Department of Disaster Mitigation for Structures (DDMS) was renamed in November 2018 by Research Institute of Structural Engineering and Disaster Reduction.

Research Institute of Structural Engineering and Disaster Reduction (RISEDR), as one department of the College of Civil Engineering, was formed by unifying Shanghai Research Institute of Engineering Structures with Research Institute of Structural Theories of Tongji University.

Research Institute of Structural Theories joined College of Civil Engineering, Tongji University.

Research Institute of Engineering Structures was established as a research institute of College of Civil Engineering, Tongji University.

Research Institute of Engineering Structures was established under College of Structural Engineering, Tongji University.

Research Institute of Structural Theories became a research institute of Tongji University.

Research Institute of Structural Theories of Tongji University was divided into three research groups: Engineering Structures, Geotechnical Mechanics, and Structural Theories, which were merged into Department of Building Engineering, Department of Geo-technical Engineering, Department of Engineering Mechanics of Tongji University, respectively.

Research Institute of Structural Theories of Tongji University was approved to be established by Ministry of Education, P.R.C.

Research Institute of Structural Theories was re-established.

Structural Laboratory became a branch of Research Institute of Structural Theories.

Research Institute of Structural Theories was established with an approval from Ministry of Science and Technology, P.R.C.

Shanghai Research Institute of Engineering Structures was renamed as Research Institute of Engineering Structures of Tongji University.

Shanghai Research Institute of Engineering Structures was formed by unifying Structural Laboratory of Tongji University and East China Bamboo Utilization Committee.

Engineering Structural Laboratory of Department of Structural Engineering, Tongji University, was formed.

Structural Laboratory was established.

Establishment of Structural Laboratory initiated.