On September 4^th, the 2021 Undergraduate Physical Experiment (Innovative Design) Competition was held in Room 416 of the Experimentation Building at USTB. The competition was hosted by the Department of Academic Affair and organized by the Physics Experimentation Section of the Basic Experimentation Center for Natural Science. This competition aims to stimulate students’ interest and potential in college physics and physics experiment courses, improve students’ ability to comprehensively use the knowledge they learned to analyze and solve practical physics problems, cultivate students’ open-thinking ability, innovation consciousness, collaborative spirits as well as communicative skills, so that to achieve a comprehensive and coordinated development for students. The competition is divided into two parts: on-site defense and work display. A total of 46 students from science and engineering majors from USTB participated in the competition.

The competition includes propositions, self-selected topics and paper writing. Students are encouraged to choose their own topics to participate in the competition by combining the results obtained from the innovative practice with the competition content. Teams were well prepared, and participants presented their work with enthusiasm. The judges made incisive comments. The competition was carried out in a tense and lively atmosphere. After evaluation, 4 teams (15 students in total) won the first prize, 4 teams (15 students in total) won the second prize, and 4 teams (16 students in total) won the third prize. According to the decision made by panel of judges, 5 teams will participate in 2021 National Undergraduate Physical Experiment Competition and 7 teams will participate in 2021 Undergraduate Physical Experiment Competition of Beijing representing USTB. The Innovation Laboratory at Physical Experiment Section of the Basic Experimentation Center for Natural Science will provide materials, venues, and technical support for the subsequent optimization and improvement of the works by the participating teams.