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简体中文 Recently, the 2024 National Scholarship for Master’s Students evaluation results of the School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, were officially announced. Yu Zhe, a 2023-grade master’s student in Assistant Professor Ye Bin’s group, was once again awarded the National Scholarship for Master’s Students thanks to his outstanding academic performance, prominent research achievements, and well-rounded comprehensive qualities. This success marks the second time—after 2023 that Yu Zhe has received this honor, demonstrating his continuously advancing academic strength and unremitting scientific spirit.
Figure 1 ：List of National Scholarship Recipients at Southern University of Science and Technology Announced in 2024–2025
1.Solid Academic Foundation and Pursuit of Excellence
Yu Zhe has always treated specialized coursework with rigor, achieving excellent grades in all required courses. He is the only 2023-grade master’s student in the School of Environmental Science and Engineering who has received the Special Prize of the SUSTech Graduate Academic Scholarship for three consecutive years. He actively participates in academic activities on and off campus, keeps abreast of frontier trends under the “dual-carbon” goals, and constantly broadens his academic horizon, laying a solid foundation for his scientific research.
2. Intensive Research and Fruitful Results
Under the guidance of his supervisor, Assistant Professor Ye Bin, Yu Zhe focuses on environmental planning and energy economics. He thinks diligently and writes prolificately, achieving notable progress in scientific research. To date, he has published several high-level academic papers, including three articles as first author or co-first author in JCR Q1 journals Journal of Building Engineering and Applied Energy, with a cumulative impact factor of 29.4.
3. International Perspective and Active Communication
From 2024 to 2025, Yu Zhe attended the 10th and 11th International Conferences on Applied Energy (CUE2024 & CUE2025) for two consecutive years, presenting his research results in parallel sessions. Centering on the environmental and economic assessment of building-integrated photovoltaics, he engaged in in-depth discussions with scholars worldwide and responded on-site to questions regarding technical feasibility, cost-effectiveness, and policy support, demonstrating strong academic literacy and international communication skills.
“I will continue to expand the boundaries of knowledge, stay down-to-earth on the path of scientific research, and contribute my strength to achieving China’s ‘dual-carbon’ goals.” His growth and achievements are the joint outcome of personal effort and the training provided by the research group, and they inspire more students to pursue courageously and develop comprehensively on the stages of academia and life.