Founded in 1895 as Peiyang University, Tianjin University is the oldest institute of higher education in China, and pioneered the development of modern Chinese education.
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TJU Reopens for Graduating Students
On May 6, Tianjin University welcomed back its first batch of senior students in their final year of study.As the epidemic situation continues to improve, the university employed a phased fashion of school reopening, giving priority to graduating students most of whom have to go back to their laboratory and finish the experiments required for their defense dissertation.A detailed plan for epi...
2020-05-09 -
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A Cloud Report by Prof. Xudong Qian from National University of Singapore
On May 7, 2020, the “Innovation Base of Earthquake Engineering Comprehensive Simulation” held a “Cloud Report”. Dr. Xudong Qian, an associate professor from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore, presented a report named “Fatigue of Welded Joints - Enhanced Weld Details and Assessment”.This report was hosted by Associate Prof. Jie Xu from ...
2020-05-09 -
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World's Largest Earthquake Simulation Research Facility to Complete Foundation Engineering by the End of September
In October 2019, construction of the world's largest seismic simulation research facility commenced on Tianjin University’s Peiyangyuan Campus. Currently, this project has come to the key period of transition between the completion of earthwork excavation and the construction of the foundation slab. It is expected that by the end of September 2020, the foundation beneath the building of the...
2020-05-09 -
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Academician Wu Ziliang's Meritorious Life
The old man looked back on his life in the sick bed, calling himself "chain man". He said: "Before the age of 80, I was like a ‘chain', and was ‘hung on' a number of tasks. I've exceeded every task, so I was an excellent ‘chain man’", he added, "I was relieved when I finally completed the glorious mission of ‘chain man'." He is an outstanding alumnus of Tianjin University—Academician Wu Z...
2020-05-08 -
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CoME Student Sings in Praise of Epidemic Prevention and Control Efforts
With integrating efforts, the nation has successfully contained the epidemic outbreak. To encourage people in their fight against the virus, the university Chorus—Peiyang Chorus released a new song "Hand in Hand" in April, paying special tributes to medical workers, volunteers, grassroots workers, and people in public service. The lead singer of this song is Zi-zhuo Zhou, a sophomore from the ...
2020-05-08 -
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Professor Bao-feng Huo Elected to IJPE Editorial Board
Recently, at the invitation of the International Journal of Production Economics (IJPE), a leading academic journal in operation and management science, Professor Bao-feng Huo, Dean of the College of Management and Economics (CoME) of Tianjin University, officially began to serve as the editorial board member of the journal.Professor Huo is a doctoral supervisor and convener of Tianjin Manageme...
2020-05-08 -
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Tianjin University Launches Labor Education Week Activities
During the Labor Day, Tianjin University launched the Tianjin University Labor Week, and organized students to actively participate in four activities called the “four ones” in Chinese. These activities are study, household labor, single-stage work collection, a labor education class, so as to strengthen the labor education of college students in the new era, and cultivate students to establi...
2020-05-07 -
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Int’l Cooperation Promotes Regional Cultural Heritage Protection and Research
On January 28, 2020, Dr. Jie He from Tianjin University’s School of Architecture started an 11 day trip to the Republic of Montenegro together with his three graduate students, Xiaomin Guo, Liyun Zhang, and Yucheng Zhang. At the invitation of the History Institute of the University of Montenegro, they were to conduct data acquisition and academic exchanges required by a joint research project ...
2020-05-07 -
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A Cloud Report by Luis A. Dalguer from "3Q-Lab" Consulting Company
On April 28, 2020, the "Innovation Base of Earthquake Engineering Comprehensive Simulation" held a "Cloud Report” and invited Professor Luis A. Dalguer, an advisor at the "3Q-Lab" consulting company in Switzerland to present a talk about "Modeling fault displacement caused by surface rupturing earthquakes: potential hazard for critical infrastructures ".This report was hosted by Associate Prof...
2020-05-07 -
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College of Intelligence and Computing Wins First Prize of Tianjin Municipal Science and Technology Award
The 2019 Tianjin Science and Technology Award Conference kicked off at the Tianjin Auditorium on April 23, 2020.As was announced at the conference, the Project on Key Technology and Application of Intelligent Computing for Urban Bus Big Data led by Professor Tao Wenyuan from Tianjin University’s College of Intelligence and Computing ("the College") won the First Prize, giving a full display to...
2020-05-06 -
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Researchers Reveal New Tetratic-ordered Phases Formed by Completely Rotationally Asymmetric Particles
A research team led by Tianjin University has discovered by simulation techniques that tetratic-ordered phases possessing four-fold rotational symmetry can be formed by hard kites that are completely rotationally asymmetric. A novel crystal phase, tetragonal rectangular crystal phase, is reported.The researchers reported a new crystal phase, tetragonal rectangular crystal phase formed by 94.5°....
2020-05-06