From August 11 to 15, 2025, the 19th CIMC "Siemens Cup" China Intelligent Manufacturing Challenge National Finals was grandly held at Taiyuan University of Technology in Shanxi. In the Discrete Industry Automation (Engineering Practice) category, the student team of Bai Zhiquan, Jiang Tianhao, and Zhou Yiming, guided by teachers Sun Jianhua and Zhang Rui from the Department of Electromechanical Engineering, won the first prize in the higher vocational education group with their solid professional knowledge, outstanding practical operation skills, and stable on-site performance.
The CIMC "Siemens Cup" China Intelligent Manufacturing Challenge is a national Class A competition under the strategic cooperation framework between the Ministry of Education and Siemens, and enjoys extremely high authority and influence in the domestic intelligent manufacturing field. The 2025 national preliminary round attracted 968 universities, 10,737 teams, and over 36,000 faculty and students from across the country.At the national preliminary round held in mid-July, after fierce competition, the participating team from the Department of Electromechanical Engineering stood out from 930 teams in the Engineering Practice competition category, successfully ranking among the top 89 and advancing to the national finals. The finals content included project engineering design proposals for intelligent production lines, WINCC HMI interface design and debugging, PLC control program design and debugging, and IoT (Internet of Things) industrial big screen interface design and data acquisition. The three competitors from the Department of Electromechanical Engineering had a clear division of labor, fulfilled their respective responsibilities, and collaborated effectively, ultimately winning third place in the higher vocational education group and securing the first prize!
This remarkable achievement reflects the dedication and rigorous preparation behind it. Since commencing competition readiness in April, the faculty advisory team has delivered comprehensive, systematic mentorship across theoretical knowledge acquisition, practical skills development, and competition strategy formulation. The student participants likewise demonstrated unwavering commitment, dedicating extensive extracurricular hours to intensive study, iterative practice, and continuous optimization of both their solutions and technical competencies.
During the competition, when confronted with complex tasks and a demanding schedule, they maintained remarkable composure while collaborating synergistically, delivering peak performance that exemplified the Department's robust professional caliber and innovative spirit.
Contributed by the Department of Electromechanical Engineering