Awards

2025

First Prize of the International Grand Final of the 18th iCAN International Contest of Innovation

In October 2025, the International Grand Finals of the 18th iCAN International Contest of Innovation for University Students was successfully concluded. Jointly sponsored by the iCAN International Alliance and the China Information Association, it is a top-tier international university student innovation and entrepreneurship competition focusing on innovative applications of microelectronics, intelligent sensing, artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT).
（AIS-I3S 2024）

Professor Kai Tao Wins Best Invited Talk Award at the 10th International Symposium on Sensor Science and 1st International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Sensors

On August 4, 2024, the 10th International Symposium on Sensor Science and 1st International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Sensors (AIS-I3S 2024) successfully concluded at the National University of Singapore. The conference featured 19 thematic sessions, including those on artificial intelligence sensors and biomedical sensors, attracting nearly 400 experts and scholars from around the world in the fields of sensors and artificial intelligence. Over the four-day event, a total of 292 academic presentations were delivered, comprising 46 keynote talks, 122 invited talks, and 124 oral presentations.
2024

Grand Prize of the 13th China Marine Vehicle Design and Construction Contest

In August 2024, the 13th National Competition for Design and Production of Marine Vehicles was successfully held. Jointly sponsored by the China Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (CSNAME) and the China Institute of Navigation (CIN), it is the largest, highest-level, and most influential national scientific and technological innovation competition for university students in China's marine engineering and shipbuilding sector.
（VEH 2024）

Best Paper Award in System Honorable Mention

From June 26 to 28, 2024, the 5th International Conference on Vibration and Energy Harvesting Applications (VEH 2024) was held at the University of Auckland in New Zealand. VEH is one of the largest and most influential international academic conferences in the field of vibration and energy harvesting, having been held five times so far. Each year, experts and industry professionals from top renewable energy research institutions worldwide gather at this event to discuss and present the latest technologies in energy harvesting and self-powered smart sensing.
Doctoral student Xinhui Mao and master’s student Jiyuan Zhang from the research group attended the conference online. They delivered an oral presentation titled “Development of Electret Generator Inspired by Miura-origami and Application in Transmission Line Vibration Monitoring,” which attracted attention from participants and received the Best Paper Award Honorable Mention.
2025

Excellent Presentation Award of the 2025 Micro-Nano Dotoral Symposium.

On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of Microsystems & Nanoengineering, the journal, in collaboration with the National Key Laboratory of Sensor Technology, held the “2025 Micro-Nano Doctoral Symposium” online in late April 2025. The symposium featured four main themes: Micro/Nano Sensors and Actuators, Bio-MEMS & MEMS Micro-Energy, Flexible Micro/Nano Devices and Systems, and Micro/Nano Materials and Functional Devices. It attracted 141 young scholars from 55 universities and research institutes, with 24 experts in the micro-nano field providing on-site commentary.
2025

Gold Award of the 23rd "Three Navigation Cup" College Student Innovation Competition of Northwestern Polytechnical University (Innovation Training Category of the Main Track)

In March 2025, the 23rd "San Hang Cup" University Student Innovation Competition of Northwestern Polytechnical University (NWPU) was successfully concluded. As the longest-running, largest-participating, most widely-disciplined top-tier university-level brand competition for university students' scientific and technological innovation at NWPU, the competition focuses on scientific and technological innovation in the fields of aeronautics, astronautics and marine engineering, with its reach extending to interdisciplinary innovation across all academic disciplines.
（VEH 2023）

Best Paper Award

In April 2023, at the VEH 2023 conference held in Xiangtan, Hunan Province, doctoral student Xinhui Mao delivered an oral presentation titled “Direct-current, Long-lasting and Highly Efficient Electret Energy Harvesting from Ultra-Low-Frequency Motions Using a Toothed Clutch Mechanism” and received the conference’s Best Paper Award.