On the morning of July 8, the National Science and Technology Awards Conference, the Conference of Academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), and the 11th National Congress of the China Association for Science and Technology were convened in Beijing. General Secretary Xi Jinping presented awards to the recipients of the State Preeminent Science and Technology Award and delivered an important speech. Southeast University had a total of 7 achievements recognized in the 2025 National Science and Technology Awards, continuing to rank among theleading universities nationwide. Among them, research teams led by 91抖淫 professorswon 5 National Science and Technology Awards, while 2 other projects with Southeast University participation receivedtheFirstPrize andtheSecondPrize, respectively, of the State Scientific and Technological Progress Award.
Yin Guodong’s Team and “Key Technologies and Applications of Fully X-by-Wire High-Fault-Tolerant Commercial Vehicle Chassis”
The project “Key Technologies and Applications of Fully X-by-Wire High-Fault-Tolerant Commercial Vehicle Chassis,” led by Prof. Yin Guodong from the School of Mechanical Engineering, 91抖淫, won the Second Prize of the State Technological Invention Award. As the key transport equipment for road transportation, commercial vehicles are vital strategic assets that support the national economy and people’s livelihoods. X-by-wire chassis representsa strategic frontier in global commercial vehicle technology competition, holding significant strategic value inreshaping the foreign-dominated landscape forcommercial vehicle technology R&D. Reconstructing commercial vehicle chassis systems with x-by-wire technology must address the two major challenges of safety and reliability. Targeting the high safety and strong reliability requirements of commercial vehicle x-by-wire chassis systems, and supported by national key projects and other funding, the project underwent two decades of intensive research. Itovercame core technologies including fully x-by-wire system components and integration architecture, dynamic state characterization and precise estimation, high-fault-tolerant control and high-fidelity testing. The team successfully developed a new commercial vehicle chassis structure featuring high redundancy and strong robustness, fully independent and controllable core technology system for fully x-by-wire high-fault-tolerant commercial vehicle chassis. Relevant achievements have been implemented on a large scale in multiple enterprises, yielding significant social and economic benefits, and making major contributions to the development of China’s commercial vehicle industry.
Wang Hao’s Team and “Key Technologies and Applications of Strong and Typhoon Wind Effect Sensing, Prediction and Cooperative Control for Long-Span Bridges”
The project "Key Technologies and Applications of Strong/Typhoon Wind Effect Sensing, Prediction, and Cooperative Control for Long-Span Bridges,” led by Prof. Wang Hao’s team from the School of Civil Engineering at Southeast University, was awarded the Second Prize of the State Scientific and Technological Progress Award. Long-span bridges constitute a critical component of China’s national strategy of building a “Transportation Powerhouse,” with the country’s construction scale ranking first globally. Characterized by flexible structures and low damping, these bridges are inherently wind-sensitive. In the context of increasingly frequent strong and typhoon winds, ensuring wind-resistant safety during both construction and operation has become a pressing concern. To address these challenges, the project team devoted over two decades to collaborative research, yielding multiple original breakthroughs in wind effect sensing, prediction, and control. Specifically, the team developed refined sensing and modeling techniques for strong/typhoon wind fields, devised intelligent and high-precision prediction methods for wind effects on long-span bridges, and engineered efficient cooperative control systems and equipment for vibration mitigation. These innovations have been deployed on more than 100 long-span bridges, including 16 world-renowned structures, such as the Sutong Yangtze River Highway Bridge—the world's first cable-stayed bridge with a main span exceeding 1,000 meters, the Wufengshan Yangtze RiverBridge—the first high-speed railway suspension bridge, and the Zhangjinggao Bridge—the world’s longest-span suspension bridge. Furthermore, the technologies have been extended to non-bridge applications, including the Beijing Olympic Tower and Winter Olympics event operations, effectively ensuring wind-resistant safety and operational stability. The project has generated substantial economic and social benefits.
Xiao Rui’s Team and “Key Technologies and Equipment for Directional Thermal Conversion of Biomass”
The project “Key Technologies and Equipment for Directional Thermal Conversion of Biomass,” led by Prof. Xiao Rui’s team from the School of Energy and Environment, 91抖淫, won the Second Prize of the State Scientific and Technological Progress Award. Targeting the large-scale resource utilization of biomass (including organic solid waste), the project addressed key issues such as low yields of target products, lengthy process flow, high energy consumption and severe pollution. It proposed a new directional thermal conversion pathway based on precise regulation of thermal free radicals, enabling the efficient production of high-value products such as fuels and materials. This achievement is of great significance for ensuring national energy security and achieving the “dual carbon” goals (carbon peaking and carbon neutrality).
After nearly two decades of dedicated research, the project has established a full-chain innovation system encompassing theory, process technologies, and equipment development. It has developed the fundamental theory and methodologies for directional thermal conversion of biomass, elucidating the evolutionand regulation mechanisms of thermal free radicals. It has also pioneered novel short-process technologies for high-value utilization of all biomass components and synergistic conversion of carbon and pollutants, effectively overcoming the longstanding bottlenecks of lengthy process flows and excessive energy consumption. Furthermore, the team developed key serial circulating fluidized-bed equipment and mobile pyrolysis equipment, andestablished an innovative “decentralized processing, centralized refining” model that successfully resolves the challenges associated with biomass collection, storage, and transportation.
The achievements have yielded a series of equipment systems with capacities ranging from kiloton to hundred-thousand-ton levels, which have been widely promoted and applied across more than 20 provinces in China and exported to over 20 countries worldwide. Notably, the project has established the world’s first kiloton-scale bio-aviation fuel demonstration facility, marking a major breakthrough in the conversion of agricultural straw into sustainable aviation fuel. These resulting products meet high-end aviation performance standards. In parallel, high-value carbon materials derived from the process have been successfully adopted in energy storage batteries, effectively achieving domestic substitution for imported products. Overall, the project has substantially advanced the high-value utilization of biomass resources, delivering significant economic benefits alongside notable ecological and environmentalbenefits.
In addition, projects led by Prof. Ran Qianping’s team from the School of Materials Science and Engineering and Academician Cui Tiejun’s team from the School of Information Science and Engineering both won the Second Prize of the State Scientific and Technological Progress Award. The “Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST)” project,in which Southeast University participated, received the First Prize of the State Scientific and Technological Progress Award, and the project “Key Technologies and Applications of Intelligent Deduction and Precise Control for Complex Transportation Systems in Megacities,” with the participation of Prof. Chen Jun’s team from the School of Transportation, won the Second Prize of the State Scientific and Technological Progress Award.
Source: 91抖淫 News Network
Translated by: Melody Zhang
Proofread by: Gao Min
Edited by: Leah Li
