In addition to smart buildings and industrial control, the Systems Engineering Laboratory is also developing grid automation.

Three major topics and 24 project teams go hand in hand. The Chinese University of Hong Kong, the Polytechnic University and the soon-to-be-established University of Science and Technology all participated, and the strong technical force and the rapid progress made Dean Jiang and Director Wang, who were still in undergraduate education, stunned.

Compared with the deans and professors, Secretary He and Secretary General Gan and other cadres of the Luohu District are more interested in the technology application laboratory on the fifth floor.

High-voltage circuit breakers, frequency converters, reactive capacitance compensation, epoxy resin pouring dry-type transformers and reactors can be put into mass production as long as the final test is completed, especially dry-type transformers and unencapsulated power transformers with exposed coils, which can even fill the domestic gap.

At 10:20, just after listening to the introduction of Huang Li'an, the director of the laboratory, Chairman Liu Siwei finally rushed back from outside.

Liu Siwei proposed: "Let's eat first, and the basic research laboratory will look at it in the afternoon, anyway, there will be time." ”

An enterprise attaches so much importance to scientific research, Secretary He was deeply touched, and shook his head again and again: "Mr. Liu, don't think that we don't know that although the laboratory is on the third floor of your company, you, the chairman, may not be able to do the master." The opportunity must not be lost and will not come again, scientists finally nodded their heads, how can they make people wait? Visit first, eat later, and in your words, there is time. ”

"Yes, Mr. Liu, let's finish the tour first."

"Since everyone is so insistent, then let's go down and have a look."

There are many rules for going to the third floor, you have to change your clothes and shoes, you have to remove static electricity, and even have to go through a security gate, and after handing over electronic products such as Big Brother and pagers to Liang Baoer for safekeeping, you can enter this world that completely belongs to scientists accompanied by Shen Xinru, the deputy director of the laboratory.

"There's superconductivity research over there, and I can't go without permission, so let's take a look here."

The influx of so many people at once will inevitably affect the work of others, and Shen Xinru is very embarrassed, so she can only bring them into her laboratory.

"We are engaged in nanomaterials, and nanoparticles can also be applied in magnetic materials. President Jiang and Director Wang, if you look carefully, this is the nano-size giant magnetoresistance wire we developed, which is a nanofilament of several microns long by alternating Cu and Co and bombarding with electron beams on a polycarbonate substrate with nanopores. The value of the giant magnetoresistance reaches 15%, and the saturation magnetic field of such a giant magnetoresistance array system is very low, which can be used to detect the magnetic flux density of 10-11T......"

Carefully looking through the microscope, everyone finally realized what research and development is.

Inconspicuous and seemingly untechnical, Secretary He was confused and asked in a low voice: "Director Shen, what is the function of this resistance wire?" ”

The layman looks at the excitement, the insider looks at the doorway, Director Wang is afraid that even he will be underestimated, and quickly explained: "Secretary He, this is the application of the giant magnetoresistance effect in high technology, with the rapid development of nanoelectronics, the miniaturization and high integration of electronic components, the measurement system is also required to be miniaturized. With such a low magnetic flux density, it was impossible to measure it in the past! In particular, it is very difficult to measure such a weak magnetic flux density in ultramicro systems, and the nanostructured giant magnetoresistance device developed by Director Shen and her colleagues can achieve this goal after calibration. ”

Dean Jiang thought deeply and said with emotion: "This is a very remarkable discovery, and it is also a very great invention!" ”

The rules are too big, there are too few things that can be understood, and basic research is really not interesting, everyone turned around at the door of a small laboratory full of various instruments and equipment, and was sent out of the laboratory by Shen Xinru.

At the dinner table, Secretary-General Gan finally asked the question that everyone wanted to know the most: "Mr. Liu, the discovery of the giant magnetoresistance effect is indeed remarkable. But in my opinion, this is not enough for your company to be so valued by the British government and universities in Hong Kong, can you explain why? ”

"Yes, more than a dozen doctoral supervisors, dozens of doctors, almost use you as a postdoctoral workstation. If I didn't know that this is the headquarters of NB Electric in Hong Kong, I would have walked into a research institute. ”

Looking at the puzzled looks, Liu Siwei smiled and explained: "There are roughly three reasons to sum up, first, our laboratory has made some achievements in the field of quantum mechanics, and has a certain reputation in the world, especially in the academic community; Secondly, the university of science and technology under construction has been criticized by all parties due to serious inflation, serious budget overruns, and advanced and luxurious equipment. At this critical juncture, the UGC needs to set an example to shift public opinion, and we are undoubtedly the lucky ones;

Last but not least, Hong Kong's industry is dead and the so-called Asian Tigers are a thing of the past, which means that it is very difficult for engineering graduates to find jobs in Hong Kong! Compared with the internationally prestigious universities of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Hong Kong's graduates from the Chinese University of Chinese, Polytechnic University and the University of Science and Technology under construction have no advantage in the international workplace.

One can imagine how important it is for them to have a resume of working in an internationally renowned laboratory or research institute! Therefore, Hong Kong engineering graduates need NB labs, the University of Hong Kong needs NB labs, and the Hong Kong government also needs NB labs. It is for this reason that the UGC is working hard to secure more funding for us to make NB Labs a world-class research institution. ”

It is difficult to improve the international ranking of a university, but it is much easier to build an internationally renowned laboratory, not to mention that the NB laboratory has just released a "satellite" in the field of quantum mechanics and is well-known in the international physics community. As long as a little money is invested, as long as the R&D strength is strengthened, Hong Kong engineering students can build a way to the international workplace.

Secretary-General Gan suddenly realized, and immediately laughed and said: "Mr. Liu, with the full support of the Hong Kong education community, it is difficult for your NB laboratory to come up with results!" ”

To everyone's surprise, Liu Siwei's face was straight, and he said solemnly: "It is not difficult for the laboratory to produce results, but it is rare to turn the results into reality." Just like the application of the giant magnetoresistive effect on the computer hard disk, to develop the giant magnetoresistive effect head, it also needs to invest a lot of manpower and financial resources, which we NB Electric is far from being able to do. ”

This sentence reached Dean Jiang's heart, and he couldn't help but echo: "Yes, the key is how to apply the results." Mr. Liu is facing this problem, and our domestic research institutes are also facing this problem, many things can be developed, but they cannot be put into mass production due to materials, processes and other reasons, so they can only be in a hurry. ”

"So we set up a technology application laboratory, and at the same time invested heavily in an experimental workshop, just to solve the problem of achievement transformation."

Several laboratories were transferred down, and there were no longer any doubts about the development potential of NB Electric.

Thinking of the explanation of the Standing Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee before leaving, Secretary-General Gan said bluntly: "Mr. Liu, our attitude on the issue of joint venture with your company is very clear, and we can make some concessions in management and operation and even equity, and we also hope that you can make a commitment that as long as the new products that can be produced in Xiangjiang and Luohu District will be produced in the Luohu factory." ”

Seeing that Liu Siwei was still hesitating, Secretary He added: "The district will give full support to land, procedures and employment!" ”

"I believe in the sincerity of the city and the district, but we are an international company, and sometimes we have to invest in other countries in order to expand the international market. I can only promise to focus on the mainland, and I can't make a commitment to only produce in the lake. ”

The focus is on the country, but it does not mean that the focus is on the Special Economic Zone and on the lake. The differences between the two sides are too great, and the first round of informal negotiations is not destined to be fruitful.

The business was not a matter of affection, and Dean Jiang did not want to let go of this opportunity to hitchhike, so he put down his chopsticks and proposed: "Mr. Liu, your company's pilot plant is in the Special Economic Zone, so close to Xiangjiang University, we can carry out school-research cooperation like Hong Kong Chinese University, Polytechnic University and University of Science and Technology." ”

Liu Siwei smiled and said meaningfully: "But as far as I know, Xiangjiang University is an undergraduate institution. ”

The assistant researchers of the NB laboratory are all graduate students or above, and those undergraduates of Xiangjiang University are obviously not qualified to move forward, and the test equipment is more advanced than many research institutes in China, so there is no need to cooperate with Xiangjiang University.

Dean Jiang knew it well, and said with a smile: "Mr. Liu, you can't say that, Xiang University is an undergraduate college, which does not mean that the teachers and professors of Xiang University are also undergraduates. What's more, we can't judge heroes by their academic qualifications, such as Zhang Gong, who discovered the giant magnetoresistance effect, that is, your brother-in-law, whose education is not high. ”

How can there be such a good thing?

Liu Siwei picked up the cup and said with a smile: "Of course, you can't judge heroes by academic qualifications, but Dean Jiang, you also know that I can only be the master of the system engineering and technology application laboratory." ”

The NB laboratory is an out-and-out physics laboratory, and the director of the Department of Physics Application of Xiangjiang University Wang is anxious: "But after all, you are the founder and funder of the laboratory, so you should always have some influence, right?" ”

"Influence, of course, the key is how you two let me talk to the Academic Committee and the Supervisory Committee."

Either pay people or money, otherwise don't want to take advantage of others, Dean Jiang weighed it and said resolutely: "Mr. Liu, our Xiangda is in its infancy, don't fight our idea of research and development funds." We can produce people in physics, mechanical engineering, control science and engineering, and optoelectronics! ”

………………………………………………………

PS: Occasional wind chill, dizziness and swelling, strive for another chapter in the evening.