2019 International Engineering Mechanics Contest(Asian Region) was held at Hohal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province from January 21th to 24th. A total of 48 universities with over 400 students participated in this contest, including Zhejiang University, Southeast University, Jilin University, Tianjin University, Lanzhou University and Taiwan Chiao Tung Universty, etc. One team of College of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, LZU won special award in the team competition and got the opportunity to participate in the 15th IEMC, which would be hosted in Belarus in April. Lanzhou University is one of the six universities to engage in the contest in Asia.
The contest covered individual event, team and group competition.The contest topic was set by Belarus Jiaotong University entrusted by IEMC Organizing Committee. A total of 9 undergraduate students from CCEM participated in the contest with the tutor Prof. Xingzhe Wang, Prof. Huadong Yong and Associate Prof. Jun Zhou, and obtained excellent results. Among them, 3 students won the individual special award; 2 students won the first prize in individual event; 4 students were awarded the second prize in individual prize. In the group competition, two team from LZU won the first and second prize respectively.
Recently, students who got the international contest opportunity and tutors are preparing for the contest and strive to make another achievement in the 15th IEMC.
(Translated by Tanbai; proofread by Zhang Yuyuan)