Material Empire

"why is that?"

Du Xiangwang said in surprise, he turned his head to look at Tranquility, and found that Tranquility also had a dazed look on his face, it seemed that he didn't know about this matter either. He greeted several other defense committee members, then left the meeting room by himself, pulled Meng Qilong aside, and asked in a low voice: "Principal Meng, what's going on, why did you bring all the people from the academic committee here?" ?”

The relationship between the professors and the principal in the school is very equal. Professors like Du Xiangwang who have been in the school for many years talk very casually with the principal. He recognized that several of the professors brought by Meng Qilong were members of the school's academic committee, and such things as awarding degrees were under the control of the academic committee. However, under normal circumstances, the school's academic committee would not directly intervene in the thesis defense of each college. Once these people appear, it often means that something unusual has happened.

This is the case now.

Meng Qilong looked back and saw that Zhang Shengying and several other professors were still a few steps away from them, so he lowered his voice and said to Du Xiangwang: "Old Du, I don't want to come either. It was Zhang Shengying who reported to me that Jing Jing's paper data Fake..."

"What!" Du Xiang's eyes widened, "How is this possible! It's obvious to all that she did the experiment, besides, why does she have to fake it?"

It is not uncommon for student paper data to be falsified. Some students are eager to graduate, but the expected experimental results are hard to come by. At this time, it is easy to have the urge to fake. Falsification includes falsification of original data and falsification of calculation results. The former is to directly falsify the experimental data, and the latter is to fabricate an analysis result that is beneficial to oneself when the data cannot be falsified. out of this result.

The dissertation defense is a short process, and the most rigorous defense is only two or three hours. Some degree-granting units do not want to be so serious, and can even shorten the defense time to less than half an hour. In such a short period of time, it is naturally impossible for the defense committee to re-do the experiment in the student's thesis, and it is also impossible to re-calculate the data, which creates conditions for data falsification.

Of course, there are differences in the level of fraud. Some students can't even do it well, and the data shows flaws. Experienced defense committee members can see the flaws at a glance. This means that the level is really poor. Those with a slightly higher level also have a certain academic background and have done a lot of solid experiments, but the final experimental results are not ideal. It is not easy to distinguish.

Du Xiangwang has taught for so many years, so he knows the things in the students' papers very well. If Meng Qilong said that other students were cheating, he might still believe it, but when it comes to Tranquility cheating, Du Xiangwang would definitely not believe it. The reason is very simple, that is, there is no need for Tranquility to cheat.

Zhang Shengying said that the international papers published by Tranquility were also fabricated, which is actually untenable. Iron-based superconductivity is a hot topic now. Any article published by Ning Jing will attract the attention of the academic community, and other scholars will re-do experiments according to her research ideas, hoping to find some new ideas. If the data in Tranquility's paper is fake, other scholars will certainly be able to find out, and they will definitely question it.

In later generations, a female scholar in cell biology in the eastern island country claimed to have achieved a certain result and published a paper in Nature. But what followed was not honor, but boundless doubts. Scholars from other research institutions around the world have carried out the same experiment according to her method, but they can't get the same results. This non-repeatability has become an important basis for questioning her academic integrity. This incident ended with the suicide of the female scholar's mentor and the resignation of the female scholar, which shows the harshness of the academic world.

Many of Tranquility's papers have experienced this kind of verification by her peers. It is precisely because her peers can replicate her experimental results that she has become famous in the circle. With the tranquility of such a reputation, why would there be any need to falsify a doctoral thesis?

"Principal Meng, Xiao Zhang has always had opinions on Lao Chen and Qin Hai because of financial matters. You know this. How can you believe what she said?" Du Xiangwang said to Meng Qilong in a reproachful tone.

Meng Qilong sighed: "Why don't I know, but she said she has ironclad evidence, and said the school is rather quiet, do you think I can bear this reputation? Well, I brought everyone here, let's see what Teacher Zhang said What is the ironclad evidence? What is clear is clear, and what is turbid is turbid."

Speaking of this level, Du Xiangwang has no choice. The school's academic committee does have the power to supervise dissertation defenses at the college level. Meng Qilong is the chairman of the school's academic committee. He brought people with him, but Du Xiangwang really couldn't issue an order to expel the guests.

After letting Meng Qilong and his party into the conference room, Du Xiangwang walked over to Tranquility, and whispered the reason to Tranquility. In fact, Tranquility was already prepared for this matter, but she just pretended to be ignorant in front of everyone. After listening to Du Xiangwang's introduction, she smiled slightly and said, "Okay, the more people who listen, the more valuable my defense will be, so that I won't have to gossip later."

"Ning Jing, tell me the truth, is there any problem with your data?" Du Xiangwang asked in a low voice, he was also shocked by Zhang Shengying's confident look, and began to have some doubts in his heart.

Tranquility shook her head and said, "There is absolutely no problem, Mr. Du, don't worry."

"What about some auxiliary data?" Du Xiangwang was still unsure.

Tranquility smiled: "I did all the experiments myself, and you have seen some experiments, how could it be fake?"

"That's true." Du Xiang thought for a while, and there was really no reason to doubt Tranquility, so he said: "Mr. Zhang may ask you some questions later, you must think about it before answering, don't worry about it." What a flaw."

"I see, thank you Teacher Du for reminding me." Tranquility said.

The defense started again, and everyone unanimously left the opportunity to ask questions to Zhang Shengying, and Zhang Shengying also did his part, and asked Ning Jing directly: "Ning Jing, let me ask you a question. It is your own experiment about the magnetic properties of samarium oxide iron arsenic." Did you do it?"

"Yes." Tranquility pretended not to know, and nodded.

"Are the data used in your thesis real experimental data, or your modified data?" Zhang Shengying asked again.

"Of course it's real data." Tranquility said, "Why should I modify the data?"

Zhang Shengying sneered and said: "Why you want to modify the data is something you have to explain to the defense committee. What I want to tell you is that according to reports from insiders, you falsified the experimental data for a certain purpose when you wrote the paper. You The data used in the current paper is completely distorted."

The atmosphere in the defense field suddenly became tense. The professors brought by Meng Qilong had heard about this beforehand, so they were not particularly surprised to hear Zhang Shengying say it again. Several original defense committee members didn't know why the school's academic committee came suddenly, but now they heard Zhang Shengying's words, and they knew that the comer was not good. Seeing Zhang Shengying's confident expression, everyone couldn't help turning their eyes to the tranquility on the podium.

Tranquility remained calm, and asked Zhang Shengying: "Mr. Zhang, you said that my data is distorted. Did you verify it yourself through experiments, or did you guess it?"

"Of course I have verified it. I have detailed data here." Zhang Shengying proudly raised a few documents in her hand and said to Tranquility.

"When did you do the verification?" Tranquility asked again.

"It was done a month ago." Zhang Shengying replied.

Tranquility smiled sweetly, and she said to everyone: "I don't understand Mr. Zhang's words. Since Mr. Zhang had done an experiment a month ago and found that the data in my thesis was inaccurate, it should have been done at that time. Just come and tell me, or at least you should communicate with my supervisor, Mr. Chen Zongze, to find out what the problem is. This is what the teachers of the college should do, isn't it? You know that there is a problem with my thesis, but Keeping it secret and insisting on bringing it up when I am defending, what is the motive for this?"

After speaking, Zhang Shengying's old face suddenly turned red. It would be a shame for a teacher to count his students. Now being exposed by the students in front of so many people, Zhang Shengying felt really ashamed.

"Ning Jing, don't divert your attention, your data is fake, do you admit it or not?" Zhang Shengying bit the bullet and asked.

"Of course I don't admit it!" Tranquility said without hesitation, "All my data can withstand scrutiny. If you don't believe me, just point out any data, and I can immediately verify it with experiments, but it may take some time. Take some time, everyone."

"That's what you said yourself." Zhang Shengying said, "We are not in a hurry for other data, let's just talk about the data of magnetic properties. Can you demonstrate the experimental process and results to everyone right away?"

"Yes." Tranquility replied, "If everyone agrees, I can take everyone to the laboratory to observe the experimental results now."

A sinister smile appeared on Zhang Shengying's face, and she said, "I can't go to your lab, what if you do something wrong with the equipment? I suggest going to other teachers' labs to do this set of experiments, Tranquility ,You dare?"

"Why don't you dare?" Tranquility replied, "Tell me, which teacher's laboratory to go to, as long as the teacher agrees, we can do it right away."

"Then choose Mr. Du's laboratory. He also has a magnetometer there, so we can do this experiment." Zhang Shengying pointed at Du Xiangwang and said.