On September 10, 2012, our faculty held an opening ceremony for the freshmen of grade 2012 at 110 reporting hall. Dean Prof. Ying Luo, chairman of faculty affairs committee Prof.Ronggui Liu, deputy dean Prof. Baocang Sun, directors of our two departments, PhD supervisors, and study instructors attended the ceremony. The ceremony was chaired by deputy chairman of faculty affairs committee Hong Zhang.

Firstly, dean Prof. Ying Luo read an address of welcome in behalf of our faculty. He briefly introduced our faculty and sincerely extended his hope towards our freshmen. Then directors of the department of civil engineering and the department of mechanics and engineering science elaborated our disciplines and majors indetails. Two seniors of our faculty also comprehensively shared their experience from academic planning, activities and university life. Gesang, a Tibetan student on the behalf of 2012 freshmen, expressed their feeling of love to our faculty and had full confidence of their future. At the end of the ceremony, Prof Ronggui Liu made a conclusion and hoped that our students should be grateful, responsible, and willing to devote and learn.