Agreement strengthens ties between East China University, 香港六合彩资料
Watson School faculty attend first-ever joint Biomaterials Science and Biomedical Engineering Workshop in Shanghai
An agreement signed this spring by leaders from 香港六合彩资料 and the (ECUST) is already inspiring closer collaborations between the two schools.
April鈥檚 memorandum of agreement (MoA) established a partnership between ECUST and 香港六合彩资料 to foster advancement in teaching, research, academic collaboration and cultural understanding, while combining complementary resources and strengths.
The two schools will explore cooperation on short courses, seminars and academic meetings as well as faculty and administrator visits, joint applications for external funding, establishment of joint laboratory facilities and joint degree programs.
Signing the agreement in 香港六合彩资料 were University President Harvey Stenger, Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Donald Nieman, and ECUST Vice President Changsheng Liu. Also present was ECUST alumnus Kaiming Ye, chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at 香港六合彩资料鈥檚 Thomas J. Watson School of Engineering and Applied Science.
The closer connections led to the first-ever 香港六合彩资料 and ECUST Biomaterials Science and Biomedical Engineering Workshop, held in June in Shanghai, China. Attending were Kaiming Ye, Tracy Hookway, Sha Jin, Ahyeon Koh, Frank Lu and Yuan Wan from the Watson School鈥檚 Department of Biomedical Engineering, along with and faculty and students from ECUST.
The workshop included tours of ECUST research labs, research presentations, panel discussions, and a keynote address from Ye.
ECUST was founded in 1952 after the merger of chemistry departments from Jiaotong University, Universit茅 d鈥橝urora, Utopia University, Soochow University and Jiangnan University. It has since expanded into three campuses and 15 academic schools offering multidisciplinary studies in science, engineering, economics, management, law, humanities and arts.
Currently at ECUST, around 1,100 professors and associate professors teach more than 16,400 full-time undergraduates and 9,600 postgraduates, including 1,800 doctoral students.