On April 29-30, 2017, on the occasion of the 106th anniversary of Tsinghua University, Tsinghua University Student Formula Team THUR also ushered in an important historical moment in the development of the team, the opening of the studio, science popularization, webcast, alumni reception, alumni companies Sponsorship signing, team documentary premiere and many other activities were launched in a concentrated manner, which caused further waves inside and outside the school.

Fleet studio opened

The highlight of this celebration was officially put into use in the Student Science and Technology Activity Base and Fleet Studio of the Department of Automobile Department of Tsinghua University. The deep attention and strong support of science and technology activities has become an important milestone in the practical teaching of the Department of Automotive.

The studio is located in D402, 4th basement of Li Zhaoji Science and Technology Building. It covers an area of ​​260 square meters and has an area of ​​nearly 400 square meters. It is divided into several independent functional areas such as exhibition, conference, discussion, processing and storage. It is equipped with complete fire protection, monitoring, Ventilation, extraction, storage, and network facilities have purchased processing and debugging equipment commonly used by various fleets. In the plan, the base can accommodate 5 racing cars to work at the same time, and has 30 independent office stations, 12 people meeting conditions for each team to use. After half a year of intensive construction, the base has been equipped with perfect conditions of use before the celebration, and it is fully equipped for the convoy to enter.

Overall scene of the base

A corner of the exhibition area

Processing area and discussion area

A corner of the forum

Popular Science Visit

The THUR team as the first station to enter the team, on the first day of April 29th, the first group of guests ushered in-the "Beijing Science and Technology News" small reporter team. This group of young reporters and parents participated in the "How the "Auto Man" Was Made-Unlocking the Tsinghua Automobile Engineering Department" activity and visited the teaching and research laboratories of the Automobile Department. As one of the stations, the student base has gained concentrated admiration and envy, which has sparked students' interest in racing and competitive passion. The THUR team members seriously answered various questions of the young reporters and instructed the visitors to experience the driving simulator. The entire event received a full webcast of Sci-Tech News Media. On the afternoon of the 29th, the THUR team received a visiting delegation of senior high school science students from the Tsinghua Affiliated High School Tailu Campus at the base, a total of 3 batches, about 70 person-times.

THUR team leader Li Xiaohui led a small reporter team from "Beijing Science and Technology News" to visit the activity base

Tsinghua High School Senior High School Science Students Visiting Activity Base

Alumni reception

As a traditional school celebration program, many alumni from the Department of Motoring went home to visit. At the new base, the THUR team received group visits from class eight and two alumni and return visits from other levels of alumni, actively displaying the characteristics of the team and showing the activities of the new era automotive students.

Professor Yang Diange, Director of the Department of Automobile, accompanied the alumni to visit the activity base

Yu Ping, senior alumnus of grade 90 and chairman of Jingjin Electric, observes the electric formula car

On the morning of April 30, as one of the commemorative activities for the 30th anniversary of graduation, all 82 alumni of the Department of Automotive came to the activity base to visit. THUR Captain Li Xiaohui introduced the situation of the entire activity base and the three student teams of the Department of Automotive to the alumni, focusing on the development history and technical characteristics of the THUR formula team. The senior auto seniors from different industries have learned from the base that the younger generation of auto people are promising and promising in the field of extracurricular scientific and technological activities under the background of the rapid development of the industry and the support of the teaching departments at all levels. The love of love is beyond words.

At the event site, the eighth and second class alumni Shaanqi Group Yuan Hongming principal, the eighth and second class alumnus Wanxiang A123 Tang Xin, the eighth and second class alumni Tianxing Zhiyuan Electronics Zhang Yanmin, and many other alumni expressed their affirmation of the development of the student team, immediately said In the future, we will vigorously support and give back to the education of our alma mater to achieve a win-win situation for schools and enterprises.

Alumni corporate sponsorship signing

The THUR team has been in development for 8 years, and has been sponsored by many well-known companies in the industry. More importantly and intimately, during the development of the fleet, a large number of alumni and departmental companies have contributed greatly to the technological and management progress of the THUR fleet. In order to thank the alumni for the support of the other program team, the THUR team held the signing ceremony of the alumni enterprise sponsorship for the first time during the school celebration.

The signing ceremony completed THUR and China's new energy vehicle motor and drive system leader Jingjin Electric Technology Co., Ltd., the industry's leading internal combustion engine electronic control system supplier Suzhou Oyike Automobile Electronics Co., Ltd., the industry's leading electric vehicle power Three companies of the battery system supplier Beijing Keyi Power Technology Co., Ltd. signed a sponsorship agreement.

At the signing ceremony, the deputy directors of the automotive department, Professor Li Jianqiu, Professor Tian Guangyu, Huang Jinchuan engineers and 90-level alumni from the enterprise, Chairman Yu Ping, Chairman of Jinjin Electric, 94-level alumnus, Suzhou Yuex Executive Director and General Manager Yu Shuhuai, Principal Li Liguo, the 02-level alumni Keyi Power, signed and exchanged sponsorship agreements on the spot.

THUR signed a contract with Jingjin Electric Sponsor

THUR signed a contract with Oykes

THUR signed a contract with Keyi Power

Professor Li Jianqiu delivered a welcome speech as a representative of the Department of Automobile, introduced the importance of Formula Team to the cultivation of talents in the Department of Automobile, and the importance and investment of the Department of Automobile in student science and technology activities, and emphasized that the development of students cannot be separated from the support of alumni. The alumni expressed their heartfelt thanks.

Jingjin Electric Senior Senior Yu Ping expressed his excitement at seeing Tsinghua’s first electric formula car, and looked forward to the important significance of student science and innovation activities for the promotion of intelligent, lightweight, and new energy development technology in cars. He hoped that his brother and sister We can consciously cultivate the practical ability and hard work spirit, solid foundation, take the world championship as the ultimate goal step by step and practice, and said that Jingjin Electric will contribute the most powerful and innovative technology to Tsinghua student racing, without reservations to support the team Work in all aspects.

In his speech, Senior Vice President Yu Shuhuai thanked the automobile department and the alumni for the company's help along the way, expressed that it was an incumbent responsibility to support the team, and expressed that the alumni should pass on the good tradition of mutual help from generation to generation. Going forward, the desire to build the automobile department into a strong nationwide system and even a strong world system.

"True happiness can only come from true love. We hope to pass on our love by supporting our brothers and sisters in the science and technology activities, and continue this love." Li Yiguo, senior student of Keyi Power, presented himself at school during the ceremony. Participating in science and technology activities during the period and going to entrepreneurial personal experience, expressed the importance of alumni to students to participate in scientific and technological activities to improve themselves and develop careers.

Kong Lingzhao, leader of the THUR battery team, told the story of the battery design, manufacturing, assembly and testing of the electric formula car during the six-year internship with Keyi Power. Combining this experience of internship in alumni companies and working with senior seniors, Kong Lingzhao felt that to become a qualified engineer, it requires a reasonable division of labor and continuous learning; to become a qualified worker, you need to Have standardized operations and flexible thinking; to become a qualified Tsinghua person, "attention and hard work are common labels, and strict is a way of self-improvement."

Team Documentary Premiere

At the end of the 30th event, THUR held the premiere of the team's documentary at the new base. Since 2015, Huang Tian, ​​a 2012 student in the Department of Automobiles (now a graduate student of the School of Journalism and Communication), has led the production team to continue to follow the team’s various processing, test drive, and competition activities. After two years of creation and polishing, he produced a 25-minute documentary "Take the Small Eight to Xiangyang", which showed the story of the formula to everyone, and conveyed the love and pursuit of professionalism of contemporary young automakers. THUR members, guests attending the sponsorship ceremony, and alumni watched the film's first screening.

Two busy and fulfilling days have passed. This is the largest alumni reception event since the team alumni meeting in late 2014. It was opened by the studio, popular science tour, webcast, alumni reception, alumni corporate sponsorship contract, the premiere of the team documentary, etc. The composition of the event showed the vigorous vitality of extracurricular science and technology activities of the students of the automobile department, reflecting the excellent tradition and enthusiasm of the alumni of the department of car unity and mutual support. We believe that with the strong support of alumni, continuous investment from the Department of Automotive and the dedicated efforts of THUR team members, THUR will surely go further and further in the future!