Recently, the results of the 16th "Tianzheng Design Cup" National College Students Chemical Design Competition were announced. Ouruniversitywon one national second prize, two third prizes, one special prize and one third prize, among which, the "ChunYiBuZa" team, led by teachers Luo Mingzhan, Nie Chunhong, Zhang Mei, Ji Debin and Wu Wei, and composed of students Xu Changcheng, Liang Xinyue, Shang Yuqing, Fan Xiaolong and Wang Xiaorong, won the national second prize.At the same time, ouruniversitywon 1specialprize, 1 first prize and 2 third prizes in provincial competitions.

The competition attracted more than 14,000 students, 2,939 teams from 415 colleges and universities including Tianjin University and Zhejiang University.With the title of "Design a 1, 4-butanediol production plant for a large chemical enterprise or design a technical transformation plan for the existing 1, 4-butanediol production plant", the competition requires students to design a modern factory with independent intellectual property rights by comprehensive use of advanced chemical engineering technology. Including process design, pipeline design, automatic control design, equipment design and selection, plant layout, economic estimates, feasibility analysis, safety and environmental assessment and other nearly 20 sub-projects.The School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering of our University mobilized all students majoring in chemical engineering in 2019 to participate in the competition. After the submission, review and defense of the school's works, a total of 10 works were selected for the national competition.Through the competition, the students deepened their understanding of professional knowledge, exercised their engineering practice ability, cultivated their innovative thinking ability in new processes, new equipment, energy conservation and consumption reduction, and enhanced their team cooperation and hard-working spirit.

It is reported that the National Chemical Engineering Design Competition for College Students is co-sponsored by the Chemical Engineering Society of China and the China Association of Chemical Engineering Education. It is the competition with the highest level, the largest number of teams and the biggest influence for chemical engineering students in China. It has been held for 16 years in a row and has become an important driving force and the second classroom for colleges and universities to cultivate students' comprehensive quality, innovative thinking and engineering ability. In 2018, the competition was selected into the national university discipline competition ranking.The School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering of our University regards this competition as the characteristic discipline competition of "one school,one product", which has been held for three consecutive times and is well received and recognized by students.