Those who make us Jiaotong University students feel respected and proud when mentioning them are of course the famous alumni in our school’s century-old history. Let me introduce to you a man who is not only well-known in China but also in the international community. He is also my personal idol - Mr. Lin Tongyan.

(In front of the Southwest Jiaotong University Library)

At the age of fifteen, Mr. Lin was admitted to Southwest Jiaotong University (Tangshan Jiaotong University), the highest engineering institution at the time. After graduating from college in 1931, he studied in the United States.

Lin Tongyan’s original name was Lin Tongfeng. The reason why he changed his name was to accept the suggestion of his teacher Mr. Mao Yisheng that “it is easy to understand and represents the descendants of Yan and Huang” and changed “棪” to “Yan”.

Maybe you have never heard of this name, but this name is probably very popular among civil engineers all over the world.

He is a researcher and earliest implementer of prestressed engineering theory, and is known as "Mr. Prestressed". In 1966, the American Society of Civil Engineering named the Prestressed Concrete Award after him, which was the first scientific award named after a Chinese.

U.S. President Ronald Reagan personally awarded the highest science award in the United States, the "National Science Medal" to Professor Lin Tongyan

Mr. Lin's main works are "Design of Prestressed Concrete Structures", "Steel Structure Design" and "Structural Concepts and Systems" have been translated into many languages ??and have become must-read books for civil engineers around the world. Lin Tongyan International Company founded by Mr. Lin is also the dream company of countless civil engineering students.

Maybe you don’t know much about civil engineering knowledge and works, but you may have heard a story. In the 1972 Central American earthquake, tens of thousands of high-rise buildings in the urban area of ??Maragua, the capital of Nicaragua, were destroyed in an instant, but Among them, like a chicken standing out from the crowd, the 18-story Bank of America Building designed and built by Mr. Lin is safe and sound among the ruins! Since then, Lin Tongyan's name has become a household name in the civil engineering community. He is not only the pride of Southwest Jiaotong University, but also proud of China's civil engineering in the world. He is the true pride of the Chinese nation.

(Bank of America Building designed by Mr. Lin)

How about it? After reading it, have you developed a feeling of admiration for Mr. Lin and a great yearning for Mr. Lin’s alma mater, our Southwest Jiaotong University? I hope my answer can help you.