I. Overview of the School
The College of Mechanical and Power Engineering was established in September 1952 as the Processing Department and Marine Engineering Department of the Northeast Aquatic Products Technical School. In 1953, it became the Marine Engineering Department of Dalian Fisheries School. From 1958 to 1963, it was successively changed to the Ship Machinery Manufacturing Department, Processing Department, and Marine Engineering Department of Dalian Fisheries College. In 1963, it was restored as the Marine Engineering Department of Dalian Fisheries College. In July 1975, it was renamed the Fishery Machinery Department of Lüda Fisheries College. From 1977 onward, it was called the Fishery Machinery Department of Dalian Fisheries College. In 1997, it was renamed the Department of Mechanical Engineering. In November 2002, it became the School of Mechanical Engineering. In July 2011, it was renamed the College of Mechanical and Power Engineering. The school currently offers three undergraduate programs: Mechanical Design, Manufacturing and Automation; Energy and Power Engineering; and Agricultural Intelligent Equipment Engineering. Among them, the Mechanical Design, Manufacturing and Automation and Energy and Power Engineering programs are Liaoning Provincial Higher Education Engineering Talent Cultivation Model Reform Pilot Programs, Liaoning Provincial Higher Education Transformation to Applied Education Pilot Programs, and Liaoning Provincial First-class Undergraduate Demonstration Programs. Agricultural Intelligent Equipment Engineering is a newly added New Engineering and New Agriculture program at our university. The school currently has 54 faculty and staff members, including 41 full-time teachers and 5 laboratory teachers. Among the full-time teachers, there are 7 professors and 21 associate professors; 32 teachers hold doctoral degrees; 2 are included in the Liaoning Provincial Outstanding Talent Support Program; 2 are at the Thousand-level of the Liaoning Provincial Hundred, Thousand, and Ten Thousand Talents Project; 1 is a Liaoning Provincial Teaching Master; 3 are Liaoning Provincial Young Backbone Teachers; and 9 have overseas study experience for more than six months.
II. Disciplines and Programs
The school currently offers a first-level discipline master's degree program in Agricultural Engineering and professional master's degree programs in Agricultural Engineering and Information Technology and Mechanical Engineering, Agricultural Machinery Equipment Engineering. The Energy and Power Engineering program, focusing on advanced power systems, thermodynamic systems, and efficient energy conversion and utilization, has formed three teaching directions: marine power, refrigeration and air conditioning, and low-carbon energy storage. It comprehensively covers the development, utilization, and storage technologies of traditional energy as well as new energy sources such as solar, wind, and biomass energy. The Agricultural Intelligent Equipment Engineering program serves the national rural revitalization strategy and the Made in China 2025 strategy, meets the development needs of the intelligent agricultural equipment industry under the new round of technological revolution, implements the fundamental task of cultivating virtue and nurturing talents, and cultivates applied talents with comprehensive development in morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics, and labor, engaged in scientific research and application of agricultural equipment engineering.
Intertidal Zone Shellfish Ecological Harvesting Equipment
Centrifugal Shellfish Seed Broadcasting Device
1. Mechanical Design, Manufacturing and Automation Program
Educational Objectives: To cultivate high-quality applied talents with firm ideals and beliefs, strong social responsibility, deep marine sentiment, solid professional foundation, excellent practical skills, certain international perspective, humanistic literacy, and innovative spirit. They should possess basic knowledge and application abilities in mechanical design principles and methods, mechanical manufacturing engineering principles and technologies, transmission and control in mechanical systems, computer application technologies, etc. They should master work skills in mechanical engineering product design and manufacturing, technology application and development, operation management, maintenance, etc., understand the development trends and directions of the mechanical engineering, marine electromechanical engineering equipment, and other related industry fields, and achieve comprehensive development in morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics, and labor.
Advantages and Characteristics: This program was listed as a Liaoning Provincial Engineering Talent Cultivation Model Reform Pilot Program in 2013, as a Liaoning Provincial Ordinary Higher Education Undergraduate Program Transformation to Applied Education Pilot Program in 2014, approved for the Liaoning Provincial Modern Fishery Production Process and Equipment Engineering Comprehensive Training Platform in 2013, and approved as a second batch of Liaoning Provincial Ordinary Higher Education First-class Undergraduate Education Demonstration Program in 2019. In 2016, it was approved for the Sino-foreign cooperative education program in Mechanical Design, Manufacturing and Automation, cooperating with Otago Polytechnic in New Zealand to cultivate 3+1 undergraduate education, with an annual enrollment of 120 students. This program has 2 Liaoning Provincial Graduate Joint Training Demonstration Bases and 1 National-level Science and Technology Backyard. In the past 5 years, the discipline has undertaken and been approved for vertical funding exceeding 20 million yuan, approved for 2 National Key R&D Program topics on Blue Granary, 5 sub-topics, and 1 National Natural Science Foundation project, achieving new breakthroughs in national key R&D projects and funding for our school.
Core Courses: Descriptive Geometry and Mechanical Drawing I-II, Mechanical Engineering Materials, Fundamentals of Heat and Fluid Flow, Fundamentals of Mechanical Manufacturing I-II, Principles of Machines, Mechanical Design, Fundamentals of Control Engineering, Hydraulic Transmission and Pneumatic Technology, Mechanical Engineering Testing Technology, Electromechanical Transmission and Control, Marine Engineering Equipment Technology
Career Prospects: Graduates of this program are mainly employed in industries such as machinery, automotive, electronics, light industry, and shipbuilding, engaging in planning, development, design, manufacturing, applied research, and operation management of products/production lines in the field of mechanical manufacturing. Additionally, they can choose to pursue postgraduate studies or study abroad in related disciplines.
Integrated Shellfish Cleaning and Grading Equipment
2. Energy and Power Engineering Program
Educational Objectives: To cultivate high-quality applied talents with firm ideals and beliefs, strong social responsibility, deep marine sentiment, solid professional foundation, excellent practical skills, certain international perspective, humanistic literacy, and innovative spirit. They should possess basic knowledge and application abilities in energy conversion and utilization, fluid and thermal sciences, etc. They should master work skills in efficient and energy-saving system design, technology development, product operation and maintenance in the field of energy utilization, understand the development trends and directions of the energy and power engineering, high-efficiency energy-saving technologies, refrigeration and air conditioning, marine ship equipment, and other related industry fields, and achieve comprehensive development in morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics, and labor.
Advantages and Characteristics: The Energy and Power Engineering program is a key construction program of Dalian Ocean University. It was approved as one of the first batch of Liaoning Provincial Transformation to Applied Education Pilot Programs in 2014, and approved as a Liaoning Provincial Ordinary Higher Education First-class Undergraduate Education Demonstration Program (First-class Program) in 2021. The program, focusing on advanced power systems, thermodynamic systems, and efficient energy conversion and utilization, has formed three teaching directions: marine power, refrigeration and air conditioning, and low-carbon energy storage. It comprehensively covers the development, utilization, and storage technologies of traditional energy as well as new energy sources such as solar, wind, and biomass energy.
Main Courses: Fluid Mechanics, Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer, Principles of Automatic Control, Energy and Power Engineering Testing Technology, Principles and Design of Heat Exchangers, Thermal Engineering Numerical Simulation and Software Application, Marine Power Plant Design, Principles of Refrigeration, Principles and Technology of Energy Storage.
Career Directions: Under the strategic background of the national dual carbon goals, this program has broad employment prospects. Graduates can engage in research, design, operation, and maintenance in related engineering fields such as new ship power systems, household and commercial refrigeration and air conditioning systems, power energy storage, thermal energy storage, solar and wind energy utilization, etc.
2024 Energy and Power Engineering Program Study Visit to Binghan Cold and Heat Technology Co., Ltd.
Cage Wind-Solar Hybrid Power Supply System
3. Agricultural Intelligent Equipment Program
Educational Objectives: The Agricultural Intelligent Equipment Engineering program serves the national rural revitalization strategy and the Made in China 2025 strategy, meets the development needs of the intelligent agricultural equipment industry under the new round of technological revolution, implements the fundamental task of cultivating virtue and nurturing talents, and cultivates applied talents with comprehensive development in morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics, and labor, engaged in scientific research and application of agricultural equipment engineering. This program cultivates outstanding engineering talents with certain international perspective, humanistic sentiment, engineering literacy, and innovation capabilities; possessing solid theoretical knowledge and professional skills in intelligent agricultural equipment design and manufacturing, agricultural equipment intelligence, and agricultural environment measurement and control, as well as strong innovation awareness, practical ability, communication, and teamwork skills; adept at discovering and solving technical problems in engineering practice from the perspective of agricultural intelligent equipment engineering; able to quickly adapt to changes in national and social demands, and capable of engaging in teaching, scientific research, engineering technology, and management in the field of agricultural intelligent equipment engineering.
Advantages and Characteristics: This program integrates intelligent sensing, automatic control, and advanced agricultural technology, covering key fields such as field farming, facility agriculture, and aquaculture. In addition to intelligent agricultural machinery and precision operations, it adds characteristic directions such as fishery equipment, oxygenation and feeding, and aquatic robots, strengthening students' design and practical abilities in intelligent measurement and control of water environments and efficient production equipment. Graduates are proficient in land and sea agricultural intelligent solutions, with significant advantages in agricultural modernization and fishery transformation and upgrading.
Main Courses: Fundamentals of Mechanical Design, Agricultural Machinery, Fundamentals of Mechanical Manufacturing, Intelligent Sensing and Testing Technology, Hydraulic Transmission and Pneumatic Technology, Principles of Automatic Control, Principles of Microcontrollers and PLC Control Technology, Embedded Systems and Internet of Things Technology, Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Vision Technology
Career Directions: Graduates of this program mainly serve multiple industry fields such as equipment manufacturing, agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, and fishery production, smart agriculture, agricultural product processing, operation information technology, agricultural intelligent operation and maintenance services, and the Internet of Things industry. In the future, the market value of China's intelligent agriculture field will grow geometrically, with very broad prospects. Graduates of this program can enter national agricultural departments and related enterprises to engage in design, manufacturing, research and development, management, and other work. At the same time, graduates of this program can also continue to pursue master's degrees in related disciplines such as mechanical engineering, agricultural engineering, control science and engineering, food science and engineering, etc., and outstanding graduates can be recommended for exemption from entrance examinations to obtain postgraduate recommendation qualifications.
Automatic Cleaning Equipment for Sea Cucumber Seedling Attachment Substrate
III. Scientific Research
The school possesses provincial-level platforms such as the Liaoning Provincial Marine Fishery Equipment Engineering Technology Innovation Center and the Liaoning Provincial Modern Fishery Production and Processing Utilization Training Base. Meanwhile, the Fishery Equipment and Energy Saving and Emission Reduction Technology Provincial Innovation Team is a Liaoning Provincial Innovation Team. In the past five years, faculty members of the school have undertaken more than 100 national and provincial-level projects including National Key R&D Programs, National Natural Science Foundation projects, and Liaoning Provincial Science and Technology Plan key projects in fields such as fishery machinery electrification, automation, energy saving and emission reduction technologies, new energy utilization technologies, low-temperature refrigeration technologies, and phase change energy storage technologies. In 2022, Key Technology Innovation and Application of Multi-energy Coordination and Energy Saving and Emission Reduction in Fishery Production won the Liaoning Provincial Science and Technology Progress Second Prize. In 2021, 2022, and 2024, New Equipment for Ecological Harvesting of Intertidal Zone Shellfish, New Mechanical Seed Broadcasting Equipment for Bottom Sowing Shellfish Culture, and Centrifugal Seed Broadcasting Technology for Bottom Sowing Shellfish Culture were selected by the National Fisheries Technology Extension Center and the China Society of Fisheries as outstanding scientific and technological achievement awards for new fishery technologies, new products, and new equipment. In the past 5 years, the discipline has undertaken and been approved for vertical funding exceeding 20 million yuan, approved for 2 National Key R&D Program topics on Blue Granary, 5 sub-topics, and 1 National Natural Science Foundation project, achieving new breakthroughs in national key R&D projects and funding for our school. In the past five years, the school has published 75 high-level papers (including 32 SCI and EI papers), authorized 35 patents, published 7 monographs, and transformed 9 applied technology achievements.
Heat Pump-Solar-Thermal Storage Multi-energy Collaborative Drying System
Shallow Sea Shellfish Harvesting Equipment
IV. Practical Bases
The school currently has two experimental teaching centers: Mechanical Engineering and Power Engineering. The experimental centers have 20 functional rooms. At the same time, the school has established more than 20 off-campus internship bases in enterprises such as Liaoyu Group, General Technology Group Dalian Machine Tool Co., Ltd., Dalian Shipbuilding Industry, Dalian Locomotive and Rolling Stock Works, Dalian Binghan Group, Dalian Songliao FRP Shipyard, Dalian Liaonan Shipyard, Dalian Marine Diesel Engine Works, Bohai Shipbuilding Heavy Industry, Dalian Huixin Titanium Equipment Development Co., Ltd., Dalian Tianzheng Industrial Co., Ltd., and Dandong Dalu Island Haixing Group. Among them, General Technology Group Dalian Machine Tool Co., Ltd. has been approved as a Liaoning Provincial College Student Off-campus Practical Education Base; Dalian Huixin Titanium Equipment Development Co., Ltd. and Dandong Dalu Island Haixing Group Co., Ltd. have been approved as graduate joint training bases; and Liaoning Donggang Gushan Variegated Clam Science and Technology Backyard and Liaoning Zhuanghe Pufferfish Science and Technology Backyard are national-level science and technology backyards.
V. Talent Cultivation Effectiveness
The school has a College Student Science and Technology Activity Center. Students have won more than 100 provincial-level and above awards in national and provincial-level competitions such as the Internet+ competition, Challenge Cup College Student Extracurricular Academic Science and Technology Works Competition, National College Student Energy Conservation and Emission Reduction Works Competition, Mechanical Product Digital Design Competition, and Liaoning Provincial College Student Mechanical Innovation Design Competition. The school currently has more than 700 enrolled students. In recent years, the employment situation for various programs of the school has been good, with the initial employment rate ranking at the forefront of the university for several consecutive years. Stable employment groups have been formed in industries such as shipbuilding, machinery, power, refrigeration and air conditioning, energy production and conversion in Shanghai, Liaoning, Shandong, Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and other places. Graduates have won recognition and praise from employers with their solid theoretical knowledge and rich practical experience.
All faculty and staff of the College of Mechanical and Power Engineering are keeping pace with the times, guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, reforming and innovating, forging ahead with determination, with full enthusiasm, high morale, harmonious atmosphere, united as one, and working solidly to make new and greater contributions to building our university into a distinctive, national first-class research and applied marine university!