Prologue Engineering’s fundamental mission to“create for users”has served humanity,prehistoric humanity,and other life forms,such as insects,fish,birds,and mammals,unwaveringly for hundreds to millions of years.Wha...Prologue Engineering’s fundamental mission to“create for users”has served humanity,prehistoric humanity,and other life forms,such as insects,fish,birds,and mammals,unwaveringly for hundreds to millions of years.What distinguishes human engineering from the engineering of other life forms is the singular human capacity to envision a“creation for users,”then to create it and ultimately to implement it fulfilling an important“user need.”Other life forms pass down engineering creations likely learned from their predecessors through an evolutionary process,like creating anthills,beehives,and bird nests.Their creations are learned replications of earlier experiences more than an intellectual response to new opportunities.User advancements without opening new frontiers limit advancement of a species.The life forms above are exemplars among all the user species of engineering,but only human engineering leads to new creations that lead to remarkably significant user advancements.展开更多
It is my greatest honor to learn that Professor SHI Changxu was a recipient of the China's National Top Award in Science and Technology in 2010 owing to his pioneer and strategic contributions to the development o...It is my greatest honor to learn that Professor SHI Changxu was a recipient of the China's National Top Award in Science and Technology in 2010 owing to his pioneer and strategic contributions to the development of materials in China and world.This award represents the strongest endorsement of not only the society to the contribution made by Professor Shi in materials,but also the materials' community to the social progress and advances in technology.展开更多
文摘Prologue Engineering’s fundamental mission to“create for users”has served humanity,prehistoric humanity,and other life forms,such as insects,fish,birds,and mammals,unwaveringly for hundreds to millions of years.What distinguishes human engineering from the engineering of other life forms is the singular human capacity to envision a“creation for users,”then to create it and ultimately to implement it fulfilling an important“user need.”Other life forms pass down engineering creations likely learned from their predecessors through an evolutionary process,like creating anthills,beehives,and bird nests.Their creations are learned replications of earlier experiences more than an intellectual response to new opportunities.User advancements without opening new frontiers limit advancement of a species.The life forms above are exemplars among all the user species of engineering,but only human engineering leads to new creations that lead to remarkably significant user advancements.
文摘It is my greatest honor to learn that Professor SHI Changxu was a recipient of the China's National Top Award in Science and Technology in 2010 owing to his pioneer and strategic contributions to the development of materials in China and world.This award represents the strongest endorsement of not only the society to the contribution made by Professor Shi in materials,but also the materials' community to the social progress and advances in technology.
