Ten College of Engineering students and five teachers were awarded the ExxonMobil scholarship and Fellowship for their excellent performance in 2012 in studying, teaching and research, in a ceremony held at Yingjie Overseas Exchange Center, Peking University on May 14. Mr. Paul Theys, Chairman of ExxonMobil (China) Investment Co., Ltd., awarded the certificates to all the recipients.

The ceremony was organized by the Office of Development, College of Engineering and mastered by Professor Shaoqiang Tang, associate dean of the College of Engineering.

Ms. Su Ling, Vice President of ExxonMobil (China) Investment Co., Ltd., and Ms. Jane Peng, Public Affairs Advisor, ExxonMobil (China) Investment Co., Ltd. attended the ceremony along with many College of Engineering teachers and students.

Professor Dongxiao Zhang, Executive Vice Dean of the College of Engineering, congratulated the recipients and thanked ExxonMobil for their continuous support.

“In today’s world, energy has a strong play in the development of the global economy. I hope ExxonMobil and us can further our collaboration. We should join hands together to jointly promote the sustainable development of the world,” Zhang said.

Mr. Paul Theys gave a speech about ExxonMobil’s Energy Outlook for the next decades. He pointed out the energy demand of the world by 2040 will grow by 35% compared with that in 2010, and improving energy efficiency will play a leading role in taking the challenges. On the other hand, technology advancement will enable the exploration of “hard” resources, such as natural gas and nuclear power, although crude oil will still remain as the top supplier.

The five fellowship winners were Zheng Li, Qining Wang, Chao Zhou, Ling Xu and Jiemei Yang. The ten student recipients were undergraduate student Yimin Liu and Qiankun Zhao, master student Kai Zheng, doctoral candidate Zi Wu, Rui Li, Enzheng Shi, Min Kan, Wanhai Liu, Ling Shao and Meng Yang.

As one of the fellowship winners, Dr. Qining Wang, an associate professor of intelligent control in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, actually received the ExxonMobil Scholarship four years ago as a Ph.D. student in the College of Engineering.

“My research on intelligent rehabilitation limbs has helped a lot of disabled people to cope with daily activities more easily. I’m really grateful for the support of ExxonMobil,” he said.

ExxonMobil is among the first industrial partners of the College of Engineering. The ExxonMobil scholarship/fellowship started in the College of Engineering soon after Vice President Steve Pryor’s visit to Peking University in 2006. So far the ceremony has been held for five times. In recent years, many ExxonMobil’s senior leaders have delivered speeches in the Modern Engineering Forum at Peking University, looking to the future development of the world’s energy.