In the morning of May 6, 2024, Ms. Huifang Bi successfully passed her PhD research proposal exam. The title of her proposal is “Exploration of green washing agents for shoreline cleanup after oil spills”. Her profound knowledge and excellent presentation helped her win a good evaluation from the external examiner, Dr. Nhat Truong Nguyen, and other examining committee members (Drs. Fuzhan Nasiri, Zhi Chen, Catherine Mulligan, and Chunjiang An).