Abstract:In the context of global knowledge economy competition and accelerated technological revolution, artificial intelligence (AI) technology is profoundly reshaping the education ecosystem and driving a paradigm shift in the cultivation model for top-tier innovative talents. This paper systematically analyzes the practical challenges in cultivating elite innovative talents during the AI era from dual perspectives of national education strategy and global competition for scientific and technological talent, proposing innovative pathways for talent development. The research identifies six major challenges: disciplinary barriers and fragmented development of competencies, segmented education stages and diminished innovation potential, rigid cultivation systems conflicting with talent characteristics, data silos and distorted competency profiling, role fixation undermining human-AI collaboration, and local limitations creating global competency gaps. The paper proposes innovative pathways in six dimensions: interdisciplinary integration with hierarchical classification, stepwise growth channels, flexible academic systems, intelligent evaluation with industry-education integration, collaborative educational paradigms, and international cultivation platforms. This study provides theoretical foundations and practical references for addressing inherent contradictions in traditional education models and securing competitive advantages in global talent competition.

Abstract:High-quality development is the primary task in comprehensively building a modern socialist country. Double first-class universities in western China are an important part of China’s higher education and also a key force supporting the development and construction of western China. These universities should grasp the inherent laws and practical requirements of university development， and follow the world logic of focusing on global development， the Chinese logic of rooting in China， and the regional logic of serving the economy and society. From the perspective of world logic， it is necessary to ensure excellent development concepts， innovative development models， strategic leadership changes， and stable global recognition. From the perspective of Chinese logic， we should adhere to rooting in China， adhere to the Chinese development model， adhere to serving the national strategy， and adhere to building Chinese standards. From the perspective of regional logic， we should focus on the spatial field， inherit the development pattern， serve the development and construction of the western region， and shape the style of western universities.

Abstract:Despite the recent conclusion of the fifth round of disciplinary evaluations, the work of utilizing these evaluations for disciplinary construction and advancement remains ongoing. The reform of the university teacher performance evaluation system can serve as a powerful lever to promote disciplinary construction and development. Therefore, it is crucial to efficiently utilize disciplinary evaluation information and adopt the work approach of analyzing national orientation, sorting out subject situations, identifying specific shortcomings, and formulating targeted policies, to develop an effective teacher performance evaluation system that aligns with national orientations and disciplinary characteristics, while meeting the requirements of developing first-class disciplines in the new era. Taking the reform of the teacher performance evaluation system in a college at a local university as an example, this paper discusses how to effectively utilize disciplinary evaluation information to facilitate the rapid development of local university disciplines.

Abstract:Under the background of emerging engineering education, the development of the civil engineering industry presents characteristics such as globalization, informatization, interdisciplinarity, and integration. With the increasing complexity of engineering projects and the in-depth interweaving of multiple stakeholders, ethical dilemmas and moral issues have become prominent. Higher education institutions are in urgent need of strengthening education on engineering ethics literacy and professional ethics norms to cultivate engineers of the new era with a sense of engineering ethics. By systematically analyzing the connotation of engineering ethics literacy and professional ethics norms, a talent cultivation system that stimulates internal motivation through external motivation has been constructed. The School of Civil Engineering of Southeast University has actively carried out practical exploration and strived to improve students’ engineering ethics literacy and professional ethics norms. Research shows that the reform has achieved good results, which can provide a reference for engineering and professional ethics education in other engineering majors.

Abstract:The practical teaching system is the main carrier for implementing the training objectives of new engineering talents and plays a crucial role in the construction of new engineering disciplines. To solve the series of problems in the practical teaching system of the construction and environmental engineering major, such as the lack of emphasis on the school’s professional characteristics in the setting of in-class experiments, the failure to truly distinguish between ability and skill in the training objectives of practical courses, and the insufficient participation in the design process of design-related academic competitions, the article focuses on four aspects: adjusting the system, enriching content, improving methods, and elevating excellence. It proposes the establishment of experimental and internship system groups that reflect the characteristics of environmental construction, the creation of engineering case libraries and online micro course groups, the implementation methods and plans for reforming the practical course system, and the opening of an engineering design competition channel based on graduation design. The article aims to propose a practical teaching system that meets the needs of new engineering disciplines, caters to the geographical and institutional advantages of schools, and reflects the characteristics of the construction and environmental engineering industry, comprehensively and accurately improving practical teaching capabilities and skill development levels.

Abstract:The course of civil engineering materials which has the characteristics of strong practical attributes, multiple types of materials, tight integration of engineering and fast innovation and updating is a compulsory engineering foundation course for civil engineering majors and plays a bridging role in talent cultivation. However, some problems such as slow knowledge system iteration, single practical experience, outdated teaching mode and lack of independent exploration in course teaching suppress students’ learning motivation and lead to a decline in course teaching effectiveness. Experiential teaching, as a student-centered teaching method, can effectively deepen students’ understanding of learning content, break through the barriers between classroom teaching and engineering practice and form a transformation of classroom teaching mode. This article provides a detailed introduction to the construction, application ideas, current status, and future development of the engineering materials experiential teaching practice center which integrates teaching material observation, engineering case experience, material testing practice and material innovation research, and provides ideas for the application of experiential teaching platforms.

Abstract:The innovative talent training mode can provide robust support for the construction of educational prowess, and exploring the integration of undergraduate and postgraduate of engineering education talent training is conducive to enhancing the quality of engineering talent development. The research takes system theory as the theoretical basis, starts with the elements of the training mode of talents in engineering education, and deconstructs and explores the five-year undergraduate and postgraduate training practices at Indian Institute of Technology in engineering education. It reveals that the characteristics of integrated engineering education talent training are as follows: stringent entry and exit requirements to ensure training quality; breaking down management barriers between undergraduate and postgraduate education to facilitate integrated management; emphasizing collaboration among government, industry, and academia to promote cooperative education; prioritizing student-centered approaches to allow for autonomy in talent development. Based on these findings, this research suggests that future engineering talent training should adhere to interdisciplinary training concepts while strengthening awareness of quality; improve the integrated training mechanism with attention to continuity in talent development; foster multi-party cooperation in education to form an educational community; prioritize student-centered approaches to meet diverse development needs.

Abstract:With the increasing enrollment in the Master of Engineering Management (MEM) program, strengthening quality monitoring in cultivation has become essential, and theses serve as a key indicator of this quality. Based on the thesis evaluation criteria of University M, this study identifies four primary analytical nodes: topic selection, literature review, thesis level, and thesis standardization. Four researchers conducts a cross-coding textual analysis of the problems and suggestions raised in expert blind review comments using Nvivo 12.0. This process identifies 14 secondary nodes and 50 tertiary node issues. Among the primary nodes, thesis level and thesis standardization exhibit relatively higher proportions of problems. Secondary nodes with significant issues includes research topic selection, research findings and frontier dynamics, research object, problems and solutions, theoretical methods and technical choices, workload and research depth, result applicability, structure and logic, writing expression, and writing standards. Specific manifestations of issues at the tertiary node level are enumerated. Based on these findings, suggestions for enhancing thesis quality monitoring are proposed.

Abstract:Due to the different goals of collaborative demands, incomplete collaborative guarantee system, lack of collaborative incentive mechanism, and lack of momentum for collaborative innovation, the school-enterprise collaborative industry and education integration mechanism is often difficult to be effectively established and operated, which has become the bottleneck of cultivating high-quality applied talents in local universities. To meet the needs of the construction industry’s transformation and development and new civil engineering construction, relying on the construction industry modernization institute, the paper explores the integration of industry and education to cultivate local application-oriented digital construction and management talents. In response to the difficulty in deep implementation of school-enterprise cooperation industry and education integration caused by the misplaced focus of both sides, and based on the characteristics of both sides, the paper analyzes the significance, feasibility and necessity of school-led industry and education circular training mode, builds a school-led one-lead, two-extension, five-fusion industry and education circular training mode. Through the establishment of digital construction and management innovation team, cultivating dream sailing BIM studio and industrial characteristic class, industry and enterprises are actively connected, and the external circulation is promoted. At the same time, the internal circulation is realized through applied course construction, discipline competition and graduation design innovation. After five sessions of student training practice, the mechanism of industry and education circulation has gradually formed and continuously improved. According to the observation of students’ mental outlook and learning status, teacher and student feedback and explicit performance, and enthusiasm of industry enterprises in cooperation, comparing the status of teachers and students before and after the implementation of the training model, it shows that the training mode can effectively promote the establishment of school-led circulation mechanism, better solve the implementation difficulty, promote students’ professional quality, teachers’ teaching level， and the team service ability of teachers and students for enterprises.

Abstract:The undergraduate talent training plan is a guiding document for professional construction. It is an educational contract between majors and college students. In addition to regular evaluation of the rationality of training programs， professional certification also puts forward various specific requirements. There are many constraints in the preparation of civil engineering professional training plans， which require meeting various requirements such as national standards， certification standards， professional norms， etc. with students as the center， balancing and handling various issues， and reasonably integrating various educational ideas such as integrated general education and interdisciplinary education. The research， analysis， formulation， management and implementation of the training program are all very important education links. The composition of the preparation team， the training program review process， the modification process， the publicity method and the rationality evaluation should have strict mechanisms to ensure that they meet the requirements of professional certification. The training program is also the carrier of new talent training model. The training program of civil engineering specialty of Chongqing University has experienced the development process from pilot optimization of experimental classes to comprehensive promotion. In the process of the reform of major enrollment， the preparation of major training plans may involve coordination between different majors or even different colleges and face more challenges.

Abstract:The emphasis of building thermal engineering on the passive construction of built environment is in line with China’s dual-carbon policy. It also fits the background of constructing emerging engineering and double first-class colleges and universities. Consequently, building thermal engineering has been attracting an increasing number of interdisciplinary students for graduate education. Setting appropriate transitionary topics can help large-span interdisciplinary students to quickly enter the field of building thermal engineering and achieve interdisciplinary integration. This paper firstly analyses the necessity and significance of transitional topics, then discusses the key points of transitionary topics in the process of large-span interdisciplinary postgraduate training in terms of topic selection criteria, principles and methods, as well as evaluation and adjustment during the process. Finally it uses two typical cases to provide a detailed analysis of the idea of transition topics and their training effectiveness. Transition topics are not only a common challenge for supervisors and students, but also useful to promote cross-disciplinary integration, which should be customized according to the specific situation of students and the research direction of supervisors and groups. The results of this paper can effectively promote the cultivation of large-span interdisciplinary students in building thermal engineering, and at the same time provide reference for other disciplines.

Abstract:Discipline competition plays an important role in the training program of architecture graduate students. Exploring how to play the positive role of discipline competition is of great value for improving the training quality of architecture graduate students. This paper summarizes and analyzes the influence of discipline competition on the training of graduate students, explores the role of discipline competition in the training of graduate students in architecture from five aspects, such as problem awareness, innovative thinking, team spirit, discipline integration and cutting-edge knowledge, and then elaborates how discipline competition can improve the ability of graduate students in various aspects by combining related competitions in architecture disciplines as cases. It also proposes the training plan and ideas for optimizing the integration of competition and practice for architecture graduate students, including the establishment of the course system combining competition and training, the improvement of the competition counseling and support mechanism, and the development of continuous evaluation and improvement plans and other relevant measures, hoping to improve the comprehensive ability of combining practice with innovation for architecture graduate students through the integration of competition and practice.

Abstract:As an important part of professional comprehensive teaching, the graduation design of civil engineering major has a positive impact on improving college students’ professional comprehensive ability, engineering awareness, engineering design ability, innovation ability and teamwork spirit. It has long been one of the key points of teaching reform in colleges and universities. In view of the Overall Plan for Promoting the Construction of World-class Universities and Disciplines put forward in 2015, and based on the general background of the construction of first-class disciplines, given that civil engineering graduation design topics are outdated, the content is single, the design and expression lags behind the development of the times, the process management is unscientific, the students pay insufficient attention, the instructors lack engineering experience, and the software teaching is underdeveloped, School of Civil Engineering of Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology has successively carried out several teaching seminars on graduation design, and systematically formulated the teaching reform plan. Field research in Tongji University, Nanjing Tech University, Southeast University, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing University of Technology and other schools with strong strength in the field of civil engineering in China from 2019 to 2020 was conducted to learn the teaching concept and advanced experience in graduation design of civil engineering in an all-round, multi-level and multi-dimensional way. Multi-dimensional teaching reform measures were put forward involving the whole process of the graduation design in many aspects, such as topic selection, process management, student ability, teacher level, teaching effect, and the overall process of graduation design after the teaching reform was summarized. After nearly three years’ practice, satisfactory teaching reform results have been achieved.

Abstract:With the development of society and the changing of students’ conditions, the teaching of structural mechanics is faced with unprecedented challenges. Aiming at the teaching problems of paying more attention to conformity than difference and paying more attention to independence than collaboration, a “wake-up” teaching idea is proposed. Based on the course characteristics of originating from engineering and feeding back to engineering of structural mechanics, the “wake-up” teaching idea takes engineering cases as the core, and takes the four steps of exciting-enlightening-extending-exploring as the principal line. Based on the teaching idea, a new educational mode of multi-elements collaborative differentiated teaching is explored, in which differentiation of students is precisely analyzed before class, diversified and high-quality teaching resources are constructed, online and offline multi-dimensional classrooms are integrated in an organized way, and a variety of in-class and out-class practice platforms are deeply expanded. The teaching practice shows that the teaching reform can not only wake up learning interest, participation consciousness, inner drive, and professional emotion, but also integrate mechanical theory, engineering practice, frontier of scientific research, and ideological and political education effectively, so the cultivation quality of civil engineering talents can be effectively guaranteed. It provides experience and reference for the teaching quality improvement of structural mechanics and the construction of new forms of classroom.

Abstract:Computation of bridge structures is an important specialized course for senior students majoring in bridge engineering, which is of great significance to the cultivation of students’ ability to solve complex engineering problems. Understanding boundary conditions has always been a key and difficult point in teaching. In order to help students to understand boundary conditions quickly, a teaching exploration integrating with structural mechanics is carried out based on the eighty five percent rule for optimal learning. Four groups of questions are set up based on the construction drawing of an actual continuous beam bridge. The boundary conditions are combined with the known knowledge of kinematic analysis and rods, leading to four gradually deepened levels of understanding about boundary conditions. These explorations enable students to dialectically understand the classification of boundary conditions, the relationship between imposing (removing) constraints and rods, the relationship between boundary conditions and geometric models, and the meshing of the finite element model. Using the idea that not only all boundaries are connections, but also all nodes (sections) are connections, the supports and all kinds of connections in MIDAS/Civil are represented by chain bars. The relationship between six degrees of freedom constraint directions and six chain bars is given, laying a foundation for students’ subsequent software operation. The teaching practice in the past five years shows that the problem-oriented teaching method of computation of bridge structures based on the eighty five percent rule has a good effect, and students rarely make mistakes in confusing different types of boundary conditions in the subsequent computer modeling.

Abstract:With the reform of the introduction of a series of policies on territorial space planning, urban and rural planning is facing great knowledge renewal. The principle of urban and rural planning, as a core course of urban and rural planning with wide knowledge coverage and close combination with policies, is also facing great reform challenges. Based on the perspective of land space planning, this paper starts from the background of updating the knowledge system of urban and rural planning, takes the course of principles of urban and rural planning as the research object, and tries to explore new teaching logic methods by introducing the essence of the changes of the knowledge system and the connotation of the transformation of teaching logic. This paper focuses on the changes of research content logic, the changes of knowledge output and application logic, and the changes of practice logic. In the aspect of research content logic, it is necessary to guide the transformation of values and enhance the learning of object knowledge. In the aspect of knowledge output and application logic, we should strengthen the study of classical knowledge and build a new knowledge framework. In terms of practical logic, we should strengthen the development of practical lessons and improve teachers’ practical ability. Taking a university in Sichuan Province as an example, the teaching practice results under the new teaching logic are briefly explained. It is hoped that the above viewpoints can provide references for the teaching practice of urban and rural planning and other related disciplines, and provide a boost for the scientific development of human settlements environment in the new era.

Abstract:Multiplication of knowledge medium has brought the change of cognitive style, and traditional teaching mode based on experience has been challenged by digitalization and information technology revolution. Facing the reality, the teaching of architecture must take use of the characters and advantages of different mediums, and adjust the teaching methods accordingly. Architectural design teaching should follow the cognitive law of perception–reflection–behavior, guide the students to get sensory experience, establish emotional connection, use multiple mediums, get through information barriers, and form embodied cognition, so as to realize the continuity and max efficiency of the process of perception, cognition and expression. Based on this, the author takes the architectural bachelor’s fourth grade urban design workshop as an example, specifies the roles and tasks of teachers and students in the teaching–learning procedure from teaching target and strategy, refines the teaching plan to promote and integrate experience, comprehension, and practice. By setting specific work goals, students are guided to choose the most suitable viewpoint and tools in different stages, combining experience and book knowledge with information media and internet data, promoting the design process into a circular working process with cognition–practice–recognition–re-practice. Students can accomplish the workshop more openly and multiply, build personalized knowledge framework, find suitable design methods, and finally improve their comprehensive design ability.

Abstract:With the increase of demand for applied talents, colleges and universities are required to pay more attention to the cultivation of students’ practical and innovative abilities. Traditional classroom teaching and simple standardized experimental operation methods not only cannot arouse students’ interest in learning but also can hardly cultivate students’ practical ability and stimulate students’ innovative consciousness because of low immersion in the cognitive process, too abstract theoretical knowledge, too boring learning and practice process and other problems. Therefore, it cannot meet the requirements of talent training for the construction of new engineering and the construction needs of education modernization. As an emerging modern information product, virtual reality (VR) technology can not only provide users with a three-dimensional virtual world, but also make people feel immersive in the sense, so as to enhance the immersion and fun of learning from visual, auditory, and physical perception. It is one of the most potential modern teaching methods in the future. When VR technology is integrated into the teaching of civil engineering materials course, the change of civil engineering materials in microstructure, mechanical properties, durability, and other aspects can be vividly presented in front of students through the first perspective of 3D animation to give students a sense of real experience via the control of time and space in the teaching and virtual experiment training process. This teaching mode not only increases the interest and immersion of the course but also plays a training effect close to the real experiment scene, enabling students to fully integrate theoretical knowledge and practical process independently in the VR experience process, to deepen their cognition of the nature of things and stimulate their innovative thinking, and further improve their practical and innovative ability.

Abstract:The close integration of architecture and structural engineering is an excellent tradition of architecture education in German-speaking areas. Since the Second World War, a systematic teaching system of structure for architecture students has been gradually formed. Taking the inheritance relationship of teaching scholars as a clue, this paper combs the three stages of the development of structure teaching within architecture education in contemporary German-speaking universities—the specialized exploration stage, the diversified development stage and the digital transformation stage, and summarizes its teaching theory system. It aims to provide experience and reference for the establishment and improvement of structure teaching system within architecture education in China.

Abstract:The whole Party regards the study of innovative theories as a primary task, and carries out thematic education under the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics in a New Era. As an important base for talent cultivation and theoretical innovation, universities play a crucial role in the construction and dissemination of the Party’s ideological and theoretical education. Important opinions on improving the learning quality of the Party committee’s theory learning center group was put forward to emphasize the urgency of strengthening the Party’s innovative theoretical armed work. This article summarizes the problems existing in the theory learning center group of university Party committees through research, and puts forward suggestions for the theoretical armed system of four elements and four studies. At the same time, it summarizes the practices of Chongqing University in implementing the learning rules and relevant requirements of the Party committee (Party group) theory learning center group under the guidance of the theoretical armed system of four elements and four studies. This article emphasizes the systematic nature of learning content, the richness of learning methods, the effectiveness of learning outcomes, and the leadership of learning guidance, in order to strengthen the construction of the theory learning center group of university Party committees and provide fundamental guarantees for cultivating qualified socialist builders.

Abstract:Ideological and political education in curriculum (IPEC) plays an important role in modern higher education. Comprehensively promoting the construction of IPEC is not only a strategic measure to implement the fundamental task of cultivating people with integrity, but also an important task to comprehensively improve the quality of talent cultivation. This study uses a questionnaire survey method to deeply analyze the current situation of IPEC in transportation-featured universities. Based on this, the study conducts a problem and cause analysis. It reveals that there are multiple problems in IPEC, including formalism tendency, imperfect teaching system, monotonous teaching methods, and insufficient student participation. In response to these problems, this study proposes a series of measures, including deepening the connotation of IPEC, improving the design of teaching content, strengthening the training of IPEC teaching team, and enhancing the value recognition of educators. These measures aim to break free from the shackles of the formalism in ideological and political education, establish a coordinated system of curriculum implementation, play the leading role of teachers in ideological and political education, and thereby form the synergy of IPEC.

Abstract:Aimed at the cultivating goal of civil engineering majors, this paper explores the ideological and political elements contained in the construction of civil, hydraulic and transportation engineering projects, such as innovative ideas, craftsmanship spirit and professional ethics, and develops a progressive curriculum-based ideological and political construction path for the professional practice teaching of civil engineering majors. The strategy combining “inviting in” and “going out” is developed to innovate the curriculum-based ideological and political teaching mode by integrating the role of university and enterprise. Enterprise technical experts are invited into classes and students are sent to the construction sites of large-scale projects. Industry honors and technological innovations are taken as carriers to practice curriculum-based ideological and political teaching methods for professional practice teaching, such as getting straight to the point, leading by role models, scenario experience and implicit penetration.

Abstract:Curriculum-based ideological and political education is an important way to advance all-round education practice involving all staff in the whole-process in the new era. However, due to the characteristics of the knowledge attributes of engineering courses, there are difficulties in excavating elements, integrating the teaching process, and determining evaluation criteria. All those difficulties led to the unsmooth development of the ideological and political teaching of the courses. Based on how to build the ideological and political teaching framework in the whole process of a course—engineering graphics, in the paper, we show the construction methods and actual cases from the excavation of ideological and political elements to the reform of the course teaching practice, as well as the evaluation of teaching effect. The ideological and political elements can be excavated in three ways: the first is to excavate valuable ideological and political education elements from the overall development history of the course. The second is to analyze the traceability and application background of curriculum knowledge points, and find the world outlook and methodology embedded in them. The last way is to find the ideological and political education connotation in actual cases from the perspective of curriculum development and innovation. The teaching practice links focus on two core aspects: classroom teaching and teaching evaluation. The teaching methods are designed in chapters according to the characteristics of ideological and political elements. The elements are integrated into the teaching process links inside and outside the classroom. Investing more energy in the construction of supplementary materials, and putting the elements and methods of ideological and political education into them, will make up for the lack of ideological and political elements in the textbooks. The evaluation strategy based on students’ participation is adopted, and the main criteria for evaluation are whether students participate and how enthusiastic they are to participate. The difficulty of evaluation for teachers is reduced, and students’ enthusiasm is improved. The ideological and political element excavation paths and teaching practice methods proposed in the curriculum-based ideological and political education practice of engineering graphics can provide references for the ideological and political teaching of other professional courses in engineering disciplines, and offer ideas for solving the difficulties faced by professional course teachers in the process of ideological and political teaching.