Of course, he is a well-known alumnus in the history of our school in the past 100 years. He can make our students at Jiaotong University feel respected and proud when they mention it. I'll introduce you to Mr. Lin Tongyan, who is not only famous in China, but also internationally. He is also my personal idol.

? (In front of Southwest Jiaotong University Library)

At the age of fifteen, Mr. Lin was admitted to Southwest Jiaotong University (Tangshan Jiaotong University), the highest engineering college at that time. 193 1 Studying in the United States after graduating from college.

Lin Tongyan's original name was Lin Tongbang, but he changed his name because he accepted the suggestion of his teacher, Mr. Mao Yisheng, that "it is easy to understand and represents the descendants of China" and changed "bang" to "Yan".

Maybe you haven't heard of this name, but I'm afraid it echoes in the hearts of civil engineers all over the world.

He is a researcher and the earliest implementer of prestressed engineering theory, and is called "Mr. Prestress". 1966, the American Civil Engineering Society named the Prestressed Concrete Award in his name, which was the first scientific award named after China people.

President Reagan personally awarded Professor Lin Tongyan the National Science Award, the highest science award in the United States.

Mr. Lin's main works, Prestressed Concrete Structure Design, Steel Structure Design and Structural Concepts and Systems, have been translated into many languages and become required reading books for civil engineers all over the world. The international company founded by Mr. Lin is also the dream company of countless civil engineering students.

Maybe you don't know much about folk science knowledge and works, but you may have heard a story. In the 1972 Central American earthquake, 10,000 high-rise buildings in the center of Managua, Nicaragua were destroyed in an instant, but the 18-story building designed and built by Teacher Lin was safe and sound in the ruins! Since then, Lin Tongyan's name has become a household name in the field of civil engineering. He is not only the pride of Southwest Jiaotong University, but also the pride of Chinese nation in the world.

(The building designed by Mr. Lin)

How's it going? After reading it, does it raise a kind of admiration for Mr. Lin, as well as a great yearning for Mr. Lin's alma mater and our Southwest Jiaotong University? I hope my answer can help you.