A series of Academic Lectures on Structural Engineering

Invited by Professor Yu Zhixiang, Dean of the Department of Architectural Engineering, Professor Chang Haochang, Deputy Director of Central Research Institute of Building and Construction, MCC Group Co., Ltd., and Researcher Lan Tao, Deputy Chief Engineer of CSIC International Engineering Co., Ltd., made academic exchange in the afternoon of March 24 in Room 4522, Jiuli Campus.

In recent years, the research teams led by Professor Chang and Mr. Lan respectively have carried out close cooperation with Professor Yu’s team from the Department of Architectural Engineering, and thus these teams have made many achievements in project research and development, standard compiling, scientific and technological award declaration and postgraduate training. Professor Chang and Mr. Lan also served as part-time professors and masters’ supervisors for the structural engineering. This lecture further strengthened the cooperation and exchanges between both sides.

This academic exchange was held as scheduled from 14:30 to 17:30 on March 24. The participants of this academic exchange included more than 100 teachers and students from SCE, many structural engineers from Southwest Jiaotong University Chengdu Design Institute Co., Ltd. and some peers. The exchange meeting was hosted by Professor Yu, Dean of the Department of Architectural Engineering.

Professor Chang gave a lecture on the Investigation of the March 7 Collapse of Xinjia Hotel in Quanzhou City. He shared the complete investigation and analysis of the accident from its background, hotel design and construction, laws and regulations with the participants. Professor Chang told the participants in particular: Any major engineering accident must be the cumulative result of multiple minor errors in each link of the construction chain. Engineering safety is related to people’s lives, and we should give priority to the responsibility. Therefore, every engineer must keep his bottom line, which is a prerequisite for ensuring engineering safety.

Mr. Lan shared the ultra-limit design results of the first-phase construction of the Longwang Bay research and development (R&D) base of the Zhanjiang Bay Laboratory with the participants. He made detailed reports on several key technical issues in engineering design, such as key and difficult point analysis, structural optimization, seismic design, comfort design, complex joint design, almost fully covering all the core courses of civil engineering. The graduate students all felt that the case study was inspiring.

Both lectures are quite informative. After the lectures, the two keynote speakers had a discussion and exchange with the graduate students and engineers, and the meeting ended around 17:30. It was reported that both sides shall have in-depth cooperation in the future, especially in the establishment of a series of standards for the Application of Weathering Steel Technology in Construction.