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Academician Luo Jianbin, Honorary President of our college, won the 2020 Tan Kah Kee Science Award
On May 29, 2021, during the 20th Academician Conference of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the 15th Academician Conference of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, the 2020 Tan Kah Kee Science Award and the 13th Guanghua Engineering Science and Technology Award were held. Academician Luo Jianbin, Department of Mechanical Engineering of Tsinghua University and Honorary Dean of Tianjin High-end Equipment Research Institute of Tsinghua University, won the Tan Kah Kee Science Award for his scientific research project "Mechanism of Particles in Friction and Super-slippery Mechanism. Academician Luo Jianbin attended and accepted the 2020 Tan Kah Kee Science Award.

Tan Kah Kee Science Award
The Tan Kah Kee Science Award is a science award named after Mr. Tan Kah Kee, a patriotic overseas Chinese leader who has made outstanding contributions to the development of China's science and education. It is used to reward scientists who have made major original scientific and technological achievements in China. The predecessor of the Tan Kah Kee Science Award was the Tan Kah Kee Award established in 1988. In February 2003, the Tan Kah Kee Science Award Foundation was jointly funded by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Bank of China, and the Tan Kah Kee Science Award was established. In 2010, the Tan Kah Kee Science Award Foundation established the Tan Kah Kee Youth Science Award to reward young scientific and technological talents under the age of 40 who have independently made important original scientific and technological achievements in China. Up to now, the Tan Kah Kee Science Award has selected 35 award-winning achievements (40 award-winning scientists), and the Tan Kah Kee Youth Science Award has selected 26 young scientific and technological talents. The Tan Kah Kee Science Award rewards scientific and technological achievements. Each award will select one award-winning achievement each time, with a bonus of 1 million yuan and a gold medal.
A total of 5 projects won the Tan Kah Kee Science Award in 2020. Among them, the Tan Kah Kee Science Award for Mathematical Science was awarded to Plateau Ning of Peking University, the Chemical Science Award was awarded to Feng Xiaoming of Sichuan University, the Life Science Award was awarded to Shi Yigong of Tsinghua University/West Lake University, and the Earth Science Award was awarded to the Institute of Geology and Geophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Zhu Rixiang, and the Technical Science Award was awarded to Luo Jianbin of Tsinghua University. Information Technology Science Award Vacant.
Source | Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University