Professor Sherong Zhang is a doctoral supervisor of Tianjin University. He takes many roles such as the member of the Tianjin Municipal CPPCC Standing Committee,  the member of Steering Committee of Water Resources Specialty of Ministry of Education,  the director of Tianjin Hydraulic Engineering Society et. al.. Prof. Zhang has been contributing to improve the static and dynamic analysis of hydraulic structures, risk and reliability of engineering structures, and stability of underground caverns and slopes .  For the past years, Prof. Zhang was  granted many honors and awards, for example twice "National Science and Technology Progress Award, Second Prize" (ranking second and sixth respectively).  Up to November, 2017, Prof. Zhang has published more than 200 academic articles in many important demestic and foreign academic journals and international conferences.