Students of School of Mechanical Engineering and Electronic Information Won Good Results in the 13th Casting Process Design Competition for Chinese University Students

On July 4, 2022, the professional event of 2022 Mechanical Engineering Innovation and Creativity Competition for Chinese University Students: the 13th Casting Process Design Competition came to an end in Gaoping City, Shanxi Province. Since the competition was launched in August 2021, a total of 835 entries from 101 colleges and universities (our university participated for the second time) have been submitted, and 480 entries (434 in the undergraduate category and 46 in the graduate category) have been shortlisted for judging. The entries were completed by 1,530 undergraduate students and 120 master students respectively. After the independent blind review by the evaluation experts, the discussion review within the group, the on-site defense review and the casting knowledge competition, the entries selected by the School of Mechanical Engineering and Electronic Information of CUG have achieved excellent results, winning 1 national second prize and 4 third prizes, and the number of award-winning student was19.

Organized by the Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society and hosted by the Foundry Institution of the Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society, the “Mechanical Engineering Innovation and Creativity Competition for Chinese University Students: Casting Process Design Competition" aims to provide a social practice platform for students majoring in material forming, encourage students to actively follow the development of science and technology, learn casting expertise, improve casting process design and operation skills, enhance scientific and technological innovation and engineering practice capabilities, and train excellent professionals for the foundry industry.

Since 2009, the Casting Process Design Competition has been held for 13 times, and more than 21,000 students from more than 120 colleges and universities have participated in this competition. The event has a large number of participants, a wide range of influence, and good professional and technical training effects. It has been selected in the “National Ranking of Academic Competitions in General Colleges and Universities (2015-2019, 2020 and 2021)” for three consecutive times. The competition level, format, effectiveness and social impact of this event have been recognized by the industry and the participating universities.