The College of Transportation Engineering, whose immediate predecessor was the Airport Engineering Department, was founded in 2002. Catering for the needs of civil aviation and general purposes, the college trains advanced management and engineering personnel for general transportation; the programming, designing, operational management and construction of civil aviation airports; automation; the management and maintenance of ground equipment; logistics; and oil & gas storage and transportation.
    There are five specialties for undergraduates: Transportation Engineering, Automation, Logistics Engineering, Oil and Gas Storage & Transportation Engineering, and Civil Engineering; and three specialties for three-year vocational trainees: Aviation Material Management & Foreign Trade, Civil Aviation Special Vehicle, and Property Management. Nearly 1,200 students, including graduates, undergraduates and vocational education students, are enrolled in the college. Since the birth of Airport Engineering Department in 1995, a total number of 470 students have graduated, and they are working in airports, designing academies, airlines, aviation supplies corporations, some international airlines, army units and local institutions.
    The college consists of four departments, three teaching sections, two scientific research bases and one research institute. They are Department of Transportation Engineering, Automation Department, Department of Logistics Engineering, Department of Oil and Gas Storage & Transportation Engineering; Mechanical Teaching Section, Graphics Teaching Section, Mechanical Parts and Principles Teaching Section; Aviation Ground Equipment Research Base of CAAC (Civil Aviation Administration of China), Aviation Engineering Research Base; and Airport Research Institute. There are 12 laboratories. Supported by CAUC (Civil Aviation University of China) and related civil aviation enterprises, 6 airport equipment practice bases have been set up outside the campus.
    Transportation Engineering College enjoys a highly qualified faculty. There is a staff of 43 teachers. Among them, eight are professors and 13 are associate professors. Also, five are doctors and three have completed post-doctoral programs. Teachers with master’s degrees take up 53% of the staff.
    In recent years, the college has laid emphasis upon faculty qualification and has recruited 20 teachers with master’s degree or above, and teachers with advanced professional titles. Among them, two have acquired the honor of leading scholar of CAUC and four have become outstanding teachers of CAUC.
    In the past four years, 120 papers have been published. 25 research projects in collaboration both within and without have been completed, the research funds mount to CNY 5 million. And another CNY 2.3 million has been spent on laboratory equipment. As a result, this college witnessed a harvest in scientific research, the most prominent achievement being the research in TKM Runway Frictional Factor Testing Vehicle, whose performance and technical indexes are quite advanced even in the international context. This bridged a gap in such a field in China. This project won two ministerial-level progressive awards in science. The airport runway frictional factor testing vehicle, together with the Airplane Tire Disassembly/ Assembly Machine, has been applied in industry in the form of technical shares in the newly registered Tianjin Airport Facility Manufactural Co., which has a fund of CNY 6 million. The testing vehicle and disassembly/ assembly machine have been applied in aviation enterprises such as Tianjin Airport, Taiyuan Airport and Hunan filiation of Southern China Airlines. Another project, the Airport Safety Evaluation System, which has been developed independently by this college, has been applied in nearly 20 airports throughout China. Surveys have been carried out for a new project “Airport Noise Control?under the support of CAAC, and ways of counteraction have been investigated. In 1999, the bionic mechanical arm, developed by the extracurricular activity group of the college, won the first prize of Tianjin Undergraduate Science and Technology Innovation Cup.
     Starting from 2001, Landrum & Brown, Inc., an American airport consulting company with a history of more than 50 years, awards Landrum & Brown Scholarship to the best students. Furthermore, Landrum & Brown is planning to have some of the teachers and students working as interns in its American offices.
This college has made achievements with the support of CAAC, CAUC and the Board of Civil Airport Specialty. With the reform in civil aviation, this college is expecting challenges and will, with all the teachers and students uniting as one, enhance its achievements and reinforce the disciplines in order to provide a better education and foster a Transportation Engineering College in splendor.