Centenarian professor continuously strives to improve research efforts

Every morning at Tianjin University, 100-year-old professor Yang Enze takes a 15-minute walk from the Expert Building to his laboratory in the School of Electrical and Information Engineering, regardless of the weather conditions, weekends or holidays.

"I have never seen him take an elevator, and he walks up to his laboratory on the fourth floor," Ma Chuang, a PhD student at the school, said. "Inspired by his passionate spirit, we also go to work during the weekends and holidays with him."

According to his colleagues, Yang cannot remember every one of his students' names, but he can remember all of their research focuses and the kinds of experiments they are working on.