Founded in 1895 as Peiyang University, Tianjin University is the oldest institute of higher education in China, and pioneered the development of modern Chinese education.
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Athletics
Huang Lei: Swimming is my lifetime passion
Huang Lei is a third-year undergraduate majoring in business administration at the College of Management and Economics. She topped in women’s 800m freestyle in group C at the 20th China University Swimming Championship and the swimming trials of the 31st Summer World University Games.“I love swimming so I persist in practicing until now.” Huang Lei was born in Xiamen, a southern city in Chin...
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Research
Researchers Develop 4D-printing Untethered Self-propelling Soft Robot with Tactile Perception
Prof. Feng Wei's team from Tianjin University developed a single-material soft robot with untethered motion ability using 4D printing without any other processing procedures. The robot is able to roll stably and powerfully, and its speed and direction can be adjusted by changing its shape and size. Moreover, the intelligent responsive behavior of the robot constitutes machine perception based o...
2021-09-29 -
Research
Research on Catalyst Layer for Fuel Cell Published on Applied Catalysis B
Recently, Prof. Michael. D. Guiver and Prof. Yan Yin at the State Key Laboratory of Engines, cooperated with Prof. Dario R. Dekel from Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, published their new research, titled Multi-scale study on bifunctional Co/Fe‒N‒C cathode catalyst layers with high active site density for the oxygen reduction reaction, in Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. The reg...
2021-09-26 -
Athletics
Road to Championship, Hard Training plus Iron Will
Nobody would know the first engagement with swimming heralded the long-lasting bond between Hou Zhuomin and this sport. Whether out of the craving for swimming or simply letting swimming become part of her life, Hou has kept practicing swimming for 15 years.The Bitter sweetness in the Process of Realizing the DreamNo sooner had Hou been admitted to Tianjin University than her preparation for th...
2021-09-26 -
Arts and Culture
Special Mid-Autumn Festival Party to Warm Freshmen’s Hearts
In the eve of this year’s Mid-Autumn Festival, 260 freshmen who won the need-based freshman scholarship gathered together and were thrown a festival celebrating party by the University’s Student Affairs Office. They played word riddle, Chinese poem string up puzzle and lucky draw activity together and learned about the university’s financial aid policies through a Q&A session.Freshmen attend...
2021-09-18 -
Arts and Culture
Solar House Prototype Staged in National Renewable Energy Demonstration Zone
On the television show Open Talk broadcast on September 13 in China Central Television І, a solar house prototype with novel design caught the audiences’ attention. It was called the R-CELLS residence designed by Team Tianjin U+ as an competing entry for the final competition of the Solar Decathlon China 2021 (SDC). A real house of the design with an area of 150 square meters has been built i...
2021-09-17 -
Arts and Culture
TJU Specialty Mooncakes Sweeten up Mid-Autumn Festival
As the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming, special made TJU mooncakes have become a good catch among students, faculties and alumni. In addition to the typical ‘School Badge mooncakes’ (as the name implies, mooncakes with the surface imprinted the school badge), the university offers four new products of 18 flavors and special mooncake gift packages.New flavors of mooncakesChocolate lava mooncakeT...
2021-09-17 -
Research
Seven Undergraduates Win Awards for Carbon-free Hydrogen Production
A team of seven undergraduates from Tianjin University invented a hydrogen production unit using photovoltaic and PEMEC and won the grand prize at the finals of the 14th National University Student Social Practice and Science Contest on Energy Saving & Emission Reduction at the end of August.Their work innovatively combines the power generation equipment and electrolysis equipment to achieve th...
2021-09-16 -
Arts and Culture
[Hello, Tianjin]Wei Cheng:to sing a lyric for Tianjin
This is my Tianjin.From Zhigu village to Tianjin Port, the Haihe River flows through, humming the poetry of a century. The fishermen changed one after another, but the city stood tenaciously and unyieldingly.The sea breeze blew over the faces of generations and pass the residual beacon fire of the old fort. The gateway to Beijing, the mission to defending the country, the birthplace of legendar...
2021-09-16 -
Campus
Architecture Student Wins TEAM20 Award
On August 31, 2021, TEAM20 wrapped out its 9th Annual Architecture and Urban Planning Horizon Award. The work "Unknown Land -- Reconstruction of Industrial Ruins in Beijing 798 Art District" by Guo Buxin, a senior student from the School of Architecture under the instruction of Kong Yuhang, Zou Ying, Xin Shanchao and Zhang Xinnan stood out from many works and won first prize. It is the third co...
2021-09-16 -
Research
GAC's First Hydrogen Engine Ignites in Tianjin University
The ignition ceremony for GAC's first hydrogen engine was held at Tianjin University on September 5, 2021. Professor Gao Wenzhi from the State Key Laboratory of Engines (Tianjin University), Dean Wu Jian from GAC R&D center, as well as some main members of the hydrogen engine research and development team attended the ceremony.Team members witnessed the success of GAC's first hydrogen engine st...
2021-09-15