Discipline: Transportation Engineering

Introduction to the Course (including objectives and requirements)

As a course for the postgraduates, this course is tobe taught in English. Students in this course ought to master the basicprinciples (including mechanical analysis and parametric analysis) of designfor aspect concrete pavement and cement concrete pavement, and the applicationmethod of other nations. Through specific research projects and after-class readingand class discussion, the course can stimulate students’ research interest;cultivate students’ research ability in related fields, and promote students’English ability.

In the class, the research samples will be combinedand discussion will be held. Emphasis will be put on students’ independentability to do related research. Meanwhile, this course will train students’English ability in an all-around way. By a great amount of reading on Englishliterature, this course can improve students’ reading ability in scientificpapers, meanwhile enabling students to have a preliminary understanding of theinternational situation in the field of highway design.Every student in this course is required towrite a thesis with canonical technical English.Students are required to do at least 2English reports in class.

Introduction to the Main Instructor:

Qian Shunzhi, male, born in February, 1976,Doctoral Supervisor (Highway and Railway Engineering),professor, now works as Assistant to the Dean of School of Transportation;assists in dealing with the School’s scientific research and international affairs.Graduated from the major of roadway, Southeast University in 1998, he got theMaster’s degree from the School of Road and Railway Engineering in Ministry of Transportationin 2001; He got the doctor’s degree from School of Civil Engineering inUniversity of Michigan in 2007;PostdoctoralFellow from Delft University of Technology in 2009; Prof. Qian has been workingin Southeast University since August 2009.

Main Research interests: Engineered CementitiousComposites, Self-Healing Materials and other application of intelligent civilengineering materials in transport infrastructure, civil engineering materials,repair and maintenance strategies;WonJohn L Tishman Fellowship in University of Michigan in 2001; won Travel Subsidyof Michigan University in 2004;won NSF Travel Subsidy in 2005; Nominated as theGraham Environmental Sustainability Award in 2006; won Netherlands’s NationalInnovative Research Grants in 2007; named as a member of the National TeachingTeam in 2010(3^rd place); won the Teaching and Research Fund for OutstandingYoung Teachers in 2010; presided over National Natural Science Foundation ofChina and Holland,Natural Science Foundation of JiangSu province; took part in 2 key projects of U.S National Science Foundation andmany key projects of the Ministry of Communications in Michigan. Published morethan 30 papers in the International Core Journals and important internationalconference, 9 of which can be searched by SCI, 10 of which can be searched byEI; worked as a reviewer for many internationally renowned conference andInternational Core Journals

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