On August 26, the 2024 Shanghai Science and Technology Awards Ceremony was held at the Shanghai Exhibition Center. Our university received awards for five scientific and technological achievements. Among these, the university was the primary institution for one First Prize and three Second Prizes, and served as a major participating institution for one Second Prize.
Professor Ding Bin of the Textile Science and Technology Innovation Center received the First Prize in Natural Science for his project ‘Development of Efficient Pore-Forming Strategies for Nanofiber Porous Materials.’ This project pioneered the wet-vapor-induced jet phase separation porosity formation method, established the deformation/phase transition-to-network mechanism during high-speed flight of charged droplets, and developed a novel liquid/solid phase transition-induced fiber assembly pathway for cavity formation. It produced a series of nanofiber porous materials with fine pore structures, which have been applied in critical national demand areas such as high-temperature thermal insulation, broadband noise reduction, and precision separation. Professor Li Jun from the College of Fashion and Design led the project ‘Heat and Mass Transfer Mechanisms in 3D Flexible Porous Media and Regulation of Human Body Domain Microclimate,’ which received the Second Prize in Natural Science. Professor Peng Yitian from the College of Mechanical Engineering led the project ‘High-Speed, High-Efficiency Intelligent Cutting Equipment and Key Technologies for Wide-Format Technical Textiles,’ while Professor Hao Kuangrong from the College of Information Science and Technology led the project ‘Key Technologies for Full-Process Intelligent Sensing and Collaborative Optimization of Polyester Fibers,’ both of which received the Second Prize in Scientific and Technological Progress. Additionally, as a major contributing institution, our university received the Second Prize in Natural Science for the project ‘Multiscale Structure Construction of Conductive Polymer Composites and Their Electrochemical Energy Storage Mechanisms,’ with Professor Zhang Chao from the College of Materials Science and Engineering as a principal contributor.
In 2024, the Shanghai Science and Technology Awards honored a total of 206 recipients, including 2 recipients of the Science and Technology Meritorious Service Award, 10 recipients of the Outstanding Young Contributions to Science and Technology Award, 2 recipients of the Special Award, 61 recipients of the First Prize, 128 recipients of the Second Prize, and 3 recipients of the International Science and Technology Cooperation Award.
