This discipline is rooted in China's national strategies such as the Belt and Road Initiative, Yangtze River Economic Belt, Transport Powerhouse, and Maritime Power initiatives, leveraging the university's strengths in materials, transportation, and automotive industries as well as its geographic advantage in the mid-Yangtze region to drive technological innovation and cultivate interdisciplinary talent in hydraulic engineering. It has developed three specialized research directions: hydraulic structure engineering (cross-disciplinary with civil engineering) to address international infrastructure demands, hydraulics and river dynamics (integrated with transportation engineering) to bolster inland waterway development, and port, coastal, and offshore engineering (merged with naval architecture) to expand marine energy exploration. The faculty team features a rational structure with 9 professors and 8 associate professors (70.8% senior titles), securing ¥62.789 million in research funding over three years, including 16 national projects such as NSFC grants, and earning 5 provincial/ministerial awards. Through partnerships with 12 institutions like the Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute and CCCC Group, the discipline emphasizes innovation, with students winning 8 national competition awards, and consistently delivers high-caliber professionals with technical expertise, innovative capabilities, and social responsibility to water conservancy, transportation, and marine engineering sectors via enhanced industry-academia collaboration and global engagement.
Disciplinary Research Directions：
•Hydraulic Structure Engineering
•Hydraulics and River Dynamics
•Port, Coastal and Offshore Engineering
•Marine Renewable Energy Development and Utilization
