On November 12, 2022, 25th National Bridge Academic Conference was held in Nanjing, Jiangsu. At the opening ceremony of this conference, the the "Tongji Bridge Education and Research Development Fund" 2022 annual award ceremony was held. The book Steel Bridge edited by Academician Zhou Xuhong and Prof. Liu Yongjian won "Fan Lichu Excellent Bridge Book Award", which selects only one book every two years by experts nomination, newsletter review and conference review nation-widely.
Steel Bridge is a textbook for the Teaching Materials Construction Committee of Transportation and engineering majors in colleges and universities. On the basis of introducing the characteristics of steel bridge and the overall design method, taking the steel bridge type as the main line, the basic principles of steel structure and steel bridge design method are closely combined, focusing on the steel material characteristics from the perspective of steel bridge design, construction, maintenance and other contents different from concrete bridge. The book is also equipped with exquisite PPT courseware. Since its publication, it has received warm attention and praise from teachers, students and bridge professionals in various universities.