Returning to his hometown school is the first time for Tu Shandong, who has been rooted in the podium for decades. Along the way, the green hills on both sides of the highway continued to emerge in front of Tu Shandong's eyes, and his heart could not hide his excitement.
On the morning of April 29, in the 2024 Academician and Expert Entering 100 Enterprises and 100 Schools (Meizhou Tour) activity, Tu Shandong, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, chemical equipment safety technology expert, and professor of East China University of Science and Technology, walked into Hushan Middle School in Dapu County.
With the title of "Engineering Makes the World a Better World", he popularized the knowledge of the engineering field to the students, shared his scientific research experience, told the scientific research stories of overcoming the difficulties of engineering technology, and planted the seeds of science in the hearts of the children.
Tu Shandong is an expert in chemical equipment safety technology, and has been engaged in the research and development of high-temperature and high-pressure equipment safety technology for a long time. His scientific research has been applied to the independent research and development of key equipment or components such as the world's largest pressure vessel CAP1400 containment, aero engine, manned space engineering environmental control and health protection system, and a new generation of rocket engine, ensuring the construction of key projects in related fields in the mainland.
Academicians do science popularization, which is not only a "big" use, but also a mission.
In Tu Shandong's view, many of the contributions made by academicians are in the past, but academicians must also make new achievements and make new contributions, and popular science is one of the key points.
Turning on people's wisdom is always a work in progress. And popular science is very important for a country to open up people's wisdom.
"In the first half of the last century, the literacy rate of Chinese was only about 20 percent, and it was only under the leadership of the Communist Party of China that it continued to improve. Tu Shandong said that today, the challenges we are facing are completely different, literacy is not enough to solve the problem of high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and major innovation in science and technology, but the wisdom of the whole nation is needed to converge in the direction of scientific and technological innovation, and the popularization of science is more important than ever.
Tu Shandong has his own understanding of doing popular science: as an academician, he must take the lead in setting an example, practicing himself, and forming a strong joint force.
In recent years, he has actively mobilized all the teachers in his team to spread his work to the public. "We need to tell people what we do, which should be a better help and guide for future scientists and engineers. Tu Shandong said.
On the podium, academicians and experts swayed their passions and concretized science with vivid words; under the podium, there were immature faces and eyes full of thirst for knowledge.
"For the sake of sacrifice and ambition, dare to teach the sun and the moon to change the sky. Tu Shandong's scientific knowledge fascinated the students of Hushan Middle School. "It was the first time to be so close to scientists, which broadened our horizons, and we were even more moved by the scientist spirit of scientists who dare to explore the unknown. Lai Xiangyu, a student in the first class of the second year of high school, said.
Listen attentively and inspire with affection. The progress of science and technology is a relay race, which needs to be run one baton after another. The younger generation is the successor on this journey.
Tu Shandong sent a message to the majority of Meizhou students: "I hope that the young students of Meizhou Hakka will love the motherland more, inherit the spirit of hard work and continuous improvement of their predecessors, study harder, make greater contributions to engineering technology, and make greater contributions to the construction of a better hometown and a better country." ”
It is reported that Tu Shandong's ancestral home is Dakengtou Village, Qingxi Town, Dapo, Meizhou, and he has returned to his hometown many times to worship his ancestors. "Every time I go back, I have a different feeling, the countryside is getting more and more beautiful, and various undertakings are also developing. In recent years, the rapid changes in his hometown have made him happy in his eyes and heart, and he has increased his confidence in development. "I look forward to making my hometown better in the future and being known throughout the country and the world. ”
Planning/Coordination: Zhang Shengliang, Tang Linzhen
Text Southern + reporter Chen Zeming
Photo South+ reporter He Senyao
Correspondent: Yuan Shilian
【Authors】 Chen Zeming;
[Source] Southern Press Media Group Southern + client