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- 2023 CDIC Graduation Ceremony
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- CDIC Funded Student Presenting in Oxford
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- UCD wins the Asia Matters 2022 Higher Education Partnership
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- Boom, Bust & Future of China's Real Estate Sector Podcast with Dr Yunpeng Zhang
- Dr Nan Zhang runner-up of 2022 UCD Research Impact Case Study Competition
- 2022 CDIC Graduation Ceremony
- Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition for the Students
- UCD & Columbia Dual Master in Civil Engineering Information Session
- New teacher welcomed to CDIC
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- CJCO Team welcomed CEI student Zhaoyu
- Top 2% Scientists in the World
- TCPEP is Ready to Welcome New Teachers
- Gold Award for CDIC students in Internet & Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition
Gold Award for CDIC students in Internet & Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition
Monday, 1 November, 2021
UCD congratulates the CDIC student team who were awarded a Gold Award in this highly competitive event. Now in its sixth year, this China International College Students’ Competition, has attracted more than 15 million student competitors from 124 countries. The Competition champions education for entrepreneurship and encourages students to pursue global careers in innovation. The CDIC team comprised CUI Zihan, WANG Xibo, LIU Caihong (cohort 2019) and ZHOU Haoyu (cohort 2018). Deputy Director Wei Kun, of the Road Engineering Department of the Highway College of Chang’an University guided the project, with Dr Wang Hainian of CDIC and Professor Amanda Gibney of UCD serving as project technical consultants. The CDIC project, “Smearing Asphalt technology - leader of intelligent cooling coating for asphalt pavement” focuses on the development of intelligent cooling coatings for asphalt pavements. In order to reduce high surface temperatures, phase change material (PCM) technology and microcapsule technology are introduced into pavement cooling systems. The project team applied this technology to real projects in China with excellent outcomes: this technology reduces the impact of high temperature on asphalt pavements, reduces maintenance costs, extends pavement life and may contribute to the reduction of high temperatures in urban areas.