On November. 6, the ceremony of conferring Academician Seible a honorary professor of SEU was held in Chunhui Tong. Professor Seible is an expert on Structural Engineering &Roads and Bridges, he was selected as an academician of the American Academy of Engineering in 1999.
Professpr Qian Zhengdong, the Deputy Director of the Research Center of Intelligent Transport System, presided at the ceremony. Professor Pu Yuepu, vice president of SEU attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech, he also presented letters of appointment to Academician Seible. At last , Academician Seible delivered a speech to students, sharing with the audience his ideas about the forefront of structural engineering research.