From November 4th to 6th, 2012, the Third NTU-Tongji Civil
Engineering Workshop, hosted by Taiwan University and Tongji
University, was held successfully in Taiwan University this year.
During the opening ceremony, Prof. Liang-Jenq Leu, Head of
Department of Civil Engineering, NTU, Academician Yeong-
Bin Yang, Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Prof. Gu
Xianglin, Dean of CCE, Tongji University, Prof. Chen Shiming,
Party Secretary of CCE, Prof. Huang Hongwei, Vice Dean of
CCE, made speeches individually covering the background and
expectation of the workshop. After that, representatives from both
universities exchanged and discussed the research progresses
mainly in Structural Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering and
Hydraulic Engineering.
The workshop included two keynote reports: Mechanics
Performance and Carbonization Process Analysis of Microscopic
Scale Concrete Material by Prof. Gu Xianglin, Tongji University
and Input Force Reconstruction Using Response Measurements
form Prof. Luo Junxiong, NTU. About 40 group reports in different
areas were delivered later on. The next workshop will be held
in 2013 in Tongji University. Furthermore, professors from both
universities have carried out joint researches and will explore more
possible ways of cooperation.