2020年度浙江科技奖励大会召开，诺丁汉大学大家庭喜获多项荣誉

Please scroll down for the English version-University of Nottingham family wins multiple awards on 2020 Zhejiang Science and Technology Award Conference.

过去的一年，宁波诺丁汉大学科技事业星光璀璨。

6月15日下午，2020年度浙江省科学技术奖励大会在浙江省人民大会堂召开。英国诺丁汉大学获得国际科学技术合作奖。宁波诺丁汉大学教学副校长May Tan-Mullins教授被浙江省政府授予“西湖友谊奖”。

会上，宁波诺丁汉大学牵头的创新成果“基于过程强化的有机固废高效清洁资源化转化技术与应用”获浙江省科学技术进步奖三等奖。

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重磅奖项花落英国诺丁汉大学

由宁波市人民政府提名，英国诺丁汉大学获得2020年度浙江省国际科学技术合作奖。这是宁波市首次获得该奖项，也是对英国诺丁汉大学与浙江省开展科研合作、学术交流、人才培养等方面成绩的充分肯定。

提名意见中写道：“宁波诺丁汉大学的建立不仅为引进世界一流大学优质教学资源开了先河，也为引进英国诺丁汉大学优势学科与技术提供了一个良好的平台，对浙江乃至全国高等教育和科技合作的发展都具有深远影响。依托宁波诺丁汉大学这一平台，英国诺丁汉大学在人才输出和人才培养、优势学科与本地产业需求的结合及战略性平台搭建等方面贡献卓越，成果显著。”

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副校长May Tan-Mullins教授

获“西湖友谊奖”

会上，宁波诺丁汉大学教学副校长May Tan-Mullins教授因其对宁波诺丁汉大学、宁波当地和中国的贡献被浙江省政府授予“西湖友谊奖”。西湖友谊奖是浙江省政府授予在浙外国专家的最高奖项，以表彰在浙江现代化建设中作出重要贡献的外国专家。

新加坡籍教授May Tan-Mullins自2009年起在宁波诺丁汉大学执教，于2018年1月1日起担任宁波诺丁汉大学教学副校长。

同时，她也是国际关系学教授、亚太研究所主任。她成功地将宁波这座城市置于世界学术地图上，使它成为人文和社会科学的卓越学术中心。

值得一提的是，她还被聘为宁波中东欧国家合作研究院国际交流与合作中心理事，同时也担任宁波市发展研究中心、宁波诺丁汉大学国际合作研究所所长。通过参与在国际关系和公共政策领域的政策协商与制定，她对浙江省在政府政策和国际化战略方面，做出了很大贡献。

获此殊荣，May Tan-Mullins教授谦逊地表示：

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我很荣幸能获得浙江省政府颁发的这一殊荣，这是对我和宁波诺丁汉大学的巨大肯定，我想与宁波诺丁汉大学的教职员工、学生及整个宁波分享这个荣誉。

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吴韬教授领衔的创新成果

获浙江省科学技术进步奖三等奖

会上，由宁波诺丁汉大学，宁波诺丁汉大学新材料研究院有限公司，宁波市北仑环保固废处置有限公司，宁波开诚生态技术有限公司作为完成单位的创新成果“基于过程强化的有机固废高效清洁资源化转化技术与应用”获浙江省科学技术进步奖三等奖。

据悉，该创新成果由宁波诺丁汉大学理工学院院长吴韬教授领衔。项目组利用微波过程强化技术实现中小规模热解及催化重整的强化，开展了有机固废热化学转化及污染物控制、微波强化催化热解/气化技术、生物油及热解气的催化重整等系列技术研究，实现基于过程强化技术的有机固废高效能源化、清洁化转化及近零排放，有效避免传统工艺的二次污染物排放问题。

该项目通过过程强化技术，在有机固资源化处置领域首次解决了小型化和高效率的矛盾，综合能耗水平较传统处置方法显著降低，同时技术经济性显著提升，丰富了有机固废资源化处置以及清洁排放的途径。该项目技术后续应用于餐厨垃圾/沼渣/废塑料的资源化处置和危险有机固废的处置过程，实现分类后有机固废的高效资源化、能源化转化，具有显著的环境效益、社会效益，有助于美丽浙江和无废城市的建设。

University of Nottingham family wins multiple awards on 2020 Zhejiang Science and Technology Award Conference

15 June: On the 2020 Zhejiang Science and Technology Award Conference held in Hangzhou, a total of 301 scientific and technological innovation achievements won the provincial science and technology award. University of Nottingham, UK obtained International Science and Technology Cooperation Award. Professor May Tan-Mullins, Vice-Provost of UNNC, was awarded the West Lake Friendship Award by Zhejiang Provincial Government.

“Research and Development (R&D) on microwave pyrolysis - catalytic reforming based technology and equipment for harmless treatment and resource utilisation of pharmaceutical sludge”, led by University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC), won the third prize for Zhejiang Science and Technology Progress Award.

Nominated by Ningbo municipal government, University of Nottingham (UoN) was granted 2020 Zhejiang Province International Science and Technology Cooperation Award. This is the first time for Ningbo to win this award, and it full affirms the cooperative achievements of UoN and Zhejiang Province in scientific research cooperation, knowledge exchange and talent cultivation.

The Award remarks that the establishment of UNNC has set a new example for the introduction of high-quality teaching resources from world-class universities, and exerted a far-reaching influence on the development of higher education and scientific and technological cooperation in Zhejiang Province and even the whole country.

In the meanwhile, UoN has made remarkable achievements in the output and cultivation of talents, and has contributed greatly to the combination of local industry needs and the construction of strategic platforms.

On the conference, Professor May Tan-Mullins was also recognised by Zhejiang Provincial Government for her contribution to social and economic development of the province, and awarded the West Lake Friendship Award. It is the highest honour that Zhejiang province can bestow upon a foreign national.

Professor Tan-Mullins joined UNNC in 2009. Now she is a professor in International Relations and the Director of Institute of Asia and Pacific Studies (IAPS). She contributed a lot on policy consultation and formulation in areas of international relations and public policy.

"It's my honour to be recognised by Zhejiang provincial government and to win this award. This a great affirmation to me and the University as well. I want to share this honour with UNNC staff, students and the whole Ningbo," said Professor Tan-Mullins.

The prize winning project “Research and Development on microwave pyrolysis - catalytic reforming based technology and equipment for harmless treatment and resource utilisation of pharmaceutical sludge” was led by Professor Tao Wu, Dean of Faculty of Science and Engineering at UNNC.

Through process enhancement technology, the project solves the contradiction between miniaturisation and high efficiency in the field of organic solid waste resource disposal for the first time. The overall energy consumption is significantly lowered compared to that of traditional disposal methods, and the technical economy is considerably improved.

The future application of the technology of this project will be able to achieve efficient and specific transformation of organic solid waste into resources with remarkable environmental and social benefits, contributing to the sustainable development of the province.

文字来源 | Lily Su

图片来源|April Zhang

English | Elena Yang,ETT

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