The 3rd LANXESS “Clean Water for Better Life” University Students Research Competition Kicked off in Shanghai

On June 9, 2017, Specialty chemicals company LANXESS kicked off the 3rd LANXESS China “Clean Water for Better Life” University Students Research Competition at its Greater China HQ in Shanghai. 18 projects of 12 colleges and universities from Tsinghua University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Tongji University, and Wuhan University have been selected and will be followed by a three-month water research.
Julien Ogier, application engineer for film technology marketing of LANXESS Liquid Purification Technologies (LPT) business unit introduced to the students the “Application and Case Analysis of Reverse Osmosis Membrane Technology in Wastewater Reuse”, demonstrating the performance data of plants that use reverse osmosis elements with ASD under actual circumstances.
The “Clean Water for Better Life” University Students Water Resources Protection and Utilization Research Competition attracted 116 participants in the first two years, generated a total of 25 solutions for water challenges and received more than 25 000 public votes.
“Due to China’s large population, environmental pollution, natural geology, etc., some areas are still facing the problem of unsafe drinking water, especially the underprivileged rural areas, where drinking water safety has become a constraint to regional development,” said Ming Cheng Chien, CEO of LANXESS Greater China. “LANXESS has focused on the water treatment industry for nearly 80 years and has been actively working to help improve the supply of clean water. We hope to encourage more college students to understand the current situation of China’s water resources and propose innovative water resources protection programs.”
It is worth mentioning that the participating schools in this year’s competition are from all over China instead of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River as in the last two years. This year’s event includes mainly four stages: in the first stage - May 2017, projects were solicited from student organizations and interest groups of colleges and universities nationwide; in June, the project organizer will proceed with the project screening and review to determine the list of projects to be funded and hold a kick-off meeting; from June to August, the winning projects will be implemented by project teams under the guidance of LANXESS volunteers; from September to October, the project teams will start reporting, while internal and external experts will be invited to review the projects, and select and honor the outstanding ones.