Reported by: School of Municipal and Environmental Engineering
Translated by: WANG Yihao
Edited by: Jennifer Taylor
Between December 1st and December 7th Engineer of Washington DC Water Authorities and professor for graduate students at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County Professor ZHANG Jianqi, spent time on exchange in the School of Municipal and Environment Engineering, teaching classes and providing students with guidance on their research. He visited at the invitation of Professor WANG Peng and Professor ZHENG Tong from the School of Municipal and Environment Engineering at HIT.
The lecture series given by Professor Zhang introduced the latest rainwater harvesting and processing equipment, green roof research and other thematic content, offering the first stormwater management courses for students from the School of Municipal and Environment Engineering. Professor Zhang is a renowned scholar in watershed environmental management, urban stormwater management and related fields, engaging in scientific and engineering work for many years. Professor Zhang has taught the courses in stormwater management at a number of well-known universities. The lecture content was arranged from superficial to essential and from concrete to abstract. He introduced the current status and challenges of urban stormwater management for teachers and students in the School of Municipal and Environment Engineering. The course content included such topics as Hydrology, Storm Water Regulations and Design Criteria, Storm Water Management Control Devices and Examples and Practice for hydrological computer programs. It included lectures, computer experiments and students presentations.
Professor ZHANG’s research background, coincides with the emerging research area, environmental emergency response technology of the School of Municipal and Environment Engineering, Therefore, during the visit, Professor Zhang discussed with Professor Wang Peng the “environmental pollution emergency response technology screening and assessment studies” of the Ministry of Environmental Protection on the basis of scientific issues including urban drinking water sources pollution emergency response technology screening and evaluation studies, sharing his work experience in watershed management with HIT, and expressed the intention of establishing a long-term relationship.
