The Tan Kah Kee Science Award Foundation recently released the list of recipients of the Tan Kah Kee Science Awards (TKK Science Awards) and Tan Kah Kee Young Scientist Awards (TKK Young Scientist Awards) for the year 2022. After several rounds of rigorous screening and appraisal by the awarding panels and with the approval of the Foundation’s Council Board, TKK Science Awards were given to si...

The Programme of Computer Science of SWJTU-Leeds Joint School has passed the International Engineering Education Accreditation, as announced by the British Computer Society (BCS).On April 26th, 2022, BCS commenced on the accreditation for the Programme based on the reports submitted and relevant data collected. During the process, the expert panel discussed with both the Chinese and British rep...

On December 10th, the award ceremony of 2022 Tianfu Friendship Award was held at the opening of the 20th Western China Overseas High-tech Talents Forum. Guests of honour included Wang Xiaohui, Secretary General of Sichuan CPC Provincial Committee, Huang Qiang, Deputy Secretary General of Sichuan CPC Provincial Committee, Yang Dan, President of Southwest Jiaotong University, and Chen Weirong, De...

Through the project presentation and on-site defense, SWJTU team secured the “Highly Recommended” prize with its “Virtual Railway Experience Solution” in the worldwide final of the first TrainRail Hackathon of the International Union of Railways (UIC) held at the UIC headquarters in Paris, France on November 29, 2022. Focusing on the theme of “How can railways be resilient in the face of p...

November 18 saw the opening of the 2022 Conference on Rail Transit Energy and Power Technology in Chengdu.  Focusing on “Innovation Drives Development and Technology Leads the Future”, the conference had one main forum and two sub-forums on railway energy & power technology and urban rail transit energy & power technology, and was hosted by Southwest Jiaotong University in collaboration with ...

The 3rd China Railway Development Forum was held on Xipu campus in Chengdu and another venue in Beijing from November 17 to 18. Nearly 10,000 participants attended the forum online under the support of People’s Railway Daily, Journal of the China Railway Society, Chinese Railways and High-Speed Railway Technology. The event was jointly sponsored by Southwest Jiaotong University, China Railway ...

Southwest Jiaotong University (SWJTU) and the University of Leeds (Leeds) held an online meeting on Nov. 16, during which Yao Faming, Vice President of SWJTU, and Professor Hai-Sui Yu, Vice-Chancellor of Leeds, shared the latest development update of the two Universities and the achievements of SWJTU-Leeds Joint School in the delivery of different programmes, and discussed such topics as the re...

On November 3rd 2022, the latest list of the top 2% scientists worldwide was released by Standford University in collaboration with Elsevier in September 2022 data-update for “Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators”.48 faculty members of Southwest Jiaotong University including Academician Zhai Wanming and Academician Shen Zhiyun were nominated in the “singl...

On Nov. 9, the School of Design hosted an academic salon featuring “Interdisciplinary Integration of Art and Technology” to further the exchange between the two fields and collaborative innovation and development.Present were Wang Ping, professor and Director of the Office of Scientific Research and Development, Zhang Weihua, professor at the State Key Laboratory of Traction Power and Chief S...

On November 5th, the 22nd Student Association Culture Festival and enrollment of new members for university student organizations were launched simultaneously on Xipu and Jiuli campuses, attracting more than 10,000 students and staff from over 90 associations and 20 university student organizations.Over 110 university student organizations demonstrated and displayed their achievements in six di...

Xu Jingmang, professor from the Department of Road and Railway Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, was nominated for 2022 "Outstanding National Young Scientist". According to recommendations and expert appraisals, 10 scholars were awarded the title of “Outstanding National Young Scientist” and 40 “Outstanding National Young Scientist Nominee”.Xu Jingmang...

On Nov. 10, the exhibition of first-hand materials of Prof. Wu Luming was held on Xipu Campus, and Shen Huoming, Vice President of the University, attended the event.Wu Luming (1936-2016), a native of Tongcheng City, Anhui Province, was an Expert with Special State Council allowances, one among the first batch of National Teaching Masters, leader of the National Teaching Team on Mechanical Fund...