I. Laboratory Profile (including research orientation and equipment)
National and Local United Engineering Laboratory of Water Engineering Safety and Efficient Utilization of Resources in Poyang Lake Area (hereinafter referred to the Lab) was established in January 2016, it is the first state-level scientific research platform of NIT and also the first state-level scientific research platform in the field of water engineering safety and efficient utilization of resources in Jiangxi. The Lab possesses a batch of core technologies with proprietary intellectual property rights, it has cultivated a lot of high-level technical talents and provided powerful technical support for serving local economic and social development and improving the industry competitiveness at home and abroad.
The Lab takes such major economic and social demand as orientation as ecological water conservancy project and its ecological function evaluation, safety supervision and early warning of water engineering, eco-hydrology and water resource information technology application integration, soil erosion control and ecological restoration for southern typical erosion place of origin, and etc., takes the construction of “major water conservancy projects”, “green rise”, “sponge city”, “ecological civilization construction” in Jiangxi Province and “a lake of clear water” of Poyang Lake as opportunity, gathering and cultivating industry innovation talents, striving for building a national leading technical research and engineering application center with outstanding features, advanced equipment and scientific management, which integrates ecological water conservancy project, water engineering safety, eco-hydrology and water resources as well as the water and soil conservation and ecological restoration service for southern typical places of origin, building four major high-level service platforms facing the practical situation of water conservancy in Poyang Lake area and also solving key technical problems in planning, designing, construction and management of ecological water conservancy project.
The Lab will lead the development of the discipline of water engineering safety and efficient utilization of resources of NIT, acting as the leader of the discipline of ter engineering safety and efficient utilization of resources and driving the rapid development and convergence of relevant disciplines like water conservancy, ecology, surveying and mapping engineering, geotechnical engineering, geological engineering, landscape engineering, port and waterway engineering, architecture, planning, underground engineering, mechanical engineering, computer technology, applied economics, and etc., emphasizing on building knowledge source area, technology diffusion area, academic exchange area and information service area in terms of ter engineering safety and efficient utilization of resources, mainly focusing on the following directions to carry out scientific and technological innovation:
(1) ecological water conservancy project and its ecological function evaluation;
(2) safety supervision and early warning of water engineering;
(3) eco-hydrology and water resource information technology application integration;
(4) soil erosion control and ecological restoration for southern typical erosion place of origin.
Under the support by National Development and Reform Commission, Jiangxi Development and Reform Commission and NIT, the Lab is rapidly developing, and the scientific research strength and talent team are constantly growing. The Lab currently owns 3000m2 specialized laboratories, with total value of instrument and equipment of about 30 million yuan, including over 140 sets of large instrument and equipment.
II. Talent Team
At present, the Lab has 102 researchers, and 83 of them owns PhD degree, including 1 Changjiang Scholar, 3 foreign professors, 5 experts enjoying special allowance from the State Council, 5 persons in millions cross-century talent project above provincial level, 3 persons in Ganpo elite 555 talent project and 2 training objects for provincial young scientist. The Lab currently owns 102 professional technicians, including 40 persons having the professional titles of professor and professor-level senior engineer, 62 persons having the professional title of associate professor and senior engineer, 83 persons having PhD degree, and doctors accounting for 81% of total number of people.
PI and Its Team Members List
Name of Platform | Research Orientation | PI Position | Professional Title | Work Unit | Research Backbone | Engineering and Technical Staff |
Ecological water conservancy project and its ecological function evaluation (Platform Director: Professor Peng Youwen) | Ecological water conservancy project planning and designing in Poyang Lake area | Peng Youwen | Professor | Nanchang Institute of Technology | Jiang Hui, Wu Shuaibing | Chen Chunbai , Zheng Kehong, Cai Gaotang |
Ecological management project for medium and small rivers in Poyang Lake area | Wu Xiaobin | Professor-level Senior Engineering | Jiangxi Institute of Water Conservancy Science | Zhao Xinyu, Wang Zhiqiang | Wang Meisheng, Luo Hongwei |
Key technology for building “sponge city” | Su Huaizhi | Professor | State Key Laboratory of Hydrology-Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering | Zeng Kaihua, Niu Jingtai | Xu Yin, Sun Xiao, Wan Chenghui |
Water conservancy project and river environment coupling process and mechanism and optimization technology in Poyang Lake area | Huai Wenxin | Professor | Wuhan University | Yang Zhonghua, Zhang Qiang | Li Dan, Shen Jie, Xiao Liying, Wang Yin, Zeng Yuhong |
Eco-hydrology and water resource information technology application integration (Platform Director: Professor Wei Xiaohua) | Key technology integration and demonstration for internet of things of hydrology-water resources information in Poyang Lake area | Wei Xiaohua | Professor | University of British Columbia (UBC) | Zhao Xinyu, Liu Wenfei | Pei Qingbao, Dai Zhiguang, Wang Yongwen, Li Wei |
Ecological hydrology process and management technology in Poyang Lake area | Fan Tanghuai | Professor | Nanchang Institute of Technology | Deng Chengzhi, Wang Zhiqiang | Wu Runxiu, Li Min, Deng Shaobo |
Comprehensive water saving technology and equipment development in Poyang Lake area | Xu Xinfa | Professor-level Senior Engineer | Jiangxi Institute of Water Conservancy Science | Liu Weilin, Huang Binbin | Fu Qionghua, Zhang Xibing, Liu Jutao |
Water resources allocation and ecological dispatching in Poyang Lake area | Wang Shengqian | Professor | Nanchang Institute of Technology | Ji Yong, Li Shiqin | Zhang JIe, Zhang Xibing, Gao Guiqing, Liu Jiali |
Soil erosion control and ecological restoration for southern typical places of origin (Platform Director: Professor Fan Houbao) | Comprehensive regulation technique for orchard and red soil slope cultivated land | Fan Houbao | Professor | Nanchang Institute of Technology | Lu Xianghui, Xie Songhua | Cheng Hong, Li Yanyan, Liao Yingchun, Hu Liang, Duan Honglang |
Restoration and Reutilization Technology for damaged site vegetation | Yang Jie | Professor-level Senior Engineer | Jiangxi Institute of Soil and Water Conservation | Wu Jianping, Xi Tongxing
| Zhang Haina, Xiao Zufei |
Monitoring and control technology for urban water and soil loss | Huang Rongzhen | Professor | Nanchang Institute of Technology | Yuan Yinghong, Cheng Jiabo | Song Yuejun, Xiao Shengsheng, Zhu Liqin |
Eco-hydrological effect and its optimization technology for different types of vegetation | Jin Zhinong | Research | Nanchang Institute of Technology | Yang Wenli, Zhao Jianmin | Ouyang Yi, Mo Minghao, Chen Xiao’an |
Safety supervision and early warning of water engineering (Platform Director: Professor Qiao Pizhong) | Catastrophic damage mechanical mechanism of water engineering structure | Xu Bin | Professor | Nanchang Institute of Technology | Liu Youping, Ju Haiyan | Luo Changtai, Wan Weihong, Li Qiuxiang, Nie Zhihua |
Water engineering structure inspection and monitoring technology | Zheng Dongjian | Professor | National Engineering Research Center of Water Resources Efficient Utilization and Engineering Safety | Liu Kai, Zeng Kaihua | Yu Li, Song Hui, Sheng Guojun, Yin Zhijun |
Water engineering new materials and restoration and reinforcing technology | Qiao Pizhong | Professor | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | Liu Fuming, Zhao Jiangqian | Zhou Feng, Zhang Baohua, Wang Xianglian, Guo Yanli, Cui Ligang |
Safety evaluation water engineering structure and early warning technology | Wang Jianhua | Professor | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | Zhang Hong, Huang Xueping | He Youxing, Xu Feijin, Jia Zhong, Luo Wenhai |
III. Scientific Research Achievements
Currently, the Lab roots in serving for the economic construction in Jiangxi and national hydraulic and hydropower undertakings, strives for launching prospective study, product development and engineering application research with local features in the field of water conservancy, having successively undertaken over 350 scientific research projects, including 38 state-level projects, 167 provincial and ministerial level and over 150 other projects, achieving scientific research funds of over 50 million yuan; rooting in serving for hydraulic industry and enterprises, we have obtained horizontal project cooperation funds of almost 30 million yuan in recent 4 years by virtue of contract entrustment, technical consultation, inspection and supervision. What’s more, we have also obtained 5 prizes for progress of scientific and technological achievement at provincial and ministerial level, 12 patents for invention, having published over 300 high-level academic papers in the publications at home and abroad, including over 150 SCI/EI retrieval.
