On July 10th, Beihang undergraduates Wang Yingjun, Guo Minghao and Hu Yu from the School of Energy and Power Engineering, under the supervision of Associate Professor Chen Min, Professor Li Lin, Professor Chen Jiang, Professor Tang Hailong and Professor Zhu Zhili, won the championship of the AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics) Air Breathing Propulsion Undergraduate Student Design Competition, setting the best record for Chinese students in more than 30 years since its inception.
Among the 10 designs passed by the AIAA competition judges composed of scholars from such well-known companies and organizations as General Electric Company, Rolls-Royce and NASA, Design of CJ-3000 Turbofan Engine for Next-Generation Supersonic Passenger Jet submitted by Beihang students was highly commended by the scholars for its rationality and advancement and selected as top three in the world. In the Propulsion and Energy Forum held during July 9th to 11th, the students defended composedly with a clear thinking on site, which was widely recognized and highly praised by the judges.
Dr. Jimmy Tai (first from left), Professor of Georgia Institute of Technology and Chairman of the Department of Gas Turbine, AIAA, Dr. Andrew Yatsko (second from right), Chairman of AIAA Air Breathing Propulsion Undergraduate Student Design Competition, and Beihang students
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, created in 1963 by the merger of the two great aerospace societies of the day: the American Rocket Society and the Institute of the Aerospace Sciences, aims to ignite and celebrate aerospace ingenuity and collaboration and its importance to our way of life. As of today, it has been the largest non-governmental and non-profit society dedicated to the advancement and development of science and technology in aeronautics and astronautics in the world. Each year, the AIAA Foundation organizes competitions for college students in the field of aerospace from all over the world. The students can propose theoretical ideas on real-world problems, go through the real major design steps to determine the hypothetical solution, evaluate the effectiveness, and finally form a RFP (Request For Proposal). Among the series of competitions, the Air Breathing Propulsion Undergraduate Student Design Competition is one with the largest number of students in the field of aerospace.
Reported by Wang Wenbin
Edited by Sun Yecheng and Lyu Xingyun
Translated by Lyu Xingyun
