The second National Award Ceremony for Excellence in Innovation was held in Beijing on May 30, 2020, which also marked the National Science and Technology Workers’ Day. The School of Materials Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology is proud to have one alumnus from Class of 1984, Shaoming Dong, majoring in Inorganic Non-metal Materials honored with this award for his dedication.
In this Award Ceremony, 10 teams including the innovation team of third-generation semiconductor material (gallium nitride) were awarded medals. Lanjuan Li, Boli Zhang and other 26 pioneers in the fighting battle against COVID-19 were awarded badges. In addition, 258 scientists and researchers have been awarded certificates.
The National Award for Excellence in Innovation, as an integral part of the national scientific and technological awarding system, is authorized by the Central Government, and jointly set up by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security of the People’s Republic of China, China Association for Science and Technology, the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China, and the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council. It is an effective link between national awards of science and technology, and national key talent programs, which is second only to the State Preeminent Science and Technology Award that is held every three years.
The Award this year mainly recognizes outstanding scientists and research teams that have made influential contributions to pandemic prevention and control, poverty alleviation, basic research and research in frontier areas, major equipment and engineering breakthroughs, transformation of research achievements, innovation and entrepreneurship, as well as social service.
Dr. Shaoming Dong has been engaged in basic research and engineering application of ceramic matrix composites for a long time, and he is an important academic and technical leader in this field in China. Aiming at academic frontiers and the national major strategic needs, he has been focused on densification of ceramic matrix composites, interface control and large components precise manufacturing. He has initiated new densification technology, invented a new interface structure, developed the fabrication technology of ceramic matrix composites with large complex structure, and manufactured series of function-specific ceramic matrix composites and key components, realizing scientific innovation of materials preparation for the service of Chinese national major or key projects.
Introduction to Academician Shaoming Dong
Dr. Shaoming Dong is an academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering. He studied in inorganic non-metallic in SMSE, SCUT from 1980-1987, and obtained a bachelor and a master’s degree. Later in 1996, he graduated and received a Ph.D. from Shanghai Institute of Ceramics. Now he is a researcher and doctoral supervisor in Shanghai Institute of Ceramics.
Dr. Dong’s research mainly focuses on function-specific ceramic matrix composites, carbide ceramics and engineering application development. He has conducted more than 30 key research projects from the National Key Research and Development Project of China, the National High-tech Research and Development Program of China (863 Program), the National Program on Key Basic Research Project of China (973 Program), the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Key Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and others, while providing critical materials for over 10 national tasks.
Dr. Dong has received more than 10 significant honors and awards, including three times of the second prize of National Award for Technological Invention(first authors for two times), first prize of National Industry Association Award for Technological Invention, four times of provincial awards, “Global Star Award” by the American Ceramic Society, and the Chinese National Engineer Award. He has published more than 170 papers and over 40 invention patents authorized. In 2019, Dr. Dong was elected academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering.
