[Building Dreams and Shaping Souls - “Wave Fighting” Program] "Esquel Cup" "Challenge Cup" Chinese College Students' Entrepreneurship Plan Competition Successfully Held at School of Environment and Energy
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On January 20, 2026, the 'Esquel Cup' 'Challenge Cup' Chinese College Students' Entrepreneurship Plan Competition of the School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology was held at B4-215, University Town Campus. Wu Honghui, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the School of Environment and Energy, Qiu Guanglei, Vice Dean, and Ke Hui, Deputy Director of Human Resources of Esquel Group, attended the competition as judges and guests. In this competition, 12 teams comprehensively demonstrated the technical level and application value of their projects from the aspects of social value, practical process, innovative significance, and development prospects. After fierce competition, gold, silver, bronze and excellence awards were selected. It is believed that the winning teams will adhere to the pragmatic and realistic scientific research attitude, continuously break through and scale new heights on the track of scientific and technological innovation, and write a progressive chapter for students of environment and energy with diligence and innovation.

Figure 1 Competition Site

Figure 2 Certificate Presentation

Figure 3 Group Photo of the Competition


Appendix: Award List               

Project TitleLeaderAdvisorAward
Electro-Extracted Green Gold — R&D of Electrochemical Recovery Device for Low-Concentration Nickel in Acidic Electroplating WastewaterHuang RimeiFeng Chunhua, Zheng WenxiaoGold Award
Transforming Plastic as Medium for Denitrification and Purification — Pioneer of High-Quality Wastewater Treatment Enabled by Biodegradable PlasticsCai YanuoQiu GuangleiSilver Award
Debromination with Innovation — Pioneer of Integrated Detoxification and Reuse Technology for Leaching Wastewater from Soil Remediation of E-Waste Brominated Flame Retardant PollutionLi JingyangLu Guining, Du XiaodongSilver Award
Green Hydrogen from Blue Sea — Development of Key Materials and Devices for Integrated Membrane Electrode Assembly Anion Exchange Membrane Electrolysis of Seawater for Hydrogen ProductionWanghou MengyaHuang Jianlin, Chen YanBronze Award
Hydrogen for a New Journey: High-Entropy Alloy Nanocrystals Unlock New Efficiency of PEM Water Electrolysis for Hydrogen ProductionTian GuiwenKang XiongwuBronze Award
Rebirth for Value — Pioneer of PET Plastic Value-Added Recycling TechnologyWei JingyiChen Yan, Huang JianlinBronze Award
Photo-Oxygen Membrane Magic — In-Situ Degradation Technology for Agricultural Plastic FilmZhu JiangYang ChenExcellence Award
Seeking Gold from Water — Targeted Pollution Control and Resource Recovery from Mining Area WaterChen KuiyuanLu Guining, Ye HanExcellence Award
Intelligent Algae Carbon Cycle — Microalgae Solution for Full-Component Resource Utilization of Industrial Flue GasLi ZhenhanWei Dong, Fu MingliExcellence Award
Carbon-Soil Symbiosis — Exploration of Soil Carbon Sink Enhancement and Ecological Sustainability under the Concept of New Agricultural SciencesWu YihanZhu ShishuExcellence Award
Marine Green Core — High-Stability PBSCF Bifunctional Catalyst: Breaking Through Corrosion Resistance Bottleneck of Alkaline SeawaterWang FeiyuChen YuExcellence Award
Algae-Bacteria Synergistic Denitrification Technology: Low-Carbon and Energy-Efficient Wastewater Treatment Solution from Laboratory to Multi-ScenariosZhong LihuiQin YujieExcellence Award

Pictures & Text: Information Center of the Graduate Union, School of Environment and Energy

First Review: Zhuang Yeyou, Li Wenjie

Second Review: Wu Honghui

Final Review: Zhu Nengwu