On May 23rd, a delegation of nine, including Prof. Bai Yun of the Institute of Concrete Technology (ICT) and Prof. P. A. Muhammed Basheer of Heriot-Watt University, visited Kunming University of Science and Technology (KUST). They attended the launching ceremony of the Yunnan International Joint Laboratory of Green Construction and Intelligent Operation. Vice-president Liu Dianwen met the visitors and was present at the ceremony.
Liu Dianwen, on behalf of KUST, extended the warmest welcome to all experts, scholars, and foreign friends, expressing heartfelt gratitude to the ICT and Heriot-Watt University for their long-term interest and support for KUST's construction and development. He also provided an overview of KUST, Prof. Guo Rongxin's team, and the Yunnan International Joint Laboratory of Green Construction and Intelligent Operation. Liu Dianwen highlighted the rich experience the ICT and Heriot-Watt University accumulated in science and technology innovation and talent cultivation. He hoped that by relying on the laboratory platform, all parties would seize this opportunity of exchange and cooperation to deepen cooperation and collaborative innovation and achieve effective cooperative results sooner rather than later.
Prof. Colin D. Nessfield, Director of the ICT, and Prof. Neil A. Dunse, Deputy Dean of the School of Engineering at Heriot-Watt University, outlined their institutions' profiles, expressing their aspirations for multi-channel and in-depth cooperation in research and talent development with KUST to pursue mutual development.
Liu Dianwen and Bai Yun, on behalf of KUST and the ICT, respectively, unveiled a plaque for the Yunnan International Joint Laboratory of Green Construction and Intelligent Operation. After the ceremony, foreign experts visited the Key Laboratory of Disaster Prevention in Civil Engineering and the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute of Yunnan Province. Representatives from Heriot-Watt University discussed joint undergraduate and postgraduate programmes with KUST’s Faculty of Engineering and Mechanics and the Division of International Cooperation, agreeing on a collaborative “3+1+1” successive bachelor-master programme. Representatives from the ICT engaged in academic exchanges with the laboratory and expressed cooperation intentions in the theoretical innovation and technological research and development of civil engineering materials. The ICT pledged to provide comprehensive support for the development of the laboratory.
Heads from KUST's Division of International Cooperation, Faculty of Science and Technology, Faculty of Engineering and Mechanics, and other relevant departments of KUST attended the launching ceremony.
Translated by: LI Fei, Faculty of Foreign Languages and Cultures
Edited by: CHEN Chunli, Faculty of Foreign Languages and Cultures (English)
Source: Faculty of Civil Engineering and Mechanics
Issued by: Division of International Cooperation (English)
Edited by: KUST News Center (Chinese)
