Just walking and chatting like this, the two of them soon arrived at the research team's laboratory and office area. Qiao Yu also met everyone in the research team and the other three senior brothers.

"Here, let me introduce to you Qiao Yu, the student sent by the International Mathematical Research Center to help us optimize the model this time. I know you may have doubts about Qiao Yu, but don't ask any questions. At least in Before optimizing the model, I kept it in my stomach.”

As soon as he entered the office area, Liu Hao clapped his hands and said to everyone.

It can be seen that Liu Hao still has a lot of prestige in the team. After he said these words, although several people looked at Qiao Yu with equally confused eyes, they still started to applaud and welcome him.

Qiao Yu suspected that Senior Brother Liu was also responsible for the little director.

Senior Brother Xue told him that most of the boss-level tutors who often receive projects do not have much time to teach students. Otherwise, they entrust an associate professor or assistant professor in the school to be the tutor, or a partner who knows the basics. Little guide.

There are also supervisors who will directly let their best PhD students take on some of the work of junior supervisors.

"Okay." Liu Hao raised his hand and gestured, and the applause stopped. Qiao Yu, let me introduce to you, this is Luo Cheng, Zhang Haoyuan and Qin Zhongliang, and there is also a senior sister in the research team. I am not feeling well today and I am asking for leave. "

After saying that, Liu Hao glanced at the office again and asked: "Where is Chen Jiang?" "I went to wash the bottles." Zhang Haoyuan answered.

"Oh." Liu Hao responded, then looked at Qiao Yu and said, "Everyone is here. Well, let me show you some information first?" Qiao Yu thought for a while and asked, "Can you take me there first? Take a look at your test area? Then tell me about your test operations?" Liu Hao nodded and said, "Okay."

Then he turned around, waved to Zhang Haoyuan, and said, "Xiao Zhang, take Qiao Yu to the experimental area to have a look. I'll sort out the data first."

The laboratory that Senior Brother Liu is responsible for is right next to the office area.

It was different from Qiao Yu's imagination. The chemistry laboratory in the university was indeed much more advanced than the chemistry laboratory in the junior high school. It was no longer just those bottles and jars. "This is..."

"This is a reactor. Well, it is a high-pressure reactor. Many test reactions have requirements on temperature and pressure, so this is needed. Ours is the most advanced model, which can directly set the temperature, pressure, and stirring rate to ensure a uniform reaction. Go ahead." Zhang Haoyuan made the introduction diligently.

"Oh!" Qiao Yu nodded, very satisfied with Senior Brother Zhang who was responsible for the introduction.

"This is our new equipment for this project, the most advanced hydrogenation fixed bed. This was donated to our research team by the company opposite. It can not only hydrogenate carbon dioxide to produce methanol, but also use carbon dioxide to hydrogenate to produce liquid Hydrocarbon dyes."

Zhang Haoyuan patted the big guy next to him again and said. Qiao Yu could only nod like a primary school student.

Sure enough, the rows were separated by mountains. Qiao Yu had never seen these instruments before.

Judging from the proud look on Senior Brother Zhang's face, this thing is probably quite expensive and cannot be bought elsewhere.

"Also, this is the gas feed system. Hydrogen and carbon dioxide are input through this system. It consists of gas bottles, flow controllers and gas filters. You can see that by setting up here, we can ensure precise control of the gas. The traffic volume and proportion are the most advanced in the country.”

"We also have our own gas chromatograph. We don't have to compete with other research groups for space in the testing laboratory. You see, it is also the most advanced model at present... This is our data acquisition and control system.

The data that Senior Brother Zhang is sorting out all comes from here. Let me tell you, there are not many laboratories that can implement automation and data recording systems. You have come to visit our laboratory, you have found the right place..."

Zhang Haoyuan introduced it enthusiastically. Qiao Yu could tell that Senior Brother Zhang was really proud of his laboratory. It's a pity that he is a complete layman when it comes to chemistry...

For the junior high school chemistry exam, I still managed to get a perfect score by cramming it for a few days. I had never been exposed to high school chemistry.

"Um, Senior Brother Zhang, isn't this set of equipment expensive?" Qiao Yu asked casually after Zhang Haoyuan finished introducing it.

"Equipment? Well... that's right, haha, this equipment is indeed very expensive. But it's nothing to our boss. To tell you the truth, our boss has two companies outside, and the annual turnover is huge. Tens of millions."

After hearing these words, Qiao Yu probably understood why graduate students like to call their supervisor boss. This is a real boss!

Comparatively speaking, my own field supervisor may be a little worse. He seems to have never heard of companies outside. Qiao Yu asked curiously: "Can professors also open companies outside the school?"

Zhang Haoyuan glanced at Qiao Yu and replied: "Why not? That kind of messy buying and selling companies will definitely not work, but we support professors to open companies that specialize in new fields. As long as they meet the minimum requirements for patented inventions, they can start a company. Our boss holds several big patents and even won the second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award."

Qiao Yu blinked. Sure enough, there was money to be made in developing apps.

The annual turnover is tens of millions, and I don’t know what the net profit is. If the turnover is purely generated by patent licensing, it is probably still very profitable, right?

So Qiao Yu asked another question that hit his soul: "Brother Zhang, how much can you earn every month now?"

"Um......scholarships, job subsidies, scientific research allowances and other bits and pieces add up to an average of seven or eight thousand a month. These are all issued by the school and the Research and Engineering Department. If the project goes well If so, the boss will sometimes give some special scientific research subsidies privately. It’s not difficult to break through if you work hard.

If you can write a big thesis, the rewards will be even greater. It’s just too tiring to do chemistry and keep the laboratory. You can’t do part-time work. Alas... Unlike those of you who study mathematics, you don’t have to keep the laboratory. In the future, you will study for a Ph.D. , also free and at ease.”

Zhang Haoyuan sighed and said.

Qiao Yu really wanted to tell Senior Brother Zhang that the tutor's annual turnover was tens of millions. As a tutor's students, he had to work very hard, and with the supplementary monthly income, he could earn more than 10,000 yuan. This was actually a bit unreasonable. But after thinking about it, he let it go.

It seems that Senior Brother Zhang is quite satisfied, probably because he already earns more than many graduate students with other tutors? How pitiful.

However, there was one sentence that attracted Qiao Yu's interest: "Brother Zhang, do you get rewards for publishing papers?"

Zhang Haoyuan nodded and said: "That must be true. You can see that schools and colleges have regulations on scholarships and paper awards. Now you can get 100,000 yuan for publishing an SCL English section, and 50,000 yuan for English section two. Anyway, you don’t have to worry about paying the publication fee to the journal. It has been reduced now, but it was more in the past.

Following our boss and having a laboratory with advanced equipment, it is naturally much easier to publish papers than those poor research groups. Do you understand? I guess you are still studying for an undergraduate degree, right? You were recommended to our laboratory to do model optimization at such a young age. There are definitely two brushes.

I just want to tell you that you must choose a good mentor in the future. Just like our group, although it is harder now, as long as you work well with the boss, you can still go to the boss's company after graduation. Sometimes choice is more important than hard work. .

Qiao Yu nodded. He thought that Senior Brother Zhang had probably stayed in the laboratory for a long time. He usually only met a few acquaintances and had no topic to talk about.

Today I saw that his mouth was not covered.

But it's a pity that mathematics is not the same as chemistry after all. The former does not require experiments.

Thinking that Senior Brother Liu had reminded him that his recent experiments had not gone well and their moods were unstable, he did not bother to reveal his mentor.

But there was one thing that Qiao Yu remembered in his heart.

When his paper is published in Ann.Math, he will have to ask Director Tian if there is any paper reward.

One hundred thousand yuan...

It's quite a lot for him now.

And it doesn't seem to be difficult to publish a paper in a journal in the first area of ​​SCI mathematics. If it is not the four top journals, it should be easier. Then the school will reward one hundred thousand yuan for one paper. If he publishes ten papers a year, it will be one million. Two Isn’t this the original capital to start a company after the end of the year?

Wait, the theory is that he is jointly trained by Yanbei University and Huaqing University. Logically speaking, the papers he publishes in the future may be rewarded by both sides. If he is more diligent...

Sure enough, when going to college, you still have to learn how to publish papers based on projects. This is the fastest way to accumulate wealth in the early stage.

"Thank you, senior brother, for reminding me. I will definitely remember it later. How about you briefly tell me your experimental process now, and then I will analyze the data and make a model."

"Okay, the first step is naturally the preparation of cobalt-based catalyst...

Soon Zhang Haoyuan briefly explained the entire experimental process.

Obviously, Liu Hao was not kidding when he said that he has been conducting experiments every day recently. When Brother Zhang introduced it, the whole process was already very familiar, including some small details. For example, the adjustment of the gas feeding system, the setting of the reactor, the collection and detection of the product... …........

The entire process was introduced in detail, and Qiao Yu quickly simulated it in his mind.

I also have a general understanding of several important values ​​required by the model.

All that needs to be calculated is the rate constant, activation energy calculation, and finally the key step analysis.

Mathematical models are probably designed to do this.

"I understand it almost. Thank you, Senior Brother Zhang. Let's go back. I'll go see what's wrong with the data."

"Does this make sense?

"Well, I learn things quite quickly." Qiao Yu smiled shyly and replied.

Back in the office area, Liu Hao had already pulled out all the recent data. When he saw Zhang Haoyuan coming back with Qiao Yu, he asked, "Qiao Yu, are you packing up all this data and taking it back?"

Qiao Yu thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "It's not necessary. This is useful data. I'm afraid I'll be responsible if the data is leaked, so I'll just take a look here." Liu Hao smiled awkwardly and said: "Actually, it's not necessary. In the past, these data were packaged and brought back to Professor Lu...and the experiments failed, so there is no need to keep these data confidential."

Qiao Yu didn't answer, just sat next to the computer and looked at the data and said: "I heard from Senior Brother Zhang just now that cobalt-based catalysts change the electronic structure and reaction path by adsorbing and activating reactants on the surface, providing selective pathways and Continuous cycle of reactions.

This reduces the activation energy for hydrogenation of COz and Hz to produce methanol, allowing the reaction to proceed quickly at a lower temperature. The goal of your laboratory is to improve the catalyst formula and production process to speed up the reaction rate and increase the target product methanol. It’s selective, right?”

Liu Hao stood next to Qiao Yu and said: "Yes. This technology is mainly to optimize the production line. Currently, there is a certain gap between our production line and similar foreign companies in terms of production efficiency. The boss has done a preliminary analysis with the manufacturer's technicians. The difference most likely lies in these two areas.

If we can increase the methanol production rate by 10% in the laboratory, we can probably equal the most advanced foreign technology. Of course, we must also take into account some issues in mass production, so currently we only do it at three temperatures. Experiment. By the way, do you want to take a look at the previous model?"

Qiao Yu shook his head and said: "No need. By the way, recommend a related paper to me. I will understand the detailed process and process details of hydrogenating carbon dioxide to produce methanol."

"Um...it's on the computer. I'll pull it up and show it to you. Is the pure English one okay?" "Are there many chemical-specific words in it?"

"Yes, but not many."

"That's no problem. If you encounter this kind of vocabulary, just help me translate it."

To be honest, Liu Hao is not really used to Qiao Yu's working style, but he appreciates it. Qiao Yu is not even willing to take the data out of the laboratory. How should I put it?

In fact, he has cooperated with the Numerical Research Center a lot and doesn't mind this anymore. But after all, he came out with his junior brothers and sisters, so he felt uncomfortable handing it over so casually.

Qiao Yu didn't mind the style of doing things in the office area at all, he quite liked it.

Although the project they are currently working on belongs to the inorganic category, this is a chemical laboratory building after all, and it is common for some smells to drift from the organic area to the office area. Although Yanbei University has strict requirements on laboratory safety, there are always

Sometimes mistakes happen.

For example, the fume hood suddenly stops working for unknown reasons; the wind speed of the universal hood is not enough when operating the laboratory bench; when reagents are left standing, someone occasionally forgets to regularly vent the room as a whole...

In short, odor is unavoidable.

The four major majors in biochemical and environmental materials are really not only hard work to stay in the laboratory. Especially in chemistry, you deal with various toxic or even highly toxic reagents and various flammable and explosive dangerous substances every day.

If you are careful, it may be physically destroyed.

Especially in schools, students often operate the centrifuge. Stupid things like forgetting to balance the centrifuge still happen from time to time. This is why most centrifuges now are equipped with automatic balance detectors, otherwise the movement...

When communicating with colleagues, there are actually people who are proud not to play with acid in the fume hood. You should know that if something happens to this thing, the person will be destroyed directly. After the experiment is completed, the organic solution is poured directly into the pool to save trouble.

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Therefore, Liu Hao can understand that many people are unwilling to stay in the chemistry laboratory building. Even if he is not an idiot, he cannot guarantee that others are not idiots.

If he hadn't entered the wrong profession back then, he would have been far away from this building. Now Qiao Yu is willing to help in the office area of ​​the building. Anyway, Liu Hao is very fond of him. Anyway, some of the experiments now do not require him to do it himself.

Instead, he just read the paper next to Qiao Yu.
To be continued...