Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
1. Introduction to Master's Programs
01 Introduction to the discipline
Mechanical engineering is the foundation of national industrialization and informatization, and it is also a bridge and carrier for the transformation of scientific and technological achievements into productivity. Founded in 1978, the mechanical engineering discipline of Beijing Petrochemical is a traditional advantageous discipline that the school has focused on for a long time. After more than 40 years of construction and development, it has become a first-level discipline with a relatively complete discipline structure, stable research direction, rich scientific research achievements and a strong team lineup (covering three secondary disciplines such as mechanical manufacturing and automation, mechanical and electronic engineering, mechanical design and theory). Since 2000, the full-process joint training of master's and doctoral students has been practiced. In 2004, the Mechatronic Engineering discipline was selected as a key discipline in Beijing and became a training base for mechatronics talent in the city. In 2011, Mechanical Engineering became a project for training engineering master's students to meet special national needs. In 2017, it became a discipline for engineering master's degrees, and in 2019, it became a discipline for academic master's degrees. In 2019, it was approved as one of the first batch of high-precision and cutting-edge disciplines in Beijing's universities. In 2024, the Mechanical Engineering discipline joined Tsinghua University and Beijing University of Technology for co-construction, marking the start of the second round of high-precision and cutting-edge discipline development in Beijing.
02 Discipline platform
The discipline closely focuses on China's energy development strategy under the dual carbon goals and the forefront of Beijing's intelligent manufacturing industry, serving the socio-economic development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. It has established three provincial and ministerial-level research platforms: the 'Beijing Key Laboratory of Opto-Mechatronic Equipment Technology' (2004), the 'Beijing Higher Education Institution Engineering Research Center for Advanced Energy Engineering Connection Technology' (2010), and the 'Beijing Key Laboratory of Key Technologies and Equipment for Deepwater Oil and Gas Pipelines' (2016).
03 Scientific research equipment
The discipline currently has laboratory fixed assets exceeding 200 million yuan, with a usage area of more than 12,000 square meters. It hosts some Beijing municipal science and technology innovation teams, including those for 'Special Robots,' 'Underwater Welding Advanced Equipment and Technology,' and 'Advanced Transmission and High-End Equipment Precision Technology.' The laboratories are equipped with a large number of high-end scientific research instruments imported from abroad, and the soft and hard facilities rank among the best in similar universities in China. Since 2012, the discipline has established more than 20 graduate practice bases, including Beijing Yanshan Petrochemical Co., Ltd., Tangshan Kaiyuan Electric Group Co., Ltd., Yaskawa Shougang Robotics Co., Ltd., and Beijing Soft Robotics Technology Co., Ltd. The school and enterprises jointly carry out postgraduate training.
04 Teachers
There are 53 full-time teachers in the subject, including 12 with senior titles, 27 with deputy senior titles, 4 doctoral supervisors, and a doctoral rate of 94%. Among them, 1 person enjoying special allowances from the State Council, 2 "Great Wall Scholars", 2 "Science and Technology Rising Stars", 1 Beijing Famous Teaching Teacher, 1 Beijing "High-tech Plan" Young Top Talent, and 3 Beijing Young Key Teachers. There are 2 high-level innovation teams in Beijing, 2 high-level teaching teams in Beijing, and 1 Huang Danian- style teacher team in colleges and universities across the country. The advanced connection technology and intelligent equipment team won the honorary title of "Beijing Worker Pioneer".
2. Characteristic advantages
With the strong demand of the country and Beijing for high-level professionals and high-level scientific research achievements in the field of machinery, the discipline focuses on key cutting-edge scientific issues and engineering and technical problems, and takes the cultivation of high-level applied innovative talents and academic innovation talents as the main goal, and inherits and develops four relatively stable discipline directions: marine engineering and underwater operation technology and equipment, robotics technology and application, digital design and manufacturing of intelligent equipment, intelligent design and manufacturing technology of low-altitude aircraft.
01 Research direction characteristics
Marine energy development operation technology and equipment |
Based on the needs of offshore engineering equipment construction, installation and maintenance operations, focusing on the needs of off-shore ship construction, submarine pipeline laying, underwater pipeline maintenance, marine energy development and utilization, and maintenance of underwater facilities in the nuclear power environment, we will carry out research on marine renewable energy development, underwater environment laser welding and cutting, underwater environment arc welding and cutting, underwater environment friction welding, pressure environment additive manufacturing, and underwater structure defect de- tection and pretreatment, so as to improve our country's technical level in the field of marine energy development and underwater maintenance operations, providing reliable technical support for the safe and stable operation of important facilities such as marine engineering structures and nuclear power.
Robotics and applications |
Targeting fields such as building steel structures, rail transit, nuclear power equipment, and medical rehabilitation robot technology, based on the R&D needs of national major core equipment and robots, and addressing complex operating environments (e.g., special-shaped structures, narrow spaces, ultra-large spans) as well as special application tasks, the discipline conducts research on modular configuration design and flexible transmission methods, studies the body of multimodal special-purpose mobile robots, investigates technologies such as multi-sensor fusion for positioning and navigation, visual sensor tracking for unstructured environment perception, trajectory planning, and human-robot collaborative control, as well as research on common key technologies and product development applications including robot dynamics, advanced control methods, and human-robot collaborative operations.
Digital design and intelligent manufacturing technology of mechanical products |
Taking the mechanical basic parts, core components, advanced manufacturing processes and equipment involved in the fields of energy engineering equipment, aerospace equipment, precision manufacturing and measurement as the starting point, carry out high-performance mechanical bearing service performance evaluation and life prediction, precision bearing design and manufacturing, welding and connection forming processing, additive manufacturing and forming processing, high-end CNC machine tool intelligent CNC system, special material special processing and other technical research to achieve large heavy-duty rolling bearings, precision magnetic levitation bearings, advanced manufacturing and service reliability of equipment structures, EDM ultra-large depth-diameter ratio micro-hole processing, inertial actuation and measuring mechanisms and other high-end equipment applications.
Relying on the school's advantageous disciplines of "mechanical engineering" and the distinctive application background of "energy industry", focusing on the three directions of "digital design and fatigue life prediction of low-altitude aircraft", "intelligent manufacturing of low-altitude equipment" and "navigation and guidance control of low-altitude equipment", integrating mechanical engineering, energy and power engineering, control science and engineering, intelligent science and technology and other disciplines, it is an interdisciplinary discipline that is committed to breaking through the bottleneck of engineering application theory and technology in the low-altitude field facing the national low-altitude economic development strategy and the development needs of the capital.
02 Scientific research projects
The discipline strengths are laid out in five major areas: advanced underwater welding and cutting technology, mobile welding robot technology under complex conditions, medical rehabilitation robot technology, precision bearing design and manufacturing, and intelligent CNC technology for high-end numerical control machine tools. This forms a discipline characteristic that features multidisciplinary integration, industry-academia-research collaboration, service to national and regional development, and high-quality postgraduate education. In addition to continuously undertaking sub-projects of major projects in the fields of robotics and marine technology under the National 863 Program during the 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th Five-Year Plans, since the 13th Five-Year Plan period, the discipline has undertaken a series of high-level scientific research projects, including Key Projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), National Science and Technology Major Projects, the National Key R&D Program of China, and projects on the application of new intelligent manufacturing models from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). From 2021 to 2024, the cumulative incoming competitive research funds reached nearly 90 million yuan, with an annual average research fund of 410,000 yuan per faculty member.
03 Academic achievements
In the past three years, discipline-related teachers have published more than 80 high-level papers, obtained more than 60 invention patents, and won more than 20 scientific and technological achievement awards from provincial and ministerial or national industry associations (academic associations), and the research results have filled a number of domestic gaps. Some technological achievements are at the international advanced level as a whole.
3. Effectiveness of education
01 International exchange
The university actively promotes the internationalization of graduate education, encourages and sponsors graduate students to actively participate in international academic exchanges, broaden their international horizons, and cultivate high-level applied professionals with international vision. In 2024, mentors in this field sponsored a total of 17 graduate students to participate in international academic conferences such as the 2024 International Forum on Graduate Students in Intelligent Welding and Additive Manufacturing, the 2024 International Conference on Mechatronics, Manufacturing Engineering and Automation, and gave oral presentations at the conferences.
02 Students'ability to innovate
In the past three years, graduate students have published 67 papers, authorized 117 patents, participated in discipline competitions and won 94 awards, including 19 first prizes and second prizes 34 items.
03 Employment quality
In the past three years, the employment rate of graduate students has been close to 100%. About 10% of the graduates are studying for doctoral studies, a small number work in grassroots party and government organs or start their own businesses, and most of the graduates are engaged in technology research and development in the front line of state-owned or private enterprises.