On 20 October, Professor John Bell, Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ) in Australia, visited Donghua University (DHU). Vice President Lu Weibing met him at the Songjiang campus, accompanied by heads of DHU's Office of International Cooperation.
Vice President Lu Weibing welcomed Professor Bell on his return visit and reviewed the latest progress in cooperation between the two universities. Noting the solid foundation and broad prospects for cooperation in fields such as materials science, he expressed the hope that both sides would further strengthen research collaboration, improve joint talent development mechanisms and expand the depth and breadth of academic exchange between faculty and students.
Professor Bell thanked DHU for its hospitality and spoke highly of the results achieved so far. He looked forward to building greater consensus, further exploring research potential, broadening cooperation in teaching and talent development, and working together to address shared challenges.
(The meeting)
After the talks, Professor Bell visited the College of Materials Science and Engineering and held discussions with faculty representatives. A senior expert in materials science whose research closely matches DHU's strengths in the field, he discussed discipline development, research team structure and distinctive research directions with his hosts, and the two sides exchanged views on strengthening research cooperation and diversifying faculty and student exchanges.
(Discussion with faculty)
