
Recently, the 10th Joint Committee of Excellence 9 Universities (E9) Presidents Forumwas held at Chongqing University. Jin Donghan, President of Tianjin University, attended the meeting, collaborating on the development of higher education in the new era together with presidents of other universities including: Presidents Guo Dongming of DalianUniversityOf Technology, Zhang Guangjun of Southeas...

Recently, students on the Peiyangyuan Campus of Tianjin University (TJU) caught their first glimpse of a little blue and white self-driving car moving leisurely around the campus. If students blocked its way, it would automatically slow down and brake.Actually, the driverless vehicle is being used for express delivery and was recently put into use in mid-October. Despite its budding appearance,...

On October 18th, Mr. Ben Ramster fromInstitution of Civil Engineer (ICE) Press was invited to the Earthquake Engineering Comprehensive Simulation Innovation and Intelligence Base Zhihui Forum and delivered a report on “Writing and Publishing scientific Papers in Institution of Civil Engineer”.Mr. Ben Ramster gave a general introduction to ICE, and further clarified the characteristics of the ...

The first time I arrived in China via the Beijing airport was in 2014. I was stunned by the size and beautiful decorations. A lifelong dream finally achieved! I had always been fascinated with China’s history, culture and language and I had finally made it here.After a few weeks of settling all the legal and medical necessities, I started preparing for my classes at Tianjin University. I had b...

On October 6, Tianjin University (TJU) and the Metallurgical Construction Research Institute (MCC) signed the “Project System” Doctor of Engineering Enrollment and Training Agreement at Tianjin University.Yue Qingrui, an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Party Secretary and Chairman of the MCC, and Zheng Gang, Executive Dean of the Graduate School of TJU, signed the agreeme...

On Oct.15th,Dr. Qian Shunzhi from Nanyang Technological University and Prof. Rajesh Dhakal from University of Canterbury were invited by the School of Civil Engineering to give lectures on eco-friendly engineered cementitiousand performance-based seismic design methods.Dr. Qian Shunzhi talked about eco-friendly engineered cementitious composites with rice husk ash. During the report, he introdu...