Encourage young researchers to make more achievements from the test field to the training field
Since the National University of Defense Technology established the Youth Innovation Award in 2016, supporting scientific research projects have funded a total of 60 young researchers, with a total funding of 22 million yuan.
Through this platform, the youth science and technology innovation talent pool has risen, the research on major technological projects has continued to increase, and the research and development of high-tech weapons and equipment has been accelerated, which has injected new momentum into my country's construction of a world-class military.
◎Reporter Zhang Qiang
Correspondent Fang Jiao Liu Qiaolin
"In research in the same field at home and abroad, what is your level of achievement?" "What effects have scientific research results achieved in the actual application of troops, and whether they meet the needs of weapons and equipment"... These are all questions full of "gunpowder" It was proposed by more than 10 experts to 40 young scientific researchers at the 2020 Youth Innovation Award Review Conference recently held by the National University of Defense Technology.
The reporter learned that, in order to fully stimulate the passion and motivation of young researchers to research for warfare, the National University of Defense Technology began to create the Youth Innovation Award in 2016, using it as an "incubator" for the training of young talents, which has boosted a number of groups. A group of young backbones are growing up, and a large number of scientific research results are moving from the test field to the training field, and new combat capabilities are constantly being generated.
Turn cutting-edge basic research into combat effectiveness
"Facing questions, we all feel pressure." As one of the main contributors, Song Rui, an assistant researcher who won the second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award in 2019, has gone through many defenses and has quite a lot of experience.
But this time he participated in the school's youth innovation award review, but he seemed a little nervous.
Like Song Rui, associate researcher Li Peisen was also worried.
He is engaged in the research of graphene magnetic tunnel junctions and magnetic sensors. For the first time, he integrated multiferroic materials with tunnel junctions to realize the electric field control of tunnel junction magnetoresistance, which is regarded by experts at home and abroad as one of the pioneering work of strain electronics.
Despite the "halo" on his head, his palms were still a little sweaty when he met the eyes of the judges on the spot.
"Judging from the selection situation over the years, only doctoral graduates who have a fairly solid scientific research foundation, and have obtained peer recognition and accreditation from review experts in their field can win the Youth Innovation Award." Director of the University's Scientific Research and Academic Division Meng Bing said.
Xiao Dingbang, the first prize winner of the 2017 Youth Innovation Award and professor of the School of Intelligent Science, said that it was precisely under the funding of the supporting scientific research project funding for the Youth Innovation Award that he led the team to focus on the research of the rate-integrated micro-gyro. The rate-integrating micro-hemispherical gyroscope ranked first in the domestic comparison test, and it is expected to solve technical problems such as the attitude measurement accuracy of self-rotating ammunition and the high-precision autonomous navigation of unmanned equipment under satellite rejection.
In other words, the problem that smart ammunition easily loses strike accuracy in a strong electromagnetic interference environment will be effectively solved, so that our military will not rely on satellite navigation in the future battlefield, and it will also allow smart ammunition to aim more accurately and fight. More ruthless.
At present, relevant scientific research results have entered the stage of equipment application verification, and the transformation of cutting-edge basic research into military combat effectiveness is just around the corner.
With the funding of the Youth Innovation Award, more and more winners, like Xiao Dingbang, have grown into "understanders" and "pillars" in various professions.
Young scientific talents emerging from the Innovation Award
Five years ago, Yu Tongpu, a 34-year-old associate professor at the College of Arts and Sciences, National University of Defense Technology, won the first prize of the school's 2016 Youth Innovation Award.
In the year he won the award, he was exceptionally promoted to professor, and was selected as a doctoral supervisor the following year.
Last year, he won the 16th Wang Daheng Optics Award for young and middle-aged scientists and technicians for his outstanding achievements in basic research such as high-energy particle beams driven by strong lasers, ultra-short X/γ-ray sources and positron beams.
Recently, he also won the title of "Leader in Science and Technology Innovation" in Hunan Province.
Today, he is leading his scientific research team to continue to climb the peak of science as a "leader".
Three years ago, Zhang Ke, a 33-year-old assistant researcher at the Electronic Warfare Institute, won the second prize of the school's 2018 Youth Innovation Award.
After winning the award, he was given priority recommendation and became the school's first batch of outstanding young talent training targets in the school's high-level innovative talent training program. He successfully applied for the National Social Science Fund Military Science Youth Project and won the "highest" topic for young military scholars.
"Good wind, with his strength, sent me to Qingyun." With the advantage of the platform, he "made a big show" in his scientific research field and has now been promoted to associate researcher.
No matter how big the platform is, the development will be as broad as possible.
"To give us young people a task is to give us a chance to train and become talents." Ma Zhanhong, the winner of the 2019 Youth Innovation Award and associate professor of the School of Meteorology and Oceanography, said that the award brings a strong scientific research atmosphere, rigorous scientific research attitude, and rich platform Resources have created a good "ecological environment" for him to grow and become a talent.
Last year, with his solid scientific research achievements and potential for future innovation and development, he became the winner of the National Natural Science Foundation of China's Outstanding Youth Science Fund Project.
Statistics show that since the establishment of the Youth Innovation Award in 2016, the school has won 120 awards, and nearly 40% have won various awards at the national, military, and provincial and ministerial levels.
Among them, 4 were funded by the National Science Fund for Outstanding Youth and Science Fund for Outstanding Youth.
Unleash innovative energy "Research for war"
How to enable those talented and potential young researchers to fully release their innovative energy and enable them to grow into the main force of technological innovation?
Technological rewards may have its unique stimulating effect.
"When I got the funding for the supporting scientific research projects of the Youth Innovation Award, the most natural idea was that I could calm down and do some more challenging scientific research work." Second prize winner of the 4th Youth Innovation Award, Lecturer of the School of Information and Communication Cheng Yun said that the supporting research funding he received at that time was 300,000 yuan, which was used in the research and construction of the next-generation satellite-ground convergence network that needs to be solved urgently in the future battlefield.
A large amount of funding brings confidence and responsibility to the winners. It can inspire more young scientific and technological personnel to bravely enter the "no man's land" for scientific research, release innovative energy to "research for war," and promote the further generation of combat effectiveness.
"This is one of the most significant funds in my academic career." Wang Yaohua, the winner of the 2020 Youth Innovation Award and a researcher at the School of Computer Science, told reporters that accelerator chips are the source of the amazing computing power of supercomputers. A generation of exascale supercomputer "Tianhe III", he invested 500,000 yuan in the research of in-store computing architecture. The research results filled the high-level research gap in the mainstream memory field in China, and promoted the core accelerator of supercomputing. The improvement of overall efficiency provides important technical support for maintaining China's leading advantage in the field of supercomputing.
Many interviewed winners pointed out that obtaining funding for supporting scientific research projects allows them to "explore" in a certain field to quickly solve scientific research problems, or convert them into scientific research results, which can be used to improve the combat capabilities of weapons and equipment.
Up to now, the funding for the supporting scientific research projects of the Youth Innovation Award has funded a total of 60 young scientific researchers, with a total funding of 22 million yuan.
Through this platform, the school’s young scientific and technological innovation talents have risen, the research on major technical projects has been continuously strengthened, and the research and development of high-tech weapons and equipment has been accelerated, which has injected new momentum into my country's construction of a world-class military.