On the morning of July 25, 2012, teachers and students of our group discussed the projects with Zambian doctoral student Musango Lungu, Canadian exchange student Michael O'Brien, and German international student Quirin Vogel.
On June 26, 2012, at the invitation of ExxonMobil, and under the leadership of Mr. Yang Yongrong, the three doctoral students Shi Xiaomei, Sun Jingyuan and Zhou Yefeng came to ExxonMobil Shanghai R&D Center (STC) for a visit and exchange. There are 5 professors and 15 doctoral students from the Department of Chemical Engineering and Polymer of Zhejiang University, as well as many alumni of Zhejiang University who are already working.Teacher Yang Yongrong took the lead in speaking in the exchange activity, and briefly introduced the research progress of the research group in recent years, which aroused widespread attention and active discussion. Shi Xiaomi, a doctoral candidate in our group, made a report with the theme of "Antioxidant CNTs and Their Application in Polymer", which was well received by all the experts present, and subsequently listened to their constructive opinions. The talent training manager of ExxonMobil Asia Pacific introduced the company's recruitment policy and employee training, and had an in-depth exchange with the doctoral students of Zhejiang University on internship and employment issues. This exchange activity ended successfully, and finally took a group photo as a souvenir.
In December this year, our group of young teachers and doctoral students went to Anqing, Qingdao, Beijing and Tianjin respectively, and went deep into the production line, and conducted extensive discussions and exchanges with academicians, engineers and first-line technicians in the factory on various research projects. Through this travel, everyone not only appreciated the importance of academician guidance, but also deeply realized that scientific research work should be closely linked to reality.In Qingdao Petrochemical, Dr. Liao Zuwei participated in the mid-term exchange meeting of the Sinopec project 《Plant Hydrogen System Optimization》, and had a face-to-face exchange with the technicians on the progress of the work in the early stage of the project, focusing on the next implementation plan, and preparing for the transformation during the overhaul next year.In Anqing Petrochemical Company, Dr. Huang Zhengliang conducted in-depth exchanges with factory technicians on the topic of "Detection and operation optimization of pulverized coal conveying system of shell pulverized coal gasifier", which aroused heated discussions among the participants, put forward many constructive suggestions, and improved the research program.In Beijing Sinopec Engineering and Construction Company (SEI) and Tianjin Petrochemical, Dr. Huang Zhengliang and Dr. Sun Jingyuan reported the progress of the project "Development of new condensing process of polyethylene by vapor phase", actively listened to the suggestions of design masters, craftsmen and engineers, and improved the process development plan. It has greatly promoted the process of condensing technology from laboratory-scale innovation to industrial-scale innovation.Chemical engineering is an engineering discipline that comes from and serves production.Most of the problems involved in chemical engineering come from production practice. Only by closely combining scientific research work with production practice can we find problems and solve them. Therefore, as a chemical research worker, we must go deep into the factory front-line and communicate sincerely with workers and technicians with rich production practical experience. Front-line technicians not only know where the problems are, but often have ideas for solving them based on their own experience.Only by combining theory with practice can we find the right research direction and thinking.Learning in practice can also cultivate the excellent academic quality of scientific research workers to think big and start small. Because there may be a lot of information obtained from practice, what is feasible and what is not feasible needs to be screened. This requires researchers to have a comprehensive understanding of the process. Only by standing tall and focusing on the big picture can we see more clearly and set priorities. After finding out the crux of the problem, we also need to sink down, start from a small place, carefully analyze the reasons, and propose solutions.The trip to the front line in December has benefited the young teachers and students of our group a lot. From the land of Huizhou to the hometown of Tianjin, they have left their warm and hard figure everywhere. As a scientific researcher of chemical engineering, only by going out of campus and entering production can we implement academic work into technical application and make greater contributions to social progress and economic development.
