THE 2008 BOEING SHANGHAI CHALLENGE

2008波音上海大赛

You are invited to participate in The 2008 Boeing Shanghai Challenge to help the aviation industry make aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) more environmentally progressive in China.   The Boeing Company is committed to being a good steward of the environment.  While the safety of its products is the company’s number one concern, environmental stewardship is right behind. 

The Boeing Company recently broke ground on a new maintenance, repair and overhaul facility at Shanghai Pudong Airport where the company will service many of the new Boeing airplanes that Chinese and other airlines have purchased, especially the new 787 Dreamliner.  You are being asked to help The Boeing Company develop new ideas and concepts for building an environmentally progressive MRO operation at the new Pudong Airport facility.  

Many researchers and others in the industry are studying how to reduce the impact of air travel on the environment.  New ideas are emerging including innovative designs and materials for next-generation aircraft, better designs to reduce drag and fuel consumption, as well as new technologies for scheduling and routing aircraft to reduce flight times.   However, until recently, less attention has been given to improving the environmental footprint of maintenance, repair and overhaul activities. 

With this in mind, we invite you to participate in The 2008 Boeing Shanghai Challenge!  Your efforts will help The Boeing Company to define a new environmental standard for MRO operations in China and, ultimately, worldwide. 

THE CHALLENGE GUIDELINES

1.                  Participating Universities

Student teams from the following universities are invited to participate in The 2008 Boeing Shanghai Challenge.

Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astranautics	北京航空航天大学
China University of Civil Aviation	中国民航大学
Civil Aviation Flight University of China	中国民用航空飞行学院
Fudan University	复旦大学
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	香港科技大学（中国香港）
Huazhong University of Science and Technology	华中科技大学
Nanjing University	南京大学
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astranautics	南京航空航天大学
Northwestern Polytechnical University	西北工业大学
Peking University	北京大学
Shanghai Jiao Tong University	上海交通大学
Tsinghua University	清华大学（北京）
Tsinghua University（Hsinchu）	清华大学（新竹）
University of Science and Technology of China	中国科学技术大学
Wuhan University	武汉大学
Xian Jiaotong University	西安交通大学
Zhejiang University	浙江大学
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	北卡大学（美国）

If your university is not listed above and you would like to participate in the Challenge, please contact the Challenge Administrator.