Recently, the provincial semi-finals of the 2024 China International College Students’ Innovation Competition in Shaanxi concluded successfully. After intense competition, QMES students excelled, securing six gold medals and three silver medals in the higher education main track. This achievement highlighted both the vibrant talent of QMES students and the effectiveness of QMES’s education in innovation and entrepreneurship.
Since the launch of the 2024 China International College Students’ Innovation Competition at the university level, QMES leadership has placed significant emphasis on the event, actively allocating resources and ensuring close collaboration across departments. Various forms of innovation and entrepreneurship education activities have been conducted, enhancing the innovative atmosphere at QMES. To prepare for this competition, QMES has held two sessions where outstanding students shared their experiences and organised five one-on-one project mentoring sessions with experts, combining online and offline formats. These efforts aim to comprehensively and multidimensionally develop students’ innovative thinking and capabilities, continuously strengthening the competitiveness of the participating projects.
QMES meticulously organised and received enthusiastic participation from both faculty and students. A total of 50 projects from QMES were registered for the 2024 Innovation Competition in both the Higher Education and Youth Red Dream Journey tracks. In the university-level competition, QMES projects achieved 8 gold, 10 silver, and 19 bronze awards, with a success rate of 74%. In the provincial competition, through the joint efforts of NPU leaders, mentors, and participants, the teams demonstrated a strong spirit of collaboration and overcame numerous challenges, ultimately securing an outstanding result of six gold and three silver awards. The number of gold awards won represents 37.5% of the undergraduate group in the Higher Education track at the university level.
Number | Project Title | Award | Project Leader | Supervisor | Track |
1 | Green Graphene Innovations – Pioneer in Propylene/Propane Separation via Physical Adsorption | Gold | Zhang Guanhua | Zhang Tao, Kong Jie, Fu Qiangang, Chen Kaijie | Higher Education |
2 | Fuxing Aluminium Aerospace – Leader in Next-Generation High-Performance Lightweight Structural Components for Aerospace Vehicles | Gold | Chen Yiling | Chen Biao, Kong Jie, Fan Xiaoli | Higher Education |
3 | Residual Stress Expert – High-Performance Residual Stress Measurement Device and Method | Gold | Lu Xinghan | Li Fuguo, Cheng Yin, Zhu Nan, Shen Qingliang, Li Qinghua | Higher Education |
4 | Windstorm Shadows – Leader in Civil Microwave Anechoic Chamber Absorptive Coatings | Gold | Shi Zhao Xiaohan | Wu Hongjing, Zhang Limin | Higher Education |
5 | Graphene Visionary – Global Innovator in the Green Graphene Industry | Gold | Niu Hexu | Yuan Menglei, Zhang Guangjin, Zhang Lei, Chen Ruihao, Zhou Yongcun, Liu Jia | Higher Education |
6 | Casting Gold as Mustard – Micron-Level 3D Metal Printing | Gold | Li Zhiyuheng | Gong Weijia | Higher Education |
7 | Thermal Guardian – Provider of Ultra-High-Temperature Health Monitoring Systems for Aerospace | Silver | He Zhengze | Liu Xiaochong, Jiang Yajun, Liu Jianxi | Higher Education |
8 | "Thermal Futures" – High-Performance Core-Shell Phase Change Thermal Storage Materials | Silver | Yang Jieyi | Li Fuguo, Cheng Yin, Zhu Nan, Shen Qingliang, Li Qinghua | Higher Education |
9 | Light-Building Future – Leader in Low-Carbon Perovskite Photovoltaic Integrated Building Solutions | Silver | He Tiankuo | Chen Ruihao, Wang Hongqiang | Higher Education |
S-WAVE Project Team
Residual Stress Expert Team
Fuxing Aluminium Aerospace Project Team
Casting Gold as Mustard Project Team
Graphene Visionary Project Team
Thermal Guardian Project Team
Light-Building Future Project Team
In recent years, QMES has been guided by its “Chief Engineer Educational Culture” and has continuously promoted innovative and entrepreneurial education tailored to the development of “Chief Engineer-type” talents. This has been achieved through top-level planning and holistic advancement across various dimensions, including the curriculum system for innovative and entrepreneurial education, the cultivation of innovation competition projects, and the development of undergraduate mentors and management teams. By adopting a point-to-surface approach and employing multiple measures in parallel, the reform of innovative and entrepreneurial education has been deeply advanced. To date, QMES undergraduates have won a cumulative total of 125 international awards, 103 national awards, and 206 provincial and ministerial awards in major competitions such as innovation contests and the “Challenge Cup”, with over 1,200 awards received in total. In April 2024, four student innovation and entrepreneurship teams were incubated in the National University Science and Technology Park’s Aoxiang Innovation Space. QMES has been approved as a university-level pilot unit for innovation and entrepreneurship education reform for two consecutive years. Through leading innovation and entrepreneurship education, the effectiveness of QMES talent development has steadily improved.
QMES will continue to advance reforms in innovation and entrepreneurship education, enabling students to enhance the research capabilities, innovative skills, and practical character required for developing “Chief Engineer-type” talents through competitive practice. The focus will be on nurturing students' innovative spirit, thinking, and capabilities, and establishing a distinctive international cooperative education brand in innovation and entrepreneurship that embodies the characteristics of “Chief Engineer-type” talent cultivation.
(Text: Yang Fenping, Li Xinhao; Photo: Yang Fenping, Li Xinhao; Edit: Han Huichun; Translate: Shen Xinyi;
Review: Cheng Yin)
