The Vice President of BIT Fang Daining meets McGill University Vice President Anne McKinney
At the end of last month, the Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) sent a delegation to Canada to visit a number of universities, and they also attended the 24th International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.
Whilst in Canada, the delegation accepted an invitation to visit McGill University where they were welcomed by a large number of the faculty including the universities vice president Anne McKinney, the director of International Affairs Office Hussain Mohammadi, vice director Kally Walsh, dean of the Institute of Technology Professor Jim Nicell, sub-dean Benoit Boulet, director of the Institute of Aerospace Engineering Stephen Yue, and the chairman of the Department of Mechanical Engineering Luc Mongeau who warmly welcomed them.
The two sides introduced the general outline of their two schools and also discussed the exchange of students and scholars, as well as having an in depth conversation about enhancing the communication between the two institutes. They also reached a number of agreements including programs for their undergraduates’ summer holiday internships, graduation projects, student exchanges, and they agreed to put more effort into further cooperation. In fact, a general consensus was reached that both sides should attach more importance to teachers’ visits and academic communication, so as to carry on the co-cultivation of doctoral students on a basis of deeper understanding.
The BIT delegation was lead by the institute's vice president Fang Daining, who was accompanied by BIT's Dean of the School of Aerospace Engineering, Professor Hu Gengkai, Vice Dean Professor Ma Shaopeng, Huo Bo, who is the Director of the Institute of Advanced Structure Technology, Researcher Yang Yazheng, Professor Chen Shaohua, and the director of the Office of International Students Wang Ying.
The delegation also participated in the 24th International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ICTAM 2016) held in Montreal, Canada, on which vice president Fang Daining gave a fifty-minute plenary talk titled “The Transformation and Break of Electro/magneto Thin Film and Layered Media in Coupling Fields”.
During the congress, the delegation also met with the alumni of BIT in Montreal, Toronto and other regions.
Source: http://english.bit.edu.cn/NewsEvents/BITNews/128542.htm
