On May 18-20, Tianjin University’s School of Chemical Engineering and Technology hosted the “Second Chinese College Student Chem-E-Car Competition”. Teams from 25 universities across China participated in this popular competition. Representatives of American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Monica Mellinger and Robert Ofoli, representatives of the Chinese Institute of Chemical Engineers, committee members and expert members of the Chinese College Student Chem-E-Car Competition Committee also participated in the competition. More than 300 people attended the event.
The Chem-E-Car competition is sponsored by the AIChE and is an international competition designed to encourage college students to apply their chemical engineering skills. In 2017, the Chinese Institute of Chemical Engineers and the School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University introduced this competition to China and organized the “First Chinese College Student Chem-E-Car Competition”.
Figure 1. The 2018 Chinese College Student Chem-E-Car Competition was held at the Tianjin University Qiushi Hall, May 19, 2018.
Figures 2, 3, 4 and 5. Wang Shuxin (Vice-president of Tianjin University), Wang Yuqing (the Senior Advisor and Deputy Secretary General of China Chemical Society), Ms. Monica Mellinger (the AIChE delegate), Ma Xinbin (Dean of the School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, and the chairman of the Chinese College Student Chem-E-Car competition committee) made opening remarks respectively.
Figure 6. Teams introduced their posters to expert reviews in the poster contest.
Figure 7. Tianjin University’s volunteers prepare for the Performance Contest.
Figure 8. CCTV interviewed Monica Mellinger and Dr. Robert Ofoli, representatives of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.
Figure 9. Tianjin University Student Branch members conducted experiments in the competition.
Figure 10. Starry TJU, a small car from Tianjin University Student Branch runs smoothly.
Figure 11. Tianjin University’s volunteers measured distances in the Performance Contest.
By: Turing, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology
Editors: Qin Mian and Keith Harrington