College of Mathematics, Physics and Optic-electronic Engineering
Overview
The College of Mathematics, Physics and Optic-electronic Engineering, which traces its origins back to 1978, is the product of a union between the Department of Basic Courses of two founding schools of HUAT. In 2008, it was named the Department of Sciences. Five years later, due to its expanded scale, it was renamed the College of Sciences. Since then, it has ushered in a new era of rapid development. With years of unremitting efforts, it continued to develop and grow. In May 2021, it was named College of Mathematics, Physics and Opto-electronic Engineering by the approval of the HUAT. At present, the College has been identified as the key colleges of HUAT, and has developed into a place where students of every stripe can set forth on their journeys to gratifying careers, entrepreneurial success, and technological innovation.
The College is consisted of 5 departments, including Department of Opto-electronic Science and Technology, Department of Materials Physics, Department of Applied Mathematics, and two departments which offer general mathematical courses and physics experiment courses. The Institute of Advanced Functional Materials and Optoelectronic Technology is established to provide a good environment of learning and research. Within the Institute, there are 10 research Laboratories, namely, the Automotive Power Battery Laboratory, the Optoelectronic Materials and Devices Research Center, the New Micro-nanomaterials and Devices Research Center, the Quantum Materials and Devices Laboratory, the New optical Materials Laboratory, the Photoelectric Precision Measurement Laboratory, the Lithographic Light Source Laboratory, the Machine Vision Laboratory, the Quantum Optics and Quantum Information Laboratory, as well as the Research Center for the Application of Holographic Technology to Wudang Culture.
Faculty and Academic Research
Our faculty are of highly professional outstanding and diligent in teaching and research. We have 63 teachers and 12 staff members, including 4 professors, 20 associate professors, one PhD supervisor, and 19 Master supervisor. Most of teachers graduated from renowned universities and research institutes. With good cooperation and relentless perseverance, our teachers have won various honors, including National Teacher of the Year, Young Talents of Shiyan City, Young Experts of Shiyan City.
In recent years, we have completed 31 research projects, including 5 National Natural Science Foundation of China, 8 Provincial Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province, 24 regional-level research programs, and 3 research projects funded by companies We have also obtained 7 patents, and won 6 provincial as well as 12 regional research awards. We have published 4 textbooks, 9 monographs, and 215 journal articles, among which one was published in Nature, 91 were published on SCI/EI journals, and 45 were on PKU journals. It is worth mentioning that one of our academic papers has been selected as ESI most-cited papers. Three of our research teams have been accredited as Scientific and Technological Innovation Team of Hubei Province, and Principle Investigator Team of HUAT. A number of our scientific and technological achievements have been commercialized and benefited the society and economy greatly.
Teaching and Learning
We offer different undergraduate programs and graduate degrees, including Optoelectronic Information Science and Engineering, Materials Physics, Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, as well as New Energy Materials and Devices. Among them, Optoelectronic Information Science and Engineering, which offers courses on optoelectronic technology and opto-electro-mechanical integration, is funded by the Newly-emergent Strategic (Pillar) Industrial Talent Project. Our graduate program started in 2018. Currently, we offer Master’s Degree program on Optoelectronic Engineering, Materials Physics and Chemics, Mechanical Electronics Engineering, as well as Electronic and Communication Engineering.
We hold the students’ practical engineering and creative ability to be paramount. We provide access to excellence in higher education through innovative and creative curricula, interdisciplinary teaching and research, and cooperation with enterprises. We has established training base in more than 10 companies, including Jinko Solar Co., Ltd., Zhonghan Power Technology Co., Ltd., China Construction Bank (Shiyan Branch), etc.
We encourage our students to participate in various competitions, such as Creative Physics Experiment Design Competition, "Challenge Cup" National College Student Curricular Academic Science and Technology Works Competition，China Undergraduate Mathematical Contest in Modeling, etc. Some of our students have been working closely with our faculty on scientific research projects and published academic papers jointly.
Over the years, our alumni have gone on to found companies, attained boardroom success, and reached the pinnacle of their academic fields. Our fresh graduates are popular in the labor-force market and many of them have been working in Top-500 companies. Twenty percent of them have gone on to pursue Master’s Degree.
Mission Statement and Goal
Our entrepreneurial history has taught us that flexibility, responsiveness to change, and respect for multiple viewpoints are essential organizational capabilities. These principles will continue to guide our governance and commitment to the welfare of the whole.
We emphasize and develop critical thinking, writing, and information literacy, in order to graduate students with life-long learning skills. In the period of the 14th Five-year Plan, We will work relentlessly to improve our teaching and research standards, build more research centers and training bases, and provide better curricula by making use of the best of educational technology in support of teaching and learning. It is our goal to expand our scale of undergraduate and graduate program, and to become an influential institute among similar colleges in Hubei Province.
We have an overriding commitment to providing our students with the best possible university education through challenging programs of study and innovative methods of instruction. We strive to provide our students access to excellence in higher education through innovative and creative curricula, interdisciplinary teaching and research, and a dynamic community of multicultural learning, and to engage our students in transformational learning experiences that challenge their expectations, broaden their horizons, and stimulate their ambitions.
