From October 14 to 17, 2021, the National Engineering Geology Conference 2021was held in Qingdao. The conference was hosted by the Geological Society of China and organized by the Engineering Geology Committee of the Geological Society of China and Qingdao University of Technology. This year, the annual conference focuses on "engineering geology and modern ocean", and discusses diverse topics including marine engineering geology, climate change and coastal urban environment, geotechnical structure and characteristics, active tectonics and regional engineering geology, surface process and mountain disaster, tunnel and underground space, geological disaster and environmental protection, major engineering construction and environment, modern engineering geology and new infrastructure, as well as engineering geology education, which contributed many suggestions to China’s major engineering and modern marine construction.
More than 40 graduate and undergraduate students from the College of Construction Engineering (CCE) attended this conference. Jianping Chen, Qing Wang, Hui'e Chen, Boxin Wang, Wen Zhang, Xiaoqing Yuan, Shengyuan Song, Xin Xu, Chen Cao, Bin Shi, Qingbo Yu, Cenzen Niu and other teachers from CCE also attend the conference. Prof. Qing Wang presided over the second major conference report, while Prof. Hui'e Chen and Prof. Boxin Wang presided respectively over the parallel session reports.
Prof. Wen Zhang was specially invited to deliver a report entitled "Research on Structural Surface Acquisition, Description and Structural Stability of High Position Slopes". In addition, a total of 13 graduate students gave thematic reports in the Young Student Forum, among which four students won the "Excellent Presenter" award, they are Yansong Zhang, Meng Yao, Weitong Xia and Shuonan Wang.
This conference not only promoted the in-depth learning and mutual exchange of famous scholars from the CCE and other universities, but also improved the visibility of our college, broadened the academic vision of teachers and students. Also, it was of great significance for us to learn and grasp the latest technology and research dynamics in the field of engineering geology in China.
