Prof. Qian Fang is the chief of the underground department of the School of Civil Engineering. He has presided over many key national scientific research projects, including the Key Research Project of China Railway Corporation (2017G007-B) and the Research Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51678035). Currently, Prof. Fang is the director of the International Association of Subsea Tunnels and the excellent reviewer of《Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology》and the《Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering》. He has published more than 200 academic articles, and more than 80 articles were indexed in SCI.