(1) Behaviors about Teacher's   professional ethics, teaching and talent training

Dr Hongbo Liu teaches four undergraduate courses including Design Principle of Steel Structure, English for Civil Engineering, Design of Composite Structure, and Structural steel   structure Design and one postgraduate course Large-span Building Structure System. Dr Liu has supervised 11 master students for research dissertations independently, and 11 PhD students for research dissertations cooperatively,   among whom five has earned national scholarships. Dr Liu has also supervised   four Undergraduate Innovation Programs and 12 undergraduate theses. Dr Liu has successfully   completed a National Engineering Degree Graduate Student Education Reform Program, and a key project of Tianjin University Undergraduate Teaching   Projects. Dr Liu has been awarded Tianjin University Teaching Advanced staffs in 2014, awarded with honor of Teaching   Advanced Youth Pioneer Post on the 120^th anniversary of the   foundation of Tianjin University in 2015 and Ten Outstanding Young Teachers   of Tianjin University in 2016.

(2) Major academic achievements   and scientific significance

Dr Liu has experiences in   managing research projects and leading research team. He has successfully   completed fifty-four research projects since 2011, acting as principal   investigator (PI) in twenty-eight projects (with a total cost of RMB   3,437,300) and co-investigator (Co-I) in the other twenty-six (with a total cost of RMB 12,844,000). These projects   were funded by NSFC (Natural Science Foundation of China), National Key   Research and Development Plan, and Ministry of Education and so on. Dr Liu’s   research work is focusing on the reliable and cost-effective   structural solutions for large-span buildings with advanced steel and aluminium   materials at room temperature and fire hazards.

Dr Liu has won the second   prize of Science-Technology Progress Prize of the Ministry of Education (ranked   the 2nd), the second prize of the Science-Technology Progress Prize of Hebei   Province(ranked the 5th) and been awarded the Excellent Young   Science-and-Technology Talents of Tianjin Innovative Talent Promotion Plan,   Tianjin 131 Creative Personnel Training Project and the Peiyang Young   Scholars in Tianjin University; besides that, the applicant has been awarded   the 15^th College Young Teachers Fund of the Fok Ying Tung   Education Foundation.

Dr Liu’s doctoral   dissertation Study on the construction   control theory and temperature effect of suspen-dome structure was   honored as National Outstanding Doctoral Dissertations in 2013; and his   research work has been a highlight in the Annual report of Chinese   postdoctoral work (2013).

(3) In the aspects of social services

Dr Liu’s research work   have been successfully used in more than 30 large-span building structures,   including Inner Mongolia Ordos airport terminal, Tianjin Yujiapu   transportation station, and Shandong Chiping gymnasium in China.

English, Structural Steel   Structure Design   and Large-span Building Structure   System. Meanwhile, He plans teaching work of Building Structure and Structural System. Adhering to the spirit   of conscientiousness, the applicant will be enthusiastic and responsible for   teaching work as well as supervising students, improving teaching skills in   accordance with Tianjin University Teaching Ethics.