Prof. Xiaoli Ding, of LSGI, Associate Dean (Partnership) of FCE, Division Coordinator of RISUD and his collaborators from Central South University, China University of Mining and Technology, Guangdong Institute of Geological Survey, and Chang’An University were rewarded with a State Scientific and Technological Progress Award (second-class) for their research on key InSAR technologies for millimetre-level ground deformation monitoring and their applications.