The School of Mechanics, Civil Engineering and Architecture (SMCA) excels at both teaching and research. It was founded in July 2003, and was a combination of the former Department of Engineering Mechanics and Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture. SMCA consists of three departments, seven institutes, one state key specialized laboratory and two corporations. It offers five programs for bachelor’s degrees, seven programs for master’s degrees and four programs for Ph.D. degrees, as well as one postdoctoral position in mechanics.
Since 1956, SMCA has been offering graduate programs. The Mechanics discipline of NPU is one of the first-class disciplines approved by the Academic Degree Office of State Council and was first authorized to confer doctoral degrees in 1981. In 1985, SMCA began to offer postdoctoral position in mechanics. Solid Mechanics is a state key discipline and Structure Engineering is a key discipline of the university. SMCA is also one of the six state educational bases of fundamental mechanics for engineering courses in China.
The School is staffed with an excellent faculty of 87 members, who have a high academic level and rich experience in teaching and research, including one member of the Chinese Academy of Science (Professor Zhu Weiqiu), 24 professors, 26 associate professors and senior engineers, and 15 lecturers and engineers. The Dean of the School, Prof. Zhufeng Yue, is a Yangze River scholar specially appointed by the Cheung Kong Scholars Program.
At present, there are more than 1000 undergraduates and over 200 graduates studying at SMCA. They are consistently guided to aim for “excellent personality, excellent ability and excellent health” and to concentrate on specialty study and training. In the past years, more than 2000 students have graduated from SMCA and are highly sought after in various fields.
Department of Engineering Mechanics
Department of Civil Engineering
Department of Architecture
Engineering Mechanics
Civil Engineering
Traffic Engineering
Engineering Management
Architecture
Engineering Mechanics
Solid Mechanics
General Mechanics and Fundamental Mechanics
Structure Engineering
Traffic Engineering
Engineering Management
Architecture
General Mechanics and Fundamental Mechanics
The research focuses on seven primary topics: vibration theory and its application, random vibration, nonlinear dynamics, dynamics for controlled system, vibration control and smart structure, multiple body dynamics, spatial dynamics and shock dynamics.
Engineering Mechanics
The primary research fields in the specialty are strength of structure and materials, vibration, shock and noise, engineering measurement and testing, MEMS mechanics and analytical technique for engineering mechanics.
Solid Mechanics
The main research activities are micro-mechanics & damage mechanics, fracture mechanics, strength of composite materials, behavior of strength of materials and their computational simulation.
Construction Materials
Mechanics
There are eight laboratories, seven research institutes and two corporations, including:
The Laboratory of Dynamics and Strength (a state key specialized lab)
The Laboratory of Vibration
The Laboratory Center of Engineering Mechanics
The Laboratory of Material Properties
The Laboratory of Construction Material
The Laboratory of Dynamic Simulation
The Laboratory of Mechanical Quantities
The Laboratory of Micro-mechanics and Fracture
The Institute of Dynamic and Control
The Institute of Strength
The Institute of Vibration Engineering
The Institute of Architectural Design and Research
The Institute of Astrodynamics
The Institute of Composite Materials
The Institute of MEMS
Project Management Supervisory Corporation
Construction Corporation
At present, SMCA is undertaking more than 40 research projects at the national or provincial level, among which some are funded by the National Natural Science Foundation, 863 High Technology Program. Every year, around 160 papers are published in well-known journals at home and abroad, among which near 40 are indexed by SCI, EI and ISTP. The School has won 13 official awards at or above provincial and ministerial level, and 4 patent grants.
Importance is also attached to international academic cooperation and exchange. International relationships have been established with universities and institutes in USA, Germany, UK, France, Japan, Switzerland, Netherlands, Canada, Hong Kong and among others. A large number of faculty members and graduates of SMCA are conducting cooperative research with overseas institutes and universities. More than 60 SMCA faculty members have been abroad for academic exchanges.