The Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (STCSM) assembled an expert panel on May 26 to carry out the final acceptance of "Shanghai Key Laboratory of Rail Transit Structural Durability and System Safety", a project jointly undertaken by Tongji University and Shanghai Shentong Metro Group Co., Ltd. Vice President LEI Xinghui attended and addressed the acceptance meeting, extending his deep appreciation to STCSM for its long-standing support to Tongji University and to the development of the key laboratory.
The acceptance meeting
In delivering the acceptance report, the head of laboratory briefed the experts on the particulars of and main achievements scored during laboratory construction, including general facts, compliance with assessment indicators, representative research results of the laboratory, and the mid- and long-term work plans, stressing that the lab had successively undertaken 9 NSFC projects and 2 international collaborative research projects, received 9 national- or provincial-level science and technology awards, and formulated 14 standards.
Head of laboratory delivering the final acceptance report
Afterwards, the experts watched the demonstration of representative research results, and paid a field visit to the rail transit system simulation laboratory to inspect the laboratory facilities and its operational particulars.
Experts visiting the laboratory
Based on the information given in the report and the relevant documents provided, experts raised questions mainly on rail transit structural durability related technologies, top-notch talent cultivation (especially the fostering of young talents) and the future research directions of the laboratory. With regard to the openness of the joint laboratory, experts also inquired about the university-enterprise cooperation model and the lab's experience in commercializing the research results. On behalf of the project team, the head of laboratory readily answered the questions of the expert panel. He noted that the lab will gear its talent fostering efforts to interdisciplinary integration, focus on tackling key challenges associated with the structural safety and durability of rail transit, recruit more A.I. specialists and other professionals to work on the structural robustness and advance warning of rail transit, and undergird the structural durability of rail transit in Shanghai and across China. He added that the lab will take its collaboration with other universities and enterprises to a new level and continuously explore new paradigms of university-enterprise talent sharing, equipment sharing and joint research.
The experts fully affirmed the fruitful work done by the lab and unanimously passed its final acceptance, lauding the off-the-charts performance of the lab in overtaking the construction goals approved by STCSM and its remarkable breakthroughs on the fronts of rail transit engineering safety, structural service safety, intelligent maintenance, and system network operational safety.
Experts also put forward suggestions on the opening and sharing mechanisms for the lab and the fostering of pacesetting talents, hoping that on its way to becoming a world-class key laboratory, the lab will further strengthen talent development, attract more first-class talents, push ahead with the deep integration of multiple disciplines in research, and assist relevant studies in achieving further breakthroughs.
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