Translated by: Guan Ning Edited by: Liu Xiuming
Time: 2018-08-09 14:25 Click: 896
On August 7th, 2018, HUST witnessed the 12th year of “Mitsubishi Electric Cup” National Electrical Engineering and Automation Contest for College Students.
A photo of distinguished guests, judges and all the contestants
Since 2007, with the purpose of selecting outstanding talents, Mitsubishi Electric Automation (China) Ltd has, in cooperation with the institutions of higher learning in China, initiated the yearly “Mitsubishi Electric Cup” National Electrical Engineering and Automation Contest, a scientific and technological activity facing all the undergraduates, postgraduates and students in higher colleges and/or universities. The 12th “Mitsubishi Electric Cup” National Electrical Engineering and Automation Contest is hosted by Teaching Guiding Committee for College Electrical Engineering Majors under the Ministry of Education, National Automation Association, undertaken by Mitsubishi Electric Automation (China) Ltd and HUST, sponsored by Teaching Guiding Committee for Electrical Vocational Education, UNESCO Industrial Liaison Chairs and Electrical Engineering Education Committee of China Electro-technical Society.
Development of the Contest
In 2007, Mitsubishi Electric Automation (China) Ltd has, in cooperation with the institutions of higher learning in China, started the first “Mitsubishi Electric Cup” National Electrical Engineering and Automation Contest, which was innovation-oriented and aimed to cultivate innovative talents in practice and manufacture. With the expansion of the organization and the scale, today the much more mature contest features the two themes of innovative design and system application, which are held on alternate years. Currently the contest is one of the preliminary contests for the National “Internet Plus” Innovation & Entrepreneurship Contests for College Students.
In 2007, nearly 100 professors and students of 19 teams from 9 higher institutions advanced to the final, while in 2018, 67 teams competed fiercely in the 12th contest. In the first contest, the purpose was to innovate; in the third contest, innovative designs and techniques were the two groups of contest; and in the 4th contest, the organizing committee changed the contest into two forms: innovation and application, which are held on alternate years. Each year tens of thousands of excellent students from hundreds of higher institutes take part in the contest, which plays a positive role in cultivating innovative awareness, cooperative spirit and project practice ability.
In an era of “Made in China 2025”, unprecedented flexibility is exhibited in industrial manufacture; innovative and applicative abilities are raised to a new height; manufacturing procedure is no longer an individual behavior in a single enterprise: vertical integration and end-to-end engineering digitalized integration are fully employed and consequently efficiency is improved unprecedentedly. All of the above change has put a even higher demand on technological talents. The aim of the contest is in accordance with the demand: improve the students’ ability in engineering practice and application; boost the students’ interest in engineering technology; cultivate innovative ability and cooperative spirit; enhance self-discipline and communicative skills; embody the concept of learning to meet practical needs.
Colorful “12 years’ birthday”
The central theme of the 12th contest is “intellectual manufacture combined with creativity and imagination and a future created by technology”. Three topics are included in the contest: servo follow-up control, industrial robots control and micro-grid control. Each participating group is to pick up one topic, build up the control system, and make executing object according to the technological requirement of the contest. The main contents of the contest are: basic test (5%), system design and debugging (90%) and civilized entry (5%). There are four prizes for the contest: first prize (15%), second prize(25%), third prize(40%) and enterprise special prize(one team).
The preparation work started from August 4th. To ensure the smooth carrying out of the contest, the diligent and polite volunteers were divided into groups of reception, catering service, logistics, conference affairs, etiquette, publicity, connection and maneuvering.
Volunteers of the contest
After days of hectic preparations, on August 7th finally came the opening ceremony of the contest, which was presided by Chen Qingguo, Dean of School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering in HUST, who promised that with the care and support of different leaders and the concerted effort of the whole participants, HUST would provide excellent service and create sound environment to set up a fantastic stage for scientific and technological competition.
Specialists in the contest
The party committee secretary of HUST, Professor Zhang Hongtao addressed the ceremony. He said that the contest was a high level extra-curricular platform for educational activity that can enhance the students’ comprehensive ability and boost the combination of theory and practice, that the contest would also play a positive role in fields such as improving the students’ engineering practice and application ability, boosting the students’ interest in learning engineering technology, cultivating innovative ability and cooperative spirit, increasing self-discipline and communicative skills, checking students’ skills of practical manufacture and debugging, as well as strengthening intercollegiate exchanges and college-enterprise cooperation.
Professor Zhang Hongtao delivering a speech
Director of Mitsubishi Electric Automation (China) Ltd, Oguroseizi also delivered a speech at the ceremony. He said that he was delighted to be present at the opening ceremony and he would love to express gratitude to HUST for the great preparations on behalf of Mitsubishi; he also hoped that all the organizations related to the contest would work together to make the contest a wonderful one, and that all the participants can earn something from the contest, increase their practical and innovative ability and exhibits the concept of learning to meet practical needs; finally he wished the contest a great success.
Mr Oguroseizi from Mitsubishi Electric Automation (China) Ltd.
As the director of Teaching Guiding Committee for College Electrical Engineering Majors under the Ministry of Education, and the party committee secretary of Nanjing Normal University, professor Hu Minqiang declared the contest open. He said that the most important thing here was not getting the top rank, but improving the ability, that the contest would not only provide a high level extra-curricular platform for scientific and technological activities, but also enhance the students’ comprehensive ability and boost the combination of theory and practice.
Professor Hu Minqiang declaring the contest open
Professor Chen Qingguo presiding the ceremony
For the following half of the day, each team attended the basic contest (A/B) and debugged their equipment.
The contest in progress
Basic Test (A/B) in progress
August 8th is for defense and demonstration, the judges carefully checked and assessed each demonstration, giving their guidance and grading each team. The personal guidance from the top experts in the field benefited the participants a lot in that both their theoretical and practical abilities would be improved.
Participants demonstrating their products to the experts
After hours of hectic and nervous defense and demonstration, all the events of the 12th “Mitsubishi Electric Cup” National Electrical Engineering and Automation Contest came to an end and the first, second and enterprise special prizes were awarded to different teams. Ranking and award were the stimuli for further progress and orientations for future study and growth. At the award ceremony, all the prize winners were awarded and congratulated by the distinguished guests.
Vice Party Committee Secretary Li Li and Dean of Power Electronic Department Yu Deliang presiding the contest
Winning Teams
At the award ceremony, as the director of the Teaching Affairs Department of HUST, professor Song Qingkun delivered a speech to congratulate the successful rounding off of the contest. He pointed out that the contest had not only established a high level extra-curricular platform for scientific and technological activities themed “intellectual manufacture combined with creativity and imagination and a future created by technology”, created an atmosphere of learning, loving and applying science on campus, but demonstrated students’ qualities and abilities, boosted the intercollegiate and college-enterprise exchanges; besides, the contest also provided a great opportunity for practicing teaching reform, innovation and entrepreneurship education and practical education system, accelerating the construction of first class universities and majors.
Professor Song Qingkun delivering a congratulation speech for the success of the contest
As the vice secretary of National Automation Association, Professor Gao Huijun from Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) also delivered a speech at the closing ceremony. He first expressed his thanks to HUST and Mitsubishi Electric Automation (China) Ltd for all the work that had been done for the contest and believed the contest would play a positive role in students’ specialized study. He hoped that all the participants would continue their future study and work with the innovative awareness, cooperative spirit and communicative skills acquired in the contest, so as to contribute to the strategy of innovation-oriented manufacturing power development.
Professor Gao Huijun from HIT delivering a speech.
As the vice director of Teaching Guiding Committee for College Electrical Engineering Majors under the Ministry of Education, Professor Ge Baojun from HUST delivered a speech and provided professional comment on the contest. He said that despite the fact that all the degrees of difficulty of the three topics were increased, all the participants exhibited high level of technological and comprehensive abilities during their unremitting efforts; the civilized, disciplined behaviors and serious attitude also impressed the organizing committee. As an expert in the hosting university, Professor Ge Baojun thanked altogether nine times all the organizations that had actively contributed to the success of the contest.
Professor Ge Baojun from HUST delivering a speech
Finally, Director of Mitsubishi Electric Automation (China) Ltd, Mr. Oguroseizi also delivered a speech at the closing ceremony. Besides thanking the organizing committee, he also congratulated all the students for their successful participation, which was the greatest reward, a reward that concerns not only a certain product or technology, but an integrating practice that would increase students’ comprehensive abilities and confidence, which was the contest original intention.
Mr. Oguroseizi delivering a speech at the closing ceremony
During the two days of contest, HUST witnessed the hard work of all the experts and judges, the fighting spirit of all the participants, the selfless contributions of the volunteers. Let’s thank them for their efforts and look forward to the contest in 2019.
(Photo by: Liu Chang)
