By Li Han

Staff Writer of the Tsinghua News Center

Seventeen Tsinghua research achievements recently won 2007 State Science and Technology Awards. Tsinghua professors accepted the awards on January 8 in Beijing at the annual National Science-Technology Award Ceremony in the Great Hall of the People.

Chinese President Hu Jintao, Premier Wen Jiabao, Li Changchun, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central CommitteeXi Jinping, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, and Li Keqiang, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, attended the ceremony. State Council Member Chen Zhili announced the State Council's decisions on the 2007 State Science and Technology Awards.

Tsinghuaˇs research achievements ranked first among Chinese universities. Of Tsinghuaˇs seventeen awards, one was a State Natural Science Award second prize; eight were State Technological Invention Award second prizes; and eight were State Scientific and Technological Progress Award second prizes. Altogether nine research achievements were completed by Tsinghua as the lead research institution in collaboration with others.

The prize-winning research achievements as lead research institution include:

Fundamental Studies and Numerical Simulation of Dispersed Multiphase Turbulence and Turbulent Combustion, primarily achieved by Professor Zhou Lixing and his colleagues (State Natural Science Award second prize);

Surface Acoustic Wave Materials and its Application, primarily achieved by Professor Pan Feng and his colleagues (State Technological Invention Award second prize);

Orthogonally polarized lasers and precision measurement instruments based on their resonating characteristics, primarily achieved by Professor Zhang Shulian and his colleagues (State Technological Invention Award second prize);

Device and System of Modularized Liquid Desiccant Air Handling Unit with Total Heat Recovery Function, primarily achieved by Academician Jiang Yi and his colleagues (State l Technological Invention Award second prize);

A New Electronic Diesel Engine Control System and its Application to Vehicles, primarily achieved by Professor Ouyang Minggao and his colleagues (State Technological Invention Award second prize);

Development and Applications of Systemized Biochips and Apparatus, primarily achieved by Professor Cheng Jing and his colleagues (State Technological Invention Award second prize);

Spatial Microsystem and Nanosatellite, primarily achieved by Professor You Zheng and his colleagues (State Scientific and Technological Progress Award second prize);

China Next Generation Internet (CNGI) : CNGI-CERNET2/6IX, primarily achieved by Professor Wu Jianping and his colleagues in collaboration with other universities (State Scientific and Technological Progress Award second prize);

High Performance Cluster System and Mass Storage System, primarily achieved by Professor Zheng Weimin and his colleagues (State Scientific and Technological Progress Award second prize);

By the end of 2007, Tsinghua had won a total of 353 State Science and Technology Awards, including 36 State Natural Science Awards, 104 State Technological Invention Awards, and 213 State Scientific and Technological Progress Awards.