School of Civil Engineering
The School of Civil Engineering has a national class reputation for excellence in research, innovative approaches to teaching and learning, and laboratories and workshop facilities that are among the best in China. The School provides its students with the finest quality education in Civil Engineering. Four disciplines are covered in the School of Civil Engineering, including structural engineering, geotechnical engineering, bridge and tunnel engineering and disaster prevention and mitigation engineering. The School currently employs twenty-eight full-time academic staff, and it has the highest proportion of staff with PhD’s (95%) amongst the top Chinese and overseas universities. Currently the school has over 600 undergraduate students and over 180 graduate students. The School thrives on the quality of its academic and support staff who had won numerous teaching, research and general staff awards, and takes great pride in the quality of the graduates it produces. Greater interaction with industry colleagues in all disciplinary areas has created synergies with the inevitable result of industry-based grants in research and academic award. The School of Civil Engineering is geared to meet not only the future educational challenges for producing topmost graduates in the country, but also to face the dramatically changing industrial trends and environmental changes.
Specialized Laboratory Centre of Civil Engineering
In the past few years, the Specialized Laboratory Centre of Civil Engineering has been progressing toward a integrated laboratory system, including building material lab, material mechanics lab, soil mechanics lab, building structure lab, static triaxial testing lab, dynamic triaxial testing lab and structure vibration lab. The Specialized Laboratory Centre of Civil Engineering is equipped with large-scale electro-hydraulic servo multi-channel cyclic loading system, MTS YAW4206 universal testing machine, SDT-10 microprocessor controlled electro-hydraulic servo soil cyclic triaxial testing machine, geotechnical stress path triaxial testing machine, WS-Z30 high-accuracy vibrating table, large-scale rock rheometer, SR-6 double pressure chamber soil creep triaxial meter, INV306 multi-channel structure dynamic measurement system and other conventional experimental equipment. These lab equipments are sufficient to meet the demand of high-quality, large-scale, high-strength experiment teaching for undergraduates as well as support the development of discipline master degree in civil engineering. The Specialized Laboratory Centre of Civil Engineering have been undertaking projects from government including National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Subtopics of Major Research Projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Shanghai natural science foundation, Key projects of science and technology breakthrough plan of Shanghai science and technology commission, as well as consultation projects from industries including performance analysis of extra-long and bulky member in Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility (SSRF), monitoring the performance of historic preservation buildings of Rockbund, performance analysis of special structure in Shanghai International Shipping Center, etc.
Internationalized Engineering Education
The School of Civil Engineering has long been engaged in internationalized engineering education, including flexible employment project, joint research project, mutual-way student exchange, etc. The flexible employment project provides the students in the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology an opportunity to attend lectures and seminars held by world famous professional experts, including the chair of the international Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment (Prof. Rafig Azzam), the academician of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (Prof. Buddhima Indraratna), etc. The joint projects covers the innovative technologies and cutting- edge theories in environmental geotechnics, including the early warning system for geohazards, Nonlinear analysis of ground improvement with combined vacuum and surcharge preloading. The mutual-way student exchange is supported by Shanghai Municipal Education Commission and DAAD funded project. Nearly 50 students from University of Shanghai for Science and Technology went abroad to study and gain the scientific experience from the RWTH Aachen University, meanwhile more than 40 students from RWTH Aachen University had the internship and exchange experience in University of Shanghai for Science and Technology. Some of the activities including flexible employment project, joint research project, mutual-way student exchange are listed below:
(1) Flexible Employment Project
2017-2018, State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs P. R. China, High-end Foreign Expert Project, coordinators: Prof. Buddhima Indraratna from University of Wollongong and Prof. Youliang Chen from University of Shanghai for Science and Technology.
2016-2017, State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs P. R. China, High-end Foreign Expert Project, coordinators: Prof. Nasser Khalili from University of New South Wales and Prof. Youliang Chen from University of Shanghai for Science and Technology.
2015-2016, Shanghai Municipal Education Commission funded project, Global Vision Lectures Program, coordinators: Prof. Rafig Azzam from RWTH Aachen University and Prof. Youliang Chen from University of Shanghai for Science and Technology.
2015-2016, State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs P. R. China, High-end Foreign Expert Project, coordinators: Prof. Heinz Konietzky from TU Bergakademie Freiberg and Prof. Youliang Chen from University of Shanghai for Science and Technology.
2014-2015, Shanghai Municipal Education Commission funded project, Global Vision Lectures Program, coordinators: Prof. Cholachat Rujikiatkamjorn form University of Wollongong and Prof. Youliang Chen from University of Shanghai for Science and Technology.
2013-2014, State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs P. R. China, High-end Foreign Expert Project, coordinators: Prof. Akbar Javadi from University of Exeter and Prof. Youliang Chen from University of Shanghai for Science and Technology.
(2) Joint Research Project
2018-2020, China Scholarship Council funded project, CSC Innovative Talents International Cooperation Training Projects in Environmental Geotechnics, coordinators: Prof. Rafig Azzam from RWTH Aachen University and Prof. Youliang Chen from University of Shanghai for Science and Technology.
2015-2017, China Scholarship Council funded project, CSC Innovative Talents International Cooperation Training Projects in Environmental Geotechnics, coordinators: Prof.Rafig Azzam from RWTH Aachen University and Prof. Youliang Chen from University of Shanghai for Science and Technology.
2006-2008, DFG-Schwerpunktprogramm 1233, Megastädte: Informelle Dynamik globalen Wandels (Megacities - Megachallenge: Informal Dynamics of Global Change), coordinators: Prof. Rafig Azzam from RWTH Aachen University and Prof. Youliang Chen from University of Shanghai for Science and Technology.
2007-2008, Projekt aus Ministerin für Innovation, Wissenschaft und Forschung des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, Beurteilung der Stabilitaet und Prognose der Versetzungstendenz von Haengen und Boeschungen unter der Anwedung der Arbeitsmethoden von der Geostatistik, Fuzzy Logik, Neuronalen Netzwerken, FEM Methode und GIS, coordinators: Prof. Rafig Azzam from RWTH Aachen University and Prof. Youliang Chen from University of Shanghai for Science and Technology.
(3) Mutual-way Student Exchange
2008-Current, Shanghai Municipal Education Commission and DAAD funded project, Students Exchange Program, coordinators: Prof. Rafig Azzam from RWTH Aachen University and Prof. Youliang Chen from University of Shanghai for Science and Technology.
