Dr. Li Qiang from the Systems Dynamics and Friction Physics Research Group of the Berlin Institute of Technology, Germany, was invited to visit the School of Mechanical and Power Engineering, ECUST, and made an academic report entitled “Numerical simulation of normal, tangential and adhesive contacts with boundary element method” The report meeting was chaired by Professor An Qi and attended by Associate Professor Wang Jianwen, Associate Professor Yin Yonghui, Dr. Li Zhengmei and other relevant teachers and doctoral and master students attended the lecture.