SEIEE Team wins A-B Cup Automation System Application Contest

The A-B Cup Chinese University Automation System Application contest and awarding ceremony was held at the Shanghai Jiaotong Minxing campus last December 14, 2013. Deputy Party Secretary and Vice Dean Zhang Ansheng presented more than 300 teams from top universities who competed in one of China’s highest-level automation contests. 51 teams qualified to compete in the national finals from Northern, Central and Southern China with SEIEE Shanghai Jiaotong University team emerging as first prize winner.

 

 

Vice Dean Zhang Ansheng also briefly introduced the school’s 100-year history and praised Rockwell’s leading global position in automation. “Since 1998, Shanghai Jiaotong University and Rockwell have collaborated closely to achieve success in teaching and research by the signing of a strategic cooperation agreement," Professor Zhang claimed. He also says this Automation Systems Application Contest provides an opportunity for college students to enrich their extra-curricular activities and is a good practice to further encourage the students to explore and improve their creativity through collaboration. He expressed hopes of the continuity of the collaborative relationship with Rockwell for more dynamic and productive outcomes.

 

Zhang Zuo, Secretary General of Teaching Guiding Committee for college automation majors under the Ministry of Education and concurrent Managing Vice President of the School of Information Science and Technology (SIST) of Tsinghua University, pointed out that cultivating engineering top-notch talent is the strategic demand for educational reform and development in China today. The contest, which followed the academic reforms of the Ministry of Education aimed at improving students’ practical capabilities, was the bridge between putting the engineering theory and practice. He also hoped that the continued cooperation with Rockwell by organizing the contest as a brand influence will foster more leading figures to push the automation industry forward.

 

Rockwell Global Vice President Zhou Kang said that the contest was fruitful with the hundreds of universities’ efforts. In addition, he expressed that Rockwell will continue to support Chinese higher education and motivate college students on automation to foster their innovation abilities and team spirit.

 

 

The theme this year was the same as last year’s, which is on Energy Saving and Efficiency. The purpose of the contest is to test the ability of design and engineering applications, sense of teamwork, self-learning, ability to solve practical engineering problems and comprehensive problem-solving abilities.

 

All products must be based on Rockwell’s medium-sized control platform and industrial network technology, which should not only combine the specific objectives but should also be conducted with related configuration analog simulations. 51 teams, including Shanghai Jiaotong University, Tsinghua University and Zhejiang University went through the finals. One team won for outstanding prize, the first prize was won by 6 teams, the second 18 teams and the third 26 teams.

 

Chen Yutao, Chen Binbin and their team, together with their instructor, Professor Li Shaoyuan from SEIEE Shanghai Jiaotong University, won first prize.The team developed a monitoring system of water supply pipeline distributed in accordance to the southern Shanghai city.  The system could manage dynamic water supply, timely conduct emergency and reduce network energy consumption. As we all know, urban water supply network connects the wellhead with millions of households. Design, control and optimization of water network should be on schedule to sort out the water supply field especially as it is closely related to people’s lives. The traditional water pipe network operated with a simple calculation, and also based on personal experiences. Nonetheless, the monitoring system for water supply pipe network worked on scientific management and timely dealt with unexpected incidents. It also presented important economic and social values.

 

 

This contest was sponsored by the Educational Management and Information Center of the Ministry of Education; co-sponsored by Teaching Guiding Committee for college automation majors under the Ministry of Education, Rockwell Automation, China Gongkong Website (www.gkyp.net) and China Machine Press; and presented by Shanghai Jiaotong University and the Shanghai Automation Association.

[ 2014-01-06 ]