Introduction of Civil Engineering
The Department of Civil Engineering in University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB) was established with the faculties from the former sections of rock mechanics, blasting engineering, engineering mechanics, mining engineering and mineral material in December, 1996. During the past 20 years, the department has attracted many distinguished researchers in civil engineering from both home and abroad, forming a young and vigorous, rational knowledge structured, team-oriented and innovative teaching and researching group.
Research Fields
The department currently has a four-year scheduled undergraduate major in civil engineering. Civil engineering is the first level discipline conferring both doctoral and master degrees, including six second-level disciplines: geotechnical engineering (the key discipline of Beijing), structural engineering, disaster prevention and reduction engineering and protective engineering, municipal engineering, bridge and tunnel engineering, and heating, gas supply, ventilating and air conditioning engineering. The second-level disciplines of engineering mechanics (the key discipline of Beijing), fluid mechanics, and general and fundamental mechanics can confer both doctoral and master degrees. Meanwhile, the second-level discipline of architectural and civil engineering can confer master degrees (the professional degrees).
Scientific Research
The department has undertaken more than 40 national projects, including the National Scientific Programs, National Science Foundation of China (NSFC), ‘973’ and ‘863’ Programs, and hundreds of research projects at provincial and ministerial level and enterprise cooperation. The DCE has been awarded 1 second prize of the National Natural Sciences, 6 second prizes of National Scientific and Technological Progress, 1 third prize of National Technology Invention, and more than 50 scientific and technological progress awards at provincial and ministerial level. We have published more than 1000 research papers, 40 textbooks and monographs, and 50 patents for invention and utility models. We have also won 1 national excellent course, 1 second prize of National Teaching Achievement, and several Beijing education and teaching awards.
Faculty
The Department of Civil Engineering currently has 41 teaching faculties, including 2 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (one part-time academician), 1 national distinguished teacher, 2 outstanding teachers of Beijing and 1 outstanding teaching group of Beijing, as well as 1 chairman of the international academic committee, 1 member and convener of the discipline peer-reviewed committee of the State Council, 2 candidates for the National One-Million Talents Project in the New Century and 3 candidates of New Century’s Outstanding Talents Support Program of the Ministry of Education.
Cooperation
The Department of Civil Engineering has established cooperative academic relations with famous researchers from many countries and regions, including America, Canada, Australia, England, Japan, Korea, Switzerland, Sweden, Russia, South Africa, etc. The DCE has become a significant influencing academic and innovative base, as well as a senior science and technology talents training base domestically and internationally.
Beijing International Science and Technology Cooperation Base for Research on Earthquake Resistance of Rail Transit Engineering in Strong Earthquake Areas
The project of Beijing International Science and Technology Cooperation Base for Research on Earthquake Resistance of Rail Transit Engineering in Strong Earthquake Areas jointly applied by University of Science & Technology, Beijing（USTB） and China Harbour Engineering Co., Ltd. was approved in March 2014. For a long time, the echelon of structure, disaster prevention and mitigation of University of Science & Technology, Beijing（USTB）, with Professor Song Bo as the echelon leader, has undertaken a number of subjects in relevant fields, such as the major research program of NSFC, general program of NSFC and overseas famous teacher program of the Ministry of Education. It has carried out practical and effective work in vertical scientific research and international cooperation, and promoted the anti-seismic field of engineering Academic development Through the establishment of the base, the technical and scientific research level of our university in this field can be further improved, and the international cooperation in this field can be continuously promoted. The actual operation subject of the cooperation base is located in the echelon of structure, disaster prevention and mitigation of the Department of Civil Engineering
Institute of Space Remote Sensing and GIS Application
Research fields of the Institute of space technology for disaster reduction: geotechnical engineering; geological hazard; GIS and remote sensing engineering application and information system of GIS & RS; This research is based on the application of spatial information technology (GIS, RS, GPS) as a platform, specializing in the high application of spatial information technology such as GIS and remote sensing in large-scale engineering water, soil disaster prevention and geological disasters; dedicated to spatial information such as GIS and remote sensing Cross-study of technology and geotechnical disaster prevention technology, make full use of highly developed information technology to expand and extend cutting-edge research on water conservancy and geotechnical disaster prevention . The Institute conducts a series of studies based on remote sensing, GIS, GPS three-dimensional spatial and temporal evaluation of disasters, three-dimensional information acquisition of disaster bodies and space monitoring and early warning.
disaster prevention and reduction. At present, the main research directions are:
Research on three-dimensional space-time quantitative evaluation and monitoring early warning of landslide disaster;
Remote sensing interpretation, early identification and disaster monitoring of wide area geological hazards;
Research and development of application system based on GIS and remote sensing technology.
In the past 20 years, the Institute of Applied Research in Space Technology for Disaster Mitigation has conducted a series of researches on the spatial identification of slope rock quality disaster bodies based on remote sensing and GIS, 3D information acquisition modeling, 3D spatial-temporal evaluation and spatial monitoring and early warning, and has achieved original results. The institute has completed a number of national and key engineering scientific research projects and published more than 100 papers. In the past 5 years, the Institute has published more than 40 SCI and EI papers, cited more than 150 times, published 3 monographs, and proposed and practiced the cross-research field of [Information Slope Engineering]. The main academic achievements are as follows:
For the first time, a three-dimensional limit equilibrium analysis method based on GIS was proposed, and the calculation formulas of four three-dimensional limit equilibrium models were implemented in the algorithm. At the same time, coupled with the rainfall infiltration model, a quantitative model for the prediction of shallow rainfall landslides and a three-dimensional rainfall limit equilibrium model for single landslides were established. The 3DSlopeGIS system based on this research and development has been applied to more than 40 slope landslide projects, and it has been used in emergency decision-making for major landslide disasters many times. Promote refined prediction of landslide disasters, improve forecast accuracy and enhance early warning capabilities.
In the aspect of quantitative evaluation of wide area landslide disaster, the automatic division algorithm of slope unit is developed, the technology of M-C method to search three-dimensional sliding surface is realized, and the three-dimensional quantitative wide area landslide disaster evaluation system is completed by combining the three-dimensional limit equilibrium model and probability analysis. In the International Engineering Geology Association (IAEG) landslide disaster research summary report (2006 (65)), 11 papers of the team were cited, and its originality and leading research results in quantitative disaster assessment were highly evaluated.
Aiming at the topography and geological conditions of the large reservoir area in the mountain and gorge area of Southwest China, the hierarchical interpretation survey method based on the combination of terrain interpretation, image interpretation and three-dimensional true color interpretation is established for the first time, and it is applied in the high-precision interpretation and engineering geological evaluation of the geological disasters in the reservoir area of Baihetan, Wudongde, Lenggu and xiaerga hydropower stations. The accuracy is improved greatly at the same time The workload of engineering geological mapping on site is reduced. Aiming at the topography and geological conditions of the large reservoir area in the mountain and gorge area of Southwest China, the hierarchical interpretation survey method based on the combination of terrain interpretation, image interpretation and three-dimensional true color interpretation is established for the first time, and it is applied in the high-precision interpretation and engineering geological evaluation of the geological disasters in the reservoir area of Baihetan, Wudongde, Lenggu and xiaerga hydropower stations. The accuracy is improved greatly, at the same time, the workload of engineering geological mapping on site is reduced.
