1、History

The Department of Railway Engineering offers Railway Engineering Program. The predecessor of this program was Traffic Engineering, which was established in 2005 under the name of Urban Rail Transit Engineering. As an industry-university-research strategic platform in partnership with Shanghai Shentong Metro, this program strives to prepare application-oriented engineering talents who has the technical competency for rail and civil engineering. As part of the urban rail transit program group, which has gone through the development of National-Level Specialized Programs for Colleges and Universities, Shanghai’s Undergraduate Education Heights (Phase III), Shanghai Municipal Education Commission’s Key Disciplines (Phase V), and Shanghai Higher Education “085” Program, this program has achieved significant progress in personnel training and scientific research.

Since long, the Ministry of Education has associated traffic engineering with road traffic construction, operation and management. However, the University positions traffic engineering program on the basis of rail transit civil engineering and construction. According to the Ministry of Education, an engineering program must be included in the Undergraduate Program Catalogue with appropriate education plans in order to be certified. The Traffic Engineering program of the University started the certification process for engineering program in 2014. Through comparison of training plans with the Railway Engineering Program of Southwest Jiaotong University and the Traffic Engineering Program of Southwest Jiaotong University, the results showed over 90% match with the former and merely 20% match with the latter. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Education approved the establishment of the Railway Engineering Program (081007T) in 2014. Since then, universities such as Central South University and Southwest Jiaotong University have set up railway engineering programs for student enrollment, training and management.

After analysis of the personnel demand in the rail transit industry and the dynamics of railway engineering programs in related colleges, and taking into account the School’s “Transport Specialization” positioning and “Three Collaboration” training approach, as well as the operation resources available, the Traffic Engineering Program was renamed Railway Engineering Program in 2018, and started enrollment for the 4-year undergraduate program in autumn 2018.

  

2. Program features

The Railway Engineering Program is one of the members of the Railway Engineering Teaching Steering Sub-Committee, Civil Engineering Teaching Steering Committee under the Ministry of Education, and grants both academic and professional master’s degree in Traffic Engineering. This program cooperates with Shanghai Rail Transit Vibration and Noise Control Technology Engineering Center, Shanghai Rail Transit Operation Safety Inspection and Evaluation Service Collaborative Innovation Center, Rail Transit Testing CMA Laboratory, and other provincial and ministerial level platforms, taking advantage of the leading experts in the field of railway engineering. It also seeks international cooperation with foreign universities in training and teaching, with a focus on rail transit infrastructure testing, environmental control technology, and engineering management.

The rapid development of urban rail transit and high-speed railways results in high demand for talents specialized in rail transit construction, maintenance and management. This program integrates the application and practice of artificial intelligence, big data, cloud computing, and other innovative technologies in the field of smart transportation. Focusing on both theory and practice of the design, construction, maintenance and management of rail transit infrastructure (rails, tunnels, bridges, stations and other projects), this program delivers global-minded, inter-disciplinary advanced engineering professionals to companies engaged in the survey, design and construction, intelligent detection and maintenance, engineering management and consulting of transportation projects.

  

3. Faculty

There are currently 13 faculty members in the Department of Railway Engineering, including 3 professors, 5 associate professors, 3 lecturers and 2 experimenters. One faculty member has been selected for the National Talent Program of the Organization Department of the Central Committee of the CPC. All faculty members are graduates of renowned universities (Southampton University, National University of Singapore, Tongji University, Southwest Jiaotong University, Beijing Jiaotong University, etc.).77% of them have Ph.D. degrees and 46% have studied or exchanged in high-level universities overseas. More than 20 senior corporate professionals and technicians work as part-time faculty members and corporate mentors.

  

4. Employment

The rapid development of rail transit has brought favorable employment prospects to students of this program. In the past 5 years, the employment rate of graduates has been 100%. Smart construction and intelligent transportation are the main areas of employment for graduates. Employment opportunities exist across the whole life cycle management of the transportation and civil engineering industries, including transportation infrastructure design and construction, project management and consulting, structural protection and restoration, intelligent railway operation and maintenance, application of virtual reality technology, engineering economy, and other related enterprises and public institutions. Potential employers include Shanghai Railway Bureau, Shanghai Shentong Metro, China Railway Construction and China Railway Shanghai Design Institute.

  

5. Teaching programs and outcome

As a member of the National Railway Engineering Teaching Steering Committee, the Department of Railway Engineering actively participates in teaching exchanges and development. It has published several textbooks on urban rail transit engineering and developed 3 university-level excellent courses. The Department has well-established laboratories for rail engineering, geotechnics, engineering measurement, structural testing and construction materials, as well as innovation studios for students. It has also collaborated with other programs in setting up a railway line engineering lab and virtual simulation technology lab. The program has off-campus internship and practice bases featuring school-enterprise collaboration, resource sharing, and complementary advantages for cultivating technical application capabilities of students with professional and skill training. These internship bases are mainly supported by Shanghai Shentong Metro Group Co., Ltd. and highlight the connection between university and industry. In addition, internship and practical training bases have been established in cooperation with Shanghai Shentong Metro Group Co., Ltd. Rail Transit Training Center, Technology Center, and Shanghai Rail Transit Maintenance and Support Center Engineering Company. According to the program features and curriculum requirements, the Railway Engineering Program also works with other entities (including: Shanghai Basic Engineering Group Co., Ltd., China Railway Shanghai Group, China Railway Shanghai Design Institute Group, and Shanghai Bridge Disease Exhibition Hall) to establish industry-university-research cooperation relations. The laboratories and practice bases of this program are practice-based teaching bases for the College and the University, and are part of the National Practical Teaching Demonstration Center and Shanghai Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center.

In recent years, the Department of Railway Engineering has completed a total of 19 teaching reform and innovation projects, organized the curriculum system of Railway Engineering Program, explored the method of simulation teaching system, and formed a distinctive urban rail transit and railway engineering curriculum system.

  

Table 1: Major teaching reform projects completed by the Department of Railway Engineering

Project   start and end dates

Name

Responsible   person

2006.3~2008.3

Textbook   development of Urban Rail Transit Engineering Management

Shi Rong

2009.3~2011.3

Experimental   development project on Soil Mechanics

Shi Rong

2012.6-2014.5

Experimental   development project on Structural Inspection and Experiment of Rail Transit   Engineering

Wang Lei

2012.3~2014.3

Experimental   development project on Railway Inspection Technologies

Shi Rong

2013.5-2015.4

Practical   teaching project on Railway System Engineering

Li Zaiwei

2014.5~2016.4

Curriculum   development of Underground Engineering

Liu Shannan

2014.1-2016.12

Curriculum   development of Bridge Engineering

Song Yumin

2015.3-2017.2

Curriculum   development of Soil Mechanics and Foundation

Wang Lei

2015.3~2017.3

Curriculum   development of Introduction to Civil Engineering

Shi Rong

2016.1-2018.1

Practical   teaching project on Building Structure Course Design

Yan Xilin

2016.1-2018.1

Curriculum   development of English for Traffic Engineering

Wu Jun

2016.1-2017.12

Textbook development   of Introduction to Urban Rail Transit Engineering

Li Zaiwei

2018.9-2020.9

Postgraduate curriculum development of   Advanced Soil Mechanics

Wu Jun

2018.1-2019.12

Postgraduate curriculum development of   Structural Dynamics

Song Yumin

2019.2-2020.1

Curriculum   development of Structural Design of Buildings

Yan Xilin

2019.1-2019.12

Reconstructing   the practice teaching system of railway engineering program based on the new   engineering concept

He Yuelei

2019.2-2020.1

Curriculum   development of Engineering Survey

Liu Jun

2020.1-2021.12

Postgraduate curriculum development of Railway   Track Dynamics

Li Zaiwei

2020.1-2021.12

Virtual   reality experiment-based teaching project of railway track inspection   technologies

He Yuelei

  

With great emphasis on the quality of courses and teaching, the Department of Railway Engineering has developed 3 university-level excellent courses which won several prizes in university-level teaching competitions.

  

Table 2: Teaching outcome of the Department of Railway Engineering

Year

Name

Level

Responsible   person

2015

Excellent   lecturer

University-level

Liu Shannan

2016

Underground   Engineering

University-level   excellent course

Liu Shannan

2018

The 2nd   Teaching Competition for Young Teachers of the Shanghai University of   Engineering Science

Second   prize

Li Zaiwei

2019

Soil   Mechanics and Foundation

University-level   excellent course

Wang Lei

2019

English for   Traffic Engineering

University-level   excellent course

Wu Jun

  

  

6. Scientific research and achievements

The Department of Railway Engineering grants both academic and professional master degrees in Traffic Engineering. This program cooperates with Shanghai Rail Transit Vibration and Noise Control Technology Engineering Center, Shanghai Rail Transit Operation Safety Inspection and Evaluation Service Collaborative Innovation Center, Rail Transit Testing CMA Laboratory, and other provincial and ministerial-level platforms. It benefits from the international leading competence in railway engineering of Professor Wang Anbin, an expert of the National Talent Program of the Organization Department of the Central Committee of the CPC. Through joint research with universities such as the University of Wisconsin and Plymouth University, the International Laboratory for Maintenance and Repair of Rail Infrastructure was established to conduct scientific research in rail transit infrastructure inspection, rail transit environment and noise control technology, and rail transit engineering planning and management.

In recent years, the faculty of the Department of Railway Engineering has served extensively in major projects of rail transit development. Achievements include provincial and ministerial awards such as the First Prize of Scientific and Technological Progress in Henan Province (2016), the First Prize of Scientific and Technological Progress in Beijing (2018) and the Third Prize of Scientific and Technological Progress in Shanghai (2019); seven national-level projects such as the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) key and general projects; about ten provincial and ministerial projects from the Ministry of Education, Shanghai Science and Technology Commission, China Postdoctoral Foundation Committee, and Gansu Provincial Science and Technology Department. The faculty have also hosted and participated in corporate projects amounting to a total of more than 20 million yuan. In terms of academic papers, the Department has published more than 50 SCI and EI papers and over 100 Chinese core papers in important academic journals at home and abroad. The disciplines of the Department of Railway Engineering have been widely recognized in China, especially in the field of vibration and noise control in rail transit environment, which leads the sector.

  

Table 3: Major research projects of the Department of Railway Engineering

  

Type

Year

Name

Responsible   person

Key Projects of National Natural Science Fund

2019.1-

2022.12

Research on the generation mechanism, propagation law and control   measures of high-speed railway noise

Wang Anbin

General Projects of National Natural Science Fund

2020.1-2023.12

  

Characterization of chaotic dynamics of   ballastless tracks damage in high-speed railways

He Yuelei

Regional Projects of National Natural Science Fund

2015.1-

2018.12

Long-term performance and service life of urban tunnel lining structures   in Northwest erosion environments

Li Zhong

Regional Projects of National Natural Science Fund

2018.1-

2021.12

Study on performance degradation and whole-life stability control of   prestressed anchor structures on permanent high slopes in western mountainous   areas

Li Zhong

General Projects of National Natural Science Fund

2019.1-

2022.12

Research on the damage and vibration response of shields and ancillary   plants of nuclear power plants under impact of large passenger aircraft

Wu Jun

Young Talent Projects of National Natural Science Fund

2019.1-

2021.12

Theory of unsaturated land base consolidation under   axisymmetric conditions and its validation study

Wang Lei

Young Talent Projects of National Natural Science Fund

2019.1-

2021.12

Chaotic fractal-based high-speed railway track geometry and shape   evaluation method and its impact on service reliability

Li Zaiwei

National Key Research and Development Program (Special Project)

2020.1- 2023.12

2023.12

Mechanisms of deterioration, healthy evolution and diagnostic   evaluation methods for swelling soil landslides and engineered slope   protection works

Wang Lei

Gansu Provincial Natural Science Found Committee

2012.1-

2014.12

Computational theory and experimental study on stability control of   active reinforcement of soil slopes in road graben

Li Zhong

Gansu Province Science and Technology Major Project

2019.10-

2021.10

Research on the disease mechanism and new remediation technology of   ballastless track and roadbed system of Northwest high-speed railway

He Yuelei

Key Support Projects of Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai   Municipality

2017.7-

2020.6

Development of rail dynamic dampers and their use in the management of   small radius curve vibration noise

Wang Anbin

Key Support Projects of Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai   Municipality

2017.1-

2019.12

Research and development of motion   detection portable equipment for rail traffic limits

He Yuelei

Key Support Projects of Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai   Municipality

2017.1-

2019.12

Development of a non-contact detection device for interlayer damage in   ballastless track structures based on air-coupled Ram waves

Li Zaiwei

General Projects of China Postdoctoral Foundation

2019.1-

2020.12

Study of axisymmetric unsaturated land base consolidation   characteristics considering sand well smearing action

Wang Lei

Pre-research Projects (Component) of the Space Systems Department

2019.9-

2020.9

Sea ice information extraction and monitoring of ice floes in arctic   waterways, seaworthiness analysis study

Liu Jun

Research and Innovation Projects of Shanghai Municipal Education   Commission

2014.1-

2016.12

Theoretical study on the detection and evaluation of short-wave   unevenness of tracks based on neural networks

Li Zaiwei

Beijing Subway

2020.1- 2023.12

2020.12

National Key Research and Development Program Urban Rail System   Safety and Security Technology (2016YFB1200402), urban rail transit   line status long-term monitoring, evaluation and early warning platform and   equipment research and development project

Li Zaiwei

Shanghai-Hangzhou Passenger Railway Line Co., Ltd

2018.7-

2019.12

Shanghai-Hangzhou high-speed railway CRTSII slab track online performance   monitoring project

He Yuelei

Research Projects of China Railway Shanghai Group

2017.1-

2018.12

Study on CRTS slab track   structural disease early warning and maintenance strategy

He Yuelei

Research Projects of China Railway Shanghai Group

2017.1-

2018.12

Information model management technology for railway station expansion   projects

He Yuelei

Cooperative Research Projects with Enterprises

2016.5-

2019.12

Study on the standardization of construction parameters for oversized   slurry balance shield tunneling

Liu Shanan, Wang Lei, Wu Jun

Enterprise Technical Service Projects

2015.12-

2017.3

Qingdao intercity rail transit U-beam temperature field testing and   temperature effect test study

Song Yumin

Enterprise Technical Service Projects

2019.9-

2021.12

Research on key technologies and load test methods for large-span   simple-supported U-beams in urban rail transit

Song Yumin

  

Table 4: Major research awards of the Department of Railway Engineering

Type

Year

Name

Award

Responsible person/contribution

Henan Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award

2018

Rail vibration and rail wave wear control technology and applications in   urban rail transit

  

First prize

Wang Anbin/1st

Science and Technology Progress Award of Ministry of Education

2010

Performance and safety control technology of urban cross-river tunnel   structure

First prize

Li Zhong/13th

Shanghai Science and Technology Progress Award

2019

Key technology and engineering application of ultra-high-speed rail   smoothness and high precision measurement and control

Third prize

He Yuelei/1st, Li Zaiwei/2nd, Lu Hongyao/6th

Gansu Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award

2013

Analysis and design of seismic action of permanent flexible slope support   structures

Second prize

Li Zhong/4th

Gansu Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award

2016

Research on key technologies and applications for comprehensive   evaluation of large-section tunnels

Second prize

Li Zhong/3rd

Science and Technology Progress Award of China Railway Shanghai Group

2018

Study on the service performance and monitoring system of CRTS II slab track of Shanghai-Hangzhou high-speed   railway

Second prize

He Yuelei/2nd

Lanzhou Science and Technology Progress Award

2017

Study on the working performance and stability control of prestressed   anchor pile structure in wet loess high slopes

Third prize

Li Zhong/2nd

Science and Technology Progress Award of China Railway Shanghai Group

2017

Vibration performance study of small radius-curved bridge at railway hub

Second prize

Song Yumin/11th

  

Table 5: Outstanding high-quality papers of the Department of Railway Engineering

Journal

Name

Publication date/page

Author and order

Type

Computers and Geotechnics

Consolidation   of unsaturated composite ground reinforced by permeable columns

2020, 125:103706

Wang Lei 1/4

SCI

Computers and Geotechnics

Semi-analytical   solutions to the two-dimensional plane strain consolidation for unsaturated   soil with the lateral semi-permeable drainage boundary under time-dependent   loading

2020, 124:103562

Wang Lei 1/5

SCI

International Journal of Geomechanics

A series of   semianalytical solutions of one-dimensional consolidation in unsaturated   soils

2020, 20(6):06020005

Wang Lei 1/5

SCI

Journal of Vibration and Shock

High and low unevenness frequency characteristics of bulging plate   disease and their assessment methods

2020, 39(13): 110-115

Li Zaiwei 2/5, He Yuelei 3/5

EI

Mathematical Problems in Engineering

Fractal Characteristics of Transverse   Crack Propagation on CRTSII Type Track Slab

2019

He Yuelei 1/4

SCIE

Sensors

Identification of Temperature-Induced Deformation for HSR Slab Track   Using Track Geometry Measurement Data

2019, 19(24): 5446

Li Zaiwei 1/3

SCIE

Computers and Geotechnics

Semi-analytical solutions to   two-dimensional plane strain consolidation for unsaturated soils under   time-dependent loading

2019, 109:144-165

Wang Lei 1/4

SCI

International Journal for Numerical and   Analytical Methods in Geomechanics

Semi-analytical solutions of two-dimensional plane strain   consolidation in unsaturated soils subjected to the lateral semi- permeable   drainage boundary

2019, 43(17):2628-2651

Wang Lei 1/4

SCI

Journal of Vibration and Shock

Stochastic finite element-based ballastless track service reliability   analysis

2019, 38(16):239-244

Li Zaiwei 1/4

EI

Engineering Mechanics

Derivation of the geometric equation for a curved beam

2019, 36:12-16

Song Yumin 2/2

EI

Computers and Geotechnics

Semi-analytical solutions to   two-dimensional plane strain consolidation for unsaturated soil

2018, 101:100-113

Wang Lei 1/4

SCI

International Journal of Geomechanics

A semi-analytical solution to one dimensional consolidation   for unsaturated soils with exponentially time-growing drainage boundary   conditions

2018, 18(2): 04017144

Wang Lei 1/4

SCI

Rock and Soil Mechanics

Analysis of one-dimensional consolidation properties of   fractional-order visco-elastic saturated soils under semi-permeable boundaries

2018, 39(11):4142-4148

Wang Lei 1/4

EI

Materials and Design

Experimental and numerical study on soft-hard-soft (SHS) cement based   composite system under multiple impact loads

2018, 139:234-257

Wu Jun 1/5

SCI

Journal of the China Railway Society

Experimental study on vehicle-induced vibration of small-radius reverse   curve bridges

2017, 39:126-133

Song Yumin 1/3

EI

Archives of Civil Engineering

Semi-analytical Solution for Free Vibration Differential Equations of   Curved Girders

2017, 63:115-132

Song Yumin 1/3

EI

Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering

A new method for the numerical simulation of rail short-wave   irregularities

2016, 16(1): 37-45

Li Zaiwei 1/3

EI

Construction and Building Materials

Parametric study on cement based soft-hard-soft (SHS) multi-layer   composite pavement against blast load

2015, 98:602-619

Wu Jun 1/3

SCI

Rock and Soil Mechanics

MPGA-based slope stability analysis for complex stress state slopes [J].

2015, 36(5). 1488-1495

Li Zhong 2/1

EI

Construction and Building Materials

Field performance and numerical model of multi-layer pavement system for   blast load

2014, 52:177-188

Wu Jun 1/3

SCI

Scientific World Journal

Stability Calculation Method of Slope Reinforced by Pre-stressed Anchor   in Process of Excavation [J].

2014, 1:1-7

Li Zhong 3/1

SCI

Chinese Journal of Rock Mechanics and Engineering

Research on the whole process risk management model for construction of   large-section urban tunnels [J].

2014, 33(10): 2085-2094

Li Zhong 3/1

EI

Journal of Railway Engineering Society

Characterization   of the orbital spectrum under different metro line conditions

2014,31(07):99-104

He Yuelei 1/4

EI

7. Student innovation and competition awards

In recent years, faculty members of the Department of Railway Engineering have been actively guiding and instructing students to participate in national, Shanghai and university-level innovation programs, entrepreneurship projects, as well as various academic competitions, which have brought about remarkable achievements.

  

Table 6: University innovation programs and competition awards of the Department of Railway Engineering

  

Type

Year

Name

Instructor

National   Innovation Program for University Students

2020

Time-of-day   and station-accurate advertising analysis based on different passenger flows   in the subway

Shi Rong

Municipal   Innovation Program for University Students

2020

Measuring   tracks with virtual reality

Lu Hongyao

University-level   Innovation Program for Students

2020

Thermal   imaging for track slab damage identification and detection

Li Zaiwei

University-level   Innovation Program for Students

2020

Innovations   in metro accessibility

Li Zaiwei,   Li Zhong

University-level   Innovation Program for Students

2020

Design and   fabrication of large-span space structure models

Liu Shanan,   Yan Xilin

University-level   Innovation Program for Students

2020

Bamboo   multi-storey house structure with roof water tank

Yan Xilin

University-level   Innovation Program for Students

2020

Research on   the application of modern engineering measurement techniques for basic BeiDou   satellite system

Song Yumin

Municipal   Innovation Program for University Students

2019

An   innovative wind-resistant seismic device for high-rise buildings

Yan Xilin

University-level   Innovation Program for Students

2019

Feasibility   study of new structures for long-span bridges

Yan Xilin

Municipal   Innovation Program for University Students

2018

Development   of experimental device for uneven settlement of rail traffic

Wang Lei

Municipal   Innovation and Training Program for University Students

2018

Research on   the construction of China's urban underground pipeline logistics and   transport system

Shi Rong

University-level   Innovation Program for Students

2018

Development   of new street tree covers

Wang Lei

National   Higher Education Institutions

2015~2020

The first,   second and third prizes of “THS Cup” BIM Application Skills Competition in   China

Shi Rong

Shanghai   University Student Structural Design Competition and National University   Student Structural Design Divisional Competition

2019

First prize   and third prize of the 3rd Shanghai University Student Structural Design   Competition and the 13th National University Student Structural Design   Divisional Competition

Yan Xilin

Shanghai   University Student Structural Design Competition and National University   Student Structural Design Divisional Competition

2019

The 3rd   Shanghai University Student Structural Design Competition and the 13th   National University Student Structural Design Divisional Competition

Yan Xilin