Great News: Teachers and Students of NJCIT Win Great Achievements in the BRICS Skills Development & Technology Innovation Competition

The National Final of the Second Competition of Industrial Internet Network Interconnection Technology of the 2024 Belt & Road and BRICS Skills Development & Technology Innovation Competition was successfully held in Wuhu Institute of Technology from November 7 to 10, 2024, gathering 115 teams from 65 colleges and universities of 21 provinces and cities across China. The team composed of Shi Yetao and Yang Suhui, students from the School of Intelligent Manufacturing of NJCIT, won the bronze award in the student group under the guidance of teachers Pan Mingyue and Sun Lei; and two teachers, Pan Mingyue and Sun Lei, won the bronze award in the teacher group.

With the virtual simulation training platform for industrial Internet network interconnection as the carrier, the competition focuses on investigating contestants' knowledge about the diagnosis and transformation of industrial enterprise informatization network environment, the selection, installation, and commissioning of industrial Internet network equipment, the interconnection of heterogeneous internal and external networks in factories, and the detection, operation, and maintenance of industrial Internet network systems.

As a product of the deep integration of new-generation information technology and the manufacturing industry, the industrial Internet has increasingly become a key support for the new industrial revolution and an important cornerstone for deepening Internet + advanced manufacturing. Skills competitions, which serve as a way of teaching, can stimulate students' enthusiasm for actively participating in the learning of industrial Internet knowledge, enhance their comprehensive quality, teamwork, and on-site analysis and problem-solving ability, facilitate industrial Internet program development and versatile skilled talent cultivation within the school in an all-round way, and ultimately promote the innovative development and industry empowerment of industrial Internet.

Photo and Text by/Sun Lei, School of Intelligent Manufacturing

Reviewed by/Wang Chunfeng, School of Intelligent Manufacturing