
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...

Half-Hundred Mirrors,a Chinese mainland movie using 3D immersive virtual reality (VR) technology, has been selected to display in the VR Theater at the 24thBusan International Film Festival (BIFF), one of the world’s most eye-catching movie ceremonies begun in 1996. Doctor Han Dong from Tianjin University as the chief technical director led his team and developed the VR technology for the film...

On the morning of October 16th, more than five hundred students and teachers were crowded into a lecture hall at Tianjin University, listening attentively to a science talk given byNobel LaureateProfessor Frances Hamilton Arnold from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).Frances Hamilton Arnold is an American chemical engineer and Nobel Laureate. She is the Linus Pauling Professor o...