as the referee of the Competition


This is the first time SMSE students participated in the Competition. In the preliminary preparations, both mentors and contestants worked hard to overcome difficulties such as lack of experience and time constraints. They had a two-week intense training, and carried out the experiments for dozens of times. Through the training and participation in the Competition, students have made great improvements in experimental operation, formula design, and analysis of polymerization process.


The National College Students' Polymer Materials Experiment and Practice Competition is currently the largest competition in the field of polymer materials for college students in China. It is guided by the Higher Education Institutions Teaching Steering Committee in Materials of the Ministry of Education, sponsored by the Committee of the National College Students' Polymer Materials Experiment and Practice Competition, and hosted by Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology. The competition attracted more than 300 teachers and students from 43 universities, including Sichuan University, Donghua University, Tianjin University, SCUT, Dalian University of Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University and others. A total of 26 students won the first prize for individuals, 32 people the second prize for individuals, and 45 people the third prize for individuals. The prizes for team award were determined according to the overall performance of contestants in each team.