Two representative teams from the School of Precision Instrument and Opto-Electronics Engineering, Tianjin University won the first prize and third prize in the fourth National Virtual Instruments Contest 2017.  

The competition was divided into three groups: software, creative incubation, and cutting-edge engineering applications. 915 teams from 158 colleges and universities signed up for the competition. 631 creative works were collected covering many subjects and practical industrial application fields. 62 teams managed to compete in the finals after fierce competition.  

Works by the “TJU-team” from the School of Precision Instrument and Opto-Electronics Engineering of Tianjin University won the first prize in the software group with its amazing creativity, perfect platform design and good on-site performance. Another team “TJUteam.one”, also from the School of Precision Instrument and Opto-Electronics Engineering, won the third prize in the creative incubation group. Hu Chunguang, the supervisor of the two teams, stated that the virtual instrument competition attaches great importance on students’ creativity: "A virtual instrument turns a hardware module with a single function into multi-functional hardware,  with the possibility of turning creative ideas into reality. It is important for students to get out of classes, and develop their creative awareness". 

The National Virtual Instrument Competition is devoted to cultivating top-notch talent, and has been the most authoritative and influential competition in the virtual instrument field among the various science and technology innovation competitions for college students. Tianjin University has won one first prize, two second prizes, six third prizes all together since its involvement in this competition. 

 Editors: Yin Shiyu and Ross Colquhoun