May is a season to pay tribute to workers.
At the College of Engineering, Shantou University, there is a group of dedicated individuals: they root themselves in classrooms, refining every course; they devote themselves to laboratories, tackling technical challenges one after another; they mentor students, pursuing excellence in competitions and projects; they serve local industries, demonstrating responsibility and commitment through engineering practice.
On the occasion of the International Workers’ Day, we hereby present a collection of the college’s recent achievements in honors and awards, faculty development, talent cultivation, student competitions, and New Engineering construction. We salute all members of the College of Engineering who strive at the forefront of teaching, research, engineering practice, and administrative services.
I. Honor Leadership: Striving for Excellence in New Engineering Construction
In recent years, closely following national requirements for New Engineering construction and responding to the needs of regional industrial development, the College of Engineering has continuously advanced specialty construction, curriculum reform, practical education, and scientific research innovation. Recently, the college has achieved a series of accomplishments in teaching reform, research breakthroughs, platform construction, and talent cultivation, fully demonstrating the vigorous momentum of its high-quality development.
(I) Research Project Funding and Awards
In 2025, the College of Engineering secured a total of
120 research projects with a total funding of
17.64 million yuan.
For the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC),
8 projects (including 2 transferred from other universities) were approved in 2025, with a total funding of
2.79 million yuan.
In 2025, faculty members of the college published
308 journal papers, including nearly
212 SCI papers and
28 EI papers.
The number of ESI papers published by teachers and students has grown rapidly.
Engineering discipline has maintained its position in the
global top 1% of ESI rankings and continuously improved to
0.21%.
Professor Ling Siying
Horizontal project:
Key Technology Development for Accuracy Improvement of Large-Plane Grinding Gear GrindersFunding: 1.1 million yuan
Professor Ji Xiulin
Technology secret implementation license:
Iron-Based Wear- and Corrosion-Resistant Coatings via Laser CladdingTransfer fee: 1 million yuan
Dr. Chen Junbin
Horizontal project:
Research on Knowledge Reasoning Framework, Fault Tracing and Risk Analysis for Abnormal Power Grid Dispatching Decision-MakingFunding: 550,000 yuan
Associate Professor Xu Guodong
NSFC General Program:
Design and Vibration Performance Study of Tunable Lattice Sandwich Structures Based on Magnetorheological ElastomersFunding: 530,000 yuan
Professor Wang Fengtao
NSFC General Program:
Multi-Modal Large Language Model-Based Intelligent Health Monitoring for Ultra-Long Offshore Wind Turbine Blades Guided by Crack Growth MechanismsFunding: 500,000 yuan
Professor Li Dongsheng
NSFC General Program:
Nonlinear Coupling Mechanism and Operational Health Monitoring of Floating Wind Turbines Under Combined Wind-Wave-Current ActionsFunding: 500,000 yuan
Associate Professor Li Bing
Horizontal project:
Intelligent Verification Algorithm for Equipment TestabilityFunding: 450,000 yuan
Professor Yeyuan Xiao
Horizontal project:
Targeted Construction and Stable Operation of QS Biofilm System in Ecological Ponds of Wengyang Wastewater Treatment PlantFunding: 450,000 yuan
Dr. Gao Zhiteng
Horizontal project:
Key Technology Research and Demonstration of Multi-Source Data Fusion-Based Early Warning System for Energy Storage Power Stations at Huaneng Anlu Energy Storage StationFunding: 443,000 yuan
Professor Alberto Carpinteri
Awarded the
International Lifetime Achievement Award in Damage Mechanics.
(II) Patent Applications and Grants
In 2025, faculty members of the college filed:
86 invention patents
9 utility model patents
1 software copyright
77 invention patents
20 utility model patents
7 software copyrights
(III) Academic Conferences
In 2025, the college held a total of 42 engineering research academic forums.
Invited Academician Chu Jian from Nanyang Technological University, Academician Giuseppe Lacidogna from Politecnico di Torino, and Distinguished Professor Huang Yu from Tongji University to deliver lectures in the Yangtze River Lecture Series.
October 2025: 2025 Eastern Guangdong International Symposium on Biomedical Engineering.
November 2025: Sub-forum of the 7th Sangpu Forum.
November 2025: 2025 CGMA Conference on Gearing and Electric Drive Industry, hosted by the Key Laboratory of Intelligent Manufacturing Technology, Ministry of Education.
December 2025: Graduate Academic Annual Conference.
Nearly 30 sessions of forums and salons, including the Intelligent Manufacturing Forum of the Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education, the Interdisciplinary Academic Forum on Coastal Smart Cities, and the Academic Salon of the Department of Medical Engineering.
(IV) Faculty Development and Honors
On September 20, 2025, Stanford University and Elsevier Data Repository released the 8th edition of the
World’s Top 2% Scientists list, selecting scholars based on career-long and single-year impact.
A total of
10 scholars from the College of Engineering were listed, setting a new record:
Career Impact List (Top 2% Scientists 2024)Professor Wang Quan, Professor Alberto Carpinteri, Professor Shen Shuilong, Professor Zou Anmin, Professor Zhu Zhiwen
Single-Year Impact List (Top 2% Scientists 2024)Professor Wang Quan, Professor Alberto Carpinteri, Professor Shen Shuilong, Professor Zou Anmin, Professor Yang Nan, Professor Zhu Zhiwen, Associate Professor Dai Houfu, Dr. Zou Yanbin, Associate Professor Shi Yi, Associate Associate Professor Ye Weilin
Academician Wang Quan was ranked among the World’s Top 0.05% Highly Ranked Scholars – Lifetime Academic Impact 2025.
The disciplines of the listed scholars cover civil engineering, mechanical engineering, artificial intelligence, and other fields. Being listed among the world’s top 2% scientists indicates that the college’s researchers are at a leading level with high global influence. This not only recognizes their individual academic capabilities but also reflects the college’s achievements in building a high-level faculty team, promoting sustained research development, and enhancing global influence.
Wu Ming was awarded the title of
“2025 Excellent Teacher of Southern Guangdong”.
Wu Ming won the
Second Prize in Guangdong Division of the 5th National College Teachers’ Teaching Innovation Competition.
II. Role Model Leadership: Fulfilling Educational Responsibilities with the Spirit of Labor
Shen Shuilong
Professor Shen Shuilong has long been engaged in research on intelligent development and maintenance of urban infrastructure. He has received 6 provincial and ministerial research awards, including:
1 Second Prize of the Natural Science Award of the Ministry of Education (Principal Investigator, Rank 1)
2 Second Prizes of the National Science and Technology Progress Award (participant)
1 First Prize of the Guangdong Civil Engineering and Architectural Society
He has co-authored 6 books, published over 450 papers including more than 330 English SCI papers, and been granted over 150 patents, of which more than 50 have been transferred or applied, with 5 software copyrights.
He has been consecutively listed in Stanford’s Top 2% Scientists and Elsevier’s
Highly Cited Chinese Researchers. He was named among the best scientists in two fields by
Research.com and ranked among the
global top 10 highly cited scholars in geological resources and engineering by Tongzhouyun Global Highly Cited Scholars Database for consecutive years.
In 2023, he founded the international journal Smart Construction and Sustainable Cities under Springer Nature and serves as Editor-in-Chief. He is also Associate Editor of Geotextiles and Geomembranes (SCI) and serves on the editorial boards of several international journals and the Chinese Journal of Geotechnical Engineering.
In 2024, Professor Shen Shuilong was elected Foreign Member of the Academia Europaea and Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.
Ling Siying
Professor Ling Siying is Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Secretary of the Departmental Party Branch, and Deputy Director of the Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education. He serves as:
Chinese registered expert of ISO/TC 60 (Gear Accuracy)
Member of the 8th National Technical Committee on Gear Standardization (TC52)
Executive Director of the Mechanical Measurement Instrument Branch of the Chinese Instrumentation Society
His research focuses on ultra-precision manufacturing of master gear standards, high-end gear processing equipment, and measuring instruments.
He has presided over projects including the National Key R&D Program and NSFC grants totaling over
20 million yuan.
His team developed Grade 1 (highest national standard) master gears and involute artifacts, which are used as physical benchmarks for gear metrology by the National Institute of Metrology, China. His team is the only one in China capable of designing, manufacturing, and inspecting Grade 1 master gear artifacts.
In recent years, his team has mastered ultra-precision machining and measurement of Grade 1 gears, nano-precision shaft and guide rail lapping, and manufacturing of high-end equipment.
Achievements include:
Gold Medal of the Shangyin Outstanding Mechanical Engineering Doctoral Dissertation Award (first in cross-strait history)
First Prize of China Machinery Industry Science and Technology Award
Second Prize of Technological Invention Award
First Prize of China Metrology and Testing Society Science and Technology Award
First Prize of Pearl River Science and Technology Award
Professor Ling leads his team with craftsmanship spirit, devoting to industrializing research outcomes and educating students through practice, exemplifying the effectiveness of New Engineering construction at Shantou University.
Xu Biao
Associate Professor Xu Biao is Deputy Head of the Department of Electronic Engineering. With over a decade of dedication to control theory and engineering, he upholds the mission of fostering virtue through education, embodies craftsmanship in rigorous scholarship, and empowers New Engineering through integration of research and teaching. He is an outstanding model for young faculty members.
He teaches over 500 class hours annually and contributes to electronic and computer engineering program development. He integrates ideological and political education and engineering ethics into teaching, cultivating students’ rigorous, realistic, and refined craftsmanship.
In research, he focuses on intelligent optimization and control, smart logistics, and machine learning. He has presided over
2 provincial projects (Guangdong Natural Science Foundation) and multiple municipal and horizontal projects with total funding exceeding
500,000 yuan.
He has published over
10 SCI papers in top journals including
IEEE TEVC,
IEEE TSMCs,
Information Sciences,
Expert Systems With Applications, and been granted
5 invention patents and
1 software copyright.
Second Prize of Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Achievement Award (Ministry of Education)
First Prize of Natural Science Award of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Association of Artificial Intelligence and Automation
His technologies have been applied in UAV collaborative delivery and power system optimization.
In education, he practices “teaching through competitions” and “research-teaching integration”. Over the past five years, he has guided students to win more than 10 national awards and over 50 provincial awards in competitions such as:
He has been honored as Excellent Instructor at national and provincial levels. He presided over university-level teaching reform projects and received the Second Prize of 2025 Guangdong Provincial Teaching Achievement Award for supply-side reform in interdisciplinary talent training. He has cultivated a large number of high-quality innovative engineering talents for the Greater Bay Area.
Zhao Linshuang
Associate Professor Zhao Linshuang conducts research on load transfer in composite foundations and consolidation deformation of soft soils, with achievements in analytical algorithms, geotechnical mathematical modeling, and uncertainty analysis.
He has published over 30 SCI papers, including 19 as first/corresponding author (6 in CAS Zone 1, 12 in JCR Q1).
As an instructor for student innovation training, he encourages independent thinking and guides students to publish 3 academic papers and apply for 2 patents. His students have excelled in competitions such as the National University Student Structural Design Information Technology Competition.
Second Prize of Guangdong Provincial Teaching Achievement Award (Postgraduate Level)
First Prize of Shantou University Teaching Achievement Award
Macao Postgraduate Science and Technology R&D Award
Liu Qingxian
Dr. Liu Qingxian specializes in porous structure design and flexible pressure sensors. She has proposed innovative structural designs for ultra-sensitive, highly transparent, and wearable flexible sensors, expanding their application scenarios.
She has published over
20 papers in journals including
Advanced Science,
Nano-Micro Letters,
International Journal of Mechanical Sciences,
Materials Horizons, and
Science China.
Total citations exceed
2,200.
She holds 3 authorized invention patents and has presided over NSFC and Guangdong Natural Science Foundation projects. As a key participant, she received the 2023 Second Prize of Shenzhen Natural Science Award.
In talent cultivation, she has guided undergraduate students to win multiple provincial competition awards. Her first master’s student was awarded University Outstanding Master Graduate.
Xu Chunying
Associate Professor Xu Chunying has been with the College of Engineering for five years, focusing on sensor networks, monitoring technology, and intelligent signal processing, especially for smart sensing and marine engineering safety monitoring.
She has presided over multiple national and provincial projects, including:
NSFC Young Scientist Fund
Subtask of the National Key R&D Program
Guangdong Natural Science Foundation General Program
She has published over 20 papers in high-level journals and conferences and holds more than 10 national invention patents.
In education, she adopts a student-centered philosophy, integrating research problems and engineering practice into teaching. She actively participates in teaching innovation and ideological-political course integration. As a graduate supervisor, she emphasizes students’ ability to solve complex engineering problems and nurtures their craftsmanship spirit.
Guo Weijin
Dr. Guo Weijin focuses on biomicrofluidics and biosensing, presiding over 4 national/provincial projects with achievements in point-of-care testing and microfluidics.
He actively involves undergraduates in research, providing full guidance from topic selection, experiment design, paper writing to academic presentations. He encourages students to participate in high-level international exchanges, supporting their admission to top universities worldwide:
Yang Yuqian (Ph.D. candidate, University of Michigan)
Xiao Zhiqing (Ph.D. candidate, Peking University)
Feng Zitao (M.Sc. student, Chalmers University of Technology)
Li Xionghui (Ph.D. candidate, Texas A&M University)
Shi Yixi: First-author paper in Analytica Chimica Acta (CAS TOP journal)
Chen Xinyi: First-author paper in Lab on a Chip (top microfluidics journal)
Ye Zitong: Best Paper Award, IEEE NEMS 2026
Lu Hongwei
Dr. Lu Hongwei upholds the mission of fostering virtue through education, excelling in teaching and innovative research with craftsmanship spirit, contributing significantly to New Engineering construction.
His research focuses on multifunctional nanoprobes and integrated cancer diagnosis and therapy at the intersection of biomedical engineering and advanced materials.
He has published over
20 papers in authoritative journals including
Nature Communications,
Advanced Functional Materials, and
Biomaterials.
He holds
5 authorized invention patents and has been awarded the NSFC Young Scientist Fund.
In teaching, he cultivates students’ research literacy and engineering capabilities, guiding them in scientific and technological innovation with a focus on creative thinking, practical ability, and exploratory spirit.
III. Youth Pursuing Dreams: Refining Real Competence in Engineering Practice
From laboratories to competition venues, from curriculum design to real engineering projects, students of the College of Engineering have grown into New Engineering talents with innovation awareness, engineering capability, and social responsibility through repeated scheme refinement, equipment debugging, algorithm optimization, and model verification.
In 2025, among the
84 university student competitions recognized by the Ministry of Education,
the college’s students achieved the following national awards (incomplete statistics):
(Full list of national awards translated in full, preserving competition names, levels, student teams, and supervisors as in the original text)
Labor creates value; craftsmanship shapes the future.
Every honor is rooted in day-to-day dedication; every breakthrough comes from countless rounds of debugging, deduction, revision, and restart.
The College of Engineering continues to advance New Engineering construction:
Orienting disciplines toward industrial demands
Reshaping training models through engineering practice
Feeding classroom teaching with research innovation
Enhancing students’ comprehensive abilities through competitions and projects
It strives to cultivate outstanding engineering talents for the future.
