In 1964, the College of Civil Engineering (CCE) was established in Quanzhou Campus. It moved to Xiamen Campus in 2006. The CCE began to enroll master students in 1982, Ph.D. students in 2003. The Civil Engineering is the first-class discipline of Fujian Province. According to the 2019 Civil Engineering ranking in China by ARWU, the Civil Engineering program of HQU ranked 38 ^th  within 570 universities with Civil Engineering program.

 

 

The CCE consists of four departments, i.e. Department of Civil Engineering, Department of Construction Management, Department of Municipal Engineering, and Department of Geotechnical Engineering. CCE offers bachelor degrees in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Water and drainage Engineering, and Geotechnical Engineering. The Civil Engineering major was awarded the Engineering Education Certification in 1997, which is the 13^th certified major in China. Construction Management and Water and drainage Engineering majors also received the National Engineering Education Certification.

Currently, CCE has a total of 2,001 students, including 273 postgraduates and 120 overseas students. More than 7,000 students graduated from CCE, and the overseas alumni are mainly located in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan as well as countries along the Ancient Marine Silk Road, serving as ambassadors of friendship to promote Sino-foreign exchanges and cooperation. Currently, the college has 89 full-time faculty members including 27 full professors and 34 associate professors. In CCE, 2 professors receive State Council Special Allowance, 4 professors are selected by the Ministry of Education in the New Century Excellent Talents Support Plan. Three foreign professors work at CCE of HQU as National High-level Foreign Experts.

The Laboratory of CCE has a total area of 13,000 square meters, equipped with world-class experimental facilities for the study in Structural Engineering, Earthquake Engineering and Fire Engineering. The CCE has more than 10 provincial-level research platforms, including Key Laboratory of Structural Engineering and Disaster Prevention, Key Laboratory of Intelligent Infrastructure and Monitoring, and Tunnel and Urban Underground Space Engineering Research Center of Fujian Province. In the past 5 years, CCE has initiated more than 147 research projects including 35 research projects supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC).

Leadership

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Academic Departments

Department of Civil Engineering

Chair: Prof. Yang Liu

Associate Chair: Associate Prof. Haifeng Li

 

Department of Construction Management

Chair: Prof. Chen Wang

Associate Chair: Associate Prof. Shenjun Qi

 

Department of Municipal Engineering

Associate Chair: Associate Prof. Fei Li

 

Department of Geotechnical and Underground Engineering

Chair: Prof. Shihai Chen

Associate Chair: Prof. Qipeng Cai

 

Experiment Center

Director: Prof. Qunxian Huang

Associate Director: Dr. Zhenling Chai

Representative Faculty 

Department of Civil Engineering

Zixiong Guo, Professor, State Council Special Government Allowance Expert, New Century Excellent Talents of the Ministry of Education. His research mainly focuses on seismic/resilient structure, composite/hybrid structure and modern stone structure.

Professor Guo received his Ph.D. from Tongji University in 2000. Currently, he is the Dean of the College of Civil Engineering, director of Key Laboratory for Structure Engineering and Disaster Prevention of Fujian Province, leader of Science and Technology Innovation Team in Fujian Province. Professor Guo has been the PI of 6 National level research Projects. Professor Guo published more than 220 research papers, participated in the compilation of 6 national code or standards, and is granted 102 patents. Professor Guo has won the Second Class National Science and Technology Progress Award, the First Class Science and Technology Progress Award of Shanghai, the Second Class Science and Technology Progress Award of Fujian Province. He won the First Class Prize of Excellent Teaching Achievements of Fujian Province due to his teaching and research achievements, and the titles of Outstanding Scientific and Technological Worker and Outstanding Teacher of Fujian Province.

Yuli Dong, Professor, Minjiang Scholars Distinguished Professor and Leading talents in Science and Technology Innovation of Fujian Province. His research mainly focuses on the basic theory of fire resistance of engineering structure and concrete structure.

Professor Dong received his Ph.D. from Harbin Institute of Technology in 1992. Now he is the group leader of Structural Fire Resistance Research, and director of Comprehensive Fire Resistance Technology Research Center of Xiamen. Professor Dong is also the vice chairman of Building Fire Prevention Technology Committee of China Architecture Society. He has been the PI of 7 research projects supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China. Professor Dong won the First Class Award of the National Federation of Commerce in Science and Technology Progress, the Second Class Science and Technology Progress Award of Fujian Province and the Second Class Science and Technology Progress Award of Shangdong Province. Professor Dong has published two academic monographs and more than 80 academic papers. He also has been granted more than 20 invention patents and won the title of Outstanding Scientific and Technological Worker in Fujian Province.

Bin Xu, Professor, New Century Excellent Talents Ministry of Education, Minjiang Scholar Distinguished Professor. His research mainly focuses on structure condition monitoring and nonlinear behavior identification, NDT for concrete-steel composite structure, multi-scale simulation and novel structure system.

Professor Xu received his Ph.D. from Ibaraki University in 2001. He had been a Curtis Visiting Professor at Purdue University and a Gledden senior visiting fellow at the University of Western Australia. Professor Xu has published more than 200 papers in journals and international conferences including over 100 SCI/EI cited papers, granted 11 national invention patents, and has been the editorial board member of 8 monographs and editor of an international conference proceedings. He has been PI or Co-PI of 6 research projects supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, 1 international cooperation project of the Ministry of Science and Technology, 8 provincial-level projects of the ministry of education. Professor Xu won one Second Class Technological Invention Award of Fujian Province and two Best Papers in international conferences. Professor Xu served as editor-in-chief, executive editor and editorial board of several international journals, and delivered keynote speeches and invited reports at international conferences.

Sijing Huo, Professor, New Century Excellent Talents Ministry of Education, Tongjiang Scholar Distinguished Professor, His research mainly focuses on structural impact resistance, continuous collapse resistance and structural fire resistance.

Professor Huo received his Ph.D. from Fuzhou University in 2005. Now he is a committee member of the Steel-Concrete Composite Structure Branch of China Steel Structure Association and committee member of Structural Fire Resistance, Seismic and Disaster Prevention Branch of Architectural Society of China. He has secured over 4 National Natural Science Foundation Projects and 6 provincial level science and technology projects. He has published more than 130 academic papers in international journals such as ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE Journal of Composite for Construction, ACI Materials Journal and Engineering Structures.

 

Xuanneng Gao, Professor Professor Gao received his Ph.D. from Hunan University in 1998. His research mainly focuses on steel structure design theory and methods, engineering structure explosion-proof, fire resistance and disaster control research.	Kemin Zhou, Professor Professor Zhou received his Ph.D. from Tianjin University in 2001. His research mainly focuses on structural topology optimization and its application in civil, mechanical, aviation and other fields, and 3D printing technology.
Shengcai Li, Professor Professor Li received his Ph.D. from Tsinghua University in 2003. His research mainly focuses on the seismic performance of new structure.	Zhixing Zeng, Professor Professor Zeng received his Ph.D. from Tianjin University in 2003. His research mainly focuses on teaching and research in the field of civil engineering concrete structure.
Lincong Chen, Professor Professor Chen received his Ph.D. from Zhejiang University in 2009. His research mainly focuses on seismic engineering structures, fiber reinforced concrete filled steel tube structures, intelligent structures and materials, and random vibration.	Hongsong Hu, Professor Professor Hu has received his Ph.D. from Tsinghua University in 2014. His research mainly focuses on steel concrete composite structure and high-rise building structure.
Yuye Xu, Professor Professor Xu received his Ph.D. from South China University of Technology in 2007. His research mainly focuses on the behavior of concrete structure, fire resistant for engineering structures, and structural reinforcement.	Yang Liu, Professor Professor Liu received his Ph.D. from Huaqiao University in 2009. His research mainly focuses on earthquake resistance and disaster prevention of engineering structure and steel-concrete composite structures.
Deping Fang, Professor Professor Fang received his Ph.D. from Huaqiao University in 2007. His research mainly focuses on structural engineering, engineering mechanics and prestressed concrete structures.	Qunxian Huang, Professor Professor Huang received his Ph.D. from Huaqiao University in 2011. His research mainly focuses on earthquake resistance and disaster prevention, RC structure, structural performance evaluation and analysis.
Yanghang Shi, Professor  Professor Shi received his Ph.D. from Tianjin University in 2002. His research mainly focused on earthquake resistance, structural durability, structure diagnosis and disaste mitigation, structure strengthening.	Handong Yan, Professor Professor Yan received his Ph.D. from Southeast University in 2001. His research mainly focuses on high strength and high-performance concrete, inorganic cementitious materials, and comprehensive utilization of solid waste.

 

Department of Construction Management

Yunbo Zhang, Professor, State Council Government Special Allowance Expert. His research mainly focuses on civil engineering technology and engineering management.

Professor Zhang received his Ph.D. from Tianjin University in 2004. Now he served as the Assistant to the President of Huaqiao University, Director of the Institute of Construction and Real Estate of Huaqiao University. He is executive director of Architectural Economics branch of Architectural Society of China, member of Project management and Engineering Cost Professional Guidance Sub-committee of the Ministry of Education. Professor Zhang has published more than 30 academic papers in influential journals such as Civil Engineering Journal and Construction Technology. He has been PI and Co-PI of more than 10 research projects including that supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the natural science foundation of Fujian Province, and the National High-tech 863 Sub-Project. He has been awarded 4 provincial level science and technology progress awards. Professor Zhang also won the title of Distinguished Teacher of Fujian Province.

Xuan Qin, Professor. Her research mainly focuses on the sustainable construction and risk management of large complex projects, game theory and information economics, risk and risk management, green building and green construction.

Professor Qin received her Ph.D. from Tianjin University in 2005. Now she is Associate Dean of College of Civil Engineering in charge of undergraduate teaching and international exchange. Professor Qin has been a visiting scholar of the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Polytechnic University of Milan (POLIMI), University College London (UCL) and Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). She has published one monograph, and more than 60 academic papers. Professor Qin has been the PI of two national research funds, four provincial level projects, and three municipal projects. She won the First Class Prize of Excellent Teaching Achievements of Fujian Province due to her teaching and research achievements.

 

Chen Wang, Professor, High-level Talents from Overseas of Fujian Province and Tongjiang Scholar Distinguished Professor. His research mainly focuses on project management, intelligent construction and artificial intelligence research.

Professor Wang received his Ph.D. from University of Malaya in 2010. Now he is the Director of Department of Construction Management, Head of Intelligence and Automation in Construction Fujian Province Higher-educational Engineering Research Centre. He is also a member of RICS, a member of IEEE, and a senior member of IETI. In 2018, he became Research Advisor and senior scholar of The Nan Yang Academy of Sciences (NASS) Singapore. Professor Wang has been engaged in teaching and research in the University of Malaya (ranked 87th in the world) for many years. Professor Wang has secured over more than 10 overseas research projects, published more than 100 SCI and SSCI papers and published 6 English monographs and 2 Chinese monographs.

 

Yihui Huang, Professor Professor Huang received his Ph.D. from Huaqiao University in 2008. His research mainly focuses on construction management and structural strengthening.

Qing Ye, Professor Professor Ye received her Ph.D. from Huaqiao University in 2011. Her research mainly focuses on construction technology economy, price evaluation and lean construction.

Department of Municipal Engineering

Baoling Yuan, Professor, New Century Excellent Talents Ministry of Education, Leading Talents of Fujian Province and Outstanding Youth of Xiamen. Her research mainly focuses on water pollution control and environmental remediation.

Professor Yuan received her Ph.D. from Research Center of ecological environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2002. Now she is the Associate Dean of College of Civil Engineering, director of Municipal Water Environment Ecological Planning and Restoration Engineering Research Center of Xiamen, director of Municipal and Environmental Engineering Research Institute. She is also a member of the Teaching Guidance Sub-committee of the Water Supply and Drainage Science and Engineering Major of the Ministry of Education, a member of the Water Environment and Water Ecology Sub-committee of the China Urban Science Research Association. She has been PI of a number of national level research projects supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China, over 80 provincial and ministerial key science and technology fund projects and local service projects. Professor Yuan has published more than 150 academic papers, is granted more than 10 invention patents and published 3 Chinese books.

Department of Geotechnical Engineering

Shihai Chen, Professor, Quanzhou City High-level Entrepreneurship and Innovation Talents. His research mainly focuses on tunnel and underground engineering, rock dynamics, geotechnical disaster prevention and mitigation.

Professor Chen received his Ph.D. from PLA University of Science and Technology in 2004. Now he is the chair of the Department of Geotechnical and Underground Engineering, director of Tunnel and Urban Underground Space Engineering Technology Research Center of Xiamen. Professor Chen also hold the position as the committee member of the Chinese Society for Rock Mechanics and Engineering, the committee of China Blasting Industry Association, vice secretary-general of Blasting Committee of China Coal Society. He has been the PI of 4 National Natural Science Foundation Projects and 6 other provincial level science and technology projects, and won 1 first class, 2 second class and 5 third class provincial and ministerial science and technology progress awards. He has published more than 80 academic papers in academic journals and 4 monographs. He has also been granted 5 invention patents.

 

Jin Yu, Professor, Professor Yu received his Ph.D. from Nanjing Water Conservancy Research Institute in 2008. His research mainly focuses on geotechnical dynamics, geotechnical hydraulics and tunnel mechanics.

Qipeng Cai, Professor Professor Cai received his Ph.D. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2011. His research mainly focuses on the underground structure-fault-soil interaction, tunneling and excavation.

Teaching

Undergraduate Level Majors

Civil engineering (4 year, Bachelor in Engineering)

Founded in 1964, the civil engineering major has been selected as a national distinct major and the First-class Distinct major in Fujian Province. In 1997, it was awarded the Engineering Education Certification of Ministry of Housing and Urban Rural Development (the 13th in China), and the certification has been renewed for five times successfully.

Construction management (4 year, Bachelor in Engineering)

Founded in 1993, the major has been selected as the distinct major of Fujian Province and the First-class distinct major in Fujian Province. In 2005, it was awarded the Engineering Education Certification of Ministry of Housing and Urban Rural Development, and has been renewed for three times continuously.

Water and drainage Engineering (4 year, Bachelor in Engineering)

Founded in 2003, the program was selected as the first-class distinct major in Fujian Province and was awarded the Engineering Education Certification of Ministry of Housing and Urban Rural Development in 2016.

Geotechnical Engineering (4 year, Bachelor in Engineering)

This major was founded in 2015

 

Postgraduate Level Majors

Civil engineering (3 year, Full-time, Master in Engineering Science）

Civil and hydraulic engineering (3 year, Full-time, Master in Engineering)

 

Civil engineering (3 year, Full-time, Doctor in Engineering Science)

All the postdoctoral programs include the following disciplines: Geotechnical engineering, Structural engineering, Disaster prevention and mitigation engineering and protection engineering, Bridge and tunnel engineering, Municipal engineering, Civil engineering construction and management

 

Construction management (3 year, Part-time, Master in Project Management)

National Level Student Competition Awards

Ø “Challenge Cup” National College Students' Extracurricular Academic and Technological Works Competition

1 Third Class Prize

Ø National College Students' Structural Design Competition

4 First Class Prizes, 1 Best Production Prize, 5 Second Class Prizes and 3 Third Class Prizes

Ø National College Students Structural Design Information Technology Competition

1 First Class Prizes, 3 Second Class Prizes and 1 Third Class Prizes

Ø National Zhou Peiyuan University Student Mechanics Competition

17 Third Class Prizes and 66 excellent prizes

Ø National College Student Concrete Material Design Competition

1 First Class Prizes, 1 Second Class Prizes and 5 Third Class Prizes

Ø National University Student Model Design Competition of Urban Underground Space Engineering

3 First Class Prizes, 3 Second Class Prizes, and 1 Third Class Prizes

Ø National College Students Real Estate Planning Competition and Real Estate Professional Ability Competition

1 First Class Prizes, 1 Second Class Prizes

Ø National College Students mapping skills competition

3 Second Class Prizes

Ø National Undergraduate water supply and drainage technology innovation competition

1 Third Class Prize, 1 Best Demeanor Award and 1 Winner Award

 

 

 

 

 

Research

 

Major Research Fields

n Structural earthquake resistance and comprehensive disaster prevention

The research topics in this field include earthquake resistance, fire resistance, explosion resistance and comprehensive disaster prevention for engineering structures. The structural earthquake resistance and fire resistance laboratories are equipped with high performance test facilities.

 

n Novel structure systems and their design theory

Multi-scale and multi-physics simulation and experimental studies on concrete-steel composite structures, prestressed concrete-steel hybrid wind tower structures and modern stone structure, structural optimization, novel wave propagation based defect detection approaches for concrete-filled steel tubes and computation approaches including spectral element method (SEM) are carried out.

 

n Geotechnical and tunnel engineering

Based on the Fujian Tunnel and Underground Space Engineering Technology Research Center, studies on the safety control of blasting vibration response in underground engineering construction, the construction technology of complex overlapping tunnel group and the treatment of residual soil and soft soil foundation in South Fujian are carried out.

 

n Municipal Engineering

The major research activities include drinking water safety assurance, waste water resource utilization and sponge city construction, and ecological planning, ecological restoration and intelligent management.

 

n Intelligent construction and management of Civil Engineering

The sustainable development of construction industry such as construction engineering informatization, industrialization, green building and energy conservation, intelligent construction, risk management and so on are carried out.

 

 

 

 

Research Projects and Awards

Main science and technology awards during the past 5 years

 

 

NSFC Projects Since 2016

Project Name	Period	Principle Investigator
Time-dependent failure mechanism and damage model of surrounding rock in deep roadway induced by blasting vibration	2020.01-2023.12	Shihai Chen
The microscopic mechanism and visco-elasto-plasitc constitutive model for creep and stress relaxation of coral sands	2020.01-2023.12	Yanyan Cai
Fire Behavior and Performance-based Fire Resistant Design Theory of Concrete Immersed Tunnel	2020.01-2023.12	Yuli Dong
Hybrid simulation method based on refined numerical substructure	2020.01-2022.12	Xizhan Ning
Novel grouting defects detection approach and its mechanism for grouted splice sleeve connections of prefabricated concrete structures based on stress wave measurement	2019.01-2022.12	Bin Xu
Seismic behavior and design of high-strength reinforcement-confined ultra-high-strength concrete-filled steel plate composite shear walls	2019.01-2022.12	Hongsong Hu
Study on the fundamental mechanism and seismic design theory of an innovative resilient rocking structure	2019.01-2022.12	Yang Liu
Time-lag failure mechanism and constitutive model for deep rock under creep-fatigue interaction	2019.01-2022.12	Jin Yu
Study on reductive degradation mechanisms of perfluorinated acids catalyzed by biomimetic systems of bacterial transition-metal coenzymes	2019.01-2022.12	Fei Li
Identification of precursors with high contribution rates and regulation mechanisms of NDMA formation from Chlorination /Chloramination promoted by ozone	2019.01-2022.12	Xiaobin Liao
Seismic Performances of Fujian Tulou	2019.01-2022.12	Yi Luo
Seismic performance and design method of concrete-filled bimetallic tubular columns	2019.01-2021.12	Ye Yong
Mechanical mechanism and design methods of steel anchor beam cable-tower composite anchorage with steel wall box	2019.01-2021.12	Shuangjie Zheng
Research on seismic damage mechanism and performance index of reinforced concrete columns corroded in different locations	2019.01-2021.12	Xiaojuan Liu
Macro-meso Mechanism and Constitutive Model for Strong Non-coaxiality of Tailing Sands under Principle Stress Rotation	2018.01-2021.12	Yanyan Cai
Basic research on damage assessment of reinforced concrete special-shaped column structure after fire	2018.01-2021.12	Yuye Xu
Seismic mechanism and design theory of earthquake-resilient prefabricated portal steel bridge pier	2018.01-2021.12	Haifeng Li
Investigation on failure mechanism and disaster mitigation strategies for pile group subjected to buried dip-slip fault	2018.01-2021.12	Qipeng Cai
Tensile Membrane action and Nonlinear Analysis of Concrete Two-way Slabs with Different Supports Subjected to Fire	2018.01-2021.12	Yuli Dong
Treatment of phthalate esters via hydroxylamine assisted zero-valent iron/persulfate system	2018.01-2020.12	Jing Zhou
New Method for the Stationary Response Prediction of Nonlinear Stochastic System	2017.01-2020.12	Lincong Chen
Study on waveform prediction and control theory of surface blasting vibration considering blasting source characteristics	2017.01-2020.12	Shihai Chen
Multiple micro-interface process of virus propagation by algal bloom and inactivation of virus during disinfection	2017.01-2020.12	Baoling Yuan
Mechanical performance and design method of a dismountable prefabricated CFST column-composite beam connection in frame structures	2017.01-2020.12	Jingsi Huo
Mutual-induced damage mechanism of low-porosity deep rock subjected to two-disturbance of dynamic loading and pressure relieving and the impact on the response of permeability	2017.01-2020.12	Jin Yu
Research on risk assessment and management system reconstruction of complex engineering projects affected by vulnerability	2017.06-2020.12	Xuan Qin
Study on nonlinear dynamics modeling and vibration characteristics of cable stayed beam with thermal effects	2017.01-2019.12	Yaobing Zhao
Local buckling and post-buckling behavior of steel plates in concrete-filled double-steel-plate composite structures	2017.01-2019.12	Hongsong Hu
Study on interface mechanical properties and fatigue deterioration mechanism of composite bond anchorage shear connection of steel-concrete composite girder bridge	2017.01-2019.12	Jianpin Lin
Study on vibration control of structures with self-centering variable friction dampers subjected to random earthquake ground motions	2017.01-2019.12	Zhen Mei
Seismic performance and design method of an assembling RCS hybrid frame structure with resilient strategy	2016.01-2019.12	Zixiong Guo
Optimization of uniform continuum and member structures using truss-like material model	2016.01-2019.12	Keming Zhou
Mechanical behavior and performance based seismic design method of energy-saving block & invisible multi-ribbed frame structure	2016.01-2019.12	Shengcai Li
Fire behavior and post disaster performance of high strength concrete shear wall	2016.01-2019.12	Yuye Xu
NDMA formation mechanisms upon pre-ozonation and its precursors identification	2016.01-2018.12	Xiaobin Liao

 

Research Facilities

Key Laboratory of Structural Engineering and Disaster Prevention of Fujian Province

This key laboratory has been equipped with high-performance leading test facilities. The landmark equipment includes MTS three-way six degree-of-freedom (DOF) seismic simulation shaking table (5m × 5m), MTS high-performance hybrid simulation experimental system with 13 groups of actuators, MTS fast loading system with a loading speed of 1000mm/s), electro-hydraulic servo fatigue test system with a loading capacity of 200t, large scale vertical and horizontal fire test furnace with loading and complex boundary condition simulator. The laboratory focuses on innovative research and technological consulting services in the fields of sustainable structures, engineering structure earthquake resistance and disaster reduction, fire resistance and geotechnical engineering disaster prevention.

Director: Professor Zixiong Guo

Chair of the academic committee:

Professor Yunmin Chen, Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences;

Professor Xilin Lu, Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

 

Key Laboratory of Intelligent Infrastructure and Monitoring of Fujian Province 

Meeting the needs for the safety and sustainability of large-scale and complex infrastructure in Fujian Province and southeast coastal area under complex and harsh natural environment, the Key Laboratory of Intelligent Infrastructure and Monitoring of Fujian Province focuses on the theoretical, numerical and experimental studies on advanced sensing and monitoring technologies for large-scale and complex infrastructure, novel nondestructive testing technologies for hybrid and composite structures, structural damage and nonlinear behavior identification approaches for post-event condition evaluation for engineering structures subjected to strong dynamic loadings including earthquakes, life-cycle damage prognosis and intelligent maintenance approaches. The key lab has been equipped with imported high-performance dynamic data acquisition and modal analyzing system, distributed optical fiber sensing system, impedance analyzing system, structural defect detection system with piezoelectric materials and other related experimental study devices for the study of intelligent infrastructures. 

Director: Prof Bin Xu

Chair of the academic committee:

Prof Zhishen Wu, Foreign member of The Engineering Academy of Japan

 

Tunnel and Urban Underground Space Engineering Technology Research Center of Fujian Province

The center was supported by the Fujian Provincial Department of Science and Technology in December 2015 with the aim of developing key technologies and enhancing the application of scientific and technological achievements in tunnel and underground space engineering in practice. The current research focus includes the tunnel and urban underground space engineering construction technology, the impact and control of underground space engineering operations on the surrounding environment, and the hazard mitigation for the underground space structure under earthquake, explosion and fire. The major test facilities in this research center include a 1500×1500×2000mm underground engineering model test device, rock dynamic disturbance loading triaxial test machine, GDSTAS geotechnical static and dynamic triaxial tester, tunnel cross section laser detector, Swedish Mala geological radar, blasting vibration acquisition system, TGS- 360Pro tunnel 3D geological prediction system, EPS seismograph and other advanced equipment.

Director: Professor Shihai Chen

Director of the Central Technical Committee:

Professor Qihu Qian, State Supreme Science and Technology Award winner and academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

 

Fujian Province Higher-educational Engineering Research Center of Intelligence and Automation in Construction

The Fujian Province Higher-educational Engineering Research Center of Intelligence and Automation in Construction focuses on the research and application in artificial intelligence and Bionics in construction engineering automation technology. The center is also interested in R&D works in unconventional environment (such as mountains, high humidity, high temperature, high cold, underwater, etc.), and intelligent disaster prevention and mitigation technology. The center aims to establish the mechanism of industry-university research cooperation and collaborative innovation, and to promote the transformation and upgrading of construction production mode in the province.

Director: Professor Chen Wang

Engineering and Technical Research Centre for Fire Resistance and Disaster Prevention Research of Xiamen

The Research Centre has a leading fire resistance test platform for large structures. The horizontal fire test furnace has a maximal internal size of 6.0 m (width)×4.5 m (thick) ×3.0 m (high), and the vertical furnace has an internal size of 4.2 m (width)×2.5 m (thick) ×3.0 m (high). The 4-channel synchronous or asynchronous loading system has a maximum displacement of 500 mm and a loading capacity of 5,000 kN. Two types of pre-defined ISO-834 standards fire curves and the Carbon-hydrogen fire curve were designed in the control system. In addition, user-defined elevated temperature curves were also supported by the control system of the fire resistance test platform. Moreover, a 16-channel acoustic emission monitoring and analysis system was also equipped for the platform. The furnaces can be used for fire performance test of various beams, slabs, joints, columns, and frames etc., and it also can be used to test the performance of various fire products, such as fire-proof door, fire-proof window, and fire-proof wall etc. The developed fire resistance test device and technology has been patented and most related research funding has been adopted in fire resistance design and disaster prevention of urban underground space.

Director: Professor Yuli Dong

 

Urban Water Environment Ecological Planning and Restoration Engineering Technology Research Center of Xiamen

The research center focuses on the research of urban water environment ecological planning, urban water environment restoration theory and engineering technology, and urban water environment planning and restoration intelligent management. The objective of this center is to accelerate the transformation and application of engineering technology achievements, to promote sponge city construction planning, urban black and smelly water treatment and intelligent city stewards, to improve the urban ecological environment and to promote the construction of urban ecological civilization through the interdisciplinary cooperation of ecological planning, restoration technology and intelligent management of urban water environment.

Director: Professor Baoling Yuan

International Collaboration and Exchange

National High-level Foreign Experts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

International academic exchange and visit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Visit University of Delft Visit UC. Berkeley

Discussion with Professor Jan Rots    Discussion on the laboratory construction

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Visit Polytechnic Institute of Milan Visit University of Canterbury, New Zealand

Discussion with Professor Luigi Biolzi's team     

 

Visit Federal Institute for testing and research of materials Visit Technical University of Berlin

 

 

International Academic Forum

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Address: Jimei Avenue 668, Jimei District, Xiamen, Fujian

Zip code: 361021; Phone number: 0592-6162698

Website: http://civil.hqu.edu.cn

Email: civil@hqu.edu.cn