YU Liji（1894—1972）

A renowned Chinese expert in road and railway engineering. He graduated from the Department of Mathematics and Physics at Jinling University in 1918 and earned his master's degree in civil engineering from Stanford University in 1928. In 1936, he served as an engineer for the Beijing-Jiangxi Railway. He held professorships and departmental leadership positions at multiple institutions, including National Central University, Shandong University (as professor and department chair), Jiaozuo Institute of Technology, Northwest Agricultural College, Anhui College (as professor and department chair), Anhui University, Nanjing University, and Nanjing Institute of Technology. He made notable contributions to the fields of railway engineering and road maintenance engineering.

DAI Juzheng（1898—1978）

A distinguished Chinese traffic and highway engineering scientist. He was admitted to the Department of Civil Engineering at Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 1917, and received his master's degree from Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts in 1927. He served as professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, National Central University, and Nanjing University, as associate professor at Jinling University, and as professor at Nanjing Institute of Technology. He authored Engineering Materials and made outstanding contributions to research on highway engineering materials and steel structures.

LIU Shuxun（1902—1986）

A distinguished civil engineering scholar. He graduated from Northeastern University in 1929 and subsequently pursued advanced studies in the United States. Prior to 1949, he served as professor and department chair of the Department of Civil Engineering at National Central University, and as professor at the Department of Civil Engineering, Northeastern University. Following the founding of the People's Republic of China, he held professorships at the Department of Civil Engineering, Nanjing University, and at the Department of Civil Engineering, Nanjing Institute of Technology, where he also served as Vice Dean. He was Vice President and Honorary President of the Jiangsu Provincial Civil Engineering and Architectural Society.Professor Liu Shuxun possessed profound expertise in building structural theory and conducted in-depth research in interdisciplinary fields related to structural engineering, including geology, foundation engineering, hydraulics, and hydraulic structures.

FANG Fusen（1910—1997）

A renowned Chinese traffic and highway engineering scientist, and the founder and founding figure of the Transportation Engineering discipline at Southeast University. He was admitted to the Department of Civil Engineering at Tsinghua University in 1929, and received his Doctor of Technical Sciences degree from the Faculty of Civil Engineering at the Warsaw Polytechnic in Poland in 1938. From National Central University to Nanjing Institute of Technology and subsequently to Southeast University, he remained the academic leader in traffic and highway engineering throughout his career. He authored Advanced Highway Engineering, Road Construction Technology and Organizational Planning, and Pavement Engineering.

FANG Zuoying（1913—2000）

A renowned Chinese traffic and highway engineering scientist. He graduated from the Department of Civil Engineering at National Tsinghua University in 1937, and earned his Master of Science degree from the Graduate School of the University of Michigan in 1938. He served as professor at National Central University, National Chongqing University, and Nanjing University; as adjunct professor at Huaxi Vocational College of Industry and Commerce and Anhui University; and as professor at Nanjing Institute of Technology and Southeast University. He made outstanding contributions to the advancement of traffic and highway science, the development of higher education, and the cultivation of talent in China.

TANG Nianci（1925—2000）

A geotechnical engineering expert and the founder of pile foundation dynamics in China. He received his bachelor's degree from the Department of Civil Engineering at Shanghai Private Zhijiang College of Arts and Sciences in 1945. He began his teaching career at Central University in 1946, continuing through its evolution to Nanjing Institute of Technology and subsequently to Southeast University. He was the founder of the Geotechnical Engineering discipline at Southeast University and served as Honorary Director of the Institute of Geotechnical Engineering at Southeast University throughout his career. He devoted his entire life to the advancement and technological innovation of geotechnical engineering in China, particularly in Jiangsu Province.