Students from CESE Won Second Prize in the "Challenge Cup" Competition

On November 3, 2025, the student project "Intelligent Membrane Manufacturing: A High-Performance Reverse Osmosis Membrane Technology for Chip-Grade Ultrapure Water Production Empowered by Machine Learning" from the College of Environmental Science and Engineering won the Second Prize in the 19th the Challenge Cup National College Student. Curricular Academic Science and Technology Works Competition". Addressing the key bottleneck that current reverse osmosis membranes show insufficient removal efficiency for small-molecule contaminants in chip-grade ultrapure water production, the project team adopted a research framework of "transport-mechanism analysis — material-oriented design — separation-system development." Following this approach, they conducted research on high-performance RO membrane separation technology and successfully achieved efficient removal of small-molecule contaminants with the developed membranes.