1. Department of Construction Machinery and Equipment Introduction
The Department of Construction Machinery and Equipment was formed through the merger of the original Department of Construction Machinery and the Department of Highway Equipment. With a long history dating back to the establishment of the Department of Construction Machinery in 1952, it has been recognized as the cradle or Huangpu Military Academy for advanced professionals in construction machinery in China. The department boasts a solid foundation and extensive experience in cultivating high-level talents for the construction machinery and transportation sectors, dedicated to nurturing outstanding engineering and management professionals for the nation and the industry.
Currently, the department focuses on teaching and research in areas such as construction machinery and intelligent control, as well as transportation construction and intelligent equipment. It is home to the Shaanxi Province First-Class Undergraduate Program in Mechanical Engineering. The department has a strong faculty team of 43 members, including 5 doctoral supervisors and 28 associate professors or higher, showcasing robust teaching and research capabilities.
The department's research covers a wide range of fields, including construction machinery traction dynamics, construction machinery operational quality control, highway maintenance theories and technologies, structural analysis and computation of construction machinery, mechanized operational quality control technologies, intelligent transportation construction equipment, intelligent construction and information management of construction machinery, intelligent highway construction technologies, and fault diagnosis and intelligent maintenance of construction machinery.
Equipped with advanced experimental facilities, the department boasts a total laboratory area of 3,850 square meters and houses large-scale testing equipment such as Asia's largest indoor soil tank, a multifunctional comprehensive testing platform for construction machinery, and a hydraulic chassis simulation testing platform. With laboratory equipment valued at over 13 million RMB, the department provides students with an excellent platform for practical learning. It offers a variety of courses, including engine performance, drivetrain performance, and civil engineering material testing, covering a wide range of areas in construction machinery and transportation.
In terms of research, the department’s faculty has undertaken and participated in nearly 100 research projects in recent years, with an average annual research funding exceeding 8 million RMB. They have received numerous national and provincial-level scientific awards and over 100 patent authorizations. Faculty members have published over 500 academic papers in domestic and international core journals, including more than 200 papers indexed by SCI and EI, along with over 20 books and textbooks.
The Department of Construction Machinery and Equipment will continue to strengthen its collaboration with the industry, focusing on cultivating innovative and interdisciplinary engineering and management talents, thereby contributing to the technological advancement and intelligent development of the construction machinery and transportation sectors.
2.Department of Mechanical Design and Manufacturing
The Department of Mechanical Design and Manufacturing is one of the earliest engineering departments established in Chang'an University, which is responsible for the major of mechanical design, manufacturing and automation. This major has been approved as a key major of the 211 Project, a famous brand major in Shaanxi Province and a national characteristic major, and has been included in the pilot comprehensive reform project of national undergraduate majors. This major is selected as a construction and cultivation project of first-class major in Shaanxi Province, and the first batch of national first-class undergraduate major construction sites in 2019. Since its establishment, the department has trained more than 3,700 undergraduates as well as over 400 master and doctoral students.
The Department of Mechanical Design and Manufacturing has the right to confer doctoral degrees in mechanical manufacturing and automation. In recent years, the faculties had presided more than 80 national, provincial and ministerial projects and 150 enterprise projects, and received more than 25 million yuan for scientific research. More than 350 papers were published in academic journals both at home and abroad, and more than 200 national patents and software copyrights were granted, 10 monographs were published. Over 36 national awards were won by the students. The Fundamentals of Mechanical Design, Manufacturing Process Fault Diagnosis Technology, Interchangeability and Technical Measurement, have been approved as national first-class undergraduate courses. The faculties have won 2 first prizes and 4 second prizes of provincial and ministerial teaching prizes. In 2019, the Party Branch of the Department of Mechanical Design and Manufacturing was selected as the second batch of National Party Building Work Model Branch construction projects.
There are 40 faculty members in the Department of Mechanical Manufacturing, including 4 professors, 26 associate professors and faculties with other associate senior titles, 4 doctoral supervisors and 29 master supervisors. The research interests include: intelligent design and processing, additive manufacturing, low-carbon manufacturing, vibration and noise reduction of mechanical transmission systems, biomanufacturing technology, fatigue strength and reliability of mechanical structures, intelligent monitoring and fault diagnosis technology, etc.
Head of the department: Liu Qingtao
Deputy directors of the department: Wan Yipin, Zhu Chengcheng, Lv Jingxiang
Contact number: 029-82334586
3.Department of Intelligent Manufacturing and Robotics
The Department of Intelligent Manufacturing and Robotics is mainly responsible for the talent cultivation of intelligent manufacturing new engineering major and research tasks in related fields. There are 35 teachers, including 4 professors and 11 associate professors/senior engineers, 5 doctoral supervisors and 21 master supervisors, and 29 young and middle-aged teachers under the age of 45. The department has excellent talents such as Expert with Special Government Allowance from the State Council, Famous Teaching Teacher of Shaanxi Province, Leading Talents of Special Support Plan of Shaanxi Province, Xiangjiang Scholars, the Most Satisfied Teachers of Undergraduate Teaching at the university level, Leading Talents and Young Academic Backbone of Chang'an Scholars.
The branch laboratory of the department has an experimental site about 1000m2 and more than 70 sets of experimental teaching equipments. Ten experimental teaching units are formed, including intelligent production line, industrial robot, machine vision inspection and identification, CNC programming processing, tool-parts online inspection, intelligent assembly, 3D printing, workshop logistics management, etc. The practical teaching of undergraduate and graduate courses including Introduction to Intelligent Manufacturing, Intelligent Manufacturing Execution System Technology, Machine Vision, Industrial Robotics, Industrial Internet and Big Data, 3D Printing Rapid Manufacturing and Practice, etc. is served. More than 1500 students are given lessons in the laboratory every year.
The main research directions of the Department of Intelligent Manufacturing and Robotics include intelligent manufacturing system integration and control, digital twin workshop, intelligent manufacturing process perception and optimization, intelligent precision machining technology, high-end equipment condition monitoring and intelligent operation and maintenance, robot perception and intelligent decision making, robot structure design and system integration, robot motion planning and intelligent control, human-machine interaction and multi-machine collaboration, additive manufacturing and bio-manufacturing, intelligent unmanned systems, etc. In recent years, more than 70 national and provincial projects have been hosted and completed, over 20 million yuan has been funded for scientific research, more than 300 SCI/EI high-level academic papers have been published in domestic and foreign academic journals, over 200 national patents and software copyrights have been obtained, and more than 100 national and provincial awards have been received by guiding students.
Department Chair: Xia Xiaohua
Deputy directors of the department:: Jia Feng, Liu Yongsheng, Guo Wanjin
4.Introduction to the Department of Mechanical and Electronic Engineering
The Department of Mechanical and Electronic Engineering (a national-level specialized program in Mechanical and Electronic Engineering) is primarily responsible for teaching and research in the field of mechanical and electronic engineering. It also undertakes teaching foundational courses for the entire school, such as testing and sensor technology, mechanical control engineering, fluid mechanics and hydraulic transmission, and microcomputer principles and interface technology.
The Mechanical and Electronic Engineering Teaching Team (recognized as an Outstanding Teaching Team in Shaanxi Province) consists of 36 faculty members, including six professors and 24 faculty members with titles of associate professor or higher. Among them are eight doctoral supervisors, two young and middle-aged technological innovation talents recognized by Shaanxi Province, one Shaanxi Province Science Star, one Qinchuangyuan high-level innovation and entrepreneurship talent, one selected for the Youth Talent Support Program of Shaanxi Provincial Universities’ Science and Technology Association, one recipient of the Ministry of Education Postdoctoral Overseas Talent Recruitment Program, and one Teaching Excellence Award winner from Chang’ an University. Courses such as hydraulic transmission and testing technology have been recognized as Shaanxi Provincial Quality Courses, Shaanxi Provincial Quality Resource Sharing Courses, and Shaanxi Provincial Demonstration Courses for Bilingual Teaching. In 2019, the hydraulic transmission course was designated as a Shaanxi Provincial Quality Online Course.
Relying on Chang’an University's goal of building a world-class discipline in Transportation Engineering, the department targets the needs of national industries such as transportation, land resources, urban and rural construction, and national defense. It focuses on the theories and applications of mechatronics, fluid power transmission and control, and structural strength and integrity of mechanical equipment. Integrating information technology, intelligent systems, and smart technologies, the department has established a multidisciplinary teaching and research system to cultivate highly skilled innovative talent capable of systematically solving complex engineering problems in the mechanical equipment field.
The primary research areas of the department of Mechanical and Electronic Engineering
- Mechatronics and fluid power integration for engineering machinery
- Fluid dynamics and control
- Equipment and technologies for rapid highway maintenance
- Structural and material performance research for engineering applications
- Intelligent detection and fault diagnosis technologies
In recent years, the number and quality of scientific research projects undertaken by the department have steadily increased. Over the past five years, the department has led or participated in more than 20 national and provincial-level research projects, including key national research programs, National Natural Science Foundation projects, and defense-related projects. The annual average research funding exceeds 10 million RMB.
The department has received over ten provincial and ministerial-level science and technology awards, including the First Prize of the Shaanxi Provincial Science and Technology Award. It has published more than 200 high-level SCI/EI-indexed papers, secured over 200 authorized patents, published seven books and textbooks, and led or participated in the development of over ten industry standards.
Leadership
Director: Binhua Wang
Deputy directors of the department: : Xiaoli Zhang, Datao Li, Jinping Li