2018年4月5日《中国日报》第5版

                         Student's creativity gives him an inside track on success
By SHI BAOYIN and QI XIN | China Daily |   
A Henan undergraduate was admitted to a PhD course at the Institute of Mechanics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, to study aerodynamics in Beijing due to his proven ability and creativity.

Yan Chang, 21, a senior graduate of the School of Mechanics and Engineering Science in Zhengzhou University, said he had joined a team researching "a moving model rig for high speed trains" with professors in Beijing.
"For me, it is also a mind-expanding experience and I am interested in doing research, " he said.

Curiosity is driving his ambition.
Wang Xiaofeng, Yan's head teacher in Zhengzhou University, said Yan's ability was outstanding, and he had an excellent team spirit.

As a team leader of the robotics laboratory, a technology innovation platform for undergraduates in Zhengzhou University, Yan said the laboratory was their home over the past four years.

"Most of us knew each other and struggled together as freshmen, but we also have 'new blood' joining us. We do experiments again and again, from daybreak to sunrise. We spend most of our summer or winter vocations in the laboratory," he said.

"The laboratory witnessed our growth, and we were proud of our camaraderie," Yan said with a smile.
He and his team won first prize in the 2015 RoboCup final, for underwater robots in Guiyang, capital of southwest China's Guizhou province, competing with about 400 teams from more than 300 colleges around the nation and overseas.

"It is an international contest and has been held annually since 1999 with the idea of advancing the role of artificial intelligence. This competition broadened my horizons," he said.

Under the leadership of Yan, his team obtained five invention patents and 18 utility model patents, achieving more than 20 national-level scientific and technological innovation awards.

Yan has nimble hands even though his middle and ring fingers were joined at birth.

Yan was born in a small village of Xinyang, in Henan province. He underwent corrective surgery when he was 4 years old.

"My ability can be dated back to my childhood. When I was young, I would like to take toys apart and see what it was inside," he said.

A tai chi enthusiast, he said the discipline has helped him see the bigger picture in work and in life.

"Experiments may fail, sometimes, but tai chi gave me a positive mental attitude," he added.

Chen Hongye, secretary of the Communist Youth League of School of Mechanics and Engineering Science, said openness was good for innovation, and students communicating with other students and professors was a good way to brain storm.

                              大学生创造力赋予他通向成功的有利位置
    作者史宝银和齐馨
    一名河南的本科毕业生被保送到中国科学院力学研究所攻读博士学位（硕博连读），他凭借令人信服的才能和创造力而得到了在北京攻读空气动力学专业的机会。
    他就是闫畅，今年21岁，来自郑州大学力学与工程科学学院的一名大四毕业生，他告诉我们，他和北京的教授们一起工作，加入了一项名为“用于高铁的移动模型试验台”的研究项目。
    “对我来说，这也是拓展思维的经历，我对做研究很感兴趣。”他讲道。好奇心是他实现抱负志向背后的推动力。
    闫畅在郑州大学班主任王小峰老师告诉我们，闫畅同学的能力出众，并且具有出色的团队精神。
    机器人实验室是郑州大学为本科生提供的一个技术创新平台，作为该团队负责人，闫畅说，四年来这个实验室就是他们的家。
    他说，“我们多数人在还是新生的时候就彼此了解，一起打拼，当然我们还有‘新鲜血液’加入进来。我们起早贪黑，反反复复的做实验，寒暑假的绝大部分都泡在实验室里。”
    “实验室见证了我们的成长，我们为我们的同学情谊而自豪！”说到这里，闫畅露出了微笑。
    2015年在西南省份贵州的省会城市贵阳举行了水下机器人大赛，来自国内外300多所高校近400个代表队汇聚一堂展开了激烈竞争，闫畅和他的团队在RoboCup公开赛决赛上夺取了一等奖。
    闫畅说：“这项国际赛事，自1999年以来每年都会举行，其理念是提高人工智能的作用。参加这项比赛开阔了我的视野。”
    在闫畅的带领下，他的团队一共获得了发明专利5项，实用新型专利18项，取得了国家级科创奖励20多项。
    闫畅的双手灵活敏捷，却没人知道他出生时双手的中指和无名指粘连。
    闫畅出生在河南省信阳地区的一个小村庄。四岁时他接受了矫正手术。
    他说：“我的能力可以追溯到我的童年。我小的时候就喜欢把玩具拆开，看看里面是什么。”
    闫畅还是一名太极爱好者，他说这项运动帮助他看到工作和生活中更广阔的画面。
    “实验意味着可能失败，但太极给了我积极的思想态度，”他补充道。
    力学与工程科学学院团委书记陈宏业老师告诉我们，开放性有利于学生创新，跟其他的教授和同学们进行交流是锻炼思维风暴的一个很好的方法途径。（宋根成 翻译）

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