I Have a Research Support System

On Tuesday morning, Xu Qiu came to the eighth floor of the west auxiliary building of the Twin Towers to prepare for the final project defense.

The twin buildings are the landmark buildings of the school, with 33 floors, divided into two main buildings and two auxiliary buildings, which are dual-purpose buildings for administration and teaching.

For example, the department office of the Department of Materials is located in the east main building of the Twin Towers.

There were five final reports in the morning, and Xu Qiu ranked fourth.

Each project has one or more instructors, and the review guests for the project conclusion are the instructors of each project, a total of five.

The total funding amount of this project is 10,000 yuan, which is the second largest project at the school level, and it is aimed at students of all majors in the school.

If the project cannot be completed, you will not receive the final payment of 2,000 yuan, and you cannot apply for the same type of project within two years.

Of course, the school usually does not embarrass the research group and students. As long as the project is not too bad or does not directly participate in the defense, it will not be stuck with the project and not let the question be concluded.

In addition to this 10,000 yuan project, there are also 20,000 to 30,000 yuan in funding. Because the amount is larger, the requirements are also slightly higher.

Both programs are applied for once a year and last for one year.

In addition, there is an internal material department, which is only 5,000 yuan, which is relatively cheap.

But the water is also normal, 5,000 yuan, after deducting the remuneration, the project funding is only 2,000 yuan.

It is almost impossible to do a complete set of experiments with only 2,000 yuan, and there is a high probability that the research group will need to pay for it themselves.

If this is the case, there are two chances to apply in a year. Han Jiaying plans to apply for it in November, and the duration of the project is also one year.

...

Entering the report meeting, Xu Qiu randomly found a place to sit down and looked around.

There is a host who is debugging the projection equipment.

It looks like an undergraduate student. It should be a student union or something, mainly doing student work, or assistant management.

Of the five reports in the morning, only Xu Qiu was from the Materials Department.

The other four, as far as he knows, are two from the Department of Chemistry, one from the Department of Polymer Science, and one from the Department of Communication Science and Engineering.

There were more than a dozen students at the scene. Except for the speaker, it was not known whether they came here voluntarily to observe or were voluntarily come here.

Some students also brought paper and pens, and they seemed quite serious.

Because Xu Qiu came 20 minutes earlier, the tutors hadn't arrived yet, so they had to wait for a while.

Not long after, Teacher Wei walked in with a briefcase.

He first nodded to Xu Qiu, and then walked to the judging booth.

Coincidentally, Teacher Wei met an acquaintance here, his friend Sun Zheng.

After he sat down, the two chatted.

No wonder Xu Qiu found that teacher very familiar just now. He had met him once in Teacher Wei's office.

According to Chen Wanqing, Sun Zheng also came back from abroad, but he returned to China a year later than Teacher Wei and chose the Department of Chemistry.

Moreover, unlike Mr. Wei, he is a specially-appointed professor. He is a "six-year, non-promoting or leaving" teaching position, which is very stressful.

There is no way, after all, it is the Department of Chemistry of Shanghai Comprehensive University, and those who can stay are the elites.

According to the world ranking of materials disciplines provided by USNEWS, Modu Comprehensive University ranks third in the world.

Among them, the first and second are MIT and Nanyang Technological.

Anyone with a discerning eye knows that this ranking has a lot of moisture.

Therefore, the Department of Materials Science and Technology of Shanghai University is nicknamed "the third in the world and the eighth in Shanghai".

The main reason is that when they ranked, they put the chemistry department, polymer department, materials department and other science and engineering departments in the school together and evaluated them as materials disciplines.

After all, the Department of Chemistry at Modu Comprehensive University is still very strong. There are several academicians in charge, and they can also be ranked among the top in China.

In the early years, the Department of Materials was separated from the Department of Chemistry, and later the Department of Polymers was separated from the Department of Materials.

These three departments are actually of the same origin.

It is said that it involves a struggle between schools, but Xu Qiu is just a newcomer, so he doesn't know much about it.

...

The report will officially begin.

He could still understand the content of the speeches of the two speakers from the Department of Chemistry and the Department of Polymers.

Basically, a material is synthesized, a bunch of characterizations are made, what are the benefits, and what problems are still faced.

However, their presentation level is average.

One stutters and talks intermittently, while the other speaks very fast, as if caused by excessive nervousness.

On the other hand, Xu Qiu is not nervous at all.

Regarding this point, he still thanked Mr. Wei and forced him to make a report at the weekly group meeting.

Now, this kind of report meeting is considered a small occasion for him, and it is a work done by himself, so he doesn't even need to prepare the speech script.

Continue to listen to the report, the third is a communication major.

His report is more difficult to understand, various technical terms, agreements and the like, it is difficult to understand without basic knowledge.

It feels like he is a bit intrusive. It is estimated that when he arranged the report, he planned to do a special session on science and engineering.

In the end, I found that there was a gap in the position, so I forced him in.

After the communication student finished speaking, the moderator asked the judges:

"Teachers, do you have any questions?"

However, no one answered and the atmosphere was very awkward.

In the end, it was his mentor who first asked a question.

Wei Xingsi, Sun Zheng and other teachers also raised a few symbolic questions.

After the previous reporters heard it, everyone's interest was not high.

They all only talk about what they have done, and there are no papers, patents and other achievements.

After all, as undergraduates, the requirements should not be too high.

It is still very difficult to publish articles above the second area of ​​SCI in an undergraduate course.

Otherwise, such an event would not have been reported in the news.

SCIs that can be issued with a bachelor’s degree are basically from a family with a good education background and parents with high education.

The child has already considered developing in the direction of scientific research when he was a freshman or even in high school, and has made a plan for the future.

...

Finally, it was Xu Qiu's turn.

He took a deep breath, walked to the stage, and said:

"I am a senior student from the Materials Department, Xu Qiu, and my advisor is Professor Wei Xingsi. The project theme is..."

"This work has now been published in the journal "Macromolecules". Next, I will introduce it in detail..."

Under the stage, Sun Zheng and Wei Xingsi whispered to each other:

"You are an amazing student. You have published articles since your senior year."

"That's not true," Teacher Wei said:

"Besides, our group just submitted an AM. He is a first-class author, even better than the organic Ph.D. in my group."

"You are so strong, you can do it, and you have accepted such a good student," Sun Zheng sighed, and said:

"It's not like me, good students are robbed by other people."

"Your chemistry department can recruit three master's students a year, so what's not to like?" Teacher Wei said:

"It's not like us. There are many teachers and few students. We can only recruit one a year."

"But the pressure is also great. During the six-year assessment period, not only must the number of articles be sufficient, but also a PK with three other people. Only the winner can stay in school." Sun Zhengdao.

Teacher Wei didn't know how to reply, so he could only encourage him: "Come on."

Xu Qiu didn't know what happened offstage.

He was talking on stage and he was in very good shape.

After the speech was finished, there was applause.

Perfect ending.

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