On-site traning and experiences of undergraduate students

In  the sophomore and junior years, there are short-term workshops for each  major, allowing students to better understand what they learned in the  previous year. In the senior year, internship experiences are required  for all students before the graduation design. Take Civil Engineering as  an example. Students will have cognition practice, practice of geology,  and computer integrated curriculum design in the short-term workshop of  the sophomore year. All three activities are organized by SCE. In their  junior year, the surveying practice and design of architecture and  planning are arranged. The surveying practice is conducted on the campus  with the Balance Level and Total-station instruments. A design of  office or industrial building is conducted in the design of architecture  and planning. In the senior year, a design practice is arranged with  selections from many topics. The topics include steel or reinforced  concrete frame building, steel or reinforced concrete one-floor  industrial building, steel or reinforced concrete floor plate; girder  bridge and arch bridge, and underground structure. The students are also  required to have a one-month production internship in the summer  vacation before the senior year semester. The internship can be in a  real estate or construction company.

On-site experiences

Internship of undergraduate students

In  the normal semesters, experimental courses or virtual simulation tests  are arranged for the corresponding courses in each major. SCE is  equipped with abundant teaching facilities. For example, components are  made for the bending tests of steel or reinforced concrete beams. The  tests are required to be done by students themselves in groups. There  are also many individual experiments for students, such as the free  vibration of the cantilever beam. Typical experimental teaching  facilities are shown in Fig. 2-8(a). Apart from experimental teaching,  there are many virtual simulation test software designed by the faculty  members in SCE to facilitate the students' understanding of knowledge in  ordinary classes. For example, Fig. 2-8(b) presents the virtual  simulation test platforms of tension and compression test of components  and explosion resistance design of reinforced concrete columns.

Experimental training

Virtual reality test

Following  the elaborate education scheme, the students in SCE are expected to be  leading lights in Civil Engineering, Construction Management,  Engineering Mechanics, and Water Engineering after graduation.