Students triumph in multiple mathematics competitions Recently, the Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics held the 2024 Seven Mathematics Competitions Awards Ceremony, recognizing about 100 students in seven mathematics competitions. Highlights include: 19 winners in the 2024 Mathematical Contest in Modeling in the U.S., with Wang Yixuan, Fang Yuhao and Wei Zhenyuan nominated for the special prize; five winners in the 16th Chinese Mathematics Competitions for College Students; four winners in the 2024 “Shenzhen Cup” Mathematics Modeling Challenge; 43 winners in the 2024 China Undergraduate Mathematical Contest in Modeling; 26 winners in the 15th “Lanqiao Cup” Software Programming Competition (Han Tianze and Guo Suxuan secured national second prize); six winners in the 2024 Greater Bay Area Cup Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Financial Mathematics Modeling Competition; and three winners in the 14th MathorCup Mathematical Modeling Challenge for College Students. Project recognized in biochemistry experiment skills competition The project “Eukaryotic Expression, Isolation, and Purification of Human Zinc Finger Protein ZNF335,” conducted by Faculty of Biology undergraduate students Li Zi, Bai Qingyu, and Zhu Wenting, under the guidance of teachers Li Hui and Qing Hong, won third prize at the 2024 Guangdong Province Biochemistry Experiment Skills Competition for College Students. This marks a new breakthrough in SMBU’s provincial-level competition record. The research paves new avenues for treating microcephaly and Alzheimer’s disease. Economics students win national first prize in GMC challenge A team composed of Faculty of Economics students, Yang Jiaxiang, Fu Zhenxi, Li Yuyao, and Zhang Zi’an, clinched first place in the national finals of the prestigious GMC Global Management Challenge (China Division). This is the first time SMBU has reached the final and won first prize in this challenge. Additionally, two other SMBU teams won national second prizes. The GMC challenge is a globally renowned business simulation contest that assess teams’ strategic planning, marketing, financial management, production, operations, and other comprehensive skills within a simulated corporate environment. Students secure gold at world vocational skills competition Three SMBU students, Koleda Darya, Pakhalovich Antonii, and Sizov Grigorii, partnered with Shenzhen Polytechnic University’s School of Automotive and Transportation Engineering to win gold in the automobile fault check and repair category (international group) at the 2024 World Vocational College Skills Competition. Formerly known as the National Vocational College Skills Competition, this event is led by the Ministry of Education and co-hosted by key national ministries and organizations, recognized for its prestige and international influence. Student honored in national English contest At the 2025 National English Competition for College Students (Guangdong Regional Finals), Li Shuyuan, an undergraduate majoring in electronic and computer engineering at the Faculty of Engineering, won the national special prize in the non-English major category. The Guangdong regional contest attracted participants from 55 universities, with 22,501 contestants in this category. The special prize is awarded to only one in every thousand finalists, emphasizing the exceptional quality of this accomplishment. Student publishes paper in top journal Jin Yongheng, a postgraduate student in the joint master’s program between Beijing Institute of Technology and SMBU, published a first-author research paper in the top journal Advanced Materials, with SMBU listed as the first affiliation. The paper, titled “Conductance Reinforced Relaxation Attenuation With Strong Metal-N Coordination in Multivariate π-Conjugated MOFs for Integrated Radar-Infrared Camouflage,” was supervised by Associate Professor Cheng Junye from SMBU’s Faculty of Materials Science. Co-researchers include undergraduates Jiang Shan, Zou Xingjian, Guo Junjie, Ren Zhengyang from the faculty, and the joint master’s program’s student Chen Qingkui and doctoral student Zhang Zhaosong. The study presents a full-process technical approach from molecular design to macroscopic device fabrication, offering a reference for next-generation high-performance radar/infrared dual-spectrum compatible stealth devices. It also provides theoretical support for expanding MOF materials’ multifunctional stealth applications. Philology students shine at Russian speech contest Faculty of Philology student Zhang Jitong claimed the first prize with the highest score at the 2025 “Russian Language Day” and “Celebrate China-Russia Years of Culture” Russian Speech Contest, co-hosted by the Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Guangzhou and Guangdong University of Foreign Studies. Mao Junyu earned the second prize. The contest, a key cultural event for Russian-language students and teachers in South China, attracted participants from Sun Yat-sen University, South China Normal University, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, and others. The Faculty of Philology highly values the competition, holding internal selection rounds to pick students with strong Russian proficiency and excellent pronunciation. The event highlights SMBU’s excellence in Russian language teaching and strengthens its reputation and influence in the field. | 