The project directed by Prof. Su Hongye from Dept. of Control Science & Engineering was awarded the 2nd Prize of University Sci & Tech Progress. The project realizes the intelligent monitoring of multi-process, multi-level and multi-object coordination optimization and production of soda ash plant, fills the technological gap of advanced control and process optimization of soda ash industry at home and abroad, increases the plant capacity and sodium ion conversion rate, reduces material consumption and energy consumption, and generates a total of 167 million of economic returns for enterprises in the past three years.