宁诺暑期放大招：170余项科研实习项目，42名导师自愿留校指导

Please scroll down for the English version -FoSE Undergraduate Summer Research Replacement receives great popularity among students.

酷暑天，宁波诺丁汉大学理工实验室里一片繁忙景象。600余名理工科学生选择留在校园，参与暑期学生体验项目。今年仅科研实习项目数量就多达170余项，42名导师自愿留校带领学生进行暑期课题研究。这是宁波诺丁汉大学理工学院自开设暑期项目以来，规模最大，参与人数最多的一次。

作为暑期短学期项目的一部分，暑期项目旨在为在校生搭建与来自不同学科、不同年级学生接触与互动，了解科学研究实质，增进科研技能，探索自身兴趣的平台。考虑到疫情影响，学院还人性化地开设了线上远程科研项目，为国际生与交换生们提供参与科研的机会。

化学专业的大二学生沈书恒加入的是唐本灿老师指导的计算化学科研项目。这个研究项目是利用DFT方法在Gaussian软件（一个仿真计算化学软件）中计算环加成反应。在参与暑期科研项之前，沈书恒也一直以为化学是一门重视实验和分析的学科，而在接触到计算化学之后，他却感受到现代化学研究已经离不开理论和数据计算。

他说，暑研开始至今，唐本灿老师指导他们如何构建出较简单的模拟底物，再通过计算得到模拟底物反应的各种数据，例如热力学数据，键长键角数据，然后利用这些数据计算真实反应，简化了直接计算真实反应的难度。而这样的过程，让他觉得很有意思并产生了研究兴趣。

同样从探索未知中打开新世界大门的还有来自数学系的大三学生陆米然。她连续两年跟随的暑期导师是专注环境科学领域的Faith Chan博士。课题是宁波市蓝绿色基础设施与海绵城市建设调查研究。“这两年暑假我几乎逛遍了宁波大大小小的公园，采集数据，然后进行数据分析。我很享受这个过程，完全不觉得枯燥，而且越来越喜欢环境科学这个学科，甚至想过往这个方向申研。”

Faith Chan是自愿留下带领学生进行暑期科研的老师之一。当被问及为什么愿意义务带领学生做暑期课题时，Faith表示希望给到学生机会去接触科研、学习新的知识。这点也得到电气与电子工程系的Chiew-Foong Kwong博士的认同，他的研究领域集中在5G通讯技术，尤其是使用机器学习技术来解决移动管理和移动设备缓存的问题。“在我的项目中，学生可以接触到最前沿的5G通讯技术的发展。”

据了解，暑期科研实习项目设立之初，理工学院就希望能通过阅读文献、探讨问题、户外考察、采集数据、撰写报告等，让学生有机会沉浸式体验科研的全过程，将自己在课堂所学的知识应用到实际生产和生活之中。经过几年的磨合和探索，我们欣喜地看到不仅学生找到了兴趣所在和发展方向，暑研项目更是为导师们的科研注入了新的想法与观点。

“本科生的无穷创造力和对科研的热情给我留下了深刻的印象。” 理工学院地理科学系在读博士生徐宇尧说，去年暑假他和博士导师Faith Chan一起，带领着本科生考察宁波城市河流体系，从中获得了许多宝贵的帮助。建筑与建筑环境系Ali Cheshmehzangi博士此前带领的暑期科研团队所取得的研究成果还被收录在了国际核心期刊上。

另外，今年的暑期体验项目除科研实习项目外，还设有创新实验室、核心技能培训项目以及志愿活动与文化赏析的项目。这些项目既让学生掌握专业技能与实验室技能，也通过各类传统文化实践活动，让学生体悟“知行合一”，培养良好的人文素养。

FoSE Undergraduate Summer Research Replacement receives great popularity among students

The Undergraduate Summer Research Replacement programme this year has the largest number of participants since its establishment. Organised by the Faculty of Science Engineering (FoSE), the ongoing programme includes over 170 research projects; 42 tutors stayed on campus voluntarily to provide guidance, and more than 600 students participated.

Aiming to stimulate students' interest in research, the programme provides them a platform to apply knowledge into the real-industry project and get them prepared for future academic and career development.

In addition, considering the impact of the COVID-19, FoSE also launched an online remote research programme, which provides opportunities for international students and staff to participate in scientific research.

Miran Lu, a year three student of Mathematics, has followed Dr Faith Chan, Associate Professor of Environmental Sciences, to conduct research on blue-green infrastructures and development of sponge city programme in Ningbo for two consecutive years.

"During the past two summers, I have visited almost all the parks in Ningbo, collecting data and analysing the data. I enjoyed this process very much and like environmental sciences more and more. I even want to pursue a Master’s in this field," said Miran.

Dr Chan is one of the tutors who volunteered to stay and instruct students to do the summer research. When speaking of his motivation of staying, he said that he wanted to give students the opportunity to practice scientific research and learn new knowledge.

Through the summer research programme, FoSE hopes to provide students with the opportunity to experience the whole process of scientific from reading literature, discussing problems, outdoor investigation, data collection and report writing and enable them to practice in real life.

The exploration and innovation of students has also provided inspiration for the tutors. The research outcomes of a summer research team led by Dr. Ali Cheshmehzangi of the Department of Architecture and Built Environment was accepted by a key international journal.

In addition to the scientific research projects, this year's summer programme also includes innovation labs, core skills training programmes, volunteer activities and cultural appreciation programmes to cultivate diverse skills of students and enrich their extracurricular experience.

文字来源 | Lily Zhu, Fay Ma,

Lily Su,刘心予，Elena Yang

图片来源 | 宁诺理工学院

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