On March 21, Prof. Xue Songtao from Institute of Structural Engineering and Disaster Reduction held a lecture entitled “Field inspection of Japan Earthquake” in the lecture hall of civil engineering building. The lecture attracted almost 300 teachers and students.

  On March 11, a 9-magnitude earthquake struck Northeast Japan. Prof. Xue who was in Miyagi, Sendai City experienced the earthquake. During the lecture, Prof. Xue introduced the damage of the earthquake and tsunami, the conditions of the shelters, the conditions of atomic power plants after the earthquake combining his own experience and feelings. The lecture provided precious and detailed information for the disaster prevention and reduction work of our country and also triggered all the present teachers and students to think about how to act after disasters.