The College of Mechanics and Materials was established on 10/10/2009. The college consists three parts: the former College of Material Science and Engineering, the Department of Engineering, the Centre of Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics.
The college a second grade discipline discipline for mechanics engineering, a provincial key discipline for mechanics(first grade), a university-key discipline for material science and engineering. There is a post-doctoral mobile station and doctor's degree authorization center(mechanics, first grade), a doctor's degree authorization centers for civil engineering materials(second grade discipline), two master’s degree authorization center for material science and engineering as well as mechanics(first grade). The college also has a national engineering basic curriculums teaching base(for mechanics), a national experimental mechanics teaching demonstration center, a provincial experiment teaching center for engineering materials. The college also takes part in the construction of Key Experiment Center for Structure Mechanics and Hydraulic Engineering Structure, the construction of disciplines of civil engineering and hydraulic engineering.
The college now consists of two undergraduate majors(engineering mechanics, material science and engineering). Particularly, engineering mechanics is a national key major and provincial brand major. There are nine teaching and researching institute including: Department of Engineering Mechanics, Department of Material Science and Engineering, Institute of Engineering Mechanics, Institute of Solid and Structure, Institute of Computational Mechanics, Experiment Center of Mechanics and Material, Institute of Hydraulic Mechanics and Fluid Mechanics, Institute of Engineering Materials, Institute of Metal Materials and Protection.
There are 110 faculty in the college, including: 34 professors, 29 associate professors, 22 doctoral advisors, 1 Distinguished Young Scholar for National Science Fund, 2 National Famous Teacher. There are 586 undergraduate students, 302 postgraduate students and 94 PhD students.
《Elastic Mechanics》written by professor XU Zhilun won the National Outstanding Textbook Award. “Hydraulics”, ”Theoretical Mechanics”, ”Elasticity and FEM Analysis” and “Structure Mechanics” won the National Outstanding Curriculum Prize. The students graduate from our college are welcomed by the industry. Employment rate levels off at 95%.
The college insists on combining scientific research and social need. The teachers in our college take part in the research projects of all the national key hydraulic engineering and have made great contribution in solving key difficulty engineering problems. They have won many awards including The National Special Prize for science and technology.
The college aims at improving research level and personal training and tries its best to be a scientific revolution base with international influence in the future.
