Recently, the results of the first International Engineering Mechanics Contest (Asian region) were announced. The participating team of South China University of Technology (four students and one instructor, as shown in Fig. 1) won seven awards, including individual special prize, individual second prize, team first prize, team second prize, group second prize and excellent instructor. Among them, Fan Chengkai (Fig. 1, right 2) of the engineering mechanics innovation class of the school of civil engineering and transportation of our university won the personal special prize. Jin Zili (Fig. 1, left 2) and Liu Huan (Fig. 1, right 1) won the personal second prize. The three person team temporarily formed by Fan Chengkai, Zheng Boda (Northwestern Polytechnical University) and Li Yiran (Tianjin University) won the first prize of the team (the first prize), and three students of our school, Jin Zili, Liu Huan and Lin Shanhong (Fig. 1, left 1), won the second prize of the team; In addition, our team won the second prize of the group award this time. Yang Haibing (Fig. 1, middle) won the excellent instructor award.
Fig. 1 participating team
Authorized by the organizer of the International Engineering Mechanics Contest, the International Engineering Mechanics Contest (Asian region) was held by Hohai University (Jiangning campus) in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province from January 21 to 24, 2019. It was the first competition in the Asian region, and was undertaken by Hohai University and Jiangsu mechanics society. The competition consists of individual award, team award and group award. The individual award is based on the rank of students' individual competition results, and the special prize, first prize and second prize are set according to 10%, 20% and 30% of the total number of students participating in the competition. The team award is ranked according to the total score of the team, and the special prize, first prize and second prize are set according to 10%, 20% and 30% of the number of teams. The group award is ranked according to the total scores of the top three students of the participating schools, and the special prize, first prize and second prize are set according to 10%, 20% and 30% of the number of participating schools. The instructors of the schools that won the group award were awarded the excellent instructor certificates. In addition, according to the award-winning rank of the group award, no more than 6 schools are recommended to participate in the 15th International Mechanics Contest held in Gomel, Belarus, in mid and early April 2019. As the first competition held in China, the 2019 International Engineering Mechanics Contest (Asian region) has a large scale, including ten 985 universities such as Zhejiang University, Tianjin University, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Lanzhou University, SouthEast University, Shandong University, Northeast University, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Jilin University and South China University of technology. A total of 48 universities, more than 300 students and nearly 100 instructors from fourteen 211 universities and two universities from Taiwan participated in the competition, as shown in Fig. 2.
Fig. 2 Group photo of Asian region (the first) of 2019 International Engineering Mechanics Contest
It is reported that the international mechanics contest has been jointly sponsored by many universities in the Russian Federation and has been held for 14 consecutive sessions. More than 40 well-known universities from Russia, Belarus, Poland, Turkmenistan, China and other countries participate. It is held every April at the Belarus national transportation University in Gomel, Belarus.
The school of civil engineering and transportation of our university has always attached significant importance to the teaching of basic mechanics and the consolidation of students' mechanical foundation. With the strong support of the academic affairs office of the university, the department of engineering mechanics of the school of civil engineering and transportation appointed Yang Haibing to guide and lead the participating team. The participating team was composed of four students, including Fan Chengkai from grade 16th, Jin Zili, Liu Huan and Lin Shanhong from grade 17th. They went to Nanjing to participate in the event and achieved good results. This mechanics competition is a good attempt to introduce international mechanics competitions into China for the first time. The Department of engineering mechanics of the College of civil engineering and transportation will also seize the guiding role of discipline competitions in higher education talent training, teaching improvement and quality education, and strive to achieve better results in future competitions and win glory for the school. (graphics, literature / Department of engineering mechanics, School of acivil engineering and transportation)